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	370	 	Additional information Exhibit 4.9

  

 Exhibit
4.9 
 AEGON GROUP EXECUTIVE BOARD VARIABLE COMPENSATION PLAN RULES 2015

 The Hague, March 2015 
 Previously submitted
to DNB: November 18, 2011 
 Revised and updated: 

Adopted by the Aegon N.V. Executive Board: n.a. 

Approved by the Aegon N.V. Supervisory Board: February 2015 

Submitted to DNB: n.a. 

 

 Definitions 
 Agreement: the agreement between the Participant and the
Company concluded at the start of participation in the Plan Rules containing the terms and conditions relating to the Variable Compensation under the Plan Rules. 

Aegon or the Company: Aegon N.V., a public limited liability company incorporated under
Dutch law and having its statutory seat at Aegonplein 50, 2591 TV, The Hague, the Netherlands and, where applicable, any of its Subsidiaries. 

Aegon Group: Aegon N.V. and its Subsidiaries. 

Allocation: means the allocation of a Variable Compensation Grant following the Ex- ante
risk-based assessment pursuant to clause 4.5 and the assessment of actual realized performance on the Performance Indicators. 

Business Day(s): any day on which the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (or
its successor) is open for business. 
 Change of Control: a transaction or series of
transactions or the conclusion of an agreement, that either alone or taken together may result in an outside party obtaining Control of the Company. 

Claw Back: means the claw back right of the Company pursuant to clause 4.10. 

Committee: the Compensation Committee of the Supervisory Board. 

Control: means (i) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the majority of the outstanding
shares in the capital of the Company, or (ii) the ability, directly or indirectly, to vote on the majority of the outstanding shares in the capital of the Company or (iii) the ability, directly or indirectly, to appoint the majority of the
members of the Executive Board and/or the Supervisory Board. 
 Disability or Disabled:
a Participant who is totally and permanently disabled, as defined by any applicable disability law.

 Deferred Part: means the part of the Variable Compensation which will be
paid in equal parts during the three (3) subsequent years following the year after the Plan Year, if and to the extent the Performance Indicators have been achieved in accordance with these Plan Rules. 

Ex-ante risk-based assessment: means the assessment referred to in clause 4.5. 

Ex-post Malus assessment: means the assessment referred to in clause 4.6. Executive Board: the Executive Board of the
Company. 
 Fixed Salary: the annual amount of fixed compensation to be determined as part of the Total
Compensation, including holiday allowance and 13th month, if any. 
 Grant(s): the conditional grant of
Variable Compensation to a Participant in relation to the Plan Year, as set out in section 2 of the Plan Rules. 
 Grant Date: has the meaning attributed hereto in section 2.8. 
 Grant Price: means
the average Share price on the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, the Netherlands during the period December 15 preceding the Plan Year and January 15 of the Plan Year. 

Holding Period: means the holding period as referred to in clause 5.4. 

Identified Staff: Employees of Aegon Group who have been classified by the Company as Identified Staff. 

Participant: a Participant who is a member of the Executive Board Aegon N.V. and who has accepted the
terms and conditions of the Variable Compensation Plan Rules by signing the Agreement. 
 Pay-out or Paid-out:
means the pay-out of the cash part of the Variable Compensation in accordance with these Plan Rules. 

 

  

			
	 

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 Pay-out Date: means the date of a Pay-out in accordance with these
Plan Rules. Performance Indicators:the one-year performance indicators which will be used to calculate the Variable Compensation to be allocated to a Participant regarding the Plan Year in accordance with section 3 of these Plan Rules.

 Plan Year or Performance Year: the financial year 2015 during which these Plan Rules are in place. In the
event the Plan Rules are terminated prior to the end of the financial year, the expression ‘Plan Year’ shall refer to the period between January 1 and the date of termination. 

Release(d): means the release of any Shares to the Participant following Vesting, or, in case a Holding Period
applies at the end of such Holding Period, in accordance with these Plan Rules. 
 Release Date: the date of
Release. 
 Remuneration Framework: the Aegon Group Global 

Remuneration Framework 2014, as may be amended from time to time. 

Remuneration Policy: the Aegon N.V. Executive Board 

Remuneration Policy applicable to the members of the Executive Board as adopted by the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the
Company on May 12, 2011, and as may be amended from time to time. 
 Retirement: the (early) actual
retirement of a Participant, either (i) under a pension plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as shall be in place from time to time or (ii) subsequent to a decision of the Company in accordance with the
Company’s articles of incorporation or an individual employment contract. If under local laws the starting date of (early) retirement is at the option of the Participant, a Participant will only be considered a Good Leaver if such
Participant actually starts drawing (early) retirement benefits. 
 Sale: a sale of all or substantially
all the shares in the capital of the Company or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 Shares: a common share in the capital of the Company, with
a nominal value of EUR 0.12 (twelve eurocent), as may be granted as part of the Variable Compensation. 

Subsidiary: a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company determined as such by the Company for the purpose of
these Plan Rules. 
 Supervisory Board: the Supervisory Board of the Company. 

Total Compensation: the Total direct Compensation during a calendar year for a Participant which consists of
a Fixed Salary and Variable Compensation. 
 Upfront Part: means the part of the Variable Compensation
which will vest after the completion of the Plan Year, one year following Allocation in accordance with these Plan Rules. 
 Variable Compensation: the variable component of the Total Compensation, consisting of an Upfront Part and a Deferred Part, in accordance with these Plan Rules. 

Variable Compensation Plan Rules or Plan rules: the Variable Compensation Plan Rules that set out the terms and
conditions of the Variable Compensation, as may be amended from time to time. 
 Vest(ing): the occasion upon
which a Participant is transferred the unconditional legal ownership of conditionally allocated granted Cash and/or Shares, as set out in the Plan Rules; notwithstanding that Release of Shares only take place after the lapsing of a Holding
Period. 
 Vesting Date: the date on which the Cash and/or Shares will Vest in accordance with the Plan Rules.

 Vesting Schedule: The schedule based on which the Variable Compensation will Vest and be Paid-out or
Released to Participants. 

 

  
 

 

			
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 Words or expressions used in these Plan Rules shall, where appropriate, be interpreted as follows: 

	 	1.1.1.	Definitions and terms used in these Plan Rules can be found in the list of Definitions; these definitions as stated therein shall binding. 

 

	 	1.1.2.	All references to the masculine gender include the feminine and vice versa. 

  

	 	1.1.3.	All references to singular include the plural and vice versa if the context so requires. 

  

	 	1.1.4.	All headings and sub-headings are for ease of reference only, and shall not affect the interpretation of any clauses of these Plan Rules. 

 

	 	1.1.5.	All references to any enactment or terms under Dutch law shall be extended to other applicable laws or terms of any other country, or region of a country. 

 

	 	1.1.6.	All references to tax and/or social security contributions and/or withholding taxes include any tax, social security contribution or withholding tax that is levied or withheld in the Netherlands or any other applicable
jurisdiction. 

  

	 	1.	Introduction and purpose 

	 	1.1.	These Variable Compensation Plan Rules (the Plan Rules) are intended to provide for Variable Compensation in the form of cash and/or Shares to eligible Executive Board members of Aegon N.V. to strengthen their
commitment to the Company’s business strategy, risk tolerance and long-term performance, as further set out in the Remuneration Framework or any other arrangements applicable to Participants. 

 

	 	1.2.	These Plan Rules are subject to the terms and conditions of the Remuneration Framework and the Remuneration policy and/or other arrangements regarding variable compensation that may apply to the Participant.

  

	 	1.3.	In the event of any discrepancies or inconsistencies between these Plan Rules and the Remuneration Framework, including the Remuneration Policy, the latter shall prevail. 

 

	 	1.4.	In these Plan Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the capitalized words and expressions shall have the meaning as set forth in the list of Definitions. 

 

	 	2.	Conditional grant variable compensation 

	 	2.1.	The Company may conditionally grant a Participant a conditional entitlement to Variable Compensation. 

  

	 	2.2.	A conditional entitlement to Variable Compensation will only be made to a Participant upon acceptance of these Plan Rules. The Participant will sign an Agreement offered by the Company to such effect.

  

	 	2.3.	A Participant who becomes an employee of the company during the Plan Year, and who has signed an Agreement during the first six months of the Plan Year, may be granted a conditional entitlement to Variable
Compensation which shall be on a pro rata basis to reflect the period of active service. Any deviations from this pro rata principle and any Grants made upon employment at a later stage during the Plan Year will require prior approval of
the Company. 

  

	 	2.4.	In accordance with clause 4.3 of these Plan Rules, 50% of the Variable Compensation may be paid in Shares. The number of Shares to which a Participant will be conditionally entitled shall be calculated by dividing
the relevant amount (representing 50%) of the Variable Compensation by the Grant Price and the outcome shall be rounded down to the nearest share. Any changes in the Fixed Salary during the Plan Year may have an impact on the Variable Compensation,
to be determined by the Company in its sole discretion. 

  

	 	2.5.	The Variable Compensation is conditionally granted and the conditional right to Variable Compensation is subject to the conditions precedent (i) that, unless stated otherwise or approved by the Company, the Participant
will remain employed within the Aegon Group uninterruptedly until the Vesting Date of each part of the Variable Compensation, (ii) that the minimum levels of the Performance Indicators are achieved, as further set out in clause 4.1 of these Plan
Rules and (iii) an Ex-ante and an Ex-post Malus assessment as set out in clauses 4.5 and 4.6 of these Plan Rules have been carried out. 

  

	 	2.6.	The employment of the Participant is considered continued uninterruptedly in the case where the Participant’s employment is terminated due to long-term ill health, disability, (early) retirement, death or reduction
of work force or redundancy of the job or position of the Participant without cause by the Participant, during the period until a Vesting Date and, consequently, such Participant is considered to be a “Good Leaver”. In addition,
the Company may, at its full discretion, declare a Participant to be a Good Leaver. Long term ill health, disability and (early) retirement shall have the meaning as defined under the applicable rules and regulations within Aegon, or in
the absence thereof, as determined under the applicable local laws and regulations. In case of any unclarity on whether the Participant qualifies as a Good Leaver, the Company in its sole discretion will decide. 

  

			
	 

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	 	2.7.	In the event of termination of employment of a Good Leaver during the Plan Year, in principle, the Variable Compensation that shall be paid-out (including the number of conditionally granted Shares that shall Vest)
shall be pro rated to reflect the period of active service from the Grant Date until the termination of employment, subject to the final approval of the Company. The Variable Compensation that shall be paid out (including the number of conditionally
granted Shares that shall Vest) shall be determined and paid out in accordance with clause 4 of these Plan Rules after the adoption of the Annual Report at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, subject to any Holding Period. 

 

	 	2.8.	The Grant Date will be January 1, 2015, irrespectively whether the amount and/or value of the conditional Variable Compensation and/or the Performance Indicators will be set later. 

 

	 	3.	Performance indicators 

	 	3.1.	The Performance Indicators applicable to the Plan Year have been or shall be established by the Company in accordance with the guidelines of the Remuneration Framework, including the Remuneration Policy, and shall be
based on financial and non-financial targets. In the process of setting and evaluating Performance Indicators and targets used for the determination of Variable Compensation, relevant experts from control functions shall be consulted or involved.

  

	 	3.2.	The Performance Indicators may consist of Group Indicators and Strategic/Functional/Personal Indicators which represent both financial and non-financial Indicators. Strategic/Functional/Personal Indicators shall be
selected for a Participant individually and shall be provided to the Participant in writing. 

  

	 	3.3.	One-year minimum, target and maximum levels relating to the Performance Year will be set for each Performance Indicator. 

  

	 	4.	Allocation, vesting, pay-out and release of variable compensation 

	 	4.1.	After the Performance Year, the Company shall assess the realized performance of each Performance Indicator and a comparison will be made between the minimum, target and maximum levels of the Performance Indicators
and the realized performance. Subsequently, the amount of Variable Compensation (including the number of Shares) that will be Allocated will be established. 

  

	 	4.2.	The following applies to Allocated Variable Compensation (if any), and subject to the Ex-ante risk-based assessment and the Ex-post Malus assessment referred to in clauses 4.5 and 4.6: 

 

	 	4.2.1.	all Allocated Variable Compensation and subsequent Vesting will be made in cash and in Shares, in accordance with the applicable Vesting Schedule; 

	 	4.2.2.	part of the Allocated Variable Compensation in cash, if any (the Upfront Part in Cash) shall Vest and shall be paid out as soon as possible after the adoption of the Company’s Annual Report relating to the Plan
Year at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders; 

	 	4.2.3.	part of the Allocated Variable Compensation in Shares, if any (the Upfront Part in Shares) shall Vest as soon as possible after the adoption of the Company’s Annual Report relating to the Plan Year at the Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders and shall be Released after a further Holding Period as set out in clause 5.4; 

	 	4.2.4.	the remaining part of the Allocated Variable Compensation, if any (the Deferred Part) shall be deferred and shall Vest in the subsequent financial years in accordance with the applicable Vesting Schedule. The cash part
shall be paid out as soon as possible after the adoption of the Company’s Annual Report relating to these subsequent financial year(s) at the respective Annual General Meetings of Shareholders and the Share part shall be Released after
a further Holding Period as set out in clause 5.4. 

  

	 	4.3.	Any details as referred to in clause 4.2 regarding (i) the amount of Allocated Variable Compensation, including the allotment in cash and/or Shares, (ii) the Pay-out (vesting) of the Upfront Part, (iii) the Vesting
Schedule relating to the Deferred Part and related Pay-out and Release of such Deferred Variable Compensation and (iv) any Holding Period (if applicable), will be notified to the Participant in writing. 

 

	 	4.4.	Except in the event a Participant is a Good Leaver, the Variable Compensation that is conditionally granted will become null and void on the date that the employment of the Participant is terminated prior to
a Vesting Date of the Upfront Part or a Deferred Part. 

  

	 	4.5.	The Allocation of any part of the Variable Compensation is subject to an Ex-ante risk-based assessment by the Company in order to determine whether conditionally granted Variable Compensation should be Allocated in full
or should be Allocated applying a downwards adjustment. This Ex-ante risk-based assessment will be applied in order to: 

	 	(i)	ensure that the projected Variable Compensation is aligned with the risk profile of the Aegon Group; 

	 	(ii)	provide a perspective on the long-term financial and risk effects of the equity element of Variable Compensation; 

	 	(iii)	take into account quantitative and qualitative Aegon Group and individual factors mitigating performance results. 

  

	 	4.6.	The Vesting of any Deferred Part of the Variable Compensation is subject to an Ex-post Malus assessment by the Company in order to determine whether conditionally granted Variable Compensation should Vest in full or
should be adjusted. This Ex-post Malus assessment shall be based on informed judgment by the Company, taking into account significant and exceptional circumstances as well as risk outcomes that were not (sufficiently) reflected in the initially
applied Performance Indicators and initial assessment of the Company’s and individual performance at the time of Allocation. Implementation of this authority will be on the basis of criteria such as, but not limited to: 

	 	(i)	outcome of a re-assessment of the performance against the original financial Performance Indicators; 

  
 

 

			
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	 	(ii)	significant downturn in the Company’s financial performance; 

	 	(iii)	evidence of misbehavior or serious error by the Participant; 

	 	(iv)	significant failure in risk management; 

	 	(v)	significant changes in the Company’s economic or regulatory capital base. 

  

	 	4.7.	Depending on the outcome of the Ex-post Malus assessment, the Company shall decide to (i) establish that the relevant Deferred Part of the Variable Compensation shall become unconditional and shall Vest or (ii) adjust
the relevant Deferred Part of the Variable Compensation and decide that the Deferred Part shall only partially Vest (including the possible outcome that no Deferred Part of the Variable Compensation shall become unconditional and Vest).

  

	 	4.8.	The Company shall review these Ex-ante risk-based and Ex-post Malus assessment criteria in detail at each Allocation and Vesting Date and document its findings. Relevant experts from control functions shall be consulted
or involved in this review process if required or desirable. 

  

	 	4.9.	Any adjustment resulting from the Ex-post Malus risk-based assessment shall only be applied on the Deferred Part of the Variable Compensation, not on the Fixed Salary or the Upfront Part of the Variable Compensation.
The adjustment may only be made downwards. 

  

	 	4.10.	The Company shall be authorized, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, to reclaim (“Claw Back”) any Variable Compensation (whether Vested, Paid-out or Released) to the Participant in case of:

	 	(i)	incorrect data (including non-achievement of Performance Indicators on hindsight); 

	 	(ii)	material financial restatements1; 

	 	(iii)	individual gross misconduct of the Participant; 

	 	(iv)	an instruction or request by a regulator to the Company to apply the Claw Back or to apply other measures, which will be deemed to be serious grounds (in Dutch: zwaarwegend belang) for the Company to comply with
such instruction or request; or 

	 	(v)	other circumstances as determined in applicable legislation from time to time. 

  

	 	4.11.	In the event of a Claw Back, the Company will determine the gross amount in cash that is subject to Claw Back. All or part of the Paid-out, Vested or Released Variable Compensation that is subject to Claw Back will
need to be repaid by the Participant at first demand by the Company as a gross amount in cash, and the entitlement on all or part of the Variable Compensation that is Vested and not yet Paid-out or Released that is subject to Claw Back will
lapse, whereby any Shares will be taken into account for the Grant Price. The Company will be entitled to set-off or settle any gross amount owed by the Participant to the Company (i) by any current or future obligations if possible (including but
not limited to any salary payments or pension payments) that the Company has against the Participant and/or (ii) against any Allocated and/or Vested but not yet Paid-out or Released Variable Compensation, whereby any Shares will be taken into
account for the Grant Price. If and to the extent the Company does not exercise the set-off or settlement right, the Participant will repay the gross amounts due in cash as soon as possible upon instructions of the Company. 

 

	 	4.12.	The Company shall inform the Participant as soon as possible of the outcome of the Ex-ante, Ex-post Malus and Claw Back assessment and its decision. The Participant shall have no claim for damages or compensation
against the Company or a Subsidiary for any consequences (whether financial, tax, governmental, personal or other consequences) following the Ex-ante, Ex-post Malus or Claw Back assessments resulting in the Variable Compensation being adjusted
downwards. 

  

	 	4.13.	The Company may, in its sole discretion, direct the Supervisory Board of Aegon N.V. to determine whether any further action may be necessary with respect to the Ex-post Malus and Claw Back assessment for any local
circumstances. 

  

	 	4.14.	No dividend or interest will accrue on any part of the Variable Compensation before Vesting in accordance with these Plan Rules. 

  

	 	4.15.	Vested Shares, subject to a Holding Period as set out in clause 5.4, will accrue dividends as from the Vesting Date, which dividend will be equal to the amount of dividends declared on the Company’s Shares.
Accrued dividends will be paid out in Shares, unless the Company determines the dividends on the Shares granted under these Plan Rules to be paid out in cash or in cash and/or Shares at the option of the Participant. The Company may determine the
form of dividend to be paid on the Shares granted under these Plan Rules annually in its sole discretion and irrespectively of the form of dividend to be paid on Shares held by other shareholders. 

 

	 	1 	Not resulting from mandatory restatements resulting from changes in IFRS and other applicable financial reporting regulations. 

  

			
	 

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	 	4.16.	In connection with any actual or potential Sale or Change of Control or a transaction concerning the sale of a Subsidiary or business unit within Aegon Group, the Company will take all such actions hereunder
as it may determine to be necessary or appropriate to treat Participants equal and equitably hereunder, at the discretion of the Supervisory Board, including without limitation the modification or waiver of applicable Performance Indicators, and
whether to establish or fund another arrangement intended for variable incentives. 

  

	 	5.	Terms and conditions regarding the shares 

	 	5.1.	Transfer of ownership of the Shares to the Participant shall take place on the relevant Vesting Date. Upon Vesting, the Shares and any transactions regarding the Shares will be at the risk and for the account of the
Participant. 

  

	 	5.2.	At each of the Vesting Dates, the Shares, less any Shares which shall be sold and settled to pay for any applicable taxes, social security premiums and possible other deductions by the government due in connection with
the Vesting of the Shares (unless the Participant indicates that he/she prefers that such Shares shall not be sold and settled, as set out in clause 5.3 of these Plan Rules), shall be registered in the shareholders register of the Company.

  

	 	5.3.	If a Participant prefers not to sell any Shares in connection with any applicable taxes, social security premiums and possible other deductions by the government due in connection with the Vesting, such Participant
should notify the Compliance Officer of such preference in writing during any period which is not a closed period as referred to in clause 7.2 of these Plan Rules. The Participant acknowledges that he/she should have sufficient funds available
at the Vesting Date to pay any taxes due. 

  

	 	5.4.	Notwithstanding Vesting, the Company will impose a restriction on the Participant to hold the Shares for a Holding Period of three (3) years following the relevant Vesting Date and the Participant will not be
entitled to execute any transactions regarding the Shares during this Holding Period, except as provided in clause 7.3 of these Plan Rules. After this Holding Period, the Shares shall be Released and the Participant will be entitled to exercise its
rights relating to the Shares as provided for in these Plan Rules. For the avoidance of any doubt, this provision will not be affected (i.e. the Holding Period remains in full force and effect) if the employment of a Participant is terminated
during this Holding Period for whatever reason. However, the Holding Period and the restrictions to execute transactions regarding the Shares will end in case of and at the date of death of the Participant. The applicable Holding Period, as referred
to in this section will be notified to the Participant in writing. No holding period will be imposed on any cash component of the Variable Compensation. 

  

	 	5.5.	Release of any Shares will take place at the Release Date following the end date of the relevant Holding Period. 

  

	 	6.	Transactions regarding the shares 

	 	6.1.	The Participant can only perform any Transactions regarding Shares, once they have been Vested and Released, in accordance with clause 5 and subject to the conditions of clause 7. 

 

	 	6.2.	Transactions regarding the Shares can be executed only by submitting a request to the Company’s secretary. Transactions regarding the Shares can be executed on Business Days only. If it is not possible to
exercise on the indicated day (for any reason), the exercise will take place on the first Business Day on which exercising the order will be possible, such at the risk of the Participant. 

 

	 	6.3.	When the Participant has filed an order to sell all or part of the Shares, the Company will use its best efforts to sell the number of Shares indicated by the Participant at the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands as soon as possible after the request as referred to in clause 6.2 of these Plan Rules has been received. 

  

	 	6.4.	The Company shall pay the value of the Shares as calculated on the basis of the Share price at the NYSE Euronext stock exchange in accordance with clause 6.3 of these Plan Rules as soon as possible after the order has
been processed and the Shares have been sold. The Company shall be entitled to withhold any (trade) costs, taxes (or other amounts to be deducted) due on the value of the Share after exercise. The remaining amount shall be remitted to the
Participant in accordance with the Participant’s instructions as documented in the System. The Participant hereby accepts the tax consequences of any transactions regarding the Shares. In case of late payment the Company will have no obligation
to compensate interest to the Participant. 

  

	 	6.5.	Upon the termination of employment of a Participant, the Shares that have Vested pursuant to clause 4 and are held at the shareholders register of the Company shall, at the option of the Participant (or the legal
personal representative of the deceased Participant), (i) remain registered in the shareholders register of the Company, (ii) be transferred into another current account as designated by the Participant to the Company or (iii) be sold and be paid to
the Participant in accordance with clauses 6.3 and 6.4 of these Plan Rules. Such transfer or sale and the corresponding payment shall be executed at the lapse of the three-year Holding Period (if applicable) set out in clause 5.4 of these Plan Rules
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	 	6.6.	The Company does not accept any liability with regard to the processing of any orders for any transactions regarding the Shares by the Participant in any way. 

 

	 	6.7.	The Company is entitled to amend the procedure for transactions regarding the Shares from time to time at its absolute discretion. The Company will inform the Participant of any relevant change in the procedure.

  

	 	6.8.	The costs of any transactions regarding the Shares will be for the account of the Participant. 

  

	 	7.	Regulatory restrictions and inside information 

	 	7.1.	The Shares are stocks traded at the NYSE Euronext stock exchanges in Amsterdam and New York and, consequently, are governed by laws and regulations with regard to inside information. No transactions (including but not
limited to a sale of the Shares) regarding the Shares may be effected when the Participant has inside information. Inside information is defined as “knowledge of information which is specific, which directly or indirectly concerns the
Company or the trade in Aegon securities, which has not been made public and which, if made public, could have a significant influence on the price of the Aegon securities.” 

 

	 	7.2.	In any event, no transaction regarding the Shares may be effected during the following black-out periods: 

	 	(i)	a period immediately preceding the publication of the Company’s annual report; 

	 	(ii)	a period immediately preceding the publication of the Company’s six-month results and the quarterly results or the announcement of any dividend or interim dividend; and 

	 	(iii)	any additional black-out periods mandatory for designated employees as announced by the Company’s Compliance Officer from time to time. 

The periods referred to under (i) and (ii) will be announced annually by the Compliance Officer. 

	 	7.3.	The ban in clauses 5.4, 7.1 and 7.2 of these Plan Rules are not applicable in the event of a transaction regarding a Share that takes place at the Vesting Date to cover for any taxes, social insurance premiums
and possible other deductions by the government due by the Participant in connection with the Vesting and/or, Release of the Shares into its account, in accordance with clauses 5.2 and 5.3 of these Plan Rules. 

 

	 	7.4.	The Participant must at all times comply with the applicable laws and regulations and the Company’s insider trading rules (the “Aegon N.V. Employee Insider Trading Rules” or the “Aegon N.V.
Insider Trading Rules”, whichever applies to a Participant) as amended from time to time. These regulations include the requirement for the Participant to notify any transactions within five days following such transaction (i) to the
Company’s Compliance Officer and (ii) if the Participant qualifies as “designated insider” according to the Aegon N.V. Insider Trading Rules, to the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (“AFM”). Vesting is
considered a transaction which require notification to the Company’s Compliance Officer and the AFM in accordance with the above insider dealing rules. In the event of any questions or doubts, the Participant should contact the
Company’s Compliance Officer. 

  

	 	8.	Additional conditions 

	 	8.1.	The costs, legal mandatory tax deductions, employee social insurance premiums and possible other deductions by the government relating to the Variable Compensation (whether on the employee or on the employer) shall be
for the account of the Participant and shall be deducted from the salary payment to the Participant or the pension payment to the Participant if possible. All expenses and costs in connection with the operation of these Plan Rules shall be borne by
the Company. 

  

	 	8.2.	The Shares that have been granted as part of the Variable Compensation are strictly personal and the right to receive such Shares cannot be assigned or transferred in any way or in any other manner of passing of title.
The Shares that have been conditionally granted but not been delivered and transferred cannot be pledged or encumbered in any other way. The Shares that may have been assigned, transferred, pledged or encumbered in any manner in contravention of
this clause become null and void and will not be delivered or transferred to the Participant. 

  

	 	8.3.	The Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that Aegon may disclose certain details to any governmental or regulatory authority (including tax authorities) regarding the Shares that a Participant has been
conditionally granted and/or allocated including but not limited to the number, the value and any dividend regarding the Shares. 

  

	 	8.4.	It is not allowed to hedge the Shares, for example by the selling or purchasing of options on Shares, whether or not marketable. 

  

			
	 

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	 	8.5.	In the event of any changes in the capital structure of the Company between the start of the Plan Year (conditional grant of Variable Compensation) and the Vesting of Shares which results in an increase of the total
share capital or a material change in the structure of the share capital or share premium of the Company and a change in the economic equivalence of the Shares, or on the basis of any applicable legislation, the Company may at its absolute
discretion adjust the number of conditionally granted Shares in accordance with customary anti-dilution market practice provisions. Any such adjustment should not lead to the total Variable Compensation exceeding the amount of the Fixed Salary.

  

	 	8.6.	Granting the Variable Compensation (including Shares) to the Participant according to these Plan Rules is restricted to the Plan Year. Granting of Variable Compensation (including Shares) during any other financial year
is the absolute discretion of the Company. The Company has no obligation to grant Variable Compensation (including Shares) in the future. 

  

	 	8.7.	The Company may at any time unilaterally amend any term or condition of these Plan Rules. In particular, the Company is free to amend any term or condition in the case of new (fiscal, employment or other) legislation
and/or amended regulations and/or directions, requests or instructions by or on behalf of any financial supervising authorities and/or other guidelines as applicable from time to time within the financial sector. 

 

	 	8.8.	The Shares do not form part of the employment agreement of any Participant, nor grant any Participant any employment rights or guarantee employment as an employee of the Company and no (future) rights or benefits can be
obtained or implied other than as specifically set out in these Plan Rules. 

  

	 	8.9.	No damages or compensation shall be payable in consequence of the termination of employment (whether or not in circumstances giving rise to a claim for wrongful or unfair dismissal or a local equivalent
thereof) or for any other reason whatsoever to compensate him for the loss of any rights the Participant would otherwise have had (actual or contingent) under these Plan Rules and the Participant shall be deemed irrevocably to have waived any such
rights to which it may otherwise have been entitled. 

  

	 	8.10.	No individual shall have any claim against the Company arising out of his not being admitted to participation in these Plan Rules which (for the avoidance of doubt) is entirely at the full discretion of the Company.

  

	 	8.11.	No Participant shall be entitled to claim compensation from the Company in respect of any sums paid by him pursuant to these Plan rules or for any diminution or extinction of its rights or benefits (actual or otherwise)
under any Variable Compensation held by him/her following the lapse for any reason of any Variable Compensation held by him or otherwise in connection with these Plan Rules and the Company shall be entirely free to conduct its affairs as it sees fit
without regard to any consequences under, upon or in relation to these Plan Rules or any Variable Compensation. 

  

	 	8.12.	By accepting any Variable Compensation, the Participant hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, storage, use, processing and transfer, in electronic or other form, of his/her personal data (as
defined below) by and among, as applicable, the Company for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing his/her Variable Compensation, and the transfer of such Data by them to government and other regulatory authorities for the
purpose of complying with their legal obligations in connection with any Grants and/or vesting of Variable Compensation and payment of dividends. The Company is the data controller for these Data. 

 

	 	8.13.	The personal data may include the Participant’s name, home address and telephone number, email address, date of birth, social security number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, details
of all rights and any other entitlement to shares (conditionally) granted, allocated, awarded, cancelled, purchased, vested, unvested or outstanding (Data). The Participant is responsible to keep the Data and the broker and bank account details up
to date in the System. 

  

	 	8.14.	The Participant further agrees that Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management in connection with these Plan Rules, that these recipients may be located
in his/her country, or elsewhere including outside the European Economic Area, and that such location may have less adequate data privacy laws and protections than the Participant’s own country. 

 

	 	8.15.	Data will be held only as long as necessary to implement, administer and manage these Plan rules. The Participant may, at any time, view the Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of the
Data, require any necessary amendments to the Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost. 

  

	 	8.16.	Refusing or withdrawing his/her consent as referred to in this clause 8, although it will not have any negative effect on his/her employment, may affect any potential Grant, Allocation, Vesting, Pay-out or Release of
any Variable Compensation to the Participant. 

  
 

 

			
	378	 	Additional information Exhibit 4.9

  

	 	8.17.	If any provision in these Plan Rules is held to be invalid or unenforceable, no other provision of these Plan Rules will be affected thereby. 

 

	 	8.18.	These Plan Rules are governed by Dutch Civil Law. 

  

	 	8.19.	These Plan Rules shall apply for the Plan Year 2015 and will remain in force until the earlier of (i) any amendments are made to these Plan Rules and (ii) these Plan Rules are terminated by the Company, provided that no
Grants will be made under these Plan Rules after December 31, 2015. 

  

	 	8.20.	These Plan Rules will not be considered an amendment or adjustment of any short-term or long-term variable compensation plans existing prior to January 1, 2015, and no further grants under any such plans will be made
after 2015, and, if made, will be considered null and void. 

  

			
	 

	 	 Annual Report on Form 20-F 2015Exhibit

	
	
	 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 
CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Sole Lead Arranger,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Sole Book Runner,
THE LENDERS THAT ARE PARTIES HERETO
as the Lenders,
MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.
as Parent, and
MGPI PROCESSING, INC., MGPI PIPELINE, INC. and
MGPI OF INDIANA, LLC,
as Borrowers
Dated as of March 21, 2016
	
	
	 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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	1.
	DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION                                                                       1             

		
	1.1.
	Definitions                                                                                                              1    

		
	1.2.
	Accounting Terms          1

		
	1.3.
	Code    2

		
	1.4.
	Construction    2

		
	1.5.
	Time References                                                                                                    3

		
	1.6.
	Schedules and Exhibits      3

		
	1.7.
	Effect of Amendment and Restatement; No Novation.    3

		
	2.
	LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.    4

		
	2.1.
	Revolving Loans.    4

		
	2.2.
	Borrowing Procedures and Settlements.    5

		
	2.3.
	Payments; Reductions of Commitments; Prepayments.    13

		
	2.4.
	Promise to Pay; Promissory Notes.    19

		
	2.5.
	Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and 

Calculations.    20
		
	2.6.
	Crediting Payments    21

		
	2.7.
	Designated Account    21

		
	2.8.
	Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations    22

		
	2.9.
	Fees.    22

		
	2.10.
	Letters of Credit.    23

		
	2.11.
	LIBOR Option.    31

		
	2.12.
	Capital Requirements.    33

		
	2.13.
	Joint and Several Liability of Borrowers.    35

		
	2.14.
	Term Loan    37

		
	3.
	CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT.    37

		
	3.1.
	Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit    37

		
	3.2.
	Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit    38

		
	3.3.
	Intentionally Omitted    38

		
	3.4.
	Maturity    38

		
	3.5.
	Effect of Maturity    38

		
	3.6.
	Early Termination by Borrowers    38

		
	4.
	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.    39

		
	4.1.
	Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.    39

		
	4.2.
	Due Authorization; No Conflict.    40

		
	4.3.
	Governmental Consents    40

		
	4.4.
	Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens.    40

		
	4.5.
	Title to Assets; No Encumbrances    41

		
	4.6.
	Litigation.    41

		
	4.7.
	Compliance with Laws    41

		
	4.8.
	No Material Adverse Effect    41

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	4.9.
	Solvency.    42

		
	4.10.
	Employee Benefits    42

		
	4.11.
	Environmental Condition    42

		
	4.12.
	Complete Disclosure    43

		
	4.13.
	Patriot Act    43

		
	4.14.
	Indebtedness    44

		
	4.15.
	Payment of Taxes    44

		
	4.16.
	Margin Stock    44

		
	4.17.
	Governmental Regulation    44

		
	4.18.
	OFAC    44

		
	4.19.
	Employee and Labor Matters    45

		
	4.20.
	Parent as a Holding Company    45

		
	4.21.
	Leases    45

		
	4.22.
	Eligible Accounts    45

		
	4.23.
	Eligible Inventory Categories    45

		
	4.24.
	Eligible Equipment    46

		
	4.25.
	Locations of Inventory and Equipment    46

		
	4.26.
	Inventory and Equipment Records    46

		
	4.27.
	Material Contracts    46

		
	4.28.
	Existing JVs    46

		
	4.29.
	Hedge Agreements    46

		
	5.
	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.    47

		
	5.1.
	Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates    47

		
	5.2.
	Reporting    47

		
	5.3.
	Existence    47

		
	5.4.
	Maintenance of Properties    47

		
	5.5.
	Taxes    47

		
	5.6.
	Insurance    47

		
	5.7.
	Inspection.    48

		
	5.8.
	Compliance with Laws    49

		
	5.9.
	Environmental    49

		
	5.10.
	Disclosure Updates    49

		
	5.11.
	Formation of Subsidiaries    49

		
	5.12.
	Further Assurances    50

		
	5.13.
	Lender Meetings    51

		
	5.14.
	Location of Inventory and Equipment    51

		
	5.15.
	Compliance with ERISA and the IRC    51

		
	5.16.
	Post-Closing Obligations.    51

		
	6.
	NEGATIVE COVENANTS.    52

		
	6.1.
	Indebtedness    52

		
	6.2.
	Liens    52

		
	6.3.
	Restrictions on Fundamental Changes    52

		
	6.4.
	Disposal of Assets    52

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	6.5.
	Nature of Business    53

		
	6.6.
	Prepayments and Amendments    53

		
	6.7.
	Restricted Payments    53

		
	6.8.
	Accounting Methods    54

		
	6.9.
	Investments    54

		
	6.10.
	Transactions with Affiliates    54

		
	6.11.
	Use of Proceeds    55

		
	6.12.
	Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests    55

		
	6.13.
	Inventory with Bailees    55

		
	6.14.
	Parent as Holding Company    55

		
	6.15.
	Employee Benefits.    56

		
	6.16.
	Environmental    56

		
	6.17.
	Anti-Corruption Laws.    56

		
	7.
	FINANCIAL COVENANTS.    57

		
	7.1.
	Fixed Charge Coverage    57

		
	8.
	EVENTS OF DEFAULT.    57

		
	8.1.
	Payments    57

		
	8.2.
	Covenants    57

		
	8.3.
	Judgments    58

		
	8.4.
	Voluntary Bankruptcy, etc    58

		
	8.5.
	Involuntary Bankruptcy, etc    58

		
	8.6.
	Default Under Other Agreements    58

		
	8.7.
	Representations, etc    59

		
	8.8.
	Guaranty    59

		
	8.9.
	Security Documents    59

		
	8.10.
	Loan Documents    59

		
	8.11.
	Change of Control    59

		
	8.12.
	ERISA    59

		
	9.
	RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.    60

		
	9.1.
	Rights and Remedies    60

		
	9.2.
	Remedies Cumulative    60

		
	10.
	WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.    61

		
	10.1.
	Demand; Protest; etc    61

		
	10.2.
	The Lender Group's Liability for Collateral    61

		
	10.3.
	Indemnification    61

		
	11.
	NOTICES.    62

		
	12.
	CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION.    63

		
	13.
	ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS.    65

		
	13.1.
	Assignments and Participations.    65

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	13.2.
	Successors    69

		
	14.
	AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS.    69

		
	14.1.
	Amendments and Waivers.    69

		
	14.2.
	Replacement of Certain Lenders.    71

		
	14.3.
	No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies    72

		
	15.
	AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP.    72

		
	15.1.
	Appointment and Authorization of Agent    72

		
	15.2.
	Delegation of Duties    73

		
	15.3.
	Liability of Agent    73

		
	15.4.
	Reliance by Agent    73

		
	15.5.
	Notice of Default or Event of Default    74

		
	15.6.
	Credit Decision    74

		
	15.7.
	Costs and Expenses; Indemnification    75

		
	15.8.
	Agent in Individual Capacity    75

		
	15.9.
	Successor Agent    76

		
	15.10.
	Lender in Individual Capacity    76

		
	15.11.
	Collateral Matters.    77

		
	15.12.
	Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments.    78

		
	15.13.
	Agency for Perfection    79

		
	15.14.
	Payments by Agent to the Lenders    79

		
	15.15.
	Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents    79

		
	15.16.
	Field Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information    80

		
	15.17.
	Several Obligations; No Liability    81

		
	15.18.
	Lead Arranger and Book Runner    81

		
	16.
	WITHHOLDING TAXES.    81

		
	16.1.
	Payments    81

		
	16.2.
	Exemptions.    82

		
	16.3.
	Reductions.    83

		
	16.4.
	Refunds    84

		
	17.
	GENERAL PROVISIONS.    84

		
	17.1.
	Effectiveness    84

		
	17.2.
	Section Headings    84

		
	17.3.
	Interpretation    84

		
	17.4.
	Severability of Provisions    84

		
	17.5.
	Bank Product Providers    85

		
	17.6.
	Debtor-Creditor Relationship    85

		
	17.7.
	Counterparts; Electronic Execution    86

		
	17.8.
	Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations; Certain Waivers.    86

		
	17.9.
	Confidentiality.    86

		
	17.10.
	Survival    88

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	17.11.
	Patriot Act    88

		
	17.12.
	MGPI Processing, Inc. as Agent for Borrowers    88

		
	17.13.
	Integration.    89

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit A-1    Form of Assignment and Acceptance 
Exhibit B-1    Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit C-1    Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit L-1    Form of LIBOR Notice 
Exhibit P-1    Form of Perfection Certificate 

Schedule A-1    Agent's Account
Schedule A-2    Authorized Persons
Schedule C-1    Commitments
Schedule D-1    Designated Account
Schedule E-1    Locations
Schedule E-2    Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule E-3    Eligible Real Estate
Schedule P-1    Permitted Investments
Schedule P-2    Permitted Liens
Schedule R-1    Real Property Collateral
Schedule 1.1    Definitions
Schedule 3.1    Conditions Precedent
Schedule 4.1(b)    Capitalization of Borrowers
Schedule 4.1(c)    Capitalization of Borrowers' Subsidiaries
Schedule 4.1(d)    Subscriptions, Options, Warrants, Calls
Schedule 4.6(b)    Litigation
Schedule 4.10    Benefit Plans
Schedule 4.11    Environmental Matters
Schedule 4.14    Permitted Indebtedness
Schedule 4.27    Material Contracts
Schedule 4.28    Equity Interests in Existing JVs
Schedule 5.1    Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates
Schedule 5.2    Collateral Reporting 
Schedule 6.5    Nature of Business

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), is entered into as of March 21, 2016 by and among the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (each of such lenders, together with its successors and permitted assigns, is referred to hereinafter as a "Lender", as that term is hereinafter further defined), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, "Agent"), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association as sole lead arranger (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Lead Arranger"), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association as sole book runner (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Book Runner"), MGP INGREDIENTS, INC., a Kansas corporation ("Parent"), MGPI PROCESSING, INC., a Kansas corporation ("MGPI Processing"), MGPI PIPELINE, INC., a Kansas corporation ("MGPI Pipeline"), and MGPI OF INDIANA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("MGPI Indiana"; MGPI Indiana, together with MGPI Processing and MGPI Pipeline, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a "Borrower", and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the "Borrowers").
Parent, Borrowers, Agent, Wells Fargo, in its capacity as a lender, and U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as a lender, executed and delivered that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 27, 2015 (the "Original Closing Date") (as amended, restated or otherwise modified prior to the Closing Date, the "Existing Credit Agreement").
Parent, Borrowers, Agent and Lenders wish to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions contained herein, including without limitation, to make available to Borrowers a new term loan facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree, effective on the Closing Date, as follows:
		
	1.
	DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

1.1.    Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified therefor on Schedule 1.1.
1.2.    Accounting Terms.  All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP; provided, that if Borrowers notify Agent that Borrowers request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if Agent notifies Borrowers that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such Accounting Change or in the application thereof, then Agent and Borrowers agree that they will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that are directly affected by such 

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Accounting Change with the intent of having the respective positions of the Lenders and Borrowers after such Accounting Change conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been agreed upon and agreed to by the Required Lenders, the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no such Accounting Change had occurred.  When used herein, the term "financial statements" shall include the notes and schedules thereto.  Whenever the term "Parent" is used in respect of a financial covenant or a related definition, it shall be understood to mean Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (a) all financial statements delivered hereunder shall be prepared, and all financial covenants contained herein shall be calculated, without giving effect to any election under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (or any similar accounting principle) permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities or Indebtedness at the fair value thereof, and (b) the term "unqualified opinion" as used herein to refer to opinions or reports provided by accountants shall mean an opinion or report that is (i) unqualified, and (ii) does not include any explanation, supplemental comment, or other comment concerning the ability of the applicable Person to continue as a going concern or concerning the scope of the audit
1.3.    Code.  Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein; provided, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article 9 of the Code shall govern.
1.4.    Construction.  Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms "includes" and "including" are not limiting, and the term "or" has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase "and/or."  The words "hereof," "herein," "hereby," "hereunder," and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be.  Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein).  The words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties.  Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations shall mean (a) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of (i) the principal amount of, and interest accrued and unpaid with respect to, all outstanding Loans, together with the payment of any premium applicable to the repayment of the Loans, (ii) all Lender Group Expenses that have accrued and are unpaid regardless of whether demand has been made therefor, (iii) all fees or charges that have accrued hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including the Letter of Credit Fee and the Unused Line Fee) and are unpaid, (b) in the case of 

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contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization, (c) in the case of obligations with respect to Bank Products (other than Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization, (d) the receipt by Agent of cash collateral in order to secure any other contingent Obligations for which a claim or demand for payment has been made on or prior to such time or in respect of matters or circumstances known to Agent or a Lender at such time that are reasonably expected to result in any loss, cost, damage, or expense (including attorneys' fees and legal expenses), such cash collateral to be in such amount as Agent reasonably determines is appropriate to secure such contingent Obligations, (e) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of all other outstanding Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable (or which would or could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Obligations) under Hedge Agreements provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations, (ii) any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations) that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid or cash collateralized, and (iii) any Hedge Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Hedge Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid, and (f) the termination of all of the Commitments of the Lenders.  Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's successors and assigns.  Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
1.5.    Time References.  Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires otherwise, all references to time of day refer to Central standard time or Central daylight saving time, as in effect in Chicago, Illinois on such day.  For purposes of the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each means "to and including"; provided that, with respect to a computation of fees or interest payable to Agent or any Lender, such period shall in any event consist of at least one full day.
1.6.    Schedules and Exhibits.  All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.
1.7.    Effect of Amendment and Restatement; No Novation.
On the Closing Date, upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety by this Agreement.  The Existing Obligations shall continue in full force and effect, as amended hereby, and the effectiveness of this Agreement on the Closing Date shall not constitute a novation or repayment of the Existing Obligations. Such Existing Obligations, together with any and all additional Obligations incurred by Borrowers under this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents, shall continue to be secured by, among other things, the Collateral, whether now existing or hereafter acquired and wheresoever located, all as more specifically set forth in the Loan Documents.  To the extent applicable, each Borrower and Parent hereby reaffirms its obligations, liabilities, grants of security interests, pledges and the validity of all covenants by it contained in any and all Loan Documents, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by this Agreement and by the other Loan Documents delivered on the Closing 

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Date.  On the Closing Date, any and all references in any Loan Documents to the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to refer to this Agreement.
		
	2.
	LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.

2.1.    Revolving Loans.
(a)    On the Closing Date, immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) is $37,440,006.51 (the "Existing Revolving Loans").  Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement on the Closing Date, without the need for any further action by any of the parties, $15,000,000 of the Existing Revolving Loans (the "Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans") shall be recharacterized as a term loan pursuant to Section 2.14, but such recharacterization of the Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans shall not reduce the Revolver Commitments or the Maximum Revolver Amount.  The portion of the Existing Revolving Loans in excess of the Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans, in the amount of $22,440,006.51 (the "Remaining Existing Revolving Loans") shall be continued and shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, constitute Revolving Loans hereunder owing to Lenders as if such Remaining Existing Revolving Loans had been made by Lenders to Borrowers hereunder.  The Remaining Existing Revolving Loans shall be deemed allocated among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, and to the extent necessary to give effect hereto, the Lenders agree to make inter-Lender settlement payments on the Closing Date or immediately thereafter.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the term of this Agreement, each Revolving Lender agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make revolving loans ("Revolving Loans") to Borrowers in an amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the lesser of:
(i)    such Lender's Revolver Commitment, or
(ii)    such Lender's Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser of:
(A)    the amount equal to (1) the Maximum Revolver Amount less (2) the sum of (y) the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, plus (z) the principal amount of Swing Loans outstanding at such time, and
(B)    the amount equal to the Borrowing Base as of such date (based upon the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrowers to Agent) less the sum of (1) the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, plus (2) the principal amount of Swing Loans outstanding at such time.
(b)    Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may be repaid and, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the term of this Agreement.  The outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon, shall constitute Obligations and shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which they are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

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(c)    Anything to the contrary in this Section 2.1 notwithstanding, Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation), in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, to establish and increase or decrease Receivable Reserves, Inventory and Fixed Asset Reserves, Bank Product Reserves, the Distilled Spirits Tax Reserve, the Rail Reserve and other Reserves against the Borrowing Base or the Maximum Revolver Amount.  The amount of any Receivable Reserve, Inventory and Fixed Asset Reserve, Bank Product Reserve,  the Distilled Spirits Tax Reserve, the Rail Reserve, or any other Reserve established by Agent shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition, other circumstance, or fact that is the basis for such reserve and shall not be duplicative of any other reserve established and currently maintained.
2.2.    Borrowing Procedures and Settlements.
(a)    Procedure for Borrowing Revolving Loans.  Provided that Agent has not separately agreed that Borrowers may use the Loan Management Service, each Borrowing shall be made by a written request by an Authorized Person delivered to Agent and received by Agent no later than 12:00 noon (i) on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date in the case of a request for a Swing Loan, and (ii) on the Business Day that is 1 Business Day prior to the requested Funding Date in the case of all other requests, in each case specifying (1) the amount of such Borrowing and (2) the requested Funding Date (which shall be a Business Day); provided, that Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to accept as timely requests that are received later than 12:00 noon on the applicable Business Day.  At Agent's election, in lieu of delivering the above-described written request, any Authorized Person may give Agent telephonic notice of such request by the required time.  In such circumstances, Borrowers agree that any such telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of the giving of such telephonic notice, but the failure to provide such written confirmation shall not affect the validity of the request.  Agent is authorized to make Revolving Loans, and, and the Issuing Bank is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person.
(b)    Making of Swing Loans.  In the case of a request for a Revolving Loan and so long as either (i) the aggregate amount of Swing Loans made since the last Settlement Date, minus all payments or other amounts applied to Swing Loans since the last Settlement Date, plus the amount of the requested Swing Loan does not exceed $8,000,000, or (ii) Swing Lender, in its sole discretion, agrees to make a Swing Loan notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, Swing Lender shall make a Revolving Loan (any such Revolving Loan made by Swing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) being referred to as a "Swing Loan" and all such Revolving Loans being referred to as "Swing Loans") available to Borrowers on the Funding Date applicable thereto by transferring immediately available funds in the amount of such requested Borrowing to the Designated Account. Each Swing Loan shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and conditions (including Section 3) applicable to other Revolving Loans, except that all payments (including interest) on any Swing Loan shall be payable to Swing Lender solely for its own account.  Subject to the provisions of Section 2.2(e)(ii), Swing Lender shall not make and shall not be obligated to make any Swing Loan if Swing Lender has actual knowledge that (i) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing, or (ii) the requested Borrowing would 

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exceed the Availability on such Funding Date.  Swing Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine whether the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have been satisfied on the Funding Date applicable thereto prior to making any Swing Loan.  The Swing Loans shall be secured by Agent's Liens, constitute Revolving Loans and Obligations, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans.
(c)    Making of Revolving Loans.
(i)    In the event that Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan, then after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2(a), Agent shall notify the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, email, or other electronic form of transmission, of the requested Borrowing; such notification to be sent on the Business Day that is 1 Business Day prior to the requested Funding Date.  If Agent has notified the Lenders of a requested Borrowing on the Business Day that is 1 Business Day prior to the Funding Date, then each Lender shall make the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent's Account, not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date.  After Agent's receipt of the proceeds of such Revolving Loans from the Lenders, Agent shall make the proceeds thereof available to Borrowers on the applicable Funding Date by transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to the Designated Account; provided, that, subject to the provisions of Section 2.2(e)(ii), no Lender shall have an obligation to make any Revolving Loan, if (1) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable Borrowing unless such condition has been waived, or (2) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such Funding Date.
(ii)    Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender prior to 9:30 a.m. on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date relative to a requested Borrowing as to which Agent has notified the Lenders of a requested Borrowing that such Lender will not make available as and when required hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrowers the amount of that Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, Agent may assume that each Lender has made or will make such amount available to Agent in immediately available funds on the Funding Date and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrowers a corresponding amount.  If, on the requested Funding Date, any Lender shall not have remitted the full amount that it is required to make available to Agent in immediately available funds and if Agent has made available to Borrowers such amount on the requested Funding Date, then such Lender shall make the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately available funds, to Agent's Account, no later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day that is the first Business Day after the requested Funding Date (in which case, the interest accrued on such Lender's portion of such Borrowing for the Funding Date shall be for Agent's separate account).  If any Lender shall not remit the full amount that it is required to make available to Agent in immediately available funds as and when required hereby and if Agent has made available to Borrowers such amount, then that Lender shall be obligated to immediately remit such amount to Agent, together with interest at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day until the date on which such amount is so remitted.  A notice submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to amounts owing under this Section 2.2(c)(ii) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.  If the 

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amount that a Lender is required to remit is made available to Agent, then such payment to Agent shall constitute such Lender's Revolving Loan for all purposes of this Agreement.  If such amount is not made available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date and the other Lenders are not obligated to fund such Revolving Loans pursuant to the terms hereof, Agent will notify Borrowers of such failure to fund and, upon demand by Agent, Borrowers shall pay such amount to Agent for Agent's account, together with interest thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Revolving Loans composing such Borrowing.
(d)    Loan Management Service.  If Agent has separately agreed that Borrowers may use the Loan Management Service, Borrowers shall not request and Agent shall no longer honor a request for Revolving Loans made in accordance with Section 2.2(a) and all Revolving Loans will instead be initiated by Agent and credited to the Designated Account as Revolving Loans as of the end of each Business Day in an amount sufficient to maintain an agreed upon ledger balance in the Designated Account, subject only to Availability as provided in Section 2.1.  If Agent terminates Borrowers' access to the Loan Management Service, Borrowers may continue to request Revolving Loans as provided in Section 2.2(a), subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.  Agent shall have no obligation to make a Revolving Loan through the Loan Management Service after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, or in an amount in excess of Availability, and may terminate the Loan Management Service at any time in its sole discretion.  
(e)    Protective Advances and Optional Overadvances.
(i)    Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document notwithstanding, but subject to Section 2.2(e)(iv), at any time (A) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) that any of the other applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 are not satisfied, Agent hereby is authorized by Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time, in Agent's sole discretion, to make Revolving Loans to, or for the benefit of, Borrowers, on behalf of the Revolving Lenders, that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or (2) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) (the Revolving Loans described in this Section 2.2(e)(i) shall be referred to as "Protective Advances").  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of all Protective Advances outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $8,000,000.
(ii)    Any contrary provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document notwithstanding,  but subject to Section 2.2(e)(iv), the Lenders hereby authorize Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, and either Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, may, but is not obligated to, knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans) to Borrowers notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or would be created thereby, so long as (A) after giving effect to such Revolving Loans, the outstanding Revolver Usage does not exceed the Borrowing Base by more than $8,000,000, and (B) after giving effect to such Revolving Loans, the outstanding Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the Maximum Revolver 

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Amount.  In the event Agent obtains actual knowledge that the Revolver Usage exceeds the amounts permitted by the immediately foregoing provisions, regardless of the amount of, or reason for, such excess, Agent shall notify the Lenders as soon as practicable (and prior to making any (or any additional) intentional Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) unless Agent determines that prior notice would result in imminent harm to the Collateral or its value, in which case Agent may make such Overadvances and provide notice as promptly as practicable thereafter), and the Lenders with Revolver Commitments thereupon shall, together with Agent, jointly determine the terms of arrangements that shall be implemented with Borrowers intended to reduce, within a reasonable time, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans to Borrowers to an amount permitted by the preceding sentence.  In such circumstances, if any Lender with a Revolver Commitment objects to the proposed terms of reduction or repayment of any Overadvance, the terms of reduction or repayment thereof shall be implemented according to the determination of the Required Lenders.  The foregoing provisions are meant for the benefit of the Lenders and Agent and are not meant for the benefit of Borrowers, which shall continue to be bound by the provisions of Section 2.3(e)(1).  Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment shall be obligated to settle with Agent as provided in Section 2.2(f) (or Section 2.2(h), as applicable) for the amount of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of any unintentional Overadvances by Agent reported to such Lender, any intentional Overadvances made as permitted under this Section 2.2(e)(ii), and any Overadvances resulting from the charging to the Loan Account of interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses.
(iii)    Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance (each, an "Extraordinary Advance") shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder, except that no Extraordinary Advance shall be eligible to be a LIBOR Rate Loan and, prior to Settlement therefor, all payments on the Extraordinary Advances shall be payable to Agent solely for its own account.  The Extraordinary Advances shall be repayable on demand, secured by Agent's Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans.  The provisions of this Section 2.2(e) are for the exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Lender, and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit Borrowers (or any other Loan Party) in any way.
(iv)    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary: (A) no Extraordinary Advance may be made by Agent if such Extraordinary Advance would cause the aggregate principal amount of Extraordinary Advances outstanding to exceed an amount equal to 10% of the Maximum Revolver Amount; and (B) to the extent that the making of any Extraordinary Advance causes the aggregate Revolver Usage to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount, such portion of such Extraordinary Advance shall be for Agent's sole and separate account and not for the account of any Lender and shall be entitled to priority in repayment in accordance with Section 2.3(b).
(f)    Settlement.  It is agreed that each Lender's funded portion of the Revolving Loans is intended by the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Revolving Loans.  Such agreement notwithstanding, Agent, Swing Lender, and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of Borrowers) that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among 

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the Lenders as to the Revolving Loans, the Swing Loans, and the Extraordinary Advances shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:
(i)    Agent shall request settlement ("Settlement") with the Lenders on a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by Agent in its sole discretion (1) on behalf of Swing Lender, with respect to the outstanding Swing Loans, (2) for itself, with respect to the outstanding Extraordinary Advances, and (3) with respect to Borrowers' or any of their Subsidiaries' payments or other amounts received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the date of such requested Settlement being the "Settlement Date").  Such notice of a Settlement Date shall include a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and Extraordinary Advances for the period since the prior Settlement Date.  Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein (including Section 2.2(h)):  (y) if the amount of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans, and Extraordinary Advances) made by a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender exceeds such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans, and Extraordinary Advances) as of a Settlement Date, then Agent shall, by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a Deposit Account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans, and Extraordinary Advances), and (z) if the amount of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans, and Extraordinary Advances) made by a Lender is less than such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans, and Extraordinary Advances) as of a Settlement Date, such Lender shall no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date transfer in immediately available funds to Agent's Account, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances).  Such amounts made available to Agent under clause (z) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swing Loans or Extraordinary Advances and, together with the portion of such Swing Loans or Extraordinary Advances representing Swing Lender's Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Revolving Loans of such Lenders.  If any such amount is not made available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, Agent shall be entitled to recover for its account such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate.
(ii)    In determining whether a Lender's balance of the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and Extraordinary Advances is less than, equal to, or greater than such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans, and Extraordinary Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part of the relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments actually received in good funds by Agent with respect to principal, interest, fees payable by Borrowers and allocable to the Lenders hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral.
(iii)    Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent Extraordinary Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, any payments or other amounts received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this 

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Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving Loans, for application to the Extraordinary Advances or Swing Loans.  Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Extraordinary Advances or Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Swing Lender any payments or other amounts received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving Loans, for application to Swing Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans.  If, as of any Settlement Date, payments or other amounts of Parent or its Subsidiaries received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have been applied to Swing Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans other than to Swing Loans, as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing Lender shall pay to Agent for the accounts of the Lenders, and Agent shall pay to the Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender if Agent has implemented the provisions of Section 2.2(h)), to be applied to the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lenders, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loans.  During the period between Settlement Dates, Swing Lender with respect to Swing Loans, Agent with respect to Extraordinary Advances, and each Lender with respect to the Revolving Loans other than Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances, shall be entitled to interest at the applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the daily amount of funds employed by Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders, as applicable.
(iv)    Anything in this Section 2.2(f) to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, Agent shall be entitled to refrain from remitting settlement amounts to the Defaulting Lender and, instead, shall be entitled to elect to implement the provisions set forth in Section 2.2(h).
(g)    Notation.  Agent, as a non-fiduciary agent for Borrowers, shall maintain a register showing the principal amount of the Revolving Loans, and the portion of the Term Loan, as applicable, owing to each Lender, including the Swing Loans owing to Swing Lender, and Extraordinary Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of each Lender, from time to time and such register shall, absent manifest error, conclusively be presumed to be correct and accurate.
(h)    Defaulting Lenders.
(i)    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.3(b)(ii), Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any payments made by Borrowers to Agent for the Defaulting Lender's benefit or any proceeds of Collateral that would otherwise be remitted hereunder to the Defaulting Lender, and, in the absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments (A) first, to Swing Lender to the extent of any Swing Loans that were made by Swing Lender and that were required to be, but were not, paid by the Defaulting Lender, (B) second, to Issuing Bank, to the extent of the portion of a Letter of Credit Disbursement that was required to be, but was not, paid by the Defaulting Lender, (C) third, to each Non-Defaulting Lender ratably in accordance with their Commitments (but, in each case, only to the extent that such Defaulting Lender's portion of a Revolving Loan (or other funding obligation) was funded by such other Non-Defaulting Lender), (D) to a suspense account maintained by Agent, the proceeds of which shall be retained by Agent and may be made available to be re-advanced to or for the benefit of Borrowers (upon the request of Borrowers and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.2) 

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as if such Defaulting Lender had made its portion of Revolving Loans (or other funding obligations) hereunder, and (E) from and after the date on which all other Obligations have been paid in full, to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with tier (L) of Section 2.3(b)(ii).  Subject to the foregoing, Agent may hold and, in its discretion, re-lend to Borrowers for the account of such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender.  Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the Loan Documents (including the calculation of Pro Rata Share in connection therewith) and for the purpose of calculating the fee payable under Section 2.9(b), such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a "Lender" and such Lender's Commitment shall be deemed to be zero; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to any of the matters governed by Section 14.1(a)(i) through (iii).  The provisions of this Section 2.2(h) shall remain effective with respect to such Defaulting Lender until the earlier of (y) the date on which all of the Non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, Issuing Bank, and Borrowers shall have waived, in writing, the application of this Section 2.2(h) to such Defaulting Lender, or (z) the date on which such Defaulting Lender makes payment of all amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, pays to Agent all amounts owing by Defaulting Lender in respect of the amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder, and, if requested by Agent, provides adequate assurance of its ability to perform its future obligations hereunder (on which earlier date, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any remaining cash collateral held by Agent pursuant to Section 2.2(h)(ii) shall be released to Borrowers).  The operation of this Section 2.2(h) shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitments of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder, or to relieve or excuse the performance by any Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder to Agent, Issuing Bank, or to the Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender.  Any failure by a Defaulting Lender to fund amounts that it was obligated to fund hereunder shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement and shall entitle Borrowers, at their option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange for a substitute Lender to assume the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender, such substitute Lender to be reasonably acceptable to Agent.  In connection with the arrangement of such a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder, and agrees to execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment and Acceptance in favor of the substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such document if it fails to do so) subject only to being paid its share of the outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations, but including (1) all interest, fees, and other amounts that may be due and payable in respect thereof, and (2) an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of its participation in the Letters of Credit); provided, that any such assumption of the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of the Lender Groups' or Borrowers' rights or remedies against any such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such failure to fund.  In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.2(h) and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other.  In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.2(h) shall control and govern.

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(ii)    If any Swing Loan or Letter of Credit is outstanding at the time that a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(A)    such Defaulting Lender's Swing Loan Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares but only to the extent (x) the sum of all Non-Defaulting Lenders' Revolving Loan Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender's Swing Loan Exposure and Letter of Credit Exposure does not exceed the total of all Non-Defaulting Lenders' Revolver Commitments and (y) the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 are satisfied at such time;
(B)    if the reallocation described in clause (A) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, Borrowers shall within one Business Day following notice by Agent (x) first, prepay such Defaulting Lender's Swing Loan Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above) and (y) second, cash collateralize such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (A) above), pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, for so long as such Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding; provided, that Borrowers shall not be obligated to cash collateralize any Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Exposure if such Defaulting Lender is also the Issuing Bank;
(C)    if Borrowers cash collateralize any portion of such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to this Section 2.2(h)(ii), Borrowers shall not be required to pay any Letter of Credit Fees to Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.5(b) with respect to such cash collateralized portion of such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Letter of Credit Exposure is cash collateralized;
(D)    to the extent the Letter of Credit Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.2(h)(ii), then the Letter of Credit Fees payable to the Non-Defaulting Lenders pursuant to Section 2.5(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders' Letter of Credit Exposure;
(E)    to the extent any Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Exposure is neither cash collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.2(h)(ii), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit Fees that would have otherwise been payable to such Defaulting Lender under Section 2.5(b) with respect to such portion of such Letter of Credit Exposure shall instead be payable to the Issuing Bank until such portion of such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Exposure is cash collateralized or reallocated;
(F)    so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Lender shall not be required to make any Swing Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend, or increase any Letter of Credit, in each case, to the extent (x) the Defaulting Lender's Pro Rata Share of such Swing Loans or Letter of Credit cannot be reallocated pursuant to this Section 2.2(h)(ii) or (y) the Swing Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has not otherwise entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Swing Lender or Issuing Bank, as 

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applicable, and Borrowers to eliminate the Swing Lender's or Issuing Bank's risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender's participation in Swing Loans or Letters of Credit; and
(G)    Agent may release any cash collateral provided by Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.2(h)(ii) to the Issuing Bank and the Issuing Bank may apply any such cash collateral to the payment of such Defaulting Lender's Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement that is not reimbursed by Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.10(d).
(i)    Independent Obligations.  All Revolving Loans (other than Swing Loans and Extraordinary Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares.  It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligation to make any Revolving Loan (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor shall any Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.
2.3.    Payments; Reductions of Commitments; Prepayments.
(a)    Payments by Borrowers.
(i)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrowers shall be made to Agent's Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein.  Any payment received by Agent later than 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been received (unless Agent, in its sole discretion, elects to credit it on the date received) on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue until such following Business Day.
(ii)    Unless Agent receives notice from Borrowers prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders that Borrowers will not make such payment in full as and when required, Agent may assume that Borrowers have made (or will make) such payment in full to Agent on such date in immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender.  If and to the extent Borrowers do not make such payment in full to Agent on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date repaid.
(b)    Apportionment and Application.
(iii)    So long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest payments received by Agent shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses received by Agent (other than fees or expenses that are for Agent's separate account or for the separate account of Issuing Bank) shall be apportioned ratably 

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among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of Commitment or Obligation to which a particular fee or expense relates.  Subject to Section 2.3(b)(iv), Section 2.3(d)(iii), and Section 2.3(e), all payments to be made hereunder by Borrowers shall be remitted to Agent and all such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall be applied, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, to reduce the balance of the Revolving Loans outstanding and, thereafter, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(iv)    At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments remitted to Agent and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent shall be applied as follows:
(A)    first, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,
(B)    second, to pay any fees or premiums then due to Agent under the Loan Documents until paid in full,
(C)    third, to pay interest due in respect of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
(D)    fourth, to pay the principal of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
(E)    fifth, ratably, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,
(F)    sixth, ratably, to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents until paid in full,
(G)    seventh, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Swing Loans until paid in full,
(H)    eighth, to pay the principal of all Swing Loans until paid in full,
(I)    ninth, ratably, to pay interest accrued in respect of the Revolving Loans (other than Protective Advances) and the Term Loan, until paid in full,
(J)    tenth, ratably
i.    ratably, to pay the principal of all Revolving Loans and the Term Loan until paid in full,

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ii.    to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Bank (and for the ratable benefit of each of the Lenders that have an obligation to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, a share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement), as cash collateral in an amount of 105% of the Letter of Credit Usage (to the extent permitted by applicable law, such cash collateral shall be applied to the reimbursement of any Letter of Credit Disbursement as and when such disbursement occurs and, if a Letter of Credit expires undrawn, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Letter of Credit shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(ii), beginning with tier (A) hereof),
iii.    ratably, up to the amount (after taking into account any amounts previously paid pursuant to this clause iii. during the continuation of the applicable Application Event) of the most recently established Bank Product Reserve to (y) the Bank Product Providers based upon amounts then certified by the applicable Bank Product Provider to Agent (in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) to be due and payable to such Bank Product Providers on account of Bank Product Obligations, and (z) with any balance to be paid to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Bank Product Providers, as cash collateral (which cash collateral may be released by Agent to the applicable Bank Product Provider and applied by such Bank Product Provider to the payment or reimbursement of any amounts due and payable with respect to Bank Product Obligations owed to the applicable Bank Product Provider as and when such amounts first become due and payable and, if and at such time as all such Bank Product Obligations are paid or otherwise satisfied in full, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Bank Product Obligations shall be reapplied pursuant to this Section 2.3(b)(ii), beginning with tier (A) hereof,  
(K)    eleventh, to pay any other Obligations other than Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders,
(L)    twelfth, ratably to pay any Obligations owed to Defaulting Lenders; and
(M)    thirteenth, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(v)    Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable wire instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to receive, subject to a Settlement delay as provided in Section 2.2(f).
(vi)    In each instance, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, Section 2.3(b)(i) shall not apply to any payment made by Borrowers to Agent and specified by Borrowers to be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(vii)    For purposes of Section 2.3(b)(ii), "paid in full" of a type of Obligation means payment in cash or immediately available funds of all amounts owing on account of such type of Obligation, including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency 

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Proceeding, default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, irrespective of whether any of the foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(viii)    In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 2.3 and any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other.  In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, if the conflict relates to the provisions of Section 2.2(h) and this Section 2.3, then the provisions of Section 2.2(h) shall control and govern, and if otherwise, then the terms and provisions of this Section 2.3 shall control and govern.
(c)    Reduction of Commitments.
(i)    Revolver Commitments.  The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.  Borrowers may reduce the Revolver Commitments, without premium or penalty, to an amount (which may be zero) not less than the sum of (A) the Revolver Usage as of such date, plus (B) the principal amount of all Revolving Loans not yet made as to which a request has been given by Borrowers under Section 2.2(a) plus (C) the amount of all Letters of Credit not yet issued as to which a request has been given by Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.10(a)).  Each such reduction shall be in an amount which is not less than $5,000,000 (unless the Revolver Commitments are being reduced to zero and terminated and the amount of the Revolver Commitments in effect immediately prior to such reduction are less than $5,000,000), shall be made by providing not less than 10 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, and shall be irrevocable.  Once reduced, the Revolver Commitments may not be increased.  Each such reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall reduce the Revolver Commitments of each Lender proportionately in accordance with its ratable share thereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Revolver Commitments are being reduced to zero and terminated, no such reduction shall result in the Revolver Commitments being reduced to an amount less than $55,000,000.
(ii)    Term Loan Commitments.  The Term Loan Commitments shall terminate upon the making of the Term Loan.
(d)    Optional Prepayments.
(v)    Fixed Asset Loans.  Borrowers may, upon at least 5 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, prepay the principal of any Fixed Asset Loan in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.  Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.3(d)(i) shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest to the date of such payment on the amount prepaid. Each such prepayment shall be applied against the scheduled reductions of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount in the inverse order of maturity (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is to be reduced on the Maturity Date shall constitute a scheduled reduction).
(vi)    Current Asset Loans.  Borrowers may prepay the principal of any Current Asset Loan at any time in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.

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(vii)    Term Loan.  Borrowers may, upon at least 5 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, prepay the principal of the Term Loan, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.  Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.4(d)(iii) shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest to the date of such payment on the amount prepaid.  Each such prepayment shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal due on the Term Loan in the inverse order of maturity (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Maturity Date shall constitute an installment).
(e)    Mandatory Prepayments. 
(v)    Borrowing Base.  If, at any time, (A) the Revolver Usage on such date exceeds (B) the Borrowing Base reflected in the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered by Borrowers to Agent, then Borrowers shall immediately prepay the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.3(f)(i) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such excess.
(vi)    Dispositions.  Within 1 Business Day of the date of receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of the Net Cash Proceeds of any voluntary or involuntary sale or disposition by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of assets (including casualty losses or condemnations but excluding sales or dispositions which qualify as Permitted Dispositions under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n) or (o) of the definition of Permitted Dispositions), Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.3(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (including condemnation awards and payments in lieu thereof) received by such Person in connection with such sales or dispositions; provided that, so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (B) such Borrower shall have given Agent prior written notice of such Borrower's intention to apply such monies to the costs of replacement of the properties or assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition or the cost of purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries, (C) the monies are held in a Deposit Account in which Agent has a perfected first-priority security interest, and (D) Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, complete such replacement, purchase, or construction within 180 days after the initial receipt of such monies, then the Loan Party whose assets were the subject of such disposition shall have the option to apply such monies to the costs of replacement of the assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition unless and to the extent that such applicable period shall have expired without such replacement, purchase, or construction being made or completed, in which case, any amounts remaining in the Deposit Account referred to in clause (C) above shall be paid to Agent and applied in accordance with Section 2.3(f)(ii); provided, that no Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have the right to use such Net Cash Proceeds to make such replacements, purchases, or construction in excess of $500,000 in any given fiscal year.  Nothing contained in this Section 2.3(e)(ii) shall permit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any assets other than in accordance with Section 6.4.
(vii)    Extraordinary Receipts.  Within 3 Business Days of the date of receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts, Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.3(f)(ii) in an 

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amount equal to 100% of such Extraordinary Receipts, net of any reasonable expenses incurred in collecting such Extraordinary Receipts.
(viii)    Indebtedness.  Within 3 Business Days of the date of incurrence by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness), Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.3(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection with such incurrence.  The provisions of this Section 2.3(e)(iv) shall not be deemed to be implied consent to any such incurrence otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
(ix)    Equity.  Within 3 Business Days of the date of the issuance by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interests (other than (A) in the event that Parent any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries forms any Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof, the issuance by such Subsidiary of Equity Interests to Parent or such Subsidiary, as applicable, (B) the issuance of Equity Interests of Parent to directors, officers and employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock option plans (or other employee incentive plans or other compensation arrangements) approved by the Board of Directors, (C) the issuance of Equity Interests of Parent in order to finance the purchase consideration (or a portion thereof) in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or Capital Expenditures permitted hereunder, and (D) the issuance of Equity Interests by a Subsidiary of Parent to its parent or member in connection with the contribution by such parent or member to such Subsidiary of the proceeds of an issuance described in clauses (A) – (D) above), Borrowers shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.3(f)(ii) in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by such Person in connection with such issuance.  The provisions of this Section 2.3(e)(v) shall not be deemed to be implied consent to any such issuance otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
(f)    Application of Payments.
(i)    Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.3(e)(i) shall, (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans until paid in full (without any permanent reduction in the Maximum Revolver Amount, and applied first, to Current Asset Base Rate Loans, second, to Current Asset LIBOR Rate Loans, third, to Fixed Asset Base Rate Loans, and last, to Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Loans), second, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage, and third, to the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan until paid in full, first, to Term Base Rate Loans and second, to Term LIBOR Rate Loans and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.3(b)(ii).  Each such prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal due on the Term Loan in the inverse order of maturity (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Maturity Date shall constitute an installment).
(ii)    Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.3(e)(ii) (other than prepayments arising as a result of dispositions of assets predicate of Fixed Asset Loans, which shall be applied pursuant to subclause (iii) below), 2.3(e)(iii), 2.3(e)(iv) or 2.3(e)(v) shall (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding 

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principal amount of the Term Loan until paid in full, second, to the outstanding principal amount of the Fixed Asset Loans (and simultaneously reduce the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount), and applied against the scheduled reductions of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount in the inverse order of maturity until the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount has been reduced to zero (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is to be reduced on the Maturity Date shall constitute a scheduled reduction) third, to the outstanding principal amount of the Current Asset Loans, until paid in full, and fourth, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.3(b)(ii).  Each such prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal due on the Term Loan in the inverse order of maturity (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Maturity Date shall constitute an installment).
(iii)    Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.3(e)(ii) arising as a result of dispositions of assets predicate of Fixed Asset Loans, shall (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Fixed Asset Loans (and simultaneously reduce the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount), and applied against the scheduled reductions of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount in the inverse order of maturity until the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount has been reduced to zero (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is to be reduced on the Maturity Date shall constitute a scheduled reduction), second, to the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan until paid in full, third, to the outstanding principal amount of the Current Asset Loans, until paid in full, and fourth, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 2.3(b)(ii).  Each such prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal due on the Term Loan in the inverse order of maturity (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Maturity Date shall constitute an installment).
2.4.    Promise to Pay; Promissory Notes.
(a)    Borrowers agree to pay the Lender Group Expenses on the earlier of (i) the first day of the month following the date on which the applicable Lender Group Expenses were first incurred or (ii) the date on which demand therefor is made by Agent (it being acknowledged and agreed that any charging of such costs, expenses or Lender Group Expenses to the Loan Account pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.5(d) shall be deemed to constitute a demand for payment thereof for the purposes of this subclause (ii)).  Borrowers promise to pay all of the Obligations (including principal, interest, premiums, if any, fees, costs, and expenses (including Lender Group Expenses)) in full on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations) become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.  Borrowers agree that their obligations contained in the first sentence of this Section 2.4(a) shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations.
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and deliver to such Lender the requested promissory notes payable to the order of such Lender in a form furnished by Agent and reasonably satisfactory to Borrowers.  Thereafter, the portion of the Commitments and Loans evidenced by such promissory notes and interest thereon shall at all times be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein.
2.5.    Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee:  Rates, Payments, and Calculations.
(a)    Interest Rates.  Except as provided in Section 2.5(c), all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest as follows:
(iii)    if the relevant Obligation is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate plus the LIBOR Rate Margin, and
(iv)    otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin.
(b)    Letter of Credit Fee.  Borrowers shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Lenders), a Letter of Credit fee (the "Letter of Credit Fee") (which fee shall be in addition to the fronting fees and commissions, other fees, charges and expenses set forth in Section 2.10(k)) that shall accrue at a per annum rate equal to the Current Asset LIBOR Rate Margin multiplied by the Letter of Credit Usage.
(c)    Default Rate.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and at the election of Agent or the Required Lenders,
(x)    all Obligations (except for Letter of Credit Usage) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable thereunder, and
(xi)    the Letter of Credit Fee shall be increased to 2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder.
(d)    Payment.  Except to the extent provided to the contrary in Section 2.9 or Section 2.11(a), (i) all interest, all Letter of Credit Fees and all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the first day of each month and (ii) all costs and expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, and all Lender Group Expenses shall be due and payable on the earlier of (x) the first day of the month following the date on which the applicable costs, expenses, or Lender Group Expenses were first incurred or (y) the date on which demand therefor is made by Agent (it being acknowledged and agreed that any charging of such costs, expenses or Lender Group Expenses to the Loan Account pursuant to the provisions of the following sentence shall be deemed to constitute a demand for payment thereof for the purposes of this subclause (y)).  Borrowers hereby authorize Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Borrowers, to charge to the Loan Account (A) on the first day of each month, all interest accrued during the prior month on the Revolving Loans or the Term Loan 

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hereunder, (B) on the first day of each month, all Letter of Credit Fees accrued or chargeable hereunder during the prior month, (C) as and when incurred or accrued, all fees and costs provided for in Section 2.9 (a) or (c), (D) on the first day of each month, the Unused Line Fee accrued during the prior month pursuant to Section 2.9(b), (E) as and when due and payable, all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, (F) as and when incurred or accrued, the fronting fees and all commissions, other fees, charges and expenses provided for in Section 2.10(k), (G) as and when incurred or accrued, all other Lender Group Expenses, and (H) as and when due and payable all other payment obligations payable under any Loan Document or any Bank Product Agreement (including any amounts due and payable to the Bank Product Providers in respect of Bank Products).  All amounts (including interest, fees, costs, expenses, Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document or under any Bank Product Agreement) charged to the Loan Account shall thereupon constitute Revolving Loans hereunder, shall constitute Obligations hereunder, and shall initially accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans (unless and until converted into LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
(e)    Computation.  All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which the interest or fees accrue.  In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate automatically and immediately shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal to such change in the Base Rate.
(f)    Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate.  In no event shall the interest rate or rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable.  Borrowers and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated within it; provided, that, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if such rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum allowable under applicable law, then, ipso facto, as of the date of this Agreement, Borrowers are and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum amount as is allowed by law, and payment received from Borrowers in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.
2.6.    Crediting Payments.  The receipt of any payment item by Agent shall not be required to be considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately available federal funds made to Agent's Account or unless and until such payment item is honored when presented for payment.  Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment, then Borrowers shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated accordingly.  Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be deemed received by Agent only if it is received into Agent's Account on a Business Day on or before 2:00 p.m.  If any payment item is received into Agent's Account on a non-Business Day or after 2:00 p.m. on a Business Day (unless Agent, in its sole discretion, elects to credit it on the date received), it shall be deemed to have been received by Agent as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day.

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2.7.    Designated Account.  Agent is authorized to make the Revolving Loans and the Term Loan, and Issuing Bank is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions, if pursuant to Section 2.5(d).  Borrowers agree to establish and maintain the Designated Account with the Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds of the Revolving Loans requested by Borrowers and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder.  Unless otherwise agreed by Agent and Borrowers, any Revolving Loan or Swing Loan requested by Borrowers and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be made to the Designated Account.
2.8.    Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations.  Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of Borrowers (the "Loan Account") on which Borrowers will be charged with the Term Loan, all Revolving Loans (including Extraordinary Advances and Swing Loans) made by Agent, Swing Lender, or the Lenders to Borrowers or for Borrowers' account, the Letters of Credit issued or arranged by Issuing Bank for Borrowers' account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses, and Lender Group Expenses.  In accordance with Section 2.6, the Loan Account will be credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrowers or for Borrowers' account.  Agent shall make available to Borrowers monthly statements regarding the Loan Account, including the principal amount of the Term Loan and the Revolving Loans, interest accrued hereunder, fees accrued or charged hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and a summary itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Lender Group Expenses accrued hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and each such statement, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrowers and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after Agent first makes such a statement available to Borrowers, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in such statement.
2.9.    Fees.
(a)    Agent and Lender Fees.  Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the account of Agent, as and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letter, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter.
(b)    Unused Line Fee.  Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable account of the Revolving Lenders, an unused line fee (the "Unused Line Fee") in an amount equal to the Applicable Unused Line Fee Percentage per annum times the result of (i) the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments, less (ii) the Average Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof), which Unused Line Fee shall be due and payable on the first day of each month from and after the Closing Date up to the first day of the month prior to the date on which the Obligations are paid in full and on the date on which the Obligations are paid in full.
(c)    Field Examination and Other Fees.  Borrowers shall pay to Agent, field examination and appraisal fees and charges, as and when incurred or chargeable, as follows (i) a fee of $1,000 per day, per examiner, plus out-of-pocket expenses (including travel, meals, and lodging) for each field examination of any Borrower performed by personnel employed by Agent, 

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and (ii) the fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent (but, in any event, no less than a charge of $1,000 per day, per Person, plus out-of-pocket expenses (including travel, meals, and lodging)) if it elects to employ the services of one or more third Persons to perform field examinations of Parent or its Subsidiaries, to establish electronic collateral reporting systems, to appraise the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or to assess Parent's or its Subsidiaries' business valuation; provided, that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrowers shall not be obligated to reimburse Agent for (A) more than 1 field examination during any calendar year (or 2 such examinations if Excess Availability is less than the Threshold Amount at any time during such calendar year), (B) more than $60,000 in respect of field examinations in any calendar year, (C) more than 1 appraisal of Inventory during any calendar year (or 2 such appraisals if Excess Availability is less than the Threshold Amount at any time during such calendar year), (D) more than 2 appraisals of Equipment during any calendar year or (E) more than 1 appraisal of Real Property constituting Collateral during any calendar year.
(d)    Term Loan Closing Fee.  Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable account of the Term Loan Lenders, a Term Loan closing fee in an amount equal to 0.375% of the aggregate Term Loan Commitments (or $56,250).  Such Term Loan closing fee shall be fully earned and non-refundable on the Closing Date.
2.10.    Letters of Credit.
(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Borrowers made in accordance herewith, and prior to the Maturity Date, Issuing Bank agrees to issue a requested Letter of Credit for the account of Borrowers.  By submitting a request to Issuing Bank for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested that Issuing Bank issue the requested Letter of Credit.  Each request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or the amendment, renewal, or extension of any outstanding Letter of Credit, shall be irrevocable and shall be made in writing by an Authorized Person and delivered to Issuing Bank via telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission reasonably acceptable to Issuing Bank and reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension.  Each such request shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Issuing Bank and (i) shall specify (A) the amount of such Letter of Credit, (B) the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of such Letter of Credit, (C) the proposed expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (D) the name and address of the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit, and (E) such other information (including, the conditions to drawing, and, in the case of an amendment, renewal, or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended, renewed, or extended) as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of Credit, and (ii) shall be accompanied by such Issuer Documents as Agent or Issuing Bank may request or require, to the extent that such requests or requirements are consistent with the Issuer Documents that Issuing Bank generally requests for Letters of Credit in similar circumstances.  Bank's records of the content of any such request will be conclusive.  Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Issuing Bank may, but shall not be obligated to, issue a Letter of Credit that supports the obligations of Parent or one of its Subsidiaries in respect of (x) a lease of real property to the extent that the face amount of such Letter of Credit exceeds the highest rent (including all rent-like charges) payable under such lease for a period of one year, 

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or (y) an employment contract to the extent that the face amount of such Letter of Credit exceeds the highest compensation payable under such contract for a period of one year.
(b)    Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit if any of the following would result after giving effect to the requested issuance:
(i)    the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $5,000,000, or
(ii)    the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount less the outstanding amount of Revolving Loans (including Swing Loans), or
(iii)    the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Borrowing Base at such time less the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans (inclusive of Swing Loans) at such time.
(c)    In the event there is a Defaulting Lender as of the date of any request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue or arrange for such Letter of Credit to the extent (i) the Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Exposure with respect to such Letter of Credit may not be reallocated pursuant to Section 2.2(h)(ii), or (ii) the Issuing Bank has not otherwise entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and Borrowers to eliminate the Issuing Bank's risk with respect to the participation in such Letter of Credit of the Defaulting Lender, which arrangements may include Borrowers cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender's Letter of Credit Exposure in accordance with Section 2.2(h)(ii).  Additionally, Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit if (A) any order, judgment, or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall, by its terms, purport to enjoin or restrain Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over Issuing Bank shall prohibit or request that Issuing Bank refrain from the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular, (B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally, or (C) if amounts demanded to be paid under any Letter of Credit will or may not be in United States Dollars.
(d)    Any Issuing Bank (other than Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates) shall notify Agent in writing no later than the Business Day immediately following the Business Day on which such Issuing Bank issued any Letter of Credit; provided that (i) until Agent advises any such Issuing Bank that the provisions of Section 3.2 are not satisfied, or (ii) unless the aggregate amount of the Letters of Credit issued in any such week exceeds such amount as shall be agreed by Agent and such Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank shall be required to so notify Agent in writing only once each week of the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the immediately preceding week as well as the daily amounts outstanding for the prior week, such notice to be furnished on such day of the week as Agent and such Issuing Bank may agree.  Borrowers and the Lender Group hereby acknowledge and agree that all Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute Letters of Credit under this Agreement on and after the Closing Date with the same effect as if such Existing Letters of Credit were issued by Issuing Bank at the request of Borrowers on the Closing Date.  Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Issuing Bank, including the requirement that the amounts payable thereunder must be payable in Dollars.  If Issuing Bank makes 

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a payment under a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall pay to Agent an amount equal to the applicable Letter of Credit Disbursement on the Business Day such Letter of Credit Disbursement is made and, in the absence of such payment, the amount of the Letter of Credit Disbursement immediately and automatically shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder (notwithstanding any failure to satisfy any condition precedent set forth in Section 3) and, initially, shall bear interest at the rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans.  If a Letter of Credit Disbursement is deemed to be a Revolving Loan hereunder, Borrowers' obligation to pay the amount of such Letter of Credit Disbursement to Issuing Bank shall be automatically converted into an obligation to pay the resulting Revolving Loan.  Promptly following receipt by Agent of any payment from Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall distribute such payment to Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.10(e) to reimburse Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.
(e)    Promptly following receipt of a notice of a Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to Section 2.10(d), each Revolving Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Revolving Loan deemed made pursuant to Section 2.10(d) on the same terms and conditions as if Borrowers had requested the amount thereof as a Revolving Loan and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders.  By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment, renewal, or extension of a Letter of Credit) and without any further action on the part of Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have granted to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit issued by Issuing Bank, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letter of Credit, and each such Revolving Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender's Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit.  In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender's Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by Borrowers on the date due as provided in Section 2.10(d), or of any reimbursement payment that is required to be refunded (or that Agent or Issuing Bank elects, based upon the advice of counsel, to refund) to Borrowers for any reason.  Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to deliver to Agent, for the account of Issuing Bank, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to this Section 2.10(e) shall be absolute and unconditional and such remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or Default or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Section 3.  If any such Revolving Lender fails to make available to Agent the amount of such Revolving Lender's Pro Rata Share of a Letter of Credit Disbursement as provided in this Section, such Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender and Agent (for the account of Issuing Bank) shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.
(f)    Each Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the Lender Group (including Issuing Bank and its branches, Affiliates, and correspondents) and each such Person's respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents (each, including Issuing Bank, a "Letter of Credit Related Person") (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and 

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against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and damages, and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts, or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), which may be incurred by or awarded against any such Letter of Credit Related Person (other than Taxes, which shall be governed by Section 16) (the "Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs"), and which arise out of or in connection with, or as a result of:
(i)    any Letter of Credit or any pre-advice of its issuance;
(ii)    any transfer, sale, delivery, surrender or endorsement of any Drawing Document at any time(s) held by any such Letter of Credit Related Person in connection with any Letter of Credit;
(iii)    any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, any Letter of Credit (whether administrative, judicial or in connection with arbitration), including any action or proceeding to compel or restrain any presentation or payment under any Letter of Credit, or for the wrongful dishonor of, or honoring a presentation under, any Letter of Credit;
(iv)    any independent undertakings issued by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit;
(v)    any unauthorized instruction or request made to Issuing Bank in connection with any Letter of Credit or requested Letter of Credit or error in computer or electronic transmission;
(vi)    an adviser, confirmer or other nominated person seeking to be reimbursed, indemnified or compensated;
(vii)    any third party seeking to enforce the rights of an applicant, beneficiary, nominated person, transferee, assignee of Letter of Credit proceeds or holder of an instrument or document;
(viii)    the fraud, forgery or illegal action of parties other than the Letter of Credit Related Person;
(ix)    Issuing Bank's performance of the obligations of a confirming institution or entity that wrongfully dishonors a confirmation; or
(x)    the acts or omissions, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto governmental or regulatory authority or cause or event beyond the control of the Letter of Credit Related Person;
in each case, including that resulting from the Letter of Credit Related Person's own negligence; provided, however, that such indemnity shall not be available to any Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnification under clauses (i) through (x) above to the extent that such Letter of Credit 

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Indemnified Costs may be finally determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnity.  Borrowers hereby agree to pay the Letter of Credit Related Person claiming indemnity on demand from time to time all amounts owing under this Section 2.10(f).  If and to the extent that the obligations of Borrowers under this Section 2.10(f) are unenforceable for any reason, Borrowers agree to make the maximum contribution to the Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs permissible under applicable law.  This indemnification provision shall survive termination of this Agreement and all Letters of Credit.
(g)    The liability of Issuing Bank (or any other Letter of Credit Related Person) under, in connection with or arising out of any Letter of Credit (or pre-advice), regardless of the form or legal grounds of the action or proceeding, shall be limited to direct damages suffered by Borrowers that are caused directly by Issuing Bank's gross negligence or willful misconduct in (i) honoring a presentation under a Letter of Credit that on its face does not at least substantially comply with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, (ii) failing to honor a presentation under a Letter of Credit that strictly complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit or (iii) retaining Drawing Documents presented under a Letter of Credit.  Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have acted with due diligence and reasonable care if Issuing Bank's conduct is in accordance with Standard Letter of Credit Practice or in accordance with this Agreement.  Borrowers' aggregate remedies against Issuing Bank and any Letter of Credit Related Person for wrongfully honoring a presentation under any Letter of Credit or wrongfully retaining honored Drawing Documents shall in no event exceed the aggregate amount paid by Borrowers to Issuing Bank in respect of the honored presentation in connection with such Letter of Credit under Section 2.10(d), plus interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder.  Borrowers shall take action to avoid and mitigate the amount of any damages claimed against Issuing Bank or any other Letter of Credit Related Person, including by enforcing its rights against the beneficiaries of the Letters of Credit.  Any claim by Borrowers under or in connection with any Letter of Credit shall be reduced by an amount equal to the sum of (x) the amount (if any) saved by Borrowers as a result of the breach or alleged wrongful conduct complained of; and (y) the amount (if any) of the loss that would have been avoided had Borrowers taken all reasonable steps to mitigate any loss, and in case of a claim of wrongful dishonor, by specifically and timely authorizing Issuing Bank to effect a cure.
(h)    Borrowers are responsible for preparing or approving the final text of the Letter of Credit as issued by Issuing Bank, irrespective of any assistance Issuing Bank may provide such as drafting or recommending text or by Issuing Bank's use or refusal to use text submitted by Borrowers.  Borrowers are solely responsible for the suitability of the Letter of Credit for Borrowers' purposes.  With respect to any Letter of Credit containing an "automatic amendment" to extend the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank, in its sole and absolute discretion, may give notice of nonrenewal of such Letter of Credit and, if Borrowers do not at any time want such Letter of Credit to be renewed, Borrowers will so notify Agent and Issuing Bank at least 15 calendar days before Issuing Bank is required to notify the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any advising bank of such nonrenewal pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit.

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(i)    Borrowers' reimbursement and payment obligations under this Section 2.10 are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever, including:
(i)    any lack of validity, enforceability or legal effect of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement or any term or provision therein or herein;
(ii)    payment against presentation of any draft, demand or claim for payment under any Drawing Document that does not comply in whole or in part with the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit or which proves to be fraudulent, forged or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or which is signed, issued or presented by a Person or a transferee of such Person purporting to be a successor or transferee of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit;
(iii)    Issuing Bank or any of its branches or Affiliates being the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit;
(iv)    Issuing Bank or any correspondent honoring a drawing against a Drawing Document up to the amount available under any Letter of Credit even if such Drawing Document claims an amount in excess of the amount available under the Letter of Credit;
(v)    the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against any beneficiary, any assignee of proceeds, Issuing Bank or any other Person;
(vi)    any other event, circumstance or conduct whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing that might, but for this Section 2.10(i), constitute a legal or equitable defense to or discharge of, or provide a right of set-off against, any Borrower's or any of its Subsidiaries' reimbursement and other payment obligations and liabilities, arising under, or in connection with, any Letter of Credit, whether against Issuing Bank, the beneficiary or any other Person; or
(vii)    the fact that any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
provided, however, that subject to Section 2.10(g) above, the foregoing shall not release Issuing Bank from such liability to Borrowers as may be finally determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction against Issuing Bank following reimbursement or payment of the obligations and liabilities, including reimbursement and other payment obligations, of Borrowers to Issuing Bank arising under, or in connection with, this Section 2.10 or any Letter of Credit.
(j)    Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, Issuing Bank and each other Letter of Credit Related Person (if applicable) shall not be responsible to Borrowers for, and Issuing Bank's rights and remedies against Borrowers and the obligation of Borrowers to reimburse Issuing Bank for each drawing under each Letter of Credit shall not be impaired by:

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(i)    honor of a presentation under any Letter of Credit that on its face substantially complies with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, even if the Letter of Credit requires strict compliance by the beneficiary;
(ii)    honor of a presentation of any Drawing Document that appears on its face to have been signed, presented or issued (A) by any purported successor or transferee of any beneficiary or other Person required to sign, present or issue such Drawing Document or (B) under a new name of the beneficiary;
(iii)    acceptance as a draft of any written or electronic demand or request for payment under a Letter of Credit, even if nonnegotiable or not in the form of a draft or notwithstanding any requirement that such draft, demand or request bear any or adequate reference to the Letter of Credit;
(iv)    the identity or authority of any presenter or signer of any Drawing Document or the form, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Drawing Document (other than Issuing Bank's determination that such Drawing Document appears on its face substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit);
(v)    acting upon any instruction or request relative to a Letter of Credit or requested Letter of Credit that Issuing Bank in good faith believes to have been given by a Person authorized to give such instruction or request;
(vi)    any errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any message, advice or document (regardless of how sent or transmitted) or for errors in interpretation of technical terms or in translation or any delay in giving or failing to give notice to Borrowers;
(vii)    any acts, omissions or fraud by, or the insolvency of, any beneficiary, any nominated person or entity or any other Person or any breach of contract between any beneficiary and any Borrower or any of the parties to the underlying transaction to which the Letter of Credit relates;
(viii)    assertion or waiver of any provision of the ISP or UCP that primarily benefits an issuer of a letter of credit, including any requirement that any Drawing Document be presented to it at a particular hour or place;
(ix)    payment to any paying or negotiating bank (designated or permitted by the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit) claiming that it rightfully honored or is entitled to reimbursement or indemnity under Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to it;
(x)    acting or failing to act as required or permitted under Standard Letter of Credit Practice applicable to where Issuing Bank has issued, confirmed, advised or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be;

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(xi)    honor of a presentation after the expiration date of any Letter of Credit notwithstanding that a presentation was made prior to such expiration date and dishonored by Issuing Bank if subsequently Issuing Bank or any court or other finder of fact determines such presentation should have been honored;
(xii)    dishonor of any presentation that does not strictly comply or that is fraudulent, forged or otherwise not entitled to honor; or
(xiii)    honor of a presentation that is subsequently determined by Issuing Bank to have been made in violation of international, federal, state or local restrictions on the transaction of business with certain prohibited Persons.
(k)    Borrowers shall pay immediately upon demand to Agent for the account of Issuing Bank as non-refundable Lender Group Expenses:  (i) a fronting fee which shall be imposed by Issuing Bank upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit of  .250% per annum of the face amount thereof, plus (ii) any and all other customary commissions, fees and charges then in effect imposed by, and any and all expenses incurred by, Issuing Bank, or by any adviser, confirming institution or entity or other nominated person, relating to Letters of Credit, at the time of issuance of any Letter of Credit and upon the occurrence of any other activity with respect to any Letter of Credit (including transfers, assignments of proceeds, amendments, drawings, renewals or cancellations).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Issuing Bank is a Person other than Wells Fargo, all fronting fees payable in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank shall be paid by Borrowers immediately upon demand directly to such Issuing Bank for its own account.  No fronting fees or issuance fees shall be payable hereunder with respect to any of the Existing Letters of Credit.
(l)    If by reason of (x) any Change in Law, or (y) compliance by Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group with any direction, request, or requirement (irrespective of whether having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority including, Regulation D of the Board of Governors as from time to time in effect (and any successor thereto):
(i)    any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in respect of any Letter of Credit issued or caused to be issued hereunder or hereby, or
(ii)    there shall be imposed on Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group any other condition regarding any Letter of Credit,
and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group of issuing, making, participating in, or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount receivable in respect thereof, then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within a reasonable period after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify Borrowers, and Borrowers shall pay within 30 days after demand therefor, such amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate Issuing Bank or any other member of the Lender Group for such additional cost or reduced receipt, together with interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder; provided, that (A) Borrowers shall not be required to provide any compensation pursuant to this Section 2.10(l) for any such amounts incurred more than 180 days 

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prior to the date on which the demand for payment of such amounts is first made to Borrowers, and (B) if an event or circumstance giving rise to such amounts is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.  The determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this Section 2.10(l), as set forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, shall, in the absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all of the parties hereto.
(m)    Unless otherwise expressly agreed by Issuing Bank and Borrowers when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP and UCP 600 shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of UCP 600 shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(n)    In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Section 2.10 and any provision contained in any Issuer Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other.  In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 2.10 shall control and govern.
2.11.    LIBOR Option.
(a)    Interest and Interest Payment Dates.  In lieu of having interest charged at the rate based upon the Base Rate, Borrowers shall have the option, subject to Section 2.11(b) below (the "LIBOR Option") to have interest on all or a portion of the Revolving Loans or the Term Loan be charged (whether at the time when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion from a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan, or upon continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan) at a rate of interest based upon the LIBOR Rate.  Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable on the earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; provided, that, subject to the following clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case of any Interest Period greater than 3 months in duration, interest shall be payable at 3 month intervals after the commencement of the applicable Interest Period and on the last day of such Interest Period), (ii) the date on which all or any portion of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof, or (iii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.  On the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless Borrowers properly have exercised the LIBOR Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same Type hereunder.  At any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the written election of Agent or the Required Lenders, Borrowers no longer shall have the option to request that Revolving Loans or portions of the Term Loan bear interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate.
(b)    LIBOR Election.
(i)    Borrowers may, at any time and from time to time, so long as Borrowers have not received a notice from Agent (which notice Agent may elect to give or not give in its discretion unless Agent is directed to give such notice by the Required Lenders, in which case, it shall give the notice to Borrowers), after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to terminate the right of Borrowers to exercise the LIBOR Option during the continuance 

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of such Event of Default, elect to exercise the LIBOR Option by notifying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. at least 1 Business Day prior to the commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the "LIBOR Deadline").  Notice of Borrowers' election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion of the Revolving Loans or the Term Loan and an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline, or by telephonic notice received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline (to be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent prior to 5:00 p.m. on the same day).  Promptly upon its receipt of each such LIBOR Notice, Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the affected Lenders.
(ii)    Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrowers.  In connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders harmless against any loss, cost, or expense actually incurred by Agent or any Lender as a result of (A) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (B) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (C) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, or expenses, "Funding Losses").  A certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered to Borrowers setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that Agent or such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Borrowers shall pay such amount to Agent or the Lender, as applicable, within 30 days of the date of its receipt of such certificate.  If a payment of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period would result in a Funding Loss, Agent may, in its sole discretion at the request of Borrowers, hold the amount of such payment as cash collateral in support of the Obligations until the last day of such Interest Period and apply such amounts to the payment of the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan on such last day, it being agreed that Agent has no obligation to so defer the application of payments to any LIBOR Rate Loan and that, in the event that Agent does not defer such application, Borrowers shall be obligated to pay any resulting Funding Losses.
(iii)    Unless Agent, in its sole discretion, agrees otherwise, Borrowers shall have not more than 5 LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any given time.  Borrowers may only exercise the LIBOR Option for proposed LIBOR Rate Loans of at least $1,000,000.
(c)    Conversion.  Borrowers may convert LIBOR Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans of the same Type at any time; provided, that in the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are converted or prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, including as a result of any prepayment through the required application by Agent of any payments or proceeds of Collateral in accordance with Section 2.3(b) or for any other reason, including early termination of the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders and their Participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses in accordance with Section 2.11(b)(ii).

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(d)    Special Provisions Applicable to LIBOR Rate.
(i)    If any Lender incurs or shall incur any additional or increased costs on account of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period, including any Changes in Law (including any changes in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax laws)) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors, and such additional or increased costs would increase the cost to such Lender of funding or maintaining loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate, then such Lender shall give Borrowers and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender.  Upon receipt of such notice by Borrowers, Borrowers shall pay to such Lender within 30 days of receipt thereof such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for any such additional or increased costs.  In any such event, Borrowers may, by notice to such affected Lender (A) require such Lender to furnish to Borrowers a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (B) repay the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender with respect to which such adjustment is made (together with any amounts due under Section 2.11(b)(ii)).
(ii)    In the event that any change in market conditions or any Change in Law shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue such funding or maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrowers and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y) in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, the date specified in such Lender's notice shall be deemed to be the last day of the Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and interest upon the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans of the same Type, and (z) Borrowers shall not be entitled to elect the LIBOR Option until such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so.
(e)    No Requirement of Matched Funding.  Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues at the LIBOR Rate.
2.12.    Capital Requirements.
(a)    If, after the date hereof, Issuing Bank or any Lender determines that (i) any Change in Law regarding capital or reserve requirements for banks or bank holding companies, or (ii) compliance by Issuing Bank or such Lender, or their respective parent bank holding companies, with any guideline, request or directive of any Governmental Authority regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return on Issuing Bank's, such Lender's, or such holding companies' capital as a consequence of Issuing Bank's or such Lender's commitments hereunder to a level below that which Issuing Bank, such Lender, or such holding companies could have achieved but for such Change in Law or compliance (taking into 

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consideration Issuing Bank's, such Lender's, or such holding companies' then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such entity's capital) by any amount deemed by Issuing Bank or such Lender to be material, then Issuing Bank or such Lender may notify Borrowers and Agent thereof.  Following receipt of such notice, Borrowers agree to pay Issuing Bank or such Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of return of capital as and when such reduction is determined, payable within 30 days after presentation by Issuing Bank or such Lender of a statement in the amount and setting forth in reasonable detail Issuing Bank's or such Lender's calculation thereof and the assumptions upon which such calculation was based (which statement shall be deemed true and correct absent manifest error).  In determining such amount, Issuing Bank or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.  Failure or delay on the part of Issuing Bank or any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of Issuing Bank's or such Lender's right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrowers shall not be required to compensate Issuing Bank or a Lender pursuant to this Section for any reductions in return incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that Issuing Bank or such Lender notifies Borrowers of such Change in Law giving rise to such reductions and of such Lender's intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that if such claim arises by reason of the Change in Law that is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(b)    If Issuing Bank or any Lender requests additional or increased costs referred to in Section 2.10(l) or Section 2.11(d)(i) or amounts under Section 2.12(a) or sends a notice under Section 2.11(d)(ii) relative to changed circumstances (such Issuing Bank or Lender, an "Affected Lender"), then such Affected Lender shall use reasonable efforts to promptly designate a different one of its lending offices or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices or branches, if (i) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.10(l), Section 2.11(d)(i) or Section 2.12(a), as applicable, or would eliminate the illegality or impracticality of funding or maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans and (ii) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would not subject it to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to it.  Borrowers agree to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Affected Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.  If, after such reasonable efforts, such Affected Lender does not so designate a different one of its lending offices or assign its rights to another of its offices or branches so as to eliminate Borrowers' obligation to pay any future amounts to such Affected Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(l), Section 2.11(d)(i) or Section 2.12(a), as applicable, or to enable Borrowers to obtain LIBOR Rate Loans, then Borrowers (without prejudice to any amounts then due to such Affected Lender under Section 2.10(l), Section 2.11(d)(i) or Section 2.12(a), as applicable) may, unless prior to the effective date of any such assignment the Affected Lender withdraws its request for such additional amounts under Section 2.10(l),  Section 2.11(d)(i) or Section 2.12(a), as applicable, or indicates that it is no longer unlawful or impractical to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, may designate a different Issuing Bank or substitute a Lender, in each case,  reasonably acceptable to Agent to purchase the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender and such Affected Lender's commitments hereunder (a "Replacement Lender"), and if such Replacement Lender agrees to such purchase, such Affected Lender shall assign to the Replacement Lender its Obligations and commitments, and upon such purchase by the Replacement Lender, which such Replacement Lender 

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shall be deemed to be "Issuing Bank" or a "Lender" (as the case may be) for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Lender shall cease to be "Issuing Bank" or a "Lender" (as the case may be) for purposes of this Agreement.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the protection of Sections 2.10(l), 2.11(d), and 2.12 shall be available to Issuing Bank and each Lender (as applicable) regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or inapplicability of the law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment, guideline, treaty or other change or condition which shall have occurred or been imposed, so long as it shall be customary for issuing banks or lenders affected thereby to comply therewith.  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, neither Issuing Bank nor any Lender shall demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12 if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of Issuing Bank or such Lender (as the case may be) to demand such compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other credit agreements, if any.  Furthermore, if Borrowers are required to compensate Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of a Change in Law and if prior to the repayment in full (or other satisfaction) of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments, such Change in Law is invalidated in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, which judgment has retroactive effect to a point in time prior to the period for which compensation was received, the Issuing Bank or such Lender, as applicable, shall promptly after request therefor by Borrowers remit to Borrowers the amount of such compensation received by Issuing Bank or such Lender, as applicable.
2.13.    Joint and Several Liability of Borrowers.
(a)    Each Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Lender Group under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings of the other Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the Obligations.
(b)    Each Borrower, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Borrowers, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations (including any Obligations arising under this Section 2.13), it being the intention of the parties hereto that all the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each Borrower without preferences or distinction among them.
(c)    If and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligation until such time as all of the Obligations are paid in full.
(d)    The Obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this Section 2.13 constitute the absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of each Borrower enforceable against each Borrower to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement (other than this Section 2.13(d)) or any other circumstances whatsoever.

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(e)    Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Borrower hereby waives notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of any Revolving Loans or the Term Loan made, or Letters of Credit issued, under or pursuant to this Agreement, notice of the occurrence of any Default, Event of Default, or of any demand for any payment under this Agreement, notice of any action at any time taken or omitted by Agent or Lenders under or in respect of any of the Obligations, any requirement of diligence or to mitigate damages and, generally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all demands, notices and other formalities of every kind in connection with this Agreement (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement).  Each Borrower hereby assents to, and waives notice of, any extension or postponement of the time for the payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any partial payment thereon, any waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by Agent or Lenders at any time or times in respect of any default by any Borrower in the performance or satisfaction of any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, any and all other indulgences whatsoever by Agent or Lenders in respect of any of the Obligations, and the taking, addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or times, of any security for any of the Obligations or the addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, of any Borrower.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower assents to any other action or delay in acting or failure to act on the part of any Agent or Lender with respect to the failure by any Borrower to comply with any of its respective Obligations, including, without limitation, any failure strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any remedy or to comply fully with applicable laws or regulations thereunder, which might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.13 afford grounds for terminating, discharging or relieving any Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of its Obligations under this Section 2.13, it being the intention of each Borrower that, so long as any of the Obligations hereunder have not been paid in full or otherwise satisfied, the Obligations of each Borrower under this Section 2.13 shall not be discharged except by performance and then only to the extent of such performance.  The Obligations of each Borrower under this Section 2.13 shall not be diminished or rendered unenforceable by any winding up, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation, reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any other Borrower or any Agent or Lender.
(f)    Each Borrower represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that such Borrower is currently informed of the financial condition of Borrowers and of all other circumstances which a diligent inquiry would reveal and which bear upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations.  Each Borrower further represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that such Borrower has read and understands the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents.  Each Borrower hereby covenants that such Borrower will continue to keep informed of Borrowers' financial condition and of all other circumstances which bear upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations.
(g)    The provisions of this Section 2.13 are made for the benefit of Agent, each member of the Lender Group, each Bank Product Provider, and their respective successors and assigns, and may be enforced by it or them from time to time against any or all Borrowers as often as occasion therefor may arise and without requirement on the part of Agent, any member of the Lender Group, any Bank Product Provider, or any of their successors or assigns first to marshal any of its or their claims or to exercise any of its or their rights against any Borrower or to exhaust any remedies available to it or them against any Borrower or to resort to any other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other remedy.  The provisions 

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of this Section 2.13 shall remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied.  If at any time, any payment, or any part thereof, made in respect of any of the Obligations, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, or otherwise, the provisions of this Section 2.13 will forthwith be reinstated in effect, as though such payment had not been made.
(h)    Each Borrower hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of contribution or subrogation against any other Borrower with respect to any liability incurred by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, any payments made by it to Agent or Lenders with respect to any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor until such time as all of the Obligations have been paid in full in cash.  Any claim which any Borrower may have against any other Borrower with respect to any payments to any Agent or any member of the Lender Group hereunder or under any of the Bank Product Agreements are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in right of payment, without limitation as to any increases in the Obligations arising hereunder or thereunder, to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations and, in the event of any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding under the laws of any jurisdiction relating to any Borrower, its debts or its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary, all such Obligations shall be paid in full in cash before any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any other Borrower therefor.
(i)    Each Borrower hereby agrees that after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, such Borrower will not demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect any indebtedness of any other Borrower owing to such Borrower until the Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash.  If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, such Borrower shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness, such amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by such Borrower as trustee for Agent, and such Borrower shall deliver any such amounts to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.3(b).
2.14.    Term Loan.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans shall be recharacterized as a term loan to Borrowers hereunder (the "Term Loan").  On the Closing Date, the Term Loan shall be deemed allocated among the Term Loan Lenders in accordance with their respective Term Loan Commitments, and to the extent necessary to give effect hereto, the Term Loan Lenders agree to make inter-Lender settlement payments on the Closing Date or immediately thereafter.  The principal of the Term Loan shall be repaid in installments of $250,000 each, payable on the first day of each calendar month hereafter commencing on May 1, 2016.  The outstanding unpaid principal balance and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loan shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) the Maturity Date, and (ii) the date of the acceleration of the Term Loan in accordance with the terms hereof.  Any principal amount of the Term Loan that is repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.  All principal of, interest on, and other amounts payable in respect of the Term Loan shall constitute Obligations hereunder.

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	3.
	CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT.

3.1.    Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit. This Agreement shall not become effective, and the Commitments hereunder (including without limitation the recharacterization of the Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans as the Term Loan on the Closing Date) shall not become effective, neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to make any extension of credit hereunder, and no Borrower or other Loan Party shall, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, have any obligations, duties or liabilities of an kind whatsoever hereunder, in each case until the date, upon which each of the conditions precedent set forth on Schedule 3.1 is fulfilled subject to the satisfaction of Agent and each Lender.  Until the occurrence of the Closing Date, and the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth on Schedule 3.1, the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, subject to the terms thereof.  Upon the occurrence of the Closing Date, and the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth on Schedule 3.1, this Agreement shall, without the taking of any further action, be deemed to have amended and restated in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement as provided in Section 1.6.
3.2.    Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit.  The obligation of the Lender Group (or any member thereof) to make any Revolving Loans hereunder (or to extend any other credit hereunder, including without limitation the recharacterization of the Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans as the Term Loan on the Closing Date) at any time shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:
(g)    the representations and warranties of Parent and its Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of credit, as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date); and
(h)    no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such extension of credit, nor shall either result from the making thereof.
3.3.    Intentionally Omitted.  
3.4.    Maturity.  This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a term ending on the Maturity Date.
3.5.    Effect of Maturity.  On the Maturity Date, all commitments of the Lender Group to provide additional credit hereunder shall automatically be terminated and all of the Obligations immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand and Borrowers shall be required to repay all of the Obligations in full.  No termination of the obligations of the Lender Group (other than payment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Commitments) shall relieve or discharge any Loan Party of its duties, obligations, or covenants hereunder or under any 

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other Loan Document and Agent's Liens in the Collateral shall continue to secure the Obligations and shall remain in effect until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated.  When all of the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated, Agent will, at Borrowers' sole expense, execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases, discharges of security interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable form) as are necessary to release, as of record, Agent's Liens and all notices of security interests and liens previously filed by Agent on its behalf.
3.6.    Early Termination by Borrowers.  Borrowers have the option, at any time upon at least 5 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement and terminate the Commitments hereunder by repaying to Agent all of the Obligations in full.  The foregoing notwithstanding, (a) Borrowers may rescind termination notices relative to proposed payments in full of the Obligations with the proceeds of third party Indebtedness if the closing for such issuance or incurrence does not happen on or before the date of the proposed termination (in which case, a new notice shall be required to be sent in connection with any subsequent termination), and (b) Borrowers may extend the date of termination at any time with the consent of Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
		
	4.
	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement, each of Parent and each Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to the Lender Group which shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the Closing Date, and shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the date of the making of each Revolving Loan (or other extension of credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Revolving Loan (or other extension of credit) (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date) and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
4.1.    Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
(i)    Each Loan Party (i) is duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) is qualified to do business in any state where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.
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and accurate description of the authorized Equity Interests of each Borrower, by class, and, as of the Closing Date, a description of the number of shares of each such class that are issued and outstanding.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1(b), no Borrower is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its Equity Interests or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its Equity Interests.
(k)    Set forth on Schedule 4.1(c) (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement), is a complete and accurate list of the Loan Parties' direct and indirect Subsidiaries, showing: (i) the number of shares of each class of common and preferred Equity Interests authorized for each of such Subsidiaries, and (ii) the number and the percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by Parent or any Borrower.  All of the outstanding Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary has been validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable.
(l)    Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1(d), there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of any Borrower's or any of its Subsidiaries' Equity Interests, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument.
4.2.    Due Authorization; No Conflict.
(c)    As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Loan Party.
(d)    As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any material provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Material Contract of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries where any such conflict, breach or default could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any assets of any Loan Party, other than Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of any holder of Equity Interests of a Loan Party or any approval or consent of any Person under any Material Contract of any Loan Party, other than consents or approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except, in the case of Material Contracts, for consents or approvals, the failure to obtain could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
4.3.    Governmental Consents.  The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent, or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than registrations, consents, approvals, notices, or other actions that have been obtained and 

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that are still in force and effect and except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Agent for filing or recordation, as of the Closing Date.
4.4.    Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens.
(a)    Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally.
(b)    Agent's Liens are validly created, perfected (other than (i) in respect of motor vehicles that are subject to a certificate of title, (ii) money, (iii) letter-of-credit rights (other than supporting obligations, (iv) commercial tort claims (other than those that, by the terms of the Guaranty and Security Agreement, are required to be perfected), and (v) any Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts not subject to a Control Agreement as permitted by Section 7(k)(iv) of the Guaranty and Security Agreement, and subject only to the filing of financing statements and the recordation of the Mortgages, in each case, in the appropriate filing offices), and first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens.
4.5.    Title to Assets; No Encumbrances.  Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries has, subject to Permitted Liens, (a) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in Real Property), (b) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and (c) good and marketable title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective assets reflected in their 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 to the extent permitted hereby.  All of such assets are free and clear of Liens except for Permitted Liens.
4.6.    Litigation.
(a)    There are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened in writing against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Schedule 4.6(b) sets forth a complete and accurate description, with respect to each of the actions, suits, or proceedings with asserted liabilities in excess of, or that could reasonably be expected to result in liabilities in excess of, $250,000 that, as of the Closing Date, is pending or, to the knowledge of any Borrower threatened in writing against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, of (i) the parties to such actions, suits, or proceedings, (ii) the nature of the dispute that is the subject of such actions, suits, or proceedings, (iii) the procedural status, as of the Closing Date, with respect to such actions, suits, or proceedings, and (iv) whether any liability of the Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries in connection with such actions, suits, or proceedings is believed by Borrower to be covered by insurance.
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Environmental Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in 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 result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.8.    No Material Adverse Effect.  All historical financial statements relating to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that have been delivered by Borrowers to Agent have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the lack of footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects, the Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' consolidated financial condition as of the date thereof and results of operations for the period then ended.  Since December 31, 2014, no event, circumstance, or change has occurred that has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.
4.9.    Solvency.
(f)    Each Loan Party is Solvent.
(g)    No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party and no obligation is being incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors of such Loan Party.
4.10.    Employee Benefits. 

(d)    Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10, no Loan Party, none of their Subsidiaries, nor any of their ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to any Benefit Plan.
(e)    Each Loan Party and each of the ERISA Affiliates has complied in all material respects with ERISA, the IRC and all applicable laws regarding each Employee Benefit Plan.
(f)    Each Employee Benefit Plan is, and has been, maintained in all material respects in compliance with ERISA, the IRC, all applicable laws and the terms of each such Employee Benefit Plan.
(g)    Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the IRC has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service or an application for such letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service.  To the best knowledge of each Loan Party and the ERISA Affiliates after due inquiry, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification.

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(h)    No liability to the PBGC (other than for the payment of current premiums which are not past due) by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has been incurred or is expected by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Pension Plan.
(i)    No Notification Event exists or has occurred in the past six (6) years.
(j)    No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, or contributes to any Employee Benefit Plan, including, without limitation, any such plan maintained to provide benefits to former employees of such entities that may not be terminated by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate in its sole discretion at any time without material liability.
(k)    No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has provided any security under Section 436 of the IRC.
4.11.    Environmental Condition.  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11, (a) to each Borrower's knowledge, no Loan Party's nor any of its Subsidiaries' properties or assets has ever been used by a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries, or by previous owners or operators in the disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release, or transport, any Hazardous Materials, where such disposal, production, storage, handling, treatment, release or transport was in violation, in any material respect, of any applicable Environmental Law, (b) to each Borrower's knowledge, after due inquiry, no Loan Party's nor any of its Subsidiaries' properties or assets has ever been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any environmental protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site, (c) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice that a Lien arising under any Environmental Law has attached to any revenues or to any Real Property owned or operated by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, and (d) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective facilities or operations is subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree, or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law or Environmental Liability that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.12.    Complete Disclosure.  All factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrowers' industry) furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the Schedules hereto or in the other Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and all other such factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrowers' industry) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate, in all material respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided.  The Projections delivered to Agent on January 20, 2016 represent, and as of the date on which any other Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections represent, Borrowers' good faith estimate, on the date such Projections are delivered, of the Loan Parties' and their Subsidiaries' future performance for the periods covered thereby based upon assumptions believed 

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by Borrowers to be reasonable at the time of the delivery thereof to Agent (it being understood that such Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and no assurances can be given that such Projections will be realized, and although reflecting Borrowers' good faith estimate, projections or forecasts based on methods and assumptions which Borrowers believed to be reasonable at the time such Projections were prepared, are not to be viewed as facts, and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ materially from projected or estimated results).
4.13.    Patriot Act.  To the extent applicable, each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the (a) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (b) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (the "Patriot Act").  No part of the proceeds of the loans made hereunder will be used by any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates, directly or indirectly, 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 the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
4.14.    Indebtedness.  Set forth on Schedule 4.14 is a true and complete list of all Indebtedness of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date that is to remain outstanding immediately after giving effect to the closing hereunder on the Closing Date and such Schedule accurately sets forth the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date.
4.15.    Payment of Taxes.  Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.5, all tax returns and reports of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed (or an extension thereof has been obtained), and all taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective assets, income, businesses and franchises that are due and payable have been paid when due and payable.  Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries have made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for all taxes not yet due and payable.  No Borrower knows of any proposed tax assessment against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is not being actively contested by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary diligently, in good faith, and by appropriate proceedings; provided such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.
4.16.    Margin Stock.  No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.  No part of the proceeds of the loans made to Borrowers will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors.

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4.17.    Governmental Regulation.  No Loan Party 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.  No Loan Party 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.    OFAC.  No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective officers or directors, is in violation of any of the country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC, the United States Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any member state thereof.  No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers or directors (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has its assets located in Sanctioned Entities, (c) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities, or (d) is in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws.  No proceeds of any loan made hereunder will be used (i) to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, or (ii) in violation of any Anti-Corruption  Laws or applicable Sanctions.
4.19.    Employee and Labor Matters.  There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened in writing against Parent or its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened in writing against Parent or its Subsidiaries which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement and that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or threatened in writing against Parent or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) to the knowledge of any Borrower, after due inquiry, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries and no union organizing activity taking place with respect to any of the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries.  None of Parent or its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar state law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied that reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The hours worked and payments made to employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable legal requirements, except to the extent such violations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  All material payments due from Parent or its Subsidiaries on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Parent, except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.20.    Parent as a Holding Company.  Parent is a holding company and, except as permitted by Section 6.14,  does not have any material liabilities, own any material assets, or engage in any operations or business.

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4.21.    Leases.  Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries are entitled to possession of the premises demised under all leases material to their business and to which they are parties or under which they are operating, and, subject to Permitted Protests, all of such material leases are valid and subsisting and no material default by the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiaries exists under any of them.
4.22.    Eligible Accounts.  As to each Account that is identified by Borrowers as an Eligible Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Account is (a) a bona fide existing payment obligation of the applicable Account Debtor created by the sale and delivery of Inventory or the rendition of services to such Account Debtor in the ordinary course of the Borrowers' business, (b) owed to a Borrower without any known defenses, disputes, offsets, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation, and (c) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than any Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts.
4.23.    Eligible Inventory Categories.  As to each item of Inventory that is identified by Borrowers as Eligible Starch/Protein Inventory, Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory, Eligible Corn Inventory, Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory, Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, Eligible Barreled Inventory, Eligible Barreled (Two-Year) Inventory, Eligible Rail Inventory, Eligible Work in Process Inventory or Eligible Raw Materials Inventory in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Inventory is (a) of good and merchantable quality, free from known defects, and (b) not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than any Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Inventory (in the case of Eligible Rail Inventory, after giving effect to any exclusions therefrom specified in the definition of Eligible Rail Inventory).
4.24.    Eligible Equipment.  As to each item of Equipment that is identified by the Borrowers as Eligible Equipment in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such Equipment is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than any Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition of Eligible Equipment.
4.25.    Locations of Inventory and Equipment.  Except as set forth on Schedule E-1, the Inventory and Equipment of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries is not stored with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party and is located only at, or in-transit between, the locations identified on Schedule E-1 (as such Schedule may be updated pursuant to Section 5.14).
4.26.    Inventory and Equipment Records.  Each Loan Party keeps correct and accurate records itemizing and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its and its Subsidiaries' Inventory and Equipment and the book value thereof.
4.27.    Material Contracts.  Schedule 4.27 sets forth all Material Contracts to which any Loan Party is a party or is bound as of the Closing Date.  Borrowers have delivered true, correct and complete copies of such Material Contracts to Agent on or before the date hereof other than individual purchase orders and such Material Contracts listed on Schedule 4.27 which Material Contracts, by their terms, prohibit disclosure to third parties (and are identified as such on Schedule 

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4.27).  No Material Contract has been terminated, except where such termination is being contested by a Loan Party diligently, in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
4.28.    Existing JVs.  Borrowers have delivered to Agent true, correct and complete copies of all material agreements executed in connection with the Borrowers' investments in the Existing JVs and which are currently in effect (the "JV Documents"), including without limitation all contribution or other investment agreements and the German Joint Venture Distribution Agreement.  No defaults or breaches under or of any JV Documents by any Loan Party is in existence, and to the actual knowledge of Borrowers, no defaults or breaches under or of any JV Documents by any other party thereto is in existence.  No Loan Party has any obligation under any JV Document to make additional capital contributions to or any other Investment in either Existing JV.  Schedule 4.28 hereto accurately lists (i) the number of shares of each class of Equity Interests authorized for each Existing JV and (ii) the number and the percentage of the outstanding shares of each class of Equity Interests of each Existing JV held by each interest holder in each Existing JV.
4.29.    Hedge Agreements.  On each date that any Hedge Agreement is executed by any Hedge Provider, Borrower and each other Loan Party satisfy all eligibility, suitability and other requirements under the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., as in effect from time to time) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations. 
		
	5.
	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations:
5.1.    Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates.  Borrowers (a) will deliver to Agent, with copies to each Lender, each of the financial statements, reports, and other items set forth on Schedule 5.1 no later than the times specified therein, (b) agree that no Subsidiary of a Loan Party will have a fiscal year different from that of Parent, (c) agree to maintain a system of accounting that enables Borrowers to produce financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and (d) agree that they will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, (i) keep a reporting system that shows additions, sales, claims, returns, and allowances with respect to their and their Subsidiaries' sales, and (ii) maintain their billing systems and practices substantially as in effect as of the Closing Date and shall only make material modifications thereto with notice to, and with the consent of, Agent.
5.2.    Reporting.  Borrowers (a) will deliver to Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies for each Lender) each of the reports set forth on Schedule 5.2 at the times specified therein, and (b) agree to use commercially reasonable efforts in cooperation with Agent to facilitate and implement a system of electronic collateral reporting in order to provide electronic reporting of each of the items set forth on such Schedule.
5.3.    Existence.  Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.3 or Section 6.4, each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and Parent to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect such Person's valid existence and good standing in its jurisdiction of organization and, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, 

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good standing with respect to all other jurisdictions in which it is qualified to do business and any rights, franchises, permits, licenses, accreditations, authorizations, or other approvals material to their businesses.
5.4.    Maintenance of Properties.  Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and Parent to, maintain and preserve all of its assets that are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear, tear, casualty, and condemnation and Permitted Dispositions excepted.
5.5.    Taxes.  Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and Parent to, pay in full before delinquency or before the expiration of any extension period all material governmental assessments and taxes imposed, levied, or assessed against it, or any of its assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses, or franchises, except to the extent that the validity of such governmental assessment or tax is the subject of a Permitted Protest.
5.6.    Insurance.  Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and Parent to, at Borrowers' expense, (a) maintain insurance respecting each of each Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' assets wherever located, covering liabilities, losses or damages as are customarily are insured against by other Persons engaged in same or similar businesses and similarly situated and located, including flood insurance with respect to any assets located on Real Property that is in a flood zone.  All such policies of insurance shall be with financially sound and reputable insurance companies acceptable to Agent (it being agreed that, as of the Closing Date, Lloyd's of London, Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh are acceptable to Agent) and in such amounts as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated and located and, in any event, in amount, adequacy, and scope reasonably satisfactory to Agent (it being agreed that the amount, adequacy, and scope of the policies of insurance of Borrowers in effect as of the Closing Date are acceptable to Agent).  All property insurance policies covering the Collateral are to be made payable to Agent for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, as their interests may appear, in case of loss, pursuant to a standard loss payable endorsement with a standard noncontributory "lender" or "secured party" clause and are to contain such other provisions as Agent may reasonably require to fully protect the Lenders' interest in the Collateral and to any payments to be made under such policies.  All certificates of property and general liability insurance are to be delivered to Agent, with the lender loss payable (but only in respect of Collateral) and additional insured endorsements in favor of Agent and shall provide for not less than 30 days (10 days in the case of non-payment) prior written notice to Agent of the exercise of any right of cancellation.  If any Borrower or its Subsidiaries fails to maintain such insurance, Agent may arrange for such insurance, but at Borrowers' expense and without any responsibility on Agent's part for obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims.  Borrowers shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss exceeding $500,000 covered by their or their Subsidiaries' casualty or business interruption insurance.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the sole right to file claims under any property and general liability insurance policies in respect of the Collateral, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be 

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necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies.
5.7.    Inspection.
(o)    Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and Parent to, permit Agent, any Lender, and each of their respective duly authorized representatives or agents to visit any of its properties and inspect any of its assets or books and records, to examine and make copies of its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers and employees (provided an authorized representative of a Borrower shall be allowed to be present) at such reasonable times and intervals as Agent or any Lender, as applicable, may designate and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, with reasonable prior notice to Borrowers and during regular business hours.
(p)    Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and Parent to, permit Agent and each of its duly authorized representatives or agents to conduct appraisals and valuations at such reasonable times and intervals as Agent may designate; provided, that so long as no Event of Default is in existence, Agent will provide Borrowers with reasonable prior written notice (which may include email notice) of each such appraisal or valuation that Agent intends to conduct.
5.8.    Compliance with Laws.  Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and Parent to, comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority, other than laws, rules, regulations, and orders the non-compliance with which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.9.    Environmental.  Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries and Parent to,
(l)    Keep any property either owned or operated by Parent or its Subsidiaries free of any Environmental Liens or post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens,
(m)    Promptly notify Agent of any release of which any Borrower has knowledge of a Hazardous Material in any reportable quantity from or onto property owned or operated by Parent or its Subsidiaries and take any Remedial Actions required to abate said release or otherwise to come into compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Environmental Law, and
(n)    Promptly, but in any event within 5 Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide Agent with written notice of any of the following:  (i) written notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed against any of the real or personal property of Parent or its Subsidiaries, (ii) commencement of any Environmental Action or written notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against Parent or its Subsidiaries, and (iii) written notice of a violation, citation, or other administrative order from a Governmental Authority.

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5.10.    Disclosure Updates.  Each Borrower will, promptly and in no event later than 5 Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written information, exhibit, or report furnished to Agent or the Lenders contained, at the time it was furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which made.  The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, any notification pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the effect of the prior untrue statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor shall any such notification have the effect of amending or modifying this Agreement or any of the Schedules hereto.
5.11.    Formation of Subsidiaries.  Each Borrower will, at the time that any Loan Party forms any direct or indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Closing Date, within 10 days of such formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) (a) cause such new Subsidiary to provide to Agent a joinder to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, together with such other security agreements (including mortgages and related Real Estate Deliveries with respect to any Real Property owned in fee of such new Subsidiary with a fair market value greater than $500,000), as well as appropriate financing statements (and with respect to all property subject to a mortgage, fixture filings), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to grant Agent a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the assets of such newly formed or acquired Subsidiary); provided, that the joinder to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, and such other security agreements shall not be required to be provided to Agent with respect to any Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC if providing such agreements would result in adverse tax consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such guaranty or such security agreements are unreasonably excessive (as determined by Agent in consultation with Borrowers) in relation to the benefits to Agent and the Lenders of the security or guarantee afforded thereby, (b) provide, or cause the applicable Loan Party to provide, to Agent a pledge agreement (or an addendum to the Guaranty and Security Agreement) and appropriate certificates and powers or financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such new Subsidiary in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent; provided, that only 65% of the total outstanding voting Equity Interests of any first tier Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC (and none of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of such CFC) shall be required to be pledged if pledging a greater amount would result in adverse tax consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such pledge are unreasonably excessive (as determined by Agent in consultation with Borrowers) in relation to the benefits to Agent and the Lenders of the security afforded thereby (which pledge, if reasonably requested by Agent, shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of such Subsidiary), and (c) provide to Agent all other documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which, in its opinion, is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance or other documentation with respect to all Real Property owned in fee and subject to a mortgage).  Any document, agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this Section 5.11 shall constitute a Loan Document.
5.12.    Further Assurances.  Each Borrower will, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties to, at any time upon the reasonable request of Agent, execute or deliver to Agent any and all financing statements, fixture filings, security agreements, pledges, assignments, mortgages and 

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related Real Estate Deliveries, deeds of trust, opinions of counsel, and all other documents (the "Additional Documents") that Agent may reasonably request in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and continue perfected or to better perfect Agent's Liens in all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired, tangible or intangible, real or personal), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any Real Property acquired by any Borrower or any other Loan Party with a fair market value in excess of $500,000, and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC if providing such documents would result in adverse tax consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such documents are unreasonably excessive (as determined by Agent in consultation with Borrowers) in relation to the benefits to Agent and the Lenders of the security afforded thereby.  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, if any Borrower or any other Loan Party refuses or fails to execute or deliver any reasonably requested Additional Documents within a reasonable period of time following the request to do so, each Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby authorizes Agent to execute any such Additional Documents in the applicable Loan Party's name and authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any appropriate filing office.  In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the foregoing, each Loan Party shall take such actions as Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, including all of the outstanding capital Equity Interests of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries (subject to exceptions and limitations contained in the Loan Documents with respect to CFCs).
5.13.    Lender Meetings.  Parent will, within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year of Parent, at the request of Agent or of the Required Lenders and upon reasonable prior notice, hold a meeting (at a mutually agreeable location and time or, at the option of Borrowers, by conference call) with all Lenders who choose to attend such meeting at which meeting shall be reviewed the financial results of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries and the projections presented for the current fiscal year of Parent.
5.14.    Location of Inventory and Equipment.  Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep its Inventory and Equipment only at the locations identified on Schedule E-1 and their chief executive offices only at the locations identified on Schedule E-1; provided, that Borrowers may amend Schedule E-1 so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent not less than 10 days prior to the date on which such Inventory is moved to such new location or such chief executive office is relocated and so long as such new location is within the continental United States.
5.15.    Compliance with ERISA and the IRC.  In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 5.8, (a) comply in all material respects with applicable provisions of ERISA and the IRC with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans, (b) without the prior written consent of Agent and the Required Lenders, not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could result in a Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate incurring a material liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan (other than  to pay contributions or premiums payable in the ordinary course), (c) allow any facts or circumstances to exist with respect to one or more Employee Benefit Plans 

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that, in the aggregate, reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (d) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in a material civil penalty  excise tax, fiduciary liability or correction obligation under ERISA or the IRC, (e) operate each Employee Benefit Plan in such a manner that will not incur any material tax liability under the IRC (including Section 4980B of the IRC), and (e) furnish to Agent upon Agent's written request such additional information about any Employee Benefit Plan for which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate could reasonably expect to incur any material liability.  With respect to each Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) except as could not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Loan Parties, the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates shall (i) satisfy in full and in a timely manner, without incurring any late payment or underpayment charge or penalty and without giving rise to any Lien, all of the contribution and funding requirements of the IRC and of ERISA, and (ii) pay, or cause to be paid, to the PBGC in a timely manner, without incurring any late payment or underpayment charge or penalty, all premiums required pursuant to ERISA.
5.16.    Post-Closing Obligations.
(a)    Within 30 days of the Closing Date (or such later date as Agent may agree in writing in its sole discretion), Borrowers shall cause First American Title Insurance Company to issue date-down endorsements to the ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies previously issued with respect to the Borrowers' (i) fee owned property in Atchison and Wyandotte Counties, Kansas, (ii) leasehold property in Atchison County, Kansas, and (iii) fee owned property in Dearborn County, Indiana, each in form and content acceptable to Agent. 
		
	6.
	NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations:
6.1.    Indebtedness.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to, create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or otherwise become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except for Permitted Indebtedness.
6.2.    Liens.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to, create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on or with respect to any of its assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except for Permitted Liens.
6.3.    Restrictions on Fundamental Changes.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to,
(a)    Other than in order to consummate a Permitted Acquisition, enter into any merger, consolidation, reorganization, or recapitalization, or reclassify its Equity Interests, except for (i) any merger between Loan Parties, provided, that a Borrower must be the surviving entity of any such merger to which it is a party and no merger may occur between Parent and any Borrower, (ii) any merger between a Loan Party and a Subsidiary of such Loan Party that is not a Loan Party 

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so long as such Loan Party is the surviving entity of any such merger, and (iii) any merger between Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties,
(b)    liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), except for (i) the liquidation or dissolution of non-operating Subsidiaries of Parent with nominal assets and nominal liabilities, (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Loan Party (other than Parent or any Borrower) or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries so long as all of the assets (including any interest in any Equity Interests) of such liquidating or dissolving Loan Party or Subsidiary are transferred to a Loan Party that is not liquidating or dissolving, or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party (other than any such Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which (or any portion thereof) is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent) so long as all of the assets of such liquidating or dissolving Subsidiary are transferred to a Subsidiary of Parent that is not liquidating or dissolving, or
(c)    suspend or cease operating a substantial portion of its or their business, except as permitted pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above or in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 6.4.
6.4.    Disposal of Assets.  Other than Permitted Dispositions or transactions expressly permitted by Sections 6.3 or 6.9, each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to, convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into an agreement to convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of) any of its or their assets.
6.5.    Nature of Business.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to, make any change in the nature of its or their business as described in Schedule 6.5 or acquire any properties or assets that are not reasonably related to the conduct of such business activities; provided, that the foregoing shall not prevent Parent and its Subsidiaries from engaging in any business that is reasonably related or ancillary to its or their business.
6.6.    Prepayments and Amendments.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to,
(q)    Except in connection with Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1,
(i)    optionally prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of Parent or its Subsidiaries, other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances, and (C) Indebtedness due U.S. Bancorp Finance, Inc. and described in item 1 of Schedule 4.14 as of the Closing Date so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, or
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(r)    Directly or indirectly, amend, modify, or change
(i)    any of the material terms or provisions of any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning Permitted Indebtedness other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances, and (C) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (c), (h), (j) and (k) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, or
(ii)    any of the terms or provisions of the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries if the effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
6.7.    Restricted Payments.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to, make any Restricted Payment; provided, that, so long as it is permitted by law, and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom,
(h)    Parent may make distributions to former employees, officers, or directors of Parent (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) on account of redemptions of Equity Interests of Parent held by such Persons, provided, that the aggregate amount of such redemptions made by Parent during the term of this Agreement plus the amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (k) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, 
(i)    Parent may make distributions to former employees, officers, or directors of Parent (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing), solely in the form of forgiveness of Indebtedness of such Persons owing to Parent on account of repurchases of the Equity Interests of Parent held by such Persons; provided that such Indebtedness was incurred by such Persons solely to acquire Equity Interests of Parent,
(j)    Parent may make distributions not otherwise permitted pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year, 
(k)    so long as (i) both (A) Excess Availability, after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, exceeds 17.5% of the Total Facility Amount and (B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended period of twelve months for which financial statements are available, measured on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, is not less than 1.10:1.00, or (ii) Excess Availability, after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, exceeds 25% of the Total Facility Amount, Parent may make distributions not otherwise permitted pursuant to paragraphs (a) through (c) above, including, without limitation, distributions in connection with the repurchase by Parent of Equity Interests of Parent; and  
(l)    Borrowers may make distributions to Parent in order to allow Parent to make Restricted Payments permitted to be paid under this Section 6.7 or to allow Parent to pay liabilities permitted to be incurred by Parent pursuant to Section 6.14.  

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6.8.    Accounting Methods.  Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, modify or change its fiscal year or its method of accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP).
6.9.    Investments.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to, directly or indirectly, make or acquire any Investment or incur any liabilities (including contingent obligations) for or in connection with any Investment except for Permitted Investments.
6.10.    Transactions with Affiliates.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction with any Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries except for:
(a)    transactions (other than the payment of management, consulting, monitoring, or advisory fees) between Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, so long as such transactions (i) are fully disclosed to Agent prior to the consummation thereof, if they involve one or more payments by Parent or its Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 for any single transaction or series of related transactions, and (ii) are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, than would be obtained in an arm's length transaction with a non-Affiliate,
(b)    so long as it has been approved by Parent's or its applicable Subsidiary's board of directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, any indemnity provided for the benefit of directors (or comparable managers) of Parent or its applicable Subsidiary,
(c)    so long as it has been approved by Parent's or its applicable Subsidiary's board of directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, the payment of reasonable compensation, severance, or employee benefit arrangements to employees, officers, and outside directors of Parent and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with industry practice,
(d)    transactions permitted by Section 6.3 or Section 6.7, or any Permitted Intercompany Advance,
(e)    purchases of Inventory by any Borrower from the Illinois Joint Venture so long as such purchases are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to such Borrower than would be obtained in an arm's length transaction with a non-Affiliate, 
(f)    purchases of Inventory by MGPI Processing from the German Joint Venture pursuant to the terms of the German Joint Venture Distribution Agreement, as it exists on the Original Closing Date, and
(g)    the lease of a 2003 Cessna aircraft, the payment of rent and the other transactions described in the Aircraft Lease Agreement, dated as of November 19, 2015, between MGPI Pipeline, as lessor, and MGPI Processing, as lessee.

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6.11.    Use of Proceeds.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Parent to, use the proceeds of any loan made hereunder for any purpose other than (a) on the Closing Date, to pay the fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (b) thereafter, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, for their lawful and permitted purposes (including that no part of the proceeds of the loans made to Borrowers will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors).
6.12.    Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests.  Except for the issuance or sale of Qualified Equity Interests by Parent, Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue or sell or enter into any agreement or arrangement for the issuance or sale of any of its Equity Interests.
6.13.    Inventory with Bailees.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, store its Inventory at any time with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party unless Agent has been notified in writing of such location pursuant to Section 5.14, and Borrowers have delivered to Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect to such location.
6.14.    Parent as Holding Company.  Each Borrower will not permit Parent to incur any liabilities, own or acquire any assets, or engage itself in any operations or business, except (i) the ownership of assets or incurrence of liabilities in connection with Parent's ownership of Borrowers and its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) the incurrence of liabilities in connection with stock incentive and stock buyback plans not otherwise prohibited hereunder, (iii) the incurrence of indemnification obligations under (A) Parent's organizational documents and (B) letters of intent issued in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, (iv) the guaranty by Parent of any obligations of a Borrower, to the extent such obligations are otherwise permitted hereunder, (v) the issuance of Indebtedness in connection with stock repurchases otherwise permitted hereunder, and the ownership of any stock repurchased in connection therewith, (vi) the incurrence of liabilities constituting ordinary course overhead expenses in connection with Parent's activities as a holding company and related to the business of the Loan Parties, including liabilities for payment of taxes associated with the operations of the Loan Parties and (vii) the incurrence of liabilities arising out of litigation matters not otherwise constituting a default hereunder.
6.15.    Employee Benefits.
(b)    terminate, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to terminate, any Pension Plan in a manner, or take any other action with respect to any Plan, which could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate to the PBGC,
(c)    fail to make, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail to make, full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Benefit Plan, agreement relating thereto or applicable Law, any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate is required to pay if such failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,

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(d)    permit to exist, or allow any ERISA Affiliate to permit to exist, any accumulated funding deficiency within the meaning of section 302 of ERISA or section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, with respect to any Plan which exceeds $250,000 with respect to all Pension Plans in the aggregate,
(e)    acquire, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to acquire, an interest in any Person that causes such Person to become an ERISA Affiliate with respect to a Loan Party or with respect to any ERISA Affiliate if such Person sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or at any time in the six-year period preceding such acquisition has sponsored, maintained, or contributed to, (i) any Pension or (ii) any Multiemployer Plan,
(f)    contribute to or assume an obligation to contribute to, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to contribute to or assume an obligation to contribute to, any Multiemployer Plan not set forth on Schedule 4.10, or
(g)    amend, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to amend, a Pension Plan resulting in a material increase in current liability such that a Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate is required to provide security to such Plan under the IRC.
6.16.    Environmental.  Each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, fail to comply in all material respects with Environmental Laws.  Each Borrower will provide Agent prompt notice of any such noncompliance.
6.17.    Anti-Corruption Laws.  
No Borrower will request any Loan or Letter of Credit and no Borrower shall use, and each Borrower shall ensure that its respective Subsidiaries and its or their directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of Anti-Corruption Laws or (b) in any manner that would result in the violation of any applicable Sanctions. 
		
	7.
	FINANCIAL COVENANTS.

Each of Parent and each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations:
7.1.    Fixed Charge Coverage.
(c)    At any time that any portion of the Term Loan is outstanding, commencing on the date on which a Special Financial Covenant Period begins and measured as of the end of the fiscal month immediately preceding the date on which a Special Financial Covenant Period first begins and as of each fiscal month end thereafter during such Special Financial Covenant Period, Borrowers will have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, measured on a trailing twelve month basis as of the end of each applicable calendar month, of at least 1.25:1.00.

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(d)    At any time after the Term Loan has been repaid in full, commencing on the date on which a Financial Covenant Period begins and measured as of the end of the fiscal month immediately preceding the date on which a Financial Covenant Period first begins and as of each fiscal month end thereafter during such Financial Covenant Period, Borrowers will have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, measured on a trailing twelve month basis as of the end of each applicable calendar month, of at least 1.10:1.00.
		
	8.
	EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an "Event of Default") under this Agreement:
8.1.    Payments.  If Borrowers fail to pay when due and payable, or when declared due and payable, (a) all or any portion of the Obligations consisting of interest, fees, or charges due the Lender Group, reimbursement of Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts (other than any portion thereof constituting principal) constituting Obligations (including any portion thereof that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), and such failure continues for a period of 3 Business Days, (b) all or any portion of the principal of the Loans, including any payment required in connection with a permanent reduction of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount, or (c) any amount payable to Issuing Bank in reimbursement of any drawing under a Letter of Credit;
8.2.    Covenants.  If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries:
(c)    fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of (i) Sections 3.7, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (solely if any Borrower is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization), 5.6, 5.7 (solely if any Borrower refuses to allow Agent or its representatives or agents to visit any Borrower's properties, inspect its assets or books or records, examine and make copies of its books and records, or discuss Borrowers' affairs, finances, and accounts with officers and employees of any Borrower), 5.10, 5.11, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15 or 5.16 of this Agreement, (ii) Section 6 of this Agreement, (iii) Section 7 of this Agreement, or (iv) Section 7 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement;
(d)    fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of Sections 5.3 (other than if any Borrower is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization), 5.4, 5.5, 5.8, and 5.12 of this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 15 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of any Borrower or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to Borrowers by Agent; or
(e)    fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement, or in any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, other than any such covenant or agreement that is the subject of another provision of this Section 8 (in which event such other provision of this Section 8 shall govern), and such failure continues for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of any Borrower or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to Borrowers by Agent;

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8.3.    Judgments.  If one or more judgments, orders, or awards for the payment of money involving an aggregate amount of $750,000, or more (except to the extent fully covered (other than to the extent of customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has not denied coverage) is entered or filed against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect to any of their respective assets, and either (a) there is a period of 30 consecutive days at any time after the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (1) the same is not discharged, satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (2) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in effect, or (b) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award;
8.4.    Voluntary Bankruptcy, etc.  If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
8.5.    Involuntary Bankruptcy, etc.  If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and any of the following events occur: (a) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary consents to the institution of such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not timely controverted, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not dismissed within 60 calendar days of the date of the filing thereof, (d) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of, or to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of, such Loan Party or its Subsidiary, or (e) an order for relief shall have been issued or entered therein;
8.6.    Default Under Other Agreements.  If there is (a) a default in one or more agreements to which a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party with one or more third Persons relative to a Loan Party's or any of its Subsidiaries' Indebtedness involving an aggregate amount of $750,000 or more, and such default (i) occurs at the final maturity of the obligations thereunder, or (ii) results in a right by such third Person, irrespective of whether exercised, to accelerate the maturity of such Loan Party's or its Subsidiary's obligations thereunder, or (b) a default in or an involuntary early termination of one or more Hedge Agreements to which a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving an aggregate amount of $750,000 or more;  
8.7.    Representations, etc.  If any warranty, representation, certificate, statement, or Record made herein or in any other Loan Document or delivered in writing to Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document proves to be untrue in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of issuance or making or deemed making thereof;
8.8.    Guaranty.  If the obligation of any Guarantor under the guaranty contained in the Guaranty and Security Agreement is limited or terminated by operation of law or by such Guarantor (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement);
8.9.    Security Documents.  If the Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document that purports to create a Lien, shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent of Permitted Liens, first priority Lien on the Collateral covered thereby, except (a) as a result of a disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement or (b) as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of Agent;

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8.10.    Loan Documents.  The validity or enforceability of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason  (other than solely as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of Agent) be declared to be null and void, or a proceeding shall be commenced by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries shall deny that such Loan Party or its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan Document; or
8.11.    Change of Control.  A Change of Control shall occur, whether directly or indirectly.
8.12.    ERISA.  The occurrence of any of the following events:  (a) any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate fails to make full payment when due of all amounts which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions, installments, or otherwise to or with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, and such failure could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $750,000, (b) an accumulated funding deficiency or funding shortfall in excess of $750,000 occurs or exists, whether or not waived, with respect to any Pension Plan, individually or in the aggregate, (c) a Notification Event, which could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $750,000, either individually or in the aggregate, or (d) any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate completely or partially withdraws from one or more Multiemployer Plans and incurs Withdrawal Liability in excess of $750,000 in the aggregate, or fails to make any Withdrawal Liability payment when due.
		
	9.
	RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.

9.1.    Rights and Remedies.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall (in each case under clauses (a) or (b) by written notice to Borrowers), in addition to any other rights or remedies provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or by applicable law, do any one or more of the following:
(f)    (i) declare the principal of, and any and all accrued and unpaid interest and fees in respect of, the Loans and all other Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), whether evidenced by this Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents to be immediately due and payable, whereupon the same shall become and be immediately due and payable and Borrowers shall be obligated to repay all of such Obligations in full, without presentment, demand, protest, or further notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower, and (ii) direct Borrowers to provide (and Borrowers agree that upon receipt of such notice Borrowers will provide) Letter of Credit Collateralization to Agent to be held as security for Borrowers' reimbursement obligations for drawings that may subsequently occur under issued and outstanding Letters of Credit;
(g)    declare the Commitments terminated, whereupon the Commitments shall immediately be terminated together with (i) any obligation of any Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans, (ii) the obligation of the Swing Lender to make Swing Loans, and (iii) the obligation of Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit; and

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(h)    exercise all other rights and remedies available to Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents, under applicable law, or in equity.
The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.4 or Section 8.5, in addition to the remedies set forth above, without any notice to Borrowers or any other Person or any act by the Lender Group, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), inclusive of the principal of, and any and all accrued and unpaid interest and fees in respect of, the Loans and all other Obligations (other than the Bank Product Obligations), whether evidenced by this Agreement or by any of the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable and Borrowers shall automatically be obligated to repay all of such Obligations in full (including Borrowers being obligated to provide (and Borrowers agree that they will provide) (1) Letter of Credit Collateralization to Agent to be held as security for Borrowers' reimbursement obligations in respect of drawings that may subsequently occur under issued and outstanding Letters of Credit and (2) Bank Product Collateralization to be held as security for Borrowers' or their Subsidiaries' obligations in respect of outstanding Bank Products), without presentment, demand, protest, or notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Parent and Borrowers.
9.2.    Remedies Cumulative.  The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative.  The Lender Group shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided under the Code, by law, or in equity.  No exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy shall be deemed an election, and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall be deemed a continuing waiver.  No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver, election, or acquiescence by it.
		
	10.
	WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.

10.1.    Demand; Protest; etc.  Each Borrower waives demand, protest, notice of protest, notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees at any time held by the Lender Group on which any Borrower may in any way be liable.
10.2.    The Lender Group's Liability for Collateral.  Each Borrower hereby agrees that:  (a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the Code, the Lender Group shall not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for:  (i) the safekeeping of the Collateral, (ii) any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the Collateral shall be borne by Borrowers.
10.3.    Indemnification.  Each Borrower shall pay, indemnify, defend, and hold the Agent-Related Persons, the Lender-Related Persons, and each Participant (each, an "Indemnified Person") harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and damages, 

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and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts, or consultants and all other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit is brought), at any time asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred by any of them (a) in connection with or as a result of or related to the execution and delivery (provided that Borrowers shall not be liable for costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of any Lender (other than Wells Fargo) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering or syndicating the Loan Documents), enforcement, performance, or administration (including any restructuring or workout with respect hereto) of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the monitoring of Parent's Borrowers' and its Subsidiaries' compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents (provided, that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall not extend to (i) disputes solely between or among the Lenders that do not involve any acts or omissions of any Loan Party, or (ii) disputes solely between or among the Lenders and their respective Affiliates that do not involve any acts or omissions of any Loan Party; it being understood and agreed that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall extend to Agent (but not the Lenders) relative to disputes between or among Agent on the one hand, and one or more Lenders, or one or more of their Affiliates, on the other hand, or (iii) any Taxes or any costs attributable to Taxes, which shall be governed by Section 16), (b) with respect to any actual or prospective investigation, litigation, or proceeding related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the making of any Loans or issuance of any Letters of Credit hereunder, or the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto), or any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any manner related thereto, and (c) in connection with or arising out of any presence or release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any assets or properties owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or Remedial Actions related in any way to any such assets or properties of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (each and all of the foregoing, the "Indemnified Liabilities").  The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, no Borrower shall have any obligation to any Indemnified Person under this Section 10.3 with respect to any Indemnified Liability that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or its officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents.  This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the repayment in full of the Obligations.  If any Indemnified Person makes any payment to any other Indemnified Person with respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which Borrowers were required to indemnify the Indemnified Person receiving such payment, the Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled to be indemnified and reimbursed by Borrowers with respect thereto.  WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED PERSON WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON.
		
	11.
	NOTICES.

Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall 

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be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as a party may designate in accordance herewith), or telefacsimile.  In the case of notices or demands to Parent, any Borrower or Agent, as the case may be, they shall be sent to the respective address set forth below:
	
		
	If to Parent or any Borrower:
	 
c/o MGPI PROCESSING, INC., 
  as Administrative Borrower 
100 Commercial Street
PO Box 130
Atchison, Kansas 66002 
Attn:  Tom Pigott 
Fax No.: (913) 360-5635

	 
	 

	with copies to:
	STINSON LEONARD STREET LLP 
1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900 
Kansas City, Missouri 64106 
Attn:  Mark D. Ovington, Esq. 
Fax No.: (816) 412-8148

	 
	 

	If to Agent:
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
10 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60606 
Attn: Business Finance Division Manager 
Fax No.: (312) 332-0424

	 
	 

	with copies to:
	GOLDBERG KOHN LTD. 
55 E. Monroe, Suite 300 
Chicago, Illinois 60603 
Attn:  David L. Dranoff, Esq. 
Fax No.: (312) 863-7439

Any party hereto may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party.  All notices or demands sent in accordance with this Section 11, shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail; provided, that (a) notices sent by overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given when received, (b) notices by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient) and (c) notices by electronic mail 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 email or other written acknowledgment).

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	12.
	CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION.

(m)    THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSIES OR DISPUTES ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
(n)    THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF COOK, STATE OF ILLINOIS; PROVIDED, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT'S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND.  EACH OF PARENT AND EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 12(b).
(o)    TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF PARENT AND EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS, IF ANY, TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS (EACH A "CLAIM").  EACH OF PARENT AND EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.  IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

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(p)    EACH OF PARENT AND EACH BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT AGENT MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(q)    NO CLAIM MAY BE MADE BY ANY LOAN PARTY AGAINST AGENT, THE SWING LENDER, ANY OTHER LENDER, ISSUING BANK, OR ANY AFFILIATE, DIRECTOR, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, COUNSEL, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT, OR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT OF ANY OF THEM FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOSSES IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY ACT, OMISSION, OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES, AND AGREES NOT TO SUE UPON ANY CLAIM FOR SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER OR NOT ACCRUED AND WHETHER OR NOT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO EXIST IN ITS FAVOR.
		
	13.
	ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS.

13.1.    Assignments and Participations.
(o)    (i)    Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (a)(ii) below, any Lender may assign and delegate all or any portion of its rights and duties under the Loan Documents (including the Obligations owed to it and its Commitments) to one or more assignees so long as such prospective assignee is an Eligible Transferee (each, an "Assignee"), with the prior written consent (such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A)    Borrowers; provided, that no consent of Borrowers shall be required (1) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (2) in connection with an assignment to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate (other than natural persons) of a Lender or a Related Fund; provided further, that Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to a proposed assignment unless they object thereto by written notice to Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof; and
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(iii)    Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A)    no assignment may be made to a natural person,
(B)    no assignment may be made to a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party,
(C)    the amount of the Commitments and the other rights and obligations of the assigning Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to Agent) shall be in a minimum amount (unless waived by Agent) of $5,000,000 (except such minimum amount shall not apply to (I) an assignment or delegation by any Lender to any other Lender, an Affiliate of any Lender, or a Related Fund of such Lender or (II) a group of new Lenders, each of which is an Affiliate of each other or a Related Fund of such new Lender to the extent that the aggregate amount to be assigned to all such new Lenders is at least $5,000,000),
(D)    each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement,
(E)    the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Agent an Assignment and Acceptance; provided, that Borrowers and Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with the assigning Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and related information with respect to the Assignee, have been given to Borrowers and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee,
(F)    unless waived by Agent, the assigning Lender or Assignee has paid to Agent, for Agent's separate account, a processing fee in the amount of $3,500, and
(G)    the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in a form approved by Agent (the "Administrative Questionnaire").
(p)    From and after the date that Agent receives the executed Assignment and Acceptance and, if applicable, payment of the required processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall be a "Lender" and shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except with respect to Section 10.3) and be released from any future obligations under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto and thereto); provided, that nothing contained herein shall release any assigning Lender from obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement, including such assigning Lender's obligations under Section 15 and Section 17.9(a).

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(q)    By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows:  (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (iii) such Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance, (iv) such Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, (v) such Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to Agent, by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (vi) such Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(r)    Immediately upon Agent's receipt of the required processing fee, if applicable, and delivery of notice to the assigning Lender pursuant to Section 13.1(b), this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Commitments arising therefrom.  The Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Commitments of the assigning Lender pro tanto.
(s)    Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions, or other Persons (a "Participant") participating interests in all or any portion of its Obligations, its Commitment, and the other rights and interests of that Lender (the "Originating Lender") hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided, that (i) the Originating Lender shall remain a "Lender" for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Participant receiving the participating interest in the Obligations, the Commitments, and the other rights and interests of the Originating Lender hereunder shall not constitute a "Lender" hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the Originating Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the Originating Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii) Borrowers, Agent, and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Originating Lender in connection with the Originating Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the Participant has the right to approve any amendment to, or any consent or waiver with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent such amendment to, or consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement or of any other Loan Document would (A) extend the final maturity date of the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (B) reduce the interest rate applicable to the Obligations 

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hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or guaranties (except to the extent expressly provided herein or in any of the Loan Documents) supporting the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (D) postpone the payment of, or reduce the amount of, the interest or fees payable to such Participant through such Lender (other than a waiver of default interest), or (E) decreases the amount or postpones the due dates of scheduled principal repayments or prepayments or premiums payable to such Participant through such Lender, (v) no participation shall be sold to a natural person, (vi) no participation shall be sold to a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party, and (vii) all amounts payable by Borrowers hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation, except that, if amounts outstanding under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement.  The rights of any Participant only shall be derivative through the Originating Lender with whom such Participant participates and no Participant shall have any rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any direct rights as to the other Lenders, Agent, Borrowers, the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Obligations.  No Participant shall have the right to participate directly in the making of decisions by the Lenders among themselves.
(t)    In connection with any such assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of Section 17.9, disclose all documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
(u)    Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this Agreement in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Bank or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR §203.24, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge or security interest in any manner permitted under applicable law.
(v)    Agent (as a non-fiduciary agent on behalf of Borrowers) shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, a register (the "Register") on which it enters the name and address of each Lender as the registered owner of the Revolver Commitments and/or the Term Loan (and the principal amount thereof and stated interest thereon) held by such Lender (each, a "Registered Loan").  Other than in connection with an assignment by a Lender of all or any portion of its portion of the Revolver Commitments and/or all or any portion of its portion of the Term Loan to an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender (i) a Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide) and (ii) any assignment or sale of all or part of such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register, together with the surrender of the registered note, if any, evidencing the same duly endorsed by (or accompanied by a written instrument of assignment or sale duly executed by) the holder of such 

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registered note, whereupon, at the request of the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s), one or more new registered notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s).  Prior to the registration of assignment or sale of any Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any evidencing the same), Borrowers shall treat the Person in whose name such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) is registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving all payments thereon and for all other purposes, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  In the case of any assignment by a Lender of all or any portion of its Revolver Commitment and/or all or any portion of its portion of the Term Loan to an Affiliate of such Lender or a Related Fund of such Lender, and which assignment is not recorded in the Register, the assigning Lender, on behalf of Borrowers, shall maintain a register comparable to the Register.
(w)    In the event that a Lender sells participations in the Registered Loan, such Lender, as a non-fiduciary agent on behalf of Borrowers, shall maintain (or cause to be maintained) a register on which it enters the name of all participants in the Registered Loans held by it (and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of such Registered Loans that is subject to such participations) (the "Participant Register").  A Registered Loan (and the Registered Note, if any, evidencing the same) may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register (and each registered note shall expressly so provide).  Any participation of such Registered Loan (and the registered note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by the registration of such participation on the Participant Register.
(x)    Agent shall make a copy of the Register (and each Lender shall make a copy of its Participant Register in the extent it has one) available for review by Borrowers from time to time as Borrowers may reasonably request.
13.2.    Successors.  This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each of the parties; provided, that no Borrower may assign this Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder without the Lenders' prior written consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void ab initio.  No consent to assignment by the Lenders shall release any Borrower from its Obligations.  A Lender may assign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder pursuant to Section 13.1 and, except as expressly required pursuant to Section 13.1, no consent or approval by any Borrower is required in connection with any such assignment.
		
	14.
	AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS.

14.1.    Amendments and Waivers.
(j)    No amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than Bank Product Agreements or the Fee Letter), and no consent with respect to any departure by Parent or any Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request of the Required Lenders) and the Loan Parties that are party thereto and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective, but only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless in writing and 

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signed by all of the Lenders directly affected thereby and all of the Loan Parties that are party thereto, do any of the following:
(i)    increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of any Commitment of any Lender or amend, modify, or eliminate the second to last sentence of Section 2.3(c)(i),
(ii)    postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts due hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
(iii)    reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest on, any loan or other extension of credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (except in connection with the waiver of applicability of Section 2.5(c) (which waiver shall be effective with the written consent of the Required Lenders)),
(iv)    amend, modify, or eliminate this Section or any provision of this Agreement providing for consent or other action by all Lenders,
(v)    amend, modify, or eliminate Section 3.1, 3.2, or 3.3,
(vi)    amend, modify, or eliminate Section 15.11,
(vii)    other than as permitted by Section 15.11, release Agent's Lien in and to any of the Collateral,
(viii)    amend, modify, or eliminate the definitions of "Required Lenders", "Supermajority Lenders" or "Pro Rata Share",
(ix)    contractually subordinate any of Agent's Liens,
(x)    other than in connection with a merger, liquidation, dissolution or sale of such Person expressly permitted by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents, release any Borrower or any Guarantor from any obligation for the payment of money or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Borrower or any Guarantor of any of its rights or duties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or
(xi)    amend, modify, or eliminate any of the provisions of Section 2.3(b)(i) or (ii) or Section 2.3(e) or (f);
(k)    No amendment, waiver, modification, or consent shall amend, modify, waive, or eliminate,
(i)    the definition of, or any of the terms or provisions of, the Fee Letter, without the written consent of Agent and Borrowers (and shall not require the written consent of any of the Lenders),

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(ii)    any provision of Section 15 pertaining to Agent, or any other rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Agent, Borrowers, and the Required Lenders;
(l)    No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, without written consent of Agent, Borrowers and the Supermajority Lenders, modify, or eliminate the definition of Borrowing Base or any of the defined terms (including the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Starch/Protein Inventory, Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory, Eligible Corn Inventory, Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory, Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, Eligible Barreled Inventory, Eligible Barreled (Two-Year) Inventory, Eligible Rail Inventory, Eligible Work in Process Inventory, Eligible Raw Materials Inventory, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Equipment and Eligible Real Estate) that are used in such definition to the extent that any such change results in more credit being made available to Borrowers based upon the Borrowing Base, but not otherwise, or the definition of Maximum Revolver Amount, or change Section 2.1(c);
(m)    No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Issuing Bank, or any other rights or duties of Issuing Bank under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Issuing Bank, Agent, Borrowers, and the Required Lenders;
(n)    No amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Swing Lender, or any other rights or duties of Swing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Swing Lender, Agent, Borrowers, and the Required Lenders; and
(o)    Anything in this Section 14.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) any amendment, modification, elimination, waiver, consent, termination, or release of, or with respect to, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the Lender Group among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of Parent or any Borrower, shall not require consent by or the agreement of any Loan Party, and (ii) any amendment, waiver, modification, elimination, or consent of or with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be entered into without the consent of, or over the objection of, any Defaulting Lender other than any of the matters governed by Section 14.1(a)(i) through (iii) that affect such Lender.
14.2.    Replacement of Certain Lenders.
(h)    If (i) any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires the consent, authorization, or agreement of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby and if such action has received the consent, authorization, or agreement of the Required Lenders but not of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby, or (ii) any Lender makes a claim for compensation under Section 16, then Borrowers or Agent, upon at least 5 Business Days prior irrevocable notice, may permanently replace any Lender that failed to give its consent, authorization, or agreement (a "Non-Consenting Lender") or any Lender that made a claim for compensation (a "Tax Lender") with one 

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or more Replacement Lenders, and the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder.  Such notice to replace the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall specify an effective date for such replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is given.
(i)    Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, and each Replacement Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, being repaid in full its share of the outstanding Obligations (without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever, but including (i) all interest, fees and other amounts that may be due in payable in respect thereof, and (ii) an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of participations in the Letters of Credit).  If the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior to the effective date of such replacement, Agent may, but shall not be required to, execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance in the name or and on behalf of the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, and irrespective of whether Agent executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance, the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance.  The replacement of any Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 13.1.  Until such time as one or more Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the Obligations, the Commitments, and the other rights and obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Non-Consenting Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall remain obligated to make the Non-Consenting Lender's or Tax Lender's, as applicable, Pro Rata Share of Revolving Loans and to purchase a participation in each Letter of Credit, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of participations in such Letters of Credit.
14.3.    No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies.  No failure by Agent or any Lender to exercise any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or delay by Agent or any Lender in exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof.  No waiver by Agent or any Lender will be effective unless it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated.  No waiver by Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agent's and each Lender's rights thereafter to require strict performance by Parent and Borrowers of any provision of this Agreement.  Agent's and each Lender's rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy that Agent or any Lender may have.
		
	15.
	AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP.

15.1.    Appointment and Authorization of Agent.  Each Lender hereby designates and appoints Wells Fargo as its agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to designate, appoint, and authorize) Agent to execute and deliver each of the other Loan Documents on its behalf and to take such other action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other 

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Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Agent agrees to act as agent for and on behalf of the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers) on the conditions contained in this Section 15.  Any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document notwithstanding, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender (or Bank Product Provider), and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Agent.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term "agent" in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with reference to 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 merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only a representative relationship between independent contracting parties.  Each Lender hereby further authorizes (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to act as the secured party under each of the Loan Documents that create a Lien on any item of Collateral.  Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions that Agent expressly is entitled to take or assert under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents that provides rights or powers to Agent, Lenders agree that Agent shall have the right to exercise the following powers as long as this Agreement remains in effect:  (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral, payments and proceeds of Collateral, and related matters, (b) execute or file any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to the Loan Documents, (c) make Revolving Loans, for itself or on behalf of Lenders, as provided in the Loan Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute payments and proceeds of the Collateral as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash management arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the Loan Documents for the foregoing purposes, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lender Group with respect to Parent or its Subsidiaries, the Obligations, the Collateral, or otherwise related to any of same as provided in the Loan Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to the Loan Documents.
15.2.    Delegation of Duties.  Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
15.3.    Liability of Agent.  None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross 

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negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any officer or director thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Parent or its Subsidiaries or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the books and records or properties of Parent or its Subsidiaries.
15.4.    Reliance by Agent.  Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, telex or telephone message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to Borrowers or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent.  Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate and until such instructions are received, Agent shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable.  If Agent so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders (and, if it so elects, the Bank Product Providers) against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and Bank Product Providers).
15.5.    Notice of Default or Event of Default.  Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest, fees, and expenses required to be paid to Agent for the account of the Lenders and, except with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Borrowers referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that such notice is a "notice of default."  Agent promptly will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice or of any Event of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge.  If any Lender obtains actual knowledge of any Event of Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and Agent of such Event of Default.  Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices to its Participants, if any.  Subject to Section 15.4, Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 9; provided, that unless and until Agent has received any such request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.

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15.6.    Credit Decision.  Each Lender (and Bank Product Provider) acknowledges that none of the Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider).  Each Lender represents (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such due diligence, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of each Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document, and all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrowers.  Each Lender also represents (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of each Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document.  Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by Agent, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Borrower or any other Person party to a Loan Document that may come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related Persons.  Each Lender acknowledges (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that Agent does not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis (except to the extent, if any, that is expressly specified herein) to provide such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any credit or other information with respect to any Borrower, its Affiliates or any of their respective business, legal, financial or other affairs, and irrespective of whether such information came into Agent's or its Affiliates' or representatives' possession before or after the date on which such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or such Bank Product Provider entered into a Bank Product Agreement).
15.7.    Costs and Expenses; Indemnification.  Agent may incur and pay Lender Group Expenses to the extent Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions, powers, and obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, including court costs, attorneys' fees and expenses, fees and expenses of financial accountants, advisors, consultants, and appraisers, costs of collection by outside collection agencies, auctioneer fees and expenses, and costs of security guards or insurance premiums paid to maintain the Collateral, whether or not Borrowers are obligated to reimburse Agent or Lenders for such expenses pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.  Agent is authorized and directed to deduct and retain sufficient amounts from payments or proceeds of the Collateral received by Agent to reimburse Agent for such out-of-pocket costs and expenses prior to the distribution of any amounts to Lenders (or Bank Product Providers).  In the event Agent is not reimbursed for such costs and expenses by Parent or its Subsidiaries, each Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be obligated to pay to Agent such 

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Lender's ratable thereof.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each of the Lenders, on a ratable basis, shall indemnify and defend the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of Borrowers to do so) from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from such Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct nor shall any Lender be liable for the obligations of any Defaulting Lender in failing to make a Revolving Loan or other extension of credit hereunder.  Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Agent upon demand for such Lender's ratable share of any costs or out of pocket expenses (including attorneys, accountants, advisors, and consultants fees and expenses) incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrowers.  The undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
15.8.    Agent in Individual Capacity.  Wells Fargo and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire Equity Interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Document as though Wells Fargo were not Agent hereunder, and, in each case, without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group.  The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, Wells Fargo or its Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers), and the Lenders acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver Agent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them.  The terms "Lender" and "Lenders" include Wells Fargo in its individual capacity.
15.9.    Successor Agent.  Agent may resign as Agent upon 30 days (10 days if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) prior written notice to the Lenders (unless such notice is waived by the Required Lenders) and Borrowers (unless such notice is waived by Borrowers) and without any notice to the Bank Product Providers.  If Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall be entitled, with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned), appoint a successor Agent for the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers).  If, at the time that Agent's resignation is effective, it is acting as Issuing Bank or the Swing Lender, such resignation shall also operate to effectuate its resignation as Issuing Bank or the Swing Lender, as applicable, and it shall automatically be relieved of any further obligation to issue Letters of Credit, or to make Swing Loans.  If no successor Agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the 

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resignation of Agent, Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and Borrowers, a successor Agent.  If Agent has materially breached or failed to perform any material provision of this Agreement or of applicable law, the Required Lenders may agree in writing to remove and replace Agent with a successor Agent from among the Lenders with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned).  In any such event, upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the retiring Agent and the term "Agent" shall mean such successor Agent and the retiring Agent's appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated.  After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 15 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement.  If no successor Agent has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is 30 days following a retiring Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above.
15.10.    Lender in Individual Capacity.  Any Lender and its respective Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender hereunder without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group (or the Bank Product Providers).  The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, such Lender and its respective Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any other Person party to any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders acknowledge (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver such Lender will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain), such Lender shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them.
15.11.    Collateral Matters.
(a)    The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to release any Lien on any Collateral (i) upon the termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction in full by Borrowers of all of the Obligations, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if a release is required or desirable in connection therewith and if Borrowers certify to Agent that the sale or disposition is permitted under Section 6.4 (and Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in which neither Parent nor its Subsidiaries owned any interest at the time Agent's Lien was granted nor at any time thereafter, (iv) constituting property leased or licensed to Parent or its Subsidiaries under a lease or license that has expired or is terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or (v) in connection 

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with a credit bid or purchase authorized under this Section 15.11.  The Loan Parties and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to (a) consent to, credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale or other disposition thereof conducted under the provisions of the Code, including pursuant to Sections 9‐610 or 9‐620 of the Code, or (c) credit bid or purchase (either directly or indirectly through one or more entities) all or any portion of the Collateral at any other sale or foreclosure conducted or consented to by Agent in accordance with applicable law in any judicial action or proceeding or by the exercise of any legal or equitable remedy.  In connection with any such credit bid or purchase, (i) the Obligations owed to the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims being estimated for such purpose if the fixing or liquidation thereof would not impair or unduly delay the ability of Agent to credit bid or purchase at such sale or other disposition of the Collateral and, if such contingent or unliquidated claims cannot be estimated without impairing or unduly delaying the ability of Agent to credit bid at such sale or other disposition, then such claims shall be disregarded, not credit bid, and not entitled to any interest in the Collateral that is the subject of such credit bid or purchase) and the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers whose Obligations are credit bid shall be entitled to receive interests (ratably based upon the proportion of their Obligations credit bid in relation to the aggregate amount of Obligations so credit bid) in the Collateral that is the subject of such credit bid or purchase (or in the Equity Interests of the any entities that are used to consummate such credit bid or purchase), and (ii) Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, may accept non-cash consideration, including debt and equity securities issued by any entities used to consummate such credit bid or purchase and in connection therewith Agent may reduce the Obligations owed to the Lenders and the Bank Product Providers (ratably based upon the proportion of their Obligations credit bid in relation to the aggregate amount of Obligations so credit bid) based upon the value of such non-cash consideration.  Except as provided above, Agent will not execute and deliver a release of any Lien on any Collateral without the prior written authorization of (y) if the release is of all or substantially all of the Collateral, all of the Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers), or (z) otherwise, the Required Lenders (without requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers).  Upon request by Agent or Borrowers at any time, the Lenders will (and if so requested, the Bank Product Providers will) confirm in writing Agent's authority to release any such Liens on particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 15.11; provided, that (1) anything to the contrary contained in any of the Loan Documents notwithstanding, Agent shall not be required to execute any document or take any action necessary to evidence such release on terms that, in Agent's opinion, could expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Lien without recourse, representation, or warranty, and (2) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly released) upon (or obligations of Borrowers in respect of) any and all interests retained by any Borrower, including, the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.  Each Lender further hereby irrevocably authorize (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to irrevocably authorize) Agent, 

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at its option and in its sole discretion, to subordinate any Lien granted to or held by Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Permitted Lien on such property if such Permitted Lien secures Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness.
(b)    Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders (or the Bank Product Providers) (i) to verify or assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Parent or its Subsidiaries or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, (ii) to verify or assure that Agent's Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, (iii) to verify or assure that any particular items of Collateral meet the eligibility criteria applicable in respect thereof, (iv) to impose, maintain, increase, reduce, implement, or eliminate any particular reserve hereunder or to determine whether the amount of any reserve is appropriate or not, or (v) to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given Agent's own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider) as to any of the foregoing, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
15.12.    Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments.
(a)    Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request of Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to Parent or its Subsidiaries or any deposit accounts of Parent or its Subsidiaries now or hereafter maintained with such Lender.  Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless specifically requested to do so in writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action, including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings to enforce any Loan Document against any Borrower or any Guarantor or to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(b)    If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lender's Pro Rata Share of all such distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided, that to the extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it, those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the applicable portion of the purchase price 

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paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party, but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in connection with the recovery of the excess payment.
15.13.    Agency for Perfection.  Agent hereby appoints each other Lender (and each Bank Product Provider) as its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to accept) such appointment) for the purpose of perfecting Agent's Liens in assets which, in accordance with Article 8 or Article 9, as applicable, of the Code can be perfected by possession or control.  Should any Lender obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agent's request therefor shall deliver possession or control of such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with Agent's instructions.
15.14.    Payments by Agent to the Lenders.  All payments to be made by Agent to the Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by written notice to Agent.  Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall identify whether such payment (or any portion thereof) represents principal, premium, fees, or interest of the Obligations.
15.15.    Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents.  Each member of the Lender Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Each member of the Lender Group agrees (and by entering into a Bank Product Agreement, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to agree) that any action taken by Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral and the exercise by Agent of its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and such Bank Product Provider).
15.16.    Field Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other Reports and Information.  By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:
(a)    is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field examination report respecting Parent or its Subsidiaries (each, a "Report") prepared by or at the request of Agent, and Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports,
(b)    expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report,
(c)    expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that Agent or other party performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon Parent's and its Subsidiaries' books and records, as well as on representations of Borrowers' personnel,

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(d)    agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in accordance with Section 17.9, and
(e)    without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees:  (i) to hold Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Borrowers, or the indemnifying Lender's participation in, or the indemnifying Lender's purchase of, a loan or loans of Borrowers, and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys' fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.
(f)    In addition to the foregoing, (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing that Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Parent or its Subsidiaries to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Parent or such Subsidiary to such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (y) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request additional reports or information from Parent or its Subsidiaries, any Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lender's notice to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Borrowers the additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Parent or such Subsidiary, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent renders to Borrowers a statement regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender.
15.17.    Several Obligations; No Liability.  Notwithstanding that certain of the Loan Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or in favor of Agent in its capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of Agent (if any) to make any credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint) obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their respective Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in principal amount, at any one time outstanding, the amount of their respective Commitments.  Nothing contained herein shall confer upon any Lender any interest in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in respect of, the business, assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender.  Each Lender shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters relating to the Loan Documents to the extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender shall have any obligation, duty, or liability to any Participant of any other Lender.  Except as provided in Section 15.7, no member of the Lender Group shall have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender Group.  No Lender shall be responsible to any Borrower or any other Person for any failure by any other Lender (or Bank Product Provider) to fulfill its obligations to make credit available hereunder, nor to advance for such Lender (or Bank 

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Product Provider) or on its behalf, nor to take any other action on behalf of such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) hereunder or in connection with the financing contemplated herein.
15.18.    Lead Arranger and Book Runner.  Each of the Lead Arranger and Book Runner in such capacities, shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility, or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to it in its capacity as a Lender, as Agent, as Swing Lender, or as Issuing Bank.  Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Lead Arranger, and Book Runner, in such capacities, shall not have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or any Loan Party.  Each Lender, Agent, Swing Lender, Issuing Bank, and each Loan Party acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on the Lead Arranger or Book Runner in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.  Each of the Lead Arranger and Book Runner, in such capacities, shall be entitled to resign at any time by giving notice to Agent and Borrowers.
		
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	WITHHOLDING TAXES.

16.1.    Payments.  All payments made by Borrowers hereunder or under any note or other Loan Document will be made without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense.  In addition, all such payments will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future Indemnified Taxes, and in the event any deduction or withholding of Indemnified Taxes is required, Borrowers shall comply with the next sentence of this Section 16.1.  If any Indemnified Taxes are so levied or imposed, Borrowers agree to pay the full amount of such Indemnified Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement, any note, or Loan Document, including any amount paid pursuant to this Section 16.1 after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Indemnified Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein; provided, that Borrowers shall not be required to increase any such amounts to the extent that the increase in such amount payable results from Agent's or such Lender's own willful misconduct or gross negligence (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction).  Borrowers will furnish to Agent as promptly as possible after the date the payment of any Indemnified Tax is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by Borrowers.  Borrowers agree to pay any present or future stamp, value added or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, recordation, or filing of, or otherwise with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
16.2.    Exemptions.
(a)    If a Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption or reduction from United States withholding tax, such Lender or Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to deliver to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) one of the following before receiving its first payment under this Agreement:
(i)    if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption from United States withholding tax pursuant to the portfolio interest exception, (A) a statement of the Lender or Participant, signed under penalty of perjury, that it is not a (I) a "bank" as described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, (II) a 10% shareholder of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (within 

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the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the IRC), or (III) a controlled foreign corporation related to Borrowers within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the IRC, and (B) a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN or Form W-8IMY (with proper attachments);
(ii)    if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption from, or a reduction of, withholding tax under a United States tax treaty, a properly completed and executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN;
(iii)    if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim that interest paid under this Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because it is effectively connected with a United States trade or business of such Lender, a properly completed and executed copy of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iv)    if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim that interest paid under this Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because such Lender or Participant serves as an intermediary, a properly completed and executed copy of IRS Form W-8IMY (with proper attachments); or
(v)    a properly completed and executed copy of any other form or forms, including IRS Form W-9, as may be required under the IRC or other laws of the United States as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding or backup withholding tax.
(b)    Each Lender or Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(c)    If a Lender or Participant claims an exemption from withholding tax in a jurisdiction other than the United States, such Lender or such Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to deliver to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) any such form or forms, as may be required under the laws of such jurisdiction as a condition to exemption from, or reduction of, foreign withholding or backup withholding tax before receiving its first payment under this Agreement, but only if such Lender or such Participant is legally able to deliver such forms, provided, that nothing in this Section 16.2(c) shall require a Lender or Participant to disclose any information that it deems to be confidential (including without limitation, its tax returns).  Each Lender and each Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(d)    If a Lender or Participant claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax and such Lender or Participant sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of the Obligations of Borrowers to such Lender or Participant, such Lender or Participant agrees to notify Agent (or, in the case of a sale of a participation interest, to the Lender granting the participation only) of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial 

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owner of Obligations of Borrowers to such Lender or Participant.  To the extent of such percentage amount, Agent will treat such Lender's or such Participant's documentation provided pursuant to Section 16.2(a) or 16.2(c) as no longer valid.  With respect to such percentage amount, such Participant or Assignee may provide new documentation, pursuant to Section 16.2(a) or 16.2(c), if applicable.  Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of this Section 16 with respect to its participation in any portion of the Commitments and the Obligations so long as such Participant complies with the obligations set forth in this Section 16 with respect thereto.
16.3.    Reductions.
(a)    If a Lender or a Participant is entitled to a reduction in the applicable withholding tax, Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender or such Participant an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax after taking into account such reduction.  If the forms or other documentation required by Section 16.2(a) or 16.2(c) are not delivered to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), then Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender or such Participant not providing such forms or other documentation an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.
(b)    If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender or any Participant due to a failure on the part of the Lender or any Participant (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify Agent (or such Participant failed to notify the Lender granting the participation) of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason) such Lender shall indemnify and hold Agent harmless (or, in the case of a Participant, such Participant shall indemnify and hold the Lender granting the participation harmless) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) under this Section 16, together with all costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses).  The obligation of the Lenders and the Participants under this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
16.4.    Refunds.  If Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes to which Borrowers have paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 16, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, it shall pay over such refund to Borrowers (but only to the extent of payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrowers under this Section 16 with respect to Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such a refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the applicable Governmental Authority with respect to such a refund); provided, that Borrowers, upon the request of Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount 

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paid over to Borrowers (plus any penalties, interest or other charges, imposed by the applicable Governmental Authority, other than such penalties, interest or other charges imposed as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Agent hereunder) to Agent or such Lender in the event Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 16 shall not be construed to require Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information which it deems confidential) to Borrowers or any other Person.
		
	17.
	GENERAL PROVISIONS.

17.1.    Effectiveness.  This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when executed by Parent, each Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the signature pages hereof.
17.2.    Section Headings.  Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only.  Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.
17.3.    Interpretation.  Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed against the Lender Group or Parent or any Borrower, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise.  On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.
17.4.    Severability of Provisions.  Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.
17.5.    Bank Product Providers.  Each Bank Product Provider in its capacity as such shall be deemed a third party beneficiary hereof and of the provisions of the other Loan Documents for purposes of any reference in a Loan Document to the parties for whom Agent is acting.  Agent hereby agrees to act as agent for such Bank Product Providers and, by virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, the applicable Bank Product Provider shall be automatically deemed to have appointed Agent as its agent and to have accepted the benefits of the Loan Documents.  It is understood and agreed that the rights and benefits of each Bank Product Provider under the Loan Documents consist exclusively of such Bank Product Provider's being a beneficiary of the Liens and security interests (and, if applicable, guarantees) granted to Agent and the right to share in payments and collections out of the Collateral as more fully set forth herein. In addition, each Bank Product Provider, by virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, shall be automatically deemed to have agreed that Agent shall have the right, but shall have no obligation, to establish, maintain, relax, or release reserves in respect of the Bank Product Obligations and that if reserves are established there is no obligation on the part of Agent to determine or insure whether the amount of any such reserve is appropriate or not.  In connection with any such distribution of payments or proceeds of Collateral, Agent shall be entitled to assume no amounts are due or owing to any Bank Product Provider unless such Bank Product Provider has provided a written certification (setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation) to Agent as to the amounts that are due and owing to it and 

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such written certification is received by Agent a reasonable period of time prior to the making of such distribution.  Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount due and payable with respect to any Bank Products, but may rely upon the written certification of the amount due and payable from the applicable Bank Product Provider.  In the absence of an updated certification, Agent shall be entitled to assume that the amount due and payable to the applicable Bank Product Provider is the amount last certified to Agent by such Bank Product Provider as being due and payable (less any distributions made to such Bank Product Provider on account thereof).  Borrowers may obtain Bank Products from any Bank Product Provider, although Borrowers are not required to do so.  Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Bank Product Provider has committed to provide any Bank Products and that the providing of Bank Products by any Bank Product Provider is in the sole and absolute discretion of such Bank Product Provider.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no provider or holder of any Bank Product shall have any voting or approval rights hereunder (or be deemed a Lender) solely by virtue of its status as the provider or holder of such agreements or products or the Obligations owing thereunder, nor shall the consent of any such provider or holder be required (other than in their capacities as Lenders, to the extent applicable) for any matter hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, including as to any matter relating to the Collateral or the release of Collateral or Guarantors.
17.6.    Debtor-Creditor Relationship.  The relationship between the Lenders and Agent, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor.  No member of the Lender Group has (or shall be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between the members of the Lender Group, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, by virtue of any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.
17.7.    Counterparts; Electronic Execution.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.  Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.  The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.
17.8.    Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations; Certain Waivers.
(a)    If any member of the Lender Group or any Bank Product Provider repays, refunds, restores, or returns in whole or in part, any payment or property (including any proceeds of Collateral) previously paid or transferred to such member of the Lender Group or such Bank Product Provider in full or partial satisfaction of any Obligation or on account of any other obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document or any Bank Product Agreement, because the payment, 

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transfer, or the incurrence of the obligation so satisfied is asserted or declared to be void, voidable, or otherwise recoverable under any law relating to creditors' rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to fraudulent transfers, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable obligations or transfers (each, a "Voidable Transfer"), or because such member of the Lender Group or Bank Product Provider elects to do so on the reasonable advice of its counsel in connection with a claim that the payment, transfer, or incurrence is or may be a Voidable Transfer, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof that such member of the Lender Group or Bank Product Provider elects to repay, restore, or return (including pursuant to a settlement of any claim in respect thereof), and as to all reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees of such member of the Lender Group or Bank Product Provider related thereto, (i) the liability of the Loan Parties with respect to the amount or property paid, refunded, restored, or returned will automatically and immediately be revived, reinstated, and restored and will exist and (ii) Agent's Liens securing such liability shall be effective, revived, and remain in full force and effect, in each case, as fully as if such Voidable Transfer had never been made.  If, prior to any of the foregoing, (A) Agent's Liens shall have been released or terminated or (B) any provision of this Agreement shall have been terminated or cancelled, Agent's Liens, or such provision of this Agreement, shall be reinstated in full force and effect and such prior release, termination, cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligation of any Loan Party in respect of such liability or any Collateral securing such liability.
17.9.    Confidentiality.
(c)    Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans ("Confidential Information") shall be treated by Agent and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except:  (i) to attorneys for and other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group  and to employees, directors and officers of any member of the Lender Group (the Persons in this clause (i), "Lender Group Representatives") on a "need to know" basis in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and on a confidential basis, (ii) to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 17.9, (iii) as may be required by regulatory authorities so long as such authorities are informed of the confidential nature of such information, (iv) as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation; provided that (x) prior to any disclosure under this clause (iv), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with prior notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to Borrowers pursuant to the terms of the applicable statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and (y) any disclosure under this clause (iv) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, (v) as may be agreed to in advance in writing by Borrowers, (vi) as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, provided, that, (x) prior to any disclosure under this clause (vi) the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with prior written notice thereof, 

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to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior written notice to Borrowers pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and (y) any disclosure under this clause (vi) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such Governmental Authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process, (vii) as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives), (viii) in connection with any assignment, participation  or pledge of any Lender's interest under this Agreement, provided that prior to receipt of Confidential Information any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such Confidential Information either subject to the terms of this Section 17.9 or pursuant to confidentiality requirements substantially similar to those contained in this Section 17.9 (and such Person may disclose such Confidential Information to Persons employed or engaged by them as described in clause (i) above), (ix) in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, that, prior to any disclosure to any Person (other than any Loan Party, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel) under this clause (ix) with respect to litigation involving any Person (other than any Borrower, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with prior written notice thereof, and (x) in connection with, and to the extent reasonably necessary for, the exercise of any secured creditor remedy under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document.
(d)    Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Agent may disclose information concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to loan syndication and pricing reporting services or in its marketing or promotional materials, with such information to consist of deal terms and other information customarily found in such publications or marketing or promotional materials and may otherwise use the name, logos, and other insignia of any Borrower or the other Loan Parties and the Commitments provided hereunder in any "tombstone" or other advertisements, on its website or in other marketing materials of Agent.
(e)    The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that Agent or its Affiliates may make available to the Lenders materials or information provided by or on behalf of Borrowers hereunder (collectively, "Borrower Materials") by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, SyndTrak or another similar electronic system (the "Platform") and certain of the Lenders may be "public-side" Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Loan Parties or their securities) (each, a "Public Lender").  The Loan Parties shall be deemed to have authorized Agent and its Affiliates and the Lenders to treat Borrower Materials marked "PUBLIC" or otherwise at any time filed with the SEC as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Loan Parties or their securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws.  All Borrower Materials marked "PUBLIC" are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as "Public Investor" (or another similar term).  Agent and its Affiliates and the Lenders shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked "PUBLIC" or that are not at any time filed with the SEC as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not marked as "Public Investor" (or such other similar term).

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17.10.    Survival.  All representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that Agent, Issuing Bank, or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of, or any accrued interest on, any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding or unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or been terminated.
17.11.    Patriot Act.  Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act hereby notifies Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.  In addition, if Agent is required by law or regulation or internal policies to do so, it shall have the right to periodically conduct (a) Patriot Act searches, OFAC/PEP searches, and customary individual background checks for the Loan Parties and (b) OFAC/PEP searches and customary individual background checks for the Loan Parties' senior management and key principals, and each Borrower agrees to cooperate in respect of the conduct of such searches and further agrees that the reasonable costs and charges for such searches shall constitute Lender Group Expenses hereunder and be for the account of Borrowers.
17.12.    MGPI Processing, Inc. as Agent for Borrowers.  Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints MGPI Processing, Inc. as the borrowing agent and attorney-in-fact for all Borrowers (the "Administrative Borrower") which appointment shall remain in full force and effect unless and until Agent shall have received prior written notice signed by each Borrower that such appointment has been revoked and that another Borrower has been appointed Administrative Borrower.  Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Borrower (a) to provide Agent with all notices with respect to Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit obtained for the benefit of any Borrower and all other notices and instructions under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and any notice or instruction provided by Administrative Borrower shall be deemed to be given by Borrowers hereunder and shall bind each Borrower), (b) to receive notices and instructions from members of the Lender Group (and any notice or instruction provided by any member of the Lender Group to the Administrative Borrower in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been given to each Borrower), and (c) to take such action as the Administrative Borrower deems appropriate on its behalf to obtain Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.  It is understood that the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral in a combined fashion, as more fully set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to Borrowers in order to utilize the collective borrowing powers of Borrowers in the most efficient and economical manner and at their request, and that Lender Group shall not incur liability to any Borrower as a result hereof.  Each Borrower expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the handling of the Loan Account and the Collateral in a combined fashion since the successful 

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operation of each Borrower is dependent on the continued successful performance of the integrated group.  To induce the Lender Group to do so, and in consideration thereof, each Borrower hereby jointly and severally agrees to indemnify each member of the Lender Group and hold each member of the Lender Group harmless against any and all liability, expense, loss or claim of damage or injury, made against the Lender Group by any Borrower or by any third party whosoever, arising from or incurred by reason of (i) the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of Borrowers as herein provided, or (ii) the Lender Group's relying on any instructions of the Administrative Borrower, except that Borrowers will have no liability to the relevant Agent-Related Person or Lender-Related Person under this Section 17.12 with respect to any liability that has been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent-Related Person or Lender-Related Person, as the case may be.
17.13.    Integration.This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date hereof.  The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, all Bank Product Agreements, if any, are independent agreements governed by the written provisions of such Bank Product Agreements, which will remain in full force and effect, unaffected by any repayment, prepayments, acceleration, reduction, increase, or change in the terms of any credit extended hereunder, except as otherwise expressly provided in such Bank Product Agreement.

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(a)    If, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12 hereof, a court of competent jurisdiction were to find that this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Kansas, this statement is provided pursuant to K.S.A. §16-118:  THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT IS A FINAL EXPRESSION OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CREDITOR AND THE DEBTOR AND SUCH WRITTEN CREDIT AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF ANY PRIOR ORAL CREDIT AGREEMENT OR OF A CONTEMPORANEOUS ORAL CREDIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CREDITOR AND DEBTOR. THE FOLLOWING SPACE CONTAINS ANY NON-STANDARD TERMS, INCLUDING THE REDUCTION TO WRITING OF ANY PREVIOUS ORAL CREDIT AGREEMENT:
NONE.
The creditor and debtor, by their respective initials or signatures below, confirm that no unwritten credit agreement exists between the parties:
Creditor: /s/ David Wisniewski

Debtor: /s/ TKP (initials of Thomas K. Pigott)

[Signature pages to follow.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

	
		
	BORROWERS:
	MGPI PROCESSING, INC., a Kansas corporation 
 
 
By:  /s/ Thomas K. Pigott  
Name:  Thomas K. Pigott  
Title:    CFO
MGPI PIPELINE, INC., a Kansas corporation 
 
 
By:  /s/ Thomas K. Pigott  
Name:  Thomas K. Pigott  
Title:    CFO
MGPI OF INDIANA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 
 
 
By:  /s/ Thomas K. Pigott  
Name:  Thomas K. Pigott  
Title:    CFO

	PARENT:
	MGP INGREDIENTS, INC., a Kansas corporation 
 
 
By:  /s/ Thomas K. Pigott  
Name:  Thomas K. Pigott  
Title:    CFO

Signature Page to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

	
		
	 
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Agent, as Sole Lead Arranger, as Sole Book Runner, and as a Lender 
 
 
By:  /s/ David Wisniewski  
Name:   David Wisniewski, AVP
   Its Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

	
		
	 
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as a Lender 
 
 
By:   /s/ Robyn Ritchie 
Name:  Robyn Ritchie
   Its Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

SCHEDULE 1.1

As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
"Account" means an account (as that term is defined in the Code).
"Account Debtor" means any Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper, or a general intangible.
"Accounting Changes" means changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successor thereto or any agency with similar functions).
"Acquired Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Equity Interests are acquired by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition; provided, that such Indebtedness (a) is either purchase money Indebtedness or a Capital Lease with respect to Equipment or mortgage financing with respect to Real Property, (b) was in existence prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition, and (c) was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition.
"Acquisition" means (a) the purchase or other acquisition by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of (or any division or business line of) any other Person, or (b) the purchase or other acquisition (whether by means of a merger, consolidation, or otherwise) by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any other Person.
"Additional Documents" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5.12 of the Agreement.
"Administrative Borrower" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.12 of the Agreement.
"Administrative Questionnaire" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(a) of the Agreement.
"Affected Lender" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(b) of the Agreement.
"Affiliate" means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.  For purposes of this definition, "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Equity Interests, by contract, or otherwise; provided, that, for purposes of the definition of Eligible Accounts and Section 6.10 of the Agreement: (a) any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests 

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of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such Person) shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person, (b) each director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person, and (c) each partnership in which a Person is a general partner shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person.
"Agent" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Agent-Related Persons" means Agent, together with its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
"Agent's Account" means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on Schedule A-1 of the Agreement (or such other Deposit Account of Agent that has been designated as such, in writing, by Agent to Borrowers and the Lenders).
"Agent's Liens" means the Liens granted by Parent or its Subsidiaries to Agent under the Loan Documents and securing the Obligations.
"Agreement" means the Credit Agreement to which this Schedule 1.1 is attached.
"Anti-Corruption Laws" means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption. 
"Applicable Margin" means, as of any date of determination and with respect to Current Asset Base Rate Loans, Current Asset LIBOR Rate Loans, Fixed Asset Base Rate Loans, Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Loans, Term Base Rate Loans and Term LIBOR Rate Loans, as applicable, the applicable margin set forth in the following table that corresponds to the Average Excess Availability of Borrowers for the most recently completed month; provided, that for the period from the Closing Date through and including the date on which Agent receives the calculation of Average Excess Availability of Borrowers for the month ending March 31, 2016, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the margin in the row styled "Level II"; provided further, that any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Margin shall be set at the margin in the row styled "Level III":

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	Level
	Average Excess Availability
	Applicable Margin Relative to Current Asset Base Rate Loans (the "Current Asset Base Rate Margin")
	Applicable Margin Relative to Current Asset LIBOR Rate Loans (the "Current Asset LIBOR Rate Margin")
	Applicable Margin Relative to Fixed Asset Base Rate Loans (the "Fixed Asset Base Rate Margin")
	Applicable Margin Relative to Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Loans (the "Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Margin")
	Applicable Margin Relative to Term Base Rate Loans (the "Term Base Rate Margin")
	Applicable Margin Relative to Term LIBOR Rate Loans (the "Term LIBOR Rate Margin")

	I
	> $40,000,000
	0.75 percentage points
	1.75 percentage points
	1.25 percentage points
	2.25 percentage points
	1.25 percentage points
	2.25 percentage points

	II
	< $40,000,000 and > $20,000,000
	1.00 percentage points
	2.00 percentage points
	1.50 percentage points
	2.50 percentage points
	1.50 percentage points
	2.50 percentage points

	III
	< $20,000,000
	1.25 percentage points
	2.25 percentage points
	1.75 percentage points
	2.75 percentage points
	1.75 percentage points
	2.75 percentage points

The Applicable Margin shall be re-determined as of the first day of each fiscal month of Borrowers.
"Applicable Unused Line Fee Percentage" means, as of any date of determination, the applicable percentage set forth in the following table that corresponds to the Average Revolver Usage of Borrowers for the most recently completed month as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided, that for the period from the Closing Date through and including March 31, 2016, the Applicable Unused Line Fee Percentage shall be set at the rate in the row styled "Level II"; provided further, that any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Applicable Unused Line Fee Percentage shall be set at the margin in the row styled "Level II":
	
			
	Level
	Average Revolver Usage
	Applicable Unused Line Fee Percentage

	I
	> 50% of the Maximum Revolver Amount
	0.25 percentage points

	II
	< 50% of the Maximum Revolver Amount
	0.375 percentage points

The Applicable Unused Line Fee Percentage shall be re-determined on the first date of each fiscal month of Borrowers by Agent.
"Application Event" means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrowers to repay all of the Obligations in full on the Maturity Date, or (b) an Event of Default and the election by Agent or the Required Lenders to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(ii) of the Agreement.
"Assignee" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(a) of the Agreement.
"Assignment and Acceptance" means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Agreement.

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"Atchison IRB Bonds" means those certain $7,000,000 Taxable Industrial Revenue Bonds Series 2006 (MGP Ingredients Project) issued by the City of Atchison, Kansas, pursuant to that certain Trust Indenture dated as of the issue date of the bonds, between the City of Atchison, Kansas and Commerce Bank, N.A., Kansas City Missouri.
"Authorized Person" means any one of the individuals identified on Schedule A-2 to the Agreement, as such schedule is updated from time to time by written notice from Borrowers to Agent.
"Availability" means, as of any date of determination, the amount that Borrowers are entitled to borrow as Revolving Loans under Section 2.1 of the Agreement (after giving effect to the then outstanding Revolver Usage).
"Average Availability" means, with respect to any period, the sum of the aggregate amount of Availability for each Business Day in such period (calculated as of the end of each respective Business Day) divided by the number of Business Days in such period.
"Average Excess Availability" means, with respect to any period, the sum of the aggregate amount of Excess Availability for each Business Day in such period (calculated as of the end of each respective Business Day) divided by the number of Business Days in such period.
"Average Revolver Usage" means, with respect to any period, the sum of the aggregate amount of Revolver Usage for each Business Day in such period (calculated as of the end of each respective Business Day) divided by the number of Business Days in such period.
"Bank Product" means any one or more of the following financial products or accommodations extended to Parent or its Subsidiaries by a Bank Product Provider:  (a) credit cards (including commercial cards (including so-called "purchase cards", "procurement cards" or "p-cards")), (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) stored value cards, (e) Cash Management Services, or (f) transactions under Hedge Agreements.
"Bank Product Agreements" means those agreements entered into from time to time by Parent or its Subsidiaries with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of the Bank Products.
"Bank Product Collateralization" means providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers (other than the Hedge Providers) in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably estimated credit exposure with respect to the then existing Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations).
"Bank Product Obligations" means (a) all obligations, liabilities, reimbursement obligations, fees, or expenses owing by Parent and its Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by a Bank Product Agreement and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, (b) all Hedge Obligations, and (c) all amounts that Agent or any Lender is obligated to pay to such Bank Product Provider as a result of Agent or such Lender purchasing participations from, or executing guarantees or indemnities or reimbursement obligations to, a Bank 

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Product Provider with respect to the Bank Products provided by a Bank Product Provider to Parent or one of its Subsidiaries.
"Bank Product Provider" means Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates.
"Bank Product Reserves" means, as of any date of determination, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate to establish (based upon the Bank Product Providers' determination of the liabilities and obligations of Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Product Obligations) in respect of Bank Products then provided or outstanding.
"Bankruptcy Code" means title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect from time to time.
"Base Rate" means the greatest of (a) 1.00 percent per annum, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1⁄2%, (c) the LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of 1 month and shall be determined on a daily basis), plus 1 percentage point, and (d) the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its "prime rate", with the understanding that the "prime rate" is one of Wells Fargo's base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Current Asset Base Rate Loan, a Fixed Asset Base Rate Loan, or a Term Base Rate Loan, as applicable.
"Base Rate Margin" means the Current Asset Base Rate Margin, the Fixed Asset Base Rate Margin or the Term Base Rate Margin, as applicable.
"Benefit Plan" means a "defined benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) for which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates has been an "employer" (as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA) within the past six years.
"Board of Directors" means, as to any Person, the board of directors (or comparable managers) of such Person, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable managers).
"Board of Governors" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
"Book Runner" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Borrower" and "Borrowers" have the respective meanings specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Borrower Materials" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(c) of the Agreement.

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"Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made on the same day by the Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in the case of a Swing Loan, or by Agent in the case of an Extraordinary Advance.
"Borrowing Base" means, as of any date of determination, the result of:
(a)85% of the amount of Eligible Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus
(b)    the lesser of:
(i)    the sum (without duplication) of (A) the product of the Eligible Starch/Protein Inventory Advance Rate times the value of the Eligible Starch/Protein Inventory, plus (B)  the product of the Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory Advance Rate times the value of the Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory, plus (C) the product of the Eligible Corn Inventory Advance Rate times the value of the Eligible Corn Inventory, plus (D) the product of the Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory Advance Rate times the value of the Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory, plus (E) the product of the Eligible Finished Goods Inventory Advance Rate times the value of the Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, plus (F) the product of the Eligible Barreled Inventory Advance Rate times the value of the Eligible Barreled Inventory, plus (G) the product of the Eligible Barreled (Two-Year) Inventory Advance Rate times the value of the Eligible Barreled (Two-Year) Inventory, plus (H) the lesser of $4,500,000 and the product of the Eligible Work in Process Inventory Advance Rate times the value of the Eligible Work in Process Inventory, plus (I) the Eligible Raw Materials Inventory Advance Rate times the value of Eligible Raw Materials Inventory (other than Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory and Eligible Corn Inventory),  in each case with such value to be calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers' historical accounting practices, and 
(ii)    the product of 85% multiplied by the Net Recovery Percentage identified in the most recent inventory appraisal ordered and obtained by Agent multiplied by the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers' historical accounting practices) of Eligible Starch/Protein Inventory, Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory, Eligible Corn Inventory, Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory, Eligible Finished Goods Inventory, Eligible Barreled Inventory, Eligible Barreled (Two-Year) Inventory, Eligible Work in Process Inventory and Eligible Raw Materials Inventory (other than Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory and Eligible Corn Inventory) (such determination may be made as to different categories of Eligible Inventory based upon the Net Recovery Percentage applicable to such categories) at such time,
provided, that Revolving Loans outstanding against Eligible Rail Inventory shall not exceed $3,000,000 at any time outstanding,
plus

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(c)    Fixed Asset Availability, minus
(d)    the Distilled Spirits Tax Reserve, minus
(e)    the Rail Reserve, minus
(f)    the aggregate amount of any other reserves, if any, established by Agent under Section 2.1(c) of the Agreement.
"Borrowing Base Certificate" means a certificate in the form of Exhibit B-1.
"Bunge Agreements" means, collectively (i) that certain Grain Supply Agreement dated as of January 1, 2015 between MGPI Indiana and Consolidated Grain and Barge, and (ii) that certain Grain Supply Agreement dated as of December 22, 2014 between MGP Processing and Bunge Milling, Inc., in each case as amended from time to time and together with any replacements thereof.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks are authorized or required to close in the state of Illinois, except that, if a determination of a Business Day shall relate to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term "Business Day" also shall exclude any day on which banks are closed for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
"Capital Expenditures" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the amount of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in cash or financed, but excluding, without duplication (a) expenditures made during such period in connection with the replacement, substitution, or restoration of assets or properties pursuant to Section 2.3(e)(ii) of the Agreement, (b) with respect to the purchase price of assets that are purchased substantially contemporaneously with the trade-in of existing assets during such period, the amount that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such assets for the assets being traded in at such time, (c) expenditures made during such period to consummate one or more Permitted Acquisitions, (d) expenditures made during such period to the extent made with identifiable proceeds of an equity investment in Parent, which equity investment is made substantially contemporaneously with the making of the expenditure, (e) capitalized software development costs to the extent such costs are deducted from net earnings under the definition of EBITDA for such period, and (f) expenditures during such period that, pursuant to a written agreement, are reimbursed by a third Person (excluding Parent or any of its Affiliates).
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means that portion of the obligations under a Capital Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Lease" means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state of the 

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United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), (c) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's, (d) certificates of deposit, time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers' acceptances maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any United States branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $1,000,000,000, (e) Deposit Accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or (ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as the full amount maintained with any such other bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (f) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (d) of this definition or recognized securities dealer having combined capital and surplus of not less than $1,000,000,000, having a term of not more than seven days, with respect to securities satisfying the criteria in clauses (a) or (d) above, (g) debt securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above, and (h) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (g) above.
"Cash Management Services" means any cash management or related services including treasury, depository, return items, overdraft, controlled disbursement, merchant store value cards, e-payables services, electronic funds transfer, interstate depository network, automatic clearing house transfer (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) and other cash management arrangements.
"CFC" means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the IRC).
"Change of Control" means that:
(a)any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other than Permitted Holders), shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of Parent (or other securities convertible into such Equity Interests) representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of all Equity Interests of Parent entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors of Parent;
(a)    any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other than Permitted Holders), shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation thereof, will result in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of Parent or control over the Equity Interests of such Person entitled to vote for members of the Board of Directors of Parent on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such Equity Interests that such Person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right) representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of such Equity Interests; 

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(b)    Parent fails to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of each other Loan Party; or
(c)    the occurrence of any "Change in Control" as reported by Parent in response to either Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act or Item 1 of Form 8 K promulgated under the Exchange Act.
"Change in Law" means the occurrence after the date of the Agreement of:  (a) the adoption or effectiveness of any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation, judicial ruling, judgment or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application by any Governmental Authority of any law, rule, regulation, guideline or treaty, or (c) the making or issuance by any Governmental Authority of any request, rule, guideline or directive, whether or not having the force of law; provided that notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy 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 shall, in each case, be deemed to be a "Change in Law," regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
"Closing Date" means the date that the Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans are recharacterized as the Term Loan pursuant to the Agreement.
"Code" means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time in the State of Illinois.
"Collateral" means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted by such Person in favor of Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents.
"Collateral Access Agreement" means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in Parent's or its Subsidiaries' books and records, Equipment, or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
"Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment, or its Term Loan Commitment, as the context requires, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments or their Term Loan Commitments, as the context requires, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender's name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 to the Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender under the Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Agreement.
"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 to the Agreement delivered by the chief financial officer of Parent to Agent.

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"Confidential Information" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(a) of the Agreement.
"Control Agreement" means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries, Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).
"Current Asset Base Rate Loan" means each portion of the Current Asset Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
"Current Asset Base Rate Margin" has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
"Current Asset LIBOR Rate Loan" means each portion of the Current Asset Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
"Current Asset LIBOR Rate Margin" has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
"Current Asset Loans" means that portion of the Revolving Loans that is predicated on the value of Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory.
"Customer Access Agreement" means an acknowledgment agreement of a customer that has access to Rail Inventory  in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
"Customer Agreement" means an agreement executed by an Account Debtor in favor of a Borrower and Agent, pursuant to which the Account Debtor agrees to pay when due all invoices relating to the purchase of Inventory held by such Borrower subject to a bill and hold arrangement, regardless of whether such Inventory is delivered to such Account Debtor, and which is otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
"Default" means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any amounts required to be funded by it under the Agreement on the date that it is required to do so under the Agreement (including the failure to make available to Agent amounts required pursuant to a Settlement or to make a required payment in connection with a Letter of Credit Disbursement), (b) notified Borrowers, Agent, or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with all or any portion of its funding obligations under the Agreement, (c) has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under the Agreement or under other agreements generally (as reasonably determined by Agent) under which it has committed to extend credit, (d) failed, within 1 Business Day after written request by Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of the Agreement relating to its obligations to fund any amounts required to be funded by it under the Agreement, (e) otherwise failed to pay over to Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it under the Agreement  on the date that it is required to do so under the Agreement, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (f) (i) becomes or is 

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insolvent or has a parent company that has become or is insolvent or (ii) becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, or custodian or appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.
"Defaulting Lender Rate" means (a) for the first 3 days from and after the date the relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the interest rate then applicable to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans (inclusive of the Base Rate Margin applicable thereto).
"Deposit Account" means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the Code).
"Designated Account" means the Deposit Account of Parent (or, once such Deposit Account has been assigned to Administrative Borrower, Administrative Borrower identified on Schedule D-1 to the Agreement (or such other Deposit Account of Administrative Borrower located at Designated Account Bank that has been designated as such, in writing, by Borrowers to Agent).
"Designated Account Bank" has the meaning specified therefor in Schedule D-1 to the Agreement (or such other bank that is located within the United States that has been designated as such, in writing, by Borrowers to Agent).
"Dilution" means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the experience of the immediately prior 12 months, that is the result of dividing the Dollar amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other dilutive items with respect to Borrowers' Accounts during such period, by (b) Borrowers' billings with respect to Accounts during such period.
"Dilution Reserve" means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts by 1 percentage point for each percentage point by which Dilution is in excess of 5%.
"Disqualified Equity Interests" means any Equity Interest that, 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 (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) 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 180 days after the Maturity Date.

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"Distilled Spirits Lien" means any Liens on the Borrowers' Inventory for taxes arising under 26 U.S.C. 5001 et seq. and any actual or effective substitutions or replacements thereof.
"Distilled Spirits Tax Reserve" means an amount determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion to reasonably approximate the amount of taxes which are due and unpaid in respect of Borrowers' Inventory pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5001 et. seq. (and any actual or effective substitutions or replacements thereof.
"Dollars" or "$" means United States dollars.
"Drawing Document" means any document referred to in or related to any Letter of Credit that is required to be presented in order to make a draw under such Letter of Credit.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any fiscal period,
(a)    Parent's consolidated net earnings (or loss),
minus
(b)    without duplication, the sum of the following amounts of Parent for such period to the extent included in determining consolidated net earnings (or loss) for such period:
(i)    extraordinary gains,
(ii)    interest income,
plus
(c)    without duplication, the sum of the following amounts of Parent for such period to the extent included in determining consolidated net earnings (or loss) for such period:
(i)    non-cash extraordinary losses,
(ii)    Interest Expense,
(iii)    income taxes paid, and
(iv)    depreciation and amortization for such period, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.  
For the purposes of calculating EBITDA for any period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a "Reference Period"),  if at any time during such Reference Period (and after the Closing Date), Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall have made a Permitted Acquisition, EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such Permitted Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case to be mutually 

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and reasonably agreed upon by Parent and Agent) or in such other manner acceptable to Agent as if any such Permitted Acquisition or adjustment occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.
"Eligible Accounts" means those Accounts created by a Borrower in the ordinary course of its business, that arise out of such Borrower's sale of goods or rendition of services, that comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent's Permitted Discretion to address the results of any field examination performed by (or on behalf of) Agent from time to time after the Closing Date.  In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits, unapplied cash, taxes, discounts, credits, allowances, and rebates.  Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:
(a)    Accounts that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 90 days of original invoice date or 60 days of the due date,
(b)    Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,
(c)    Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of any Borrower or an employee or agent of any Borrower or any Affiliate of any Borrower,
(d)    Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed on consignment or are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional,
(e)    Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are sold subject to a bill and hold arrangement, unless the applicable Account Debtor has executed a Customer Agreement,
(f)    Accounts that are not payable in Dollars,
(g)    Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor either (i) does not maintain its chief executive office in the United States, or (ii) is not organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or (iii) is the government of any foreign country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless (A) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to Agent (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank) that has been delivered to Agent and is directly drawable by Agent, or (B) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
(h)    Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which Borrowers have complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC §3727), or (ii) any state of the United States,

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(i)    Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of a Borrower, has or has asserted a right of recoupment or setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such claim, right of recoupment or setoff, or dispute,
(j)    Accounts (a) with respect to Vi-Jon, Inc., a Tennessee corporation and its Affiliates (collectively, "Vijon"), to the extent the obligations owing by Vijon exceed 15% (such percentage being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of Vijon deteriorates) of all Eligible Accounts, (b) with respect to B.C. Williams Bakery Service, Inc., a Texas corporation and its Affiliates (collectively, "BC Williams"), to the extent the obligations owing by BC Williams exceed 15% (such percentage being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of BC Williams deteriorates) of all Eligible Accounts and (c) with respect to any Account Debtor (other than Vijon or BC Williams) whose total obligations owing to Borrowers exceed 10% (such percentage, as applied to a particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by Agent in its Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates) of all Eligible Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage; provided, that, in each case, the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limits,
(k)    Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, has gone out of business, or as to which any Borrower has received notice of an imminent Insolvency Proceeding or a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account Debtor,
(l)    Accounts, the collection of which, Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, believes to be doubtful, including by reason of the Account Debtor's financial condition,
(m)    Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent's Lien,
(n)    Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, or (ii) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor,
(o)    Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Entity,
(p)    Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of performance by the applicable Borrower of the subject contract for goods or services, or
(q)    Accounts owned by a target acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, until the completion of an appraisal and field examination with respect to such target, in each case, reasonably satisfactory to Agent (which appraisal and field examination may be conducted prior to the closing of such Permitted Acquisition).

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"Eligible Barreled Inventory" means Inventory of a Borrower consisting of barreled alcoholic beverages that are less than 2 years old that qualifies as Eligible Inventory in all respects.
"Eligible Barreled Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Eligible Barreled (Two-Year) Inventory" means Inventory of a Borrower consisting of barreled alcoholic beverages that are 2 years old or greater that qualifies as Eligible Inventory in all respects.
"Eligible Barreled (Two-Year) Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Eligible Corn Inventory" means Inventory of a Borrower consisting of corn that qualifies as Eligible Raw Materials Inventory in all respects.
"Eligible Corn Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Eligible Equipment" means Equipment of any Borrower included in the most recent appraisal of the Equipment of Borrowers received by Agent in form and substance acceptable to Agent, which is addressed to Agent and upon which Agent is expressly permitted to rely, that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Equipment made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent's Permitted Discretion to address the result of any field examination or appraisal conducted by Agent after the Closing Date.  An item of Equipment shall not be included in Eligible Equipment if:
(a)    the applicable Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto,
(b)    the applicable Borrower does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of such Borrower),
(c)    it is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States set forth on Schedule 4.25 to the Agreement,
(d)    it is in-transit,
(e)    it is located on real property leased by the applicable Borrower or in a contract warehouse, in each case, unless it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the lessor or warehouseman and any applicable mortgagee, as the case may be, and unless it is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from goods of others, if any, stored on the premises,
(f)    it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agent's Lien,
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(h)    it is worn out, obsolete, damaged or defective Equipment or Equipment not used or usable in the ordinary course of business of the applicable Borrower as presently conducted,
(i)    it consists of computer hardware,
(j)    it consists of fixtures,
(k)    it consists of tooling, or
(l)    it is leased to a Borrower or by another Borrower.
"Eligible Finished Goods Inventory" means Inventory of a Borrower that qualifies as Eligible Inventory and consists of first quality finished goods held for sale in the ordinary course of Borrowers' business (other than Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory, Eligible Starch/Protein Inventory, Eligible Barreled Inventory and Eligible Barreled (Two-Year) Inventory).
"Eligible Finished Goods Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory" means Inventory of a Borrower consisting of flour, rye or barley that qualifies as Eligible Raw Materials Inventory in all respects.
"Eligible Flour/Rye/Barley Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory" means Inventory of a Borrower consisting of food grade alcohol which qualifies as Eligible Inventory in all respects.
"Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Eligible Inventory" means Inventory of a Borrower, that complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below; provided, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agent's Permitted Discretion to address the results of any field examination or appraisal performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date.  In determining the amount to be so included, Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers' historical accounting practices.  An item of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory if:
(a)    a Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto,
(b)    a Borrower does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of a Borrower),
(c)    it is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States set forth on Schedule E-1 to the Agreement (or in-transit from one such location to another such location),

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(d)    it is in-transit to or from a location of a Borrower (other than in-transit from one location set forth on Schedule E-1 to the Agreement to another location set forth on Schedule E-1 to the Agreement),
(e)    it is located on real property leased by a Borrower or in a contract warehouse, in each case, unless it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the lessor or warehouseman, as the case may be, and unless it is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from goods of others, if any, stored on the premises,
(f)    it is held on consignment by a third party,
(g)    it is the subject of a bill of lading or other document of title,
(h)    it is not subject to a valid, perfected and (subject to Distilled Spirits Liens for which Agent has established a Distilled Spirits Reserve) first priority Agent's Lien,
(i)    it consists of goods returned or rejected by a Borrower's customers,
(j)    it consists of goods that are obsolete or slow moving, restrictive or custom items, work-in-process (other than Eligible Work in Process), raw materials, or goods that constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping materials, supplies used or consumed in Borrowers' business, bill and hold goods, defective goods, "seconds," or Inventory acquired on consignment,
(k)    it is subject to third party trademark, licensing or other proprietary rights, unless Agent is satisfied that such Inventory can be freely sold by Agent on and after the occurrence of an Event of a Default despite such third party rights, 
(l)    it was acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, until the completion of an appraisal and field examination of such Inventory, in each case, reasonably satisfactory to Agent (which appraisal and field examination may be conducted prior to the closing of such Permitted Acquisition), or
(m)    it is located at any JV Location.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of Eligible Inventory, "in-transit" shall not be deemed to include Eligible Rail Inventory.
"Eligible Raw Materials Inventory" means Inventory that qualifies as Eligible Inventory and consists of goods that are first quality raw materials.
"Eligible Raw Materials Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Eligible Real Estate" means the Real Property Collateral listed on Schedule E-3 attached hereto.
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"Eligible Rail Inventory" means those items of Rail Inventory that do not qualify as Eligible Inventory solely because they are not in a location set forth on Schedule E-1 or in transit among such locations and a Borrower does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof, but as to which (i) Agent has received an executed Customer Access Agreement and (ii) Agent has received a true and correct copy of any contracts between Borrower and the customer that has access to such Rail Inventory.
"Eligible Starch/Protein Inventory" means all Inventory of a Borrower consisting of starch or protein which qualifies as Eligible Inventory in all respects
"Eligible Starch/Protein Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Eligible Transferee" means (a) any Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender), any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund of any Lender; and (b) (i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (ii) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country or a political subdivision thereof; provided that (A) (x) such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States or (y) such bank is organized under the laws of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of such country, and (B) such bank has total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (d) any other entity (other than a natural person) that is an "accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) that extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses including insurance companies, investment or mutual funds and lease financing companies, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; and (e) during the continuation of an Event of Default, any other Person approved by Agent; provided, that no Affiliate of Parent shall qualify as an Eligible Transferee.
"Eligible Work in Process Inventory" means Inventory of a Borrower consisting of goods that are first quality work-in-process and otherwise qualifies as Eligible Inventory; provided, that anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, the value of such Inventory shall not include the value of any labor or other services rendered to produce such Inventory.
"Eligible Work in Process Inventory Advance Rate" means eighty-five percent (85%).
"Employee Benefit Plan" means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA, (a) that is or within the preceding six (6) years has been sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate or (b) to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has, or has had at any time within the preceding six (6) years, any liability, contingent or otherwise.
"Environmental Action" means any written complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other written communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials (a) from any assets, properties, or businesses of any Borrower, any Subsidiary of any Borrower, or any of their 

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predecessors in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Borrower, any Subsidiary of any Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest.
"Environmental Law" means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on Parent or its Subsidiaries, relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health, or Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Environmental Liabilities" means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.
"Environmental Lien" means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities.
"Equipment" means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).
"Equity Interest" means, with respect to a Person, all of the shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including capital stock (or other ownership or profit interests or units), preferred stock, or any other "equity security" (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act).
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statutes, and all regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.  Any reference to a specific section of ERISA shall be deemed to be a reference to such section of ERISA and any successor statutes, and all regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(b), (b) any trade or business subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any organization subject to ERISA that is a member of an affiliated service group of which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(o).
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"Excess Availability" means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to Availability minus the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of Parent and its Subsidiaries aged in excess of historical levels with respect thereto and all book overdrafts of Parent and its Subsidiaries in excess of historical practices with respect thereto, in each case as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to time.
"Excluded Taxes" means (i) any tax imposed on the net income or net profits of any Lender or any Participant (including any branch profits taxes), in each case imposed by the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender or such Participant is organized or the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender's or such Participant's principal office is located in each case as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender or such Participant and the jurisdiction or taxing authority imposing the tax (other than any such connection arising solely from such Lender or such Participant having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payment under, or enforced its rights or remedies under the Agreement or any other Loan Document); (ii) taxes resulting from a Lender's or a Participant's failure to comply with the requirements of Section 16.2 of the Agreement, and (iii) any United States federal withholding taxes that would be imposed on amounts payable to a Foreign Lender based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except that Taxes shall include (A) any amount that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was previously entitled to receive pursuant to Section 16.1 of the Agreement, if any, with respect to such withholding tax at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), and (B) additional United States federal withholding taxes that may be imposed after the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office), as a result of a change in law, rule, regulation, order or other decision with respect to any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority.
"Existing Credit Agreement" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Existing JVs" means, collectively, the German Joint Venture and the Illinois Joint Venture.
"Existing Lender" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Existing Letters of Credit" means those letters of credit described on Schedule E-2 to the Agreement.
"Existing Obligations" means all "Obligations" under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement.
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"Existing Supply Agreements" means, collectively, (i) each Bunge Agreement, and (ii) that certain Supply Agreement dated July 10, 2015 between Ardent Mills, LLC and MGPI Processing, as amended from time to time and together with any replacements thereof.
"Extraordinary Advances" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.2(e)(iii) of the Agreement.
"Extraordinary Receipts" means (a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, proceeds of judgments, proceeds of settlements, or other consideration of any kind received in connection with any cause of action or claim in excess of $500,000, and (b) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any payments received by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (and not consisting of proceeds described in Section 2.3(e)(ii) of the Agreement) consisting of (i) proceeds of judgments, proceeds of settlements, or other consideration of any kind received in connection with any cause of action or claim, (ii) indemnity payments (other than to the extent such indemnity payments are immediately payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) any purchase price adjustment received in connection with any purchase agreement.
"FCP Commencement Date" has the meaning set forth in the definition of Financial Covenant Period.  
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Fee Letter" means that certain second amended and restated fee letter, dated as of the Closing Date, among Borrowers and Agent.
"Financial Covenant Period" means a period which shall commence on any date (the "FCP Commencement Date") on which Excess Availability is less than the Threshold Amount and shall continue until the later of:  (a) the date that is the last day of the second full fiscal quarter after the FCP Commencement Date, and (b) the last day of the fiscal quarter after the FCP Commencement Date in which Average Availability for a period of 60 consecutive days is greater than or equal to the Threshold Amount.
"Fixed Asset Availability" means, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount and (b) the amount equal to the sum of (x) eighty-five percent (85%) of the "net orderly liquidation value" of all Eligible Equipment as set forth in the most recent reasonably acceptable appraisal of the Equipment of Borrowers received by Agent which is addressed to Agent and upon which Agent is expressly entitled to rely, net of operating expenses, liquidation expenses and commissions (to the extent not already reflected in such appraisal of the Equipment of Borrowers), and (y) sixty percent (60%) of the fair market value of all Eligible Real Estate as set forth in the most recent reasonably acceptable appraisal of the real property of Borrowers received 

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by Agent which is addressed to Agent and upon which Agent is expressly entitled to rely (it being agreed and understood that until Borrowers shall have delivered to Agent the Real Estate Deliveries, none of the Fixed Asset Availability shall be predicated on Eligible Real Estate).
"Fixed Asset Base Rate Loan" means each portion of the Fixed Asset Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
"Fixed Asset Base Rate Margin" has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
"Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Loan" means each portion of the Fixed Asset Loans that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
"Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Margin" has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
"Fixed Asset Loans" means that portion of the Revolving Loans that is predicated on the value of Eligible Equipment and Eligible Real Estate.
"Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount" means $7,004,000; provided that the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount shall be permanently reduced (i) on the first day of each month, commencing April 1, 2015, by an amount equal to $83,380.95, (ii) on each date that any mandatory reduction is required to be made pursuant to Section 2.3(f)(ii) or (iii) in an amount equal to the amount of such required mandatory reduction, (iii) the amount by which the portion of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount predicated on Eligible Equipment (after taking into account any reductions under clauses (i) and (ii) above) at any time is in excess of the appraised "net orderly liquidation value" of all Eligible Equipment (such reduction to be on the date Agent receives such appraisal setting forth such "net orderly liquidation value") and (iv) the amount by which the portion of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount predicated on Eligible Real Estate (after taking into account any reductions under clauses (i) and (ii) above) at any time is in excess of the appraised fair market value of all Eligible Real Estate (such reduction to be on the date Agent receives such appraisal setting forth the fair market value).  In the event Borrowers deliver to Agent the Real Estate Deliveries, the foregoing Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount shall be increased by an amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the fair market value of all Eligible Real Estate as set forth in the most recent reasonably acceptable appraisal of the real property of Borrowers received by Agent which is addressed to Agent and upon which Agent is expressly entitled to rely, provided that in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount exceed $7,004,000 (the amount of such increase, the "Eligible Real Estate Predicated Amount"), and thereafter permanently reduced by an additional amount per month based on a 120 month amortization schedule of such Eligible Real Estate Predicated Amount.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Interest Expense accrued (other than interest paid-in-kind, amortization of financing fees, and other non-cash Interest Expense) during such period, (b) principal payments in respect of Indebtedness that are required to be paid during such period, including without limitation required all reductions of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line Amount, and (c) all federal, state, and local income taxes accrued during such period, and (d) all Restricted Payments paid (whether in cash or other property, 

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other than common Equity Interests) during such period; provided, however, that solely for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for determining compliance with Section 7.1 hereof, the amount of the September 2015 Stock Repurchase shall not constitute a Fixed Charge.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (i) EBITDA for such period minus unfinanced Capital Expenditures made (to the extent not already incurred in a prior period) or incurred during such period, to (ii) Fixed Charges for such period.
"Foreign Lender" means any Lender or Participant that is not a United States person within the meaning of IRC section 7701(a)(30).
"Funding Date" means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.
"Funding Losses" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(b)(ii) of the Agreement.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.
"German Joint Venture" means DM Ingredients GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany.
"German Joint Venture Distribution Agreement" means the Distribution Agreement dated as of July 2, 2007 between the German Joint Venture and MGPI Processing.
"Governing Documents" means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Person.
"Governmental Authority" means any federal, state, local, or other governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, board, department, or agency or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.
"Guarantor" means (a) each Subsidiary of Parent, (b) Parent, and (c) each other Person that becomes a guarantor after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Agreement.
"Guaranty and Security Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2012, executed and delivered by each of the Borrowers and each of the Guarantors to Agent.
"Hazardous Materials" means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as "hazardous substances," "hazardous materials," "hazardous wastes," "toxic substances," or any other formulation intended to define, list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or "EP toxicity", (b) oil, petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural 

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gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of 50 parts per million.
"Hedge Agreement" means a "swap agreement" as that term is defined in Section 101(53B)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code.
"Hedge Obligations" means any and all obligations or liabilities, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of Parent and its Subsidiaries arising under, owing pursuant to, or existing in respect of Hedge Agreements entered into with one or more of the Hedge Providers.
"Hedge Provider" means Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates.
"Illinois Joint Venture" means Illinois Corn Processing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
"Indebtedness" as to any Person means (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products, (c) all obligations of such Person as a lessee under Capital Leases, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade practices and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than royalty payments payable in the ordinary course of business in respect of non-exclusive licenses), (f) all monetary obligations of such Person owing under Hedge Agreements (which amount shall be calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedge Agreement were terminated on the date of determination), (g) any Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person, and (h) any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (g) above.  For purposes of this definition, (i) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar instrument shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Indebtedness, and (ii) the amount of any Indebtedness which is limited or is non-recourse to a Person or for which recourse is limited to an identified asset shall be valued at the lesser of (A) if applicable, the limited amount of such obligations, and (B) if applicable, the fair market value of such assets securing such obligation.
"Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of the Agreement.
"Indemnified Person" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.3 of the Agreement.
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"Insolvency Proceeding" means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.
"Intercompany Subordination Agreement" means an intercompany subordination agreement, dated as of November 2, 2012, executed and delivered by Parent, each of its Subsidiaries, and Agent.
"Interest Expense" means, for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of Parent for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a period commencing on the date of the making of such LIBOR Rate Loan (or the continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) and ending 1, 2, 3, or 6 months thereafter; provided, that (a) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon the LIBOR Rate from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires, (b) any Interest Period that would end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (c) with respect to an 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), the Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3, or 6 months after the date on which the Interest Period began, as applicable, and (d) Borrowers may not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Maturity Date.
"Inventory" means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).
"Inventory and Fixed Asset Reserves" means, as of any date of determination, (a) Landlord Reserves, (b) with respect to Eligible Equipment, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain to the extent that the net orderly liquidation value of the Equipment, as set forth in the most recent reasonably acceptable appraisal received by Agent with respect thereto after the Original Closing Date (in each case net of operating expenses, liquidation expenses and commissions (without duplication) estimated to be incurred in connection with the liquidation thereof), has  declined so that the Fixed Asset Availability predicated on Eligible Equipment is greater than (A) the percentages with respect to the value of Equipment used in establishing the original amounts of the Fixed Asset Availability multiplied by (B) the applicable values set forth in such subsequent appraisals, (c) with respect to Eligible Inventory, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain as a result of a change in the turnover, age or mix of the categories of Eligible Inventory that adversely affects the aggregate value of all Eligible Inventory, (d) with respect to Eligible Real Estate, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain to the extent that the fair market value of Eligible Real Estate, as set forth in the most recent reasonably acceptable appraisal received by Agent with respect thereto after the Original Closing Date (in each case net of operating expenses, liquidation expenses and commissions (without 

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duplication) estimated to be incurred in connection with the liquidation thereof), has declined so that the Fixed Asset Availability predicated on Eligible Real Estate is greater than (A) the percentages with respect to the value of Eligible Real Estate used in establishing the original amounts of the Fixed Asset Availability multiplied by (B) the applicable values set forth in such subsequent appraisals, (d) with respect to Eligible Rail Inventory, those Reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain for the estimated costs relating to unpaid freight charges, warehousing or storage charges, taxes, duties and other similar unpaid costs associated with the acquisition of such Eligible Rail Inventory and the estimated reclamation claims of unpaid sellers of such Eligible Rail Inventory, and (e) such other reserves as Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain (including reserves for slow moving Inventory and Inventory shrinkage) with respect to Eligible Inventory, Eligible Equipment, Eligible Real Estate or the Maximum Revolver Amount.
"Investment" means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such Person in any other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, capital contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, and similar advances to officers and employees of such Person made in the ordinary course of business, and (b) bona fide accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business), or acquisitions of Indebtedness, Equity Interests, or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business line of such other Person), and any other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.  The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustment for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs, or write-offs with respect to such Investment.
"IRB Lease" means that certain Lease, dated as of the Issue Date of the Atchison IRB Bonds, by and between the City of Atchison, Kansas and MGPI Processing, as in effect on the Original Closing Date.
"IRC" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time.
"ISP" means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the "International Standby Practices 1998" published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
"Issuer Document" means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, a letter of credit application, a letter of credit agreement, or any other document, agreement or instrument entered into (or to be entered into) by a Borrower in favor of Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.
"Issuing Bank" means Wells Fargo or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrowers and with the consent of Agent, agrees, in such Lender's sole discretion, to become an Issuing Bank for the purpose of issuing Letters of Credit or Reimbursement Undertakings pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Agreement and Issuing Bank shall be a Lender.
"JV Locations" means the location of the Illinois Joint Venture at 1301 South Front Street in Pekin, Illinois and the location of any other Permitted JV.

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"KCK Lot" means the tract of vacant land owned by Administrative Borrower and located at 16 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas.
"Landlord Reserve" means, as to each location at which a Borrower has Inventory or books and records located and as to which a Collateral Access Agreement has not been received by Agent, a reserve in an amount equal to the greater of (a) the number of months' rent for which the landlord will have, under applicable law, a Lien in the Inventory of such Borrower to secure the payment of rent or other amounts under the lease relative to such location, or (b) 3 months' rent under the lease relative to such location.
"Lead Arranger" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Lender" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement, shall include Issuing Bank and the Swing Lender, and shall also include any other Person made a party to the Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Agreement and "Lenders" means each of the Lenders or any one or more of them.
"Lender Group" means each of the Lenders (including Issuing Bank and the Swing Lender) and Agent, or any one or more of them.
"Lender Group Expenses" means all (a) costs or expenses (including taxes and insurance premiums) required to be paid by Parent or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Lender Group, (b) documented out-of-pocket fees or charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with the Lender Group's transactions with Parent and its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents, including, fees or charges for background checks, OFAC/PEP searches, photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches, filing fees, recording fees, publication, appraisal (including periodic collateral appraisals or business valuations to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in the Agreement or the Fee Letter), real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits, (c) Agent's customary fees and charges (as adjusted from time to time) with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of any Borrower (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, (d) customary charges imposed or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan Party, (e) reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender Group to correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (f) field examination, appraisal, and valuation fees and expenses of Agent related to any field examinations, appraisals, or valuation to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) provided in Section 2.9 of the Agreement, (g) Agent's reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable documented attorneys' fees and expenses) relative to third party claims or any other lawsuit or adverse proceeding paid or incurred, whether in enforcing or defending the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, Agent's Liens in and to the Collateral, or the Lender Group's relationship with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (h) Agent's reasonable documented costs and expenses (including reasonable documented attorneys' fees and due diligence 

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expenses) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering (including travel, meals, and lodging), syndicating (including reasonable costs and expenses relative to CUSIP, DXSyndicateTM, SyndTrak or other communication costs incurred in connection with a syndication of the loan facilities), or amending, waiving, or modifying the Loan Documents, (i) Agent's and each Lender's reasonable documented costs and expenses (including reasonable documented attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses incurred in connection with a "workout," a "restructuring," or an Insolvency Proceeding concerning Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether a lawsuit or other adverse proceeding is brought, or in taking any enforcement action or any Remedial Action with respect to the Collateral, and (j) the fees, charges, commissions and costs provided for in Section 2.10(j) of the Agreement (including any fronting fees) and all other fees, charges, commissions, costs and expenses for amendments, renewals, extensions, transfers, or drawings from time to time incurred or charged by Issuing Bank in respect of Letters of Credit and out-of-pocket fees, costs, and expenses incurred or charged by Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal, extension, or transfer of, or drawing under, any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder.
"Lender Group Representatives" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9 of the Agreement.
"Lender-Related Person" means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with such Lender's Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
"Letter of Credit" means a letter of credit (as that term is defined in the Code) issued by Issuing Bank.
"Letter of Credit Collateralization" means either (a) providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent, including provisions that specify that the Letter of Credit Fees and all fees, charges and commissions provided for in Section 2.10(j) of the Agreement (including any fronting fees) will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, (b) delivering to Agent documentation executed by all beneficiaries under the Letters of Credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank, terminating all of such beneficiaries' rights under the Letters of Credit, or (c) providing Agent with a standby letter of credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from a commercial bank acceptable to Agent (in its reasonable discretion) in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit Fee and all fronting fees set forth in the Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding and that any such fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such standby letter of credit).
"Letter of Credit Disbursement" means a payment made by Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
"Letter of Credit Exposure" means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Lender, such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Usage on such date.

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"Letter of Credit Fee" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.5(b) of the Agreement.
"Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.10(f) of the Agreement.
"Letter of Credit Related Person" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.10(f) of the Agreement.
"Letter of Credit Usage" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
"LIBOR Deadline" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(b)(i) of the Agreement.
"LIBOR Notice" means a written notice in the form of Exhibit L-1.
"LIBOR Option" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(a) of the Agreement.
"LIBOR Rate" means the rate per annum appearing on Macro*World's (https://capitalmarkets.mworld.com) (the "Service"), Page BBA LIBOR-USD (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service or any successor to or substitute for such Service) 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term, and in an amount, comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or as a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Borrowers in accordance with the Agreement, adjusted by the reserve percentage prescribed by applicable Governmental Authority (and, if any such rate is below zero, the LIBOR Rate shall be deemed to be zero), which determination shall be made by Agent and shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
"LIBOR Rate Loan" means a Current Asset LIBOR Rate Loan, a Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Loan, or a Term LIBOR Rate Loan, as applicable.
"LIBOR Rate Margin" means that Current Asset LIBOR Rate Margin, the Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Margin, or the Term LIBOR Rate Margin, as applicable.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest, or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority, or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.
"Loan" means any Revolving Loan, Swing Loan, Extraordinary Advance or Term Loan made (or to be made) hereunder.
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"Loan Documents" means the Agreement, the Control Agreements, any Borrowing Base Certificate, the Fee Letter, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, any Issuer Documents, the Letters of Credit, the Mortgages, the Patent Security Agreement, the Trademark Security Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrowers in connection with the Agreement and payable to any member of the Lender Group, and any other instrument or agreement entered into, previously, now or in the future, by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any member of the Lender Group in connection with the Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement, or the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 2, 2012 among Parent, Borrowers, Agent and Wells Fargo.
"Loan Management Service" means Agent's proprietary automated loan management program currently known as "Loan Manager" and any successor service or product of Agent which performs similar services.
"Loan Party" means any Borrower or any Guarantor.
"Margin Stock" as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors as in effect from time to time.
"Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse effect in the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of Parents' and its Subsidiaries ability to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are parties or of the Lender Group's ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral (other than as a result of as a result of an action taken or not taken that is solely in the control of Agent), or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of Agent's Liens with respect to all or a material portion of the Collateral other than as a result of an action or failure to act on the part of Parent or its Subsidiaries.
"Material Contract" means, collectively, (i) any contract or other agreement (other than the Loan Documents), whether written or oral, to which any Loan Party is a party that involves payments in an aggregate amount of more than $25,000,000 or as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto would have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) each Existing Supply Agreement and (iii) that certain Distillate Supply Agreement dated as of July 1, 2013 between Diageo Americas Supply, Inc. and MGPI Indiana. 
"Maturity Date" means February 27, 2020.
"Maximum Revolver Amount" means $80,000,000, decreased by the amount of reductions in the Revolver Commitments made in accordance with Section 2.3(c)(i) of the Agreement.
"MGPI Indiana" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
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"MGPI Processing" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Moody's" has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
"Mortgages" means, individually and collectively, one or more mortgages, deeds of trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries in favor of Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Real Property Collateral.
"Multiemployer Plan" means any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA with respect to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has an obligation to contribute or has any liability, contingent or otherwise or could be assessed withdrawal liability assuming a complete withdrawal from any such multiemployer plan.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means:
(a)    with respect to any sale or disposition by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of assets, the amount of cash proceeds received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of Parent or such Subsidiary, in connection therewith after deducting therefrom only (i) the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any Permitted Lien on any asset (other than (A) Indebtedness owing to Agent or any Lender under the Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (B) Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is required to be, and is, repaid in connection with such sale or disposition, (ii) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such sale or disposition, (iii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such sale or disposition, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction; and (iv) all amounts that are set aside as a reserve (A) for adjustments in respect of the purchase price of such assets, (B) for any liabilities associated with such sale or casualty, to the extent such reserve is required by GAAP, and (C) for the payment of unassumed liabilities relating to the assets sold or otherwise disposed of at the time of, or within 30 days after, the date of such sale or other disposition, to the extent that in each case the funds described above in this clause (iv) are (x) deposited into escrow with a third party escrow agent or set aside in a separate Deposit Account that is subject to a Control Agreement in favor of Agent and (y) paid to Agent as a prepayment of the applicable Obligations in accordance with Section 2.3(e) of the Agreement at such time when such amounts are no longer required to be set aside as such a reserve; and
(b)    with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or the issuance by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interests, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, after deducting therefrom only (i) reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, (ii) taxes paid or payable to any 

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taxing authorities by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and are properly attributable to such transaction.
"Net Recovery Percentage" means, as of any date of determination, the percentage of the book value of Borrowers' Inventory that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Inventory net of all associated costs and expenses of such liquidation, such percentage to be determined as to each category of Inventory and to be as specified in the most recent appraisal received by Agent from an appraisal company selected by Agent.
"Non-Consenting Lender" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of the Agreement.
"Non-Defaulting Lender" means each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.
"Notification Event" means (a) the occurrence of a "reportable event" described in Section 4043 of ERISA for which the 30-day notice requirement has not been waived by applicable regulations issued by the PBGC, (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a "substantial employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC or any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan administrator, (e) any other event or condition that would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to the IRC or ERISA in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan or the existence of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien, (g) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan (other than any withdrawal that would not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.12), (h) any event or condition that results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Sections of ERISA, (i) any event or condition that results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate or to appoint a trustee to administer a Multiemployer Plan under ERISA, (j) any Pension Plan being in "at risk status" within the meaning of IRC Section 430(i), (k) any Multiemployer Plan being in "endangered status" or "critical status" within the meaning of IRC Section 432(b) or the determination that any Multiemployer Plan is or is expected to be insolvent or in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (l) with respect to any Pension Plan, any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate incurring a substantial cessation of operations within the meaning of ERISA Section 4062(e), (m) an "accumulated funding deficiency" within the meaning of the IRC or ERISA (including Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA) or the failure of any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan to meet the minimum funding standards within the meaning of the IRC or ERISA (including Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA), in each case, whether or not waived, (n) the filing of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standards within the meaning of the IRC or ERISA (including Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA) with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (o) the failure to make by its due date a required 

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payment or contribution with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (p) any event that results in or could reasonably be expected to result in a liability by a Loan Party pursuant to Title I of ERISA or the excise tax provisions of the IRC relating to Employee Benefit Plans or any event that results in or could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title IV of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29) of the IRC, or (q) any of the foregoing is reasonably likely to occur in the following 30 days.
"Obligations" means (a) all loans (including the Term Loan and the Revolving Loans (inclusive of Extraordinary Advances and Swing Loans)), debts, principal, interest (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), reimbursement or indemnification obligations with respect to Reimbursement Undertakings or with respect to Letters of Credit (irrespective of whether contingent), premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the Agreement), obligations (including indemnification obligations), fees (including the fees provided for in the Fee Letter), Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), guaranties, and all covenants and duties of any other kind and description owing by any Loan Party arising out of, under, pursuant to, in connection with, or evidenced by the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due and all other expenses or other amounts that Borrowers are required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents or by law or otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents and (b) all Bank Product Obligations.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of Borrowers under the Loan Documents include the obligation to pay (i) the principal of the Revolving Loans and the Term Loan, (ii) interest accrued on the Revolving Loans and the Term Loan, (iii) the amount necessary to reimburse Issuing Bank for amounts paid or payable pursuant to Letters of Credit or Reimbursement Undertakings, (iv) Letter of Credit commissions, charges, expenses, and fees, (v) Lender Group Expenses, (vi) fees payable under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and (vii) indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document.  Any reference in the Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all or any portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.
"OFAC" means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
"Original Closing Date" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement. 
"Originating Lender" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of the Agreement.
"Overadvance" means, as of any date of determination, that the Revolver Usage is greater than any of the limitations set forth in Section 2.1 or Section 2.10.

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"Parent" has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Participant" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 13.1(e) of the Agreement.
"Participant Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(i) of the Agreement.
"Patent Security Agreement" has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.
"Patriot Act" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4.13 of the Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency. 
"Pension Plan" means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Sections 412 or 430 of the Code sponsored, maintained, or contributed to by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has any liability, contingent or otherwise.
"Perfection Certificate" means a certificate in the form of Exhibit P-1.
"Permitted Acquisition" means any Acquisition by a Borrower so long as:
(a)    no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the proposed Acquisition and the proposed Acquisition is consensual,
(b)    no Indebtedness will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to Parent or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition, other than Indebtedness permitted under clause (f) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and no Liens will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to the assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition other than Permitted Liens,
(c)    Borrowers have provided Agent with written confirmation, supported by reasonably detailed calculations, that on a pro forma basis (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such proposed Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case, determined as if the combination had been accomplished at the beginning of the relevant period; such eliminations and inclusions to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by Borrowers and Agent), Parent and its Subsidiaries (i) would have been in compliance with the applicable financial covenant in Section 7 of the Agreement for the 4 fiscal quarter period ended immediately prior to the proposed date of consummation of such proposed Acquisition, and (ii) are projected to be in compliance with the applicable financial covenant in Section 7 of the Agreement for the 4 fiscal quarter period ended one year after the proposed date of consummation of such proposed Acquisition,
(d)    Borrowers have provided Agent with its due diligence package relative to the proposed Acquisition, including forecasted balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements of the Person or assets to be acquired, all prepared on a basis consistent with such Person's (or assets') historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and 

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a statement of underlying assumptions for the 1 year period following the date of the proposed Acquisition, on a quarter by quarter basis), in form and substance (including as to scope and underlying assumptions) reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
(e)    Borrowers shall have Excess Availability in an amount equal to or greater than $15,000,000 immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the proposed Acquisition,
(f)    Borrowers have provided Agent with written notice of the proposed Acquisition at least 15 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition and, not later than 5 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition, copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to the proposed Acquisition, which agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Agent,
(g)    the assets being acquired are located within the United States  or the Person whose Equity Interests are being acquired is organized in a jurisdiction located within the United States,
(h)    the purchase consideration payable in respect of all Permitted Acquisitions (including the proposed Acquisition and including earn-outs and other deferred payment obligations) shall not exceed $35,000,000 in the aggregate, and
(i)    the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended period of twelve months for which financial statements have been delivered to Agent, measured on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such proposed Acquisition, is not less than 1.25:1.00).
"Permitted Discretion" means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.
"Permitted Dispositions" means:
(a)    sales, abandonment, or other dispositions of Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, or obsolete or no longer used or useful in the ordinary course of business and leases or subleases of Real Property not useful in the conduct of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries,
(b)    sales of Inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of business,
(c)    the use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of the Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
(d)    the licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business,
(e)    the granting of Permitted Liens,
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(g)    any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property,
(h)    any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property,
(i)    the leasing or subleasing of assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business,
(j)    the sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Parent,
(k)    (i) the lapse of registered patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of its business or (ii) the abandonment of patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business so long as (in each case under clauses (i) and (ii)), (A) with respect to copyrights, such copyrights are not material revenue generating copyrights, and (B) such lapse is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lender Group,
(l)    the making of Restricted Payments that are expressly permitted to be made pursuant to the Agreement,
(m)    the making of Permitted Investments, 
(n)    so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result therefrom, transfers of assets (i) from one Loan Party to another Loan Party (other than Parent), and (ii) from any Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party to any other Subsidiary of Parent,
(o)    so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such sale is made at fair market value, the sale of the KCK Lot, the Equity Interests in the German Joint Venture or the Equity Interests in the Illinois Joint Venture, and  
(p)    sales or dispositions of assets (other than Accounts, Inventory, Equity Interests of Subsidiaries of Parent or any Borrower) not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (o) above so long as made at fair market value and the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in fiscal year (including the proposed disposition) would not exceed $250,000.
"Permitted Holder" means any of (i) Karen Seaberg, (ii) Richard B. Cray and (iii) Laidacker M. Seaberg, or any trust controlled by any of such Persons.
"Permitted Indebtedness" means:
(a)Indebtedness evidenced by the Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
(b)    Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 4.14 to the Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,

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(c)    Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,
(d)    endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit,
(e)    Indebtedness consisting of (i) unsecured guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, completion guarantee and similar obligations relating to performance or payment obligations  of a Loan Party (or, to the extent permitted by clause (p) of the definition of Permitted Investments, relating to payment obligations of the Illinois JV); (ii) unsecured guarantees arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations to purchasers in connection with Permitted Dispositions; and (iii) unsecured guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of Parent or one of its Subsidiaries, to the extent that the Person that is obligated under such guaranty could have incurred such underlying Indebtedness,
(f)    Acquired Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $250,000 outstanding at any one time,
(g)    Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business under performance, surety, statutory, or appeal bonds,
(h)    Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such year,
(i)    the incurrence by Parent or its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Hedge Agreements that are incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate, commodity, or foreign currency risks associated with Parent's and its Subsidiaries' operations and not for speculative purposes,
(j)    Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, purchase cards (including so-called "procurement cards" or "P-cards"), or Cash Management Services,
(k)    unsecured Indebtedness of Parent owing to former employees, officers, or directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) incurred in connection with the repurchase or redemption by Parent of the Equity Interests of Parent that have been issued to such Persons, so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (ii) the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding at any one time does not exceed $500,000, and (iii) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent,
(l)    contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of purchase price, non-compete, or similar obligation of any Loan Party incurred in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions,

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(m)    Indebtedness composing Permitted Investments,
(n)    unsecured Indebtedness incurred in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, and other like services, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(o)    accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, or the payment of interest in kind, in each case, on Indebtedness that otherwise constitutes Permitted Indebtedness,
(p)    Indebtedness of MGPI Processing under the IRB Lease in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $7,000,000 at any one time, so long as all Atchison IRB Bonds are held by Borrowers, 
(q)    unsecured subordinated Indebtedness, the aggregate outstanding amount of which does not exceed $250,000 so long as (i) such unsecured Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent, and (ii) such unsecured Indebtedness is otherwise on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent, and
(r)    any other unsecured Indebtedness incurred by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any one time.
"Permitted Intercompany Advances" means loans made by (a) a Loan Party to another Loan Party other than Parent, (b) a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party to another Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party, (c) a Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party, so long as the parties thereto are party to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement.
"Permitted Investments" means:
(a)    Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents,
(b)    Investments in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the ordinary course of business,
(c)    advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business,
(d)    Investments received in settlement of amounts due to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an account debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries,
(e)    Investments owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule P-1 to the Agreement, 
(f)    guarantees permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
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(h)    Equity Interests or other securities acquired in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries (in bankruptcy of customers or suppliers or otherwise outside the ordinary course of business) or as security for any such Indebtedness or claims,
(i)    deposits of cash made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of operating leases,
(j)    (i) non-cash loans and advances to employees, officers, and directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of purchasing Equity Interests in Parent so long as the proceeds of such loans are used in their entirety to purchase such Equity Interests in Parent, and (ii) loans and advances to employees and officers of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for any other business purpose and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000 at any one time,
(k)    Permitted Acquisitions,
(l)    Investments in the form of capital contributions and the acquisition of Equity Interests made by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party (other than capital contributions to or the acquisition of Equity Interests of Parent),
(m)    Investments resulting from entering into (i) Bank Product Agreements, or (ii) agreements relative to Indebtedness that is permitted under clause (j) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(n)    equity Investments by any Loan Party in any Subsidiary of such Loan Party which is required by law to maintain a minimum net capital requirement or as may be otherwise required by applicable law,
(o)    Investments held by a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and were in existence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition,
(p)    Investments by Borrowers in the Existing JVs made after the Original Closing Date (including any reimbursement obligations incurred by Borrowers with respect to surety bonds issued in favor of the Illinois Joint Venture), so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom (ii) the aggregate consideration to be paid by Borrower for such Investment does not exceed (A) $1,000,000 for any one Investment or (B) $5,000,000 minus the amount paid in connection with any Permitted Acquisitions, in the aggregate for all such Investments, (iii) after giving effect to such Investment, Excess Availability is not less than $10,000,000 and (iv) Borrowers shall have pledged to Agent the ownership interests in the Existing JVs pursuant to documentation in form and substance acceptable to Agent,
(q)    Repurchases by Parent of the stock of Parent, to the extent any payment therefor is permitted by Section 6.7;

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(r)    so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 during the term of the Agreement.
"Permitted JVs" means, collectively, the Existing JVs and each other joint venture permitted pursuant to the definition of "Permitted Investments".
"Permitted Liens" means
(a)    Liens granted to, or for the benefit of, Agent to secure the Obligations,
(b)    Liens for unpaid taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges (including, without limitation, Distilled Spirits Liens) or levies that either (i) are not yet delinquent, or (ii) do not have priority over Agent's Liens and the underlying taxes, assessments, or charges or levies are the subject of Permitted Protests,
(c)    judgment Liens arising solely as a result of the existence of judgments, orders, or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.3 of the Agreement,
(d)    Liens set forth on Schedule P-2 to the Agreement; provided, that to qualify as a Permitted Lien, any such Lien described on Schedule P-2 to the Agreement shall only secure the Indebtedness that it secures on the Closing Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
(e)    the interests of lessors under operating leases and non-exclusive licensors under license agreements,
(f)    purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and so long as (i) such Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or acquired and the proceeds thereof, and (ii) such Lien only secures the Indebtedness that was incurred to acquire the asset purchased or acquired or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
(g)    Liens arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet delinquent, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests,
(h)    Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent's and its Subsidiaries obligations in connection with worker's compensation or other unemployment insurance,
(i)    Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent's and its Subsidiaries obligations in connection with the making or entering into of bids, tenders, or leases in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money,
(j)    Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parent's and its Subsidiaries reimbursement obligations with respect to surety or appeal bonds obtained in the ordinary course of business,

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(k)    with respect to any Real Property, easements, rights of way, and zoning restrictions that do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof,
(l)    non-exclusive licenses of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business,
(m)    Liens that are replacements of Permitted Liens to the extent that the original Indebtedness is the subject of permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and so long as the replacement Liens only encumber those assets that secured the original Indebtedness,
(n)    rights of setoff or bankers' liens upon deposits of funds in favor of banks or other depository institutions, solely to the extent incurred in connection with the maintenance of such Deposit Accounts in the ordinary course of business,
(o)    Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(p)    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,
(q)    Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to a Permitted Acquisition,
(r)    Liens assumed by Parent or its Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that secure Acquired Indebtedness, 
(s)    Liens on the Real Property located at 100 Commercial and 200 Commercial, Atchison, Kansas securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (p) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(t)    other Liens which do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit and as to which the aggregate amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $50,000.
"Permitted Protest" means the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to protest any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment, provided that (a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on Parent's or its Subsidiaries' books and records in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Agent is satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of Agent's Liens.
"Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness" means, as of any date of determination, Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but including Capitalized Lease Obligations), incurred after the Closing Date and at the time of, or within 20 days after, the acquisition of any fixed assets 

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for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition cost thereof, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not in excess of $15,000,000. 
"Person" means natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land trusts, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.
"Platform" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(c) of the Agreement.
"Projections" means Parent's forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with Parent's historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.
"Pro Rata Share" means, as of any date of determination:
(a)    with respect to a Lender's obligation to make all or a portion of the Revolving Loans, with respect to such Lender's right to receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect to the Revolving Loans, and with respect to all other computations and other matters related to the Revolver Commitments or the Revolving Loans, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders,
(b)    with respect to a Lender's obligation to participate in the Letters of Credit, with respect to such Lender's obligation to reimburse Issuing Bank, and with respect to such Lender's right to receive payments of Letter of Credit fees, and with respect to all other computations and other matters related to the Letters of Credit, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders; provided, that if all of the Revolving Loans have been repaid in full and all Revolver Commitments have been terminated, but Letters of Credit remain outstanding, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined as if the Revolver Commitments had not been terminated and based upon the Revolver Commitments as they existed immediately prior to their termination,
(c)    with respect to a Lender's obligation to make all or a portion of the Term Loan, with respect to such Lender's right to receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect to the Term Loan, and with respect to all other computations and other matters related to the Term Loan Commitment or the Term Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Term Loan Exposure of such Lender by (ii) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, and
(d)    with respect to all other matters and for all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification obligations arising under Section 15.7 of the Agreement), the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the Term Loan Exposure and the Revolving Loan Exposure of such Lender by (ii) the sum of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders and the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders, in any such case as the applicable percentage may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant to Section 13.1; provided, that if all of the Loans have been repaid in full, all Letters of Credit have been made the subject of Letter of Credit 

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Collateralization, and all Commitments have been terminated, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined as if the Term Loan Exposures and the Revolving Loan Exposures had not been repaid, collateralized, or terminated and shall be based upon the Term Loan Exposures and the Revolving Loan Exposures as they existed immediately prior to their repayment, collateralization, or termination.
"Protective Advances" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.2(e)(i) of the Agreement.
"Public Lender" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.9(c) of the Agreement.
"Qualified Equity Interest" means and refers to any Equity Interests issued by Parent (and not by one or more of its Subsidiaries) that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest.
"Rail Inventory" means Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory which is located in rail cars at the Rail Staging Area.
"Rail Reserve" means such amount as Agent may from time to time establish in its Permitted Discretion as an amount sufficient to offset certain costs of exercising rights and remedies in respect of Inventory of Borrowers located or anticipated to be located on  or in railcars from time to time.
"Rail Staging Area" means (i) that certain CSX Corporation rail siding located adjacent to the premises of Reckitt Benckiser at 799 Route 206, Belle Meade, New Jersey, 08502, (ii) that certain CSX Corporation rail siding located adjacent to the premises of Dundee Foods, LLC at 74 Seneca Street, Dundee, New York 14837, (iii) that certain CSX Corporation rail siding located adjacent to the premises of Cone Solvents at 6185 Cockrill Bend Circle, Nashville, Tennessee 37209 and (iv) that certain Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad rail siding located adjacent to the premises of Chemisphere at 2102 Clifton Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63139.
"Real Estate Deliveries" means, (a) with respect to any real property owned or leased by a Loan Party, (i) such certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with the recording or filing of the applicable Mortgage or Leasehold Mortgage to create a Lien under applicable law and such financing statements and any other instruments necessary to grant a Lien under applicable law, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, (ii) a policy of title insurance insuring the Lien of the applicable Mortgage or Leasehold Mortgage as a valid mortgage Lien on the real property encumbered thereby in the amount equal to not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the fair market value of such real property (as determined based upon any available evidence, including appraisals, and which fair market value shall be reasonably acceptable to Agent), which policy shall be on terms, and in substance, satisfactory to Agent and be issued by a title insurance company as shall be retained by the Loan Party that is the owner of the related real property and reasonably acceptable to Agent, (iii) a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to such real property (if located in the United States) and, if the same is designated a "flood hazard area" in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), flood insurance in such total amount as Agent may from time 

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to time reasonably require in order to comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended from time to time, (iv) a real estate survey certified to Agent and the scope and results of which shall be acceptable to Agent, (v) an appraisal conducted by a company selected by Agent which is addressed to Agent and upon which Agent is expressly entitled to rely, (vi) a Phase I environmental report conducted by a company selected by Agent which is addressed to Agent and upon which Agent is expressly entitled to rely and the scope and results of which report shall be acceptable to Agent, and (vii) an opinion of local counsel reasonably acceptable to Agent (A) in respect of the registration and enforceability of the applicable Mortgage or Leasehold Mortgage and such other matters as shall be reasonably requested by Agent, (B) dated the date of delivery of such Mortgage or Leasehold Mortgage) and (C) addressed to Agent and the Lenders and (b) with respect to Real Property leased by Parent and located at 200 Commercial, Atchison, Kansas, a pledge of all Atchison IRB Bonds held by Borrowers, pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent.
"Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.1(a) of the Agreement.
"Real Property" means any estates or interests in real property now owned or hereafter acquired by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries and the improvements thereto.
"Real Property Collateral" means the Real Property identified on Schedule R-1 to the Agreement and any Real Property hereafter acquired by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries.
"Receivable Reserves" means, as of any date of determination, those reserves that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain (including reserves for rebates, discounts, warranty claims, and returns) with respect to the Eligible Accounts or the Maximum Revolver Amount.
"Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
"Reference Period" has the meaning set forth in the definition of EBITDA.
"Refinancing Indebtedness" means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness so long as:
(a)    such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the amount of premiums paid thereon and the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and by the amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto,
(b)    such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a whole, are or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,

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(c)    if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Lender Group as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness, and
(d)    the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended.
"Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(h) of the Agreement.
"Registered Loan" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(h) of the Agreement.
"Reimbursement Undertaking" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.10(a) of the Agreement.
"Related Fund" means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
"Remaining Existing Revolving Loans" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.1(a) of the Agreement.
"Remedial Action" means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) restore or reclaim natural resources or the environment, (d) perform any pre-remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, or (e) conduct any other actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.
"Replacement Lender" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(b) of the Agreement.
"Report" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 15.16 of the Agreement.
"Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having or holding more than 50% of the sum of (a) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders, plus (b) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; provided, that (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure and Term Loan Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Lenders, and (ii) at any time there are 2 or more Lenders, "Required Lenders" must include at least 2 Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).
"Reserves" means, as of any date of determination, those reserves (other than Receivable Reserves, Bank Product Reserves, Inventory and Fixed Asset Reserves, the Distilled 

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Spirits Tax Reserve and the Rail Reserve) that Agent deems necessary or appropriate, in its Permitted Discretion and subject to Section 2.1(c), to establish and maintain (including reserves with respect to (a) sums that Parent or its Subsidiaries are required to pay under any Section of the Agreement or any other Loan Document (such as taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and has failed to pay, and (b) amounts owing by Parent or its Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral (other than a Permitted Lien), which Lien or trust, in the Permitted Discretion of Agent likely would have a priority superior to Agent's Liens (such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the Collateral) with respect to the Borrowing Base or the Maximum Revolver Amount.
"Restricted Payment" means to (a) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution, directly or indirectly, on account of Equity Interests issued by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Parent or such Subsidiary) or to the direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests issued by Parent or such Subsidiary in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Equity Interests issued by Parent or such Subsidiary or (b) purchase, redeem, make any sinking fund or similar payment, or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) any Equity Interests issued by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) make any payment to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options, or other rights to acquire Equity Interests of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, and (d) make, or cause or suffer to permit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to make, 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.
"Revolver Commitment" means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, its Revolver Commitment, and, with respect to all Revolving Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Revolving Lender's name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 to the Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Revolving Lender became a Revolving Lender under the Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Agreement.
"Revolver Usage" means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the amount of outstanding Revolving Loans (inclusive of Swing Loans and Protective Advances), plus (b) the amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.
"Revolving Lender" means a Lender that has a Revolver Commitment or that has an outstanding Revolving Loan.
"Revolving Loan Exposure" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, as of any date of determination (a) prior to the termination of the Revolver Commitments, the amount of such Lender's Revolver Commitment, and (b) after the termination of the Revolver Commitments, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans of such Lender.

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"Revolving Loans" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.1(a) of the Agreement.
"Sanctioned Entity" means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an agency of the government of a country, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or its government, (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country, in each case, that is subject to a country sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC, the United States Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any member state thereof.
"Sanctioned Person" means a person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals maintained by OFAC or any similar list maintained by the United States Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any member state thereof.
"Sanctions" means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargos imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the United States Government, including those administered by OFAC or the United States Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom.
"S&P" has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
"Securities Account" means a securities account (as that term is defined in the Code).
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"September 2015 Stock Repurchase" means the repurchase by Parent of Equity Interests of Parent in the amount of $14,487,500 consummated on September 1, 2015.
"Settlement" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.2(f)(i) of the Agreement.
"Settlement Date" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.2(f)(i) of the Agreement.
"SFCP Commencement Date" has the meaning set forth in the definition of Special Financial Covenant Period.  
"Solvent" means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that (a) at fair valuations, the sum of such Person's debts (including contingent liabilities) is less than all of such Person's assets, (b) such Person is not engaged or about to engage in a business or transaction for which the remaining assets of such Person are unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction or for which the property remaining with such Person is an unreasonably small capital, and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or reasonably believe that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise), and (d) such Person is "solvent" or not "insolvent", as applicable within the meaning 

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given those terms and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances.  For purposes of this definition, 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 (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
"Special Financial Covenant Period" means a period which shall commence on any date (the "SFCP Commencement Date") on which Excess Availability is less than the Special Threshold Amount and shall continue until the later of:  (a) the date that is the last day of the second full fiscal quarter after the SFCP Commencement Date, and (b) the last day of the fiscal quarter after the SFCP Commencement Date in which Average Availability for a period of 60 consecutive days is greater than or equal to the Special Threshold Amount.
"Special Threshold Amount" means 17.5% of the Total Facility Amount.
"Standard Letter of Credit Practice" means, for Issuing Bank, any domestic or foreign law or letter of credit practices applicable in the city in which Issuing Bank issued the applicable Letter of Credit or, for its branch or correspondent, such laws and practices applicable in the city in which it has advised, confirmed or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, in each case, (a) which letter of credit practices are of banks that regularly issue letters of credit in the particular city, and (b) which laws or letter of credit practices are required or permitted under the ISP or UCP 600, as chosen in the applicable Letter of Credit.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means any unsecured Indebtedness of Parent or its Subsidiaries incurred from time to time that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and that (a) is only guaranteed by the Guarantors, (b) is not subject to scheduled amortization, redemption, sinking fund or similar payment and does not have a final maturity, in each case, on or before the date that is six months after the Maturity Date, (c) does not include any financial covenants or any covenant or agreement that is more restrictive or onerous on any Loan Party in any material respect than any comparable covenant in the Agreement, and (d) contains customary subordination (including customary payment blocks during a payment default under any "senior debt" designated thereunder) and turnover provisions and shall be limited to cross-payment default and cross-acceleration to other "senior debt" designated thereunder.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity.
"Supermajority Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having or holding more than 66 2/3% of the sum of (a) the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders, plus (b) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; provided, that (i) the Revolving Loan Exposure and Term Loan Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Lenders, and (ii) at any time there are 2 or more Lenders, "Supermajority Lenders" must include at least 2 Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).

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"Swing Lender" means Wells Fargo or any other Lender that, at the request of Borrowers and with the consent of Agent agrees, in such Lender's sole discretion, to become the Swing Lender under Section 2.2(b) of the Agreement.
"Swing Loan" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.2(b) of the Agreement.
"Swing Loan Exposure" means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Lender, such Lender's Pro Rata Share of the Swing Loans on such date.
"Taxes" means any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto.
"Tax Lender" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 14.2(a) of the Agreement.
"Term Base Rate Loan" means each portion of the Term Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
"Term Base Rate Margin" has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
"Term LIBOR Rate Loan" means each portion of the Term Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
"Term LIBOR Rate Margin" has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
"Term Loan" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14 of the Agreement.
"Term Loan Amount" means $15,000,000.
"Term Loan Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, its Term Loan Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Term Loan Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lender's name under the applicable heading on Schedule C-1 to the Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender under the Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 of the Agreement.
"Term Loan Exposure" means, with respect to any Term Loan Lender, as of any date of determination (a) prior to the funding of the Term Loan, the amount of such Lender's Term Loan Commitment, and (b) after the funding of the Term Loan, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan held by such Lender.
"Term Loan Lender" means a Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or that has a portion of the Term Loan.
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"Total Facility Amount" means, at any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Maximum Revolver Amount and (b) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.
"Trademark Security Agreement" has the meaning specified therefor in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.
"Type" means, with respect to (a) any Base Rate Loan, whether such Base Rate Loan is a Current Asset Base Rate Loan, a Fixed Asset Base Rate Loan or a Term Base Rate Loan and (b) any LIBOR Rate Loan, whether such LIBOR Rate Loan is a Current Asset LIBOR Rate Loan, a Fixed Asset LIBOR Rate Loan or a Term LIBOR Rate Loan.
"UCP 600" means the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce and in effect as of July 1, 2007 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
"United States" means the United States of America.
"Unused Line Fee" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.9(b) of the Agreement.
"Voidable Transfer" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 17.8 of the Agreement.
"Wells Fargo" means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association.
"Withdrawal Liability" means liability with respect to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Schedule 1.1 – Page 50

SCHEDULE 3.1

The obligation of each Lender to make its initial extension of credit provided for in the Agreement is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of each Lender (the making of such initial extension of credit by any Lender being conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction or waiver of the following), of each of the following conditions precedent:
(a)Agent shall have received each of the following documents, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, duly executed and delivered, and each such document shall be in full force and effect:
(i)    a Reaffirmation of Loan Documents and Amendment to Guaranty and Security Agreement, 
(ii)    a Perfection Certificate, 
(iii)    amendments to each Mortgage in place on the Closing Date, 
(iv)    an opinion of the Loan Parties' counsel, and
(v)    such additional documents as are set forth on Agent's closing checklist;
(b)    Agent shall have received a certificate from the Secretary of each Loan Party (i) attesting to the resolutions of such Loan Party's board of directors authorizing its execution, delivery, and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (ii) authorizing specific officers of such Loan Party to execute the same, and (iii) attesting to the incumbency and signatures of such specific officers of such Loan Party;
(c)    Agent shall have received copies of each Loan Party's Governing Documents, as amended, modified, or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary of such Loan Party;
(d)    Agent shall have received a certificate of status with respect to each Loan Party, dated within 10 days of the Closing Date, such certificate to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party, which certificate shall indicate that such Loan Party is in good standing in such jurisdiction;
(e)    Agent shall have received certificates of status with respect to each Loan Party, each dated within 30 days of the Closing Date, such certificates to be issued by the appropriate officer of the jurisdictions (other than the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party) in which its failure to be duly qualified or licensed would constitute a Material Adverse Effect, which certificates shall indicate that such Loan Party is in good standing in such jurisdictions;

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(f)    Borrowers shall have paid all Lender Group Expenses incurred in connection with the transactions evidenced by the Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(g)    Agent shall have received a solvency certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to it, certifying as to the solvency of the Loan Parties taken as a whole after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Agreement;
(h)    Agent shall have received an officer's certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to it, certifying that certain of the conditions to the amendment and restatement of the Agreement and the recharacterization of the Reallocated Existing Revolving Loans as the Term Loan have been satisfied, and certifying and attaching the Material Contracts;
(i)    Parent and each of its Subsidiaries shall have received all licenses, approvals or evidence of other actions required by any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution and delivery by Parent or its Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents or with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby; and
(j)    all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement shall have been delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

Schedule 3.1 – Page 2

SCHEDULE A-1
Agent's Account

Account No. XXXXXXXXXX

A-1

SCHEDULE A-2
Authorized Persons

Augustus Griffin             President and Chief Executive Officer 

		
	Tom Pigott
	Chief Financial Officer

Richard J. Larson            Director of Treasury and Tax Compliance

Dan Schmerbach            Corporate Controller

A-2

SCHEDULE C-1
Commitments

	
			
	Lender Name
	Revolver 
Commitment Amount
	Term Loan Commitment Amount

	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
	$55,000,000
	$10,312,500

	U.S. Bank National Association
	$25,000,000
	$4,687,500

	Total
	$80,000,000
	$15,000,000

C-1

SCHEDULE D-1
Designated Account

MGP Ingredients, Inc. 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Depository Account #XXXXXXXXXX

D-1

SCHEDULE E-1
Locations

	
			
	Owned/Leased
	Name
	Address

	 
	 
	 

	Owned
	MGPI Processing, Inc.
	1100 Main, 1200 Main and 1300 Main, Atchison, KS 66002

	Owned
	MGPI of Indiana, LLC
	7 Ridge Avenue, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025

	JV Partner
	Illinois Corn Processing, LLC
	1301 South Front Street, Pekin, IL 61555

	JV Partner
	Crespel & Deiters GmbH & Co.
	KG in Groner Allee 76, 49479 Ibbenburen

	Customer 
(Rail Location)
	Reckitt Benckiser
	799 Route 206, Belle Meade, NJ 08502

	Customer 
(Rail Location)
	Cone Solvents
	6185 Cockrill Bend Circle, Nashville, TN 37209

	Customer 
(Rail Location)
	Frontier Logistics Services
	1830 Linder Industrial Drive, Nashville, TN 37209

	Customer 
(Rail Location)
	Chemisphere
	2102 Clifton Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63139

	Leased
	Space Center, Inc.
	5555 Geospace Drive, Independence, MO 64056

	Leased
	Atchison Whole Sale
	200 Commercial, Atchison, KS 66002

	Leased
	Ben C. Williams
	6100 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas, TX  75235

	Leased
	Diageo Americas Supply, Inc.
	3860 Fitzgerald Road, Louisville, KY  40216

	Leased
	Meier's Wine Cellar, Inc.
	6955 Plainfield Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236

E-1

SCHEDULE E-2
Existing Letters of Credit

None.

E-2

SCHEDULE E-3
Eligible Real Estate

MGPI Processing, Inc.

1100 Main Street, Atchison
1200 Main Street, Atchison
1300 Main Street, Atchison
101 Commercial Street, Atchison

MGPI of Indiana, LLC

7 Ridge Avenue, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

E-3

SCHEDULE P-1
Permitted Investments

Minority Equity Investments made in local (Atchison, Kansas) entities

Bellevue Country Club                 $22,000
Right on Track                    $53,680

P-1

SCHEDULE P-2

Permitted Liens
Liens evidenced by the UCC financing statements listed below:

		
	1.
	Debtor – MGP Ingredients, Inc.* (f/k/a MGPI Holdings, Inc.)

	
					
	Jurisdiction
	UCC Number
	Filing Date
	Secured Party
	Collateral**

	Kansas
	6954606
	2012-12-13
	General Electric Capital Corporation
	Equipment Lease Agreement No. 7665240-0002

		
	*
	See item no. 2 below (MGPI Processing, Inc.) for UCC financing statements filed against MGP Ingredients, Inc. before it changed its name to MGPI Processing, Inc.

 
**    See related UCC financing statement for complete collateral description

P-2

CORE/3001926.0002/116406502.4 

2.Debtor – MGPI Processing, Inc.  (f/k/a MGP Ingredients, Inc., Midwest Grain Products, Inc.     and Midwest Solvents Company, Inc.)

	
					
	Jurisdiction
	UCC Number
	Filing Date
	Secured Party
	Collateral*

	Kansas
	5729033 (originally filed against MGP Ingredients, Inc. as debtor)
	2004-01-22
	Winthrop Resources Corporation
	Lease Agreement No. MG011204, Schedule #001

	 
	70621029 (amends secured party address)
	2009-01-05
	 
	 

	 
	7037542 - Continuation
	2013-10-28
	 
	 

	Kansas
	6172803 (originally filed against MGP Ingredients, Inc. as debtor)
	2006-06-05
	Winthrop Resources Corporation
	Lease Agreement No. MG011204, Schedule #B02

	 
	70933721 - Continuation
	2011-04-27
	 
	 

	Kansas
	95044714 (originally filed against MGP Ingredients, Inc. as debtor)
	2007-01-02
	Commerce Bank, N.A. / City of Atchison
	Equipment/fixtures under Indenture re Atchison, KS IRBs, Series 2006

	 
	98871289 - Continuation
	2011-11-08
	 
	 

	Kansas
	6395701 (originally filed against MGP Ingredients, Inc. as debtor)
	2007-08-07
	Winthrop Resources Corporation
	Lease Agreement No. MG011204, Schedule #003R

	 
	71210871 - Continuation
	2012-07-27
	 
	 

	Kansas
	6502512 (originally filed against MGP Ingredients, Inc. as debtor)
	2008-06-25
	Winthrop Resources Corporation
	Lease Agreement No. MG011204, Schedule #005R

	 
	71348788 - Continuation
	2013-02-13
	 
	 

	Kansas
	6538847 (originally filed against MGP Ingredients, Inc. as debtor)
	2008-10-23
	Winthrop Resources Corporation
	Lease Agreement No. MG011204, Schedule #006R

	 
	7005762 - Continuation
	2013-06-21
	 
	 

	Kansas
	6812317 (originally filed against MGP Ingredients, Inc. as debtor)
	2011-07-01
	U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc.
	Master Lease Agreement dated 06/28/11, specific assets

	Kansas
	6879183
	2012-02-15
	General Electric Capital Corporation
	Specific equipment

	Kansas
	6977383
	2013-03-11
	GE Capital Commercial Inc.
	Specific equipment

	Kansas
	6993224
	2013-05-03
	Passchendaele Capital Fund
	Lease Agreement #CG-5593 Lease Schedule No. 1

	 
	7006091 (Assignment)
	2013-06-21
	Sterling National Bank
	 

	 
	7010739
	2013-07-10
	 
	Amend to more fully describe equipment/collateral

	Kansas
	7003551
	2013-06-12
	CSI Leasing, Inc.
	Master Lease 242997, Equipment Schedule 5

	Kansas
	71618552
	2014-02-18
	CSI Leasing, Inc.
	Master Lease 242997, Equipment Schedule 6

	Kansas
	7091911
	2014-06-19
	GE Capital Commercial Inc.
	Specific equipment

	Kansas
	7100571
	2014-07-31
	GE Capital Commercial Inc.
	Specific equipment

P-2

CORE/3001926.0002/116406502.4 

	
					
	Jurisdiction
	UCC Number
	Filing Date
	Secured Party
	Collateral*

	Kansas
	103482289
	2015-05-27
	Deere Credit, Inc.
	Specific equipment

	Kansas
	72021434
	2015-08-11
	General Electric Credit Corporation of Tennessee
	Specific equipment

	Kansas
	7191224
	2015-11-12
	U.S. Bank National Association acting through its division U.S. Bank Equipment Finance [Assignor secured party is MGPI Pipeline, Inc.]
	One Cessna aircraft, two aircraft engines, and related items, agreements, contracts, chattel paper, etc.

	Kansas
	7191489
	2015-11-12
	Harcros Chemicals Inc.
	Bulk Storage Equipment

*    See related UCC financing statement for complete collateral description

P-2

CORE/3001926.0002/116406502.4 

3.Debtor – MGPI Pipeline, Inc. (f/k/a Midwest Grain Pipeline, Inc.)

	
					
	Jurisdiction
	UCC Number
	Filing Date
	Secured Party
	Collateral*

	Kansas
	72086031
	2015-11-11
	U.S. Bank National Association acting through its division U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
	One Cessna aircraft, two aircraft engines, and related items, agreements, contracts, chattel paper, etc.

*    See related UCC financing statement for complete collateral description

P-2

CORE/3001926.0002/116406502.4 

4.    Debtor – MGPI of Indiana, LLC (f/k/a Firebird Acquisitions, LLC)

	
					
	Jurisdiction
	UCC Number
	Filing Date
	Secured Party
	Collateral*

	Delaware
	2014 4944062
	2014-12-08
	Ultra Pure, LLC
	All barrels of whiskey as set forth in Warehouse Service Agreement dated 10/29/2012, as amended

*    See related UCC financing statement for complete collateral description

P-2

CORE/3001926.0002/116406502.4 

		
	5.
	Debtor – Thunderbird Real Estate Holdings, LLC

None.

P-2

CORE/3001926.0002/116406502.4 

SCHEDULE R-1
Real Property Collateral

MGPI Processing, Inc.

100 Commercial, Atchison, Kansas
101 Commercial, Atchison, Kansas
200 Commercial, Atchison, Kansas
16 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas
1100 Main Street, Atchison, Kansas
1200 Main Street, Atchison, Kansas
1300 Main Street, Atchison, Kansas

MGPI of Indiana, LLC

7 Ridge Avenue, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

R-1

SCHEDULE 4.1(b)
Capitalization of Borrowers

	
				
	Name of Subsidiary
	Authorized Shares
	Number of Shares/ Units Issued
	% of Outstanding  Shares/Units directly owned by MGP Ingredients, Inc.

	MGPI Processing, Inc.
	Common Stock:  1,000 shares of with no par value
	1,000
	100%

	 
	Preferred Stock: 10 shares with par value of $10.00
	10
	100%

	MGPI Pipeline, Inc.
	Common Stock: 100,000 shares with par value of $1.00
	5,000 shares
	100%

	MGPI of Indiana, Inc.
	Membership units
	Single member LLC
	100%

4.1(b)

SCHEDULE 4.1(c)
Capitalization of Borrowers' Subsidiaries

	
				
	D.M. Ingredients GmbH
	Joint Venture
	1 share
	50%

	Illinois Corn Processing, LLC
	Membership units
	n/a
	30%

	Thunderbird Real Estate Holdings, LLC.
	Membership units
	n/a
	100%

4.1(c)

SCHEDULE 4.1(d)
Subscriptions, Options, Warrants, Calls

None.

4.1(d)

SCHEDULE 4.6(b)
Litigation

None.

4.6(b)

SCHEDULE 4.10
Benefit Plans

Non-Employee Directors' Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Plan
MGP Ingredients, Inc. Local 74D Defined Benefit Pension Plan

4.10

SCHEDULE 4.11
Environmental Matters

Atchison, KS Facility:
		
	1.
	The penalty amount for noncompliance in 2009 to be verified with David Rindom.  Actual settlement was for $66,000 with the final payment being made in May 2010.

The borrower is in compliance with VOC emission since February 2009. There is a significant reduction of VOC (approx. 18 tons/yr) as the new cooling tower started operating in July 2011. The 12-month limit for VOC emission is 95 tons and the as of July 2012, the VOC emission is 72.4 tons.
		
	2.
	The Borrower is currently waiting for the final permit draft of Title V permit from KDHE. The NPDES permit has been issued by KDHE on July 19, 2011.

		
	3.
	On November, 2011 both the single day and monthly requirement for TSS were exceeded. No other exceedances were noticed since March, 2009. 

As per the NPDES permit, the facility is conducting a phosphorous reduction study to determine improvements to be needed to reduce phosphorous concentration in the waste water discharges from the facility. With the approval of KDHE, WLA Consulting, Inc. has been appointed to perform this study as per the schedule of compliance of NPDES permit.
		
	4.
	The March 2009 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by the URS concluded:  "According to 1924, 1946, and 1961 historical Sanborn Maps, the subject property was formerly developed with a pipe foundry, four filling stations, and two automotive repair facilities.  The filling station sites were not reported in the EDR database report.  It is URS' opinion that the former foundry, filling stations, and automobile repair facilities represent historical RECs to the subject property due to the potential releases of petroleum products to the subject property."

		
	5.
	The March 2009 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by URS concluded:  "A 160,000-gallon subgrade concrete vault is located underneath a maintenance building in the vicinity of the Denaturing Area and Alcohol Loadout Area.  The vault formerly stored fuel oil for the three onsite boilers, operated for 20 to 30 years, and was removed from service in 1992.  A subsurface investigation was performed in the vicinity of the vault in June 1992 and seven monitoring wells were installed shortly thereafter.  Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes (BTEX); naphthalene, and diesel range organics (DRO) were detected in the soil within the area of the vault.  BTEX, methyl-tert butyl ether (MTBE), and naphthalene were detected in the groundwater of three of the seven monitoring wells and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were detected in one monitoring well.  The plume appears to extend to the northeast towards the Distillery Area.  The impacted area is approximately 100 feet by 100 feet.  The vault is designated as an active leaking underground storage tank (LUST) and is currently managed by the Kansas Petroleum Storage Tank Release Trust Fund.  Semi-annual groundwater monitoring has been conducted at the Site since May 1998.  Though the plume does not appear to be moving, soil and groundwater impacts are confined to the subject property, and the LUST is currently managed, the LUST 

4.11

constitutes a REC to the subject property due to confirmed petroleum impacts to the Site soils and groundwater.
		
	6.
	The March 2009 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment prepared by URS concluded:  "The southeast adjacent facility, AT&SF (currently Consumer Oil Company) is identified as an active State Hazardous Waste Site (SHWS) and an aboveground storage tank (AST) site.  The property has lead and petroleum impacts to the property soils and groundwater.  The lead impacts appear to be related to foundry waste discovered during excavation of petroleum impacted soils.  The waste is described as black sand and glass, but the source of the material is unknown.  Additional trenching of the area has been performed to determine the extent of the foundry waste area.  Further remedial action is currently postponed.  Due to the adjacent location, known soil and groundwater impacts, and active status of the facility, it is URS' opinion that this facility poses a REC to the subject property."

		
	7.
	In January, 2015, KDHE executed the Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAO) to MGPI Processing, Inc. for exceeding the individual HAP limit and assessed a penalty of $6,000.  MGPI Processing, Inc. made a payment of $6,000 in January, 2015.  As the facility has satisfied all the requirements of the CAO, KDHE terminated the CAO in February, 2015.

Lawrenceburg, Indiana Facility:
1.   In February 2012, Parent received the results of Phase I and Phase II studies conducted at the Indiana property by EHS Technology Group, LLC.  The reports indicate that the Indiana property had underground fuel tanks that were removed in 1987 and trace hydrocarbons were detected in sample test drills.  No significant ground-water contamination was detected in the Phase II.

1.    

4.11

SCHEDULE 4.14
Permitted Indebtedness

	
					
	 
	                 Creditor
	Principal Amount

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	1.
	U.S. Bancorp Finance, Inc.

	$
	1,753,738.80
	

	2.
	U.S. Bank National Association, acting through its
 division U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
	$
	2,613,449.77
	

4.27

SCHEDULE 4.27
Material Contracts

Grain Supply Agreement dated December 22, 2014, between MGPI Processing, Inc. and Bunge Milling, Inc.
Grain Supply Agreement dated January 1, 2015, between MGPI of Indiana, LLC and Consolidated Grain and Barge.
Distillate Supply Agreement dated 7/1/2013 between Diageo Americas Supply, Inc. and MGPI of Indiana, LLC.
Supply Agreement dated July 10, 2015 between Ardent Mills, LLC and MGPI Processing, Inc.  

4.27

SCHEDULE 4.28
Existing JVs

	
		
	Joint Venture Name
	Ownership Interest

	DM Ingredients, GmbH

	MGP Ingredients, Inc. n/k/a MGPI Processing, Inc.
	1 share representing 50% of the share capital

	Crespel & Deiters GmbH & Co. KG, a limited partnership organized under German law
	1 share representing 50% of the share capital

	 
	 

	Illinois Corn Processing, LLC

	MGPI Processing, Inc.
	30% membership interest

	Illinois Corn Processing Holdings, Inc.
	70% membership interest

4.28

SCHEDULE 5.1

Deliver to Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies to each Lender) each of the financial statements, reports, or other items set forth below at the following times in form satisfactory to Agent:
	
		
	as soon as available, but in any event within 20 days (45 days in the case of a month that is the end of one of Parent's fiscal quarters) after the end of each month during each of Parent's fiscal years,
	(a)    an unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow, and statement of shareholder's equity covering Parent's and its Subsidiaries' operations during such period and compared to the prior period and plan, together with a corresponding discussion and analysis of results from management, and
(b)    a Compliance Certificate along with the underlying calculations, including the calculations to arrive at EBITDA and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to the extent applicable.

	as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each of Parent's fiscal years,
	(c)    consolidated and consolidating financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for each such fiscal year, audited by independent certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to Agent and certified, without any qualifications (including any (A) "going concern" or like qualification or exception, (B) qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, or (C) qualification which relates to the treatment or classification of any item and which, as a condition to the removal of such qualification, would require an adjustment to such item, the effect of which would be to cause any noncompliance with the provisions of Section 7 of the Agreement), by such accountants to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (such audited financial statements to include a balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow, and statement of shareholder's equity, and, if prepared, such accountants' letter to management), and
(d)    a Compliance Certificate along with the underlying calculations, including the calculations to arrive at EBITDA and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to the extent applicable.

	as soon as available, but in any event within 30 days prior to the start of each of Parent's fiscal years,
	(e)    copies of Parent's Projections, in form and substance (including as to scope and underlying assumptions) satisfactory to Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, for the forthcoming 3 years, year by year, and for the forthcoming fiscal year, month by month, certified by the chief financial officer of Parent as being such officer's good faith estimate of the financial performance of Parent during the period covered thereby.

	within 5 days following the filing thereof by Parent,
	(f)    Form 10-Q quarterly reports, Form 10-K annual reports, and Form 8-K current reports, 
(g)    any other filings made by Parent with the SEC, and
(h)    any other information that is provided by Parent to its shareholders generally.

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	promptly, but in any event within 5 days after any Borrower has knowledge of any event or condition that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default,
	(i)    notice of such event or condition and a statement of the curative action that Borrowers propose to take with respect thereto.

	promptly after the commencement thereof, but in any event within 5 days after the service of process with respect thereto on Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
	(j)    notice of all actions, suits, or proceedings brought by or against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority which reasonably could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

	upon the request of Agent,
	(k)    copies of each annual and other report with respect to each Pension Plan or any trust created thereunder.

	promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any Notification Event or of any "prohibited transaction," as described in section 406 of ERISA or in section 4975 of the IRC in connection with any Pension Plan or any trust created thereunder
	(l)    a written notice signed by a chief financial officer of Parent, specifying the nature thereof, what action the Loan Parties propose to take with respect thereto, and, when known, any action taken or proposed by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto.

	promptly upon receipt thereof,
	(m)    copies of any notice of the PBGC's intention to terminate or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Pension Plan, and
(n)    a copy of each estimate of Withdrawal Liability received by any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan.

	no later than March 15 of each year,
	(o)    proof that each Loan Party submitted a request for a Withdrawal Liability estimate to each Multiemployer Plan no later than February 15 of such year.

	upon the request of Agent,
	(p)    copies of all regular and periodic reports which any Loan Party files with the United States Department of Treasury or other Governmental Authority relating to the Loan Parties' production of Inventory consisting of food grade alcohol.

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	upon the request of Agent,
	(q)    a report, in form reasonably acceptable to Agent, setting form Parent's and its Subsidiaries then current tax liability (i) pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5001 et seq. (and any actual or effective substitutions or replacements thereof) with respect to Borrowers' Inventory and (ii) with respect to any ad valorem and real estate taxes, which report shall provide the applicable tax liability and the methods utilized by Parent or its Subsidiaries to determine such tax liability, together with evidence of payment of such tax liabilities.

	within 45 days following the beginning of each fiscal quarter (or more frequently if required by Agent),
	(r)    a current report, in form reasonably acceptable to Agent, of Parent's and its Subsidiaries open hedging positions, together with (if requested by Agent) copies of statements of all hedging and commodities accounts of Parent and its Subsidiaries.

	simultaneously with delivery thereof,
	(s)    a copy of any notice delivered by Parent or its Subsidiaries regarding non-renewal or termination of, or any default under, any Bunge Agreement.

	immediately following receipt or execution thereof (as applicable)
	(t)    a copy of any notice received by Parent or its Subsidiaries regarding non-renewal or termination of, or any default under, any Material Contract, and
(u)    any amendments to or renewals or replacements of any Material Contract.

	immediately after any Loan Party has knowledge thereof,
	(v)    a notice describing any strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or threatened in writing against Parent or its Subsidiaries.

	upon the request of Agent,
	(w)    copies of all tax returns, and
(x)    copies of all statements or reports to any taxing authority with respect to taxes arising from the Borrowers' production or possession of Inventory which consists of food or fuel grade alcohol (including all excise taxes), together with evidence of payment of any tax liabilities related thereto.

	upon the request of Agent,
	(y)    any other information reasonably requested relating to the financial condition of Parent or its Subsidiaries.

5.1

SCHEDULE 5.2

Provide Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies for each Lender) with each of the documents set forth below at the following times in form satisfactory to Agent:
	
		
	Monthly (no later than the 15th day of each month) (Weekly at any time that Excess Availability is less than the Threshold Amount)
	(a)   an Account roll-forward with supporting details supplied from sales journals, collection journals, credit registers and any other records,
(b)   notice of all claims, offsets, or disputes asserted by Account Debtors with respect to each Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' Accounts, and
(c)   if requested by Agent, copies of invoices together with corresponding shipping and delivery documents, and credit memos together with corresponding supporting documentation, with respect to invoices and credit memos in excess of an amount determined in the sole discretion of Agent, from time to time.
(d)   Inventory system/perpetual reports specifying the cost of each Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' Inventory, by category, with additional detail showing additions to and deletions therefrom and the locations of all Inventory and detail supporting the calculation of the lower of cost or market value of Inventory included in the Borrowing Base (delivered electronically in an acceptable format, if Borrowers have implemented electronic reporting).
(e)   an executed Borrowing Base Certificate,
(f)   a detailed aging, by total, of each Borrower's Accounts, together with a reconciliation and supporting documentation for any reconciling items noted (delivered electronically in an acceptable format, if Borrowers have implemented electronic reporting), 
(g)   a detailed calculation of those Accounts that are not eligible for the Borrowing Base, if Borrowers have not implemented electronic reporting,  
(h)   a detailed Inventory system/perpetual report together with a reconciliation to each Borrower's general ledger accounts (delivered electronically in an acceptable format, if Borrowers have implemented electronic reporting),
(i)   a detailed calculation of Inventory categories that are not eligible for the Borrowing Base, if Borrowers have not implemented electronic reporting,
(j)   a summary aging, by vendor, of Parent's and its Subsidiaries' accounts payable and any book overdraft  (delivered electronically in an acceptable format, if Borrowers have implemented electronic reporting) and an aging, by vendor, of any held checks,
(k)   a detailed report regarding each Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' cash and Cash Equivalents, and
(l)   a monthly Account roll-forward, in a format acceptable to Agent in its discretion, tied to the beginning and ending account receivable balances of each Borrower's general ledger.

	Monthly (no later than the 30th day of each month)
	(m)   a reconciliation of Accounts, trade accounts payable, and Inventory of each Borrower's general ledger accounts to its monthly financial statements including any book reserves related to each category.

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	Quarterly
	(n)   a report regarding Parent's and its Subsidiaries' accrued, but unpaid, ad valorem taxes, and
(o)   to the extent any information contained in the most recently delivered Perfection Certificate or a supplement to the Perfection Certificate is no longer accurate, an update or supplement to such Perfection Certificate specifying the information that has changed.

	Annually
	(p)   a detailed list of each Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' customers, with address and contact information.

	Upon request by Agent
	(q)   copies of purchase orders and invoices for Inventory and Equipment acquired by each Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and
(r)   such other reports as to the Collateral or the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries, as Agent may reasonably request.

5.2

SCHEDULE 6.5
Nature of Business

MGP Ingredients, Inc. through its subsidiaries (the "Company"), produces distillery products and certain ingredients which are derived from corn and wheat flour, respectively, primarily to serve the branded consumer packaged goods industry.  The Company has three reportable operating segments:  distillery products, ingredient solutions and other.  The distillery products segment consists of food grade alcohol, along with distillers feed and fuel grade alcohol, which are co-products of our distillery operations.  The ingredient solutions segment primarily consists of specialty starches, specialty proteins, commodity starches and commodity vital wheat gluten.  The other segment is comprised of plant-based biopolymers and composite resins produced and sold for use in the manufacture of eco-friendly products.

6.5

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