Document:

Exhibit 4.1

 

VOLUME SUBMITTER

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

 

(Profit Sharing/401(K) Plan)

 

A Fidelity Volume Submitter Plan

 

Adoption Agreement No. 001

For use With

 Fidelity Basic Plan Document No. 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Management & Research Company and its affiliates do not provide tax or legal advice. Nothing herein or in any attachments hereto should be construed, or relied upon, as tax or legal advice.

 

IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE: To the extent this document (including attachments), mentions or references any tax matter, it is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used by the recipient or any other person, for the purpose of (1) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party the matter addressed herein. Please consult an independent tax advisor for advice on your particular circumstances.

 

	
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
1.01

	
 

	PLAN INFORMATION	
 

	
1

 

	
1.02

	
 

	
EMPLOYER

	
 

	
2

 

	
1.03

	
 

	
TRUSTEE

	
 

	
2

 

	
1.04

	
 

	
COVERAGE

	
 

	
2

 

	
1.05

	
 

	
COMPENSATION

	
 

	
6

 

	
1.06

	
 

	
TESTING RULES

	
 

	
7

 

	
1.07

	
 

	
DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS

	
 

	
8

 

	
1.08

	
 

	
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS (AFTER-TAX CONCTRIBUTIONS)

	
 

	
10

 

	
1.09

	
 

	
ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS

	
 

	
11

 

	
1.10

	
 

	
QUALIFIED NONELECTIVE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

	
 

	
11

 

	
1.11

	
 

	
MATCHING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

	
 

	
12

 

	
1.12

	
 

	
NONELECTIVE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

	
 

	
16

 

	
1.13

	
 

	
EXCEPTIONS TO CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

	
 

	
19

 

	
1.14

	
 

	
RETIREMENT

	
 

	
19

 

	
1.15

	
 

	
DEFINITION OF DISABLED

	
 

	
19

 

	
1.16

	
 

	
VESTING

	
 

	
20

 

	1.17	 	
PREDECESSOR EMPLOYER SERVICE

	 	
 21

 

	1.18	 	PARTICIPANT LOANS	 	
 21

 

	1.19	 	IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS	 	
 21

 

	1.20	 	FORM OF DISTRIBUTIONS 	 	
 23

 

	1.21	 	TIMING OF DISTRIBUTIONS	 	
 24

 

	1.22	 	TOP HEAVY STATUS	 	
 24

 

	1.23	 	CORRECTION TO MEET 415 REQUIREMENTS UNDER MULTIPLE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS	 	
 25

 

	1.24	 	INVESTMENT DIRECTION	 	
 25

 

	1.25	 	ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AND PROTECTED BENEFITS	 	
 25

 

	1.26	 	SUPERSEDING PROVISIONS	 	
 26

 

	1.27	 	RELIANCE ON ADVISORY LETTER	 	
 26

 

	1.28	 	ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND RECORDS	 	
 26

 

	1.29	 	VOLUME SUBMITTER INFORMATION:	 	
 26

 

 

	EXECUTION PAGE	 	
 27

 

	IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS ADDENDUM	 	
 28

 

	FORMS OF PAYMENT ADDENDUM	 	
29

 

	ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ADDENDUM	 	
 30

 

	TRUST SUPERSEDING PROVISIONS ADDENDUM	 	
 33

 

	ADDENDUM TO ADOPTION AGREEMENT	 	 34

 

 

 

	
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ADOPTION AGREEMENT

ARTICLE 1

PROFIT SHARING/401(K) PLAN

 

	
1.01

	
PLAN INFORMATION

 

	
(a)

	
Name of Plan:

 

This is the Comstock Resources, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan")

 

	
(b)

	
Type of Plan:

 

	
(1)

	
☐

	
 

	
401(k) Only

 

	(2)	
☑

		
401(k) and Profit Sharing

 

	(3)	☐ 		
Profit Sharing Only

 

	
(c)

	
Administrator Name (if not the Employer):

 

	
(d)

	
Plan Year End (month/day):                                                  12/31

 

	
(e)

	
Three Digit Plan Number:                                                         001

 

	
(f)

	
Limitation Year (check one):

 

	
(1)

	
☐            Calendar Year

 

	
(2)

	
☑            Plan Year

 

	
(3)

	
☐            Other, (12-month period ending on the following date):

 

	
(g)

	
Plan Status:

 

	
(1)

	
Adoption Agreement Effective Date: 12/01/2015 (cannot be earlier than the later of (i) the first day of the 2007 Plan Year or (ii) the effective date of the Plan)

 

	
(2)

	
The Adoption Agreement Effective Date is:

 

	
(A)

	
 ☐            A new Plan Effective Date

 

	
(B)

	
☑            An amendment Effective Date (check one):

 

	
(i)        

	
☐            an amendment and restatement of this Basic Plan Document No. 17 (or restatement of former Fidelity Basic Plan Document No. 14) and its Adoption Agreement previously executed by the Employer;

 

	
(ii)       

	
☑            a conversion to Basic Plan Document No. 17 and its Adoption Agreement.

 

     The original effective date of the Plan: 01/01/1995

 

	(3)	☐ 		
Special Effective Dates. Certain provisions of the Plan shall be effective as of a date other than the date specified in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) above. Please complete the Special Effective Dates Addendum to the Adoption Agreement indicating the affected provisions and their effective dates.

 

	
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(4)

	
☐

	
 

	
 Plan Merger Effective Dates.  Certain plan(s) were merged into the Plan on or after the date specified in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) above. Please complete the appropriate subsection(s) of the Plan Mergers Addendum.

 

	(5)	☐ 		
Frozen Plan. The Plan is currently frozen. While the Plan is frozen, the definition of Compensation for purposes of determining contributions under Section 5.02 of the Basic Plan Document shall not include compensation earned after the date the Plan is frozen. Plan assets will continue to be held on behalf of Participants and their Beneficiaries until distributed in accordance with the Plan terms. (If this provision is selected, it will override any conflicting provision selected in the Adoption Agreement.) (Choose one.) 

 

	
(A)

	
☐            Contributions under the Plan are permanently discontinued. Accounts of all Employees shall be 100% vested without regard to any schedule selected in 1.16.

 

	
(B)

	
☐            Contributions under the Plan are temporarily suspended. The Employer contemplates that contributions will resume at a later date.

 

Note: Deferral Contributions and Employee Contributions shall not be taken from compensation earned after the date the Plan is frozen, however, loan repayments shall continue to be made until the loan obligation is satisfied.

 

	
1.02

	
EMPLOYER

 

	
(a)

	
Employer Name: Comstock Resources, Inc.

 

	
(1)

	
Employer's Tax Identification Number: 94-1667468

 

	
(2)

	
Employer's fiscal year end: 12/31

 

	
(b)

	
The term "Employer" includes the following participating employers (choose one):

 

	
(1)

	
☑            No other employers participate in the Plan.

 

	
(2)

	
☐            Certain other employers participate in the Plan. Please complete the Participating Employers Addendum.

 

	
1.03

	
TRUSTEE

 

	
(a)

	
Trustee Name:        Fidelity Management Trust Company

 

Address:                       245 Summer Street

 

Boston, MA 02210

 

	
1.04

	
COVERAGE

 

All Employees who meet the conditions specified below shall be eligible to participate in the Plan:

 

	
(a)

	
Age Requirement (check one):

 

	
(1)

	
☐            no age requirement.

 

	
(2)

	
☑            must have attained age: 21 (not to exceed 21).

 

	
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(b)

	
Eligibility Service Requirement(s) - There shall be no eligibility service requirements for contributions to the Plan unless selected below for the following contributions:

 

	
(1) Deferral Contributions, Employee Contributions, Qualified Non-elective Employer Contributions

	
(2) Non-elective Employer Contributions

	
(3) Matching Employer Contributions

	 
	 	 	 	
N/A — not applicable — type(s) of contribution not selected

	 	 	 	
days of Eligibility Service requirement (no minimum Hours of Service). (Do not indicate more than 365 days in column (1) or 730 days in either of the other columns.)

	 	 	 	
months of Eligibility Service requirement (no minimum Hours of Service). (Do not indicate more than 12 months in column (1) or 24 months in either of the other columns.)

	 	 	 	
one year of Eligibility Service requirement (at least ______ (not to exceed 1,000) Hours of Service are required during the Eligibility Computation Period).

	 	 	 	
two years of Eligibility Service requirement (at least ______ (not to exceed 1,000) Hours of Service are required during the Eligibility Computation Period). (Select only for column (2) or (3).)

Note: If the Employer selects an Eligibility Service requirement of more than 365 days or 12 months or selects the two year Eligibility Service requirement, then (1) contributions subject to such Eligibility Service requirement must be 100% vested when made, and (2) if the Plan has selected either Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions in Option 1.11(a)(3) or Safe Harbor Formula in Option 1.12(a)(3), then only one year of Eligibility Service (with at least 1000 Hours of Service) is required for such contributions.

 

Note: The Plan shall be disaggregated for testing pursuant to Section 6.09 of the Basic Plan Document if a more stringent eligibility requirement is elected in Subsection 1.04(a) or (b) either (1) with respect to Matching Employer Contributions and Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, is selected or (2) with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions and Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, is selected, than with respect to Deferral Contributions.

 

Note: If different eligibility requirements are selected for Deferral Contributions than for Employer Contributions and the Plan becomes a "top-heavy plan," the Employer may need to make a minimum Employer Contribution on behalf of non-key Employees who have satisfied the eligibility requirements for Deferral Contributions and are employed on the last day of the Plan Year, but have not satisfied the eligibility requirements for Employer Contributions.

 

	(4)	☐ 		
Hours of Service Crediting. Hours of Service will be credited in accordance with the equivalency selected in the Hours of Service Equivalencies Addendum rather than in accordance with the equivalency described in Subsection 2.01(cc) of the Basic Plan Document. Please complete the Hours of Service Equivalencies Addendum.

 

	
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(c)

	
Eligibility Computation Period - The Eligibility Computation Period is the 12-consecutive-month period beginning on an Employee's Employment Commencement Date and each 12-consecutive-month period beginning on an anniversary of his Employment Commencement Date.

 

	
(d)

	
Eligible Class of Employees:

 

	
(1)

	
Generally, the Employees eligible to participate in the Plan are (choose one):

 

	
   (A)          

	
☑            all Employees of the Employer.

 

	
   (B)         

	
☐            only Employees of the Employer who are covered by (choose one):

 

	
        (i)           

	
 ☐            any collective bargaining agreement with the Employer, provided that the agreement requires the employees to be included under the Plan.

 

	
(ii)          

	
 ☐            the following collective bargaining agreement(s) with the Employer:

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

	(2)	☑ 		
Notwithstanding the selection in Subsection 1.04(d)(1) above, certain Employees of the Employer are excluded from participation in the Plan:

 

Note: Certain employees (e.g., residents of Puerto Rico) are excluded automatically pursuant to Subsection 2.01(r) of the Basic Plan Document, regardless of the Employer's selection under this Subsection 1.04(d)(2).

 

	
(A)

	 	
☑

	
employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, unless the agreement requires the employees to be included under the Plan. (Do not choose if Option 1.04(d)(1)(B) is selected above.)

 

	(B)	 	☐	
Highly Compensated Employees as defined in Subsection 2.01(bb) of the Basic Plan Document.

 

	(C)	 	☑	
Leased Employees as defined in Subsection 2.01(ee) of the Basic Plan Document.

 

	(D)	 	☑	
nonresident aliens who do not receive any earned income from the Employer which constitutes United States source income.

 

	(E)  	 	☑	
other:

 

Interns

 

Note: The eligible group defined above must be a definitely determinable group and cannot be subject to the discretion of the Employer. In addition, the design of the classifications cannot be such that the only Non-Highly Compensated Employees benefiting under the Plan are those with the lowest compensation and/or the shortest periods of service and who may represent the minimum number of such employees necessary to satisfy coverage under Code Section 410(b).

 

			 (i)	
☑

	
Notwithstanding this exclusion, any Employee who would otherwise be excluded from participation solely because he is in a group described below shall be part of the class of Employees eligible to participate in the Plan and, if he has never been a Participant in the Plan previously, will be required to meet different age and service requirements for eligibility than those specified in Subsections (a) and (b) permitting him to enter on the Entry Date immediately following the end of the Eligibility Computation Period during which he first satisfies the following requirements: (I) has attained age 21 and (II) has completed at least 1,000 Hours of Service. This Subsection 1.04(d)(2)(E)(i) applies to the following excluded Employees (Must choose if an exclusion in (E) above directly or indirectly imposes an age and/or service requirement for participation, for example by excluding part-time or temporary employees):

 

Interns

 

 

	
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Note: Exclusion of employees may adversely affect the Plan's satisfaction of the minimum coverage requirements, as provided in Code Section 410(b).

 

	
(e)

	
Entry Dates — The Entry Dates shall be as indicated below with respect to the applicable type(s) of contribution. (Complete the table below by checking the appropriate boxes to indicate Entry Dates for the contributions listed.)

 

	 	 	
(1) Deferral Contributions, Employee Contributions, Qualified Non-elective Employer Contributions

	
(2) Non-elective Employer Contributions

	
(3) Matching Employer Contributions

	 
	 	
(A) 

	 	 	 	
N/A — not applicable — type(s) of contribution not selected

	 	
(B) 

	
X

	
X

	
X

	
Immediate upon meeting the eligibility requirements specified in Subsections I .04(a) and 1.04(b)

	 	
(C) 

	 	 	 	
the first day of each Plan Year and the first day of the seventh month of each Plan Year

	 	
(D) 

	 	 	 	
the first day of each Plan Year and the first day of the fourth, seventh, and tenth months of each Plan Year

	 	
(E) 

	 	 	 	
the first day of each month

	 	
(F) 

	 	 	 	
the first day of each Plan Year (Do not select if there is an Eligibility Service requirement of more than six months in Subsection 1.04(b) for the type(s) of contribution or if there is an age requirement of more than 201⁄2 in Subsection 1.04(a) for the type(s) of contribution.)

Note: If another plan is merged into the Plan, the Plan may provide on the Plan Mergers Addendum that the effective date of the merger is also an Entry Date with respect to certain Employees.

 

	
(f)

	
Date of Initial Participation - An Eligible Employee shall become a Participant on the Entry Date coinciding with or immediately following the date such Eligible Employee completes the age and service requirement(s) in Subsections 1.04(a) and (b), if any, or in Subsection I .04(d)(2)(E)(i), if applicable, except (check one):

 

	
(1)

	
☑            no exceptions.

 

	
(2)

	
☐            Eligible Employees employed on (insert date) shall become Participants on that date.

 

	
(3)

	
☐            Eligible Employees who meet the age and service requirement(s) of Subsections 1.04(a) and (b) on (insert date) shall become Participants on that date.

 

 

	
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1.05

	
COMPENSATION

 

Compensation, as defined in Subsection 2.01(k) of the Basic Plan Document, shall be modified as provided below.

 

	
(a)

	
Compensation Exclusions - Compensation shall not include reimbursements or other expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash and non-cash), moving expenses, deferred compensation, welfare benefits, unused leave (as described in Section 2.01(k)(2)), or any of the following additional item(s):

 

	
(1)

	
☑            No additional exclusions.

 

	
(2)

	
☐            Differential Wages.

 

	
(3)

	
☐            Overtime pay.

 

	
(4)

	
☐            Bonuses.

 

	
(5)

	
☐            Commissions.

 

	
(6)

	
☐            The value of restricted stock or of a qualified or a non-qualified stock option granted to an Employee by the Employer to the extent such value is includable in the Employee's taxable income.

 

	
(7)

	
☐            Severance pay received prior to termination of employment. (Severance pay received following termination of employment is a severance amount as described in Subsection 2.01(k) and is always excluded.)

 

Note: If the Employer selects an option, other than (1) or (2) above, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions. Compensation must be tested to show that it meets the requirements of Code Section 414(s), unless 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula has been selected, or the allocations must be tested to show that they meet the general test under regulations issued under Code Section 401(a)(4). If the Employer selects an option, other than (1) or (2) above, and Option 1.11(a)(3), Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, is selected, a Participant must be permitted to make Deferral Contributions under the Plan sufficient to receive the full 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contribution, determined as a percentage of Compensation meeting the requirements of Code Section 414(s).

 

	
(b)

	
Compensation for the First Year of Participation - Contributions for the Plan Year in which an Employee first becomes a Participant shall be determined based on the Employee's Compensation as provided below.

 

	
(1)

	
☐

	
 

	
Compensation for the entire Plan Year. (Complete (A) below, if applicable. If (A) is not selected, the amount of any Nonelective Employer Contribution for the initial Plan Year will be determined in accordance with this subsection 1.05(b)(1) using only Compensation from the Effective Date of the Plan through the end of the initial Plan Year.)

 

		(A)		
☐ 

 

	
For purposes of determining the amount of Nonelective Employer Contributions, other than 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions, Compensation for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the initial Plan Year shall be used.

 

	(2)	☑ 		
Only Compensation for the portion of the Plan Year in which the Employee is eligible to participate in the Plan. (Complete (A) below, if applicable. If (A) is not selected, the amount of any Nonelective Employer Contribution for the initial Plan Year will be determined in accordance with this subsection 1.05(b)(2) using only Compensation from the Effective Date of the Plan through the end of the initial Plan Year.)

 

	
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		(A)		
☐ 

 

	
For purposes of determining the amount of Nonelective Employer Contributions, other than 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions, for those Employees who become Active Participants on the Effective Date of the Plan, Compensation for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the initial Plan Year shall be used. For all other Employees, only Compensation for the period in which they are eligible shall be used.

 

	
1.06

	
TESTING RULES

 

	
(a)

	
ADP/ACP Present Testing Method - The testing method for purposes of applying the "ADP" and "ACP" tests described in Sections 6.03 and 6.06 of the Basic Plan Document shall be the (check one):

 

	
(1)

	
☑

	
 

	
Current Year Testing Method - The "ADP" or "ACP" of Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall be compared to the "ADP" or "ACP" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the same Plan Year. (Must choose if Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, or Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions is checked.)

 

	(2)	☐		
Prior Year Testing Method - The "ADP" or "ACP" of Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall be compared to the "ADP" or "ACP" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the immediately preceding Plan Year. (Do not choose if Option 1.10(a)(1), alternative allocation formula for Qualified Nonelective Contributions.)

 

	(3)	☐ 		
Not applicable. (Only if Option 1.01(b)(3), Profit Sharing Only, is checked and Option 1.08(a)(1), Future Employee Contributions, and Option 1.11(a), Matching Employer Contributions, are not checked or Option 1.04(d)(2)(B), excluding all Highly Compensated Employees from the eligible class of Employees, is checked.)

 

Note: Restrictions apply on elections to change testing methods.

 

	
(b)

	
First Year Testing Method - If the first Plan Year that the Plan, other than a successor plan, permits Deferral Contributions or provides for either Employee or Matching Employer Contributions, occurs on or after the Effective Date specified in Subsection 1.01(g), the "ADP" and/or "ACP" test for such first Plan Year shall be applied using the actual "ADP" and/or "ACP" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees for such first Plan Year, unless otherwise provided below.

 

	
(1)

	
☐

	
 

	
The "ADP" and/or "ACP" test for the first Plan Year that the Plan permits Deferral Contributions or provides for either Employee or Matching Employer Contributions shall be applied assuming a 3% "ADP" and/or "ACP" for Non-Highly Compensated Employees. (Do not choose unless Plan uses prior year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(2).

 

	
(c)

	
HCE Determinations: Look Back Year - The look back year for purposes of determining which Employees are Highly Compensated Employees shall be the 12-consecutive-month period preceding the Plan Year, unless otherwise provided below.

 

	
(1)

	
☐

	
 

	
Calendar Year Determination - The look back year shall be the calendar year beginning within the preceding Plan Year. (Do not choose if the Plan Year is the calendar year.)

 

 

 

	
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(d)

	
HCE Determinations: Top Paid Group Election - All Employees with Compensation exceeding the dollar amount specified in Code Section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d) (e.g., $115,000 for "determination years" beginning in 2013 and "look-back years" beginning in 2012) shall be considered Highly Compensated Employees, unless Top Paid Group Election below is checked.

 

	
(1)

	
☑

	
 

	
Top Paid Group Election - Employees with Compensation exceeding the dollar amount specified in Code Section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d) shall be considered Highly Compensated Employees only if they are in the top paid group (the top 20% of Employees ranked by Compensation).

 

Note: Plan provisions for Sections 1.06(c) and 1.06(d) must apply consistently to all retirement plans of the Employer for determination years that begin with or within the same calendar year.

 

	
1.07

	
DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

	
(a)

	
☑                Deferral Contributions - Participants may elect to have a portion of their Compensation contributed to the Plan on a before-tax basis pursuant to Code Section 401(k).

 

	
(1)

	
Regular Contributions - The Employer shall make a Deferral Contribution in accordance with Section 5.03 of the Basic Plan Document on behalf of each Participant who has an executed salary reduction agreement in effect with the Employer for the payroll period in question. Such Deferral Contribution shall not exceed the deferral limit below.

 

		(A) 	☑	
The deferral limit is 90.00% (must be a whole number multiple of one percent) of Compensation.

 

Note: If Catch-Up Contributions are selected below, a Participant eligible to make Catch-Up Contributions shall (subject to the statutory limits in Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(v)-1(b)(1)(i)) in any event be permitted to contribute in excess of the specified deferral limit up to 100% of the Participant's "effectively available Compensation" (i.e., Compensation available after other withholding).

 

		(B) 	☐	
Instead of specifying a percentage of Compensation, a Participant's salary reduction agreement may specify a dollar amount to be contributed each payroll period, provided such dollar amount does not exceed the maximum percentage of Compensation specified in Subsection 5.03(a) of the Basic Plan Document or in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(A) above, as applicable.

 

	 	(C)	A Participant may change, on a prospective basis, his salary reduction agreement (check one):

 

			(i)	
☑

	as of the beginning of each payroll period.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(ii)	☐	 as of the first day of each month.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(iii)	☐	as of each Entry Date. (Do not select if immediate entry is elected with respect to Deferral Contributions in Subsection 1.04(e).)
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(iv)	☐	as of the first day of each calendar quarter.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(v)	☐	as of the first day of each Plan Year.

 

	
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			(vi)	
☐

	other. (Specify, but must be at least once per Plan Year)
	 	 	 	 	 

 

Note: Notwithstanding the Employer's election hereunder, if Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, or Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions is checked, the Plan provides that an Active Participant may change his salary reduction agreement for the Plan Year within a reasonable period (not fewer than 30 days) of receiving the notice described in Section 6.09 of the Basic Plan Document.

 

	 	(D)	A Participant may revoke, on a prospective basis, a salary reduction agreement at any time upon proper notice to the Administrator but in such case may not complete a new salary reduction agreement until (check one):

 

			(i)	
☑

	the beginning of the next payroll period.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(ii)	☐	as of the first day of each month.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(iii)	☐	the next Entry Date. (Do not select if immediate entry is elected with respect to Deferral Contributions in Subsection 1.04(e).)
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(iv)	☐	as of the first day of each calendar quarter.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(v)	☐	as of the first day of each Plan Year.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(vi)	☐	other. (Specify, but must be at least once per Plan Year)
	 	 	 	 	 

 

	
(2)

	
☐

	
 

	
Additional Deferral Contributions - The Employer shall allow a Participant upon proper notice and approval to enter into a special salary reduction agreement to make additional Deferral Contributions in an amount up to 100% of their effectively available Compensation for the payroll period(s) designated by the Employer.

	 	 	 	 
	(3)	☑	 	Bonus Contributions - The Employer shall allow a Participant upon proper notice and approval to enter into a special salary reduction agreement to make Deferral Contributions from any Employer paid cash bonuses designated by the Employer on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis that are made for such Participants during the Plan Year in an amount up to 100% of such bonuses. The Compensation definition elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.05(a) must include bonuses if bonus contributions are permitted. Unless a Participant has entered into a special salary reduction agreement with respect to bonuses, the percentage deferred from any Employer paid cash bonus shall be (check (A) or (B) below):

 

		(A) 	☑	
Zero.

 

	 	(B)	☐	The same percentage elected by the Participant for his regular contributions in accordance with Subsection 1.07(a)(1) above or deemed to have been elected by the Participant in accordance with Option 1.07(a)(6) below.

 

Note: A Participant's contributions under Subsection 1.07(a)(2) and/or (3) may not cause the Participant to exceed the percentage limit specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(A) for the full Plan Year. If the Administrator anticipates that the Plan will not satisfy the "ADP" and/or "ACP" test for the year, the Administrator may reduce the rate of Deferral Contributions of Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees to an amount objectively determined by the Administrator to be necessary to satisfy the "ADP" and/or "ACP" test.

 

	
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(4)

	
☑

	
 

	
Catch-Up Contributions - The following Participants who have attained or are expected to attain age 50 before the close of the taxable year will be permitted to make Catch-Up Contributions to the Plan, as described in Subsection 5.03(a) of the Basic Plan Document:

 

		(A) 	☑	
All such Participants.

 

	 	(B)	☐	All such Participants except those covered by a collective-bargaining agreement under which retirement benefits were a subject of good faith bargaining unless the bargaining agreement specifically provides for Catch-Up Contributions to be made on behalf of such Participants.

 

Note: The Employer must not select Option 1.07(a)(4) above unless all applicable plans (as defined in Code Section 414(v)(6)(A), other than any plan that is qualified under Puerto Rican law or that covers only employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement under which retirement benefits were a subject of good faith bargaining) maintained by the Employer and by any other employer that is treated as a single employer with the Employer under Code Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) also permit Catch-Up Contributions in the same dollar amount.

 

	
(5)

	
☑

	
 

	
Roth 401(k) Contributions. Participants shall be permitted to irrevocably designate pursuant to Subsection 5.03(b) of the Basic Plan Document that a portion or all of the Deferral Contributions made under this Subsection 1.07(a) are Roth 401(k) Contributions that are includable in the Participant's gross income at the time deferred.

	 	 	 	 
	(6)	☑	 	Automatic Enrollment Contributions. Unless they affirmatively elect otherwise, certain Eligible Employees will have their Compensation reduced in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 5.03(c) of the Basic Plan Document (an "Automatic Enrollment Contribution"), Section 1.07(b) of the Additional Provisions Addendum, and the following:

 

		(A) 	☐	
All newly Eligible Employees shall be subject to the same automatic enrollment provisions.

 

	 	(B)	☑	
The automatic enrollment provisions of the Plan shall be/are different for different groups of Eligible Employees.

 

	 	(C)	☑	
Some form of automatic deferral increase will be part of the automatic enrollment provisions.

 

	 	(D) 	☐	
A qualified automatic contribution arrangement described in Code Section 401(k)(13) ("QACA") has been adopted. (Select Option 1.11(a)(3) or 1.12(a)(3) and complete appropriate Addendum.)

 

	 	(E)	☐	
An eligible automatic enrollment arrangement described in Code Section 414(w) ("EACA") has been adopted.

 

	
1.08

	
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS (AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS)

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Future Employee Contributions - Participants may make voluntary, non-deductible, after-tax Employee Contributions pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Basic Plan Document. The Employee Contribution made on behalf of an Active Participant each payroll period shall not exceed the contribution limit specified in Subsection 1.08(a)(1) below.

 

	
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(1)

	
 

	
The contribution limit is ____% of Compensation.

 

	 	
(b)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Frozen Employee Contributions - Participants may not currently make after-tax Employee Contributions to the Plan, but the Employer does maintain frozen Employee Contributions Accounts.

 

	
1.09

	
ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
 ☑

	
 

	
Rollover Contributions - Employees may roll over eligible amounts from other plans to the Plan subject to the additional following requirements:

 

	
(1)

	
 ☑

	
 

	
The Plan will not accept rollovers of after-tax employee contributions.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	 ☐	 	The Plan will not accept rollovers of designated Roth contributions. (Must be selected if Roth 401(k) Contributions are not elected in Subsection 1.07(a)(5).)

 

	 	
(b)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
In-Plan Roth Rollover Contributions (Choose only if Roth 401(k) Contributions are selected in Option 1.07(a)(5) above) — Unless Option 1.09(b)(1) is selected below and in accordance with Section 5.06 of the Basic Plan Document, any Participant, spousal alternate payee or spousal Beneficiary may elect to have otherwise distributable portions of his Account, which are not part of an outstanding loan balance pursuant to Article 9 of the Basic Plan Document and are not "designated Roth contributions" under the Plan, be considered "designated Roth contributions" for purposes of the Plan.

 

	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Only a Participant who is still employed by the Employer (or a spousal alternate payee or spousal Beneficiary of such a Participant) may elect to make such an in-plan Roth Rollover.

 

	
1.10

	
QUALIFIED NONELECTIVE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

	
(a)

	
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions - The Employer may contribute an amount which it designates as a Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution for any permissible purpose, as provided in Section 5.07 of the Basic Plan Document. If Option 1.07(a) or 1.08(a)(1) is checked, except as provided in Section 5.07 of the Basic Plan Document or as otherwise provided below, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated to all Participants who were eligible to participate in the Plan at any time during the Plan Year and are Non-Highly Compensated Employees in the ratio which each such Participant's "testing compensation", as defined in Subsection 6.01(s) of the Basic Plan Document, for the Plan Year bears to the total of all such Participants' "testing compensation" for the Plan Year.

 

	
(1)

	
 ☑

	
 

	
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated only among such Participants described above who are designated by the Employer as eligible to receive a Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution for the Plan Year. The amount of the Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution allocated to each such Participant shall be as designated by the Employer, but not in excess of the "regulatory maximum." The "regulatory maximum" means 5% (10% for Qualified Nonelective Contributions made in connection with the Employer's obligation to pay prevailing wages) of the "testing compensation" for such Participant for the Plan Year. The "regulatory maximum" shall apply separately with respect to Qualified Nonelective Contributions to be included in the "ADP" test and Qualified Nonelective Contributions to be included in the "ACP" test. (Cannot be selected if the Employer has elected prior year testing in Subsection 1.06(a)(2).)

 

	
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1.11

	
MATCHING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
 ☑

	
 

	
Matching Employer Contributions - The Employer shall make Matching Employer Contributions on behalf of each of its "eligible" Participants as provided in this Section 1.11. For purposes of this Section 1.11, an "eligible" Participant means any Participant who is an Active Participant during the Contribution Period and who satisfies the requirements of Subsection 1.11(e) or Section 1.13.

 

	
(1)

	
 ☑

	
 

	
Non-Discretionary Matching Employer Contributions - The Employer shall make a Matching Employer Contribution on behalf of each "eligible" Participant in an amount equal to the following percentage of the eligible contributions made by the "eligible" Participant during the Contribution Period (complete all that apply):

 

 

 

		(A) 	 ☑	
Flat Percentage Match: 100.00% to all "eligible" Participants.

 

	 	(B)	 ☐	
Tiered Match: ____% of the first ____% of the "eligible" Participant's Compensation contributed to the Plan,

 

_____% of the next ____% of the "eligible" Participant's Compensation contributed to the Plan,

 

_____% of the next ____% of the "eligible" Participant's Compensation contributed to the Plan.

 

Note: The group of "eligible" Participants benefiting under each match rate must satisfy the nondiscriminatory coverage requirements of Code Section 410(b) and the group to whom the match rate is effectively available must not substantially favor HCEs.

 

		(C) 	 ☑	
Limit on Non-Discretionary Matching Employer Contributions (check the appropriate box(es)):

 

			(i)	
 ☑

	Contributions in excess of 6.00% of the "eligible" Participant's Compensation for the Contribution Period shall not be considered for non-discretionary Matching Employer Contributions.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(ii)	 ☐	Matching Employer Contributions for each "eligible" Participant for each Plan Year shall be limited to $______.

 

	
(2)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Discretionary Matching Employer Contributions - The Employer may make a discretionary Matching Employer Contribution on behalf of "eligible" Participants, or a designated group of "eligible" Participants, in accordance with Section 5.08 of the Basic Plan Document. An "eligible" Participant's allocable share of the discretionary Matching Employer Contribution shall be a percentage of the eligible contributions made by the "eligible" Participant during the Contribution Period. The Employer may limit the eligible contributions taken into account under the allocation formula to contributions up to a specified percentage of Compensation or dollar amount or may provide for Matching Employer Contributions to be made in a different ratio for eligible contributions above and below a specified percentage of Compensation or dollar amount. The Matching Employer Contribution is allocated among "eligible" Participants so that each "eligible" Participant receives a rate or amount that is identical to the rate or amount received by all other "eligible" Participants (or designated group of "eligible" Participants, if applicable) as determined by the Employer on or before the due date of the Employer's tax return for the year of allocation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	
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Note: If the Matching Employer Contribution made in accordance with this Subsection 1.11(a)(2) matches different percentages of contributions for different groups of "eligible" Participants, the group of "eligible" Participants benefiting under each match rate must satisfy the nondiscriminatory coverage requirements of Code Section 410(b) and the group to whom the match rate is effectively available must not substantially favor HCEs.

 

		(A) 	 ☐	
4% Limitation on Discretionary Matching Employer Contributions for Deemed Satisfaction of "ACP" Test - In no event may the dollar amount of the discretionary Matching Employer Contribution made on an "eligible" Participant's behalf for the Plan Year exceed 4% of the "eligible" Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year. (Only if Option 1.12(a)(3), 40I(k) Safe Harbor Formula, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions is checked.)

 

	
(3)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions - If the Employer elects one of the safe harbor formula Options provided in the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement and provides written notice each Plan Year to all Active Participants of their rights and obligations under the Plan, the Plan shall be deemed to satisfy the "ADP" test and, under certain circumstances, the "ACP" test.

 

 

 

	 	
(b)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Additional Matching Employer Contributions - The Employer may at Plan Year end make an additional Matching Employer Contribution on behalf of each "eligible" Participant in an amount equal to a percentage of the eligible contributions made by each "eligible" Participant during the Plan Year. The additional Matching Employer Contribution may be limited to match only contributions up to a specified percentage of Compensation or limit the amount of the match to a specified dollar amount.

 

Note: If the additional Matching Employer Contribution made in accordance with this Subsection 1.11(b) matches different percentages of contributions for different groups of "eligible" Participants, the group of "eligible" Participants benefiting under each match rate must satisfy the nondiscriminatory coverage requirements of Code Section 410(b) and the group to whom the match rate is effectively available must not substantially favor HCEs.

 

	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
4% Limitation on additional Matching Employer Contributions for Deemed Satisfaction of "ACP" Test - In no event may the dollar amount of the additional Matching Employer Contribution made on an "eligible" Participant's behalf for the Plan Year exceed 4% of the "eligible" Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year. (Only if Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, or Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions is checked.)

 

 

 

 

Note: If the Employer elected Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, above and wants to be deemed to have satisfied the "ADP" test, the additional Matching Employer Contribution must meet the requirements of Section 6.09 of the Basic Plan Document. In addition to the foregoing requirements, if the Employer elected Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, or Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions, and wants to be deemed to have satisfied the "ACP" test with respect to Matching Employer Contributions for the Plan Year, the eligible contributions matched may not exceed the limitations in Section 6.10 of the Basic Plan Document.

 

	
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(c)

	
Contributions Matched - The Employer matches the following contributions (check appropriate box(es)):

 

	
(1)

	
Deferral Contributions - Deferral Contributions made to the Plan are matched at the rate specified in this Section 1.11. Catch-Up Contributions are not matched unless the Employer elects Option 1.11(c)( 1)(A) below.

 

		(A) 	 ☑	
Catch-Up Contributions made to the Plan pursuant to Subsection 1.07(a)(4) are matched at the rates specified in this Section 1.11.

 

Note: Notwithstanding the above, if the Employer elected Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, Deferral Contributions shall be matched at the rate specified in the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement without regard to whether they are Catch-Up Contributions.

 

	
(d)

	
Contribution Period for Matching Employer Contributions - The Contribution Period for purposes of calculating the amount of Matching Employer Contributions is:

 

	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
each calendar month.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	 ☐	 	each Plan Year quarter.
	 	 	 	 
	(3)	 ☑	 	each Plan Year.
	 	 	 	 
	(4)	 ☐	 	each payroll period.
	 	 	 	 
	(5)	 ☐	 	The Employer shall determine the Contribution Period for calculation of any discretionary Matching Employer Contributions elected pursuant to Option 1.11(a)(2) above at the time that the matching contribution formula is determined.

 

The Contribution Period for additional Matching Employer Contributions described in Subsection 1.11(b) is the Plan Year.

 

Note: If Option (5) is selected, one of the other options must be selected to apply to any non-discretionary Matching Employer Contributions.

 

Note: If Matching Employer Contributions are made more frequently than for the Contribution Period selected above, the Employer must calculate the Matching Employer Contribution required with respect to the full Contribution Period, taking into account the "eligible" Participant's contributions and Compensation for the full Contribution Period, and contribute any additional Matching Employer Contributions necessary to "true up" the Matching Employer Contribution so that the full Matching Employer Contribution is made for the Contribution Period.

 

	
(e)

	
Continuing Eligibility Requirement(s) - A Participant who is an Active Participant during a Contribution Period and makes eligible contributions during the Contribution Period shall only be entitled to receive Matching Employer Contributions under Section 1.11 for that Contribution Period if the Participant satisfies the following requirement(s) (Check the appropriate box(es). Options (3) and (4) may not be elected together; Option (5) may not be elected with Option (2), (3), or (4); Options (2), (3), (4), (5), and (7) may not be elected with respect to Matching Employer Contributions if Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, is checked or if Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions is checked and the Employer intends to satisfy the Code Section 401(m)(11) safe harbor with respect to Matching Employer Contributions):

  

	
(1)

	
 ☑

	
 

	
No requirements.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	 ☐	 	Is employed by the Employer or a Related Employer on the last day of the Contribution Period.

 

 

 

 

	
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	(3)	 ☐	 	Earns at least 501 Hours of Service during the Plan Year. (Only if the Contribution Period is the Plan Year.)
	 	 	 	 
	(4)	 ☐	 	Earns at least (not to exceed 1,000) Hours of Service during the Plan Year. (Only if the Contribution Period is the Plan Year.)
	 	 	 	 
	(5)	 ☐	 	Either earns at least 501 Hours of Service during the Plan Year or is employed by the Employer or a Related Employer on the last day of the Plan Year. (Only if the Contribution Period is the Plan Year.)
	 	 	 	 
	(6)	 ☐	 	Is not a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year.
	 	 	 	 
	(7)	 ☐	 	Is not a partner or a member of the Employer, if the Employer is a partnership or an entity taxed as a partnership.
	 	 	 	 
	(8)	 ☐	 	Special continuing eligibility requirement(s) for additional Matching Employer Contributions. (Only if Option 1.11(b), Additional Matching Employer Contributions, is checked.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

		 (A) 	
The continuing eligibility requirement(s) for additional Matching Employer Contributions is/are: _____ (Fill in number of applicable eligibility requirement(s) from above, including the number of Hours of Service if Option (4) has been selected. Options (2), (3), (4), (5), and (7) may not be elected with respect to additional Matching Employer Contributions if Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, is checked or if Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions is checked and the Employer intends to satisfy the Code Section 401 (m)(11) safe harbor with respect to Matching Employer Contributions.)

 

Note: Except when added in conjunction with the addition of a new Matching Employer Contribution, if Option (2), (3), (4), or (5) is adopted during a Contribution Period, such Option shall not become effective until the first day of the next Contribution Period. Matching Employer Contributions attributable to the Contribution Period that are funded during the Contribution Period shall not be subject to the eligibility requirements of Option (2), (3), (4), or (5). If Option (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) is elected with respect to any Matching Employer Contributions and if Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, is also elected, the Plan will not be deemed to satisfy the "ACP" test in accordance with Section 6.10 of the Basic Plan Document and will have to pass the "ACP" test each year.

 

	 	
(f)

	
 

	
 ☑

	
 

	
Qualified Matching Employer Contributions - Prior to making any Matching Employer Contribution hereunder (other than a 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contribution), the Employer may designate all or a portion of such Matching Employer Contribution as a Qualified Matching Employer Contribution that may be used to satisfy the "ADP" test on Deferral Contributions and excluded in applying the "ACP" test on Employee and Matching Employer Contributions. Unless the additional eligibility requirement is selected below, Qualified Matching Employer Contributions shall be allocated to all Participants who were Active Participants during the Contribution Period and who meet the continuing eligibility requirement(s) described in Subsection 1.11(e) above for the type of Matching Employer Contribution being characterized as a Qualified Matching Employer Contribution.

 

	
(1)

	
☑

	
 

	
To receive an allocation of Qualified Matching Employer Contributions a Participant must also be a Non-Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year.

 

 

Note: Qualified Matching Employer Contributions may not be excluded in applying the "ACP" test for a Plan Year if the Employer elected Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, or Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions, and the "ADP" test is deemed satisfied under Section 6.09 of the Basic Plan Document for such Plan Year.

 

	
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1.12

	
NONELECTIVE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

If (a) or (b) is elected below, the Employer may make Nonelective Employer Contributions on behalf of each of its "eligible" Participants in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.12. Except as otherwise defined in this Adoption Agreement pertaining to Nonelective Employer Contributions, for purposes of this Section 1.12, an "eligible" Participant means a Participant who is an Active Participant during the Contribution Period and who satisfies the requirements of Subsection 1.12(d) or Section 1.13.

 

Note: An Employer may elect both a fixed formula and a discretionary formula. If both are selected, the discretionary formula shall be treated as an additional Nonelective Employer Contribution and allocated separately in accordance with the allocation formula selected by the Employer.

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Fixed Formula:

 

	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Fixed Percentage Employer Contribution - For each Contribution Period, the Employer shall contribute for each "eligible" Participant a percentage of such "eligible" Participant's Compensation equal to):

 

 

 

		(A) 	_____% (not to exceed 25%) to all "eligible" Participants.	
 

 

Note: The allocation formula in Option 1.12(a)(1)(A) above generally satisfies a design-based safe harbor pursuant to the regulations under Code Section 401(a)(4).

 

	
(2)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Fixed Flat Dollar Employer Contribution - The Employer shall contribute for each "eligible" Participant an amount equal to:

 

 

		(A) 	$__________ to all "eligible" Participants. (Complete (i) below).	
 

 

 

		(i)	
The contribution amount is based on an "eligible" Participant's service for the following period (check one of the following):

	

 

	
 

	
(I)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Each paid hour.

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
(II)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Each Plan Year.

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(III)	 	 ☐	 	Other: ________________________________ (must be a period within the Plan Year that does not exceed one week and is uniform with respect to all "eligible" Participants).

 

Note: The allocation formula in Option 1.12(a)(2)(A) above generally satisfies a design-based safe harbor pursuant to the regulations under Code Section 401(a)(4).

 

	
(3)

	
☐

	
 

	
401(k) Safe Harbor Formula - The Nonelective Employer Contribution specified in the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum is intended to satisfy the safe harbor contribution requirements under Sections 401(k) and 401(m) of the Code such that the "ADP" test (and, under certain circumstances, the "ACP" test) is deemed satisfied. Please complete the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. (Choose only if Option 1.07(a), Deferral Contributions, is checked.)

 

 

 

 

 

	
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(b)

	
 

	
 ☑ 

	
 

	
Discretionary Formula - The Employer may decide each Contribution Period whether to make a discretionary Nonelective Employer Contribution on behalf of "eligible" Participants in accordance with Section 5.10 of the Basic Plan Document.

 

	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Non-Integrated Allocation Formula - In the ratio that each "eligible" Participant's Compensation bears to the total Compensation paid to all "eligible" Participants for the Contribution Period.

 

 

Note: The allocation formula in Option 1.12(b)(1) above generally satisfies a design-based safe harbor pursuant to the regulations under Code Section 401(a)(4).

 

	
(2)

	
 ☑

	
 

	
Integrated Allocation Formula - As (1) a percentage of each "eligible" Participant's Compensation plus (2) a percentage of each "eligible" Participant's Compensation in excess of the "integration level" as defined below. The percentage of Compensation in excess of the "integration level" shall be equal to the lesser of the percentage of the "eligible" Participant's Compensation allocated under (1) above or the "permitted disparity limit" as defined below.

 

 

 

Note: An Employer that has elected Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, may not take Nonelective Employer Contributions made to satisfy the 401(k) safe harbor into account in applying the integrated allocation formula described above.

 

	
(A)

	
"Integration level" means the Social Security taxable wage base for the Plan Year, unless the Employer elects a lesser amount in (i) or (ii) below.

 

	
(i)

	
80% (not to exceed 100%) of the Social Security taxable wage base for the Plan Year, or

 

	
(ii)

	
$___________ (not to exceed the Social Security taxable wage base).

 

"Permitted disparity limit" means the percentage provided by the following table:

 

	
The "Integration Level" 

is _____% of the 

Taxable Wage Base

	
The "Permitted 

Disparity 

Limit" is

	
20% or less

	
5.7%

	
More than 20%, but not more than 80%

	
4.3%

	
More than 80%, but less than 100%

	
5.4%

	
100%

	
5.7%

The Social Security taxable wage base is the contribution and benefit base in effect under Section 230 of the Social Security Act at the beginning of the Plan Year.

 

Note: The allocation formula in Option 1.12(b)(2) above generally satisfies a design-based safe harbor pursuant to the regulations under Code Section 401(a)(4).

 

Note: An Employer who maintains any other plan that provides for or imputes Social Security Integration (permitted disparity) may not elect Option 1.12(b)(2).

 

	
(c)

	
Contribution Period for Nonelective Employer Contributions - The Contribution Period for purposes of calculating the amount of Nonelective Employer Contributions is the Plan Year, unless the Employer elects another Contribution Period below. Regardless of any selection made below, the Contribution Period for 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions under Option 1.12(a)(3) or Nonelective Employer Contributions allocated under an integrated formula selected under Option 1.12(b)(2) is the Plan Year.

 

	
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(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
each calendar month.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	 ☐	 	each Plan Year quarter.
	 	 	 	 
	(3) 	 ☐	 	each payroll period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: If Nonelective Employer Contributions are made more frequently than for the Contribution Period selected above, the Employer must calculate the Nonelective Employer Contribution required with respect to the full Contribution Period, taking into account the "eligible" Participant's Compensation for the full Contribution Period, and contribute any additional Nonelective Employer Contributions necessary to "true up" the Nonelective Employer Contribution so that the full Nonelective Employer Contribution is made for the Contribution Period.

 

	
(d)

	
Continuing Eligibility Requirement(s) - A Participant shall only be entitled to receive Nonelective Employer Contributions for a Plan Year under this Section 1.12 if the Participant is an Active Participant during the Plan Year and satisfies the following requirement(s) (Check the appropriate box(es) - Options (3) and (4) may not be elected together; Option (5) may not be elected with Option (2), (3), or (4); Options (2), (3), (4), (5), and (7) may not be elected with respect to Nonelective Employer Contributions under the fixed formula if Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, is checked):

 

	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
No requirements.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	 ☑	 	Is employed by the Employer or a Related Employer on the last day of the Contribution Period.
	 	 	 	 
	(3) 	 ☐	 	Earns at least 501 Hours of Service during the Plan Year. (Only if the Contribution Period is the Plan Year.)
	 	 	 	 
	(4)	 ☑	 	Earns at least 1000  (not to exceed 1,000) Hours of Service during the Plan Year. (Only if the Contribution Period is the Plan Year.)
	 	 	 	 
	(5)	 ☐	 	Either earns at least 501 Hours of Service during the Plan Year or is employed by the Employer or a Related Employer on the last day of the Plan Year. (Only if the Contribution Period is the Plan Year.)
	 	 	 	 
	(6)	 ☐	 	Is not a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year.
	 	 	 	 
	(7)	 ☐	 	Is not a partner or a member of the Employer, if the Employer is a partnership or an entity taxed as a partnership.
	 	 	 	 
	(8)	 ☐	 	 Special continuing eligibility requirement(s) for discretionary Nonelective Employer Contributions. (Only if both Options 1.12(a) and (b) are checked.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

		(A) 	
The continuing eligibility requirement(s) for discretionary Nonelective Employer Contributions is/are: ________ (Fill in number of applicable eligibility requirement(s) from above, including the number of Hours of Service if Option (4) has been selected.)

 

Note: Except when added in conjunction with the addition of a new Nonelective Employer Contribution, if Option (2), (3), (4), or (5) is adopted during a Contribution Period, such Option shall not become effective until the first day of the next Contribution Period. Nonelective Employer Contributions attributable to the Contribution Period that are funded during the Contribution Period shall not be subject to the eligibility requirements of Option (2), (3), (4), or (5).

 

	
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1.13

	
EXCEPTIONS TO CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

 

		☑	
Death, Disability, and Retirement Exceptions - All Participants who become disabled, as defined in Section 1.15, retire, as provided in Subsection 1.14(a), (b), or (c), or die are excepted from any last day or Hours of Service requirement. For purposes of this Section, any Participant who dies while performing qualified military service as defined in Code Section 414(u)(5) will be excepted from any last day or Hours of Service requirement.

 

	
1.14

	
RETIREMENT

 

	
(a)

	
The Normal Retirement Age under the Plan is (check one):

 

	
(1)

	
 ☑

	
 

	
age 65.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	 ☐	 	age _______ (specify between 55 and 64).
	 	 	 	 
	(3)	 ☐	 	later of age _______ (not to exceed 65) or the _________ (not to exceed 5th) anniversary of the Participant's Employment Commencement Date.

 

	 	
(b)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
The Early Retirement Age is the date the Participant attains age ______ and completes ______ years of Vesting Service.

 

Note: If this Option is elected, Participants who are employed by the Employer or a Related Employer on the date they reach Early Retirement Age shall be 100% vested in their Accounts under the Plan.

 

	 	
(c)

	
 

	
☑ 

	
 

	
A Participant who becomes disabled, as defined in Section 1.15, is eligible for disability retirement.

 

Note: If this Option is elected, Participants who are employed by the Employer or a Related Employer on the date they become disabled shall be 100% vested in their Accounts under the Plan. Pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Basic Plan Document, a Participant is not considered to be disabled until he terminates his employment with the Employer.

 

	
1.15

	
DEFINITION OF DISABLED

 

A Participant is disabled if he/she meets any of the requirements selected below:

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
The Participant satisfies the requirements for benefits under the Employer's long-term disability plan.

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(b)	 	 ☐	 	The Participant satisfies the requirements for Social Security disability benefits.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(c)	 	 ☐	 	The Participant is determined to be disabled by a physician approved by the Employer.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(d)	 	 ☑	 	See Additional Provisions Addendum.

 

	
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1.16

	
VESTING

 

A Participant's vested interest in Matching Employer Contributions and/or Nonelective Employer Contributions, other than those described in Subsection 5.11(a) of the Basic Plan Document, shall be based upon his years of Vesting Service and the schedule selected in Subsection 1.16(c) below, except as provided in the Vesting Schedule Addendum to the Adoption Agreement or as provided in Subsection 1.22(c).

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
 

	
When years of Vesting Service are determined, the elapsed time method shall be used.

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(b)	 	☐	 	Years of Vesting Service shall exclude service prior to the Plan's original Effective Date as listed in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) or Subsection 1.01(g)(2), as applicable.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(c)	 	 	Vesting Schedule(s)

  

	
(1)

	
Nonelective Employer Contributions (check one):

	
 

	(2)	
Matching Employer Contributions (check one):

	
(A)

	 ☐	N/A - No Nonelective Employer Contributions	
 

	(A)	
 ☐

	N/A - No Matching Employer Contributions
	
(B)

	
 ☐

	
100% Vesting immediately

	
 

	(B)	
 ☐

	100% Vesting immediately
	
(C)

	
 ☐

	
3 year cliff (see C below)

	
 

	(C)	 ☐	3 year cliff (see C below)
	
(D)

	
 ☐

	
6 year graduated (see D below)

	
 

	(D)	 ☐	6 year graduated (see D below)
	
(E)

	
 ☐

	
Other vesting (complete E1 below)

	
 

	(E)	
 ☐

	Other vesting (complete E2 below)

 

 

	
Years of Vesting Service

	
Applicable Vesting Schedule(s)

	 	
C

	
D

	
E1

	
E2

	
0

	
0%

	
0%

	
______%

	
______%

	
1

	
0%

	
0%

	
______%

	
______%

	
2

	
0%

	
20%

	
______%

	
______%

	
3

	
100%

	
40%

	
______%

	
______%

	
4

	
100%

	
60%

	
______%

	
______%

	
5

	
100%

	
80%

	
______%

	
______%

	
6 or more

	
100%

	
100%

	
______%

	
100%

Note: A schedule elected under El or E2 above must be at least as favorable as one of the schedules in C or D above. If the vesting schedule is amended, any such amendment must satisfy the requirements of Section 16.04 of the Basic Plan Document

 

Note: The amendment of the plan to add a Fixed Nonelective Employer Contribution, Discretionary Nonelective Employer Contribution, 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contribution, Fixed Matching Employer Contribution, Discretionary Matching Employer Contribution, Additional Matching Employer Contribution, or 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contribution and an attendant vesting schedule does not constitute an amendment to a vesting schedule under Section 16.04 of the Basic Plan Document, unless a contribution source of the same type exists under the Plan on the effective date of such amendment. Any amendment to the vesting schedule of one such contribution source shall not require the amendment of the vesting schedule of any other such contribution source, notwithstanding the fact that one or more Participants may be subject to different vesting schedules for such different contribution sources.

 

	
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(d)

	
 

	
☐

	
 

	
A vesting schedule or schedules different from the vesting schedule(s) selected above applies to certain Participants. Please complete Section (a) of the Vesting Schedule Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(e)	 	☑	 	See Additional Provisions Addendum.

 

	
1.17

	
PREDECESSOR EMPLOYER SERVICE

 

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
☐

	
 

	
 Service for purposes of eligibility in Subsection 1.04(b) and vesting in Subsection 1.16 of this Plan shall include service with the following predecessor employer(s):

 

	 
	 
	 

	
1.18

	
PARTICIPANT LOANS

 

	
(a)

	
☐            Participant loans are allowed in accordance with Article 9.

 

	
1.19

	
IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS

 

Participants may make withdrawals prior to termination of employment under the following circumstances:

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
 ☑

	
 

	
Hardship Withdrawals - Hardship withdrawals shall be allowed in accordance with Section 10.05 of the Basic Plan Document, subject to a $500.00 minimum amount.

 

	
(1)

	
Hardship withdrawals will be permitted from:

			 	 

 

 

		(A) 	 ☐	
A Participant's Deferral Contributions Account only.

	 	 	 	 
	 	(B)	 ☑	The Accounts specified in the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum. Please complete Section (a) of the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum.

 

	 	
(b)

	
 

	
☑

	
 

	
Age 591⁄2 - Participants shall be entitled to receive a distribution of all or any portion of the following Accounts upon attainment of age 591⁄2:

 

	
(1)

	
☐

	
 

	
Deferral Contributions Account.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	
☑

	 	All vested Account balances.
	 	 	 	 
	(3)	☐	 	 See In-Service Withdrawals Addendum.

 

	
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(c)

	
Withdrawal of Employee Contributions, Rollover Contributions and certain other contributions

 

	
(1)

	
Unless otherwise provided below, Employee Contributions may be withdrawn in accordance with Section 10.02 of the Basic Plan Document at any time.

 

		(A) 	☐	
Employees may not make withdrawals of Employee Contributions more frequently than:

	 	 	 	 

 

	
(2)

	
Rollover Contributions may be withdrawn in accordance with Section 10.03 of the Basic Plan Document at any time.

 

	
(3)

	
Active Military Distribution (HEART Act) - Certain contributions restricted from distribution only due to Code Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(I) may be withdrawn by Participants performing military service in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Basic Plan Document at any time.

 

	 	
(d)

	
 

	
 ☐

	
 

	
Qualified Disaster Distribution - One or more Qualified Disaster Distributions shall be allowed in accordance with Section 10.08 of the Basic Plan Document. Please complete the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum to the Adoption Agreement identifying each such Qualified Disaster Distribution.

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(e)	 	 ☑	 	Qualified Reservist Distribution - A Qualified Reservist Distribution shall be allowed in accordance with Section 10.09 of the Basic Plan Document.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(f)	 	 ☐	 	Age 62 Distribution of Money Purchase Benefits - A Participant who has attained at least age 62, shall be entitled to receive a distribution of all or any portion of the vested amounts attributable to benefit amounts accrued as a result of the Participant's participation in a money purchase pension plan (due to a merger into this Plan of money purchase pension plan assets), if any. (Choose only if Option 1.20(d)(1)(B) is selected.)
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(g)	 	 ☐	 	Additional In-Service Withdrawal Provisions - Benefits are payable as (check the appropriate box(es)):

 

	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
an in-service withdrawal of vested amounts attributable to Employer Contributions maintained in a Participant's Account (check (A) and/or (B)):

 

		(A) 	 ☐	
for at least _______ (24 or more) months.

 

			 (i)	
 ☐

	Special restrictions apply to such in-service withdrawals, see the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

 

		(B) 	 ☐	
after the Participant has at least 60 months of participation.

 

			 	(i)	
     ☐

	    Special restrictions apply to such in-service withdrawals, see the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

	
(2)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
 another in-service withdrawal option that is permissible under the Code. Please complete the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum to the Adoption Agreement identifying the in-service withdrawal option(s).

 

Note: Any withdrawal indicated in this Section may be a "protected benefit" under Code Section 411(d)(6) which can be eliminated only to the extent permitted by applicable guidance.

 

	
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1.20

	
FORM OF DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Subject to Section 13.01, 13.02 and Article 14 of the Basic Plan Document, distributions under the Plan shall be paid as provided below.

 

	 	
(a)

	
 

	
When years of Vesting Service are determined, the elapsed time method shall be used.

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(b)	 	☐	 	Installment Payments - Participants may elect distribution under a systematic withdrawal plan (installments).
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(c)	 	☐	 	Partial Withdrawals - A Participant whose employment has terminated and whose Account is distributable in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of the Basic Plan Document may elect to withdraw any portion of his Distributable vested interest in his Account in cash at any time.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(d)	 	 ☐	 	Annuities (Check if the Plan is retaining any annuity form(s) of payment.)

	 	 	 	 
	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
An annuity form of payment is available under the Plan because the Plan either converted from or received a transfer of assets from a plan that was subject to the minimum funding requirements of Code Section 412 and therefore an annuity form of payment is a protected benefit under the Plan in accordance with Code Section 411(d)(6).

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	 The normal form of payment under the Plan is (check (A) or (B)):

 

		(A) 	 ☐	
 Lump sum is the normal form of payment for:

 

			(i)	
 ☐

	All Participants
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(ii)	 ☐	All Participants except those as indicated on the Forms of Payment Addendum.

 

		(B) 	☐	
 Life annuity is the normal form of payment for all Participants.

 

	
(3)

	
☐

	
 

	
The Plan offers at least one other form of annuity as specified in the Forms of Payment Addendum.

 

Note: A life annuity option will continue to be an available form of payment for any Participant who elected such life annuity payment before the effective date of its elimination.

 

	
(e)

	
Cash Outs and Implementation of Required Rollover Rule

 

	
(1)

	
 ☑

	
 

	
If the vested Account balance payable to an individual is less than or equal to the cash out limit utilized for such individual, such Account will be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.02 or 18.04 of the Basic Plan Document. The cash out limit is:

 

  

		(A) 	 ☐	
 $1,000.

	 	 	 	 
	 	(B)	 ☑	The dollar amount specified in Code Section 411(a)(11)(A) ($5,000 as of January 1, 2013). Any distribution greater than $1,000 that is made to a Participant without the Participant's consent before the Participant's Normal Retirement Age (or age 62, if later) will be rolled over to an individual retirement plan designated by the Plan Administrator.

 

	
(f)

	
☑          See Forms of Payment Addendum.

 

	
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1.21

	
TIMING OF DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Except as provided in Subsection 1.21(a) or (b), distribution shall be made to an eligible Participant from his vested interest in his Account as soon as reasonably practicable following the Participant's request for distribution pursuant to Article 12 of the Basic Plan Document.

 

	 	
(a)

	
Distribution shall be made to an eligible Participant from his vested interest in his Account as soon as reasonably practicable following the date the Participant's application for distribution is received by the Administrator, but in no event later than his Required Beginning Date, as defined in Subsection 2.01(tt).

 

	 	(b)	 	☐	 	Preservation of Same Desk Rule - Check if the Employer wants to continue application of the same desk rule described in Subsection 12.01(b) of the Basic Plan Document regarding distribution of Deferral Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, Qualified Matching Employer Contributions, 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, and 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions. (If any of the above-listed contribution types were previously distributable upon severance from employment, this Option may not be selected.)

 

	
1.22

	
TOP HEAVY STATUS

 

	
(a)

	
The Plan shall be subject to the Top-Heavy Plan requirements of Article 15 (check one):

	 	 	 	 
	
(1)

	
 ☐

	
 

	
for each Plan Year, whether or not the Plan is a "top-heavy plan" as defined in Subsection 15.01(g) of the Basic Plan Document.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	
 ☑

	 	 for each Plan Year, if any, for which the Plan is a "top-heavy plan" as defined in Subsection 15.01(g) of the Basic Plan Document.
	 	 	 	 
	(3)	 ☐	 	
Not applicable. (Choose only if (A) Plan covers only employees subject to a collective bargaining agreement, or (B) Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, or Option 1.12(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, is selected, and the Plan does not provide for Employee Contributions or any other type of Employer Contributions.)

 

	
(b)

	
If the Plan is or is treated as a "top-heavy plan" for a Plan Year, each non-key Employee shall receive an Employer Contribution of at least 3% (3 or 5)% of Compensation for the Plan Year or such other amount in accordance with Section 15.03 of the Basic Plan Document or as elected on the 416 Contributions Addendum. The minimum Employer Contribution provided in this Subsection 1.22(b) shall be made under this Plan only if the Participant is not entitled to such contribution under another qualified plan of the Employer, unless the Employer elects otherwise below:

	 	 	 	 
	
(1)

	
☐

	
 

	
The minimum Employer Contribution shall be paid under this Plan in any event.

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	☐	 	Another method of satisfying the requirements of Code Section 416. Please complete the 416 Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement describing the way in which the minimum contribution requirements will be satisfied in the event the Plan is or is treated as a "top-heavy plan".
	 	 	 	 
	(3)	☐	 	Not applicable. (Choose only if (A) Plan covers only employees subject to a collective bargaining agreement, or (B) Option 1.11(a)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, or Option 1.12(b)(3), 401(k) Safe Harbor Formula, is selected, and the Plan does not provide for Employee Contributions or any other type of Employer Contributions.)

 

	
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Note:            The minimum Employer Contribution may be less than the percentage indicated in Subsection 1.22(b) above to the extent provided in Section 15.03 of the Basic Plan Document.

 

	
(c)

	
If the Plan is or is treated as a "top-heavy plan" for a Plan Year, the vesting schedule found in Subsection 1.16(c)(1) shall apply for such Plan Year and each Plan Year thereafter, except with regard to Participants for whom there is a more favorable vesting schedule for Nonelective Employer Contributions. If the Employer has selected Option 1.01(b)(1) and the minimum Employer Contribution will not be immediately 100% vested, the Vesting Schedule Addendum must contain the applicable vesting schedule.

 

	
1.23

	
CORRECTION TO MEET 415 REQUIREMENTS UNDER MULTIPLE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS

 

		☐	
Other Order for Limiting Annual Additions — If the Employer maintains other defined contribution plans, annual additions to a Participant's Account shall be limited as provided in Section 6.12 of the Basic Plan Document to meet the requirements of Code Section 415, unless the Employer elects this Option and completes the 415 Correction Addendum describing the order in which annual additions shall be limited among the plans.

 

	
1.24

	
INVESTMENT DIRECTION

 

Subject to Section 8.03 of the Basic Plan Document, Participant Accounts shall be invested (check one):

 

	 	(a)	 	 ☐	 	in accordance with the investment directions provided to the Trustee by the Employer for allocating all Participant Accounts among the Permissible Investments.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(b)	 	 ☑	 	in accordance with the investment directions provided to the Trustee by each Participant for allocating his entire Account among the Permissible Investments.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(c)	 	 ☐	 	in accordance with the investment directions provided to the Trustee by each Participant for all contribution sources in his Account, except that the following sources shall be invested in accordance with the investment directions provided by the Employer (check (1) and/or (2)):

 

	
(1)

	
☐

	
 

	
Nonelective Employer Contributions

	 	 	 	 
	(2)	☐	 	Matching Employer Contributions

 

Note: The Employer must direct the applicable sources among the Permissible Investments.

 

	
1.25

	
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS AND PROTECTED BENEFITS

 

	 	(a)	 	☑	 	Additional Provisions - The Plan includes certain provisions that are not delineated through the above elections in this Adoption Agreement, but are incorporated into Fidelity Basic Plan Document 17 and are described within the Additional Provisions Addendum. The provisions included within the Additional Provisions Addendum supplement and/or alter the provisions of this Adoption Agreement and/or the Basic Plan Document.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	(b)	 	☐	 	  Protected Benefit Provisions - The Plan includes provisions that are "protected benefits" under Code Section 411(d)(6) and are not delineated through the above elections in this Adoption Agreement, but are described within the Protected Benefit Provisions Addendum.

 

	
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1.26

	
SUPERSEDING PROVISIONS

 

	 	(a)	 	☐	 	The Employer has completed the Plan Superseding Provisions Addendum to show the provisions of the Plan which supersede provisions of this Adoption Agreement and/or the Basic Plan Document.

 

Note: If the Employer elects superseding provisions in Option (a) above, the Employer may not be permitted to rely on the Volume Submitter Sponsor's advisory letter for qualification of its Plan. In addition, such superseding provisions may in certain circumstances affect the Plan's status as a pre-approved volume submitter plan eligible for the 6-year remedial amendment cycle.

 

	 	(b)	 	☑	 	 The Employer has completed the Trust Superseding Provisions Addendum to show the provisions of the Plan which supersede provisions of the Trust Agreement in the Basic Plan Document.

 

	
1.27

	
RELIANCE ON ADVISORY LETTER

 

An adopting Employer may rely on an advisory letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service as evidence that this Plan is qualified under Code Section 401 only to the extent provided in Section 19.02 of Revenue Procedure 2011-49. The Employer may not rely on the advisory letter in certain other circumstances or with respect to certain qualification requirements, which are specified in the advisory letter issued with respect to this Plan and in Section 19.03 of Revenue Procedure 2011-49. In order to have reliance in such circumstances or with respect to such qualification requirements, application for a determination letter must be made to Employee Plans Determinations of the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Failure to properly complete the Adoption Agreement and failure to operate the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Plan document may result in disqualification of the Plan.

 

This Adoption Agreement may be used only in conjunction with Fidelity Basic Plan Document No. 17. The Volume Submitter Sponsor shall inform the adopting Employer of any amendments made to the Plan or of the discontinuance or abandonment of the volume submitter plan document.

 

	
1.28

	
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND RECORDS

 

This Adoption Agreement, and any amendment thereto, may be executed or affirmed by an electronic signature or electronic record permitted under applicable law or regulation, provided the type or method of electronic signature or electronic record is acceptable to the Trustee.

 

	
1.29

	
VOLUME SUBMITTER INFORMATION:

 

Name of Volume Submitter Sponsor:                        Fidelity Management & Research Company

Address of Volume Submitter Sponsor:                  245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

 

	
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EXECUTION PAGE

 

Plan Name:                 Comstock Resources, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan")

 

Employer:                      Comstock Resources, Inc.

 

The Fidelity Basic Plan Document No. 17 and the accompanying Adoption Agreement together comprise the Volume Submatter Defined Contribution Plan.  It is the responsibility of the adopting Employer to review this volume submatter plan document with its legal counsel to ensure that the volume submitter plan is suitable for the Employer and that Adoption Agreement has been properly completed prior to signing.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this Adoption Agreement to be executed this 9th day of November, 2015.

 

 

	 	Employer:	Comstock Resources, Inc.	 
	 	 		 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ NEIL E. BEDER	 
	 	 		 
	 	Title:	Director of Human Resources	 
	 	 	 	 

                                                                                                   

Note: Only one authorized signature is required to execute this Adoption Agreement unless the Employer's corporate policy mandates two authorized signatures.

 

	 	Employer:	Comstock Resources, Inc.	
	 			
	 	By:		 
	 	 	 	 
	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 

                                                                                                          

 

	
Accepted by:  

	
Fidelity Management Trust Company, as Trustee

	
 

	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ EILEEN CRANE

	
 

	Date:	 11/9/2015
	 	 	 
	
Title:

	
Authorized Signatory

	
 

 

 

	
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IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS ADDENDUM

 

for

 

Plan Name:         Comstock Resources, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

 

	
(a)

	
Sources Available for In-Service Hardship Withdrawal - In-service hardship withdrawals are permitted from the sub-accounts specified below, subject to the conditions applicable to hardship withdrawals under Section 10.05 of the Basic Plan Document:

 

Deferral Contributions and vested amounts from the following sub-accounts:

 

Profit Sharing

 

Match

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	
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FORMS OF PAYMENT ADDENDUM

 

for

 

Plan Name:         Comstock Resources, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

 

	
(a)

	
In-Kind Distribution of Employer Stock. To the extent that a Participant's Account is invested in Employer Stock, as defined in Section 20.12 of the Basic Plan Document, a Participant may elect to receive distribution of his Account under the lump sum payment method in shares of Employer Stock instead of in cash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	
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ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ADDENDUM

 

for

 

Plan Name:            Comstock Resources, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

 

	
(a)

	
Additional Provision(s) — The following provisions supplement and/or, to the degree described herein, supersede other provisions of this Adoption Agreement and the Basic Plan Document in the following manner:

 

(1)            The following shall be added as Section 1.07(b):

 

	
(b)

	
Additional Automatic Enrollment Provisions — Except as provided in (c) below, automatic enrollment made in accordance with Section 5.03(c) of the Basic Plan Document is subject to the following:

 

	
(1)

	
An initial pre-tax Deferral Contribution of 2.00% will be made for:

 

	
(A)

	
Newly-eligible Employees 30 days after such Employee's date of hire, but no sooner than such Employee's Entry Date.

 

	
(B)

	
Active Participants (who are not suspended from making Deferral Contributions), beginning on 12/01/2015 if they meet any of the following criteria:

 

	
(i)

	
They are without a deferral election on file and were hired on or after 04/01/2008.

 

	
(C)

	
Each Eligible Employee having a Reemployment Commencement Date will be treated as follows for purposes of the above-described automatic enrollment contributions:

 

	
(i)

	
Shall be automatically enrolled later of 30 days from date of rehire or Entry Date.

 

Note: If the Employer has elected a QACA in Option 1.07(a)(6)(D), then after the effective date of this election, any Participant automatically enrolled pursuant to this subparagraph (C) who was automatically enrolled under the QACA at the time of leaving employment shall be automatically enrolled at the same rate in effect immediately prior to his leaving employment plus any increases missed in accordance with paragraph (2) below (if applicable) prior to his Reemployment.

 

	
(2)

	
Those Participants with a deferral rate greater than zero (who are not suspended from making Deferral Contributions) will have that deferral increased annually by 1% (not to exceed 3%) as a pre-tax Deferral Contribution until a deferral rate of 6.00% is reached with the following additional parameters:

 

	
(A)

	
Applies only to those:

 

	
(i)

	
Participants who are still automatically enrolled under paragraph (1) above.

 

	
(B)

	
Each applicable increase shall occur:

 

	
(i)

	
For Participants who are described within subparagraph (2)(A)(i) above:

 

	
(I)

	
On each anniversary of the date such Participant was automatically enrolled pursuant to paragraph (1) above.

 

 

	
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(c)

	
Exceptions to Automatic Deferral Provisions — The provisions of Subsection 1.07(b) shall be applied differently to the groups of Eligible Employees as specified below.

 

Note: The Participant group(s) identified below must be clearly defined in a manner that will not violate the definite predetermined allocation formula requirement of Treasury Regulation Section 1.401-1(b)(1)(ii).

 

	
(1)

	
The following group of Eligible Employees shall have automatic enrollment apply differently to them according to the provisions in (A) and (B) below:

 

Employees having a date of hire or reemployment date prior to 04/01/2008.

 

	
(A)

	
An initial pre-tax Deferral Contribution of 0% will be made for:

 

	
(i)

	
Newly-eligible Employees on each such Employee's Entry Date.

 

	
(ii)

	
Active Participants (who are not suspended from making Deferral Contributions), beginning on 12/01/2015 if they meet any of the following criteria:

 

	
(I)

	
They are without a deferral election on file and were hired on or after 04/01/2008.

 

	
(iii)

	
Each Eligible Employee having a Reemployment Commencement Date will be treated as follows for purposes of the above-described automatic enrollment contributions:

 

	
(I)

	
Shall be automatically enrolled later of 30 days from date of rehire or Entry Date.

 

Note: If the Employer has elected a QACA in Option 1.07(a)(6)(D), then after the effective date of this election, any Participant automatically enrolled under the Plan who was automatically enrolled under the QACA at the time of leaving employment shall be automatically enrolled at the same rate in effect immediately prior to his leaving employment plus any increases missed in accordance with paragraph (B) below (if applicable) prior to his Reemployment.

 

	
(B)

	
Those Participants with a deferral rate greater than zero (who are not suspended from making Deferral Contributions) will have that deferral increased annually by 0% (not to exceed 3%) as a pre-tax Deferral Contribution until a deferral rate of 0% is reached with the following additional parameters:

 

	
(i)

	
Applies only to those:

 

	
(I)

	
Participants who are still automatically enrolled under paragraph (A) above.

 

	
(ii)

	
Each applicable increase shall occur:

 

	
(I)

	
For Participants who are described within subparagraph B(i)(I) above:

 

	
·

	
On each anniversary of the date such Participant was automatically enrolled pursuant to paragraph (A) above.

 

(2)            In addition to any other options selected in Subsection 1.15, the following applies:

 

	
(e)

	
The following requirements in effect under the Plan prior to its conversion to a Fidelity Basic Plan Document No. 17 Adoption Agreement apply to Participants as described:

 

Inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or to be of long-continued and indefinite duration.

 

 

	
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	(3)	
The following is added at the end of Section 1.16 as a new Subsection 1.16(f) and supersedes Section 11.09 to the extent required:

 

	
(f)

	
Application of Forfeitures - If a Participant forfeits any portion of his non-vested Account balance, any portion of such forfeitures not used to pay Plan administrative expenses in accordance with Section 11.09 of the Basic Plan Document shall be applied to reduce Employer Contributions, except as specified below:

 

	
(1)

	
All forfeitures shall be allocated among the Accounts of eligible Participants otherwise eligible to receive an allocation of Nonelective Employer Contributions pursuant to Section 1.12 in the manner described in Section 5.10(b)(1) of the Basic Plan Document (regardless of whether the Employer has selected Option 1.12(b)(1) or either has been modified by this Addendum).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	
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TRUST SUPERSEDING PROVISIONS ADDENDUM

 

for

 

Plan Name:                          Comstock Resources, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

 

(a)        Superseding Provision(s) — The following provisions supersede other provisions of Article 20 of the Basic Plan Document in the manner described:

 

The following replaces all of Section 20.12 in its entirety:

 

20.12.            Employer Stock Investment Option. If one of the Permissible Investments is equity securities issued by the Employer or a Related Employer ("Employer Stock"), such Employer Stock must be publicly traded and "qualifying employer securities" within the meaning of ERISA Section 407(d)(5). Plan investments in Employer Stock shall be made via the Employer Stock Investment Fund (the "Stock Fund"). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentences, the Trustee shall have no responsibilities for any such Employer Stock or Stock Fund under this Trust Agreement and Employer Stock or a Stock Fund shall only be a Permissible Investment if so provided pursuant to provisions of Section 20.10 regarding a separate trust. As provided therein and in accordance with the Service Agreement, the Trustee may agree to provide ministerial recordkeeping services for Employer Stock or a Stock Fund and such services shall be provided by its affiliates.

 

By executing below the Trustee evidences its agreement to each above-listed change to the Trust Agreement.

 

	
Accepted by:  

	
Fidelity Management Trust Company, as Trustee

	
 

	 	 	 
	
By:

	
/s/ EILEEN CRANE

	
 

	  Date: 	11/9/2015
	 	 	 
	
Title:

	
Authorized Signatory

	
 

 

                                                                                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

	
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Volume Submitter Defined Contribution Plan

ADDENDUM TO ADOPTION AGREEMENT

 

FIDELITY BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT NO. 17

RE: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

 

Plan Name:                  Comstock Resources, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

 

Fidelity 5-digit Plan Number:   29501

 

PREAMBLE

 

Adoption and Effective Date of Amendment. This amendment of the Plan is adopted to reflect certain provisions of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ("ATRA"). This amendment is intended as good faith compliance with the ATRA and is to be construed in accordance with applicable guidance. This amendment shall be effective with respect to Fidelity's Volume Submitter plan as provided below.

 

Supersession of Inconsistent Provisions. This amendment shall supersede the provisions of the Plan to the extent those provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this amendment.

 

	(a)            	☐	In-Plan Roth Conversions. In accordance with Article 5 of the Basic Plan Document and as may be limited in (2) below, any Participant who is still employed by the Employer may elect to have any part of the below-listed portions of his Account, which is fully vested, not part of an outstanding loan balance pursuant to Article 9 of the Basic Plan Document, not currently distributable and not "designated Roth contributions" under the Plan, be considered "designated Roth contributions" for purposes of the Plan. This subsection (a) shall be effective to permit such conversions on and after the following effective date: ____________ (can be no earlier than January 1, 2013).
	 		
	 	(1) 	The following sub-accounts are available to be converted:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
	 	 	 
	 	(2)	☐           A Participant may not make an In-Plan Roth Conversion more frequently than:                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

Amendment Execution

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this Amendment to be executed this _____ day of _________, ________.

 

	
Employer:

 

	Comstock Resources, Inc.	 	Employer:	Comstock Resources, Inc.	 
	By:	
 

	 	By:	
 

	 
		
 

	 	 	
 

	 
	Title:	
 

	 	Title:	
 

	 

 

Note: Only one authorized signature is required to execute this Adoption Agreement unless the Employer's corporate policy mandates two authorized signatures.

 

 

	
Accepted by:  

	
Fidelity Management Trust Company, as Trustee

	 	
 

	 	 	 	 
	
By:

	
 

	 	
Date:

	 

 

 

 

 

 

	
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VOLUME SUBMITTER 

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

FIDELITY BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT NO. 17

 

 

 

 

  

Fidelity Management & Research Company and its affiliates do not provide tax or legal advice. Nothing herein or in any attachments hereto should be construed, or relied upon, as tax or legal advice.

IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE: To the extent this document (including attachments), mentions or references any tax matter, it is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used by the recipient or any other person, for the purpose of (1) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party the matter addressed herein. Please consult an independent tax advisor for advice on your particular circumstances.

	
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	 PREAMBLE	 	 	
 

	 	1
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 ARTICLE 1.	 	ADOPTION AGREEMENT	
 

	
1

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 ARTICLE 2.	 	DEFINITIONS	
 

	1
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
2.1.

	DEFINITIONS	
1

	
	 	
2.2.

	INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF TERMS	
9

	 
	 	
2.3.

	SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATES	
9

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 ARTICLE 3.	 	SERVICE	
 

	10
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
3.1.

	CREDITING OF ELIGIBILITY SERVICE	
10

	 
	 	
3.2.

	RE-CREDITING OF ELIGIBILITY SERVICE FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT	
10

	 
	 	
3.3.

	CREDITING OF VESTING SERVICE	
10

	 
	 	
3.4.

	APPLICATION OF VESTING SERVICE TO A PARTICIPANT'S ACCOUNT FOLLOWING A BREAK IN VESTING SERVICE	
10

	 
	 	
3.5.

	SERVICE WITH PREDECESSOR EMPLOYER	
10

	 
	 	
3.6.

	CHANGE IN SERVICE CREDITING	
11

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 ARTICLE 4.	 	PARTICIPATION	
 

	11
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
4.1.

	DATE OF PARTICIPATION	
11

	 
	 	
4.2.

	TRANSFERS OUT OF COVERED EMPLOYMENT	
11

	 
	 	
4.3.

	TRANSFERS INTO COVERED EMPLOYMENT	
11

	 
	 	
4.4.

	RESUMPTION OF PARTICIPATION FOLLOWING REEMPLOYMENT	
11

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 ARTICLE 5.	 	CONTRIBUTIONS	
 

	12
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
5.1.

	CONTRIBUTIONS SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS	
12

	 
	 	
5.2.

	COMPENSATION TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING CONTRIBUTIONS	
12

	 
	 	
5.3

	DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS	
12

	 
	 	
5.4.

	EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS	
14

	 
	 	
5.5.

	NO DEDUCTIBLE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS	
14

	 
	 	
5.6.

	ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS	
14

	 
	 	
5.7.

	QUALIFIED NONELECTIVE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS	
15

	 
	 	
5.8.

	MATCHING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS	
15

	 
	 	
5.9.

	QUALIFIED MATCHING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS	
16

	 
	 	
5.10.

	NONELECTIVE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS	
16

	 
	 	
5.11.

	VESTED INTEREST IN CONTRIBUTIONS	
17

	 
	 	
5.12.

	TIME FOR MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS	
18

	 
	 	
5.13.

	RETURN OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS	
18

	 
	 	
5.14.

	FROZEN PLAN	
18

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 ARTICLE 6.	 	LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS	
 

	 18
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	
6.1.

	SPECIAL DEFINITIONS	
18

	
	 	
6.2.

	CODE SECTION 402(G) LIMIT ON DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS	
24

	 
	 	
6.3.

	ADDITIONAL LIMIT ON DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS ("ADP" TEST)	
25

	 
	 	
6.4.

	ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF "EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS"	
25

	 
	 	
6.5.

	REDUCTIONS IN DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEET CODE REQUIREMENTS	
26

	 
	 	
6.6.

	LIMIT ON MATCHING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS ("ACP" TEST)	26	 
	 	
6.7.

	ALLOCATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND FORFEITURE OF "EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS"	
27

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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6.8.

	INCOME OR LOSS ON DISTRIBUTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS	
27

	
	 	
6.9.

	DEEMED SATISFACTION OF "ADP" TEST	
28

	 
	 	
6.10.

	DEEMED SATISFACTION OF "ACP" TEST WITH RESPECT TO MATCHING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS	
29

	 
	 	
6.11.

	CHANGING TESTING METHODS	
30

	 
	 	
6.12.

	CODE SECTION 415 LIMITATIONS	
31

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7.	 	PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS 	 	 32
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	 	7.1.	INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS 	32	 
	 	7.2.	VALUATION OF ACCOUNTS 	32	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8.	 	INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS 	 	 32
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	 	8.1.	MANNER OF INVESTMENT 	 32	 
	 	8.2.	INVESTMENT DECISIONS 	 33	 
	 	8.3. 	PARTICIPANT DIRECTIONS TO TRUSTEE 	 34	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9.	 	PARTICIPANT LOANS	 	 	 34
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	9.1.	SPECIAL DEFINITION 	 34	 
	 	9.2.	PARTICIPANT LOANS 	 34	 
	 	9.3.	SEPARATE LOAN PROCEDURES 	 34	 
	 	9.4.	AVAILABILITY OF LOANS 	 34	 
	 	9.5.	LIMITATION ON LOAN AMOUNT 	 34	 
	 	9.6.	INTEREST RATE 	 34	 
	 	9.7.	LEVEL AMORTIZATION 	 34	 
	 	9.8.	SECURITY 	 35	 
	 	9.9.	LOAN REPAYMENTS 	 35	 
	 	9.10.	DEFAULT 	 35	 
	 	9.11.	EFFECT OF TERMINATION WHERE PARTICIPANT HAS OUTSTANDING LOAN BALANCE 	 35	 
	 	9.12.	DEEMED DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER CODE SECTION 72(P) 	 35	 
	 	9.13.	DETERMINATION OF VESTED INTEREST UPON DISTRIBUTION WHERE PLAN LOAN IS OUTSTANDING 	 36	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10.	 	IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS	 	 	 36
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	10.1.	AVAILABILITY OF IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS 	 36	 
	 	10.2.	WITHDRAWAL OF EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS	 36	 
	 	10.3.	WITHDRAWAL OF ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS	 36	 
	 	10.4.	AGE 59 1/2 WITHDRAWALS	 36	 
	 	10.5.	HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS	 37	 
	 	10.6.	ADDITIONAL IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWAL RULES	 38	 
	 	10.7.	RESTRICTIONS ON IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS	 38	 
	 	10.8.	QUALIFIED DISASTER DISTRIBUTIONS	 38	 
	 	10.9.	QUALIFIED RESERVIST DISTRIBUTIONS	 39	 
	 	10.10.	AGE 62 DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY PURCHASE BENEFITS	 39	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11.	 	RIGHT TO BENEFITS	 	 	 39
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	11.1.	NORMAL OR EARLY RETIREMENT	 39	 
	 	11.2.	LATE RETIREMENT	 39	 
	 	11.3.	DISABILITY RETIREMENT	 39	 
	 	11.4.	DEATH	 39	 
	 	11.5.	OTHER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT	 40	 
	 	11.6.	APPLICATION FOR DISTRIBUTION	 40	 
	 	11.7.	APPLICATION OF VESTING SCHEDULE FOLLOWING PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION	 40	 
	 	11.8.	FORFEITURES	 40	 
	 	11.9.	APPLICATION OF FORFEITURES	 41	 
	 	11.10.	REINSTATEMENT OF FORFEITURES	 41	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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11.11.

	ADJUSTMENT FOR INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE	
41

	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 12.	 	DISTRIBUTIONS 	 	41
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	 	12.1.	RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTIONS 	41	 
	 	12.2.	TIMING OF DISTRIBUTION FOLLOWING RETIREMENT OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 	 42	 
	 	12.3.	PARTICIPANT CONSENT TO DISTRIBUTION 	 42	 
	 	12.4.	REQUIRED COMMENCEMENT OF DISTRIBUTION TO PARTICIPANTS 	 43	 
	 	12.5.	REQUIRED COMMENCEMENT OF DISTRIBUTION TO BENEFICIARIES 	 43	 
	 	12.6.	WHEREABOUTS OF PARTICIPANTS AND BENEFICIARIES 	 44	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 13.	 	FORM OF DISTRIBUTION 	 	44
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	 	13.1.	NORMAL FORM OF DISTRIBUTION UNDER PROFIT SHARING PLAN 	44	 
	 	13.2.	CASH OUT OF SMALL ACCOUNTS 	44	 
	 	13.3. 	MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS 	 45	 
	 	13.4.	DIRECT ROLLOVERS 	 47	 
	 	13.5.	NOTICE REGARDING TIMING AND FORM OF DISTRIBUTION 	 48	 
	 	13.6.	DETERMINATION OF METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION 	 48	 
	 	13.7.	NOTICE TO TRUSTEE 	 49	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 14.	 	SUPERSEDING ANNUITY DISTRIBUTION PROVISIONS 	 	49
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	14.1.	SPECIAL DEFINITIONS 	49	 
	 	14.2.	APPLICABILITY	49	 
	 	14.3.	ANNUITY FORM OF PAYMENT	49	 
	 	14.4.	"QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY" AND "QUALIFIED PRERETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY" REQUIREMENTS	50	 
	 	14.5.	WAIVER OF THE "QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY" AND/OR "QUALIFIED PRERETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY" RIGHTS 	50	 
	 	14.6.	SPOUSE'S CONSENT TO WAIVER	51	 
	 	14.7.	NOTICE REGARDING "QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY"	51	 
	 	14.8.	NOTICE REGARDING "QUALIFIED PRERETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY"	51	 
	 	14.9.	FORMER SPOUSE	52	 
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	ARTICLE 15.	 	TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS 	 	52
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	15.1.	DEFINITIONS 	52	 
	 	15.2.	APPLICATION	53	 
	 	15.3.	MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION	53	 
	 	15.4.	DETERMINATION OF MINIMUM REQURIED CONTRIBUTION	54	 
	 	15.5.	ACCELERATED VESTING	54	 
	 	15.6.	EXCLUSION OF COLLECTIVELY-BARGAINED EMPLOYEES	54	 
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	ARTICLE 16.	 	AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 	 	55
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	16.1.	AMENDMENTS BY THE EMPLOYER THAT DO NOT AFFECT VOLUME SUBMITTER STATUS	55	 
	 	16.2.	AMENDMENTS BY THE EMPLOYER ADOPTING PROVISIONS NOT INCLUDED IN VOLUME SUBMITTER SPECIMEN PLAN	55	 
	 	16.3.	AMENDMENT BY THE VOLUME SUBMITTER SPONSOR	55	 
	 	16.4.	AMENDMENTS AFFECTING VESTED INTEREST AND/OR ACCRUED BENEFITS	55	 
	 	16.5.	RETROACTIVE AMENDMENTS MADE BY VOLUME SUBMITTER SPONSOR	55	 
	 	16.6.	TERMINATION AND DISCONTINUATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS	56	 
	 	16.7.	DISTRIBUTION UPON TERMINATION OF THE PLAN	56	 
	 	16.8.	MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF PLAN: TRANSFER OF PLAN ASSETS	56	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 17.	 	AMENDMENT AND CONTINUATION OF PRIOR PLAN: TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO OR FROM	 	56
	OTHER QUALIFIED PLANS	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	17.1.	AMENDMENT AND CONTINUATION OF PRIOR PLAN 	56	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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17.2.

	TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM AN EXISTING PLAN	
57

	
	 	17.3.	ACCEPTANCE OF ASSETS BY TRUSTEE	 58	 
	 	17.4.	TRANSFER OF ASSETS FROM TRUST	 58	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 18.	 	MISCELLANEOUS 	 	41
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	 	18.1.	 COMMUNICATION TO PARTICIPANTS 	59	 
	 	18.2.	 LIMITATION OF RIGHTS 	59	 
	 	18.3.	 NONALIENABILITY OF BENEFITS	59	 
	 	18.4.	 QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS PROCEDURES	59	 
	 	18.5.	 APPLICATION OF PLAN PROVISIONS FOR MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLANS 	60	 
	 	18.6.	 VETERANS REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS	60	 
	 	18.7.	 FACILITY OF PAYMENT	 60	 
	 	18.8.	 INFORMATION BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND/OR ADMINISTRATOR AND TRUSTEE	 61	 
	 	18.9.	 EFFECT OF FAILURE TO QUALIFY UNDER CODE	 61	 
	 	18.10.	 DIRECTIONS, NOTICES AND DISCLOSURE	 61	 
	 	18.11.	 GOVERNING LAW	 61	 
	 	18.12.	 DISCHARGE OF DUTIES BY FIDUCIARIES	 61	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 19.	 	PLAN ADMINISTRATION 	 	61
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	 	19.1.	POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR	61	 
	 	19.2.	NONDISCRIMINATORY EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY 	62	 
	 	19.3. 	CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES 	62	 
	 	19.4.	NAMED FIDUCIARY	62	 
	 	19.5.	COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION	62	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 20.	 	TRUST AGREEMENT	 	62
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	20.1.	ACCEPTANCE OF TRUST RESPONSIBILITIES	62	 
	 	20.2.	ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND	62	 
	 	20.3.	EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT	62	 
	 	20.4.	POWERS OF TRUSTEE	62	 
	 	20.5.	ACCOUNTS	63	 
	 	20.6.	APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS	63	 
	 	20.7.	DISTRIBUTION FROM TRUST FUND	64	 
	 	20.8.	TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS FROM QUALIFIED PLAN	64	 
	 	20.9.	TRANSFER OF ASSETS FROM TRUST	64	 
	 	20.10.	SEPARATE TRUST OR FUND	 64	 
	 	20.11.	SELF-DIRECTED BROKERAGE OPTION	 65	 
	 	20.12.	EMPLOYER STOCK INVESTMENT OPTION	 66	 
	 	20.13.	VOTING: DELIVERY OF INFORMATION	 70	 
	 	20.14.	COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE	 70	
		20.15.	RELIANCE BY TRUSTEE ON OTHER PERSONS	 70	 
	 	20.16.	INDEMNIFICATION BY EMPLOYER	 70	 
	 	20.17.	CONSULTATION BY TRUSTEE WITH COUNSEL	 70	 
	 	20.18.	PERSONS DEALING WITH THE TRUSTEE	 71	 
	 	20.19.	RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE	 71	 
	 	20.20.	FISCAL YEAR OF THE TRUST	 71	 
	 	20.21.	AMENDMENT	 71	 
	 	20.22.	PLAN TERMINATION	 71	 
	 	20.23.	PERMITTED REVERSION OF FUNDS TO EMPLOYER	 71	 
	 	20.24.	GOVERNING LAW	71	 
	 	20.25.	ASSIGNMENT AND SUCCESSORS	72	 
	 	 	 	 	 		 
	ADDENDA	 		 	 	73
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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Preamble.

 

This volume submitter plan consists of three parts: (1) an Adoption Agreement that is a separate document incorporated by reference into this Basic Plan Document; (2) this Basic Plan Document; and (3) a Trust Agreement that is a part of this Basic Plan Document and is found in Article 20. Each part of the volume submitter plan contains substantive provisions that are integral to the operation of the plan. The Adoption Agreement is the means by which an adopting Employer elects the optional provisions that shall apply under its plan. The Basic Plan Document describes the standard provisions elected in the Adoption Agreement. The Trust Agreement describes the powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to plan assets.

The volume submitter plan is intended to qualify under Code Section 401(a). Depending upon the Adoption Agreement completed by an adopting Employer, the volume submitter plan may be used to implement a profit sharing plan with or without a cash or deferred arrangement intended to qualify under Code Section 401(k). Provisions appearing on the Additional Provisions Addendum of the Adoption Agreement, if present, supplement or alter provisions appearing in the Adoption Agreement and Basic Plan Document in the manner described within that Addendum. Provisions appearing on the Plan Superseding Provisions  Addendum of the Adoption  Agreement, if present, supersede any conflicting provisions appearing in the Adoption Agreement, Basic Plan Document (other than Article 20) or any addendum to either in the manner described therein. Provisions appearing on the Trust Superseding Provisions Addendum of the Adoption Agreement, if present, supersede any conflicting provisions appearing in Article 20 of the Basic Plan Document in the manner described therein.

Article 1.                          Adoption Agreement.

Article 2.                          Definitions.

 

2.1.            Definitions.  Wherever used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:

 

(a)            "Account" means an account established for the purpose of recording any contributions made on behalf of a Participant and any income, expenses, gains, or losses incurred thereon. The Administrator shall establish and maintain sub-accounts within a Participant's Account as necessary to depict accurately a Participant's interest under the Plan.

 

(b)            "Active Participant" means any Eligible Employee who has met the requirements of Article 4 to participate in the Plan and who may be entitled to receive allocations under the Plan.

 

(c)            "Administrator" means the Employer adopting this Plan, as listed in Subsection 1.02(a) of the Adoption Agreement, or another person or entity designated by the Employer in Subsection 1.01(c) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

(d)            "Adoption Agreement" means Article 1, under which the Employer establishes and adopts, or amends the Plan and Trust and designates the optional provisions selected by the Employer, and the Trustee accepts its responsibilities under Article 20. The provisions of the Adoption Agreement shall be an integral part of the Plan.

 

(e)            "Annuity Starting Date" means the first day of the first period for which an amount is payable as an annuity or in any other form permitted under the Plan.

 

(f)            "Basic Plan Document" means this Fidelity volume submitter plan document, qualified with the Internal Revenue Service as Basic Plan Document No. 17.

 

(g)            "Beneficiary" means the person or persons (including a trust) entitled under Section 11.04 or 14.04 to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a Participant.

 

(h)            "Break in Vesting Service" means a 12-consecutive-month period beginning on an Employee's Severance Date or any anniversary thereof in which the Employee is not credited with an Hour of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following special rules apply in determining whether an Employee who is on leave has incurred a Break in Vesting Service:

	
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(1)            If an individual is absent from work because of maternity/paternity leave on the first anniversary of his Severance Date, the 12-consecutive-month period beginning on the individual's Severance Date shall not constitute a Break in Vesting Service. For purposes of this paragraph, "maternity/paternity leave" means a leave of absence (i) by reason of the pregnancy of the individual, (ii) by reason of the birth of a child of the individual, (iii) by reason of the placement of a child with the individual in connection with the adoption of such child by the individual, or (iv) for purposes of caring for a child for the period beginning immediately following such birth or placement.

 

(2)            If an individual is absent from work because of FMLA leave and returns to employment with the Employer or a Related Employer following such FMLA leave, he shall not incur a Break in Vesting Service due to such FMLA leave. For purposes of this paragraph, "FMLA leave" means an approved leave of absence pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

 

(i)            "Catch-Up Contribution" means any Deferral Contribution made to the Plan by the Employer in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 5.03(a).

 

		(j)	"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

(k)            "Compensation" means wages as defined in Code Section 3401(a) (for purposes of income tax withholding at the source) plus amounts that would be included in wages but for an election under Code Section 125(a), 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 402(k), or 457(b) and all other payments of compensation to an Eligible Employee by the Employer (in the course of the Employer's trade or business) for services to the Employer while employed as an Eligible Employee for which the Employer is required to furnish the Eligible Employee a written statement under Code Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052. In addition, Compensation includes all amounts listed in paragraph (2) of this Subsection (k) below as exceptions to the definition of "severance amounts" therein. Compensation must be determined without regard to any rules under Code Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the services performed (such as the exception for agricultural labor in Code Section 3401(a)(2)).

 

(1)      Self-Employed Individuals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Self-Employed Individual, Compensation means Earned Income; provided, however, that if the Employer elects to exclude specified items from Compensation, such Earned Income shall be adjusted in a similar manner so that it is equivalent under regulations issued under Code Section 414(s) to Compensation for Participants who are not Self- Employed Individuals. "Earned Income" means the net earnings of a Self-Employed Individual derived from the trade or business with respect to which the Plan is established and for which the personal services of such individual are a material income-providing factor, excluding any items not included in gross income and the deductions allocated to such items, except that net earnings shall be determined with regard to the deduction allowed under Code Section 164(f), to the extent applicable to the Employer. Net earnings shall be reduced by contributions of the Employer to any qualified plan, to the extent a deduction is allowed to the Employer for such contributions under Code Section 404.

 

(2)    Exclusions. Compensation excludes any amounts elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.05(a) or (b), as applicable, of the Adoption Agreement and any severance amounts. For purposes of this Section 2.01(k), "severance amounts" are any amounts paid after severance from employment, except the following:

 

(A)            a payment of regular compensation for services during the Eligible Employee's regular working hours, or compensation for services outside the Eligible Employee's regular working hours (such as overtime or shift differential), commissions, bonuses, or other similar payments to the extent such payment would have been made prior to a severance from employment if the Eligible Employee had continued in employment with the Employer, provided such amounts are paid within the post-severance period described below;

 

(B)            payments for "unused leave" (i.e., unused accrued bona fide sick, vacation, or other leave, but only if the Eligible Employee would have been able to use the leave if employment had continued) that are paid within the post-severance period described below;

	
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(C)            payments received by a Participant within the post-severance period described below pursuant to a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation plan, but only if the payment would have been paid to the Participant at the same time if the Participant had not severed employment and only to the extent that the payment is includible in the Participant's gross income; and

 

		(D)	Differential Wages as defined below.

 

For purposes of this Section, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

(E)            An Eligible Employee has a "severance from employment" when (i) the employee ceases to be an employee of an employer (applying the aggregation rules in Code Section 414) maintaining a plan and (ii) in connection with a change of employment, the individual's new employer does not maintain such plan with respect to the individual. The determination of whether an Eligible Employee ceases to be an employee of an employer maintaining a plan is based on all of the relevant facts and circumstances.

 

(F)            "Differential Wages" means Compensation paid to an Employee by the Employer with regard to military service meeting the definition of differential wage payment found in Code Section 3401(h)(2).

 

(G)            The "post-severance period" means the period beginning on the Eligible Employee's severance from employment and ending on the later of (i) 2-1/2 months after or (ii) the end of the Limitation Year that includes the date of the Eligible Employee's severance from employment.

 

(3)    Timing Rules. Compensation shall generally be based on the amount actually paid to the Eligible Employee during the Plan Year or, for purposes of Article 5, if so elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.05(b) of the Adoption Agreement, during that portion of the Plan Year during which the Eligible Employee is an Active Participant. Compensation is treated as paid on a date if it is actually paid on that date or it would have been paid on that date but for an election under Code Section 125, 132(f)(4), 401(k), 403(b), 408(k), 408(p)(2)(A)(i), or 457(b).

 

(4)    Short Plan Years. If the initial Plan Year of a new plan consists of fewer than 12 months, calculated from the Effective Date listed in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement through the end of such initial Plan Year, Compensation for such initial Plan Year shall be determined from such Effective Date through the end of the initial Plan Year. If selected in Subsection 1.05 of the Adoption Agreement, for purposes of allocating Nonelective Employer Contributions under Section 1.12 of the Adoption Agreement (other than 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions), Compensation for the initial Plan Year shall be determined by using the 12-month period ending on the last day of the Plan Year.

 

(5)    Annual Compensation Limit (Code Section 401(a)(17) Limit).  The annual Compensation of each Active Participant taken into account for determining benefits provided under the Plan for any 12-month determination period shall not exceed the annual Compensation limit under Code Section 401(a)(17) as in effect on the first day of the determination period (e.g., $255,000 for determination periods beginning in 2013). A "determination period" means the Plan Year or other 12-consecutive-month period over which Compensation is otherwise determined for purposes of the Plan (e.g., the Limitation Year).

 

The annual Compensation limit under Code Section 401(a)(17) shall be adjusted by the Secretary to reflect increases in the cost of living, as provided in Code Section 401(a)(17)(B); provided, however, that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year is effective for determination periods beginning in such calendar year. If a Plan determines Compensation over a determination period that contains fewer than 12 calendar months (a "short determination period"), then the Compensation limit for such "short determination period" is equal to the Compensation limit for the calendar year in which the "short determination period" begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the number of full months in the "short determination period" by 12; provided, however, that such proration shall not apply if there is a "short determination period" due to the Employer's election in Subsection 1.05(b) of the Adoption Agreement to determine contributions based only on Compensation paid during the portion of the Plan Year during which an individual was an Active Participant.

	
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In lieu of requiring an Active Participant to cease making Deferral Contributions for a Plan Year after his Compensation has reached the annual Compensation limit under Code Section 401(a)(17), the annual Compensation limit shall be applied with respect to Deferral Contributions by limiting the total Deferral Contributions an Active Participant may make for a Plan Year to the product of (i) such Active Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year up to the annual Compensation limit multiplied by (ii) the deferral limit specified in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(A) of the Adoption Agreement or Subsection 5.03(a), as applicable.

 

(l)            "Contribution Period" means the period for which Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions are made and calculated. The Contribution Period for Matching Employer Contributions described in Subsection 1.11 of the Adoption Agreement is the period specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.11(d) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

The Contribution Period for Nonelective Employer Contributions is the Plan Year, unless the Employer designates a different Contribution Period in Subsection 1.12(c) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

(m)            "Deferral Contribution" means any contribution made to the Plan by the Employer in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03.

 

(n)            "Early Retirement Age" means the early retirement age specified in Subsection 1.14(b) of the Adoption Agreement, if any.

 

(o)            "Effective Date" means the effective date specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.01(g)(1). The Employer may select special Effective Dates with respect to specified Plan provisions, as set forth in Section (a) of the Special Effective Dates Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. In the event that another plan is merged into and made a part of the Plan, the effective date of the merger shall be reflected in the Plan Mergers Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

(p)            "Eligibility Computation Period" means each 12-consecutive-month period beginning with an Employee's Employment Commencement Date and each anniversary thereof.

 

(q)            "Eligibility Service" means an Employee's service that is taken into account in determining his eligibility to participate in the Plan as may be required under Subsection 1.04(b) of the Adoption Agreement. Eligibility Service shall be credited in accordance with Article 3.

 

(r)            "Eligible Employee" means any Employee of the Employer who is in the class of Employees eligible to participate in the Plan. The Employer must specify in Subsection 1.04(d) of the Adoption Agreement any Employee or class of Employees not eligible to participate in the Plan. Regardless of the provisions of Subsection 1.04(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the following Employees are automatically excluded from eligibility to participate in the Plan:

 

(1)            any individual who is a signatory to a contract, letter of agreement, or other document that acknowledges his status as an independent contractor not entitled to benefits under the Plan or any individual (other than a Self-Employed Individual) who is not otherwise classified by the Employer as a common law employee, even if such independent contractor or other individual is later determined to be a common law employee; and

 

		(2)	any Employee who is a resident of Puerto Rico.

 

If the Employer elects, in Subsection 1.04(d)(2)(A) of the Adoption Agreement, to exclude collective bargaining employees from the eligible class, the exclusion applies to any Employee of the Employer included in any unit of Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement between employee representatives and one or more employers, unless the collective bargaining agreement requires the Employee to be covered under the Plan. The term "employee representatives" does not include any organization more than half the members of which are owners, officers, or executives of the Employer.

 

If the Employer does not elect, in Subsection 1.04(d)(2)(C) of the Adoption Agreement, to exclude Leased Employees from  the  eligible class, contributions or  benefits provided by the  leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the Employer shall be treated as provided by the Employer and there shall be no duplication of benefits under this Plan.

	
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      Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, unless the Employer elects to exclude statutory employees who are full-time life insurance salespersons (as described in Code Section 7701(a)(20)) from the eligible class in Subsection 1.04(d)(2)(E) of the Adoption Agreement, such statutory employees are Eligible Employees.

 

(s)            "Employee" means any common law employee (or statutory employee who is a full-time life insurance salesperson as described in Code Section 7701(a)(20)) of the Employer or a Related Employer, any Self-Employed Individual, and any Leased Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Leased Employee shall not be considered an Employee if Leased Employees do not constitute more than 20 percent of the Employer's non-highly compensated work-force (taking into account all Related Employers) and the Leased Employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan maintained by the leasing organization and providing (1) a nonintegrated employer contribution rate of at least 10 percent of compensation, as defined for purposes of Code Section 415(c)(3), (2) full and immediate vesting, and (3) immediate participation by each employee of the leasing organization.

 

		(t)	"Employee Contribution" means any after-tax contribution made by an Active Participant to the Plan.

 

(u)            "Employer" means the employer named in Subsection 1.02(a) of the Adoption Agreement and any Related Employer designated in the Participating Employers Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. If the Employer has elected in Subsection (b) of the Participating Employers Addendum to the Adoption Agreement that the term "Employer" includes all Related Employers, an employer that becomes a Related Employer as a result of an asset or stock acquisition, merger or other similar transaction shall not be included in the term "Employer" for periods prior to the first day of the second Plan Year beginning after the date of such transaction, unless the Employer has designated therein to accept such Related Employer as a participating employer prior to that date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Employer" for purposes of authorizing any particular action under the Plan means solely the employer named in Subsection 1.02(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

If the organization or other entity named in the Adoption Agreement is a sole proprietor or a professional corporation and the sole proprietor of such proprietorship or the sole shareholder of the professional corporation dies, then the legal representative of such sole proprietor or shareholder shall be deemed to be the Employer until such time as, through the disposition of such sole proprietor's or sole shareholder's  estate or otherwise, any organization or other  entity  succeeds to the interests of the sole proprietor in the proprietorship or the sole shareholder in the professional corporation. The legal representative of a sole proprietor or shareholder shall be (1) the person appointed as such by the sole proprietor or shareholder prior to his death under a legally enforceable power of attorney, or, if none, (2) the executor or administrator of the sole proprietor's or shareholder's estate.

 

If a participating Employer designated through Subsection 1.02(b) of the Adoption Agreement is not related to  the Employer  (hereinafter "un-Related  Employer"), the term "Employer" includes such  un-Related Employer and the provisions of Section 18.05 shall apply.

 

(v)            "Employment Commencement Date" means the date on which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service.

 

(w)            "Entry Date" means the date(s) specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.04(e) of the Adoption Agreement as of which an Eligible Employee who has met the applicable eligibility requirements begins to participate in the Plan. The Employer may specify different Entry Dates for purposes of eligibility to participate in the Plan for  purposes of (1) making Deferral Contributions and (2) receiving allocations of Matching and/or Nonelective Employer Contributions.

 

		(x)	"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time amended.

 

(y)            "401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contribution" means any Matching Employer Contribution made by the Employer to the Plan in accordance with Subsection 1.11(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement, the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, and Section 5.08, that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(12)(B) or 401(k)(13)(D)(i)(I).

 

(z)            "401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contribution" means any Nonelective Employer Contribution made by the Employer to the Plan in accordance with Subsection 1.12(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement, the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, and Section 5.10, that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(12)(C) or 401(k)(13)(D)(i)(II).

	
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(aa)            "Fund Share" means the share, unit, or other evidence of ownership in a Permissible Investment.

 

(bb)            "Highly Compensated Employee" means both highly compensated active Employees and highly compensated former Employees.

 

A highly compensated active Employee includes any Employee who performs service for the Employer during the "determination year" and who (1) at any time during the "determination year" or the "look-back year" was a five percent owner or (2) received "415 Compensation" (as defined in Section 6.01(m)) from the Employer during the "look-back year" in excess of the dollar amount specified in Code Section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d) (e.g., $115,000 for "determination years" beginning in 2013 and "look-back years" beginning in 2012) and, if elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.06(d)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, was a member of the top-paid group for such year.

 

For this purpose, the "determination year" shall be the Plan Year. The "look-back year" shall be the twelve-month period immediately preceding the "determination year", unless the Employer has elected in Subsection 1.06(c)(1) of the Adoption Agreement to make the "look-back year" the calendar year beginning within the preceding Plan Year.

 

A highly compensated former Employee includes any Employee who separated from service (or was deemed to have separated) prior to the "determination year", performs no service for the Employer during the "determination year", and was a highly compensated active Employee for either the separation year or any "determination year" ending on or after the Employee's 55th birthday, as determined under the rules in effect for determining Highly Compensated Employees for such separation year or "determination year".

 

The determination of who is a Highly Compensated Employee, including the determinations of the number and identity of Employees in the top-paid group, shall be made in accordance with Code Section 414(q) and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.

 

For purposes of this Subsection 2.01(bb), if the initial Plan Year of a new plan consists of fewer than 12 months, calculated from the Effective Date listed in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement through the end of such initial Plan Year, Compensation for such initial Plan Year shall be determined over the 12-month period ending on the last day of the Plan Year.

 

(cc)            "Hour of Service", with respect to any individual, means:

 

(1)            Each hour for which the individual is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, for the performance of duties for the Employer or a Related Employer, each such hour to be credited to the individual for the Eligibility Computation Period in which the duties were performed;

 

(2)            Each hour for which the individual is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, by the Employer or a Related Employer (including payments made or due from a trust fund or insurer to which the Employer contributes or pays premiums) on account of a period of time during which no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity, disability, layoff, jury duty, military duty, or leave of absence, each such hour to be credited to the individual for the Eligibility Computation Period in which such period of time occurs, subject to the following rules:

 

(A)            No more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under this paragraph (2) on account of any single continuous period during which the individual performs no  duties, unless the individual performs no duties because of military duty, the individual's employment rights are protected by law, and the individual returns to employment with the Employer or a Related Employer during the period that his employment rights are protected under Federal law;

 

(B)            Hours of Service shall not be credited under this paragraph (2) for a payment which solely reimburses the individual for medically-related expenses, or which is made or due under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of complying with applicable worker's compensation, unemployment compensation or disability insurance laws; and

 

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calculated on the basis of units of time, the Hours of Service credited with respect to such period shall be allocated between not more than the first two such Eligibility Computation Periods on any reasonable basis consistently applied with respect to similarly situated individuals;

 

(3)            Each hour not counted under paragraph (1) or (2) for which he would have been scheduled to work for the Employer or a Related Employer during the period that he is absent from work because of military duty, provided the individual's employment rights are protected under Federal law and the individual returns to work with the Employer or a Related Employer during the period that his employment rights are protected, each such hour to be credited to the individual for the Eligibility Computation Period for which he would have been scheduled to work; and

 

(4)            Each hour not counted under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) for which back  pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been either awarded or agreed to be paid by the Employer or a Related Employer, shall be credited to the individual for the Eligibility Computation Period to which the award or agreement pertains rather than the Eligibility Computation Period in which the award, agreement, or payment is made.

 

For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (4) above, Hours of Service shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of Section 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) of the Department of Labor regulations, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

If the Employer does not maintain records that accurately reflect the actual Hours of Service to be credited to an Employee, 190 Hours of Service will be credited to the Employee for each month worked, unless the Employer has elected to credit Hours of Service in accordance with one of the other equivalencies set forth in paragraph (e) of Department of Labor Regulation Section 2530.200b-3, as provided in Subsection 1.04(b)(4) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

(dd) "Inactive Participant" means any individual who was an Active Participant, but is no longer an Eligible Employee and who has an Account under the Plan.

 

(ee)   "Leased Employee" means any individual who provides services to the Employer or a Related Employer (the "recipient") but is not otherwise an employee of the recipient if (1) such services are provided pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other person (the "leasing organization"), (2) such individual has performed services for the recipient (or for the recipient and any related persons within the meaning of Code Section 414(n)(6)) on a substantially full-time basis for at least one year, and (3) such services are performed under primary direction of or control by the recipient. The determination of who is a Leased Employee shall be made in accordance with any rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate.

 

(ff) "Limitation Year" means the 12-consecutive-month period designated by the Employer  in Subsection 1.01(f) of the Adoption Agreement. If no other Limitation Year is designated by the Employer, the Limitation Year shall be the calendar year. All qualified plans of the Employer and any Related Employer must use the same Limitation Year. If the Limitation Year is amended to a different 12-consecutive-month period, the new Limitation Year must begin on a date within the Limitation Year in which the amendment is made.

 

(gg) "Matching Employer Contribution" means any contribution made by the Employer to the Plan in accordance with Section 5.08 or 5.09 on account of an Active Participant's eligible contributions, as elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.11(c) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

(hh) "Nonelective Employer Contribution" means any contribution made by the Employer to the Plan in accordance with Section 5.10.

 

(ii)            "Non-Highly Compensated Employee" means any Employee who is not a Highly Compensated Employee.

 

(jj) "Normal Retirement Age" means the normal retirement age  specified in  Subsection 1.14(a)  of the Adoption Agreement. If the Employer enforces a mandatory retirement age in accordance with Federal law, the Normal Retirement Age is the lesser of that mandatory age or the age specified in Subsection 1.14(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

(kk)      "Participant" means any individual who is either an Active Participant or an Inactive Participant.

	
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(ll) "Permissible Investment" means each investment available for investment of assets of the Plan and agreed to by the Trustee. The Permissible Investments under the Plan shall be described in the Service Agreement.

 

(mm) "Plan" means the plan established by the Employer in the form of the volume submitter plan, as set forth herein as a new plan or as an amendment to an existing plan, by executing the Adoption Agreement, together with any and all amendments hereto.

 

(nn)     "Plan Year" means the 12-consecutive-month period ending on the date designated in Subsection 1.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, except that the initial Plan Year of a new Plan may consist of fewer than 12 months, calculated from the Effective Date listed in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement through the end of such initial Plan Year, in which event Compensation for such initial Plan Year shall be treated as provided in Subsection 2.01(k). Additionally, in the event the Plan has a short Plan year, i.e., a Plan Year consisting of fewer than 12 months, otherwise applicable limits and requirements that are applied on a Plan Year basis shall be prorated, but only if and to the extent required by law.

 

(oo) "Qualified Matching Employer Contribution" means any contribution made by the Employer to the Plan on account of Deferral Contributions or Employee Contributions made by or on behalf of Active Participants in accordance with Section 5.09, that may be included in determining whether the Plan meets the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03.

 

(pp) "Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution" means any contribution made by the Employer to the Plan in accordance with Section 5.07.

 

(qq) "Reemployment Commencement Date" means the date on which an Employee who terminates employment with the Employer and all Related Employers first performs an Hour of Service following such termination of employment.

 

(rr) "Related Employer" means any employer other than the Employer named in Subsection 1.02(a) of the Adoption Agreement if the Employer and such other employer are members of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)) or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)), or are trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) which are under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c)), or such other employer is required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations issued under Code Section 414(o).

 

(ss)       "Required Beginning Date" means:

 

(1)            for a Participant who is not a five percent owner, April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which occurs the later of (i) the Participant's retirement or (ii) the Participant's attainment of age 70 1/2; provided, however, that a Participant may elect to have his Required Beginning Date determined without regard to the provisions of clause (i).

 

(2)            for a Participant who is a five percent owner, April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2.

 

Once the Required Beginning Date of a five percent owner or a Participant who has elected to have his Required Beginning Date determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(tt)(1)(ii) has occurred, such Required Beginning Date shall not be re-determined, even if the Participant ceases to be a five percent owner in a subsequent year or continues in employment with the Employer or a Related Employer.

 

For purposes of this Subsection 2.01(tt), a Participant is treated as a five percent owner if such Participant is a five percent owner as defined in Code Section 416(i) (determined in accordance with Code Section 416 but without regard to whether the Plan is top-heavy) at any time during the Plan Year ending with or within the calendar year in which such owner attains age 70 1/2.

 

(tt) "Rollover Contribution" means any distribution from an eligible retirement plan, as defined in Section 13.04, that an Employee elects to contribute to the Plan, or have considered as contributed, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06.

	
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(uu) "Roth 401(k) Contribution" means any Deferral Contribution made to the Plan by the Employer in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 5.03(b) that is not excludable from gross income and is intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 402A.

 

(vv) "Self-Employed Individual" means an individual who has Earned Income for the taxable year from the Employer or who would have had Earned Income but for the fact that the trade or business had no net profits for the taxable year, including, but not limited to, a partner in a partnership, a sole proprietor, a member in a limited liability company or a shareholder in a subchapter S corporation.

 

(ww)   "Service Agreement" means the agreement between the Employer and the Volume Submitter Sponsor (or an agent or affiliate of the Volume Submitter Sponsor) relating to the provision of investment and other services to the Plan and shall include any addendum to the agreement and any other separate written agreement between the Employer and the Volume Submitter Sponsor (or an agent or affiliate of the Volume Submitter Sponsor) relating to the provision of services to the Plan.

 

(xx) "Severance Date" means the earlier of (i) the date an Employee retires, dies, quits, or is discharged from employment with the Employer and all Related Employers or (ii) the 12-month anniversary of the date on which the Employee was otherwise first absent from employment; provided, however, that if an individual terminates or is absent from employment with the Employer and all Related Employers because of military duty, such individual shall not incur a Severance Date if his employment rights are protected under Federal law and he returns to employment with the Employer or a Related Employer within the period during which he retains such employment rights, but, if he does not return to such employment within such period, his Severance Date shall be the earlier of (1) the first anniversary of the date his absence commenced or (2) the last day of the period during which he retains such employment rights.

 

(yy) "Spouse" means the person to whom an individual is married for purposes of Federal income taxes. 

 

(zz)  "Trust"  means the trust created by the Employer in accordance with the provisions of Section 20.01.

 

(aaa) "Trust Agreement" means the agreement between the Employer and the Trustee, as set forth in Article 20, under which the assets of the Plan are held, administered, and managed.

 

(bbb) "Trustee" means the trustee designated in Section 1.03 of the Adoption Agreement, or its successor or permitted assigns. The term Trustee shall include any delegate of the Trustee as may be provided in the Trust Agreement.

 

(ccc) "Trust Fund" means the property held in Trust by the Trustee for the benefit of Participants and their Beneficiaries.

 

(ddd) "Vesting Service" means an Employee's service that is taken into account in determining his vested interest in his Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions Accounts as may be required under Section 1.16 of the Adoption Agreement. Vesting Service shall be credited in accordance with Article 3.

 

(eee)    "Volume Submitter Sponsor" means Fidelity Management & Research Company or its successor.

 

2.2.            Interpretation and Construction of Terms. Where required by the context, the noun, verb, adjective, and adverb forms of each defined term shall include any of its other forms. Pronouns used in the Plan are in the masculine gender but include the feminine gender unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Wherever used herein, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise. Any titles, headings and/or subheadings used in the Plan have been inserted for convenience of reference and are to be ignored in any construction of the Plan's provisions.

 

2.3.            Special Effective Dates. Some provisions of the Plan are only effective beginning as of a specified date or until a specified date. Any such special effective dates are specified within Plan text where applicable and are exceptions to the general Plan Effective Date as defined in Section 2.01(o).

	
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Article 3.                          Service.

 

3.1.            Crediting of Eligibility Service. If the Employer has selected an Eligibility Service requirement in Subsection 1.04(b) of the Adoption Agreement for an Eligible Employee to become an Active Participant, Eligibility Service shall be credited to an Employee as follows:

 

(a)            If the Employer has selected the one year or two years of Eligibility Service requirement described in Subsection 1.04(b) of the Adoption Agreement, an Employee shall be credited with a year of Eligibility Service for each Eligibility Computation Period during which the Employee has been credited with the number of Hours of Service specified in that Subsection, as applicable. An Eligible Employee who has attained the required number of Hours of Service shall be credited with that year of service on the last day of that Eligibility Computation Period.

 

(b)            If the Employer has selected a days or months of Eligibility Service requirement described in Subsection 1.04(b) of the Adoption Agreement, an Employee shall be credited with Eligibility Service for the aggregate of the periods beginning with the Employee's Employment Commencement Date (or Reemployment Commencement Date) and ending on his subsequent Severance Date; provided, however, that an Employee who has a Reemployment Date within the 12-consecutive-month period following the earlier of the first date of his absence or his Severance Date shall be credited with Eligibility Service for the period between his Severance Date and his Reemployment Date. A day of Eligibility Service shall be credited for each day on which an Employee is credited with Eligibility Service. Months of Eligibility Service shall be  measured from the  Employee's Employment Commencement Date or Reemployment Commencement Date to the corresponding date in the applicable following month.

 

3.2.            Re-Crediting of Eligibility Service Following Termination of Employment. An Employee whose employment with the Employer and all Related Employers terminates and who is subsequently reemployed by the Employer or a Related Employer shall be re-credited upon reemployment with his Eligibility Service earned prior to his termination of employment.

 

3.3.            Crediting of Vesting Service. If the Plan provides for Matching Employer and/or Nonelective Employer Contributions that are not 100 percent vested when made, Vesting Service shall be credited to an Employee, subject to any exclusions elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.16(b) of the Adoption Agreement, for the aggregate of the periods beginning with the Employee's Employment Commencement Date (or Reemployment Commencement Date) and ending on his subsequent Severance Date; provided, however, that an Employee who has a Reemployment Date within the 12- consecutive-month period following the earlier of the first date of his absence or his Severance Date shall be credited with Vesting Service for the period between his Severance Date and his Reemployment Date. Fractional periods of a year shall be expressed in terms of days.

 

3.4.            Application of Vesting Service to a Participant's Account Following a Break in Vesting Service. The following rules describe how Vesting Service earned before and after a Break in Vesting Service shall be applied for purposes of determining a Participant's vested interest in his Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions Accounts:

 

(a)            If a Participant incurs five-consecutive Breaks in Vesting Service, all years of Vesting Service earned by the Employee after such Breaks in Service shall be disregarded in determining the Participant's vested interest in his Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions Account balances attributable to employment before such Breaks in Vesting Service. However, Vesting Service earned both before and after such Breaks in Vesting Service shall be included in determining the Participant's vested interest in his Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions Account balances attributable to employment after such Breaks in Vesting Service.

 

(b)            If a Participant incurs fewer than five-consecutive Breaks in Vesting Service, Vesting Service earned both before and after such Breaks in Vesting Service shall be included in determining the Participant's vested interest in his Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions Account balances attributable to employment both before and after such Breaks in Vesting Service.

 

3.5.            Service with Predecessor Employer. If the Plan is the plan of a predecessor employer, an Employee's Eligibility and Vesting Service shall include years of service with such predecessor employer. In any case in which the Plan is not the plan maintained by a predecessor employer, service for any employer as specifically described in Section 1.17 of the Adoption Agreement shall be treated as Eligibility and Vesting Service as indicated in Subsection 1.17(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

	
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3.6.            Change in Service Crediting. If an amendment to the Plan or a transfer from employment as an Employee covered under another qualified plan maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer results in a change in the method of crediting Eligibility and/or Vesting Service with respect to a Participant between the Hours of Service crediting method set forth in Section 2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor Regulations and the elapsed-time crediting method set forth in Section 1.410(a)-7 of the Treasury Regulations, each Participant with respect to whom the method of crediting Eligibility and/or Vesting Service is changed shall have his Eligibility and/or Vesting Service determined in the manner set forth in Section 1.410(a)-7(f)(1) of the Treasury Regulations.

Article 4.                          Participation.

 

4.1.            Date of Participation. If the Plan is an amendment, as indicated in Subsection 1.01(g)(2)(B) of the Adoption Agreement, all employees who were active participants in the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date shall continue as Active Participants on the Effective Date, provided that they are Eligible Employees on the Effective Date. If elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.04(f) of the Adoption Agreement, all Eligible Employees who are in the service of the Employer on the date specified in Subsection 1.04(f) (and, if this is an amendment, as indicated in Subsection 1.01(g)(2)(B) of the Adoption Agreement, were not active participants in the Plan immediately prior to that date) shall become Active Participants on the date elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.04(f) of the Adoption Agreement. Any other Eligible Employee shall become an Active Participant in the Plan on the Entry Date coinciding with or immediately following the date on which he first satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Subsections 1.04(a) and (b) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

Any age and/or Eligibility Service requirement that the Employer elects to apply in determining an Eligible Employee's eligibility to make Deferral Contributions shall also apply in determining an Eligible Employee's eligibility to make Employee Contributions, if Employee Contributions are permitted under the Plan, and to receive Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions. An Eligible Employee who has met the eligibility requirements with respect to certain contributions, but who has not met the eligibility requirements with respect to other contributions, shall become an Active Participant in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, but only with respect to the contributions for which he has met the eligibility requirements.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if the Employer selects in Subsection 1.01(g)(5) of the Adoption Agreement that the Plan is a frozen plan, no Employee who was not already an Active Participant on the date the Plan was frozen shall become an Active Participant while the Plan is frozen. If the Employer amends the Plan to remove the freeze, Employees shall again become Active Participants in accordance with the provisions of the amended Plan.

 

4.2.            Transfers Out of Covered Employment. If any Active Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee, but continues in the employ of the Employer or a Related Employer, such Employee shall cease to be an Active Participant, but shall continue as an Inactive Participant until his entire Account balance is forfeited or distributed. An Inactive Participant shall not be entitled to receive an allocation of contributions or forfeitures under the Plan for the period that he is not an Eligible Employee and wages and other payments made to him by the Employer or a Related Employer for services other than as an Eligible Employee shall not be included in Compensation for purposes of determining the amount and allocation of any contributions to the Account of such Inactive Participant. Such Inactive Participant shall continue to receive credit for Vesting Service completed during the period that he continues in the employ of the Employer or a Related Employer.

 

4.3.            Transfers Into Covered Employment.  If an Employee who is not an Eligible Employee becomes an Eligible Employee, such Eligible Employee shall become an Active Participant immediately as of his transfer date if such Eligible Employee has already satisfied the eligibility requirements and would have otherwise previously become an Active Participant in accordance with Section 4.01. Otherwise, such Eligible Employee shall become an Active Participant in accordance with Section 4.01.

 

Wages and other payments made to an Employee prior to his becoming an Eligible Employee by the Employer or a Related Employer for services other than as an Eligible Employee shall not be included in Compensation for purposes of determining the amount and allocation of any contributions to the Account of such Eligible Employee.

 

4.4.            Resumption of Participation Following Reemployment. If a Participant who terminates employment with the Employer and all Related Employers is reemployed as an Eligible Employee, he shall again become an Active Participant on his Reemployment Commencement Date. If a former Employee is reemployed as an Eligible Employee on or after an Entry Date coinciding with or following the date on which he met the age and service requirements elected by the Employer in Section 1.04 of the Adoption Agreement, he shall become an Active Participant on his Reemployment Commencement Date.

	
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Any other former Employee who is reemployed as an Eligible Employee shall become an Active Participant as provided in Section 4.01 or 4.03. Any distribution which a Participant is receiving under the Plan at the time he is reemployed by the Employer or a Related Employer shall cease, except as otherwise required under Section 12.04.

Article 5.                          Contributions.

 

5.1.            Contributions Subject to Limitations. All contributions made to the Plan under this Article 5 shall be subject to the limitations contained in Article 6.

 

5.2.            Compensation Taken into Account in Determining Contributions. Compensation, as defined in Section 2.01(k), shall not include any amounts elected by the Employer with respect to such contributions in Subsection 1.05(a) or (b), as applicable, of the Adoption Agreement.

 

5.3            Deferral Contributions. If so provided in Subsection 1.07(a) of the Adoption Agreement, each Active Participant may elect to execute a salary reduction agreement with the Employer to reduce his Compensation by an amount, as specified in Subsection 1.07(a) of the Adoption Agreement, for each payroll period. Except as specifically elected by the Employer within Subsections 1.07(a) of the Adoption Agreement, with respect to each payroll period, an Active Participant may not elect to make Deferral Contributions in excess of the percentage of Compensation specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(A) of the Adoption Agreement and Subsection 5.03(a) below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Employer has elected 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Contributions in Option 1.11(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant must be permitted to make Deferral Contributions under the Plan sufficient to receive the full 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contribution provided under Subsection (a)(1) or (2), as applicable of the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

An Active Participant's salary reduction agreement shall become effective on the first day of the first payroll period for which the Employer can reasonably process the request, but not earlier than the later of (a) the effective date of the provisions permitting Deferral Contributions or (b) the date the Employer adopts such provisions. The Employer shall make a Deferral Contribution on behalf of the Participant corresponding to the amount of said reduction. Under no circumstances may a salary reduction agreement be adopted retroactively.

 

An Active Participant may elect to change or discontinue the amount by which his Compensation is reduced by notice to the Employer as provided in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(C) or (D) of the Adoption Agreement. Notwithstanding the Employer's election in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(C) or (D) of the Adoption Agreement, if the Employer has elected 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions in Subsection 1.11(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions in Subsection 1.12(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement, an Active Participant may elect to change or discontinue the amount by which his Compensation is reduced by notice to the Employer within a reasonable period, as specified by the Employer (but not less than 30 days), of receiving the notice described in Section 6.09.

 

Based upon the Employer's elections in Subsection 1.07(a) of the Adoption Agreement, the following special types of Deferral Contributions may be made to the Plan:

 

(a)            Catch-Up Contributions. If elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.07(a)(4) of the Adoption Agreement, an Active Participant who has attained or is expected to attain age 50 before the close of the taxable year shall be eligible to make Catch-Up Contributions to the Plan in excess of an otherwise applicable Plan limit, but not in excess of (i) the dollar limit in effect under Code Section 414(v)(2)(B)(i) for the taxable year or (ii) when added to the other Deferral Contributions made by the Participant for the taxable year, 100 percent of the Participant's "effectively available Compensation," as defined in this Section 5.03. An otherwise applicable Plan limit is a limit that applies to Deferral Contributions without regard to Catch-Up Contributions, including, but not limited to, (1) the dollar limitation on Deferral Contributions under Code Section 402(g), described in Section 6.02, (2) the limitations on annual additions in effect under Code Section 415, described in Section 6.12, (3) the limitation on Deferral Contributions for Highly Compensated Employees under Code Section 401(k)(3), described in Section 6.03, and (4) the limitation on Deferral Contributions for Highly Compensated Employees which the Administrator may impose, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.05

 

In the event that the deferral limit described in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(A) of the Adoption Agreement or the administrative limit described in Section 6.05, as applicable, is changed during the Plan Year, for purposes of determining Catch-Up Contributions for the Plan Year, such limit shall be determined using the time-weighted

	
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average method described in Section 1.414(v)-1(b)(2)(i)(B)(1) of the Treasury Regulations, applying the alternative definition of compensation permitted under Section 1.414(v)-1(b)(2)(i)(B)(2) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

(b)            Roth 401(k) Contributions. Notwithstanding any other  provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Employer elects in Subsection 1.07(a)(5) of the Adoption Agreement to permit Roth 401(k) Contributions, then a Participant may irrevocably designate all or a portion of his Deferral Contributions made pursuant to Subsection 1.07(a) of the Adoption Agreement as Deferral Contributions that are includible in the Participant's gross income at the time deferred, pursuant to Code Section 402A and any applicable guidance or regulations issued thereunder ("Roth 401(k) Contributions"). A Participant may change his designation prospectively with respect to future Deferral Contributions as of the date or dates elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(C) of the Adoption Agreement. The Administrator will maintain all such contributions made pursuant to Code Section 402A separately and make distributions in accordance with the Plan unless required to do otherwise by Code Section 402A and any applicable guidance or regulations issued thereunder.

 

(c)            Automatic Enrollment Contributions. If the Employer elected Option 1.07(a)(6) of the Adoption Agreement, for each Eligible Employee to whom the Employer has elected to apply the automatic enrollment contribution provisions, such Eligible Employee's Compensation shall be reduced by the percentage specified by the Employer through Section 1.07(b) of the Additional Provisions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement as soon as administratively feasible following the date specified therein. These amounts shall be contributed to the Plan on behalf of such an Eligible Employee as Deferral Contributions. If the Employer has designated the Plan as having an EACA within Subsection 1.07(a)(6) of the Adoption Agreement, then the Employer shall also provide to each Eligible Employee covered by the EACA a comprehensive notice, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average Participant, of the Eligible Employee's rights and obligations under the Plan within the time described in Section 6.09 for a safe harbor contribution notice. In addition, an Eligible Employee who is otherwise covered by the EACA but who makes an affirmative election regarding the amount of Deferral Contributions shall remain covered by the EACA solely for purposes of receiving any required notice from the Plan Administrator in connection with the EACA and for purposes of determining the period applicable to the distribution of certain excess contributions pursuant to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 of the Basic Plan Document. If the Employer has elected through Section 1.07(b) of the Additional Provisions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, then a Participant who has made automatic enrollment contributions pursuant to the EACA has a permissible withdrawal available pursuant to the following:

 

(1)            The EACA Participant must make any  such  election within  ninety days  of the date of his automatic enrollment pursuant to Section 1.07(b)(1) of the Additional Provisions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. Upon making such an election, the EACA Participant's Deferral Contribution election will be set to zero until such time as the EACA Participant's Deferral Contribution rate has changed pursuant to Section 1.07(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

(2)            The amount of such withdrawal shall be equal to the amount of the EACA Deferrals through the end of the fifteen day period beginning on the date the Participant makes the election described in (1) above, adjusted for allocable gains and losses to the date of such withdrawal.

 

(3)            Any amounts attributable to Employer Matching Contributions allocated to the Account of an EACA Participant with respect to EACA Deferrals that have been withdrawn pursuant to Section 1.07(b)(3) of the Additional Provisions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement shall be forfeited. In the event that Employer Matching Contributions would otherwise be allocated to the EACA Participant's Account with respect to EACA Deferrals that have been so withdrawn, the Employer shall not contribute such Employer Matching Contributions to the Plan.

 

(4)            In the event such withdrawal provision is removed from the Plan via an amendment, the transaction continues to be available to EACA Participants who were covered by this provision and who were enrolled automatically prior to the effective date of the provision's removal.

 

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purpose. An Eligible Employee may affirmatively elect not to have his Compensation reduced in accordance with this Subsection 5.03(c) by notice to the Plan Administrator within a reasonable period ending no later than the date Compensation subject to reduction hereunder becomes available to the Eligible Employee.

 

If the Employer elected through, and in accordance with the provisions of, Section 1.07(b) of the Additional Provisions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, the deferral election of an Active Participant on whose behalf Deferral Contributions are being made shall be increased annually by the percentage of Compensation specified therein, unless and until the percentage of Compensation being contributed on behalf of the Active Participant reaches the limit specified therein. Eligible Employees subject to automatic enrollment will be notified and have opportunity to affirmatively elect otherwise in accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator; however, such Employees may be subject to automatic enrollment again in accordance with provisions of Section 1.07(b) of the Additional Provisions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or of any Participant's salary reduction agreement, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to make Deferral Contributions in excess of his "effectively available Compensation." A Participant's "effectively available Compensation" is his Compensation remaining after all applicable amounts have been withheld (e.g., tax-withholding and withholding of contributions to a cafeteria plan).

 

5.4.            Employee Contributions. If so provided by the Employer in Subsection 1.08(a) of the Adoption Agreement, each Active Participant may elect to make non-deductible Employee Contributions to the Plan in accordance with the rules and procedures established by the Employer and subject to the limits provided through Subsection 1.08(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

5.5.            No Deductible Employee Contributions. No deductible Employee Contributions may be made to the Plan. Deductible Employee Contributions made prior to January 1, 1987 shall be maintained in a separate Account. No part of the deductible Employee Contributions Account shall be used to purchase life insurance.

 

5.6.            Rollover Contributions. If so provided by the Employer in Subsection 1.09(a) of the Adoption Agreement, subject to any limits provided therein, an Eligible Employee who is or was entitled to receive a distribution that is eligible for rollover to a qualified plan under Code Section 408(d)(3) or an eligible rollover distribution, as defined in Code Section 402(c)(4) and Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, including an eligible rollover distribution received by the Eligible Employee as a surviving Spouse or as a Spouse or former Spouse who is an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, from an eligible retirement plan, as defined in Section 13.04, may elect to contribute all or any portion of such distribution to the Trust directly from such eligible retirement plan (a "direct rollover") or within 60 days of receipt of such distribution to the Eligible Employee. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 1.09(b) of the Adoption Agreement, Rollover Contributions shall only be made in the form of cash, allowable Fund Shares, or promissory notes evidencing a plan loan to the Eligible Employee; provided, however, that Rollover Contributions shall only be permitted in the form of promissory notes if the Plan otherwise provides for loans.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan shall not accept the following as Rollover Contributions:

 

(a)            the contributions excluded by the Employer, if any, in Subsection 1.09(a) of the Adoption Agreement;

 

		(b)	any rollover of after-tax employee contributions that is not made by a direct rollover;

 

(c)          any rollover from an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Section 408(a) or (b) (including a Roth IRA under Code Section 408A) to the extent such amount would not otherwise be includible in the Employee's income; or

 

(i)          except as provided in Subsection 1.09(b), any rollover amounts which are not "designated Roth contributions" which are to be contributed to the Plan as "designated Roth contributions."

 

To the extent the Plan accepts Rollover Contributions of after-tax employee contributions, the Plan will separately account for such contributions, including separate accounting for the portion of the Rollover Contribution that is includible in gross income and the portion that is not includible in gross income.

 

Except with regard to a rollover made pursuant to Subsection 1.09(b), any rollover of "designated Roth contributions", as defined in Subsection 6.01(e), shall be subject to the requirements of Code Section 402(c). To the extent the Plan accepts Rollover Contributions of "designated Roth contributions", the Plan will separately account for such contributions in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.01, including separate accounting for the portion of the Rollover

	
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Contribution that is includible in gross income and the portion that is not includible in gross income, if applicable. If the Plan accepts a direct rollover of "designated Roth contributions", the Trustee and the Plan Administrator shall be entitled to rely on a statement from the distributing plan's administrator identifying (i) the Eligible Employee's basis in the rolled over amounts and (ii) the date on which the Eligible Employee's 5-taxable-year period of participation (as required under Code Section 402A(d)(2) for a qualified distribution of "designated Roth contributions") started under the distributing plan. If the 5-taxable-year period of participation under the distributing plan would end sooner than the Eligible Employee's 5-taxable- year period of participation under the Plan, the 5-taxable-year period of participation applicable under the distributing plan shall continue to apply with respect to the Rollover Contribution.

 

Notwithstanding the above, if so provided in Subsection 1.09(b), and as limited as provided therein, a Participant or Beneficiary may elect to have any portion of his Account otherwise distributable under the terms of the Plan, which is not "designated Roth contributions" under the Plan and meets the definition of an "eligible rollover distribution" found in Section 13.04(c), be considered "designated Roth contributions" for purposes of the Plan. Any assets converted in such a way shall be separately accounted for and shall still be subject to distribution constraints found in Article 14 applicable to them prior to the conversion. Such assets shall also retain any distribution rights, such as those found in Article 10, applicable to them prior to the conversion and shall be treated as Rollover Contributions for purposes of withdrawal pursuant to Section 10.03. Each such in-plan rollover shall be subject to its own 5-taxable year period of participation and subject to the requirements of Code Section 408A(d)(3)(F).

 

An Eligible Employee who has not yet become an Active Participant in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 may make a Rollover Contribution to the Plan. Such Eligible Employee shall be treated as a Participant under the Plan for all purposes of the Plan, except eligibility to have Deferral Contributions made on his behalf and to receive an allocation of Matching Employer or Nonelective Employer Contributions.

 

The Administrator shall require such information from Eligible Employees as it deems necessary to ensure that amounts contributed under this Section 5.06 meet the requirements for tax-deferred rollovers established by this Section 5.06 and by Code Section 402(c) and develop procedures to govern the Plan's acceptance of Rollover Contributions.

 

If a Rollover Contribution made under this Section 5.06 is later determined by the Administrator not to have met the requirements of this Section 5.06 or of the Code or Treasury regulations, the Trustee shall, within a reasonable time after such determination is made, and on instructions from the Administrator, distribute to the Employee the amounts then held in the Trust attributable to such Rollover Contribution.

 

A Participant's Rollover Contributions Account shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, including Article 14, except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.06.

 

5.7.            Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions. The Employer may, in its discretion, make a Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution for the Plan Year in any amount it deems necessary for a permissible purpose. Unless another allocation method will be utilized to address a correction in accordance with the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS, as described in Revenue Procedure 2013-12 and any subsequent guidance), any Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution shall be allocated to Participants in accordance with Subsection 1.10(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

Participants shall not be required to satisfy any Hours of Service or employment requirement for the Plan Year in order to receive an allocation of Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions.

 

Qualified Nonelective Employer  Contributions shall be distributable only in accordance with the distribution provisions that are applicable to Deferral Contributions; provided, however, that a Participant shall not be permitted to take a hardship withdrawal of amounts credited to his Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions Account after the later of December 31, 1988 or the last day of the Plan Year ending before July 1, 1989 and that a Participant shall not be permitted to take Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions as part of a Qualified Reservist Distribution pursuant to Section 10.09.

 

5.8.            Matching Employer Contributions. If so provided by the Employer in Section 1.11 of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall make Matching Employer Contributions on behalf of each of its "eligible" Participants as indicated therein. The amount of the Matching Employer Contribution shall be determined in accordance with Subsection 1.11(a) and/or (b) of the Adoption Agreement and/or the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, as applicable.

	
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise elected in Subsection 1.11(c)(1)(A) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall not make Matching Employer Contributions, other than 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, with respect to an "eligible" Participant's Catch-Up Contributions. If, due to application of a Plan limit, Matching Employer Contributions other than 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions are attributable to Catch- Up Contributions, such Matching Employer Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, shall be forfeited and applied as provided in Section 11.09.

 

5.9.            Qualified Matching Employer Contributions. If so provided by the Employer in Subsection 1.11(f) of the Adoption Agreement, prior to making its Matching Employer Contribution (other than any 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contribution) to the Plan, the Employer may designate all or a portion of such Matching Employer Contribution as a Qualified Matching Employer Contribution. The Employer shall notify the Trustee of such designation at the time it makes its Matching Employer Contribution. Qualified Matching Employer Contributions shall be distributable only in accordance with the distribution provisions that are applicable to Deferral Contributions; provided, however, that a Participant shall not be permitted to take a hardship withdrawal of amounts credited to his Qualified Matching Employer Contributions Account after the later of December 31, 1988 or the last day of the Plan Year ending before July 1, 1989 and that a Participant shall not be permitted to take Qualified Matching Employer Contributions as part of a Qualified Reservist Distribution pursuant to Section 10.09.

 

If the amount of an Employer's Qualified Matching Employer Contribution is determined based on a Participant's Compensation, and the Qualified Matching Employer Contribution is necessary to satisfy the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03, the compensation used in determining the amount of the Qualified Matching Employer Contribution shall be "testing compensation", as defined in Subsection 6.01(s). If the Qualified Matching Employer Contribution is not necessary to satisfy the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03, the compensation used to determine the amount of the Qualified Matching Employer Contribution shall be Compensation as defined in Subsection 2.01(k).

 

5.10.            Nonelective Employer Contributions. If so provided by the Employer in Subsection 1.12(a) and/or (b) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall make Nonelective Employer Contributions to the Trust in accordance with Section 1.12 of the Adoption Agreement to be allocated among "eligible" Participants as indicated therein. Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)            If the Employer has elected a fixed contribution formula, Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated among "eligible" Participants in the manner specified in Section 1.12 of the Adoption Agreement or the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, as applicable.

 

(b)            If the Employer has elected a discretionary contribution amount, Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated among "eligible" Participants, as determined in accordance with Section 1.12 of the Adoption Agreement, as follows:

 

(1)            If the non-integrated formula is elected in Subsection 1.12(b)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated to "eligible" Participants in the ratio that each "eligible" Participant's Compensation bears to the total Compensation paid to all "eligible" Participants for the Contribution Period.

 

(2)            If the integrated formula is elected in Subsection 1.12(b)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated in the following steps:

 

(A)            First, to each "eligible" Participant in the same ratio that the sum of the "eligible" Participant's Compensation and "excess Compensation" for the Plan Year bears to the sum of the Compensation and "excess Compensation" of all "eligible" Participants for the Plan Year. This allocation as a percentage of the sum of each "eligible" Participant's Compensation and "excess Compensation" shall not exceed the "permitted disparity limit", as defined in Section 1.12 of the Adoption Agreement.

 

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for any Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the "eligible" Participant shall have no "cumulative disparity limit".

 

(B)            Second, if any Nonelective Employer Contributions remain after the allocation in Subsection 5.10(b)(2)(A), the remaining Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated to each "eligible" Participant in the same ratio that the "eligible" Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of all "eligible" Participants for the Plan Year.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections 5.10(b)(2)(A) and (B) above, if in any Plan Year an "eligible" Participant benefits under another qualified plan or simplified employee pension, as defined in Code Section 408(k), that provides for or imputes permitted disparity, the Nonelective Employer Contributions for the Plan Year allocated to such "eligible" Participant shall be in the ratio that his Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the total Compensation paid to all "eligible" Participants.

For purposes of this Subsection 5.10(b)(2), the following definitions shall apply:

(C)            "Cumulative permitted disparity limit" means 35 multiplied by the sum of an "eligible" Participant's annual permitted disparity fractions, as defined in Sections 1.401(l)-5(b)(3) through (b)(7) of the Treasury Regulations, attributable to the "eligible" Participant's total years of service under the Plan and any other qualified plan or simplified employee pension, as defined in Code Section 408(k), maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer. For each Plan Year commencing prior to January 1, 1989, the annual permitted disparity fraction shall be deemed to be one, unless the Participant never accrued a benefit under any qualified plan or simplified employee pension maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer during any such Plan Year. In determining the annual permitted disparity fraction for any Plan Year, the Employer may elect to assume that the full disparity limit has been used for such Plan Year.

 

(D)            "Excess Compensation" means Compensation in excess of the "integration level" specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.12(b)(2) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

		5.11.	Vested Interest in Contributions.

(a)            Participant's vested interest in the following sub-accounts shall be 100 percent:

 

(1)            his Deferral Contributions Account;

 

		(2)	
his Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions Account;

 

		(3)	his Qualified Matching Employer Contributions Account;

 

(4)            his 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Account (unless QACA has been selected on the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement);

 

(5)            his 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions Account (unless QACA has been selected on the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement);

 

		(6)	
his Rollover Contributions Account;

 

		(7)	
his Employee Contributions Account; and

 

		(8)	his deductible Employee Contributions Account.

(b)            Contributions attributable to a QACA must vest at least as rapidly as 100% once the Participant is credited with two Years of Service.

 

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above, shall be determined in accordance with the vesting schedule elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.16(c)(1) of the  Adoption Agreement.  Except  as otherwise  specifically provided in the  Vesting Schedule Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, a Participant's vested interest in his Matching Employer Contributions Account attributable to Matching Employer Contributions other than those described in Subsection 5.11(a)(5) above, shall be determined in accordance with the vesting schedule elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.16(c)(2) of the Adoption Agreement.

5.12.            Time for Making Contributions. The Employer shall pay its contribution for each Plan Year not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the Employer's Federal income tax return for the fiscal (or taxable) year with or within which such Plan Year ends (including extensions thereof).

 

If the Employer has elected the payroll period as the Contribution Period in Subsection 1.11(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall remit any 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions made during a Plan Year quarter to the Trustee no later than the last day of the immediately following Plan Year quarter.

 

The Employer should remit Employee Contributions and Deferral Contributions to the Trustee as of the earliest date on which such contributions can reasonably be segregated from the Employer's general assets, but not later than the 15th business day of the calendar month following the month in which such amount otherwise would have been paid to the Participant, or within such other time frame as may be determined by applicable regulation or legislation.

 

The Trustee shall have no authority to inquire into the correctness of the amounts contributed and remitted to the Trustee or to determine whether any contribution is payable under this Article 5. The Administrator shall be the named fiduciary responsible for ensuring the Employer remits contributions and loan repayments to the Trust and shall have the duty and responsibility for the collection of such contributions and repayments when not timely made by the Employer, provided that the Administrator may appoint another named fiduciary to handle such responsibility and notify the Trustee of such appointment in writing. The Trustee shall be authorized to provide information and records regarding contributions it has received to the Administrator or other named fiduciary, and may accept contributions and/or carry out related allocation instructions from, such named fiduciary upon its request, as may be further described in the Service Agreement. As a directed trustee pursuant to ERISA Section 403(a)(1) for all purposes, the Trustee shall only pursue any claim that the Plan might have with respect to delinquent loan repayments or Plan contributions as specifically directed to do so by the Administrator or other named fiduciary.

 

5.13.            Return of Employer Contributions. The Trustee shall, upon request by the Employer, return to the Employer the amount (if any) determined under Section 20.23. Such amount shall be reduced by amounts attributable thereto which have been credited to the Accounts of Participants who have since received distributions from the Trust, except to the extent such amounts continue to be credited to such Participants' Accounts at the time the amount is returned to the Employer. Such amount shall also be reduced by the losses of the Trust attributable thereto, if and to the extent such losses exceed the gains and income attributable thereto, but shall not be increased by the gains and income of the Trust attributable thereto, if and to the extent such gains and income exceed the losses attributable thereto. To the extent such gains exceed losses, the gains shall be forfeited and applied as provided in Section 11.09. In no event shall the return of a contribution hereunder cause the balance of the individual Account of any Participant to be reduced to less than the balance which would have been credited to the Account had the mistaken amount not been contributed.

 

5.14.            Frozen Plan. If the Employer has elected Subsection 1.01(g)(5) of the Adoption Agreement, then in accordance therewith and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Plan is a frozen plan. If the Employer amends the Plan to remove the freeze, contributions shall resume in accordance with the provisions of the amended Plan.

Article 6.                          Limitations on Contributions.

 

6.1.            Special Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a)            "Annual additions" mean the sum of the following amounts allocated to an Active Participant for a Limitation Year:

 

(1)            all employer contributions allocated to an Active Participant's account under qualified defined contribution plans maintained by the "415 employer", including amounts applied to reduce employer contributions as provided under Section 11.09, but excluding amounts treated as Catch-Up Contributions;

	
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(2)            all employee contributions allocated to an Active Participant's account under a qualified defined contribution plan or a qualified defined benefit plan maintained by the "415 employer" if separate accounts are maintained with respect to such Active Participant under the defined benefit plan;

 

(3)            all forfeitures allocated to an Active Participant's account under a qualified defined contribution plan maintained by the "415 employer";

 

(4)            all amounts allocated to an "individual medical benefit account" which is part of a pension or annuity plan maintained by the "415 employer";

 

(5)            all amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after December 31, 1985, in taxable years ending after such date, which are attributable to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account of a key employee, as  defined in  Code Section 419A(d)(3), under a "welfare benefit  fund" maintained by the "415 employer"; and

 

		(6)	all allocations to an Active Participant under a "simplified employee pension".

 

(b)            "Contribution percentage" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (1) the "contribution percentage amounts" allocated to an "eligible participant's" Accounts for the Plan Year to (2) the "eligible participant's" "testing compensation" for the Plan Year.

 

		(c)	"Contribution percentage amounts" mean those amounts included in applying the "ACP" test.

 

(1)            "Contribution percentage amounts" include the following:

 

(A)            any Employee Contributions made by an "eligible participant" to the Plan;

 

(B)            any Matching Employer Contributions on eligible contributions as elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.11(c) of the Adoption Agreement, made for the Plan Year, but excluding (A) Qualified Matching Employer Contributions that are taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 and (B) Matching Employer Contributions that are forfeited either to correct "excess aggregate contributions" or because the contributions to which they relate are "excess deferrals", "excess contributions", "excess aggregate contributions", or Catch-Up Contributions (in the event the Plan does  not provide for Matching Employer Contributions with respect to Catch-Up Contributions);

 

(C)            Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions allocated as of a date within the "testing year" and designated at the time of contribution as applying for the "ACP" test;

 

(D)            401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions may be included to the extent such contributions are not required to satisfy the safe harbor contribution requirements under Section 1.401(k)-3(b) of the Treasury Regulations, excluding 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions that are taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03; and

 

(E)            Deferral Contributions, when necessary to pass the "ACP" test, provided that the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 is satisfied or treated as satisfied (except as in accordance with Section 6.09) both including Deferral Contributions included as "contribution percentage amounts" and excluding such Deferral Contributions.

 

(2)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Plan Year in which the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 is deemed satisfied pursuant to Section 6.09 with respect to some or all Deferral Contributions, "contribution percentage amounts":

 

(A)            shall not include any Deferral Contributions with respect to which the "ADP" test is deemed satisfied; and

 

		(B)	may have the following Matching Employer Contributions excluded:

 

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Matching Employer Contributions with respect  to which the  "ACP" test is deemed satisfied; or

 

(ii)            if the "ADP" test is deemed satisfied using 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, but the requirements described in Section 6.10 for deemed satisfaction of the "ACP" test with respect to Matching Employer Contributions are not met, any Matching Employer Contributions made on behalf of an "eligible participant" for the Plan Year that do not exceed four percent of the "eligible participant's" Compensation for the Plan Year.

 

(3)            Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Subsection, if an Employer elects to change from the current year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement to the prior year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, the following shall not be considered "contribution percentage amounts" for purposes of determining the "contribution percentages" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior year immediately preceding the Plan Year in which the change is effective:

 

(A)            Qualified Matching Employer Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 for such prior year;

 

(B)            Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 or the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year; and

 

(C)            401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 or the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year or that were required to satisfy the safe harbor contribution requirements under Section 1.401(k)-3(b) of the Treasury Regulations for such prior year.;

 

To be  included in determining an "eligible participant's" "contribution percentage" for  a Plan Year, Employee Contributions must be made to the Plan before the end of such Plan Year and other "contribution percentage amounts" must be allocated to the "eligible participant's" Account as of a date within such Plan Year and made before the last day of the 12-month period immediately following the Plan Year to which the "contribution percentage amounts" relate. If an Employer has elected the prior year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, "contribution percentage amounts" that are taken into account for purposes of determining the "contribution percentages" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior year relate to such prior year. Therefore, such "contribution percentage amounts" must be made before the last day of the Plan Year being tested.

 

(d)            "Deferral ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (1) the amount of "includable contributions" made on behalf of an Active Participant for the Plan Year to (2) the Active Participant's "testing compensation" for such Plan Year. An Active Participant who does not receive "includable contributions" for a Plan Year shall have a "deferral ratio" of zero.

 

(e)            "Designated Roth contributions" mean any Roth 401(k) Contributions made to the Plan and any "elective deferrals" made to another  plan that would be excludable from a Participant's  income, but for the Participant's election to designate such contributions as Roth contributions and include them in income.

 

(f)            "Determination year" means (1) for purposes of determining income or loss with respect to "excess deferrals", the calendar year in which the "excess deferrals" were made and (2) for purposes of determining income or loss with respect to "excess contributions", and "excess aggregate contributions", the Plan Year in which such "excess contributions" or "excess aggregate contributions" were made.

 

(g)            "Elective deferrals" mean all employer contributions, other than Deferral Contributions, made on behalf of a Participant pursuant to an election to defer under any qualified cash or deferred arrangement as described in Code Section 401(k), any simplified employee pension cash or deferred arrangement as described in Code Section 402(h)(1)(B), any eligible deferred compensation plan under Code Section 457, any plan as described under Code Section 501(c)(18), and any employer contributions made on behalf of a Participant pursuant to a salary reduction agreement for the purchase of an annuity contract under Code Section 403(b). "Elective deferrals" include

	
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"designated Roth contributions" made to another plan. "Elective deferrals" do not include any deferrals properly distributed as excess "annual additions" or any deferrals treated as catch-up contributions in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 414(v).

 

(h)            "Eligible participant" means any Active Participant who is eligible to make Employee Contributions, or Deferral Contributions (if the Employer takes such contributions into account in calculating "contribution percentages"), or to receive a Matching Employer Contribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "eligible participant" shall not include any Active Participant who is included in a unit of Employees covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between employee representatives and one or more employers.

 

		(i)	"Excess aggregate contributions" with respect to any Plan Year mean the excess of

 

(1)            The aggregate "contribution percentage amounts" actually taken into account in computing the average "contribution percentages" of "eligible participants" who are Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over

 

(2)            The maximum amount of "contribution percentage amounts" permitted to be made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees under Section 6.06 (determined by reducing "contribution percentage amounts" made for the Plan Year on behalf of "eligible participants" who  are Highly Compensated Employees in order of their "contribution percentages" beginning with the highest of such "contribution percentages").

 

"Excess aggregate contributions" shall be determined after first determining "excess deferrals" and then determining "excess contributions".

 

		(j)	"Excess contributions" with respect to any Plan Year mean the excess of

 

(1)            The aggregate amount of "includable contributions" actually taken into account in computing the average "deferral percentage" of Active Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over

 

(2)            The maximum amount of "includable contributions" permitted to be made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees under Section 6.03 (determined by reducing "includable contributions" made for the Plan Year on behalf of Active Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees in order of their "deferral ratios", beginning with the highest of such "deferral ratios").

 

(k)            "Excess deferrals" mean those Deferral Contributions and/or "elective deferrals" that are includable in a Participant's gross income under Code Section 402(g) to the extent such Participant's Deferral Contributions and/or "elective deferrals" for a calendar year exceed the dollar limitation under such Code Section for such calendar year.

 

(l)            "Excess 415 amount" means the excess of an Active Participant's "annual additions" for the Limitation Year over the "maximum permissible amount".

 

		(m)	"415 compensation" means Compensation (as defined in Section 2.01(k)), subject to the following:

 

(1)            "415 compensation" does not exclude any amounts elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.05(a) of the Adoption Agreement except moving expenses paid or reimbursed by the Employer if it is reasonable to believe they are deductible by the Employee.

 

		(2)	"415 compensation" shall be based on compensation for all services to the "415 employer."

 

(3)            "415 compensation" shall be based on the amount actually paid or made available to the Participant (or, if earlier, includible in the gross income of the Participant) during the Limitation Year.

 

(4)            An Eligible Employee's severance from employment, as defined in Section 2.01(k), shall be applied using the modification to the employer aggregation rules prescribed in Code Section 415(h).

 

(5)          "415 compensation" may include amounts earned, but not paid during the Limitation Year solely because of the timing of pay periods and pay dates, provided

 

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(B)            such amounts are included on a uniform and consistent basis with respect to all similarly situated Participants; and

 

		(C)	no such amounts are included in more than one Limitation Year.

 

(6)            If the initial Plan Year of a new plan consists of fewer than 12 months, calculated from the Effective Date listed in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement through the end of such initial Plan Year and if the Employer has designated in Subsection 1.01(f) of the Adoption Agreement that the Limitation Year is based on the Plan Year, for purposes of determining Compensation for such initial Plan Year, the Limitation Year shall be the 12-month period ending on the last day of the Plan Year.

 

In addition, "415 compensation" shall not reflect compensation for a year greater than the limit under Code Section 401(a)(17) that applies to that year.

 

(n)            "415 employer" means the Employer and any other employers which constitute a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b) as modified by Code Section 415(h)) or which constitute trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) which are under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c) as modified by Code Section 415(h)) or which constitute an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)) and any other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations issued under Code Section 414(o).

 

		(o)	"Includable contributions" mean those amounts included in applying the "ADP" test.

 

(1)            "Includable contributions" include the following:

 

(A)            any Deferral Contributions made on behalf of an Active Participant, including "excess deferrals" of Highly Compensated Employees and "designated Roth contributions", except as specifically provided in Subsection 6.01(o)(2);

 

(B)            Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions allocated as of a date within the "testing year" and designated at the time of contribution as applying for the "ADP" test; and

 

(C)            Qualified Matching Employer Contributions on Deferral Contributions or Employee Contributions made for the Plan Year allocated as of a date within the "testing year" and so designated at the time of contribution; provided, however, that the maximum amount of Qualified Matching Employer Contributions included in "includable contributions" with respect to an Active Participant shall not exceed the greater of 5% of the Active Participant's "testing compensation" or 100% of his Deferral Contributions for the Plan Year.

 

		(2)	"Includable contributions" shall not include the following:

 

(A)            Catch-Up Contributions, except to the extent that a Participant's Deferral Contributions are classified as Catch-Up Contributions as provided in Section 6.04 solely because of a failure of the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03;

 

(B)            "excess deferrals" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees that arise solely from Deferral Contributions made under the Plan or plans maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer;

 

(C)            Deferral Contributions that are taken into account in satisfying the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06;

 

(D)            additional elective contributions made pursuant to Code Section 414(u) that are treated as Deferral Contributions;

 

(E)            for any Plan Year in which the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 is deemed satisfied pursuant to Section 6.09 with respect to some or all Deferral Contributions, the following:

 

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(ii)            Qualified Matching Employer Contributions, except to the extent that the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 must be satisfied with respect to some Deferral Contributions and such Qualified Matching Employer Contributions are used in applying the "ADP" test.

 

(3)            Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subsection, if an Employer elects to change from the current year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement to the prior year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, the following shall not be considered "includable contributions" for purposes of determining the "deferral ratios" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior year immediately preceding the Plan Year in which the change is effective:

 

(A)            Deferral Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year pursuant to Subsection 6.01(c)(1)(E) above;

 

(B)            Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 or the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year;

 

(C)            401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 or the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year or that were required to satisfy the safe harbor contribution requirements under Section 1.401(k)-3(b) of the Treasury Regulations for such prior year;

 

(D)            401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 for such prior year or that were required to satisfy the safe harbor contribution requirements under Section 1.401(k)-3(c) of the Treasury Regulations for such prior year; and

 

(E)            Qualified Matching Employer Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 or the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year.

 

To be included in determining an Active Participant's "deferral ratio" for a Plan Year, "includable contributions" must be allocated to the Participant's Account as of a date within such Plan Year and made before the last day of the 12-month period immediately following the Plan Year to which the "includable contributions" relate. If an Employer has elected the prior year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, "includable contributions" that are taken into account for purposes of determining the "deferral ratios" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior year relate to such prior year. Therefore, such "includable contributions" must be made before the last day of the Plan Year being tested.

 

(p)          "Individual medical benefit account" means an individual medical benefit account as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2).

 

(q)            "Maximum permissible amount" means for a Limitation Year with respect to any Active Participant the lesser of (1) the maximum dollar amount permitted for the Limitation Year under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) adjusted as provided in Code Section 415(d) (e.g., $51,000 for the Limitation Year ending in 2013) or (2) 100 percent of the Active Participant's "415 compensation" for the Limitation Year. If a short Limitation Year is created because of an amendment changing the Limitation Year to a different 12-consecutive-month period, the dollar limitation specified in clause (1) above shall be adjusted by multiplying it by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of months in the short Limitation Year and the denominator of which is 12.

 

The limitation specified in clause (2) above shall not apply to any contribution for medical benefits within the meaning of Code Section 401(h) or 419A(f)(2) after separation from service which is otherwise treated as an "annual addition" under Code Section 419A(d)(2) or 415(l)(1).

 

		(r)	"Simplified employee pension" means a simplified employee pension as defined in Code Section 408(k).

 

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Employer, during that portion of the "testing year" during which the Participant is an Active Participant; provided, however, that if the Employer elected different Eligibility Service requirements for purposes of eligibility to make Deferral Contributions and to receive Matching Employer Contributions, then "testing compensation" must be based on the amount paid to a Participant during the full "testing year".

 

The annual "testing compensation" of each Active Participant taken into account in applying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 and the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 for any "testing year" shall not exceed the annual compensation limit under Code Section 401(a)(17) as in effect on the first day of the "testing year" (e.g., $255,000 for the "testing year" beginning in 2013). This limit shall be adjusted by the Secretary to reflect increases in the cost of living, as provided in Code Section 401(a)(17)(B); provided, however, that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year is effective for "testing years" beginning in such calendar year. If a Plan determines "testing compensation" over a period that contains fewer than 12 calendar months (a "short determination period"), then the Compensation limit for such "short determination period" is equal to the Compensation limit for the calendar year in which the "short determination period" begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the number of full months in the "short determination period" by 12; provided, however, that such proration shall not apply if there is a "short determination period" because an election was made, in accordance with any rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, to apply the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 and/or the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 based only on "testing compensation" paid during the portion of the "testing year" during which an individual was an Active Participant.

 

		(t)	"Testing year" means:

 

(1)            if the Employer has elected the current  year testing method in Subsection 1.06(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan Year being tested.

 

(2)            if the Employer has elected the prior year testing method in Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan Year immediately preceding the Plan Year being tested.

 

		(u)	"Welfare benefit fund" means a welfare benefit fund as defined in Code Section 419(e).

 

To the extent that types of contributions defined in Section 2.01 are referred to in this Article 6, the defined term includes similar contributions made under other plans where the context so requires.

 

6.2.            Code Section 402(g) Limit on Deferral Contributions. In no event shall the amount of Deferral Contributions, other than Catch-Up Contributions, made under the Plan for a calendar year, when aggregated with the "elective deferrals" made under any other plan maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer, exceed the dollar limitation contained in Code Section 402(g) in effect at the beginning of such calendar year.

 

A Participant may  assign to the Plan any "excess deferrals" made during a calendar year by notifying the Administrator on or before March 15 following the calendar year in which the "excess deferrals" were made of the amount of the "excess deferrals" to be assigned to the Plan. A Participant is deemed to notify the Administrator of any "excess deferrals" that arise by taking into account only those Deferral Contributions made to the Plan and those "elective deferrals" made to any other plan maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, "excess deferrals", plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, as determined under Section 6.08, shall be distributed no later than April 15 to any Participant to whose Account "excess deferrals" were so assigned for the preceding calendar year and who claims "excess deferrals" for such calendar year. In the event that "excess deferrals" are allocated to a Participant's Deferral Contributions Accounts, such "excess deferrals" will be distributed first from the Participant's Deferral Contributions for the Plan Year other than his Roth 401(k) Contributions then from his Roth 401(k) Contributions.

 

"Excess deferrals" to be distributed to a Participant for a calendar year shall be reduced by any "excess contributions" for the Plan Year beginning within such calendar year that were previously distributed or re-characterized in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.04.

 

Any Matching Employer Contributions attributable to "excess deferrals", plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, as determined under Section 6.08, shall be forfeited and applied as provided in Section 11.09.

 

"Excess deferrals" shall be treated as "annual additions" under the Plan, unless such amounts are distributed no later than the first April 15 following the close of the calendar year in which the "excess deferrals" were made.

	
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6.3.            Additional Limit on Deferral Contributions ("ADP" Test). Except to the extent the Employer has elected in Subsection 1.11(a)(3) or Subsection 1.12(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement to make 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions for a Plan Year and the "ADP" test is deemed satisfied in accordance with Section 6.09, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Deferral Contributions, excluding additional elective contributions made pursuant to Code Section 414(u) that are treated as Deferral Contributions and Catch-Up Contributions (except to the extent that a Participant's Deferral Contributions are classified as Catch-Up Contributions as provided in Section 6.04 solely because of a failure of the "ADP" test described herein), made with respect to the Plan Year on behalf of Active Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year may not result in an average "deferral ratio" for such Active Participants that exceeds the greater of:

 

(a)            the average "deferral ratio" for the "testing year" of Active Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year" multiplied by 1.25; or

 

(b)            the average "deferral ratio" for the "testing year" of Active Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year" multiplied by two, provided that the average "deferral ratio" for Active Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year being tested does not exceed the average "deferral ratio" for Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year" by more than two percentage points.

 

For the first Plan Year in which the Plan provides a cash or deferred arrangement, the average "deferral ratio" for Active Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees used in determining the limits applicable under Subsections 6.03(a) and (b) shall be either three percent or the actual average "deferral ratio" for such Active Participants for such first Plan Year, as elected by the Employer in Section 1.06(b) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

The "deferral ratios" of Active Participants who are included in a unit of Employees covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement shall be disaggregated from the "deferral ratios" of other Active Participants and the provisions of this Section 6.03 shall be applied separately with respect to each group.

 

The "deferral ratio" for any Active Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year being tested and who is eligible to have "includable contributions" allocated to his accounts under two or more cash or deferred arrangements described in Code Section 401(k) that are maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer, shall be determined as if such "includable contributions" were made under the Plan.  If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or deferred arrangements that have different plan years, all "includable contributions" made during the Plan Year under all such arrangements shall be treated as having been made under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, certain plans, and contributions made thereto, shall be treated as separate if mandatorily disaggregated under regulations under Code Section 401(k).

 

If this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code Section 401(k), 401(a)(4), or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this Plan, then this Section 6.03 shall be applied by determining the "deferral ratios" of Employees as if all such plans were a single plan. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(k) only if they have the same plan year and use the same method to satisfy the "ADP" test.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Plan permits Employees to make Deferral Contributions prior to the time the Employees have completed the minimum age and service requirements of Code Section 410(a)(1)(A) and the Employer elects, pursuant to Code Section 410(b)(4)(B), to disaggregate the Plan into two component plans for purposes of complying with Code Section 410(b)(1), one benefiting Employees who have completed such minimum age and service requirements and the other benefiting Employees who have not, the Plan must be disaggregated in the same manner for ADP testing purposes, unless the Plan applies the alternative rule in Code Section 401(k)(3)(F). In determining the component plans for purposes of such disaggregation, the Employer may apply the maximum entry dates permitted under Code Section 410(a)(4).

 

The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate satisfaction of the "ADP" test and the amount of Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions and/or Qualified Matching Employer Contributions used in such test.

 

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following the Plan Year in which the "excess contributions" were made, unless the Employer elected Catch-Up Contributions in Subsection 1.07(a)(4) of the Adoption Agreement and such "excess contributions" are classified as Catch-Up Contributions.

 

If "excess contributions" are to be distributed from the Plan and such "excess contributions" are distributed more than 2 1/2 months (or 6 months if the Plan has been designated as an EACA within Subsection 1.07(a)(6) of the Adoption Agreement) after the last day of the Plan Year in which the "excess contributions" were made, a ten percent excise tax shall be imposed on the Employer maintaining the Plan with respect to such amounts.

 

The "excess contributions" allocable to a Participant's Account shall be determined by reducing the "includable contributions" made for the Plan Year on behalf of Active Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees in order of the dollar amount of such "includable contributions", beginning with the highest such dollar amount. "Excess contributions" allocated to a Participant for a Plan Year shall be reduced by the amount of any "excess deferrals" previously distributed for the calendar year ending in such Plan Year.

 

"Excess contributions" shall be treated as "annual additions".

 

For purposes of distribution, "excess contributions" shall be considered allocated among a Participant's Deferral Contributions Accounts and, if applicable, the Participant's Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions Account and/or Qualified Matching Employer Contributions Account in the order prescribed and communicated to the Trustee, which order shall be uniform with respect to all Participants and nondiscriminatory. In the event that "excess contributions" are allocated to a Participant's Deferral Contributions Accounts, such "excess contributions" will be distributed first from the Participant's Deferral Contributions for the Plan Year other than his Roth 401(k) Contributions then from his Roth 401(k) Contributions.

 

Any Matching Employer Contributions attributable to "excess contributions", plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, as determined under Section 6.08, shall be forfeited and applied as provided in Section 11.09.

 

6.5.            Reductions in Deferral Contributions to Meet Code Requirements. If the Administrator anticipates that the Plan will not satisfy the "ADP" and/or "ACP" test for the year, the Administrator may reduce the rate of Deferral Contributions of Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees to an amount determined by the Administrator to be necessary to satisfy the "ADP" and/or "ACP" test.

 

6.6.            Limit on Matching Employer Contributions and Employee Contributions ("ACP" Test). The provisions of this Section 6.06 shall not apply to Active Participants who are included in a unit of Employees covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between employee representatives and one or more employers. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to Matching Employer Contributions made on account of amounts deferred pursuant to Code Section 457 under a separate eligible deferred compensation plan.

 

Except to the extent the Employer has elected in Subsection 1.11(a)(3) or Subsection 1.12(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement to make 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions for a Plan Year and the "ACP" test is deemed satisfied in accordance with Section 6.10, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, Matching Employer Contributions and Employee Contributions made with respect to a Plan Year by or on behalf of "eligible participants" who are Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year may not result in an average "contribution percentage" for such "eligible participants" that exceeds the greater of:

 

(a)            the average "contribution percentage" for the "testing year" of "eligible participants" who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year" multiplied by 1.25; or

 

(b)            the average "contribution percentage" for the "testing year" of "eligible participants" who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year" multiplied by two, provided that the average "contribution percentage" for the Plan Year being tested of "eligible participants" who are Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the average "contribution percentage" for the "testing year" of "eligible participants" who are Non- Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year" by more than two percentage points.

 

For the first Plan Year in which the Plan provides for "contribution percentage amounts" to be made, the "ACP" for "eligible participants" who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees used  in determining  the limits applicable under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.06 shall be either three percent or the actual "ACP" of such eligible participants for such first Plan Year, as elected by the Employer in Section 1.06(b) of the Adoption Agreement.

	
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The "contribution percentage" for any "eligible participant" who is a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and who is eligible to have "contribution percentage amounts" allocated to his accounts under two or more plans described in Code Section 401(a) that are maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer, shall be determined as if such "contribution percentage amounts" were contributed to the Plan. If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more such plans that have different plan years, all "contribution percentage amounts" made during the Plan Year under such other plans shall be treated as having been contributed to the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, certain plans shall be treated as separate if mandatorily disaggregated under Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 401(m).

 

If this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code Section 401(m), 401(a)(4) or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this Plan, then this Section 6.06 shall be applied by determining the "contribution percentages" of Employees as if all such plans were a single plan. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(m) only if they have the same plan year and use the same method to satisfy the "ACP" test.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Plan permits Employees to make Employee Contributions and/or receive Matching Employer Contributions prior to the time the Employees have completed the minimum age and service requirements of Code Section 410(a)(1)(A) and the Employer elects, pursuant to Code Section 410(b)(4)(B), to disaggregate the Plan into two component plans for purposes of complying with Code Section 410(b)(1), one benefiting Employees who have completed such minimum age and service requirements and the other benefiting Employees who have not, the Plan must be disaggregated in the same manner for ACP testing purposes, unless the Plan applies the alternative rule in Code Section 401(m)(5)(C). In determining the component plans for purposes of such disaggregation, the Employer may apply the maximum entry dates permitted under Code Section 410(a)(4).

 

The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate satisfaction of the "ACP" test and the amount of Deferral Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, and/or Qualified Matching Employer Contributions used in such test.

 

6.7.            Allocation, Distribution, and Forfeiture of "Excess Aggregate Contributions". Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the "excess aggregate contributions" allocable to the Account of a Participant, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, as determined under Section 6.08, shall be forfeited, if forfeitable, or if not forfeitable, distributed to the Participant no later than the last day of the Plan Year immediately following the Plan Year in which the "excess aggregate contributions" were made. If such excess amounts are distributed more than 2 1/2 months (or 6 months if the Plan has been designated as an EACA within Subsection 1.07(a)(6) of the Adoption Agreement) after the last day of the Plan Year in which such "excess aggregate contributions" were made, a ten percent excise tax shall be imposed on the Employer maintaining the Plan with respect to such amounts.

 

The "excess aggregate contributions" allocable to a Participant's Account shall be determined by reducing the "contribution percentage amounts" made for the Plan Year on behalf of "eligible participants" who are Highly Compensated Employees in order of the dollar amount of such "contribution percentage amounts", beginning with the highest such dollar amount.

 

"Excess aggregate contributions" shall be treated as "annual additions".

 

"Excess aggregate contributions" shall be forfeited or distributed from a Participant's Employee Contributions Account, Matching Employer Contributions Account and, if applicable, the Participant's Deferral Contributions Account and/or Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions Account in the order prescribed and communicated to the Trustee, which order shall be uniform with respect to all Participants and nondiscriminatory. In the event that "excess aggregate contributions" are allocated to a Participant's Deferral Contributions Accounts, such "excess aggregated contributions" will be distributed first from the Participant's Deferral Contributions for the Plan Year other than his Roth 401(k) Contributions then from his Roth 401(k) Contributions.

 

Forfeitures of "excess aggregate contributions" shall be applied as provided in Section 11.09.

 

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balance of the Participant's Account to which such contributions were made, determined as of the end of the "determination year" without regard to any income or loss occurring during the "determination year"; or

 

(b)            the income or loss attributable to such distributable contributions shall be the income or loss on such contributions for the "determination year", determined under any other reasonable method. Any reasonable method used to determine income or loss hereunder shall be used consistently for all Participants in determining the income or loss allocable to distributable contributions hereunder and shall be the same method that is used by the Plan in allocating income or loss to Participants' Accounts.

 

6.9.            Deemed Satisfaction of "ADP" Test. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 6 to the contrary, if the Employer has elected in Subsection 1.11(a)(3) or Subsection 1.12(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement to make 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions, the portion of the Plan for which the election applies shall be deemed to have satisfied the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 for a Plan Year provided all of the following requirements are met with regard to the Active Participants within such portion of the Plan:

 

(a)            The 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contribution or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contribution must be allocated to an Active Participant's Account as of a date within such Plan Year and must be made before the last day of the 12-month period immediately following such Plan Year.

 

(b)            If the Employer has elected to make 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, such 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions must be made with respect to Deferral Contributions made by the Active Participant for such Plan Year.

 

(c)            The Employer shall provide to each Active Participant during the Plan Year a comprehensive notice, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average Active Participant, of the Active Participant's rights and obligations under the Plan. If the Employer either (i) is considering amending its Plan to satisfy the "ADP" test using 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions, as provided in Section 6.11, or (ii) has selected 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions under Subsection 1.12(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement and selected Subsection (a)(2), but not Subsection (a)(2)(A) of the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum, the notice shall include a statement that the Plan may be amended to provide a 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contribution for the Plan Year. The notice shall be provided to each Active Participant within one of the following periods, whichever is applicable:

 

(1)            if the Employee is an Active Participant 90 days before the beginning of the Plan Year, within the period beginning 90 days and ending 30 days, or any other reasonable period, before the first day of the Plan Year; or

 

(2)            if the Employee becomes an Active Participant after the date described in paragraph (1) above, within the period beginning 90 days before and ending on the date he becomes an Active Participant.

 

However, in the case of a notice for an automatic contribution arrangement pursuant to Code Section 401(k)(13), the notice must be provided sufficiently early to allow an Eligible Employee to make an election to avoid the contribution pursuant to Section 5.03(c). Notwithstanding the preceding requirement, the Administrator cannot make a Participant's default contribution pursuant to Section 5.03(c) effective any later than the earlier of (i) the pay date for the second payroll period that begins after the date the notice is provided; or, (ii) the first pay date that occurs at least 30 days after the notice is provided.

 

If the notice provides that the Plan may be amended to provide a 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contribution for the Plan Year and the Plan is amended to provide such contribution, a supplemental notice shall be provided to all Active Participants stating that a 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contribution in the specified amount shall be made for the Plan Year. Such supplemental notice shall be provided to Active Participants at least 30 days before the last day of the Plan Year.

 

(d)            If the Employer has elected to make 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, the ratio of Matching Employer Contributions made on behalf of each Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year to each such Highly Compensated Employee's eligible contributions for the Plan Year is not greater than the ratio of Matching Employer Contributions to eligible contributions that would apply to any Non-Highly Compensated Employee for whom such eligible contributions are the same percentage of Compensation, adjusted as provided in Section 5.02, for the Plan Year.

	
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(e)            Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 6.11(b) or with respect to a Plan Year described in (2) below, the Plan is amended to provide for 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions before the first day of such Plan Year and, except as otherwise provided in Subsection 6.11(d) or with respect to a Plan Year described in (1) through (4) below, such provisions remain in effect for an entire 12-month Plan Year. The 12-month Plan Year requirement shall not apply to:

 

(1)            The first Plan Year of a newly established Plan (other than a successor plan) if such Plan Year is at least 3 months long, provided that the 3-month requirement shall not apply in the case of a newly established employer that establishes a plan as soon as administratively feasible;

 

(2)            The Plan Year in which a cash or deferred arrangement is first added to an existing plan (other than a successor plan) if the cash or deferred arrangement is effective no later than 3 months before the end of such Plan Year;

 

(3)            Any short Plan Year resulting from a change in Plan Year if (i) the Plan satisfied the safe harbor requirements for the immediately preceding Plan Year and (ii) the Plan satisfies the safe harbor requirements for the immediately following Plan Year (or the immediately following 12 months, if the following Plan Year has fewer than 12 months);

 

(4)            The final Plan Year of a terminating Plan if any of the following applies: (i) the Plan would satisfy the provisions of paragraph Subsection 6.11(d) below, other than the provisions of paragraph Subsection 6.11(d)(3), treating the termination as an election to reduce or suspend 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions; (ii) the termination is in connection with a transaction described in Code Section 410(b)(6)(C); or (iii) the Employer incurs a substantial business hardship comparable to a substantial business hardship described in Code Section 412(d).

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, if the Employer has elected a more stringent eligibility requirement in Section 1.04 of the Adoption Agreement for 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions than for Deferral Contributions, the Plan shall be disaggregated and treated as two separate plans pursuant to Code Section 410(b)(4)(B). The separate disaggregated plan that satisfies Code Section 401(k)(12) shall be deemed to have satisfied the "ADP" test. The other disaggregated plan shall be subjected to the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03. If the Employer has elected in Subsection (b) of the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement or Section (b) of the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement to exclude some Participants from receiving 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions, the Plan shall be deemed to have satisfied the "ADP" test only with respect to those employees who are eligible to receive such contributions. The remainder of the Plan shall be subjected to the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 6.11(d) regarding amendments suspending or eliminating 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions, a plan that does not meet the requirements specified in (a) through (e) above with respect to a Plan Year may not default to ADP testing in accordance with Section 6.03 above.

 

6.10.            Deemed Satisfaction of "ACP" Test With Respect to Matching Employer Contributions. The portion of the Plan that is deemed to satisfy the "ADP" test pursuant to Section 6.09 shall also be deemed to have satisfied the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 with respect to Matching Employer Contributions, if Matching Employer Contributions to the Plan for the Plan Year meet all of the following requirements:

 

(a)            Matching Employer Contributions meet the requirements of Subsections 6.09(a) and (b) as if they were 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions;

 

(b)            the percentage of eligible contributions matched does not increase as the percentage of Compensation contributed increases;

 

(c)            the ratio of Matching Employer Contributions made on behalf of each Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year to each such Highly Compensated Employee's eligible contributions for the Plan Year is not greater than the ratio of Matching Employer Contributions to eligible contributions that would apply to each Non-Highly

	
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Compensated Employee for whom such eligible contributions are the same percentage of Compensation, adjusted as provided in Section 5.02, for the Plan Year;

 

		(d)	eligible contributions matched do not exceed six percent of a Participant's Compensation; and

 

(e)            if the Employer elected in Subsection 1.11(a)(2) or 1.11(b) of the Adoption Agreement to provide discretionary Matching Employer Contributions, the Employer also elected in Subsection 1.11(a)(2)(A) or 1.11(b)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, as applicable, to limit the dollar amount of such discretionary Matching Employer Contributions allocated to a Participant for the Plan Year to no more than four percent of such Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year.

 

The portion of the Plan not deemed to have satisfied the "ACP" test pursuant to this Section shall be subject to the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 with respect to Matching Employer Contributions.

 

If the Plan provides for Employee Contributions, the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 must be applied with respect to such Employee Contributions.

 

6.11.            Changing Testing Methods. In accordance with Treas. Regs. 1.401(k)-1(e)(7) and 1.401(m)-1(c)(2), it is impermissible for the Employer to use "ADP" and "ACP" testing for a Plan Year in which it is intended for the plan through its written terms to be a Code Section 401(k) safe harbor plan and Code Section 401(m) safe harbor plan and the Employer fails to satisfy the requirements of such safe harbors for the Plan Year. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, if the Employer elects to change between the "ADP" testing method and the safe harbor testing method, the following shall apply:

 

(a)            Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section or Subsection 6.09, or applicable regulation, the Employer may not change from the "ADP" testing method to the safe harbor testing method unless Plan provisions adopting the safe harbor testing method are adopted before the first day of the Plan Year in which they are to be effective and remain in effect for an entire 12-month Plan Year.

 

(b)            A Plan may be amended during a Plan Year to make 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions to satisfy the testing rules for such Plan Year if:

 

(1)            The Employer provides both the initial and subsequent notices described in Section 6.09 for such Plan Year within the time period prescribed in Section 6.09.

 

(2)            The Employer amends its Adoption Agreement no later than 30 days prior to the end of such Plan Year to provide for  401(k) Safe Harbor  Nonelective  Employer Contribution in accordance with the provisions of the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

(c)            Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section, a Plan may not be amended during the Plan Year to discontinue 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective or Matching Employer Contributions and revert to the "ADP" testing method for such Plan Year.

 

(d)            A Plan may be amended to reduce or suspend 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Contributions on future contributions during a Plan Year or, for an Employer which has incurred a substantial business hardship (comparable to a substantial business hardship described in Code Section 412(c)), 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions and revert to the "ADP" testing method for such Plan Year if:

 

(1)            All Active Participants are provided notice of the reduction or suspension describing (i) the consequences of the amendment, (ii) the procedures for changing their salary reduction agreements, and (i) the effective date of the reduction or suspension.

 

(2)            The reduction or suspension of such contributions is no earlier than the later of (i) 30 days after the date the notice described in paragraph (1) is provided to Active Participants or (ii) the date the amendment is adopted.

 

(3)            Active Participants are given a reasonable opportunity before the reduction or suspension occurs, including a reasonable period after the notice described in paragraph (1) is provided to Active Participants, to change their salary reduction agreements elections.

	
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(4)            The Plan satisfies the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions provisions of the Adoption Agreement in effect prior to the amendment with respect to Deferral Contributions made through the effective date of the amendment.

 

(5)            The Plan satisfies the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions provisions of the Adoption Agreement in effect prior to the amendment with respect to the safe harbor compensation (compensation meeting the requirements of Section 1.401(k)-3(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations) paid through the effective date of the amendment.

 

If the Employer amends its Plan in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (d), the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 shall be applied as if it had been in effect for the entire Plan Year using the current year testing method in Subsection 1.06(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

6.12.            Code Section 415 Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the following limitations shall apply:

 

(a)            Employer Maintains Single Plan: If the "415 employer" does not maintain any other qualified defined contribution plan or any "welfare benefit fund", "individual medical benefit account", or "simplified employee pension" in addition to the Plan, the provisions of this Subsection 6.12(a) shall apply.

 

(1)            If a Participant does not participate in, and has never participated in any other qualified defined contribution plan, "welfare benefit fund", "individual medical benefit account", or "simplified employee pension" maintained by the "415 employer", which provides an "annual addition", the amount of "annual additions" to the Participant's Account for a Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of the "maximum permissible amount" or any other limitation contained in the Plan. If a contribution that would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account would cause the "annual additions" for the Limitation Year to exceed the "maximum permissible amount", the amount contributed or allocated shall be reduced so that the "annual additions" for the Limitation Year shall equal the "maximum permissible amount".

 

(2)            Prior to the determination of a Participant's actual "415 compensation" for a Limitation Year, the "maximum permissible amount" may be determined on the basis of a reasonable estimation of the Participant's "415 compensation" for such Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated. Any Employer contributions to be made based on estimated annual "415 compensation" shall be reduced by any "excess 415 amounts" carried over from prior Limitation Years.

 

(3)            As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the "maximum permissible amount" for such Limitation Year shall be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual "415 compensation" for such Limitation Year.

 

(b)          Employer Maintains Multiple Defined Contribution Type Plans: Unless the Employer specifies another method for limiting "annual additions" in the 415 Correction Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, if the "415 employer" maintains any other qualified defined contribution plan or any "welfare benefit fund", "individual medical benefit account", or "simplified employee pension" in addition to the Plan, the provisions of this Subsection 6.12(b) shall apply.

 

(1)            If a Participant is covered under any other qualified defined contribution plan or any "welfare benefit fund", "individual medical benefit account", or "simplified employee pension" maintained by the "415 employer", that provides an "annual addition", the amount of "annual additions" to the Participant's Account for a Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of:

 

(A)            the "maximum permissible amount", reduced by the sum of any "annual additions" to the Participant's accounts for the same Limitation Year under such other qualified defined contribution plans and "welfare benefit funds", "individual medical benefit accounts", and "simplified employee pensions", or

 

		(B)	any other limitation contained in the Plan.

 

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maintained by the "415 employer" are less than the "maximum permissible amount" and a contribution that would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account under the Plan would cause the "annual additions" for the Limitation Year to exceed the "maximum permissible amount", the amount to be contributed or allocated shall be reduced so that the "annual additions" for the Limitation Year shall equal the "maximum permissible amount". If the "annual additions" with respect to the Participant under such other qualified defined contribution plans, "welfare benefit funds", "individual medical benefit accounts", and "simplified employee pensions" in the aggregate are equal to or greater than the "maximum permissible amount", no amount shall be contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account under the Plan for the Limitation Year.

 

(2)            Prior to the determination of a Participant's actual "415 compensation" for the Limitation Year, the amounts referred to in Subsection 6.12(b)(1)(A) above may be determined on the basis of a reasonable estimation of the Participant's "415 compensation" for such Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated. Any Employer contribution to be made based on estimated annual "415 compensation" shall be reduced by any "excess 415 amounts" carried over from prior Limitation Years.

 

(3)            As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the amounts referred to in Subsection 6.12(b)(1)(A) shall be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual "415 compensation" for such Limitation Year.

 

(c)            Corrections: In correcting an "excess 415 amount" in a Limitation Year, the Employer may use any appropriate correction under the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System, or any successor thereto.

 

(d)            Exclusion from Annual Additions: Restorative payments allocated to a Participant's Account, which include payments made to restore losses to the Plan resulting from actions (or a failure to act) by a fiduciary for which there is a reasonable risk of liability under Title I of ERISA or under other applicable federal or state law, where similarly situated Participants are similarly treated do not give rise to an "annual addition" for any Limitation Year.

Article 7.                          Participants' Accounts.

 

7.1.            Individual Accounts. The Administrator shall establish and maintain an Account for each Participant that shall reflect Employer and Employee contributions made on behalf of the Participant and earnings, expenses, gains and losses attributable thereto, and investments made with amounts in the Participant's Account. The Administrator shall separately account for any Deferral Contributions made on behalf of a Participant and the earnings, expenses, gains and losses attributable thereto. The Administrator shall establish and maintain such other accounts and records as it decides in its discretion to be reasonably required or appropriate in order to discharge its duties under the Plan. The Administrator shall notify the Trustee of all Accounts established and maintained under the Plan.

 

If "designated Roth contributions", as defined in Section 6.01, are held under the Plan either as Rollover Contributions or because of an Active Participant's election to make Roth 401(k) Contributions under the terms of the Plan, separate accounts shall be maintained with respect to such "designated Roth contributions." Contributions and withdrawals of "designated Roth contributions" will be credited and debited to the "designated Roth contributions" sub-account maintained for each Participant within the Participant's Account. The Plan will maintain a record of the amount of "designated Roth contributions" in each such sub-account. Gains, losses, and other credits or charges will be separately allocated on a reasonable and consistent basis to each Participant's "designated Roth contributions" sub-account and the Participant's other sub-accounts within the Participant's Account under the Plan. No contributions other than "designated Roth contributions" and properly attributable earnings will be credited to each Participant's "designated Roth contributions" sub-account.

 

7.2.            Valuation of Accounts. Participant Accounts shall be valued at their fair market value at least annually as of a "determination date", as defined in Subsection 15.01(a), in accordance with a method consistently followed and uniformly applied, and on such date earnings, expenses, gains and losses on investments made with amounts in each Participant's Account shall be allocated to such Account.

Article 8.                          Investment of Contributions.

 

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Service Agreement. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the selection of Permissible Investments and shall not render investment advice to any person in connection with the selection of such options.

 

8.2.            Investment Decisions. Investments shall be directed by the Employer or by each Participant or both, in accordance with the Employer's election in Subsection 1.24 of the Adoption Agreement. Pursuant to Section 20.04, the Trustee shall have no discretion or authority with respect to the investment of the Trust Fund; however, the Trustee or an affiliate may exercise investment management authority in accordance with Subsection (e) below.

 

(a)            With respect  to those  Participant Accounts for which Employer investment  direction is elected,  the Employer (in its capacity as a named fiduciary under ERISA) has the right to direct the Trustee in writing with respect to the investment and reinvestment of assets in the Permissible Investments designated in the Service Agreement.

 

(b)            With respect to those Participant Accounts for which Participant investment direction is elected, each Participant shall direct the investment of his Account among the Permissible Investments designated in the Service Agreement. The Participant shall file initial investment instructions using procedures established by the Administrator, selecting the Permissible Investments in which amounts credited to his Account shall be invested. If the Plan has in place a qualified default investment alternative as described in ERISA Section 404(c)(5) and the regulations issued thereunder, the Trustee may be directed to change a Participant's or Beneficiary's investment election, with respect to amounts already held under the Trust and/or future contributions, to the qualified default investment alternative if the Plan's investment fiduciary notifies the Participant or Beneficiary, in accordance with the aforementioned regulations, that the investment change will occur absent an affirmative election and the Participant or Beneficiary fails to make such election after receiving the notice.

 

(1)            While any balance remains in the Account of a Participant after his death, the Beneficiary of the Participant shall make decisions as to the investment of the Account as though the Beneficiary were the Participant. To the extent required by a qualified domestic relations order as defined in Code Section 414(p), an alternate payee shall make investment decisions with respect to any segregated account established in the name of the alternate payee as provided in Section 18.04.

 

(2)            If the Trustee receives any contribution under the Plan as to which investment instructions have not been provided, such amount shall be invested in the Permissible Investment selected for such purposes in the Service Agreement.

 

To the extent that the Employer elects to allow Participants to direct the investment of their Account in Section 1.24 of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan is intended to constitute a plan described in ERISA Section 404(c)(1) and regulations issued thereunder. The fiduciaries of the Plan shall be relieved of liability for any losses that are the direct and necessary result of investment instructions given by the Participant, his Beneficiary, or an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order.

 

If one of the Permissible Investments for the Plan is employer securities (as defined in Section 407(d)(1) of ERISA) of a publicly traded company or one treated as publicly traded pursuant to Section 401(a)(35)(F) of the Code, the Plan must have no fewer than three Permissible Investments, other than such employer securities, each of which must be diversified and have materially different risk and return characteristics. To the extent contributions to the Plan have been required to be invested in such employer securities through Section 1.24(b) and subject to any restrictions described therein, a Participant or Beneficiary must be permitted to direct the investment of the proceeds from an exchange out of employer securities into one of the Permissible Investments described in this paragraph. Except as provided in Reg. Section 1.401(a)(35)-1 and other applicable guidance,  the Plan shall not impose restrictions or conditions with respect to the investment of employer securities that are not imposed on the other Permissible Investments, except any restrictions or conditions imposed by reason of the application of securities laws.

 

(c)            All dividends, interest, gains and distributions of any nature received in respect of Fund Shares shall be reinvested in additional shares of that Permissible Investment, except as otherwise designated in the Service Agreement.

 

(d)            Expenses attributable to the acquisition of investments shall, in accordance with the Service Agreement, be charged to the Account of the Participant for which such investment is made.

	
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(e)            The Administrator, as named fiduciary for the Plan, may appoint one or more investment managers (as defined under Section 3(38) of ERISA) who may have such duties, up to and including any authority to determine what shall be the Permissible Investments for the Plan at any given time, what restrictions will exist upon those and how unallocated accounts under the Plan and contributions described in Section 8.02(b)(2) of the Plan shall be invested, as the Administrator in its sole discretion shall determine in its appointment and agreement with such investment manager(s). Such agreement(s) may limit, to the extent permissible under ERISA, the Administrator's authority and responsibility for the Plan's Permissible Investments so delegated to the investment manager(s). The Administrator and the Trustee shall describe in the Service Agreement the extent to which any such investment manager may direct the Trustee regarding the Permissible Investments for the Plan. The Administrator shall retain the authority to revoke any such appointment of an investment manager and shall notify the Trustee of any such revocation in such form or manner as required under the Service Agreement. The Administrator may appoint an investment manager (which may be an affiliate of the Trustee) to determine the allocation of amounts held in Participants' Accounts among various investment options (the "Managed Account" option) for Participants who direct the Trustee to invest any portion of their accounts in the Managed Account option. The investment options utilized under the Managed Account option may be those generally available under the Plan or may be as selected by the investment manager for use under the Managed Account option. Participation in the Managed Account option shall be subject to such conditions and limitations (including account minimums) as may be imposed by the investment manager. An investment manager (which may be the Trustee or an affiliate) may also be appointed to manage any Permissible Investment subject to management by such investment manager.

 

8.3.            Participant Directions to Trustee. The method and frequency for change of investments shall be determined under the rules applicable to the Permissible Investments, including any additional rules limiting the frequency of investment changes, which are designated in the Service Agreement (except where the asset(s) are subject to Section 20.10 and agreements described therein). The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire into the investment decisions of a Participant or to advise him regarding the purchase, retention, or sale of assets credited to his Account.

Article 9.                          Participant Loans.

 

9.1.            Special Definition. For purposes of this Article, a "participant" is any Participant or Beneficiary, including an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p), who is a party-in-interest (as determined under ERISA Section 3(14)) with respect to the Plan.

 

9.2.            Participant Loans. If so provided by the Employer in Section 1.18 of the Adoption Agreement, the Administrator shall allow "participants" to apply for a loan from their Accounts under the Plan, subject to the provisions of this Article 9.

 

9.3.            Separate Loan Procedures. All Plan loans shall be made and administered in accordance with separate loan procedures that are hereby incorporated into the Plan by reference. The separate loan procedures shall describe the portions of a Participant's Account from which loans may be taken.

 

9.4.            Availability of Loans. Loans shall be made available to all "participants" on a reasonably equivalent basis. Loans shall not be made available to "participants" who are Highly Compensated Employees in an amount greater than the amount made available to other "participants".

 

9.5.            Limitation on Loan Amount. No loan to any "participant" shall be made to the extent that such loan when added to the outstanding balance of all other loans to the "participant" would exceed the lesser of (a) $50,000 reduced by the excess (if any) of the highest outstanding balance of plan loans during the one-year period ending on the day before the loan is made over the outstanding balance of plan loans on the date the loan is made, or (b) one-half the present value of the "participant's" vested interest in his Account. For purposes of the above limitation, plan loans include all loans from all plans maintained by the Employer and any Related Employer.

 

9.6.            Interest Rate. Subject to the requirements of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, all loans shall bear a reasonable rate of interest as determined by the Administrator based on the prevailing interest rates charged by persons in the business of lending money for loans which would be made under similar circumstances. The determination of a reasonable rate of interest must be based on appropriate regional factors unless the Plan is administered on a national basis in which case the Administrator may establish a uniform reasonable rate of interest applicable to all regions.

 

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unless such loan is for the purchase of a "participant's" primary residence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amortization requirement may be waived while a "participant" is on a leave of absence from employment with the Employer and any Related Employer either without pay or at a rate of pay which, after withholding for employment and income taxes, is less than the amount of the installment payments required under the terms of the loan, provided that the period of such waiver shall not exceed one year, unless the "participant" is absent because of military leave during which the "participant" performs services with the uniformed services (as defined in chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code), regardless of whether such military leave is a qualified military leave in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 414(u). Installment payments must resume after such leave of absence ends or, if earlier, after the first year of such leave of absence, in an amount that is not less than the amount of the installment payments required under the terms of the original loan. Unless a "participant" is absent because of military leave, as discussed below, no waiver of the amortization requirements shall extend the period of the loan beyond five years from the date of the loan, unless the loan is for purchase of the "participant's" primary residence. If a "participant" is absent because of military leave during which the "participant" performs services with the uniformed services (as defined in chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code), regardless of whether such military leave is a qualified military leave in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 414(u), waiver of the amortization requirements may extend the period of the loan to the maximum period permitted for such loan under the separate loan procedures extended by the period of such military leave.

 

9.8.            Security. Loans must be secured by the "participant's" vested interest in his Account not to exceed 50 percent of such vested interest. If the provisions of Section 14.04 apply to a Participant, a Participant must obtain the consent of his or her Spouse, if any, to use his vested interest in his Account as security for the loan. Spousal consent shall be obtained no earlier than the beginning of the 180-day period that ends on the date on which the loan is to be so secured. The consent must be in writing, must acknowledge the effect of the loan, and must be witnessed by a Plan representative or notary public. Such consent shall thereafter be binding with respect to the consenting Spouse or any subsequent Spouse with respect to that loan. Any revision of such a loan permitted by Q & A 24(c) of Section 1.401(a)-20 of the Treasury Regulations and the Plan's separate loan procedures shall be treated as a new loan made on the date of such revision for purposes of spousal consent.

 

9.9.            Loan Repayments. If a "participant's" loan is being repaid through payroll withholding, the Employer shall remit any such loan repayment to the Trustee as of the earliest date on which such amount can reasonably be segregated from the Employer's general assets, but not later than the earlier of (a) the close of the period specified in the separate loan procedures for preventing a default or (b) the 15th business day of the calendar month following the month in which such amount otherwise would have been paid to the "participant".

 

		9.10.	Default. The Administrator shall treat a loan in default if:

 

(a)            any scheduled repayment remains unpaid at the end of the cure period specified in the separate loan procedures (unless payment is not made due to a waiver of the amortization schedule for a "participant" who is on a leave of absence, as described in Section 9.07), or

 

		(b)	there is an outstanding principal balance existing on a loan after the last scheduled repayment date.

 

Upon default, the entire outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be immediately due and payable. If a distributable event (as defined by the Code) has occurred, the Administrator shall direct the Trustee to foreclose on the promissory note and offset the "participant's" vested interest in his Account by the outstanding balance of the loan. If a distributable event has not occurred, the Administrator shall direct the Trustee to foreclose on the promissory note and offset the "participant's" vested interest in his Account as soon as a distributable event occurs. The Trustee shall have no obligation to foreclose on the promissory note and offset the outstanding balance of the loan except as directed by the Administrator.

 

9.11.            Effect of Termination Where Participant has Outstanding Loan Balance. If a Participant has an outstanding loan balance at the time his employment terminates, the entire outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be due and payable by the end of the cure period specified in the separate loan procedures. Any outstanding loan amounts that are immediately due and payable hereunder shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 9.10 and 9.12 as if the Participant had defaulted on the outstanding loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant with an outstanding loan balance terminates employment with the Employer and all Related Employers under circumstances that do not constitute a separation from service, as described in Subsection 12.01(b), such Participant may elect, within 60 days of such termination, to roll over the outstanding loan to an eligible retirement plan, as defined in Section 13.04, that accepts such rollovers.

 

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purposes of Code Section 72(p), whether or not a distributable event has occurred. The tax treatment of that portion of a defaulted loan that is secured by Roth 401(k) Contributions shall be determined in accordance with Code Section 402A and guidance issued thereunder.

 

The amount of a loan that is a deemed distribution ceases to be an outstanding loan for purposes of Code Section 72, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, and a Participant shall not be treated  as having received a taxable distribution when the Participant's Account is offset by the outstanding balance of the loan amount as provided in Section 9.10. In addition, interest that accrues on a loan after it is deemed distributed shall not be treated as an additional loan to the Participant and shall not be included in the income of the Participant as a deemed distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless a Participant repays a loan that has been deemed distributed, with interest thereon, the amount of such loan, with interest, shall be considered an outstanding loan under Code Section 72(p) for purposes of determining the applicable limitation on subsequent loans under Section 9.05.

 

If a Participant makes payments on a loan that has been deemed distributed, payments made on the loan after the date it was deemed distributed shall be treated as Employee Contributions to the Plan for purposes of increasing the Participant's tax basis in his Account, but shall not be treated as Employee Contributions for any other purpose under the Plan, including application of the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 and application of the Code Section 415 limitations described in Section 6.12.

 

The provisions of this Section 9.12 regarding treatment of loans that are deemed distributed shall not apply to loans made prior to January 1, 2002, except to the extent provided under the transition rules in Q & A 22(c)(2) of Section 1.72(p)-l of the Treasury Regulations.

 

9.13.            Determination of Vested Interest Upon Distribution Where Plan Loan is Outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the portion of a "participant's" vested interest in his Account that is held by the Plan as security for a loan outstanding to the "participant" in accordance with the provisions of this Article shall reduce the amount of the Account payable at the time of death or distribution, but only if the reduction is used as repayment of the loan. If less than 100 percent of a "participant's" vested interest in his Account (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) is payable to the "participant's" surviving Spouse or other Beneficiary, then the Account shall be adjusted by first reducing the "participant's" vested interest in his Account by the amount of the security used as repayment of the loan, and then determining the benefit payable to the surviving Spouse or other Beneficiary.

Article 10.                          In-Service Withdrawals.

 

10.1.            Availability of In-Service Withdrawals. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 11.02 with respect to Participants who continue in employment past Normal Retirement Age, or as required under Section 12.04 with respect to Participants who continue in employment past their Required Beginning Date, a Participant shall not be permitted to make a withdrawal from his Account under the Plan prior to retirement or termination of employment with the Employer and all Related Employers, if any, except as provided in this Article.

 

(a)      Active Military Distribution (HEART Act): A Participant performing service in the uniformed services as described in Code Section 3401(h)(2)(A) shall be treated as having been severed from employment with the Employer for purposes of Code Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(I) and shall, as long as that service in the uniformed services continues, have the option to request a distribution of all or any part of his or her Account restricted from distribution only due to Code Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(I). Any distribution taken by a Participant pursuant to the previous sentence shall be considered an eligible rollover distribution pursuant to Section 13.04(c) of the Plan and any Participant taking a distribution under this Subsection shall be suspended from making Deferral Contributions and Employee Contributions under the Plan for a period of 6 months following the date of any such distribution.

 

10.2.            Withdrawal of Employee Contributions. A Participant may elect to withdraw up to 100 percent of the amount then credited to his Employee Contributions Account. Such withdrawals may be made in accordance with the frequency constraints selected through Subsection 1.19(c) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

10.3.            Withdrawal of Rollover Contributions. A Participant may elect to withdraw up to 100 percent of the amount then credited to his Rollover Contributions Account. Such withdrawals may be made at any time.

 

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and who has attained the age of 59 1/2 is permitted to withdraw upon request all or any portion of his Accounts specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.19(b) of the Adoption Agreement or the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, as applicable and as may be limited therein.

 

10.5.            Hardship Withdrawals. If so provided by the Employer in Subsection 1.19(a) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant who continues in employment as an Employee may apply for a hardship withdrawal. Unless provided otherwise in the Service Agreement, the Participant may apply by certifying to the Administrator all of the required criteria specified in this Section. Such certification shall represent that the Participant has documentation substantiating the hardship. Such a hardship withdrawal may include all or any portion of the Accounts specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.19(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement and Section (c) of the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, if applicable, excluding any earnings on the Deferral Contributions Account accrued after the later of December 31, 1988 or the last day of the last Plan Year ending before July 1, 1989. The minimum amount, if any, that a Participant may withdraw because of hardship is the dollar amount specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.19(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

For purposes of this Section 10.05, a withdrawal is made on account of hardship if made on account of an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant where such Participant lacks other available resources. The Administrator shall direct the Trustee with respect to hardship withdrawals and those withdrawals shall be based on the following special rules:

 

(a)            The following are the only financial needs considered immediate and heavy:

 

(1)          expenses incurred or necessary for medical care (that would be deductible under Code Section 213(d), determined without regard to whether the expenses exceed any applicable income limit) of the Participant, the Participant's Spouse, children, or dependents, or a primary beneficiary of the Participant;

 

(2)            costs directly related to the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence for the Participant;

 

(3)            payment of tuition, related educational fees, and room and board for the next 12 months of post- secondary education for the Participant, the Participant's Spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B) thereof) , or a primary beneficiary of the Participant;

 

(4)            payments necessary to prevent the eviction of the Participant from, or a foreclosure on the mortgage on, the Participant's principal residence;

 

(5)            payments for funeral or burial expenses for the Participant's deceased parent, Spouse, child, or dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to subsection (d)(1)(B) thereof) , or a primary beneficiary of the Participant;

 

(6)            expenses for the repair of damage to the Participant's principal residence that would qualify for a casualty loss deduction under Code Section 165 (determined without regard to whether the loss exceeds any applicable income limit); or

 

(7)            any other financial need determined to be immediate and heavy under rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate; provided, however, that any such financial need shall constitute an immediate and heavy need under this paragraph (7) no sooner than administratively practicable following the date such rule or regulation is issued.

 

For purposes of this Section, the term "primary beneficiary" means a Beneficiary under the Plan who has an unconditional right to all or a portion of the Participant's Account upon the death of the Participant.

 

(b)            A distribution shall be considered as necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant only if:

 

(1)            The Participant has obtained all distributions, other than the hardship withdrawal, and all nontaxable (at the time of the loan) loans currently available under all plans maintained by the Employer or any Related Employer;

 

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contributions and employee contributions to all other qualified plans and non-qualified plans maintained by the Employer or any Related Employer, other than any mandatory employee contribution portion of a defined benefit plan, including stock option, stock purchase, and other similar plans, but not including health and welfare benefit plans (other than the cash or deferred arrangement portion of a cafeteria plan); and

 

(3)            The withdrawal amount is not in excess of the amount of an immediate and heavy financial need (including amounts necessary to pay any Federal, state or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution).

 

10.6.            Additional In-Service  Withdrawal Rules. To the extent required under Code Section 411(d)(6), in-service withdrawals that were available under a prior plan shall be available under the Plan and indicated using Subsection 1.19(g) of the Adoption Agreement. The Employer may also elect additional in-service withdrawal options using Section 1.19(g) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

10.7.            Restrictions on In-Service Withdrawals. The following restrictions apply to any in-service withdrawal made from a Participant's Account under this Article:

 

(a)            Except with regard to a rollover made pursuant to Subsection 1.09(b), if the provisions of Section 14.04 apply to a Participant's Account, the Participant must obtain the consent of his Spouse, if any, to obtain an in-service withdrawal.

 

(b)            In-service withdrawals  under  this  Article shall be made in a lump  sum payment, except that if the provisions of Section 14.04 apply to a Participant's Account, the Participant shall receive the in-service withdrawal in the form of a "qualified joint and survivor annuity", as defined in Subsection 14.01(a), unless the consent rules in Section 14.05 are satisfied, or the Participant may elect to receive the in-service withdrawal in the form of a "qualified optional survivor annuity", as defined in Subsection 14.01(b).

 

(c)            Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary other than the provisions of Section 11.02 or 12.04, a Participant shall not be permitted to make an in-service withdrawal from his Account of amounts attributable to contributions made to a money purchase pension plan, except employee and/or rollover contributions that were held in a separate account(s) under such plan.

 

10.8            Qualified Disaster Distributions. To the extent that the Employer has so provided by selecting Section 1.19(d) of the Adoption Agreement and completing Section (d) of the In-Service Withdrawals Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, Qualified Individuals (as defined in subsection (b) below) may designate all or a portion of a qualifying distribution as a Qualified Disaster Distribution (as defined in subsection (a) below).

 

(a)            A "Qualified Disaster Distribution" means any distribution made on or after the QDD Effective Date (as defined in subsection (c) below) and before the QDD Distribution Date (as defined in subsection (d) below) to a Qualified Individual, to the extent that such distribution, when aggregated with all other Qualified Disaster Distributions to the Qualified Individual made under the Plan (and under any other plan maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer), does not exceed $100,000. A Qualified Disaster Distribution must be made in accordance with and pursuant to the distribution provisions of the Plan, except that:

 

(1)            A Qualified Disaster Distribution of amounts attributable to Nonelective Employer Contributions, Deferral Contributions and Qualified Nonelective Employer contributions shall be deemed to be made after the occurrence of any distributable events otherwise applicable under Code section 401(k)(2)(B)(i), such as termination of employment (and shall be deemed permissible under Section 12.01), and

 

		(2)	The requirements of Code sections 401(a)(31), 402(f) and 3405 and Section 13.04 shall not apply.

 

(b)            A "Qualified Individual" means any individual described in Section (d) of the In-Service Withdrawal Addendum to the Adoption Agreement whose principal place of abode is within a federally declared disaster area on the date so indicated pursuant to Code Section 1400M or other federal law which treats such a person as if Code Section 1400M applied.

 

(c)            The "QDD Effective Date" means  the date described in Section  (d) of the In-Service Withdrawal Addendum to the Adoption Agreement upon which Code Section 1400M would be made applicable to the Qualified Individual in accordance with (b) above.

	
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(d)            The "QDD Distribution Date" means the date described in Section (d) of the In-Service Withdrawal Addendum to the Adoption Agreement upon which the Qualified Individual is no longer able to take the distribution pursuant to Code Section 1400M in accordance with (b) above due to his or her principal place of abode at the time.

 

(e)            If the Employer elected to provide for Rollover Contributions in Subsection 1.09(a) of the Adoption Agreement, an Eligible Employee who received a Qualified Disaster Distribution, as defined herein, may repay to the Plan the Qualified Disaster Distribution, provided the Qualified Disaster Distribution is eligible for tax-free rollover treatment. Any such re-contribution will be treated as having been made in a direct rollover to the Plan, provided it is made during the three-year period beginning on the day after the date on which the Qualified Disaster Distribution was received and does not exceed the amount of such distribution.

 

10.9.            Qualified Reservist Distributions. If so elected by the Employer in Section 1.19(e) of the Adoption Agreement, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Participant ordered or called to active duty for a period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite period by reason of being a member of a reserve component (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code), shall be eligible to elect to receive a Qualified Reservist Distribution. A "Qualified Reservist Distribution" means a distribution from the Participant's Account of amounts attributable to Deferral Contributions, provided such distribution is made during the period beginning on the date of the order or call to active duty and ending at the close of the active duty period.

 

10.10.            Age 62 Distribution of Money Purchase Benefits. If so elected by the Employer in Section 1.19(f) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant who has attained at least age 62 shall be eligible to elect to receive a distribution of vested benefit amounts accrued as a result of the Participant's participation in a money purchase pension plan (due to a merger into this Plan of money purchase pension plan assets), if any.

Article 11.                          Right to Benefits.

 

11.1.            Normal or Early Retirement. Each Participant who continues in employment as an Employee until his Normal Retirement Age or, if so provided by the Employer in Subsection 1.14(b) of the Adoption Agreement, Early Retirement Age, shall have a vested interest in his Account of 100 percent regardless of any vesting schedule elected in Section 1.16 of the Adoption Agreement. If a Participant retires upon the attainment of Normal or Early Retirement Age, such retirement is referred to as a normal retirement.

 

11.2.            Late Retirement. If a Participant continues in employment as an Employee after his Normal Retirement Age, he shall continue to have a 100 percent vested interest in his Account and shall continue to participate in the Plan until the date he establishes with the Employer for his late retirement. Until he retires, he has a continuing right to elect to receive distribution of all or any portion of his Account in accordance with the provisions of Articles 12 and 13; provided, however, that a Participant may not receive any portion of his Deferral Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, Qualified Matching Employer Contributions, 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Accounts prior to his attainment of age 59 1/2.

 

11.3.            Disability Retirement. If so provided by the Employer in Subsection 1.14(c) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant who becomes disabled while employed as an Employee shall have a 100 percent vested interest in his Account regardless of any vesting schedule elected in Section 1.16 of the Adoption Agreement. An Employee is considered disabled if he satisfies any of the requirements for disability retirement selected by the Employer in Section 1.15 of the Adoption Agreement and terminates his employment with the Employer. Such termination of employment is referred to as a disability retirement.

 

11.4.            Death. A Participant who dies while employed as an Employee, or while performing qualified military service as defined in Code Section 414(u)(5), shall have a 100 percent vested interest in his Account and his designated Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive the balance of his Account, plus any amounts thereafter credited to his Account. If a Participant whose employment as an Employee has terminated dies, his designated Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive the Participant's vested interest in his Account.

 

A copy of the death notice or other sufficient documentation must be provided to the Administrator using procedures established by the Administrator. If upon the death of the Participant there is, in the opinion of the Administrator, no designated Beneficiary for part or all of the Participant's Account, such amount shall be paid to his surviving Spouse or, if none, to his estate (such Spouse or estate shall be deemed to be the Beneficiary for purposes of the Plan). If a Beneficiary dies after benefits to such Beneficiary have commenced, but before they have been completed, and, in the opinion of the

	
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Administrator, no person has been designated to receive such remaining benefits, then such benefits shall be paid in a lump sum to the deceased Beneficiary's estate.

 

Subject to the requirements of Section 14.04, a Participant may designate a Beneficiary, or change any prior designation of Beneficiary by giving notice to the Administrator using procedures established by the Administrator. If more than one person is designated as the Beneficiary, their respective interests shall be as indicated on the designation form. In the case of a married Participant, the Participant's Spouse shall be deemed to be the designated Beneficiary unless the Participant's Spouse has consented to another designation in the manner described in Section 14.06. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant's Account is subject to the requirements of Section 14.04 and the Employer has specified in Subsection 1.20(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Adoption Agreement that less than 100 percent of the Participant's Account that is subject to Section 14.04 shall be used to purchase the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity", as defined in Section 14.01, the Participant may designate a Beneficiary other than his Spouse for the portion of his Account that would not be used to purchase the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity," regardless of whether the Spouse consents to such designation.

 

11.5.            Other Termination of Employment. If a Participant terminates his employment with the Employer and all Related Employers, if any, for any reason other than death or normal, late, or disability retirement, he shall be entitled to a termination benefit equal to the sum of (a) his vested interest in the balance of his Matching Employer and/or Nonelective Employer Contributions Account(s), such vested interest to be determined in accordance with Section 5.11 and the vesting schedule(s) selected by the Employer in Section 1.16 of the Adoption Agreement and/or the Vesting Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, and (b) the balance of his Deferral, Employee, Qualified Nonelective Employer, Qualified Matching Employer, and Rollover Contributions sub-accounts.

 

11.6.            Application for Distribution. Except as provided in Subsection 1.21(a) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant (or his Beneficiary, if the Participant has died) who is entitled to a distribution hereunder must request such distribution, using procedures established by the Administrator, unless the Employer has elected in Subsection 1.20(e)(1) of the Adoption Agreement to cash out de minimus Accounts and the Participant's vested interest in his Account does not exceed the amount subject to automatic distribution pursuant to Section 13.02.

 

11.7.            Application of Vesting Schedule Following Partial Distribution. If a distribution from a Participant's Matching Employer and/or Nonelective Employer Contributions Account has been made to him at a time when his vested interest in such Account balance is less than 100 percent, the vesting schedule(s) in Section 1.16 of the Adoption Agreement shall thereafter apply only to the balance of his Account attributable to Matching Employer and/or Nonelective Employer Contributions allocated after such distribution. The balance of the Account from which such distribution was made shall be transferred to a separate account immediately following such distribution.

 

At any relevant time prior to a forfeiture of any portion thereof under Section 11.08, a Participant's vested interest in such separate account shall be equal to P(AB+(RxD))-(RxD), where P is the Participant's vested interest expressed as a percentage at the relevant time determined under Section 11.05; AB is the account balance of the separate account at the relevant time; D is the amount of the distribution; and R is the ratio of the account balance at the relevant time to the account balance after distribution. Following a forfeiture of any portion of such separate account under Section 11.08 below, the Participant's vested interest in any balance in such separate account shall remain 100 percent.

 

11.8.            Forfeitures. If a Participant terminates his employment with the Employer and all Related Employers before his vested interest in his Matching Employer and/or Nonelective Employer Contributions Accounts is 100 percent, the non- vested portion of his Account (including any amounts credited after his termination of employment) shall be forfeited by him as follows:

 

(a)            If the Inactive Participant elects to receive distribution of his entire vested interest in his Account, the non- vested portion of his Account shall be forfeited upon the complete distribution of such vested interest, subject to the possibility of reinstatement as provided in Section 11.10. For purposes of this Subsection, if the value of an Employee's vested interest in his Account balance is zero, the Employee shall be deemed to have received a distribution of his vested interest immediately following termination of employment.

 

(b)            If the Inactive Participant elects not to receive distribution of his vested interest in his Account following his termination of employment, the non-vested portion of his Account shall be forfeited after the Participant has incurred five consecutive Breaks in Vesting Service.

 

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11.9.            Application of Forfeitures. Any forfeitures occurring during a Plan Year shall be applied to reduce the contributions of the Employer. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, forfeitures shall first be used to pay administrative expenses under the Plan, if so directed by the Employer. To the extent that forfeitures are not used to reduce administrative expenses under the Plan, as directed by the Employer, forfeitures will be applied in accordance with this Section 11.09.

 

Pending application, forfeitures shall be held in the Permissible Investment selected for such purpose pursuant to the Service Agreement.

 

Except as permitted pursuant to EPCRS and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event may forfeitures be used to reduce the Employer's obligation to remit to the Trust (or other appropriate Plan funding vehicle) loan repayments made pursuant to Article 9, Deferral Contributions, Employee Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, Qualified Matching Employer Contributions, 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions.

 

11.10.            Reinstatement of Forfeitures. If a Participant forfeits any portion of his Account under Subsection 11.08(a) because of distribution of his complete vested interest in his Account, but again becomes an Eligible Employee, then the amount so forfeited, without any adjustment for the earnings, expenses, losses, or gains of the assets credited to his Account since the date forfeited, shall be recredited to his Account (or to a separate account as described in Section 11.07, if applicable) if he repays the entire amount of his distribution not attributable to Employee Contributions before the earlier of:

 

(a)            his incurring five-consecutive Breaks in Vesting Service following the date complete distribution of his vested interest was made to him; or

 

		(b)	five years after his Reemployment Date.

 

If an Employee is deemed to have received distribution of his complete vested interest as provided in Section 11.08, the Employee shall be deemed to have repaid such distribution on his Reemployment Date.

 

Upon such an actual or deemed repayment, the provisions of the Plan (including Section 11.07) shall thereafter apply as if no forfeiture had occurred. The amount to be recredited pursuant to this paragraph shall be derived first from the forfeitures, if any, which as of the date of recrediting have yet to be applied as provided in Section 11.09 and, to the extent such forfeitures are insufficient, from a special contribution to be made by the Employer.

 

11.11.            Adjustment for Investment Experience. If any distribution under this Article 11 is not made in a single payment, the amount retained by the Trustee after the distribution shall be subject to adjustment until distributed to reflect the income and gain or loss on the investments in which such amount is invested and any expenses properly charged under the Plan and Trust to such amounts.

Article 12.                          Distributions.

 

12.1.            Restrictions on Distributions.

(a)            Severance from Employment Rule. A Participant, or his Beneficiary, may not receive a distribution from the Participant's Deferral Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, Qualified Matching Employer Contributions, 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Accounts earlier than upon the Participant's severance from employment with the Employer and all Related Employers, death, or disability, except as otherwise provided in Article 10, Section 11.02 or Section 12.04. If the Employer elected Subsection 1.21(c) of the Adoption Agreement, distribution from the Participant's Deferral Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, Qualified Matching Employer Contributions, 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Accounts may be further postponed in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 12.01(b) below.

 

(b)          Same Desk Rule. If the Employer elected in Subsection 1.21(b) of the Adoption Agreement to preserve the separation from service rules in effect for Plan Years beginning before January 1, 2002, a Participant, or his Beneficiary, may not receive a distribution from the Participant's Deferral Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, Qualified Matching Employer Contributions, 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Accounts earlier than upon the Participant's separation from service with the Employer and all Related Employers, death, or disability, except as

	
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otherwise provided in Article 10, Section 11.02 or Section 12.04. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts may also be distributed from such Accounts, in the form of a lump sum only, upon:

 

(1)          The disposition by a corporation to an unrelated corporation of substantially all of the assets (within the meaning of Code Section 409(d)(2)) used in a trade or business of such corporation if such corporation continues to maintain the Plan with respect to the Participant after the disposition, but only with respect to former Employees who continue employment with the corporation acquiring such assets.

 

(2)            The disposition by a corporation to an unrelated entity of such corporation's interest in a subsidiary (within the meaning of Code Section 409(d)(3)) if such corporation continues to maintain the Plan with respect to the Participant, but only with respect to former Employees who continue employment with such subsidiary.

 

In addition to the distribution events described in paragraph (a) or (b) above, as applicable, such amounts may also be distributed upon the termination of the Plan provided that the Employer does not maintain another defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7) or 409(a), a simplified employee pension plan as defined in Code Section 408(k), a SIMPLE IRA plan as defined in Code Section 408(p), a plan or contract described in Code Section 403(b) or a plan described in Code Section 457(b) or (f)) at any time during the period beginning on the date of plan termination and ending 12 months after all assets have been distributed from the Plan. Subject to Section 14.04, such a distribution must be made in a lump sum.

 

12.2.            Timing of Distribution Following Retirement or Termination of Employment. The balance of a Participant's vested interest in his Account shall be distributable upon his termination of employment with the Employer and all Related Employers, if any, because of death, normal, early, or disability retirement (as permitted under the Plan), or other termination of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may elect to postpone distribution of his Account until the date in Subsection 1.21(a) of the Adoption Agreement, unless the Employer has elected in Subsection 1.20(e)(1) of the Adoption Agreement to cash out de minimus Accounts and the Participant's vested interest in his Account does not exceed the amount subject to automatic distribution pursuant to Section 13.02. A Participant who elects to postpone distribution has a continuing election to receive such distribution prior to the date as of which distribution is required, unless such Participant is reemployed as an Employee.

 

Consistent with the provisions of Section 11.06, if a Participant (or his Beneficiary, if the Participant has died) whose Account is not subject to cash out in accordance with Section 13.02 does not request a distribution when his Account becomes distributable hereunder, he shall be deemed to have elected to postpone distribution of his Account until the earlier of the date he requests distribution or the date in Subsection 1.21(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

12.3.            Participant Consent to Distribution. As required under Code Section 411(a)(11)(A) and consistent with Section 11.06, no distribution shall be made to the Participant before he reaches his Normal Retirement Age (or age 62, if later) without the Participant's consent, unless the Employer has elected in Subsection 1.20(e)(1) of the Adoption Agreement to cash out de minimus Accounts and the Participant's vested interest in his Account does not exceed the amount subject to automatic distribution pursuant to Section 13.02. Such consent shall be made within the 180-day period ending on the Participant's Annuity Starting Date. Once a Participant reaches his Normal Retirement Age (or age 62, if later), distribution shall be made upon the Participant's request, as provided in Section 12.02.

 

If a Participant's vested interest in his Account exceeds the maximum cash out limit permitted under Code Section 411(a)(11)(A) ($5,000 as of January  1, 2013), the consent of the Participant's Spouse must also be obtained if the Participant's Account is subject to the provisions of Section 14.04 and distribution is made before the Participant reaches his Normal Retirement Age (or age 62, if later), unless the distribution shall be made in the form of a "qualified joint and survivor annuity" or "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" as those terms are defined in Section 14.01. A Spouse's consent to early distribution, if required, must satisfy the requirements of Section 14.06.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, neither the consent of the Participant nor the Participant's Spouse shall be required to the extent that a distribution is required to satisfy Code Section 401(a)(9) or Code Section 415. In addition, upon termination of the Plan if it does not offer an annuity option (purchased from a commercial provider) and if the Employer or any Related Employer does not maintain another defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)) the Participant's Account shall, without the Participant's consent, be distributed to the Participant. However, if any Related Employer maintains another defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)) then the Participant's

	
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Account shall be transferred, without the Participant's consent, to the other plan if the Participant does not consent to an immediate distribution.

 

12.4.            Required Commencement of Distribution to Participants. In no event  shall distribution to a  Participant commence later than the date in Section 1.21(a) of the Adoption Agreement, which date shall not be later than the earlier of the dates described in (a) and (b) below:

 

(a)            unless the Participant (and his Spouse, if appropriate) elects otherwise, the 60th day after the close of the Plan Year in which occurs the latest of (i) the date on which the Participant attains Normal Retirement Age, or age 65, if earlier, (ii) the date on which the Participant's employment with the Employer and all Related Employers ceases, or (iii) the 10th anniversary of the year in which the Participant commenced participation in the Plan; and

 

		(b)	the Participant's Required Beginning Date.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 12.04(a) above, the failure of a Participant (and the Participant's Spouse, if applicable) to consent to a distribution shall be deemed to be an election to defer commencement of payment as provided in Section 12.02 above.

 

12.5.            Required Commencement of Distribution to Beneficiaries. Subject to the requirements of Subsection 12.05(a) below, if a Participant dies before his Annuity Starting Date, the Participant's Beneficiary shall receive distribution of the Participant's vested interest in his Account in the form provided under Article 13 or 14, as applicable, beginning as soon as reasonably practicable following the date the Beneficiary's application for distribution is filed with the Administrator. If distribution is to be made to a Participant's Spouse, it shall be made available within a reasonable period of time after the Participant's death that is no less favorable than the period of time applicable to other distributions.

 

(a)            Death of Participant Before Distributions Begin. If the Participant dies before distributions begin, the Participant's entire vested interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than as follows:

 

(1)            If the Participant's surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole "designated beneficiary," then, except as otherwise elected under Subsection 12.05(b), minimum distributions, as described in Section 13.03, will begin to the surviving Spouse by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died, or by December 31 of the  calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 70 1⁄2, if later.

 

(2)            If the Participant's surviving Spouse is not the Participant's sole "designated beneficiary," then, except as otherwise elected under Subsection 12.05(b), minimum distributions, as described in Section 13.03, will begin to the "designated beneficiary" by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died.

 

(3)            If there is no "designated beneficiary" as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant's death, the Participant's entire vested interest will be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death.

 

(4)            If the Participant's surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole "designated beneficiary" and the surviving Spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to the surviving Spouse begin, this Subsection 12.05(a), other than Subsection 12.05(a)(1), will apply as if the surviving Spouse were the Participant.

 

For purposes of this Subsection 12.05(a), unless Subsection 12.05(a)(4) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the Participant's Required Beginning Date. If Subsection 12.05(a)(4) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 12.05(a)(1). If distributions under an annuity purchased from an insurance company irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or to the Participant's surviving Spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 12.05(a)(1)), the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.

 

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Subsection 12.05(a), or by September 30 of the calendar year which contains the fifth anniversary of the Participant's (or, if applicable, the surviving Spouse's) death. If neither the Participant nor the Beneficiary makes an election under this Subsection 12.05(b), distributions will be made in accordance with Subsection 12.05(a) and Section 13.03.

 

Subject to the requirements of Subsection 12.05(a) above, if a Participant dies on or after his Annuity Starting Date, but before his entire vested interest in his Account is distributed, his Beneficiary shall receive distribution of the remainder of the Participant's vested interest in his Account beginning as soon as reasonably practicable following the Participant's date of death in a form that provides for distribution at least as rapidly as under the form in which the Participant was receiving distribution.

 

For purposes of this Section 12.05, "designated beneficiary" is as defined in Subsection 13.03(c)(1).

 

12.6.            Whereabouts of Participants and Beneficiaries. The Administrator shall at all times be responsible for determining the whereabouts of each Participant or Beneficiary who may be entitled to benefits under the Plan and shall direct the Trustee as to the maintenance of a current address of each such Participant or Beneficiary. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any distributions other than those for which it has received satisfactory direction from the Administrator.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee attempts to make a distribution in accordance with the Administrator's instructions but is unable to make such distribution because the whereabouts of the distributee is unknown, the Trustee shall notify the Administrator of such situation and thereafter the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any further distributions to such distributee, except as otherwise provided in written instructions from the Administrator.

 

If the Administrator is unable after diligent attempts to locate a Participant or Beneficiary who is entitled to a benefit under the Plan, the benefit otherwise payable to such Participant or Beneficiary shall be forfeited and applied as provided in Section 11.09. If a benefit is forfeited because the Administrator determines that the Participant or Beneficiary cannot be found, such benefit shall be reinstated by the Employer if a claim is filed by the Participant or Beneficiary with the Administrator and the Administrator confirms the claim to the Employer.

 

Article 13.                          Form of Distribution.

13.1.            Normal Form of Distribution Under Profit Sharing Plan. Unless a Participant's Account is subject to the requirements of Section 14.03 or 14.04, distributions to a Participant or to the Beneficiary of the Participant shall be made in a lump sum or, if elected by the Participant (or the Participant's Beneficiary, if applicable) and provided by the Employer in Section 1.20 of the Adoption Agreement, under a systematic withdrawal plan (installments). Subject to the requirements of Article 14, if applicable, a Participant or Beneficiary may elect other forms of distribution which appear on the Forms of Payment Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. A Participant (or the Participant's Beneficiary, if applicable) who is receiving distribution under a systematic withdrawal plan may elect to accelerate installment payments, or any portion thereof, or to receive a lump sum distribution of the remainder of his Account balance.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if distribution to a Participant commences on the Participant's Required Beginning Date as determined under Subsection 2.01(tt), the Participant may elect to receive distributions under a systematic withdrawal plan that provides the minimum distributions required under Code Section 401(a)(9), as described in Section 13.03.

 

A Participant whose distribution includes an outstanding loan balance may roll over that outstanding loan in-kind to a plan which agrees to accept such an outstanding loan in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.11.

13.2.            Cash Out Of Small Accounts. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Employer elected to cash out small Accounts as provided in and pursuant to Subsection 1.20(e)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, the Participant's vested interest in his Account shall be distributed following the Participant's termination of employment because of retirement, disability, or other termination of employment. For purposes of determining whether an amount being distributed pursuant to this Section 13.02 will be subject to a direct rollover by the Administrator, a Participant's "designated Roth contributions", as defined in Subsection 6.01(e), will be considered separately from the amount within the Participant's non-Roth Account.

	
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If the Employer elected to cash out small Accounts as provided in Subsection 1.20(e)(1) of the Adoption Agreement and if distribution is to be made to a Participant's Beneficiary following the death of the Participant and the Beneficiary's vested interest in the Participant's Account does not exceed the maximum cash out limit permitted under Code Section 411(a)(11)(A), distribution shall be made to the Beneficiary in a lump sum following the Participant's death.

 

13.3.            Minimum Distributions. Unless a Participant's vested interest in his Account is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a single sum on or before the Participant's Required Beginning Date, as of the first "distribution calendar year" distributions will be made in accordance with this Section. If a Participant's Account is subject to the provisions of Section 14.04, in lieu of the minimum distribution required hereunder, the Administrator may distribute the Participant's full vested interest in his Account in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company. Any annuity purchased on  behalf of a Participant will  provide for distributions thereunder to be made in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder and the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirement of Code Section 401(a)(9)(G).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of this Section, distributions may be made under a designation made before January 1, 1984, in accordance with Section 242(b)(2) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) and the provisions of Subsection 13.03(d) below.

 

(a)             Required Minimum Distributions During a Participant's Lifetime .  During a Participant's lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each "distribution calendar year" is the lesser of:

 

(1)            the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's "account balance" by the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Q & A 2 of Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations, using the Participant's age as of the Participant's birthday in the "distribution calendar year"; or

 

(2)            if the Participant's sole "designated beneficiary" for the "distribution calendar year" is the Participant's Spouse, the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's "account balance" by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in Q & A 3 of Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations, using the Participant's and Spouse's attained ages as of the Participant's and Spouse's birthdays in the "distribution calendar year."

 

Required minimum distributions will be determined under this Subsection 13.03(a) beginning with the first "distribution calendar year" and up to and including the "distribution calendar year" that includes the Participant's date of death. A Participant who has retired may elect at any time to take any portion of his Account in excess of the amount required to be paid pursuant to this Subsection 13.03(a).

 

		(b)	Required Minimum Distributions After Participant's Death.

 

(1)            If a Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is a "designated beneficiary," the minimum amount that will be distributed for each "distribution calendar year" after the year of the Participant's death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's "account balance" by the longer of the remaining "life expectancy" of the Participant or the remaining "life expectancy" of the Participant's "designated beneficiary," determined as follows:

 

(A)            The Participant's remaining "life expectancy" is calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

 

(B)            If the Participant's surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole "designated beneficiary," the remaining life expectancy of the surviving Spouse is calculated for each distribution calendar year after the year of the Participant's death using the surviving Spouse's age as of the Spouse's birthday in that year. For "distribution calendar years" after the year of the surviving Spouse's death, the remaining "life expectancy" of the surviving Spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving Spouse as of the Spouse's birthday in the calendar year of the Spouse's death, reduced by one for each subsequent calendar year.

 

(C)            If the Participant's surviving Spouse is not the Participant's sole "designated beneficiary," the "designated beneficiary's" remaining "life expectancy" is calculated using the age of the "designated beneficiary" in the year following the year of the Participant's death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

	
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(2)            If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is no "designated beneficiary" as of September 30 of the year after the year of the Participant's death, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each "distribution calendar year" after the year of the Participant's death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's "account balance" by the Participant's remaining "life expectancy" calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

 

(3)            Unless the Participant or Beneficiary elects otherwise in accordance with Subsection 12.05(b), if the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is a "designated beneficiary," the minimum amount that will be distributed for each "distribution calendar year" after the year of the Participant's death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's "account balance" by the remaining "life expectancy" of the Participant's "designated beneficiary," determined as provided in Subsection 13.03(b)(1).

 

(4)            If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is no "designated beneficiary" as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant's death, distribution of the Participant's full vested interest in his Account will be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death.

 

(5)            If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin, the Participant's surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole "designated beneficiary," and the surviving Spouse dies before distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 12.05(a)(1), Subsections 13.03(b)(3) and (4) will apply as if the surviving Spouse were the Participant.

 

For purposes of this Subsection 13.03(b), unless Subsection 13.03(b)(5) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the Participant's Required Beginning Date. If Subsection 13.03(b)(5) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 12.05(a)(1). If distributions under an annuity purchased from an insurance company irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or to the Participant's surviving Spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under Subsection 12.05(a)(1)), the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.

 

		(c)	Definitions. For purposes of this Section 13.03, the following special definitions shall apply:

 

(1)            "Designated beneficiary" means the individual who is the Participant's Beneficiary as defined under Section 2.01(g) and is the designated beneficiary under Code Section 401(a)(9) and Section 1.401(a)(9)-4 of the Treasury Regulations.

 

(2)            "Distribution calendar year" means a calendar year for which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the Participant's death, the first "distribution calendar year" is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant's Required Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Participant's death, the first "distribution calendar year" is the calendar year in which distributions are required to begin under Subsection 12.05(a).  The required minimum distribution for the Participant's first "distribution calendar year" will be made on or before the Participant's Required Beginning Date. The required minimum distribution for other "distribution calendar years," including the required minimum distribution for the "distribution calendar year" in which the Participant's Required Beginning Date occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that "distribution calendar year."

 

(3)            "Life expectancy" means life expectancy as computed by use of the Single Life Table in Q & A - 1 of Section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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in the valuation calendar year or in the "distribution calendar year" if distributed or transferred in the valuation calendar year.

 

(d)            Section 242(b)(2) Elections. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section and subject to the requirements of Article 14, if applicable, distribution on behalf of a Participant, including a five-percent owner, may be made pursuant to an election under Section 242(b)(2) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and in accordance with all of the following requirements:

 

(1)            The distribution is one which would not have disqualified the Trust under Code Section 401(a)(9), if applicable, or any other provisions of Code Section 401(a), as in effect prior to the effective date of Section 242(a) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.

 

(2)            The distribution is in accordance with a method of distribution elected by the Participant whose vested interest in his Account is being distributed or, if the Participant is deceased, by a Beneficiary of such Participant.

 

(3)            Such election was in writing, was signed by the Participant or the Beneficiary, and was made before January 1, 1984.

 

		(4)	The Participant had accrued a benefit under the Plan as of December 31, 1983.

 

(5)            The method of distribution elected by the Participant or the Beneficiary specifies the form of the distribution, the time at which distribution will commence, the period over which distribution will be made, and in the case of any distribution upon the Participant's death, the Beneficiaries of the Participant listed in order of priority.

 

A distribution upon death shall not be made under this Subsection 13.03(d) unless the information in the election contains the required information described above with respect to the distributions to be made upon the death of the Participant. For any distribution which commences before January 1, 1984, but continues after December 31, 1983, the Participant or the Beneficiary to whom such distribution is being made will be presumed to have designated the method of distribution under which the distribution is being made, if this method of distribution was specified in writing and the distribution satisfies the requirements in Subsections 13.03(d)(1) and (5). If an election is revoked, any subsequent distribution will be in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan. Any changes in the election will be considered to be a revocation of the election. However, the mere substitution or addition of another Beneficiary (one not designated as a Beneficiary in the election), under the election will not be considered to be a revocation of the election, so long as such substitution or addition does not alter the period over which distributions are to be made under the election directly, or indirectly (for example, by altering the relevant measuring life).

 

The Administrator shall direct the Trustee regarding distributions necessary to comply with the minimum distribution rules set forth in this Section 13.03.

 

13.4.            Direct Rollovers. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, a "distributee" may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Administrator, to have any portion or all of an "eligible rollover distribution" paid directly to an "eligible retirement plan" specified by the "distributee" in a direct rollover; provided, however, that a "distributee" may not elect a direct rollover with respect to a portion of an "eligible rollover distribution" if such portion totals less than $500. In applying the $500 minimum on rollovers of a portion of a distribution, any "eligible rollover distribution" from a Participant's "designated Roth contributions", as defined in Subsection 6.01(e), will be considered separately from any "eligible rollover distribution" from the Participant's non-Roth Account.

 

The portion of any "eligible rollover distribution" consisting of Employee Contributions may only be rolled over to an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Section 408(a) or (b) or to a qualified defined contribution plan described in Code Section 401(a), 403(a) or 403(b) that provides for separate accounting with respect to such accounts, including separate accounting for the portion of such "eligible rollover distribution" that is includible in income (including the earnings on the portion that is not so includible) and the portion that is not includible in income. That portion of any "eligible rollover distribution" consisting of Roth 401(k) Contributions, may only be rolled over to another designated Roth account established for the individual under an applicable retirement plan described in Code Section 402A(e)(1) that provides for "designated Roth contributions", as defined in Section 6.01, or to a Roth individual retirement account described in Code Section 408A, subject to the rules of Code Section 402(c).

	
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For purposes of this Section 13.04, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a)            "Distributee" means a Participant, the Participant's surviving Spouse, and the Participant's Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, who is entitled to receive a distribution from the Participant's vested interest in his Account. The term "distributee" shall also include a designated beneficiary (as defined in Code section 401(a)(9)(E)) of a Participant who is not the surviving Spouse of the Participant who may only elect to roll over such a distribution to an individual retirement plan described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (8)(B) of Code section 402(c) established for the purposes of receiving such distribution.

 

(b)            "Eligible retirement plan" means an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), a qualified defined contribution plan described in Code Section 401(a), an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b), an eligible deferred compensation plan described in Code Section 457(b) that is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state, provided that such 457 plan provides for separate accounting with respect to such rolled over amounts, that accepts "eligible rollover distributions", or a Roth individual retirement account described in Code Section 408A However, for a "distributee" who is a designated beneficiary of the Participant (and not the Participant's surviving Spouse), the definition of "eligible retirement plan" shall be limited as described in (a) above.

 

(c)            "Eligible rollover distribution" means any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the "distributee", except that an "eligible rollover distribution" does not include the following:

 

(1)            any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the "distributee" or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the "distributee" and the "distributee's" designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more;

 

		(2)	any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9); or

 

(3)            any hardship withdrawal made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.05 or the In- Service Withdrawals Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

13.5.            Notice Regarding Timing and Form of Distribution. Within the period beginning 180 days before a Participant's Annuity Starting Date and ending 30 days before such date, the Administrator shall provide such Participant with written notice containing a general description of the material features of each form of distribution available under the Plan and an explanation of the financial effect of electing each form of distribution available under the Plan. The notice shall also inform the Participant of his right to defer receipt of the distribution until the date in Subsection 1.21(a) of the Adoption Agreement, the consequences of failing to defer, and his right to make a direct rollover.

 

Distribution may commence fewer than 30 days after such notice is given, provided that:

 

(a)            the Administrator clearly informs the Participant that the Participant has a right to a period of at least 30 days after receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a particular distribution option);

 

(b)            the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a distribution, with his Spouse's written consent, if necessary;

 

(c)            if the Participant's Account  is subject to the requirements of Section 14.04, the following additional requirements apply:

 

(1)            the Participant is permitted to revoke his affirmative distribution election at any time prior to the later of (A) his Annuity Starting Date or (B) the expiration of the seven-day period beginning the day after such notice is provided to him; and

 

		(2)	distribution does not begin to such Participant until such revocation period ends.

 

13.6.            Determination of Method of Distribution. Subject to Section 13.02, the Participant shall determine the method of distribution of benefits to himself and may determine the method of distribution to his Beneficiary. If the Participant does not determine the method of distribution to his Beneficiary or if the Participant permits his Beneficiary to override his determination, the Beneficiary, in the event of the Participant's death, shall determine the method of distribution of benefits to

	
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himself as if he were the Participant. A determination by the Beneficiary must be made no later than the close of the calendar year in which distribution would be required to begin under Section 12.05 or, if earlier, the close of the calendar year in which the fifth anniversary of the death of the Participant occurs.

 

13.7.            Notice to Trustee.  The Administrator shall notify the Trustee in any medium acceptable to the Trustee, which may be specified in the Service Agreement, whenever any Participant or Beneficiary is entitled to receive benefits under the Plan. To facilitate distributions, the Administrator shall develop processes and procedures to communicate to the Trustee the form of payment of benefits that such Participant or Beneficiary shall receive, the name of any designated Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, and any such other information as the Trustee shall require.

Article 14.                          Superseding Annuity Distribution Provisions.

 

14.1.            Special Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the following special definitions shall apply:

 

(a)            "Qualified joint and survivor annuity" means (1) if the Participant is not married on his Annuity Starting Date, an immediate annuity payable for the life of the Participant or (2) if the Participant is married on his Annuity Starting Date, an immediate annuity for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant's Spouse (to whom the Participant was married on the Annuity Starting Date) equal to 50 percent (or the percentage designated in the Forms of Payment Addendum to the Adoption Agreement) of the amount of the annuity which is payable during the joint lives of the Participant and such Spouse, provided that the survivor annuity shall not be payable to a Participant's Spouse if such Spouse is not the same Spouse to whom the Participant was married on his Annuity Starting Date.

 

(b)            "Qualified optional survivor annuity" means a joint and survivor annuity that the Participant, subject to the spousal consent rules described in Section 14.05, may elect and which (1) if the survivor annuity portion of the Plan's qualified joint and survivor annuity (as defined in (a) above) is less than 75%, then has a survivor annuity portion of 75% or (2) if the survivor annuity portion of the Plan's qualified joint and survivor annuity (as defined in

(a) above) is greater than or equal to 75%, then has a survivor annuity portion of 50%. The "qualified optional survivor annuity" shall be designated in the Forms of Payment Addendum as a joint and survivor annuity.

 

(c) "Qualified preretirement survivor annuity" means an annuity purchased with at least 50 percent of a Participant's vested interest in his Account that is payable for the life of a Participant's surviving Spouse. The Employer shall specify that portion of a Participant's vested interest in his Account that is to be used to purchase the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" in the Forms of Payment Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

14.2.            Applicability. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, the provisions of this Article shall apply to a Participant's Account only if:

 

(a)            the Plan includes assets transferred from a money purchase pension plan;

 

(b)            the Plan is an amendment and restatement of a plan that provided an annuity form of payment and such form of payment has not been eliminated;

 

(c)            the Plan is an amendment and restatement of a plan that provided an annuity form of payment and such form of payment has been eliminated, but the Participant elected a life annuity form of payment before the effective date of the elimination;

 

(d)            the Participant's Account contains assets attributable to amounts directly or indirectly transferred from a plan that provided an annuity form of payment and such form of payment has not been eliminated;

 

(e)            the Participant's Account contains assets attributable to amounts directly or indirectly transferred from a plan that provided an annuity form of payment and such form of payment has been eliminated, but the Participant elected a life annuity form of payment before the effective date of the elimination.

 

14.3.            Annuity Form of Payment. To the extent provided through Section 1.20 of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may elect distributions made in whole or in part in the form of an annuity contract. Any annuity contract distributed under the Plan shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 14.03 and, to the extent provided therein, Sections 14.04 through 14.09.

	
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(a)            At the direction of the Administrator, the Trustee shall purchase the annuity contract on behalf of a Participant or Beneficiary from an insurance company. Such annuity contract shall be nontransferable.

 

(b)            The terms of the annuity contract shall comply with the requirements of the Plan and distributions under such contract shall be made in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.

 

(c)            The annuity contract may provide for payment over the life of the Participant and, upon the death of the Participant, may provide a survivor annuity continuing for the life of the Participant's designated Beneficiary. Such an annuity may provide for an annuity certain feature for a period not exceeding the life expectancy of the Participant or, if the annuity is payable to the Participant and a designated Beneficiary, the joint life and last survivor expectancy of the Participant and such Beneficiary. If the Participant dies prior to his Annuity Starting Date, the annuity contract distributed to the Participant's Beneficiary may provide for payment over the life of the Beneficiary, and may provide for an annuity certain feature for a period not exceeding the life expectancy of the Beneficiary. The types of annuity contracts provided under the Plan shall be limited to the types of annuities described in Section 1.20 of the Adoption Agreement and the Forms of Payment Addendum to the Adoption Agreement.

 

		(d)	The annuity contract must provide for non-increasing payments.

 

14.4.            "Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity" and "Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity" Requirements. The requirements of this Section 14.04 apply to a Participant's Account if:

 

(a)            the Plan includes assets transferred from a money purchase pension plan;

 

(b)            the Employer has selected in Subsection 1.20(d)(2) of the Adoption Agreement that distribution in the form of a life annuity is the normal form of distribution with respect to such Participant's Account; or

 

(c)            the Employer has indicated on the Forms of Payment Addendum to the Adoption Agreement that distribution in the form of a life annuity is an optional form of distribution with respect to such Participant's Account and the Participant is permitted to elect and has elected distribution in the form of an annuity contract payable over the life of the Participant.

 

If a Participant's Account is subject to the requirements of this Section 14.04, distribution shall be made to the Participant with respect to such Account in the form of a "qualified joint and survivor annuity" (with a survivor annuity in the percentage amount specified by the Employer in the Forms of Payment Addendum to the Adoption Agreement) in the amount that can be purchased with such Account, unless the Participant waives the "qualified joint and survivor annuity" as provided in Section 14.05. If the Participant dies prior to his Annuity Starting Date, distribution shall be made to the Participant's surviving Spouse, if any, in the form of a "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" in the amount that can be purchased with such Account, unless the Participant waives the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" as provided in Section 14.05, or the Participant's surviving Spouse elects in writing to receive distribution in one of the other forms of payment provided under the Plan. A Participant's Account that is subject to the requirements of this Section 14.04 shall be used to purchase the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" and the balance of the Participant's vested interest in his Account that is not used to purchase the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" shall be distributed to the Participant's designated Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of Sections 11.04 and 12.05.

 

14.5.            Waiver of the "Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity" and/or "Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity" Rights. A Participant may waive the "qualified joint and survivor annuity" described in Section 14.04 and elect another form of distribution permitted under the Plan at any time during the 180-day period ending on his Annuity Starting Date; provided, however, that if the Participant is married, his Spouse must consent in writing to such election as provided in Section 14.06. A Participant may waive or revoke a waiver of the "qualified joint and survivor annuity" described in Section 14.04 and elect another form of distribution permitted under the Plan at any time and any number of times during the 180-day period ending on his Annuity Starting Date; provided, however, that if the Participant is married and is electing a form of distribution other than the "qualified joint and survivor annuity" or the "qualified optional survivor annuity", his Spouse must consent in writing to such election as provided in Section 14.06.

 

A Participant may waive the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" and designate a non-Spouse Beneficiary at any time during the "applicable election period"; provided, however, that the Participant's Spouse must consent in writing to such election as provided in  Section 14.06. The "applicable election period" begins  on the later  of (1) the date the Participant's Account becomes subject to the requirements of Section 14.04 or (2) the first day of the Plan Year in which the

	
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Participant attains age 35 or, if he terminates employment prior to such date, the date he terminates employment with the Employer and all Related Employers. The "applicable election period" ends on the earlier of the Participant's Annuity Starting Date or the date of the Participant's death. A Participant whose employment has not terminated may elect to waive the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" prior to the Plan Year in which he attains age 35, provided that any such waiver shall cease to be effective as of the first day of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35.

 

A Participant's waiver of the "qualified joint and survivor annuity" or "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" shall be valid only if the applicable notice described in Section 14.07 or 14.08 has been provided to the Participant.

 

14.6.            Spouse's Consent to Waiver. A Spouse's written consent must acknowledge the effect of the Participant's election and must be witnessed by a Plan representative or a notary public. In addition, the Spouse's written consent must either (a) specify any non-Spouse Beneficiary designated by the Participant and that such designation may not be changed without written spousal consent or (b) acknowledge that the Spouse has the right to limit consent as provided in clause (a) above, but permit the Participant to change the designated Beneficiary without the Spouse's further consent.

 

A Participant's Spouse shall be deemed to have given written consent to a Participant's waiver if the Participant establishes to the satisfaction of a Plan representative that spousal consent cannot be obtained because the Spouse cannot be located or because of other circumstances set forth in Code Section 401(a)(11) and Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.

 

Any written consent given or deemed to have been given by a Participant's Spouse hereunder shall be irrevocable and shall be effective only with respect to such Spouse and not with respect to any subsequent Spouse.

 

In addition, with regard to a Participant's waiver of the "qualified joint and survivor annuity" form of distribution, the Spouse's written consent must either (a) specify the form of distribution elected instead of the "qualified joint and survivor annuity", and that such form may not be changed (except to a "qualified joint and survivor annuity") without written spousal consent or (b) acknowledge that the Spouse has the right to limit consent as provided in clause (a) above, but permit the Participant to change the form of distribution elected without the Spouse's further consent. To the extent a Participant's Account is subject to the requirements of Section 14.04, a Spouse's consent to a Participant's waiver shall be valid only if the applicable notice described in Section 14.07 or 14.08 has been provided to the Participant.

 

14.7.     Notice Regarding "Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity". The notice provided to a Participant under Section 14.05 shall include a written explanation that satisfies the requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3) and regulations issued thereunder. The notice will include a description of the following: (i) the terms and conditions of a qualified joint and survivor annuity and the qualified optional survivor annuity; (ii) the participant's right to make and the effect of any election to waive the qualified joint and survivor annuity form of benefit; (iii) the rights of a participant's spouse; and (iv) the right to make, and the effect of, a revocation of a previous election to waive the qualified joint and survivor annuity.

 

14.8.            Notice Regarding "Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity". If a Participant's Account is subject to the requirements of Section 14.04, the Participant shall be provided with a written explanation of the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity" comparable to the written explanation provided with respect to the "qualified joint and survivor annuity", as described in Section 14.07. Such explanation shall be furnished within whichever of the following periods ends last:

 

(a)            the period beginning with the first day of the Plan Year in which the Participant reaches age 32 and ending with the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which he reaches age 35;

 

		(b)	
a reasonable period ending after the Employee becomes an Active Participant;

 

		(c)	a reasonable period ending after Section 14.04 first becomes applicable to the Participant's Account; or

 

(d)            in the case of a Participant who separates from service before age 35, a reasonable period ending after such separation from service.

 

For purposes of the preceding sentence, the two-year period beginning one year prior to the date of the event described in Subsection 14.08(b), (c) or (d) above, whichever is applicable, and ending one year after such date shall be considered reasonable, provided, that in the case of a Participant who separates from service under Subsection 14.08(d) above and subsequently recommences employment with the Employer, the applicable period for such Participant shall be re- determined in accordance with this Section 14.08.

	
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14.9.            Former Spouse. For purposes of this Article, a former Spouse of a Participant shall be treated as the Spouse or surviving Spouse of the Participant, and a current Spouse shall not be so treated, to the extent required under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p).

Article 15.                          Top-Heavy Provisions.

 

15.1.            Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the following special definitions shall apply:

 

(a)            "Determination date" means, for any Plan Year subsequent to the first Plan Year, the last day of the preceding Plan Year. For the first Plan Year of the Plan, "determination date" means the last day of that Plan Year.

 

		(b)	"Determination period" means the Plan Year containing the "determination date".

 

(c)            "Distribution period" means (i) for any distribution made to an employee on account of severance from employment, death, disability, or termination of a plan which would have been part of the "required aggregation group" had it not been terminated, the one-year period ending on the "determination date" and (ii) for any other distribution, the five-year period ending on the "determination date".

 

(d)            "Key employee" means any Employee or former Employee (including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the "determination period" was (1) an officer of the Employer or a Related Employer having annual Compensation greater than the dollar amount specified in Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(I) adjusted under Code Section 416(i)(1) for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2002 (e.g., $165,000 for Plan Years beginning in 2013), (2) a five-percent owner of the Employer or a Related Employer, or (3) a one-percent owner of the Employer or a Related Employer having annual Compensation of more than $150,000. The determination of who is a "key employee" shall be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(1) and any applicable guidance or regulations issued thereunder.

 

(e)            "Permissive aggregation group" means the "required aggregation group" plus any other qualified plans of the Employer or a Related Employer which, when considered as a group with the "required aggregation group", would continue to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410.

 

		(f)	"Required aggregation group" means:

 

(1)            Each qualified plan of the Employer or Related Employer in which at least one "key employee" participates, or has participated at any time during the "determination period" or, unless and until modified by future Treasury guidance, any of the four preceding Plan Years (regardless of whether the plan has terminated), and

 

(2)            any other qualified plan of the Employer or Related Employer which enables a plan described in Subsection 15.01(f)(1) above to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410.

 

		(g)	"Top-heavy plan" means a plan in which any of the following conditions exists:

 

(1)            the "top-heavy ratio" for the plan exceeds 60 percent and the plan is not part of any "required aggregation group" or "permissive aggregation group";

 

(2)            the plan is a part of a "required aggregation group" but not part of a "permissive aggregation group" and the "top-heavy ratio" for the "required aggregation group" exceeds 60 percent; or

 

(3)            the plan is a part of a "required aggregation group" and a "permissive aggregation group" and the "top-heavy ratio" for both groups exceeds 60 percent.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a plan is not a "top-heavy plan" for a Plan Year if it consists solely of a cash or deferred arrangement that satisfies the nondiscrimination requirements under Code Section 401(k) by application of Code Section 401(k)(12) or 401(k)(13) and, if matching contributions are provided under such plan, satisfies the nondiscrimination requirements under Code Section 401(m) by application of Code Section 401(m)(11) or 401(m)(12).

 

		(h)	"Top-heavy ratio" means:

 

(1)            With respect to the Plan, or with respect to any "required aggregation group" or "permissive aggregation group" that consists solely of defined contribution plans (including any simplified employee pension, as defined in Code Section 408(k)), a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the account

	
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balances of all "key employees" under the plans as of the "determination date" (including any part of any account balance distributed during the "distribution period"), and the denominator of which is the sum of all account balances (including any part of any account balance distributed during the "distribution period") of all participants under the plans as of the "determination date". Both the numerator and denominator of the "top-heavy ratio" shall be increased, to the extent required  by Code Section 416, to reflect any contribution which is due but unpaid as of the "determination date".

 

(2)            With respect to any "required aggregation group" or "permissive aggregation group" that includes one or more defined benefit plans which, during the "determination period", has covered or could cover an Active Participant in the Plan, a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the account balances under the defined contribution plans for all "key employees" and the present value of accrued benefits under the defined benefit plans for all "key employees", and the denominator of which is the sum of the account balances under the defined contribution plans for all participants and the present value of accrued benefits under the defined benefit plans for all participants. Both the numerator and denominator of the "top-heavy ratio" shall be increased for any distribution of an account balance or an accrued benefit made during the "distribution period" and any contribution due but unpaid as of the "determination date".

 

For purposes of Subsections 15.01(h)(1) and (2) above, the value of accounts shall be determined as of the most recent "determination date" and the present value of accrued benefits shall be determined as of the date used for computing plan costs for minimum funding that falls within 12 months of the most recent "determination date", except as provided in Code Section 416 and the regulations issued thereunder for the first and second plan years of a defined benefit plan. When aggregating plans, the value of accounts and accrued benefits shall be calculated with reference to the "determination dates" that fall within the same calendar year.

 

The accounts and accrued benefits of a Participant who is not a "key employee" but who was a "key employee" in a prior year, or who has not performed services for the Employer or any Related Employer at any time during the one-year period ending on the "determination date", shall be disregarded. The calculation of the "top- heavy ratio", and the extent to which distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into account, shall be made in accordance with Code Section 416 and the regulations issued thereunder. Deductible employee contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of computing the "top-heavy ratio".

 

For purposes of determining if the Plan, or any other plan included in a "required aggregation group" of which the Plan is a part, is a "top-heavy plan", the accrued benefit in a defined benefit plan of an Employee other than a "key employee" shall be determined under the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all plans maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer, or, if there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly  than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional accrual rate of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).

 

Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, Compensation for purposes of this Article 15 shall be based on the amount actually paid or made available to the Participant (or, if earlier, includible in the gross income of the Participant) during the Plan Year, does not exclude any amounts elected by the Employer in Subsection 1.05(a) of the Adoption Agreement except moving expenses paid or reimbursed by the Employer if it is reasonable to believe they are deductible by the Employee, and shall include amounts that otherwise would be excluded as "severance amounts" (as defined in Section 2.01(k)) if such amounts are paid to an individual who does not currently perform services for the Employer because of qualified military service (as used in Code Section 414(u)(1)) to the extent those amounts do not exceed the amounts the individual would have received if the individual had continued to perform services for the Employer rather than entering qualified military service.

 

15.2.            Application. If the Plan is or becomes a "top-heavy plan" in any Plan Year or is automatically deemed to be a "top- heavy plan" in accordance with the Employer's selection in Subsection 1.22(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, the provisions of this Article shall apply and shall supersede any conflicting provision in the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Article shall not apply if Subsection 1.22(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement is selected.

 

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Agreement) of such Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year or, in the case where neither the Employer nor any Related Employer maintains a defined benefit plan which uses the Plan to satisfy Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410, the largest percentage of Employer contributions made on behalf of any "key employee" for the Plan Year, expressed as a percentage of the "key employee's" Compensation for the Plan Year. Catch-Up Contributions made on behalf of a "key employee" for the Plan Year shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the amount of the minimum contribution required hereunder.

 

If an Active Participant is entitled to receive a minimum contribution under another qualified plan maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer that is a "top-heavy plan", no minimum contribution shall be made hereunder unless the Employer has provided in Subsection 1.22(b)(1) of the Adoption Agreement that the minimum contribution shall be made under this Plan in any event. If the Employer has provided in Subsection 1.22(b)(2) that an alternative means shall be used to satisfy the minimum contribution requirements where an Active Participant is covered under multiple plans that are "top- heavy plans", no minimum contribution shall be required under this Section, except as provided under the 416 Contributions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. If a minimum contribution is required to be made under the Plan for the Plan Year on behalf of an Active Participant who is not a "key employee" and who is a participant in a defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer that is aggregated with the Plan, the minimum contribution shall not be less than five percent of such Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year.

 

The minimum contribution required under this Section 15.03 shall be made to the Account of an Active Participant even though, under other Plan provisions, the Active Participant would not otherwise be entitled to receive a contribution, or would have received a lesser contribution for the Plan Year, because (a) the Active Participant failed to complete the Hours of Service requirement selected by the Employer in Subsection 1.11(e) or 1.12(d) of the Adoption Agreement, or (b) the Participant's Compensation was less than a stated amount; provided, however, that no minimum contribution shall be made for a Plan Year to the Account of an Active Participant who is not employed by the Employer or a Related Employer on the last day of the Plan Year.

 

That portion of a Participant's Account that is attributable to minimum contributions required under this Section 15.03, to the extent required to be nonforfeitable under Code Section 416(b), may not be forfeited under Code Section 411(a)(3)(B).

 

15.4.            Determination of Minimum Required Contribution. For purposes of determining the amount of any minimum contribution required to be made on behalf of a Participant who is not a "key employee" for a Plan Year, the Matching Employer Contributions made on behalf of such Participant and the Nonelective Employer Contributions allocated to such Participant for the Plan Year shall be aggregated. If the aggregate amount of such contributions, when expressed as a percentage of such Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year, is less than the minimum contribution required to be made to such Participant under Section 15.03, the Employer shall make an additional contribution on behalf of such Participant in an amount that, when aggregated with the Qualified Nonelective Contributions, Matching Employer Contributions and Nonelective Employer Contributions previously allocated to such Participant, will equal the minimum contribution required to be made to such Participant under Section 15.03.

 

15.5.            Accelerated Vesting. If applicable, for any Plan Year in which the Plan is or is deemed to be a "top-heavy plan" and all Plan Years thereafter, the top-heavy vesting schedule described within Subsection 1.22(c) of the Adoption Agreement shall automatically apply in lieu of any less favorable schedule specified in the Vesting Schedule Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. The top-heavy vesting schedule applies to all benefits within the meaning of Code Section 411(a)(7) except those already subject to a vesting schedule which vests at least as rapidly in all cases as the schedule described within Subsection 1.22(c) of the Adoption Agreement, including benefits accrued before the Plan becomes a "top-heavy plan". Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 15.05, the top-heavy vesting schedule does not apply to the Account of any Participant who does not have an Hour of Service after the Plan initially becomes or is deemed to have become a "top- heavy plan" and such Employee's Account attributable to Employer Contributions shall be determined without regard to this Section 15.05.

 

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entitled to a minimum contribution under Section 15.03 or accelerated vesting under Section 15.05, unless  otherwise provided in the collective bargaining agreement.

Article 16. Amendment and Termination.

 

16.1.            Amendments by the Employer that do not Affect Volume Submitter Status. The Employer reserves the authority through a board of directors' resolution or similar action, subject to the provisions of Article 1 and Section 16.04, to amend the Plan as provided herein, and such amendment shall not affect the status of the Plan as a volume submitter plan.

 

(a)            The Employer may amend the Adoption Agreement to make a change or changes in the provisions previously elected by it. Such amendment may be made either by (1) completing an amended Adoption Agreement, or (2) adopting an amendment in the form provided by the Volume Submitter Sponsor. Any such amendment must be filed with the Trustee.

 

(b)            The Employer may adopt certain model amendments published by the Internal Revenue Service which specifically provide that their adoption shall not cause the Plan to be treated as an individually designed plan.

 

16.2.            Amendments by the Employer Adopting Provisions not Included in Volume Submitter Specimen Plan. The Employer reserves the authority, subject to the provisions of Section 16.04, to amend the Plan by adopting provisions that are not included in the Volume Submitter Sponsor's specimen plan. Any such amendment(s) shall be made through use of the Plan Superseding Provisions Addendum and/or the Trust Superseding Provisions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement, as appropriate.

 

		16.3.	Amendment by the Volume Submitter Sponsor.

Effective as of the date the Volume Submitter Sponsor receives approval from the Internal Revenue Service of its Volume Submitter specimen plan, the Volume Submitter Sponsor may in its discretion amend the volume submitter plan at any time, which amendment may also apply to the Plan maintained by the Employer. The Volume Submitter Sponsor shall satisfy any recordkeeping and notice requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service in order to maintain its amendment authority. The Volume Submitter Sponsor shall provide a copy of any such amendment to each Employer adopting its volume submitter plan at the Employer's last known address as shown on the books maintained by the Volume Submitter Sponsor or its affiliates.

 

The Volume Submitter Sponsor will no longer have the authority to amend the Plan on behalf of an adopting Employer as of the earlier of (a) the date of the adoption of an Employer amendment to the Plan to incorporate a provision that is not allowable in the Volume Submitter program, as described in Section 16.03 of Rev. Proc. 2011-49 (or the successor thereto), or (b) the date the Internal Revenue Service gives notice that the Plan is being treated as an individually-designed plan due to the nature and extent of amendments, pursuant to Section 24.03 of Rev. Proc. 2011-49 (or the successor thereto).

 

16.4.            Amendments Affecting Vested Interest and/or Accrued Benefits. Except as permitted by Section 16.05, Section 1.20(d) of the Adoption Agreement, and/or Code Section 411(d)(6) and regulations issued thereunder, no amendment to the Plan shall be effective to the extent that it has the effect of decreasing a Participant's Account or eliminating an optional form of benefit with respect to benefits attributable to service before the amendment. Furthermore, if the vesting schedule of the Plan is amended, the nonforfeitable interest of a Participant in his Account, determined as of the later of the date the amendment is adopted or the date it becomes effective, shall not be less than the Participant's nonforfeitable interest in his Account determined without regard to such amendment.

 

If the Plan's vesting schedule is amended because of a change to "top-heavy plan" status, as described in Subsection 15.01(g), the accelerated vesting provisions of Section 15.05 shall continue to apply for all Plan Years thereafter, regardless of whether the Plan is a "top-heavy plan" for such Plan Year.

 

If the Plan's vesting schedule is amended and an Active Participant's vested interest, as calculated by using the amended vesting schedule, is less in any year than the Active Participant's vested interest calculated under the Plan's vesting schedule immediately prior to the amendment, the amended vesting schedule shall apply only to Employees first hired on or after the effective date of the change in vesting schedule.

 

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to enable the Plan and Trust to satisfy the applicable requirements of the Code and all requirements for the retroactive amendment are satisfied.

 

16.6.            Termination and Discontinuation of Contributions. The Employer has adopted the Plan with the intention and expectation that assets shall continue to be held under the Plan on behalf of Participants and their Beneficiaries indefinitely and, unless the Plan is a frozen plan as provided in Subsection 1.01(g)(5) of the Adoption Agreement, that contributions under the Plan shall be continued indefinitely. However, said Employer has no obligation or liability whatsoever to maintain the Plan for any length of time and may amend the Plan to discontinue contributions under the Plan or terminate the Plan at any time without any liability hereunder for any such discontinuance or termination.

 

If the Plan is not already a frozen plan, the Employer may amend the Plan to discontinue further contributions to the Plan by selecting Subsection 1.01(g)(5) of the Adoption Agreement. An Employer that has selected in Subsection 1.01(g)(5) of the Adoption Agreement may change its selection and provide for contributions under the Plan to recommence with the intention that such contributions continue indefinitely, as provided in the preceding paragraph.

 

The Employer may terminate the Plan by written notice delivered to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the effective date of the termination of the Plan, loan payments being made pursuant to Section 9.07 shall continue to be remitted to the Trust until the loan has been defaulted or distributed pursuant to Sections 9.10 and 9.11 or Section 9.13, respectively.

 

16.7.            Distribution upon Termination of the Plan. Upon termination or partial termination of the Plan or complete discontinuance of contributions thereunder, each Participant (including a terminated Participant with respect to amounts not previously forfeited by him) who is affected by such termination or partial termination or discontinuance shall have a vested interest in his Account of 100 percent. Subject to Section 12.01 and Article 14, upon receipt of instructions from the Administrator, the Trustee shall distribute to each Participant or other person entitled to distribution the balance of the Participant's Account in a single lump sum payment. In the absence of such instructions, the Trustee shall notify the Administrator of such situation and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any distributions under the Plan until it receives instructions from the Administrator. Upon the completion of such distributions, the Trust shall terminate, the Trustee shall be relieved from all liability under the Trust, and no Participant or other person shall have any claims thereunder, except as required by applicable law.

 

If distribution is to be made to a Participant or Beneficiary who cannot be located, following the Administrator's completion of such search methods as described in applicable Department of Labor guidance, the Administrator shall give instructions to the Trustee to roll over the distribution to an individual retirement account established by the Administrator in the name of the missing Participant or Beneficiary, which account shall satisfy the requirements of the Department of Labor automatic rollover safe harbor generally applicable to amounts less than or equal to the maximum cashout amount specified in Code Section 401(a)(31)(B)(ii) ($5,000 as of January 1, 2013) that are mandatorily distributed from the Plan. In the alternative, the Employer may direct the Trustee, subject to applicable guidance, to transfer the Account of any such missing Participant or Beneficiary, regardless of the amount of any such Account to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. In the absence of such instructions, the Trustee shall make no distribution to the distributee.

 

16.8.            Merger or Consolidation of Plan; Transfer of Plan Assets. In case of any merger or consolidation of the Plan with, or transfer of assets and liabilities of the Plan to, any other plan, provision must be made so that each Participant would, if the Plan then terminated, receive a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer if the Plan had then terminated.

Article 17.                          Amendment and Continuation of Prior Plan; Transfer of Funds to or from Other Qualified Plans.

 

17.1.            Amendment and Continuation of Prior Plan. In the event the Employer has previously established a plan (the "prior plan") which is a defined contribution plan under the Code and which on the date of adoption of the Plan meets the applicable requirements of Code Section 401(a), the Employer may, in accordance with the provisions of the prior plan, amend and restate the prior plan in the form of the Plan and become the Employer hereunder, subject to the following:

 

(a)            Subject to the provisions of the Plan, each individual who was a Participant in the prior plan immediately prior to the effective date of such amendment and restatement shall become a Participant in the Plan on the effective date of the amendment and restatement, provided he is an Eligible Employee as of that date.

	
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(b)            Except as provided in Section 16.04, no election may be made under the vesting provisions of the Adoption Agreement if such election would reduce the benefits of a Participant under the Plan to less than the benefits to which he would have been entitled if he voluntarily separated from the service of the Employer immediately prior to such amendment and restatement.

 

(c)            No amendment to the Plan shall decrease a Participant's accrued benefit or eliminate an optional form of benefit, except as permitted under Subsection 1.20(d) of the Adoption Agreement.

 

(d)            The amounts standing to the credit of a Participant's account immediately prior to such amendment and restatement which represent the amounts properly attributable to (1) contributions by the Participant and (2) contributions by the Employer and forfeitures shall constitute the opening balance of his Account or Accounts under the Plan.

 

(e)            Amounts being paid to an Inactive Participant or to a Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the prior plan shall continue to be paid in accordance with such provisions.

 

(f)            Any election and waiver of the "qualified preretirement survivor annuity", as defined in Section 14.01, in effect after August 23, 1984, under the prior plan immediately before such amendment and restatement shall be deemed a valid election and waiver of Beneficiary under Section 14.04 if such designation satisfies the requirements of Sections 14.05 and 14.06, unless and until the Participant revokes such election and waiver under the Plan.

 

(g)            All assets of the predecessor trust shall be invested by the Trustee as soon as reasonably practicable pursuant to Article 8. The Employer agrees to assist the Trustee in any way requested by the Trustee in order to facilitate the transfer of assets from the predecessor trust to the Trust Fund.

 

17.2.            Transfer of Funds from an Existing Plan. The Employer may from time to time direct the Trustee, in accordance with such rules as the Trustee may establish, to accept cash, allowable Fund Shares or participant loan promissory notes transferred for the benefit of Participants from a trust forming part of another qualified plan under the Code, provided such plan is a defined contribution plan. Such transferred assets shall become assets of the Trust as of the date they are received by the Trustee. Such transferred assets shall be credited to Participants' Accounts in accordance with their respective interests immediately upon receipt by the Trustee. A Participant's vested interest under the Plan in transferred assets which were fully vested and nonforfeitable under the transferring plan or which were transferred to the Plan in a manner intended to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) of this Section 17.02 shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable at all times. A Participant's interest under the Plan in transferred assets which were transferred to the Plan in a manner intended to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section 17.02 shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan, but applying the Plan's vesting schedule or the transferor plan's vesting schedule, whichever is more favorable, for each year of Vesting Service completed by the Participant. Such transferred assets shall be invested by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 17.01(g) as if such assets were transferred from a prior plan, as defined in Section 17.01. Except as otherwise provided below, no transfer of assets in accordance with this Section 17.02 may cause a loss of an accrued or optional form of benefit protected by Code Section 411(d)(6).

 

The terms of the Plan as in effect at the time of the transfer shall apply to the amounts transferred regardless of whether such application would have the effect of eliminating or reducing an optional form of benefit protected by Code Section 411(d)(6) which was previously available with respect to any amount transferred to the Plan pursuant to this Section 17.02, provided that such transfer satisfies the requirements set forth in either (a) or (b):

 

		(a)	(1)      The transfer is conditioned upon a voluntary, fully informed election by the Participant to transfer his entire account balance to the Plan. As an alternative to the transfer, the Participant is offered the opportunity to retain the form of benefit previously available to him (or, if the transferor plan is terminated, to receive any optional form of benefit for which the participant is eligible under the transferor plan as required by Code Section 411(d)(6));

 

(2)            If the defined contribution plan from which the transfer is made includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement, the Plan includes a cash or deferred arrangement;

 

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(4)            The transfer is made either in connection with an asset or stock acquisition, merger or other similar transaction involving a change in employer of the employees of a trade or business (i.e., an acquisition or disposition within the meaning of Section 1.410(b)-2(f) of the Treasury Regulations) or in connection with the participant's change in employment status such that the participant is not entitled to additional allocations under the transferor plan.

 

		(b)            	(1)            	The transfer satisfies the requirements of subsection (a)(1) of this Section 17.02;

 

(2)            The transfer occurs at a time when the Participant is eligible, under the terms of the transferor plan, to receive an immediate distribution of his account;

 

(3)            The transfer occurs at a time when the participant is not eligible to receive an immediate distribution of his entire nonforfeitable account balance in a single sum distribution that would consist entirely of an eligible rollover distribution within the meaning of Code Section 401(a)(31)(C); and

 

(4)            The amount transferred, together with the amount of any contemporaneous Code Section 401(a)(31) direct rollover to the Plan, equals the entire nonforfeitable account of the participant whose account is being transferred.

 

It is the Employer's obligation to ensure that all assets of the Plan, other than those maintained in a separate trust or fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 20.10, are transferred to the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no liability for and no duty to inquire into the administration of such transferred assets for periods prior to the transfer.

 

17.3.            Acceptance of Assets by Trustee. The Trustee shall not accept assets which are not either in a medium proper for investment under the Plan, as set forth in the Plan and the Service Agreement, or in cash. Such assets shall be accompanied by instructions in writing (or such other medium as may be acceptable to the Trustee) showing separately the respective contributions by the prior employer and by the Participant, and identifying the assets attributable to such contributions. The Trustee shall establish such accounts as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect such contributions under the Plan. The Trustee shall hold such assets for investment in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, and shall in accordance with the instructions of the Employer make appropriate credits to the Accounts of the Participants for whose benefit assets have been transferred.

 

17.4.            Transfer of Assets from Trust. The Employer may direct the Trustee to transfer all or a specified portion of the Trust assets to any other plan or plans maintained by the Employer or the employer or employers of an Inactive Participant or Participants, provided that the Trustee has received evidence satisfactory to it that such other plan meets all applicable requirements of the Code, subject to the following:

 

(a)            The assets so transferred shall be accompanied by instructions from the Employer naming the persons for whose benefit such assets have been transferred, showing separately the respective contributions by the Employer and by each Inactive Participant, if any, and identifying the assets attributable to the various contributions. The Trustee shall not transfer assets hereunder until all applicable filing requirements are met. The Trustee shall have no further liabilities with respect to assets so transferred.

 

(b)            A transfer of assets made pursuant to this Section 17.04 may result in the elimination or reduction of an optional form of benefit protected by Code Section 411(d)(6), provided that the transfer satisfies the requirements set forth in either (1) or (2):

 

		(1)            	(i)            	The transfer is conditioned upon a voluntary, fully informed election by the Participant to transfer his entire Account to the other defined contribution plan. As an alternative to the transfer, the Participant is offered the opportunity to retain the form of benefit previously available to him (or, if the Plan is terminated, to receive any optional form of benefit for which the Participant is eligible under the Plan as required by Code Section 411(d)(6));

 

(ii)            If the Plan includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Code Section 401(k), the defined contribution plan to which the transfer is made must include a qualified cash or deferred arrangement; and

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(i.e., an acquisition or disposition within the meaning of Section 1.410(b)-2(f) of the Treasury Regulations) or in connection with the Participant's change in employment status such that the Participant becomes an Inactive Participant.

		(2)            	(i)            	The transfer satisfies the requirements of subsection (1)(i) of this Section 17.04;

 

(ii)            The transfer occurs at a time when the Participant is eligible, under the terms of the Plan, to receive an immediate distribution of his benefit;

(iii)            The transfer occurs at a time when the Participant is not eligible to receive an immediate distribution of his entire nonforfeitable Account in a single sum distribution that would consist entirely of an eligible rollover distribution within the meaning of Code Section 401(a)(31)(C);

		(iv)	The Participant is fully vested in the transferred amount in the transferee plan; and

(v)            The amount transferred, together with the amount of any contemporaneous Code Section 401(a)(31) direct rollover to the transferee plan, equals the entire nonforfeitable Account of the Participant whose Account is being transferred.

Article 18.                          Miscellaneous.

 

18.1.            Communication to Participants. The Plan shall be communicated to all Eligible Employees by the Employer promptly after the Plan is adopted.

 

18.2.            Limitation of Rights. Neither the establishment of the Plan and the Trust, nor any amendment thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefits, shall be construed as giving to any Participant or other person any legal or equitable right against the Employer, Administrator or Trustee, except as provided herein; and in no event shall the terms of employment or service of any Participant be modified or in any way affected hereby. It is a condition of the Plan, and each Participant expressly agrees by his participation herein, that each Participant shall look solely to the assets held in the Trust for the payment of any benefit to which he is entitled under the Plan.

No Participant or Beneficiary shall have or acquire any right, title or interest in or to the Plan assets or any portion of the Plan assets, except by the actual payment or distribution from the Plan to such Participant or Beneficiary of such Participant's or Beneficiary's benefit to which he or she is entitled under the provisions of the Plan. Whenever the Plan pays a benefit in excess of the maximum amount of payment required under the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator will have the right to recover any such excess payment, plus earnings at the Administrator's discretion, on behalf of the Plan from the Participant and/or Beneficiary, as the case may be. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein stated, this right of recovery includes, but is not limited to, a right of offset against future benefit payments to be paid under the Plan to the Participant and/or Beneficiary, as the case may be, which the Administrator may exercise in its sole discretion.

 

18.3.            Nonalienability of Benefits. Except as provided in Code Sections 401(a)(13)(C) and (D)(relating to offsets ordered or required under a criminal conviction involving the Plan, a civil judgment in connection with a violation or alleged violation of fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA, or a settlement agreement between the Participant and the Department of Labor in connection with a violation or alleged violation of fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA), Section 1.401(a)- 13(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations (relating to Federal tax levies), or as otherwise required by law, the benefits provided hereunder shall not be subject to alienation, assignment, garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any kind, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and any attempt to cause such benefits to be so subjected shall not be recognized. The preceding sentence shall also apply to the creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to any benefit payable with respect to a Participant pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless such order is determined in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator to be a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p), or any domestic relations order entered before January 1, 1985.

 

18.4.            Qualified Domestic Relations Orders Procedures. The Administrator must establish reasonable procedures to determine the qualified status of a domestic relations order. Upon receiving a domestic relations order, the Participant and any alternate payee named in the order shall be notified, in writing, of the receipt of the order and the Plan's procedures for determining the qualified status of the order.  Within a reasonable period of time after receiving the domestic relations order,

	
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the Administrator must determine the qualified status of the order. The Participant and each alternate payee shall be provided notice of such determination by mailing to the individual's address specified in the domestic relations order, or in a manner consistent with the Department of Labor regulations.

 

If any portion of the Participant's Account is payable during the period the Administrator is making its determination of the qualified status of the domestic relations order, the Administrator must make a separate accounting of the amounts payable. If the Administrator determines the order is a qualified domestic relations order within 18 months of the date amounts first are payable following receipt of the order, the Administrator shall direct the Trustee to distribute the payable amounts in accordance with the order. If the determination of the qualified status of the order is not made within the 18- month determination period, the Administrator shall direct the Trustee to distribute the payable amounts in the manner the Plan would distribute if the order did not exist and shall apply the order prospectively if the Administrator later determines that the order is a qualified domestic relations order.

 

The Trustee shall set up segregated accounts for each alternate payee as directed by the Administrator.

 

A domestic relations order shall not fail to be deemed a qualified domestic relations order merely because it permits distribution or requires segregation of all or part of a Participant's Account with respect to an alternate payee prior to the Participant's earliest retirement age (as defined in Code Section 414(p)) under the Plan. A distribution to an alternate payee prior to the Participant's attainment of the earliest retirement age is available only if the order provides for distribution at that time and the alternate payee consents to a distribution occurring prior to the Participant's attainment of earliest retirement age.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or of a domestic relations order, if the Employer has elected to cash out small Accounts as provided in Subsection 1.20(e)(1) of the Adoption Agreement and the alternate payee's benefits under the Plan do not exceed the maximum cash out limit permitted under Code Section 411(a)(11)(A), distribution shall be made to the alternate payee in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the Administrator's determination that the order is a qualified domestic relations order.

 

18.5.            Application of Plan Provisions for Multiple Employer Plans. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if one of the Employers designated in Subsection 1.02(b) of the Adoption Agreement is or ceases to be a Related Employer (hereinafter "un-Related Employer"), the Plan shall be treated as a multiple employer plan (as defined in Code Section 413(c)) in accordance with applicable guidance. Any subsequent removal of an un-Related Employer will not be treated as a termination of the Plan with regard to that un-Related Employer and not be considered a distributable event for Participants still employed with that un-Related Employer.

 

For the period, if any, that the Plan is a multiple employer plan, each un-Related Employer shall be treated as a separate Employer for purposes of contributions, application of the "ADP" and "ACP" tests described in Sections 6.03 and 6.06, application of the Code Section 415 limitations described in Section 6.12, top-heavy determinations and application of the top-heavy requirements under Article 15, and application of such other Plan provisions as the Employers determine to be appropriate. For any such period, the Volume Submitter Sponsor shall continue to treat the Employer as participating in this volume submitter plan arrangement for purposes of notice or other communications in connection with the Plan, and other Plan-related services. The Administrator shall be responsible for administering the Plan as a multiple employer plan.

 

18.6.            Veterans Reemployment Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits, and service credit with respect to qualified military service shall be provided in accordance with Code Section 414(u) and the regulations thereunder. The Administrator shall notify the Trustee of any Participant with respect to whom additional contributions are made because of qualified military service. Additional contributions made to the Plan pursuant to Code Section 414(u) shall be treated as Deferral Contributions (if Option 1.07(a)(5) is selected in the Adoption Agreement, including, to the extent designated by the Participant, Roth 401(k) Contributions), Employee Contributions, Matching Employer Contributions, Qualified Matching Employer Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, or Nonelective Employer Contributions based on the character of the contribution they are intended to replace; provided, however, that the Plan shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4), 401(k)(3), 401(k)(12), 401(m), 410(b), or 416 by reason of the making of or the right to make such contribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participants dying and/or becoming disabled while performing qualified military service as defined in Code Section 414(u)(5) shall not be treated as having resumed employment pursuant to this Section on the day prior to dying or becoming disabled for purposes of calculating contributions pursuant to Code Section 414(u)(9).

 

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by reason of minority, illness, infirmity or other incapacity, the Administrator may direct the Trustee to disburse such payments to a person or institution designated by a court which has jurisdiction over such recipient or a person or institution otherwise having the legal authority under state law for the care and control of such recipient. The receipt by such person or institution of any such payments shall be complete acquittance therefore, and any such payment to the extent thereof, shall discharge the liability of the Trust for the payment of benefits hereunder to such recipient.

 

18.8.            Information between Employer and/or Administrator and Trustee. The Employer and/or Administrator will furnish the Trustee, and the Trustee will furnish the Employer and/or Administrator, with such information relating to the Plan and Trust as may be required by the other in order to carry out their respective duties hereunder, including without limitation information required under the Code and any regulations issued or forms adopted by the Treasury Department thereunder or under the provisions of ERISA and any regulations issued or forms adopted by the Department of Labor thereunder.

 

18.9.            Effect of Failure to Qualify Under Code. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, if the Employer's plan fails to be a qualified plan under the Code, such plan can no longer participate in this volume submitter plan arrangement and shall be considered an individually designed plan.

 

18.10.            Directions, Notices and Disclosure. Any notice or other communication in connection with this Plan shall be deemed delivered in writing if addressed as follows and if either actually delivered at said address or, in the case of a letter, three business days shall have elapsed after the same shall have been deposited in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid and registered or certified:

 

(a)            If to the Employer or Administrator, to it at such address as the Administrator shall direct pursuant to the Service Agreement;

 

		(b)	If to the Trustee, to it at the address set forth in Subsection 1.03(a) of the Adoption Agreement;

or, in each case at such other address as the addressee shall have specified by written notice delivered in accordance with the foregoing to the addressor's then effective notice address.

 

Any direction, notice or other communication provided to the Employer, the Administrator or the Trustee by another party which is stipulated to be in written form under the provisions of this Plan may also be provided in any medium which is permitted under applicable law or regulation. Any written communication or disclosure to Participants required under the provisions of this Plan may be provided in any other medium (electronic, telephone or otherwise) that is permitted under applicable law or regulation.

 

18.11.            Governing Law. The Plan and the accompanying Adoption Agreement shall be construed, administered and enforced according to ERISA, and to the extent not preempted thereby, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

18.12.            Discharge of Duties by Fiduciaries. The Trustee, the Employer and any other fiduciary shall discharge their duties under the Plan in accordance with the requirements of ERISA solely in the interests of Participants and their Beneficiaries and with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the applicable circumstances that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in conducting an enterprise of like character with like aims.

Article 19.                          Plan Administration.

 

19.1.            Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator. The Administrator has the full power and the full responsibility to administer the Plan in all of its details, subject, however, to the requirements of ERISA. The Administrator is the agent for service of legal process for the Plan. In addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon it in the Plan, the Administrator shall have all such powers and authorities as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Plan, including the discretionary power and authority to interpret and construe the provisions of the Plan, such interpretation to be final and conclusive on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan; to make benefit determinations; to utilize the correction programs or systems established by the Internal Revenue Service (such as the Employee Plans Compliance and Resolution System) or the Department of Labor; and to resolve any disputes arising under the Plan. The Administrator may, by written instrument, allocate and delegate its fiduciary responsibilities in accordance with ERISA Section 405, including allocation of such responsibilities to an administrative committee formed to administer the Plan.

	
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19.2.            Nondiscriminatory Exercise of Authority. Whenever, in the administration of the Plan, any discretionary action by the Administrator is required, the Administrator shall exercise its authority in a nondiscriminatory manner so that all persons similarly situated shall receive substantially the same treatment.

 

19.3.            Claims and Review Procedures. As required under Section 2560.503-1(b)(2) of Regulations issued by the Department of Labor, the claims and review procedures are described in detail in the Summary Plan Description for the Plan.

 

A Participant, Beneficiary or alternate payee (collectively referred to as "Claimant" in this section) seeking judicial review of an adverse benefit determination under the Plan, whether in whole or in part, must file any suit or legal action (including, without limitation, a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA) within 12 months of the date the final adverse benefit determination is issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Claimant that fails to engage in or exhaust the claims and review procedures must file any suit or legal action within 12 months of the date of the alleged facts or conduct giving rise to the claim (including, without limitation, the date the Claimant alleges he or she became entitled to the Plan benefits requested in the suit or legal action). Nothing in this Plan should be construed to relieve a Claimant of the obligation to exhaust all claims and review procedures under the Plan before filing suit in state or federal court. A claimant who fails to file such suit or legal action within the 12 months limitations period will lose any rights to bring any such suit or legal action thereafter.

 

19.4.            Named Fiduciary. The Administrator is a "named fiduciary" for purposes of ERISA Section 402(a)(1) and has the powers and responsibilities with respect to the management and operation of the Plan described herein.

 

19.5.            Costs of Administration. All reasonable costs and expenses (including legal, accounting, and employee communication fees) incurred by the Administrator and the Trustee in administering the Plan and Trust may be paid from the forfeitures (if any) resulting under Section 11.08, or from the remaining Trust Fund. All such costs and expenses paid from the remaining Trust Fund shall, unless allocable to the Accounts of particular Participants, be charged against the Accounts of all Participants as provided in the Service Agreement.

Article 20.                          Trust Agreement.

 

20.1.            Acceptance of Trust Responsibilities. By executing the Adoption Agreement, the Employer establishes a trust to hold the assets of the Plan that are invested in Permissible Investments. By executing the Adoption Agreement, the Trustee agrees to accept the rights, duties and responsibilities set forth in this Article. If the Plan is an amendment and restatement of a prior plan, the Trustee shall have no liability for, and no duty to inquire into, the administration of the assets of the Plan for periods prior to the date such assets are transferred to the Trust.

 

20.2.            Establishment of Trust Fund. A trust is hereby established under the Plan. The Trustee shall open and maintain a trust account for the Plan and, as part thereof, Accounts for such individuals as the Employer shall from time to time notify the Trustee are Participants in the Plan. The Trustee shall accept and hold in the Trust Fund such contributions on behalf of Participants as it may receive from time to time from the Employer.  The Trust Fund shall be fully invested and reinvested in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plan in Fund Shares or as otherwise provided in Section 20.10.

 

20.3.            Exclusive Benefit. The Trustee shall hold the assets of the Trust Fund for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to Participants and Beneficiaries and defraying the reasonable expenses of administering the Plan. No assets of the Plan shall revert to the Employer except as specifically permitted by the terms of the Plan.

 

20.4.            Powers of Trustee. The Trustee shall have no discretion or authority with respect to the investment of the Trust Fund but shall act solely as a directed trustee of the funds contributed to it. In addition to and not in limitation of such powers as the Trustee has by law or under any other provisions of the Plan, the Trustee shall have the following powers, each of which the Trustee exercises solely as a directed trustee in accordance with the written direction of the Employer except to the extent a Plan asset is subject to Participant direction of investment and provided that no such power shall be exercised in any manner inconsistent with the provisions of ERISA:

 

(a)            to deal with all or any part of the Trust Fund and to invest all or a part of the Trust Fund in Permissible Investments, without regard to the law of any state regarding proper investment;

 

(b)            to transfer to and invest all or any part of the Trust in any collective investment trust which is then maintained by a bank or trust company (or any affiliate) and which is tax-exempt pursuant to Code Section 501(a) and Rev. Rul. 81-100; provided that such collective investment trust is a Permissible Investment; and provided, further, that the instrument establishing such collective investment trust, as amended from time to time, shall govern

	
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any investment therein, and is hereby made a part of the Plan and this Trust Agreement to the extent of such investment therein;

 

(c)            to retain uninvested such cash as the Administrator or a named fiduciary under the Plan may, from time to time, direct;

 

(d)            to sell, lease, convert, redeem, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the assets constituting the Trust Fund;

 

(e)            to borrow funds from a bank or other financial institution not affiliated with the Trustee in order to provide sufficient liquidity to process Plan transactions in a timely fashion, provided that the cost of borrowing shall be allocated in a reasonable fashion to the Permissible Investment(s) in need of liquidity and the Employer acknowledges that it has received the disclosure on the Trustee's line of credit program and credit allocation policy and a copy of the text of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-55 prior to executing the Adoption Agreement, if applicable;

 

(f)            to enforce by suit or otherwise, or to waive, its rights on behalf of the Trust, and to defend claims asserted against it or the Trust, provided that the Trustee is indemnified to its satisfaction against liability and expenses (including claims for delinquent contributions or repayments in accordance with Section 5.12);

 

(g)            to employ legal, accounting, clerical, and other assistance to carry out the provisions of this Trust and to pay the reasonable expenses of such employment, including compensation, from the Trust if not paid by the Employer;

 

		(h)	to compromise, adjust and settle any and all claims against or in favor of it or the Trust;

 

(i)            to oppose, or participate in and consent to the reorganization, merger, consolidation, or readjustment of the finances of any enterprise, to pay assessments and expenses in connection therewith, and to deposit securities under deposit agreements;

 

		(j)	to apply for or purchase annuity contracts in accordance with Article 14;

 

(k)            to hold securities unregistered, or to register them in its own name or in the name of nominees in accordance with the provisions of Section 2550.403a-1(b) of Department of Labor Regulations;

 

(l)            to appoint custodians to hold investments within the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States and to deposit securities with stock clearing corporations or depositories or similar organizations;

 

(m)            to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments that it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers herein granted;

 

		(n)	generally to exercise any of the powers of an owner with respect to all or any part of the Trust Fund; and

 

(o)            to take all such actions as may be necessary under the Trust Agreement, to the extent consistent with applicable law.

 

The Employer specifically acknowledges and authorizes that affiliates of the Trustee may act as its agent in the performance of ministerial, nonfiduciary duties under the Trust.

 

The Trustee shall provide the Employer with reasonable notice of any claim filed against the Plan or Trust or with regard to any related matter, or of any claim filed by the Trustee on behalf of the Plan or Trust or with regard to any related matter.

 

20.5.            Accounts. The Trustee shall keep full accounts of all receipts and disbursements and other transactions hereunder. Within 120 days after the close of each Plan Year and at such other times as may be appropriate, the Trustee shall determine the then net fair market value of the Trust Fund as of the close of the Plan Year, as of the termination of the Trust, or as of such other time, whichever is applicable, and shall render to the Employer and Administrator an account of its administration of the Trust during the period since the last such accounting, including all allocations made by it during such period.

 

20.6.            Approval of Accounts. To the extent permitted by law, the written approval of any account by the Employer or Administrator shall be final and binding, as to all matters and transactions stated or shown therein, upon the Employer, Administrator, Participants and all persons who then are or thereafter become interested in the Trust. The failure of the

	
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Employer or Administrator to notify the Trustee within six months after the receipt of any account of its objection to the account shall, to the extent permitted by law, be the equivalent of written approval. If the Employer or Administrator files any objections within such six month period with respect to any matters or transactions stated or shown in the account, and the Employer or Administrator and the Trustee cannot amicably settle the question raised by such objections, the Trustee shall have the right to have such questions settled by judicial proceedings. Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to deprive the Trustee of the right to have judicial settlement of its accounts. In any proceeding for a judicial settlement of any account or for instructions, the only necessary parties shall be the Trustee, the Employer and the Administrator.

 

20.7.            Distribution from Trust Fund. The Trustee shall make such distributions from the Trust Fund as the Employer or Administrator may direct (in writing or such other medium as may be acceptable to the Trustee), consistent with the terms of the Plan and either for the exclusive benefit of Participants or their Beneficiaries, or for the payment of expenses of administering the Plan.

 

20.8.            Transfer of Amounts from Qualified Plan. If amounts are to be transferred to the Plan from another qualified plan or trust under Code Section 401(a), such transfer shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and with such rules as may be established by the Trustee. The Trustee shall only accept assets which are in a medium proper for investment under this Trust Agreement or in cash, and that are accompanied in a timely manner, as agreed to by the Administrator and the Trustee, by instructions in writing (or such other medium as may be acceptable to the Trustee) showing separately the respective contributions by the prior employer and the transferring Employee, the records relating to such contributions, and identifying the assets attributable to such contributions. The Trustee shall hold such assets for investment in accordance with the provisions of this Trust Agreement.

 

20.9.            Transfer of Assets from Trust. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Employer may direct the Trustee to transfer all or a specified portion of the Trust assets to any other plan or plans maintained by the Employer or the employer or employers of an Inactive Participant or Participants, provided that the Trustee has received evidence satisfactory to it that such other plan meets all applicable requirements of the Code. The assets so transferred shall be accompanied by written instructions from the Employer naming the persons for whose benefit such assets have been transferred, showing separately the respective contributions by the Employer and by each Participant, if any, and identifying the assets attributable to the various contributions. The Trustee shall have no further liabilities with respect to assets so transferred.

 

20.10.            Separate Trust or Fund. Subject to agreement with the Trustee, the Employer may maintain a trust or fund (including a group annuity contract) under this volume submitter plan document for Permissible Investments for which the Trustee will not take responsibility under this Trust Agreement as indicated in the Service Agreement. Any Permissible Investments for which the Trustee has not agreed to take responsibility shall not be governed by the terms of this Trust (including Sections 20.11 and 20.12) but rather shall be subject to procedures established in the Service Agreement to govern contributions, distributions and exchanges between such Permissible Investments and any other Permissible Investments for the Plan. In addition, the Employer may also appoint a trustee to establish a separate trust for claims on behalf of the Trust for delinquent contributions or loan repayments under the Plan. The Trustee shall have no authority and no responsibility for the Plan assets held in such separate trust or fund. The Employer shall be responsible for assuring that such separate trust or fund is maintained pursuant to a separate trust or custodial agreement signed by the Employer and any such trustee or custodian, to the extent such an agreement is required. The duties and responsibilities of the trustee of a separate trust shall be provided by the separate trust agreement, between the Employer and the trustee of the separate trust.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee may agree in writing to provide ministerial recordkeeping services for assets held outside of this Trust Agreement.

 

The Trustee shall not be the owner of any insurance contract purchased for the Plan. All insurance contract(s) must provide that proceeds shall be payable to the Plan; provided, however, that the policy holder shall be required to pay over all proceeds of the contract(s) to the Participant's designated Beneficiary in accordance with the distribution provisions of this Plan. A Participant's Spouse shall be the designated Beneficiary of the proceeds in all circumstances unless a qualified election has been made in accordance with Article 14. Under no circumstances shall the policy holder retain any part of the proceeds. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of any insurance contract purchased hereunder, the Plan provisions shall control.

 

Any life insurance contracts held in the Trust Fund or in the separate trust are subject to the following limits:

 

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1/2 of the aggregate employer  contributions allocated  to any Participant shall be used to pay the premiums attributable to them.

 

(b)            Term and universal life - No more than 1/4 of the aggregate employer contributions allocated to any participant shall be used to pay the premiums on term life insurance contracts, universal life insurance contracts, and all other life insurance contracts which are not ordinary life.

 

(c)            Combination - The sum of 1/2 of the ordinary life insurance premiums and all other life insurance premiums shall not exceed 1/4 of the aggregate employer contributions allocated to any Participant.

 

20.11.            Self-Directed Brokerage Option. If one of the Permissible Investments under the Plan is Fidelity BrokerageLink®, the self-directed brokerage option ("BrokerageLink"), the Employer hereby directs the Trustee to use Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC ("FBSLLC") to purchase or sell individual securities for each Participant BrokerageLink account ("PBLA") in accordance with investment directions provided by such Participant. The Employer directs the Trustee to establish a PBLA with FBSLLC in the name of the Trustee for each Participant electing to utilize the BrokerageLink option. Each electing Participant shall be granted limited trading authority over the PBLA established for such Participant, and FBSLLC shall accept and act upon instructions from such Participants to buy, sell, exchange, convert, tender, trade and otherwise acquire and dispose of securities in the PBLA. The provision of BrokerageLink shall be subject to the following:

 

(a)            Each Participant who elects to utilize the BrokerageLink option must complete a BrokerageLink Participant Acknowledgement Form which incorporates the provisions of the BrokerageLink Account Terms and Conditions. Upon acceptance by FBSLLC of the BrokerageLink Participant Acknowledgement Form, FBSLLC will establish a PBLA for the Participant. Participant activity in the PBLA will be governed by the BrokerageLink Participant Acknowledgement Form and the BrokerageLink Account Terms and Conditions. If the BrokerageLink Participant Acknowledgement Form or the BrokerageLink Account Terms and Conditions conflicts with the terms of this Trust, the Plan or an applicable statute or regulation, the Trust, the Plan or the applicable statute or regulation shall control.

 

(b)            Any successor organization of FBSLLC, through reorganization, consolidation, merger or similar transactions, shall, upon consummation of such transaction, become the successor broker in accordance with the terms of this authorization provision.

 

(c)            The Trustee and FBSLLC shall continue to rely on this direction provision until notified to the contrary. The Employer reserves the right to terminate this direction upon written notice to FBSLLC (or its successor) and the Trustee, such termination to be implemented as soon as administratively feasible. Such notice shall be deemed a direction to terminate BrokerageLink as an investment option.

 

(d)            The Trustee shall provide the Employer with a list of the types of securities which may not be purchased under BrokerageLink. Administrative procedures governing investment in and withdrawals from a PBLA will also be provided to the Employer by the Trustee.

 

(e)            With respect to exchanges from the Participant's Account holding investments outside of the BrokerageLink option (hereinafter, the "SPO") into the PBLA, the named fiduciary hereby directs the Trustee to submit for processing all instructions for purchases into the core account indicated in the BrokerageLink Account Terms and Conditions (the "BrokerageLink Core Account") received before the close of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on a particular date resulting from such exchange requests the next day that the NYSE is operating.

 

(f)            A Participant has the authority to designate an agent to have limited trading authority over assets in the PBLA established for such Participant. Such agent as the Participant may designate shall have the same authority to trade in and otherwise transact business in the PBLA, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Participant is otherwise empowered to do hereunder, and FBSLLC shall act upon instructions from the agent as if the instructions had come from the Participant. Designation of an agent by the Participant is subject to acceptance by FBSLLC of a completed BrokerageLink Third Party Limited Trading Authorization Form, the terms of which shall govern the activity of the Participant and the authorized agent. In the event that a provision of the BrokerageLink Third Party Limited Trading Authorization Form conflicts with the terms of the BrokerageLink Participant Acknowledgement Form, the BrokerageLink Account Terms and Conditions, this Trust, the Plan or an applicable statute or regulation, the terms of the BrokerageLink Participant Acknowledgement Form, the Brokerage Link Account Terms and Conditions, this Trust, the Plan or the applicable statute or regulation shall control.

	
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(g)            The Participant shall be solely responsible for receiving and responding to all trade confirmations, account statements, prospectuses, annual reports, proxies and other materials that would otherwise be distributed to the owner of the PBLA. With respect to proxies for securities held in the PBLA, FBSLLC shall send a copy of the meeting notice and all proxies and proxy solicitation materials, together with a voting direction form, to the Participant and the Participant shall have the authority to direct the exercise of all shareholder rights attributable to those securities. The Trustee shall not exercise such rights in the absence of direction from the Participant.

 

(h)            FBSLLC shall buy, sell, exchange, convert, tender, trade and otherwise acquire and dispose of securities in each PBLA, transfer funds to and from the BrokerageLink Core Account and the SPO default fund, collect any fees or other remuneration due FBSLLC or any of its affiliates (other than the Fidelity BrokerageLink Plan related Account Fee, which shall be assessed and collected as described in the Service Agreement), and make distributions to the Participant, in accordance with the Service Agreement. No prior notice to or consent from the Participant is required. In the event of a transfer of the Plan to another service provider, the directions of the Employer in transferring Plan assets shall control. Such transfers may be effected without notice to or consent from the Participant.

 

(i)            FBSLLC may accept from the Participant changes to indicative data including, but not limited to, postal address, email address, and phone number associated with the PBLA established for the Participant.

 

20.12.            Employer Stock Investment Option. If one of the Permissible Investments is equity securities issued by the Employer or a Related Employer ("Employer Stock"), such Employer Stock must be publicly traded and "qualifying employer securities" within the meaning of ERISA Section 407(d)(5). Plan investments in Employer Stock shall be made via the Employer Stock Investment Fund (the "Stock Fund") which shall consist of either (i) the shares of Employer Stock held for each Participant who participates in the Stock Fund (a "Share Accounting Stock Fund"), or (ii) a combination of shares of Employer Stock and short-term liquid investments, consisting of mutual fund shares or commingled money market pool units as agreed to by the Employer and the Trustee, which are necessary to satisfy the Stock Fund's cash needs for transfers and payments (a "Unitized Stock Fund"). Dividends received by the Stock Fund are reinvested in additional shares of Employer Stock or, in the case of a Unitized Stock Fund, in short-term liquid investments. The determination of whether each Participant's interest in the Stock Fund is administered on a share-accounting or a unitized basis shall be determined by the Employer's election in the Service Agreement.

 

In the case of a Unitized Stock Fund, such units shall represent a proportionate interest in all assets of the Unitized Stock Fund, which includes shares of Employer Stock, short-term investments, and at times, receivables for dividends and/or Employer Stock sold and payables for Employer Stock purchased. A net asset value per unit shall be determined daily for each cash unit outstanding of the Unitized Stock Fund. The return earned by the Unitized Stock Fund shall represent a combination of the dividends paid on the shares of Employer Stock held by the Unitized Stock Fund, gains or losses realized on sales of Employer Stock, appreciation or depreciation in the market price of those shares owned, and interest on the short- term investments held by the Unitized Stock Fund. A target range for the short-term liquid investments shall be maintained for the Unitized Stock Fund. The named fiduciary shall, after consultation with the Trustee, establish and communicate to the Trustee in writing such target range and a drift allowance for such short-term liquid investments. Such target range and drift allowance may be changed by the named fiduciary, after consultation with the Trustee, provided any such change is communicated to the Trustee in writing. The Trustee is responsible for ensuring that the actual short-term liquid investments held in the Unitized Stock Fund fall within the agreed upon target range over time, subject to the Trustee's ability to execute open-market trades in Employer Stock or to otherwise trade with the Employer.

 

Investments in Employer Stock shall be subject to the following limitations:

 

(a)            Acquisition Limit. Pursuant to the Plan, the Trust may be invested in Employer Stock to the extent necessary to comply with investment directions under Section 8.02 of the Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective for Deferral Contributions made for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1999, the portion of a Participant's Deferral Contributions that the Employer may require to be invested in Employer Stock for a Plan Year cannot exceed one percent of such Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year.

 

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directions of the named fiduciary with respect to the acquisition and holding of Employer Stock, unless it is clear on their face that the actions to be taken under those directions would be prohibited by the foregoing fiduciary duty rules or would be contrary to the terms of the Plan or this Trust Agreement.

 

(c)            Execution of Purchases and Sales. Purchases and sales of Employer Stock shall be made on the open market on the date on which the Trustee receives in good order all information and documentation necessary to accurately effect such purchases and sales or (i) if later, in the case of purchases, the date on which the Trustee has received a transfer of the funds necessary to make such purchases, (ii) as otherwise provided in the Service Agreement, or (iii) as provided in Subsection (d) below. Such general rules shall not apply in the following circumstances:

 

(1)            If the Trustee is unable to determine the number of shares required to be purchased or sold on such day;

 

(2)            If the Trustee is unable to purchase or sell the total number of shares required to be purchased or sold on such day as a result of market conditions; or

 

(3)            If the Trustee is prohibited by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, or any other regulatory body from purchasing or selling any or all of the shares required to be purchased or sold on such day.

 

In the event of the occurrence of the circumstances described in (1), (2), or (3) above, the Trustee shall purchase or sell such shares as soon as possible thereafter and, in the case of a Share Accounting Stock Fund, shall determine the price of such purchases or sales to be the average purchase or sales price of all such shares purchased or sold, respectively.

 

(d)            Purchases and Sales from or to Employer. If directed by the Employer in writing prior to the trading date, the Trustee may purchase or sell Employer Stock from or to the Employer if the purchase or sale is for adequate consideration (within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(18)) and no commission is charged. If Employer contributions or contributions made by the Employer on behalf of the Participants under the Plan are to be invested in Employer Stock, the Employer may transfer Employer Stock in lieu of cash to the Trust. In such case, the shares of Employer Stock to be transferred to the Trust will be valued at a price that constitutes adequate consideration (within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(18)).

 

(e)            Use of Broker to Purchase Employer Stock. The Employer hereby directs the Trustee to use Fidelity Capital Markets, Inc., an affiliate of the Trustee, or any other affiliate or subsidiary of the Trustee (collectively, "Capital Markets"), to provide brokerage services in connection with all market purchases and sales of Employer Stock for the Stock Fund, except in circumstances where the Trustee has determined, in accordance with its standard trading guidelines or pursuant to Employer direction, to seek expedited settlement of trades. The Trustee shall provide the Employer with the commission schedule for such transactions and a copy of Capital Markets' brokerage placement practices. The following shall apply as well:

 

(1)            Any successor organization of Capital Markets through reorganization, consolidation, merger, or similar transactions, shall, upon consummation of such transaction, become the successor broker in accordance with the terms of this provision.

 

(2)            The Trustee shall continue to rely on this Employer direction until notified to the contrary. The Employer reserves the right to terminate this authorization upon sixty (60) days written notice to Capital Markets (or its successor) and the Trustee and the Employer and the Trustee shall decide on a mutually- agreeable alternative procedure for handling brokerage transactions on behalf of the Stock Fund.

 

(f)            Securities Law Reports. The named fiduciary shall be responsible for filing all reports required under Federal or state securities laws  with respect to the Trust's ownership of Employer Stock; including, without limitation, any reports required under Section 13 or 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and shall immediately notify the Trustee in writing of any requirement to stop purchases or sales of Employer Stock pending the filing of any report. The Trustee shall provide to the named fiduciary such information on the Trust's ownership of Employer Stock as the named fiduciary may reasonably request in order to comply with Federal or state securities laws.

	
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(g)            Voting and Tender Offers. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Trust Agreement the provisions of this Subsection shall govern the voting and tendering of Employer Stock. For purposes of this Subsection, each Participant shall be designated as a named fiduciary under ERISA with respect to shares of Employer Stock that reflect that portion, if any, of the Participant's interest in the Stock Fund not acquired at the direction of the Participant in accordance with ERISA Section 404(c).

 

The Employer shall pay for all printing, mailing, tabulation and other costs associated with the voting and tendering of Employer Stock. The Trustee, after consultation with the Employer, shall prepare any necessary documents associated with the voting and tendering of Employer Stock for the Trust.

 

		(1)	Voting.

 

(A)            When the issuer of the Employer Stock prepares for any annual or special meeting, the Employer shall notify the Trustee at least thirty (30) days in advance of the intended record date and shall cause a copy of all proxy solicitation materials to be sent to the Trustee. If requested by the Trustee, the Employer shall certify to the Trustee that the aforementioned materials represent the same information distributed to shareholders of Employer Stock. The Employer shall cause proxy solicitation materials to be provided to each Participant with an interest in Employer Stock held in the Trust, together with an instruction form to be returned to the Trustee or a designee. The form shall show the proportional interest in the number of full and fractional shares of Employer Stock credited to the Participant's sub-accounts held in the Stock Fund.

 

(B)            Each Participant with an interest in the Stock Fund shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which the Trustee is to vote (including not to vote) that number of shares of Employer Stock that is credited to his Account, if the Plan uses share accounting, or, if accounting is by units of participation, that reflects such Participant's proportional interest in the Stock Fund (both vested and unvested). Directions from a Participant to the Trustee concerning the voting of Employer Stock shall be communicated in writing, or by such other means agreed upon by the Trustee and the Employer. These directions shall be held in confidence by the Trustee and shall not be divulged to the Employer, or any officer or employee thereof, or any other person, except to the extent that the consequences of such directions are reflected in reports regularly communicated to any such persons in the ordinary course of the performance of the Trustee's services hereunder. Upon its receipt of the directions, the Trustee shall vote the shares of Employer Stock that reflect the Participant's interest in the Stock Fund as directed by the Participant. The Trustee shall not vote shares of Employer Stock that reflect a Participant's interest in the Stock Fund for which the Trustee has received no direction from the Participant, except as required by law, or to the extent that the Employer or Administrator directs the Trustee through the Service Agreement to vote shares of Employer Stock that reflect a Participant's interest in the Stock Fund for which the Trustee has received no directions from the Participant in the same proportion on each issue as it votes those shares that reflect all Participants' interests in the Stock Fund (in the aggregate) for which it received voting instructions from Participants.

 

(C)            Except as otherwise required by law, the Trustee shall vote that number of shares of Employer Stock not credited to Participants' Accounts in the same proportion on each issue as it votes those shares credited to Participants' Accounts for which it received voting directions from Participants.

 

		(2)	Tender Offers.

 

(A)            Upon commencement of a tender offer for any securities held in the Trust that are Employer Stock, the Employer shall timely notify the Trustee in advance of the intended tender date and shall cause a copy of all materials to be sent to the Trustee. The Employer shall certify to the Trustee that the aforementioned materials represent the same information distributed to shareholders of Employer Stock. Based on these materials, the Trustee shall prepare a tender instruction form. The tender instruction form shall show the number of full and fractional shares of Employer Stock credited to the Participant's Account, if the Plan uses share accounting, or, if accounting is by units of participation, that reflect the Participant's proportional interest in the

	
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Stock Fund (both vested and unvested). The Employer shall cause tender materials to be sent to each Participant with an interest in the Stock Fund, together with the foregoing tender instruction form, such materials and form to be returned to the Trustee or a designee.

 

(B)            Each Participant with an interest in the Stock Fund shall have the right to direct the Trustee to tender or not to tender some or all of the shares of Employer Stock that are credited to his Account, if the Plan uses share accounting, or, if accounting is by units of participation, that reflect such Participant's proportional interest in the Stock Fund (both vested and unvested). Directions from a Participant to the Trustee concerning the tender of Employer Stock shall be communicated in writing, or by such other means agreed upon by the Trustee and the Employer. These directions shall be held in confidence by the Trustee and shall not be divulged to the Employer, or any officer or employee thereof, or any other person, except to the extent that the consequences of such directions are reflected in reports regularly communicated to any such persons in the ordinary course of the performance of the Trustee's services hereunder. The Trustee shall tender or not tender shares of Employer Stock as directed by the Participant. Except as otherwise required by law, the Trustee shall not tender shares of Employer Stock that are credited to a Participant's Account, if the Plan uses share accounting, or, if accounting is by units of participation, that reflect a Participant's proportional interest in the Stock Fund for which the Trustee has received no direction from the Participant.

 

(C)            Except as otherwise required by law, the Trustee shall tender shares of Employer Stock not credited to Participants' accounts in the same proportion as it tenders shares of Employer Stock credited to Participants' accounts.

 

(D)            A Participant who has directed the Trustee to tender some or all of  the shares of Employer Stock that reflect the Participant's proportional interest in the Stock Fund may, at any time prior to the tender offer withdrawal date, direct the Trustee to withdraw some or all of such tendered shares, and the Trustee shall withdraw the directed number of shares from the tender offer prior to the tender offer withdrawal deadline. Prior to the withdrawal deadline, if any shares of Employer Stock not credited to Participants' accounts have been tendered, the Trustee shall redetermine the number of shares of Employer Stock that would be tendered under the previous paragraph if the date of the foregoing withdrawal were the date of determination, and withdraw from the tender offer the number of shares of Employer  Stock not credited  to Participants' accounts necessary to reduce the amount of tendered Employer Stock not credited to Participants' accounts to the amount so redetermined. A Participant shall not be limited as to the number of directions to tender or withdraw that the Participant may give to the Trustee.

 

(E)            A direction by a Participant to the Trustee to tender shares of Employer Stock that reflect the Participant's proportional interest in the Stock Fund shall not be considered a written election under the Plan by the Participant to withdraw, or have distributed, any or all of his withdrawable shares. If the Plan uses share accounting, the Trustee shall credit to the Participant's Account the proceeds received by the Trustee in exchange for the shares of Employer Stock tendered from the Participant's Account. If accounting is by units of participation, the Trustee shall credit to each proportional interest of the Participant from which the tendered shares were taken the proceeds received by the Trustee in exchange for the shares of Employer Stock tendered from that interest. Pending receipt  of direction (through the Administrator)  from the  Participant  or  the named fiduciary, as provided in the Plan, as to which of the remaining Permissible Investments the proceeds should be invested in, the Trustee shall invest the proceeds in the Permissible Investment specified for such purposes in the Service Agreement.

 

(h)            Shares Credited. If accounting with respect to the Stock Fund is by units of participation, then for all purposes of this Section 20.12, the number of shares of Employer Stock deemed "reflected" in a Participant's proportional interest shall be determined as of the last preceding valuation date. The trade date is the date the transaction is valued.

 

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in the Stock Fund, the Trustee shall follow the directions of the Participant and if no such directions are received, the directions of the named fiduciary. The Trustee shall have no duty to solicit directions from Participants. The Administrator is responsible for ensuring that (i) the procedures established in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 20.12(g) are sufficient to safeguard the confidentiality of the information described therein, (ii) such procedures are being followed, and (iii) an independent fiduciary, as described in regulations issued under ERISA Section 404(c), is appointed when needed in accordance with those regulations.

 

(j)            Conversion. All provisions in this Section 20.12 shall also apply to any securities received as a result of a conversion to Employer Stock.

 

20.13.            Voting; Delivery of Information. The Trustee shall deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Employer or Administrator all notices, prospectuses, financial statements, proxies and proxy soliciting materials received by the Trustee relating to securities held by the Trust or, if applicable, deliver these materials to the appropriate Participant or the Beneficiary of a deceased Participant. Unless provided otherwise in the Service Agreement, the Trustee shall vote any securities held by the Trust in accordance with the instructions of the Participant or the Beneficiary of a deceased Participant and shall not vote securities for which it has not received instructions.

 

20.14.            Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Trustee's fee for performing its duties hereunder shall be such reasonable amounts as specified in the Service Agreement or any other written agreement with the Employer. Such fee, any taxes of any kind which may be levied or assessed upon or with respect to the Trust Fund, and any and all expenses, including without limitation legal fees and expenses of administrative and judicial proceedings, reasonably incurred by the Trustee in connection with its duties and responsibilities hereunder shall, unless some or all have been paid by the Employer, be paid from the Trust in the method specified in the Service Agreement.

 

20.15.            Reliance by Trustee on Other Persons. The Trustee may rely upon and act upon any writing from any person authorized by the Employer or the Administrator pursuant to the Service Agreement or any other written direction to give instructions concerning the Plan and may conclusively rely upon and be protected in acting upon any written order from the Employer or the Administrator or upon any other notice, request, consent, certificate, or other instructions or paper reasonably believed by it to have been executed by a duly authorized person, so long as it acts in good faith in taking or omitting to take any such action. The Trustee need not inquire as to the basis in fact of any statement in writing received from the Employer or the Administrator.

 

The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the latest certificate it has received from the Employer or the Administrator as to any person or persons authorized to act for the Employer or the Administrator hereunder and to sign on behalf of the Employer or the Administrator any directions or instructions, until it receives from the Employer or the Administrator written notice that such authority has been revoked.

 

Except with respect to instructions from a Participant as to the Participant's Account that are otherwise authorized under the Plan, the Trustee shall be under no duty to take any action with respect to any Participant's Account (other than as specified herein) unless and until the Employer or the Administrator furnishes the Trustee with written instructions on a form acceptable to the Trustee, and the Trustee agrees thereto in writing. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken pursuant to the Employer's or the Administrator's written instructions (nor the purpose or propriety of any distribution made thereunder).

 

20.16.            Indemnification by Employer. The Employer shall indemnify and save harmless the Trustee, and all affiliates, employees, agents and sub-contractors of the Trustee, from and against any and all liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) to which the Trustee, or such other individuals or entities, may be subjected by reason of any act or conduct being taken in the performance of any Plan-related duties, including those described in this Trust Agreement and the Service Agreement, unless such liability or expense results from the Trustee's, or such other individuals' or entities', negligence or willful misconduct.

 

20.17.            Consultation by Trustee with Counsel. The Trustee may consult with legal counsel (who may be but need not be counsel for the Employer or the Administrator) concerning any question which may arise with respect to its rights and duties under the Plan and Trust, and the opinion of such counsel shall, to the extent permitted by law, be full and complete protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by the Trustee hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel.

	
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20.18.            Persons Dealing with the Trustee. No person dealing with the Trustee shall be bound to see to the application of any money or property paid or delivered to the Trustee or to inquire into the validity or propriety of any transactions.

 

20.19.            Resignation or Removal of Trustee.  The Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to the Employer, which resignation shall be effective 60 days after delivery to the Employer. The Trustee may be removed by the Employer by written notice to the Trustee, which removal shall be effective 60 days after delivery to the Trustee or such shorter period as may be mutually agreed upon by the Employer and the Trustee.

 

Except in the case of Plan termination, upon resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Employer shall appoint a successor trustee. Any such successor trustee shall, upon written acceptance of his appointment, become vested with the estate, rights, powers, discretion, duties and obligations of the Trustee hereunder as if he had been originally named as Trustee in this Agreement.

 

Upon resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Employer shall no longer participate in this volume submitter plan and shall be deemed to have adopted an individually designed plan. In such event, the Employer shall appoint a successor trustee within said 60-day period and the Trustee shall transfer the assets of the Trust to the successor trustee upon receipt of sufficient evidence (such as a determination letter or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee) that such trust shall be a qualified trust under the Code.

 

The appointment of a successor trustee shall be accomplished by delivery to the Trustee of written notice that the Employer has appointed such successor trustee, and written acceptance of such appointment by the successor trustee. The Trustee may, upon transfer and delivery of the Trust Fund to a successor trustee, reserve such reasonable amount as it shall deem necessary to provide for its fees, compensation, costs and expenses, or for the payment of any other liabilities chargeable against the Trust Fund for which it may be liable. The Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor trustee.

 

		20.20.	Fiscal Year of the Trust. The fiscal year of the Trust shall coincide with the Plan Year.

 

20.21.            Amendment. In accordance with provisions of the Plan, and subject to the limitations set forth therein, this Trust Agreement may only be amended by the Employer and the Trustee executing an amendment to the Trust Superseding Provisions Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. No amendment to this Trust Agreement shall divert any part of the Trust Fund to any purpose other than as provided in Section 20.03.

 

20.22.            Plan Termination. Upon termination or partial termination of the Plan or complete discontinuance of contributions thereunder, the Trustee shall make distributions to the Participants or other persons entitled to distributions as the Employer or Administrator directs in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. In the absence of such instructions and unless the Plan otherwise provides, the Trustee shall notify the Employer or Administrator of such situation and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any distributions under the Plan until it receives written instructions from the Employer or Administrator. Upon the completion of such distributions, the Trust shall terminate, the Trustee shall be relieved from all liability under the Trust, and no Participant or other person shall have any claims thereunder, except as required by applicable law.

 

20.23.            Permitted Reversion of Funds to Employer. If it is determined by the Internal Revenue Service that the Plan does not initially qualify under Code Section 401, all assets then held under the Plan shall be returned by the Trustee, as directed by the Administrator, to the Employer, but only if the application for determination is made by the time prescribed by law for filing the Employer's return for the taxable year in which the Plan was adopted or such later date as may be prescribed by regulations. Such distribution shall be made within one year after the date the initial qualification is denied. Upon such distribution the Plan shall be considered to be rescinded and to be of no force or effect.

 

Contributions under the Plan are conditioned upon their deductibility under Code Section 404. In the event the deduction of a contribution made by the Employer is disallowed under Code Section 404, such contribution (to the extent disallowed) must be returned to the Employer within one year of the disallowance of the deduction.

 

Any contribution made by the Employer because of a mistake of fact must be returned to the Employer within one year of the contribution.

 

20.24.            Governing Law. This Trust Agreement shall be construed, administered and enforced according to ERISA and, to the extent not preempted thereby, the laws of the State or Commonwealth in which the Trustee has its principal place of business.

	
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20.25.            Assignment and Successors. This Trust Agreement, and any of its rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by any party without the prior written consent of the other party(ies), and such consent may be withheld in any party's sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may assign this Agreement in whole or in part, and any of its rights and obligations hereunder, to a subsidiary or affiliate of the Trustee without consent of the Employer. Any successor to the Trustee or successor trustee, either through sale or transfer of the business or trust department of the Trustee or successor trustee, or through reorganization, consolidation, or merger, or any similar transaction of either the Trustee or successor trustee, shall, upon consummation of the transaction, become the successor trustee under this Agreement. All provisions in this Trust Agreement shall extend to and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

	
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VOLUME SUBMITTER DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

ADDENDUM

RE: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and Code Sections 401(k) & 401(m) Final Regulations 

 

Amendments for Fidelity Basic Plan Document No. 17

PREAMBLE

 

Adoption and Effective Date of Amendment. This amendment of the Plan is adopted to reflect statutory changes pursuant to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ("ATRA"), the final regulations adopted pursuant to Code Sections 401(k) & 401(m), and any related guidance. This amendment is intended as good faith compliance with the requirements of the ATRA and those final regulations and is to be construed in accordance with guidance issued thereunder.

 

Except as provided otherwise below, the amendments contained herein shall effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2014.

 

Supersession of Inconsistent Provisions. This amendment shall supersede the provisions of the Plan to the extent those provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this amendment.

 

Article 1.                  In-Plan Roth Conversions.  The following shall be added to Article 5 effective for Roth conversions within the Plan after December 31, 2012:

 

In-Plan Roth Conversions. If elected by the Employer in Section (a) of the corresponding Adoption Agreement Addendum, and effective for in-plan Roth conversions on and after the date elected by the Employer in such Section (a), any Participant meeting the requirements set forth in Section (a) of the corresponding Adoption Agreement Addendum may elect to have any part of the portions of his Account as may be described and limited therein, which are not "designated Roth contributions" under the Plan, be considered "designated Roth contributions" for purposes of the Plan. Any assets converted in such a way shall be separately accounted for, be maintained in such records as are necessary for the proper reporting thereof, and have any distribution constraints, such as those found in Article 14, applicable to them prior to the conversion continue to apply to them.

 

Article 2.                  Changing Testing Methods. Section 6.11 is amended by replacing subsection (d) it in its entirety with the following:

 

(d)            A Plan may be amended to reduce or suspend 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Contributions or 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions for a Plan year, if the Employer provides in the notice described in Section 6.09(b) that the plan may be amended during the Plan Year to reduce or suspend such contributions or the Employer is operating at an economic loss (as described in Code Section 412(c)(2)(A)), and revert to the "ADP" testing method (and, if applicable, the "ACP" testing method) for such Plan Year if:

 

(1)    All Eligible Employees are provided notice of the reduction or suspension describing (i) the consequences of the amendment, (ii) the procedures for changing their salary reduction agreements, and (iii) the effective date of the reduction or suspension.

 

(2)    The reduction or suspension of such contributions is no earlier than the later of (i) 30 days after the date the notice described in paragraph (1) is provided to Eligible Employees or (ii) the date the amendment is adopted.

 

(3)    Active Participants are given a reasonable opportunity before the reduction or suspension occurs, including a reasonable period after the notice described in paragraph (1) is provided to Eligible Employees, to change amounts elected or deemed elected under Section 5.03 and, if applicable, Section 5.04.

 

(4)    With regard to 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions, the Plan satisfies the 401(k) Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contributions provisions of the Adoption Agreement in effect prior to the

	
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amendment with respect to amounts elected or deemed elected under Section 5.03 and, if applicable, Section 5.04 made through the effective date of the amendment.

 

(5)    With regard to 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions, the Plan satisfies the 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions provisions of the Adoption Agreement in effect prior to the amendment with respect to the safe harbor compensation (compensation meeting the requirements of Section 1.401(k)-3(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations) paid through the effective date of the amendment.

 

If the Employer amends its Plan in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (d), the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 and the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 shall be applied as if it had been in effect for the entire Plan Year using the current year testing method in Subsection 1.06(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement. With regard to 401(k) Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions, the conditions for which an Employer may make an amendment to revert to "ADP" testing shall be considered effective for amendments adopted after May 18, 2009.

The Volume Submitter Sponsor (Fidelity Management & Research Company) executed this Amendment by separate resolution on August 27, 2014.

	
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[EXECUTION VERSION]

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of December 16, 2015

 

among

 

OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.,

as Borrower

 

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER

 

REFERRED TO HEREIN AS GUARANTORS,

 

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

as Administrative Agent,

 

and

 

CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Syndication Agent,

 

and

 

UMB
Bank, N.A.

 

and

 

Regions
Bank,

 

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

 

and

 

CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners

 

 

 

     

     

    

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	 	 	Page
	 	 	 
	Article I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS	1
	 	 	 
	1.01	Defined Terms	1
	1.02	Interpretive Provisions	32
	1.03	Accounting Terms	33
	1.04	Rounding	33
	1.05	References to Agreements and Laws	34
	1.06	Times of Day; Rates	34
	 	 	 
	Article II COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSION OF CREDITS	34
	 	 	 
	2.01	Commitments	34
	2.02	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations	37
	2.03	[Reserved]	38
	2.04	[Reserved]	38
	2.05	Repayment of Loans	38
	2.06	Prepayments	38
	2.07	[Reserved]	39
	2.08	Interest	39
	2.09	Fees	40
	2.10	Computation of Interest and Fees	40
	2.11	Payments Generally	40
	2.12	Sharing of Payments	42
	2.13	Evidence of Debt	43
	2.14	[Reserved]	43
	2.15	Defaulting Lenders	43
	 	 	 
	Article III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY	45
	 	 	 
	3.01	Taxes	45
	3.02	Illegality	47
	3.03	Inability to Determine Rates	47
	3.04	Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Loans	48
	3.05	Funding Losses	48
	3.06	Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation	49
	3.07	Survival	49
	 	 	 
	Article IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSION OF CREDITS	49
	 	 	 
	4.01	Conditions to Initial Extensions of Credit	50
	4.02	Conditions to Extensions of Credit	52
	 	 	 
	Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	53
	 	 	 
	5.01	Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect	53
	5.02	Corporate Existence and Power	54
	5.03	Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention	54

 

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	5.04	Binding Effect	54
	5.05	Litigation	54
	5.06	Compliance with ERISA	55
	5.07	Environmental Matters	55
	5.08	Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act	56
	5.09	Compliance with Laws	57
	5.10	Ownership of Property; Liens	57
	5.11	Corporate Structure; Capital Stock, Etc	57
	5.12	Labor Matters	57
	5.13	No Default	57
	5.14	Solvency	58
	5.15	Taxes	58
	5.16	REIT Status	58
	5.17	Insurance	58
	5.18	Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc	58
	5.19	Disclosure	59
	5.20	Anti-Terrorism Laws	59
	5.21	OFAC	59
	 	 	 
	Article VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	60
	 	 	 
	6.01	Financial Statements	60
	6.02	Certificates; Other Information	61
	6.03	Preservation of Existence and Franchises	63
	6.04	Books and Records	63
	6.05	Compliance with Law	63
	6.06	Payment of Taxes and Other Indebtedness	63
	6.07	Insurance	64
	6.08	Maintenance of Property	64
	6.09	Performance of Obligations	64
	6.10	Visits and Inspections	64
	6.11	Use of Proceeds/Purpose of Loans	64
	6.12	Financial Covenants	65
	6.13	Environmental Matters; Preparation of Environmental Reports	66
	6.14	REIT Status	66
	6.15	Additional Guarantors; Withdrawal or Addition of Unencumbered Properties; Release of Guarantors	66
	6.16	Anti-Terrorism Laws	68
	6.17	Compliance With Material Contracts	68
	6.18	Designation as Senior Debt	68
	6.19	Investor Guaranties	68
	 	 	 
	Article VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS	68
	 	 	 
	7.01	Liens	69
	7.02	Indebtedness	70
	7.03	Investments	71
	7.04	Fundamental Changes	72
	7.05	Dispositions	72

 

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	7.06	Change in Nature of Business	73
	7.07	Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders	73
	7.08	Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity	73
	7.09	Negative Pledges	73
	7.10	Use of Proceeds	74
	7.11	Prepayments of Indebtedness	74
	7.12	Stock Repurchases	74
	7.13	Sanctions	74
	 	 	 
	Article VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES	74
	 	 	 
	8.01	Events of Default	74
	8.02	Remedies Upon Event of Default	77
	8.03	Application of Funds	77
	 	 	 
	Article IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT	78
	 	 	 
	9.01	Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent	78
	9.02	Delegation of Duties	79
	9.03	Liability of Administrative Agent	79
	9.04	Reliance by Administrative Agent	79
	9.05	Notice of Default	80
	9.06	Credit Decision; Disclosure of Confidential Information by Administrative Agent	80
	9.07	Indemnification of Administrative Agent	81
	9.08	Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity	81
	9.09	Successor Administrative Agent	82
	9.10	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim	82
	9.11	Guaranty Matters	83
	9.12	Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers	83
	 	 	 
	Article X MISCELLANEOUS	83
	 	 	 
	10.01	Amendments, Etc	83
	10.02	Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies	85
	10.03	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies	87
	10.04	Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes	88
	10.05	Indemnification	88
	10.06	Payments Set Aside	89
	10.07	Successors and Assigns	89
	10.08	Confidentiality	93
	10.09	Set-off	94
	10.10	Interest Rate Limitation	94
	10.11	Counterparts	94
	10.12	Integration	94
	10.13	Survival of Representations and Warranties	95
	10.14	Severability	95
	10.15	Tax Forms	95
	10.16	Replacement of Lenders	97

 

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	10.17	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility	98
	10.18	Source of Funds	98
	10.19	GOVERNING LAW	99
	10.20	WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY	99
	10.21	No Conflict	100
	10.22	USA Patriot Act Notice	100
	10.23	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents	100
	10.24	Entire Agreement	100
	 	 	 
	Article XI GUARANTY	101
	 	 	 
	11.01	The Guaranty	101
	11.02	Obligations Unconditional	101
	11.03	Reinstatement	103
	11.04	Certain Waivers	103
	11.05	Rights of Contribution	103
	11.06	Guaranty of Payment; Continuing Guaranty	104
	11.07	Keepwell	104

 

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SCHEDULES

 

	2.01	Lenders and Commitments
	5.11	Corporate Structure; Capital Stock
	5.20	Consolidated Parties
	7.01	Liens
	7.02	Indebtedness
	7.03	Investments
	7.09	Negative Pledges
	10.02	Notice Addresses

 

EXHIBITS

 

	A	Form of Loan Notice
	B	Form of Term Note
	C	Form of Compliance Certificate
	D	Form of Assignment and Assumption
	E	Form of Subsidiary Guarantor Joinder Agreement
	F	Form of Lender Joinder Agreement

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This CREDIT AGREEMENT
(as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, this “Credit Agreement” or this “Agreement”)
is entered into as of December 16, 2015 by and among OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Borrower”)
certain subsidiaries of the Borrower identified herein, as Guarantors, the Lenders (as defined herein), and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI
UFJ, LTD., as Administrative Agent (as defined herein).

 

WHEREAS, the
Borrower has requested that the Term Loan Lenders hereunder provide a term loan facility in the amount of $250,000,000 (the “Term
Loan Facility”), which Term Loan Facility may be increased to an aggregate amount of $400,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, to
provide assurance for the repayment of the Loans hereunder and the other Obligations of the Credit Parties, the Borrower will,
among other things, provide or cause to be provided to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations
so guaranteed, a guaranty of the Obligations by each of the Guarantors pursuant to Article XI hereof;

 

WHEREAS, subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent is willing to act as administrative agent for the Lenders,
and each of the Term Loan Lenders is willing to make Term Loans as provided herein in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding
not in excess of such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment hereunder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of these premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

 

Article
I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

1.01         Defined
Terms.

 

As used in this Credit
Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined):

 

“Acquisition”
with respect to any Person, means the purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock in or any asset of another Person,
whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person.

 

“Acquisition
Leverage Ratio Notice” means a written notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (a) delivered not later than
twenty (20) days following the last day of the initial fiscal quarter in which the Borrower seeks to invoke an adjustment to the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio and/or the Consolidated Unencumbered Leverage Ratio and (b) which describes the Significant Acquisition
which formed the basis for such request (including without limitation, a pro forma calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
and/or the Consolidated Unencumbered Leverage Ratio, as applicable, immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Significant
Acquisition) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

     

     

    

  

“Adjusted
Consolidated Funded Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) all Consolidated Funded Debt plus
(b) the Consolidated Parties’ pro rata share of Funded Debt attributable to interest in Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

“Administrative
Agent” means The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under any
of the Credit Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

 

“Administrative
Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02,
or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

“Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or
is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

“Agent-Related
Persons” means the Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of Tokyo in its
capacity as the Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such
Persons and Affiliates.

 

“Agreement”
has the meaning provided in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

“Applicable
Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time, (a) with respect to such Lender’s portion of any outstanding
Term Loan at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the outstanding principal amount of such Term
Loan held by such Lender at such time subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15, and (b) with respect to such Lender’s
Term Loan Commitment at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the aggregate Term Loan Commitments
of all Lenders represented by such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15.
The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto or in any documentation executed by such Lender
pursuant to Section 2.01(e), as applicable.

 

“Applicable
Rate” means, for any applicable period, the appropriate applicable percentage corresponding to the following percentages
per annum, based upon the Debt Ratings at each Pricing Level as set forth below:

 

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        Applicable Rate

         

	Pricing Level	Debt Rating	Eurodollar 

Loans	Base Rate

 Loans
	1	> A-/A3	1.40%	0.40%
	2	BBB+/Baa1	1.45%	0.45%
	3	BBB/Baa2	1.55%	0.55%
	4	BBB-/Baa3	1.80%	0.80%
	5	<BBB-/Baa3	2.35%	1.35%

 

Each change in the Applicable Rate resulting
from a publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period commencing
on the date of delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of notice thereof and ending on the day immediately preceding
the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public
announcement thereof and ending on the day immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If at any time the
Borrower or Omega LP has only two (2) Debt Ratings, and such Debt Ratings are split, then: (A) if the difference between such Debt
Ratings is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Applicable Rate shall be the rate
per annum that would be applicable if the higher of the Debt Ratings were used; and (B) if the difference between such Debt Ratings
is two ratings categories (e.g. Baa1 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P), the Applicable Rate shall be the rate per annum that
would be applicable if the median of the applicable Debt Ratings were used. If at any time the Borrower or Omega LP has three (3)
Debt Ratings, and such Debt Ratings are split, then: (A) if the difference between the highest and the lowest such Debt Ratings
is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Applicable Rate shall be the rate per annum
that would be applicable if the highest of the Debt Ratings were used; and (B) if the difference between such Debt Ratings is two
ratings categories (e.g. Baa1 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch) or more, the Applicable Rate shall be the rate per
annum that would be applicable if the average of the two (2) highest Debt Ratings were used; provided, that if such average
is not a recognized rating category, then the Applicable Rate shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the second
highest Debt Rating of the three were used.

 

“Approved
Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity
or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

“Arranger”
means, collectively, (i) Bank of Tokyo, in its capacity as joint lead arranger and joint book runner and (ii) Capital One, in its
capacity as joint lead arranger and joint book runner.

 

“Assignee
Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed
by the same investment advisor.

 

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“Assignment
and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent
of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.07(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially
the form of Exhibit D or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform)
approved by the Administrative Agent and, if such assignment and assumption requires its consent, the Borrower.

 

“Attorney
Costs” means and includes all reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external
counsel and, without duplication, the allocated reasonable and documented cost of internal legal services and all expenses and
disbursements of internal counsel.

 

“Attributable
Principal Amount” means (a) in the case of capital leases, the amount of capital lease obligations determined in accordance
with GAAP, (b) in the case of Synthetic Leases, an amount determined by capitalization of the remaining lease payments thereunder
as if it were a capital lease determined in accordance with GAAP, (c) in the case of Securitization Transactions, the outstanding
principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve amounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by
the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in the case of Sale and Leaseback Transactions, the present value (discounted
in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments
during the term of such lease.

 

“Audited Financial
Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2014, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows
for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto; provided, that the
Administrative Agent hereby agrees that the Form 10-K of the Borrower delivered to it by the Borrower and containing information
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 shall constitute all information required to be delivered as part of the “Audited
Financial Statements” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

“Bank of Tokyo”
means The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., together with its successors.

 

“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

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“Bankruptcy
Event” means, with respect to any Person, the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the entry of a decree or order
for relief by a court or governmental agency in an involuntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Law or any other bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the appointment by a court or governmental agency of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its
Property or the ordering of the winding up or liquidation of its affairs by a court or governmental agency and such decree, order
or appointment is not vacated or discharged within ninety (90) days of its filing; or (b) the commencement against such Person
of an involuntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Law or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or of any case, proceeding or other action for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its Property or for the winding up or liquidation
of its affairs, and such involuntary case or other case, proceeding or other action shall remain undismissed for a period of ninety (90)
consecutive days, or the repossession or seizure by a creditor of such Person of a substantial part of its Property; or (c) such
Person shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable Debtor Relief Law or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent
to the appointment of or the taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, creditor in possession, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its Property or make any general assignment for
the benefit of creditors; or (d) the filing of a petition by such Person seeking to take advantage of any Debtor Relief Law
or any other applicable Law, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or composition
or adjustment of debts, or (e) such Person shall fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner (and if not dismissed within
ninety (90) days) or shall consent to any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws or other
applicable Law or consent to any proceeding or action relating to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or composition
or adjustment of debts with respect to its assets or existence, or (f) such Person shall admit in writing, or such Person’s
financial statements shall reflect, an inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.

 

“Base Rate”
means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate
of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of Tokyo as its “prime rate,” and
(c) the one-month Eurodollar Rate plus one percent (1.00%); and if Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed
zero for purposes of this Agreement. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of Tokyo based upon various factors including
Bank of Tokyo’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point
for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the prime rate announced by
Bank of Tokyo shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

 

“Base Rate
Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

 

“Borrower”
has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

“Borrower
Materials” has the meaning provided in Section 6.02.

 

“Borrowing”
means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, having the same Interest
Period.

 

“Braswell
Indebtedness” means that certain Indebtedness of Regency Health Services, Inc. owing to C. Allen
Braswell, Braswell Management, Inc., Dorothy Norton and Cecil Mays pursuant to that certain Promissory Note Secured by Deeds
of Trust in the original principal amount of $4,114,035 (of which no more than $2,961,607 was outstanding as of June 27,
2014).

 

“Businesses”
has the meaning provided in Section 5.07(a).

 

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“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under
the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates
to any Eurodollar Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.

 

“Capital Lease”
means a lease that would be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Capital One”
means Capital One, National Association, together with its successors.

 

“Capital Stock”
means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership,
partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests and (e)
any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions
of assets of, the issuing Person.

 

“Capitalization
Rate” means 10.0% for all government reimbursed assets (i.e. skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, etc.) and 7.50% for
all non-government reimbursed assets (i.e. assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, medical office buildings,
etc.).

 

“Cash Equivalents”
means (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than
twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic
commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank whose short-term
commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent
thereof (each an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than two hundred seventy (270) days
from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent
company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent
thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the
date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders)
or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully
guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other
Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations
and (e) Investments (classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets) in money market investment programs registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at
least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subclauses
hereof.

 

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“Change in
Law” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any
law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation,
implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or
directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the
Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United
States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change
in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

“Change of
Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert
shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of, or shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall
have entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will result in its or their acquisition of or control over,
voting stock of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such voting stock) representing thirty-five percent (35%) or
more of the combined voting power of all voting stock of the Borrower, (b) during any period of up to twenty-four (24) consecutive
months, commencing after the Closing Date, individuals who at the beginning of such twenty-four (24) month period were directors
of the Borrower (together with any new director whose election by the Borrower’s Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by the Borrower’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office
who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved)
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors of the Borrower then in office, (c) the occurrence of a “Change
of Control” or any equivalent term or concept under any of the Senior Note Indentures, (d) the Borrower ceases to be a general
partner of Omega LP or ceases to have the sole and exclusive power to exercise all management and control over Omega LP, (e) any
Person other than the Borrower or Omega Holdco becomes a general partner of Omega LP, or (f) the Borrower ceases to own, directly
or indirectly, sixty percent (60%) or more of the equity interests in Omega LP. As used herein, “beneficial ownership”
shall have the meaning provided in Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

“Closing Date”
means the date hereof.

 

“Commitment”
means with respect to each Lender, the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender.

 

“Commitment
Increase Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(f).

 

“Commodity
Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § et seq.).

 

“Compliance
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

 

“Confidential
Information” has the meaning provided in Section 10.08.

 

“Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Consolidated
EBITDA as of such date plus (b) an amount based on the Special Charges Adjustment (without duplication to the extent included
in the determination of Consolidated Interest Expense and added back to net income in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA).

 

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“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) net income of the
Consolidated Parties, in each case, excluding any non-recurring or extraordinary gains and losses, plus (b) an amount which,
in the determination of net income for such period pursuant to clause (a) above, has been deducted for or in connection with
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense (plus, amortization of deferred financing costs, to the extent included in the determination
of Consolidated Interest Expense per GAAP), (ii) income taxes, and (iii) depreciation and amortization plus (c) to the extent
decreasing net income of the Consolidated Parties for such period, all expenses directly attributable to FIN 46 consolidation requirements,
minus (d) to the extent increasing net income of the Consolidated Parties for such period, all revenue directly attributable
to FIN 46 consolidation requirements, plus (e) to the extent decreasing net income of the Consolidated Parties for such
period, all expenses directly related to owned and operated assets, minus (f) to the extent increasing net income of the
Consolidated Parties for such period, all revenues directly related to owned and operated assets, all determined in accordance
with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to
(b) Consolidated Fixed Charges, in each case, for the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters.

 

“Consolidated
Fixed Charges” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Consolidated
Interest Expense (excluding, for purposes hereof and without duplication, Special Charges to the extent included in the calculation
of Consolidated Interest Expense) for such period, plus (b) current scheduled principal payments of Consolidated Funded
Debt for such period (including, for purposes hereof, current scheduled reductions in commitments, but excluding any payment of
principal under the Credit Documents and any “balloon” payment or final payment at maturity that is significantly larger
than the scheduled payments that preceded it) for a period beginning the day after the date of determination and lasting for the
same length of time as the applicable period referenced at the beginning of this definition, plus (c) dividends and distributions
on preferred stock, if any, for such period, in each case, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated
Funded Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) all Funded Debt of the Consolidated Parties determined
on a consolidated basis minus (b) to the extent included in the calculation of Funded Debt of the Consolidated Parties,
the aggregate amount of Funded Debt directly attributable to FIN 46 consolidation requirements, all determined in accordance with
GAAP.

 

“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, all interest expense and
letter of credit fee expense, as determined in accordance with GAAP during such period; provided, that interest expenses
shall, in any event, (a) include the interest component under Capital Leases and the implied interest component under Securitization
Transactions and (b) exclude the amortization of any deferred financing fees.

 

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“Consolidated
Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Adjusted Consolidated Funded Debt to
(b) Consolidated Total Asset Value for the most recently completed fiscal quarter.

 

“Consolidated
Parties” means the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated
Secured Funded Debt” means the aggregate principal amount of Funded Debt of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
on a consolidated basis, that is secured by a Lien, and shall include (without duplication), the ownership share of such secured
Funded Debt of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

“Consolidated
Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Funded Debt to
(b) Consolidated Total Asset Value for the most recently completed fiscal quarter.

 

“Consolidated
Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of
the Borrower in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date.

 

“Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth” means, for the Consolidated Parties as of any date of determination, (a) stockholders’ equity
on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, but with no upward adjustments due to any revaluation of assets, less
(b) all Intangible Assets, plus (c) all accumulated depreciation, all determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that
the Consolidated Parties will be permitted to exclude (i.e. add back to stockholder’s equity) up to $35,000,000 in potential
future impairment charges incurred on or after June 27, 2014 (such exclusions to be clearly reflected, however, in the calculations
of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower from time to time pursuant to the terms
of this Credit Agreement).

 

“Consolidated
Total Asset Value” means the sum of all the following of the Consolidated Parties, without duplication: (a) the
quotient of (1) Net Revenue from all Real Property Assets for the fiscal quarter most recently ended (for Real Property Assets
owned for the prior four (4) fiscal quarters), minus the Net Revenue attributable to each Real Property Asset sold or otherwise
disposed of during such most recently ended quarter, minus the Net Revenue from all Real Property Assets acquired during
the prior four (4) fiscal quarter period, multiplied by four, divided by (2) the Capitalization Rate, plus
(b) the acquisition cost of each Real Property Asset acquired during the prior four (4) fiscal quarter period, plus (c)
the GAAP book value of the Borrower’s Investments permitted by Section 7.03, plus (d) cash and cash equivalents,
plus (e) the Consolidated Parties’ pro rata share of the foregoing items and components attributable to interest in
Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

“Consolidated
Unsecured Debt Yield” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Unencumbered Net Revenue plus interest
income from unencumbered Qualified Mortgage Loans (provided, however, the aggregate amount of Qualified Mortgage
Loans attributable to second mortgages or second deeds of trust shall not exceed $150,000,000), as of the end of the most recently
completed fiscal quarter multiplied by four (4) to (b) the Consolidated Unsecured Funded Debt for the most recently
completed fiscal quarter.

 

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“Consolidated
Unsecured Funded Debt” mean the aggregate principal amount of Funded Debt of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
on a consolidated basis, that is not Consolidated Secured Funded Debt.

 

“Consolidated
Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Unencumbered Net Revenue
for the most recently completed fiscal quarter to (b) the Consolidated Unsecured Interest Expense for the most recently
completed fiscal quarter.

 

“Consolidated
Unsecured Interest Expense” means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, all interest
expense and letter of credit fee expense, as determined in accordance with GAAP during such period, attributable to the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries’ aggregate Consolidated Unsecured Funded Debt; provided, that interest expenses shall, in any
event, (a) include the interest component under Capital Leases and the implied interest component under Securitization Transactions
and (b) exclude the amortization of any deferred financing fees.

 

“Consolidated
Unsecured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Unsecured Funded Debt
to (b) Unencumbered Asset Value for the most recently completed fiscal quarter.

 

“Contractual
Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument
or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

“Control”
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled
by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.

 

“Credit Agreement”
has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

“Credit Documents”
means this Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Engagement Letter, the Subsidiary Guarantor Joinder Agreements and the Compliance Certificates.

 

“Credit Party”
means, as of any date, the Borrower or any Guarantor which is a party to the Credit Agreement as of such date; and “Credit
Parties” means a collective reference to each of them.

 

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“Debt Rating”
means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by S&P, Moody’s and/or Fitch of the Borrower’s
or Omega LP’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt.

 

“Debtor Relief
Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States
or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

“Default”
means any event, act or condition that, with notice, the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

“Default Rate”
means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c)
two percent (2%) per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, the Default Rate shall be
an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus two percent
(2%) per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

 

“Defaulting
Lender” means, subject to Section 2.15(b), any Lender that, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent,
(a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans within three Business Days
of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless, in the case of any Loan, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s reasonable determination that one or more conditions
precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified
in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not
intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations
hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such
Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s reasonable determination
that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified
in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the
Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations
(provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written
confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i)
become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee
for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed
for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding
or appointment; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition
of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such
ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States
or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority)
to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative
Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of
such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject
to Section 2.15(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination,
which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each Lender promptly following such determination.

 

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“Designated
Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any
Sanction.

 

“Disposition”
or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse,
of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

 

“Dollar”
or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States.

 

“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
or the District of Columbia.

 

“Eligible
Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than
a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii)
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed); provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or
any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

 

“Eligible
Ground Lease” means, at any time, a ground lease (a) under which the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower is the
lessee or holds equivalent rights and is the fee owner of the improvements located thereon, (b) that has a remaining term of not
less than thirty (30) years; provided, however, with respect to that certain ground lease covering properties
located at 200 Alabama Avenue, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 500 John Aldridge Drive, Tuscumbia, Alabama and 813 Keeler Lane, Tuscumbia,
Alabama, such remaining term may be less than thirty (30) years provided that the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower at
all times possesses a valid and enforceable irrevocable option to purchase the fee interest in such properties with no conditions
or contingencies other than the payment of a sum of less than $1,000.00, (c) under which any required rental payment, principal
or interest payment or other payment due under such lease from the Borrower or from such Subsidiary of the Borrower to the ground
lessor is not more than sixty (60) days past due and any required rental payment, principal or interest payment or other payment
due to such Borrower or Subsidiary of the Borrower under any sublease of the applicable real property lessor is not more than sixty (60)
days past due, (d) where no party to such lease is subject to a then-continuing Bankruptcy Event, (e) such ground lease (or
a related document executed by the applicable ground lessor) contains customary provisions protective of any lender to the lessee
and (f) where the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary of the Borrower’s interest in the underlying Real Property Asset or
the lease is not subject to (i) any Lien other than Permitted Liens and other encumbrances acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and the Required Lenders, in their discretion, or (ii) any Negative Pledge.

 

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“Engagement
Letter” means the letter agreement dated as of November 3, 2015 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and Capital
One, as amended and modified.

 

“Environmental
Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution
and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous
substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

 

“Equity Transaction”
means, with respect to any member of the Consolidated Parties, any issuance or sale of shares of its Capital Stock, other than
an issuance (a) to a Consolidated Party, (b) in connection with a conversion of debt securities to equity, (c) in connection with
the exercise by a present or former employee, officer or director under a stock incentive plan, stock option plan or other equity-based
compensation plan or arrangement, or (d) in connection with any acquisition permitted hereunder.

 

“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

“ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b)
or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating
to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).

 

“ERISA Event”
means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension
Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2)
of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete
or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan
is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; (e) an event or condition that could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA,
upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

 

“Eurodollar
Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate.”

 

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“Eurodollar
Rate” means

 

(a)          For
any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”)
or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published by Bloomberg (or such other
commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (in
such case, the “LIBOR Rate”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement
of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period; and if the Eurodollar Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement
unless such Eurodollar Loan is subject to a Swap Contract;

 

(b)          For
any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate, at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, determined two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing
that day;

 

provided, that to the extent a comparable
or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner
consistent with market practice; and, provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively
feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent.

 

“Event of
Default” has the meaning provided in Section 8.01.

 

“Excluded
Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Obligation under any Swap Contract if, and to the extent that,
all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant under a Credit Document by such Guarantor of a security interest
to secure, such Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act (or the application
or official interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible
contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 11.07 and any and
all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Obligations under any Swap Contract by other Credit Parties) at the time the Guaranty
of such Guarantor, or grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Obligation. If an
Obligation under any Swap Contract arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap Contract, such exclusion shall
apply to only the portion of such Obligations that is attributable to Swap Contracts for which such Guaranty or security interest
becomes illegal.

 

“Executive
Order” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Prohibited Person” in this Section 1.01.

 

“Existing
Credit Facility” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2014, by and among the Borrower, as borrower,
certain subsidiaries of the Borrower, as guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time, as lenders, and
Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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“Extension
of Credit” means any Borrowing.

 

“Facilities”
has the meaning provided in Section 5.07(a).

 

“Facility
Lease” means a lease or master lease with respect to any Real Property Asset owned or ground leased by any of the Consolidated
Parties as lessor, to a third party Tenant, which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, is a triple net lease
such that such Tenant is required to pay all taxes, utilities, insurance, maintenance, casualty insurance payments and other expenses
with respect to the subject Real Property Asset (whether in the form of reimbursements or additional rent) in addition to the base
rental payments required thereunder such that net operating income to the applicable Consolidated Party for such Real Property
Asset (before non-cash items) equals the base rent paid thereunder; provided, that each such lease or master lease shall
be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

“FASB”
means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

 

“FATCA”
means Section 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version
that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official
interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any applicable
intergovernmental agreements.

 

“Federal Funds
Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions
with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York on the Business Day immediately succeeding such day; provided, that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the
Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the immediately preceding Business Day as so published
on the immediately succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such immediately succeeding Business Day,
the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of
1%) charged to Bank of Tokyo on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Fitch”
means Fitch Ratings, a Subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., and any successor thereto.

 

“Foreign Lender”
has the meaning provided in Section 10.15(a)(i).

 

“Foreign Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia.

 

“FRB”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

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“Fund”
means any Person (other than a natural person) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans
and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

 

“Funded Debt”
means, as to any Person (or consolidated group of Persons) at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether
or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(a)          all
obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the Obligations hereunder), and all obligations evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(b)          all
purchase money indebtedness (including indebtedness and obligations in respect of conditional sales and title retention arrangements,
except for customary conditional sales and title retention arrangements with suppliers that are entered into in the ordinary course
of business) and all indebtedness and obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than
trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable on customary trade terms);

 

(c)          all
direct obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments
(including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep-well agreements and capital maintenance agreements) to the extent
such instruments or agreements support financial, rather than performance, obligations;

 

(d)          the
Attributable Principal Amount of capital leases and Synthetic Leases;

 

(e)          the
Attributable Principal Amount of Securitization Transactions;

 

(f)          all
preferred stock and comparable equity interests providing for mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other like payments;

 

(g)          Support
Obligations in respect of Funded Debt of another Person (other than Persons in such group, if applicable); and

 

(h)          Funded
Debt of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and,
as such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person (or, if applicable,
any Person in such consolidated group) for payment thereof.

 

For purposes hereof,
the amount of Funded Debt shall be determined based on the outstanding principal amount in the case of borrowed money indebtedness
under clause (a) and purchase money indebtedness and the deferred purchase obligations under clause (b), based on the
maximum amount available to be drawn in the case of letter of credit obligations and the other obligations under clause (c),
and based on the amount of Funded Debt that is the subject of the Support Obligations in the case of Support Obligations under
clause (g). For purposes of clarification, “Funded Debt” of Person constituting a consolidated group shall not
include inter-company indebtedness of such Persons, general accounts payable of such Persons which arise in the ordinary course
of business, accrued expenses of such Persons incurred in the ordinary course of business or minority interests in joint ventures
or limited partnerships (except to the extent set forth in clause (h) above).

 

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“Funds From
Operations” means, with respect to any period, the Borrower’s net income (or loss), plus depreciation and amortization
and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures as hereafter provided. Notwithstanding contrary treatment
under GAAP, for purposes hereof, (a) “Funds From Operations” shall include, and be adjusted to take into account, the
Borrower’s interests in unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, on the same basis as consolidated partnerships and
subsidiaries, as provided in the “white paper” issued in April 2002 by the National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts, a copy of which has been provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (b) net income (or loss) shall
not include gains (or, if applicable, losses) resulting from or in connection with (i) restructuring of indebtedness, (ii) sales
of property, (iii) sales or redemptions of preferred stock, (iv) revenue or expenses related to owned and operated assets, (v)
revenue or expense related to FIN 46 consolidation requirements or (vi) any other Special Charges.

 

“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States as set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of
the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board from time to time applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.03.

 

“Governmental
Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

 

“Guaranteed
Obligations” has the meaning given to such term in Section 11.01(a).

 

“Guarantors”
means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that guarantees the loans and obligations hereunder pursuant to the Guaranty, in each case
with their successors and permitted assigns.

 

“Guaranty”
means the guaranty of the Obligations by each of the Guarantors pursuant to Article XI hereof.

 

“Hazardous
Material” means any toxic or hazardous substance, including petroleum and its derivatives regulated under the Environmental
Laws.

 

“Healthcare
Facilities” means any skilled nursing facilities, mentally retarded and developmentally disabled facilities, rehab hospitals,
long term acute care facilities, intermediate care facilities for the mentally disabled, medical office buildings, domestic assisted
living facilities, independent living facilities or Alzheimer’s care facilities and any ancillary businesses that are incidental
to the foregoing.

 

“Incremental
Facilities” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(e).

 

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“Incremental
Facility Commitment” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(e)(iii).

 

“Incremental
Term Loan Facility” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(e).

 

“Indebtedness”
means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness
or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(a)          all
Funded Debt;

 

(b)          all
contingent obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments
(including bank guaranties, surety bonds, comfort letters, keep-well agreements and capital maintenance agreements) to the extent
such instruments or agreements support financial, rather than performance, obligations;

 

(c)          net
obligations under any Swap Contract;

 

(d)          Support
Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of another Person; and

 

(e)          Indebtedness
of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as
such, has personal liability for such obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof.

 

For purposes
hereof, the amount of Indebtedness shall be determined based on Swap Termination Value in the case of net obligations under Swap
Contracts under clause (c) and based on the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness that is the subject of the Support
Obligations in the case of Support Obligations under clause (d).

 

“Indemnified
Liabilities” has the meaning provided in Section 10.05.

 

“Indemnitees”
has the meaning provided in Section 10.05.

 

“Intangible
Assets” means all assets consisting of goodwill, patents, trade names, trademarks, copyrights, franchises, experimental
expense, organization expense, unamortized debt discount and expense, deferred assets (other than prepaid insurance and prepaid
taxes), the excess of cost of shares acquired over book value of related assets and such other assets as are properly classified
as “intangible assets” in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Interest
Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and
the Term Loan Maturity Date, and (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the last Business Day of each Interest Period for such Loan, the
date of repayment of principal of such Loan, and where the applicable Interest Period exceeds three months, the date every three
months after the beginning of such Interest Period. If an Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, such
Interest Payment Date shall be deemed to be the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

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“Interest
Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Loan is disbursed or converted
to or continued as a Eurodollar Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower
in its Loan Notice; provided, that:

 

(a)          any
Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the immediately succeeding Business
Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
Business Day;

 

(b)          any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end
of such Interest Period; and

 

(c)          no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date.

 

“Internal
Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.

 

“International
Unencumbered Property” means an Unencumbered Property which is located in Australia, Canada, Switzerland or the United
Kingdom.

 

“Investment”
means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase
or other acquisition of Capital Stock of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guaranty or assumption
of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including
any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or
a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the
amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the
value of such Investment.

 

“Investment
Grade Rating” means a Debt Rating of BBB-/Baa3 (or equivalent) or higher from any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch.

 

“Investor
Guarantor” means any of the limited partners (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower) of Omega LP
that are a party to the Investor Guaranty.

 

“Investor
Guaranty” means a guaranty which may be executed and delivered by one or more Investor Guarantors in accordance with
Section 6.19, in a form approved by Administrative Agent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed
or conditioned, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“IRS”
means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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“Laws”
means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances,
codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed
duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether
or not having the force of law.

 

“Lender”
means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto and each Person who joins as a Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof, together with their respective successors and assigns.

 

“Lender Joinder
Agreement” means a joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit F, executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.01(e)(vii).

 

“Lending Office”
means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender set forth in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire or
such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

“LIBOR”
has the meaning provided in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” in this Section 1.01.

 

“LIBOR Rate”
has the meaning provided in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” in this Section 1.01.

 

“Lien”
means any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secured debt, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

“Loan”
means any Term Loan and the Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans comprising such Loans.

 

“Loan Notice”
means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Loans, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar
Loans, which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved
by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved
by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

 

“London Banking
Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar
market.

 

“LP Credit
Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2015, by and among Omega LP, as borrower, certain
subsidiaries of Omega LP, as guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time, as lenders, and Bank of America,
N.A., as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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“Master Agreement”
has the meaning provided in the definition of “Swap Contract” in this Section 1.01.

 

“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business,
assets, liabilities or prospects of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower
or the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform any material obligation under the Credit Documents, or (c) the rights
and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

 

“Material
Contract” means, any agreement the breach, nonperformance or cancellation of which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.

 

“Material
Group” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Material Subsidiary.”

 

“Material
Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries (a) which, as of the most recent fiscal quarter of the
Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, contributed greater than $10,000,000
of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ended or (b) which contributed greater than
$50,000,000 of Consolidated Total Asset Value as of such date. A group of Subsidiaries (a “Material Group”)
each of which is not otherwise a Material Subsidiary (defined in the foregoing sentence) shall constitute a Material Subsidiary
if the group taken as a single entity satisfies the requirements of the foregoing sentence.

 

“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

“Mortgage
Loan” means any loan owned or held by any of the Consolidated Parties secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on Real
Property Assets.

 

“Multiemployer
Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower
or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated
to make contributions.

 

“Negative
Pledge” means any agreement (other than this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document) that in whole or in
part prohibits the creation of any Lien on any assets of a Person; provided, however, that an agreement that establishes
a maximum ratio of unsecured debt to unencumbered assets, or of secured debt to total assets, or that otherwise conditions a Person’s
ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit such Person’s ability to encumber
its assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets, shall not constitute
a “Negative Pledge” for purposes of this Credit Agreement.

 

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“Net Revenue”
shall mean, with respect to any Real Property Asset for the applicable period, the sum of (a) rental payments received in
cash by the applicable Consolidated Party (whether in the nature of base rent, minimum rent, percentage rent, additional rent or
otherwise, but exclusive of security deposits, earnest money deposits, advance rentals, reserves for capital expenditures, charges,
expenses or items required to be paid or reimbursed by the Tenant thereunder and proceeds from a sale or other disposition) pursuant
to the Facility Leases applicable to such Real Property Asset, minus (b) expenses of the applicable Consolidated Party allocated
to such Real Property Asset, minus (c) to the extent increasing Net Revenue of the Consolidated Parties for such period,
all revenue directly attributable to FIN 46 consolidation requirements.

 

“Non-Defaulting
Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

“Notes”
means a collective reference to the Term Notes; and “Note” means any one of them.

 

“Obligations”
means, without duplication, (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Credit Party
arising under any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that
accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such
proceeding, (b) all obligations under any Swap Contract of any Credit Party to which a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender is a
party and (c) all obligations of any Credit Party under any treasury management agreement between any Credit Party and any Lender
or Affiliate of a Lender; provided, however, that the “Obligations” of a Credit Party shall exclude any
Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Credit Party.

 

“OFAC”
means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

“Omega Holdco”
means OHI Healthcare Properties Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

“Omega LP”
means OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, and its successors.

 

“Organization
Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or
equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability
company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership,
joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation
or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or
organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable,
any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

“Outstanding
Amount” means the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and prepayments
or repayments of Term Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date.

 

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“Participant”
has the meaning provided in Section 10.07(d).

 

“Patriot Act”
means the USA Patriot Act, Pub. L. No. 107-56 et seq.

 

“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

“Pension Plan”
means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer
Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other
plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan
years.

 

“Permitted
Activity” has the meaning provided in Section 7.14.

 

“Permitted
Liens” means, at any time, Liens in respect of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time
pursuant to the terms of Section 7.01.

 

“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.

 

“Plan”
means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower
or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Title IV of ERISA, any
ERISA Affiliate.

 

“Platform”
has the meaning provided in Section 6.02.

 

“Pro Forma
Basis” shall mean, for purposes of determining the calculation of and compliance with the financial covenants set forth
in Section 6.12(a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) hereunder, that the subject transaction shall be deemed to
have occurred as of the first day of the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the end of the most recent
fiscal quarter for which annual or quarterly financial statements shall have been delivered in accordance with the provisions of
this Credit Agreement. Further, for purposes of making calculations on a “Pro Forma Basis” hereunder, (a) in the case
of a Disposition, (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property, entities or business
units that are the subject of such Disposition shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period prior to the date of the
subject transaction, and (ii) Indebtedness paid or retired in connection with the subject transaction shall be deemed to have been
paid and retired as of the first day of the applicable period; (b) in the case of an Acquisition, (i) income statement items (whether
positive or negative) attributable to the property, entities or business units that are the subject of such Acquisition shall be
included to the extent relating to any period prior to the date of the subject transaction, and (ii) Indebtedness incurred in connection
with the subject transaction shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period (and interest expense
shall be imputed for the applicable period utilizing the actual interest rates thereunder or, if actual rates are not ascertainable,
assuming prevailing interest rates hereunder) and (c) in the case of an Equity Transaction, Indebtedness paid or retired in connection
therewith shall be deemed to have been paid and retired as of the first day of the applicable period.

 

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“Prohibited
Person” means any Person (i) listed in the annex to, or who is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order
No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, and relating to Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions
With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (the “Executive Order”); (ii) that is
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject
to the provisions, of the Executive Order; (iii) with whom a Person is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction
by any terrorism or money laundering Law, including the Executive Order; (iv) who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or
supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; (v) that is named as a “specially designated national
and blocked person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control at
its official website or at any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list; or who is an Affiliate
of a Person listed in clauses (i) - (v) above.

 

“Property”
means all property owned or leased by a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, both real and personal.

 

“Qualified
ECP Guarantor” means, at any time, each Credit Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualifies at such
time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify
as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

“Qualified
Mortgage Loan” means any Mortgage Loan that is secured by a first or second mortgage or a first or second deed of trust
on Real Property Assets so long as the mortgagor or grantor with respect to such Mortgage Loan is not delinquent sixty (60) days
or more in interest or principal payments due thereunder.

 

“Qualified
REIT Subsidiary” means the meaning given to such term in the Internal Revenue Code.

 

“Real Property
Asset” means, a parcel of real property, together with all improvements (if any) thereon, owned in fee simple or leased
pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease by any Person; “Real Property Assets” means a collective reference to each
Real Property Asset.

 

“Register”
has the meaning provided in Section 10.07(c).

 

“Registered
Public Accounting Firm” has the meaning provided in the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Borrower as prescribed
by the Securities Laws.

 

“Regulation U”
means Regulation U of the FRB, as in effect from time to time.

 

“Regulation X”
means Regulation X of the FRB, as in effect from time to time.

 

“REIT”
means a real estate investment trust as defined in Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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“Related Parties”
means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and
advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

“Reportable
Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day
notice period has been waived.

 

“Request for
Extension of Credit” means, with respect to a Borrowing of Loans or the conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice.

 

“Required
Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, two or more Lenders (except to the extent only one Lender exists as
of such date) having at least 50% of (a) the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and the aggregate Commitments
or (b) if the aggregate Commitments have expired or have been terminated pursuant to Article VIII, Lenders holding in the
aggregate at least 50% of the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans; provided, that the unfunded Commitments
of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

 

“Responsible
Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of any Credit
Party and solely for the purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer of the applicable Credit Party so
designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed
by a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership
and/or other action on the part of such Credit Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted
on behalf of such Credit Party.

 

“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

“Sale and
Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly,
with any person whereby the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in
its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends
to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

 

“Sanction(s)”
means any international economic sanction or trade embargo administered or enforced by OFAC, the United Nations Security Council,
the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.

 

“Sanctioned
Person” means (a) a Person named on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained
by OFAC available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx, or as otherwise published
from time to time, (b) (i) an agency of the government of a Designated Jurisdiction, (ii) an organization controlled by a Designated
Jurisdiction, or (iii) a Person resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered
by OFAC or (c) any Person or Persons owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or
(b).

 

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“Sarbanes-Oxley”
means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

 

“Securities
Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting
and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.

 

“Securitization
Transaction” means any financing or factoring or similar transaction (or series of such transactions) entered by any
member of the Consolidated Parties pursuant to which such member of the Consolidated Parties may sell, convey or otherwise transfer,
or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights
to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate or any other Person.

 

“Senior Notes”
means collectively, the Senior Notes (2024A), the Senior Notes (2024B), the Senior Notes (2025), the Senior Notes (2026) and the
Senior Notes (2027).

 

“Senior Notes
(2024A)” means any one of the 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 issued by the Borrower in favor of the Senior Noteholders
pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture (2024A), as such Senior Notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Notes
(2024B)” means any one of the 4.950% Senior Notes due 2024 issued by the Borrower in favor of the Senior Noteholders
pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture (2024B), as such Senior Notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Notes
(2025)” means any one of the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2025 issued by the Borrower in favor of the Senior Noteholders
pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture (2025), as such Senior Notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Notes
(2026)” means any one of the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2026 issued by the Borrower in favor of the Senior Noteholders
pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture (2026), as such Senior Notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Notes
(2027)” means any one of the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2027 issued by the Borrower in favor of the Senior Noteholders
pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture (2027), as such Senior Notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise
modified from time to time.

 

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“Senior Note
Indentures” means collectively, the Senior Note Indenture (2024A), the Senior Note Indenture (2024B), the Senior Note
Indenture (2025), the Senior Note Indenture (2026) and the Senior Note Indenture (2027).

 

“Senior Note
Indenture (2024A)” means the Indenture, dated as of March 19, 2012 by and among the Borrower and the Senior Noteholders,
as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Note
Indenture (2024B)” means the Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2014 by and among the Borrower and the Senior Noteholders,
as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Note
Indenture (2025)” means the Indenture, dated as of September 11, 2014 by and among the Borrower and the Senior Noteholders,
as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Note
Indenture (2026)” means the Indenture, dated as of September 23, 2015 by and among the Borrower and the Senior Noteholders,
as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Note
Indenture (2027)” means the Indenture, dated as of March 18, 2015 by and among the Borrower and the Senior Noteholders,
as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Senior Noteholder”
means any one of the holders from time to time of the Senior Notes.

 

“Significant
Acquisition” means any acquisition or investment (in one or a series of related transactions) with an aggregate consideration
in excess of $200,000,000.

 

“Solvent”
means, with respect to any person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is
greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present
fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability
of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its
debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature, (d) such Person does not intend to, and
does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities
mature, and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction,
for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing
practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is
intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such
time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

“Special Charges”
means, for any period, for the Consolidated Parties on a consolidated basis, all charges, costs or expenses of the Consolidated
Parties related to any of the following:

 

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(a)          cash
litigation charges incurred by the Consolidated Parties; provided, that such amount shall not exceed an aggregate amount
of $10,000,000 since June 27, 2014 and any such amounts in excess of $10,000,000 shall not be included in the determination of
the Special Charges Adjustment for any period;

 

(b)          non-cash
charges associated solely with respect to the write-down of the value of accounts due to straight-line rent;

 

(c)          other
than as set forth in clause (b) immediately above, additional non-cash charges associated with the write-down of the value of accounts
and/or notes receivable of the Consolidated Parties; provided, that such amount shall not exceed an aggregate amount of
$35,000,000 since June 27, 2014 and any such amounts in excess of $35,000,000 shall not be included in the determination of the
Special Charges Adjustment for any period;

 

(d)          non-cash
charges related to preferred stock redemptions and non-cash compensation expenses relating to restricted stock awards, stock options
or similar equity based compensation awards;

 

(e)          non-cash
charges incurred by the Consolidated Parties in association with the write-down of the value of any real properties;

 

(f)          to
the extent applicable, the satisfaction of outstanding unamortized loan fees with respect to the Existing Credit Facility;

 

(g)          any
other non-cash charges associated with the sale or settlement by any Consolidated Party of any Swap Contract; and

 

(h)          charges
related to acquisition deal related costs.

 

“Special Charges
Adjustment” means, for any period, the amount which has been deducted for or in connection with any Special Charges (without
duplication among such items or items taken into account for previous period) in the determination of net income for the applicable
period for which a given Consolidated EBITDA calculation has been performed.

 

“Specified
Loan Party” has the meaning provided in Section 11.07.

 

“Subsidiary”
of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority
of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body
(other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially
owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both,
by such Person. Unless otherwise provided, “Subsidiary” shall refer to a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

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“Subsidiary
Guarantor” means (a) Omega LP, (b) Omega Holdco, (c) each Subsidiary of the Borrower as of the Closing Date other than
the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and (d) each Subsidiary of the Borrower subsequently created or acquired which becomes a Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.15(a) hereof.

 

“Subsidiary
Guarantor Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit E to be executed by each new
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.15(a) hereof.

 

“Support Obligations”
means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect
of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”)
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease
property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of
the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor
to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee
in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss
in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person. The amount of any Support
Obligations shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion
thereof, in respect of which such Support Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.

 

“Swap Contract”
means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity
swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index
swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign
exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate
swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any
master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms
and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with
any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master
Agreement.

 

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“Swap Termination
Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out
and termination values determined in accordance therewith, such termination values, and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced
in clause (a), the amounts determined as the mark-to-market values for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include
a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

“Synthetic
Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet
financing arrangement that is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease under
GAAP.

 

“Tenant”
means any Person who is a lessee with respect to any lease held by a Consolidated Party as lessor or as an assignee of the lessor
thereunder.

 

“Term Loan”
has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(d)(i).

 

“Term Loan
Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Loan Lender, the commitment of such Term Loan Lender to make its portion
of the Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(d), in the principal amount set forth opposite such Term Loan
Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01; provided that, at any time after funding of a Term Loan, the determinations
“Required Lender” shall also be based on the outstanding principal amount of the such Term Loan. The aggregate principal
amount of the Term Loan Commitments of all the Term Loan Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date is Two Hundred Fifty Million
Dollars ($250,000,000).

 

“Term Loan
Commitment Percentage” means, at any time, for each Term Loan Lender, the percentage of the aggregate Term Loan (or aggregate
Term Loan Commitment, prior to the termination thereof) held by such Term Loan Lender to the aggregate Term Loan (or aggregate
Term Loan Commitments) held by all Term Loan Lenders, as such percentage may be modified in connection with any assignment made
in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07. The initial Term Loan Commitment Percentages are set forth on Schedule
2.01.

 

“Term Loan
Lenders” means a collective reference to the Lenders holding Term Loans.

 

“Term Loan
Maturity Date” means December 16, 2022.

 

“Term Note”
means the promissory note in the form of Exhibit B, if any, given to each Term Loan Lender to evidence the Term Loan of
such Term Loan Lender, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced.

 

“Threshold
Amount” means $25,000,000.

 

“Tokyo Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day which is a legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions are permitted to be closed in Tokyo, Japan.

 

“Type”
means, with respect to any Term Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

 

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“UCP”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits”.

 

“Unconsolidated
Affiliates” means an Affiliate of the Borrower whose financial statements are not required to be consolidated with the
financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Unencumbered
Asset Value” means the sum of the following, without duplication: (a) the quotient of (1) Unencumbered Net
Revenue for the prior fiscal quarter (for Real Property Assets owned for the prior four (4) fiscal quarters), minus the
Unencumbered Net Revenue attributable to each Unencumbered Property sold or otherwise disposed of during such most recently ended
quarter, minus the Unencumbered Net Revenue from any Unencumbered Property acquired during the prior four (4) fiscal quarter
period, multiplied by four, divided by (2) the Capitalization Rate plus (b) the acquisition cost of each Unencumbered Property
acquired during the prior four (4) fiscal quarter period plus (c) the book value of unencumbered Qualified Mortgage Loans; provided,
that when calculating the Unencumbered Asset Value, (i) the aggregate occupancy of all Unencumbered Properties contributing to
the Unencumbered Asset Value, reported as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter period of the Borrower, shall
be at least 78% of in-service beds and (ii) the aggregate amount of Qualified Mortgage Loans attributable to second mortgages or
second deeds of trust added pursuant to clause (c) of this definition shall not exceed $250,000,000.

 

“Unencumbered
Net Revenue” means, for any period, Net Revenue from all Unencumbered Properties.

 

“Unencumbered
Property” means, for any Real Property Asset, the following criteria:

 

(a)          to
the best of Borrower’s knowledge, does not have any title, survey, environmental, condemnation or condemnation proceedings,
or other defects that would give rise to a materially adverse effect as to the value, use of or ability to sell or finance such
property;

 

(b)          is
not subject to a Negative Pledge or encumbered by a mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance or other security interest,
in each case, to secure Funded Debt, other than the Braswell Indebtedness;

 

(c)          100%
owned in fee simple absolute or with a leasehold interest or similar arrangement providing the right to occupy Real Property Asset
pursuant to an Eligible Ground Lease, in either case, by the Borrower or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

(d)          shall
be located in the United States or shall be an International Unencumbered Property; provided, however, that International
Unencumbered Properties may be included in the pool of Unencumbered Properties only to the extent that aggregate value of such
properties does not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total Unencumbered Asset Value;

 

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(e)          is
occupied or available for occupancy (subject to final tenant improvements);

 

(f)          is
leased to a third party Tenant and operated by a third party operator;

 

(g)          the
Tenant at such facility is not delinquent sixty (60) days or more in rent payments.

 

“Unencumbered
Property Certificate” means a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in a form to be agreed upon
between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in their reasonable discretion.

 

“Unfunded
Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA,
over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the
Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable plan year.

 

“United States”
or “U.S.” means the United States of America.

 

“Unreimbursed
Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(c)(i).

 

“Unrestricted
Subsidiaries” means the “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” as such term is defined from time to time in the Senior
Note Indentures; provided, that to the extent the Senior Note Indentures are, for any reason, all terminated, the term “Unrestricted
Subsidiaries” shall, for the remainder of the term of this Agreement, have the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior
Note Indentures immediately prior to the termination thereof.

 

“Wholly Owned”
means, with respect to any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Person, that 100% of the Capital Stock with ordinary voting power
issued by such Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable
Law) is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

 

1.02         Interpretive
Provisions.

 

With reference to this
Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise provided herein or in such other Credit Document:

 

(a)          The
meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

 

(b)          (i)          The
words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

 

(ii)         Unless
otherwise provided or required by context, Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document
in which such reference appears.

 

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(iii)        The
term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

 

(iv)        The
term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial
statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

 

(c)          In
the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from
and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word
“through” means “to and including.”

 

(d)          Section headings
herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation
of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.

 

1.03        Accounting
Terms.

 

(a)          All
accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including
financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be prepared
in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that
used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

 

(b)          The
Borrower will provide a written summary of material changes in GAAP or in the consistent application thereof with each annual and
quarterly Compliance Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 6.02(a). If at any time any change in GAAP or
in the consistent application thereof would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Credit
Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall object in writing to determining compliance based on such change,
then such computations shall continue to be made on a basis consistent with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 6.01(a) or (b) as to which no such objection has been made.

 

(c)          Determinations
of the calculation of and compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12(d), (f) and (g)
hereunder shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

1.04        Rounding.

 

Any financial ratios
required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component
by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein
and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

 

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1.05         References
to Agreements and Laws.

 

Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other contractual instruments
shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but
only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any
Credit Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending,
replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

 

1.06         Times
of Day; Rates.

 

Unless otherwise provided,
all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

The Administrative
Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration,
submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” or with respect to any comparable
or successor rate thereto.

 

Article
II

COMMITMENTS AND EXTENSION OF CREDITS

 

2.01         Commitments.

 

Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein:

 

(a)          [Reserved].

 

(b)          [Reserved].

 

(c)          [Reserved].

 

(d)          Term
Loans.

 

(i)          Each
Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make term loans (each a “Term Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars on the
Closing Date; provided, that after giving effect to any such Term Loan, (i) with regard to the Term Loan Lenders collectively,
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans shall not exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($250,000,000),
and (ii) with regard to each Term Loan Lender individually, such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage of outstanding
Term Loans shall not exceed its respective Term Loan Commitment.

 

(ii)         Term
Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans, Eurodollar Loans, or a combination thereof, as provided herein. Term Loans may be repaid
in whole or in part at any time but amounts repaid on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed

 

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(e)          Addition
of Incremental Term Loan Facilities. In the event the Arranger notifies the Borrower that additional commitments have been
offered subsequent to the Closing Date (such commitments not to exceed $150,000,000 in the aggregate), the Borrower shall have
the right, upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, to increase the Term Loan
and/or add one or more tranches of term loans (each an “Incremental Term Loan Facility” and collectively the
“Incremental Facilities”), provided that

 

(i)          the
aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Facilities incurred after the Closing Date shall not exceed $150,000,000;

 

(ii)         no
Default or Event of Default shall exist on the effective date of any Incremental Facility or would exist after giving effect to
any such Incremental Facility;

 

(iii)        no
existing Lender shall be under any obligation to provide any commitment to an Incremental Facility (an “Incremental Facility
Commitment”) and any such decision whether to provide an Incremental Facility Commitment shall be in such existing Lender’s
sole and absolute discretion;

 

(iv)        each
Incremental Facility Commitment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof (or such lesser amounts as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may agree);

 

(v)         each
Person providing an Incremental Facility Commitment shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee;

 

(vi)        the
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent:

 

(A)         a
certificate of each Credit Party dated as of the date of such increase signed by a Responsible Officer of such Credit Party certifying
and attaching resolutions adopted by the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Credit Party approving such Incremental
Facility;

 

(B)         a
certificate of the Borrower dated as of the effective date of such Incremental Facility signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower certifying that, before and after giving effect to such Incremental Facility, (I) the representations and warranties of
each Credit Party contained in Article V or any other Credit Document, or which are contained in any document furnished
at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date
of such increase, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which
case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and (II) no Default or Event of Default exists;

 

(C)         any
new or amended and restated Notes (to the extent requested by the Lenders) to reflect such Incremental Facilities;

 

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(D)         opinions
of legal counsel to the Credit Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (including each Person providing
an Incremental Facility Commitment), dated as of the effective date of such Incremental Facility, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(E)         all
fees required under any engagement letter due in connection with the syndication of the commitments to fund such Incremental Facility
by the Arranger;

 

(vii)       the
Administrative Agent shall have received documentation from each Person providing an Incremental Facility Commitment evidencing
its Incremental Facility Commitment and its obligations under this Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, including, without limitation a Lender Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F
attached hereto or other arrangement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

(viii)      in
the case of an Incremental Term Loan Facility and subject to the requirements of clauses (e)(i) through (vii) above, upon notice
from the Arranger to the Borrower, the Borrower may request an increase to the Term Loan Commitments in an amount not to exceed
the amount provided for in such notice from the Arranger, or one or more additional term loan tranches.  At the time of sending
such notice, the Arranger (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which the Borrower
is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to
the Borrower); and

 

(ix)         neither
the Arranger nor the Borrower shall have any obligation to offer to all Lenders (existing as of the Closing Date) the opportunity
to provide an Incremental Facility Commitment.

 

(x)          the
addition of an Incremental Term Loan Facility shall not require the consent of any of the Lenders and the addition of one or more
tranches of additional term loans (including the resultant changes in the respective pro rata shares of the Lenders and the allocation
of pro rata payments among the Lenders, so long as such payments continue to be based on each Lender’s pro rata share of
all commitments under the Term Loan Facility) shall require only the approval of the Administrative Agent and the consent of such
Lenders as may be providing commitments for such additional tranches of indebtedness.

 

The Incremental Facility Commitments
and credit extensions thereunder shall constitute Commitments and Obligations under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits
afforded by, this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and
ratably from the Guaranty.

 

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(f)          If
any amendment to this Credit Agreement is required to give effect to any addition of Incremental Facilities pursuant to and in
accordance with Section 2.01(e), then such amendment shall be effective if executed by the Credit Parties, each Lender providing
such Incremental Facility Commitment and the Administrative Agent (each such amendment is a “Commitment Increase Amendment”).

 

2.02        Borrowings,
Conversions and Continuations.

 

(a)          Each
Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Loans shall be made upon the
Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (i) telephone or (ii) a Loan Notice. Each
such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) with respect to Eurodollar Loans, three (3)
Business Days prior to, or (B) with respect to Base Rate Loans, on the requested date of, the requested date of any Borrowing,
conversion or continuation. Each telephonic notice pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery
via electronic mail to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower. Each Borrowing, conversion or continuation shall be in a principal amount of (i) with respect to Eurodollar Loans,
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans, $500,000 or a whole multiple
of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether such request is for a
Borrowing, conversion, or continuation, (ii) the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation (which shall
be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed,
converted or continued, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails
to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation,
then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall
be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Loans. If the Borrower
requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest
Period, the Interest Period will be deemed to be one month.

 

(b)          Following
receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender, as applicable, of the amount of its Term
Loan Commitment Percentage of the applicable Loans, as the case may be, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation
is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base
Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender, as applicable, shall make the amount
of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not
later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Extension of Credit, Section 4.01), the
Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the party referenced in the applicable Loan Notice in like funds
as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the applicable party on the books of the Administrative
Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided
to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

 

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(c)          Except
as otherwise provided herein, without the consent of the Required Lenders, (i) a Eurodollar Loan may be continued or converted
only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan and (ii) any conversion into, or continuation as, a Eurodollar
Loan may be made only if the conditions to Extension of Credits in Section 4.02 have been satisfied. During the existence
of a Default or Event of Default, (i) no Loan may be requested as, converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Loan and (ii) at
the request of the Required Lenders, any outstanding Eurodollar Loan shall be converted immediately to a Base Rate Loan.

 

(d)          The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period
for Eurodollar Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of Tokyo’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly
following the public announcement of such change.

 

(e)          After
giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same
Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Loans.

 

2.03        [Reserved].

 

2.04        [Reserved].

 

2.05        Repayment
of Loans.

 

The Borrower
shall repay to the Term Loan Lenders on the Term Loan Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding on
such date.

 

2.06        Prepayments.

 

(a)          Voluntary
Prepayments. The Loans may be repaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except, in the case of Loans other than
Base Rate Loans, amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.05); provided, that (i) notice thereof must be in form
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and be received by 11:00 a.m. by the Administrative Agent on or before the greater
of five (5) Business Days or five (5) Tokyo Business Days prior to the date of prepayment for either of Eurodollar Loans or
Base Rate Loans, (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000
in excess thereof, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000
in excess thereof, in the case of Base Rate Loans, or, in each case, the entire principal amount thereof, if less, (iii) any prepayment
made on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date shall be accompanied by a prepayment premium equal to two percent
(2%) of the principal amount so prepaid and (iv) any prepayment made after the first anniversary of the Closing Date but on or
before the second anniversary of the Closing Date shall be accompanied by a prepayment premium equal to one percent (1%) of the
principal amount so prepaid. Each such notice of voluntary repayment hereunder shall be irrevocable and shall specify the date
and amount of prepayment and the Loans and Types of Loans which are to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will give prompt notice
to the applicable Lenders of any prepayment on the Loans and the Lender’s interest therein. Prepayments of Eurodollar Loans
hereunder shall be accompanied by accrued interest thereon and breakage amounts, if any, under Section 3.05. Amounts
prepaid may not thereafter be reborrowed.

 

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(b)          [Reserved].

 

(c)          Application.
Within each Loan, prepayments will be applied first to Base Rate Loans, then to Eurodollar Loans in direct order of Interest Period
maturities. In addition, voluntary prepayments shall be applied as specified by the Borrower. Voluntary prepayments on the Term
Loans will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Term Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective interests therein.

 

2.07        [Reserved].

 

2.08        Interest.

 

(a)          Subject
to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable
Rate; and (ii) each Loan that is a Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable
borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)          If
any amount payable by the Borrower under any Credit Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods),
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest
rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law. Furthermore, upon the
written request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount
of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Law. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest)
shall be due and payable upon demand.

 

(c)          Interest
on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may
be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment,
and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

 

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2.09        Fees.

 

(a)          [Reserved].

 

(b)          [Reserved].

 

(c)          Upfront
and Other Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders the upfront and other
fees provided in the Engagement Letter.

 

(d)          [Reserved].

 

(e)          Administrative
Agent’s Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent such fees as provided in the Engagement Letter or as
may be otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower from time to time.

 

(f)           Other
Fees.

 

(i)          The
Borrower shall pay to the Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the
times specified in the Engagement Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason
whatsoever.

 

(ii)         The
Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times
so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

 

2.10        Computation
of Interest and Fees.

 

All computations of
interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.
All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results
in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on
each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the
Loan or such portion is paid; provided, that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject
to Section 2.11(a), bear interest for one day.

 

2.11        Payments
Generally.

 

(a)          All
payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately
available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to
each Lender its Term Loan Commitment Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as
received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m.
shall be deemed received on the immediately succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

 

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(b)          Subject
to the definition of “Interest Period,” if any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than
a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing
interest or fees, as the case may be.

 

(c)          Unless
the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date any payment is
required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not
make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such
payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled
thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds,
then:

 

(i)          if
the Borrower fails to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of
such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect
of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such
amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect;
and

 

(ii)         if
any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof
in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation
Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If such Lender pays such amount
to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If
such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent
may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with
interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights that
the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

 

A notice of the Administrative Agent to
any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.

 

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(d)          If
any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing
provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the
conditions to the applicable Extension of Credit set forth in Section 4.02 are not satisfied or waived in accordance
with the terms hereof or for any other reason, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from
such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

 

(e)          The
obligations of the Term Loan Lenders hereunder to make Term Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date,
nor relieve Borrower from any obligations hereunder to the Lenders which fulfill such obligations and no Lender shall be responsible
for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan.

 

(f)          Nothing
herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute
a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

 

(g)          If
at any time insufficient funds are received by or are available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs
and amounts payable under Article III) incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, (ii) second, toward repayment
of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest
and fees then due to such parties, and (iii) third, toward repayment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

 

2.12        Sharing
of Payments.

 

If any Lender shall
obtain on account of the Loans made by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off,
or otherwise, but excluding any payments made to a Lender in error by the Administrative Agent (which such payments shall be returned
by the Lender to the Administrative Agent immediately upon such Lender’s obtaining knowledge that such payment was made in
error)) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify
the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them as
shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans pro rata with each of them;
provided, however, that (i) if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing
Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into
by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay
to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable
share (according to the proportion of (A) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (B) the total amount so
recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the
total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon and (ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply
to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement
(including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender
as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than
an assignment to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply). The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise
all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent
will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this
Section and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation
pursuant to this Section shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and
other communications under this Credit Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as
though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.

 

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2.13        Evidence
of Debt.

 

The Extension of Credits
made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent
in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive
absent manifest error of the amount of the Extension of Credits made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments
thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the
Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and
records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts
and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. The Borrower shall execute and deliver
to the Administrative Agent a Note for each Lender, requesting a Note, which Note shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition
to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount
and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

2.14        [Reserved].

 

2.15        Defaulting
Lenders.

 

(a)          Adjustments.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such
time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

 

(i)          Waivers
and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect
to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” and Section 10.01.

 

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(ii)         Defaulting
Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account
of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received
by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09 shall be applied at such time or times as
may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting
Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default
exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required
by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders
as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result
of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fourth, so long as no Default or Event
of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations
under this Agreement; and fifth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction;
provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting
Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02
were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis
prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders
pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting
Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting
Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

(b)          Defaulting
Lender Cure. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender,
the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject
to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans
of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to
be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages), whereupon such Lender will cease to
be a Defaulting Lender provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments
made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except
to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute
a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

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Article
III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

 

		3.01	Taxes .

 

(a)          (i)          Any
and all payments by any Credit Party to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Credit Document
shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of the Administrative
Agent and each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, and franchise and excise taxes imposed on it (in
lieu of net income taxes), as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the
jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein
(other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s having executed, delivered
or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document) (all
such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities
being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”).

 

(ii)         If
any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Internal Revenue Code to withhold or deduct any taxes, including
both United States Federal backup withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make
such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the
full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant taxation authority in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code, and (C) to the
extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased
as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such withholding or deduction been made.

 

(iii)        If
any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any Laws other than the Internal Revenue Code to deduct any Taxes
from or in respect of any sum payable under any Credit Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (A) the sum payable
by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), each of the Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (B) such Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall
make such deductions, (C) such Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation
authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (D) within thirty (30) days after the date of such payment,
such Credit Party shall furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall forward the same to such Lender) the original or a certified
copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

 

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(b)          In
addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or charges or similar levies
which arise from any payment made under any Credit Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration
of, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”). For the avoidance
of doubt, “Other Taxes” shall not include any taxes assessed on the net or gross income of a taxpayer, regardless of
whether such taxes are designated excise or property taxes.

 

(c)          (i)          If
the Borrower shall be required to deduct or pay any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Credit
Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall also pay to the Administrative Agent or to such Lender,
as the case may be, at the time interest is paid, such additional amount that the Administrative Agent or such Lender specifies
is necessary to preserve the after-tax yield (after factoring in all taxes, including taxes imposed on or measured by net income)
that the Administrative Agent or such Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been imposed.

 

(ii)         Each
Lender shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand
therefore, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit
Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties
to do so) and (y) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any taxes excluded from the definition
of Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Credit Party in connection
with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto whether or not such taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant taxation authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such
Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

 

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(d)          The
Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including
any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) that are paid by the Administrative
Agent and such Lender and that are the responsibility of the Borrower, (ii) amounts payable under Section 3.01(c)
and (iii) any liability (including additions to tax, penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
in each case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. Each of the Credit Parties agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify the Administrative Agent for any amount which
a Lender for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 3.01(c)(ii) above.
Payment under this subsection (d) shall be made within thirty (30) days after the date the Lender or the Administrative Agent
makes a written demand therefor.

 

(e)          For
purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under the FATCA, from and after the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Loans as not qualifying as a "grandfathered
obligation" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

 

		3.02	Illegality.

 

If any Lender determines
that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable
Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate,
then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make
or continue Eurodollar Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of
such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable,
convert all Eurodollar Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such
Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue
to maintain such Eurodollar Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the
amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need
for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

		3.03	Inability to Determine Rates.

 

If the Required Lenders
determine that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested
Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Loan, or that the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed Eurodollar Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the
Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or
maintain Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes
such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation
of Eurodollar Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans in the amount specified therein.

 

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		3.04	Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy;
Reserves on Eurodollar Loans.

 

(a)          If
any Lender determines that as a result of any Change in Law, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase
in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or a reduction in the amount
received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this subsection (a)
any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 shall
govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States or any foreign
jurisdiction or any political subdivision of either thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Lending
Office, and (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c)), then from time to time upon demand of such
Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts
as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.

 

(b)          If
any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements, or compliance by such Lender
(or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies (and
the policies of such Lender’s holding company) with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on
capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower
shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.

 

(c)          The
Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or
assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan
by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable
on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided, the Borrower shall have received at least fifteen (15)
days’ prior written notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender
fails to give notice fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable
fifteen (15) days from receipt of such notice.

 

		3.05	Funding Losses.

 

Upon demand of any Lender
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such
Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

 

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(a)          any
continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the
Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

 

(b)          any
failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert
any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or

 

(c)          any
assignment of a Eurodollar Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 10.16;

 

including any loss of anticipated profits and
any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable
to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged
by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

 

For purposes of calculating amounts payable
by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar
Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing
in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Loan
was in fact so funded.

 

		3.06	Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.

 

(a)          A
certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III and setting forth the additional
amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount,
the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

 

(b)          Upon
any Lender’s making a claim for compensation under Section 3.01 or 3.04, the Borrower may replace such
Lender in accordance with Section 10.16.

 

		3.07	Survival.

 

All of the Borrower’s
obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

 

Article
IV

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EXTENSION OF CREDITS

 

The obligation of each
Lender to make Extensions of Credit hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

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		4.01	Conditions to Initial Extensions of Credit.

 

The obligation of the Lenders
to make the initial Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of such of the following conditions in all material
respects on or prior to the Closing Date as shall not have been expressly waived in writing by the Administrative Agent and Lenders.

 

(a)            Credit
Documents, Organization Documents, Etc. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals
or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the
signing Credit Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before
the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(i)          executed
counterparts of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents;

 

(ii)         a
Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

 

(iii)        copies
of the Organization Documents of each Credit Party (not included in (iv) below) certified to be true and complete as of a recent
date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, where applicable,
and certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Credit Party to be true and correct as of the Closing Date;

 

(iv)        with
respect to the Credit Parties that are credit parties or subsidiary guarantors under the Existing Credit Facility, a certificate
by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Credit Parties that the Organization Documents delivered to the administrative agent
in connection with the Existing Credit Facility are still in full force and effect and have not been amended, restated, replaced
or otherwise modified since the closing of the Existing Credit Facility;  

 

(v)         such
certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each
Credit Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer
thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which
such Credit Party is a party; and

 

(vi)        such
documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Credit Party is duly organized
or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in the jurisdiction of their incorporation
or organization.

 

(b)            Opinions
of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received, in each case dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent a legal opinion of (i) Kaye Scholer LLP, special New York and Delaware counsel
for the Credit Parties and (ii) special local counsel for the Credit Parties for the states of Maryland and Ohio, in each case
addressed to the Administrative Agent, its counsel and the Lenders.

 

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(c)          Officer’s
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate or certificates executed by a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower as of the Closing Date, in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, stating that (i) each Credit Party
is in compliance with all existing financial obligations (whether pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement
or otherwise), (ii) all governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals, if any, with respect to the Credit Documents
and the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained, (iii) no action, suit, investigation or proceeding is pending or
threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental instrumentality that purports to affect any Consolidated Party
or any transaction contemplated by the Credit Documents, if such action, suit, investigation or proceeding could have a Material
Adverse Effect, (iv) immediately prior to and following the transactions contemplated herein, each of the Credit Parties shall
be Solvent, and (v) immediately after the execution of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (A) no Default or
Event of Default exists and (B) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents are true
and correct in all material respects.

 

(d)          Financial
Statements. Receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of (i) pro forma projections of financial statements (balance
sheet, income and cash flows) for each of the fiscal years of the Consolidated Parties through December 31, 2018 and (ii) such
other information relating to the Consolidated Parties as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in connection with the
structuring and syndication of credit facilities of the type described herein.

 

(e)          Opening
Compliance Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Compliance Certificate as of the Closing Date signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower and including (i) pro forma calculations for the current fiscal quarter based on the amounts
set forth in the unaudited financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2015 and taking into account any Extension
of Credit made or requested hereunder as of such date and (ii) pro forma calculations of all financial covenants contained herein
for each of the following four (4) fiscal quarters (based on the projections set forth in the materials delivered pursuant
to clause (d) of this Section 4.01).

 

(f)           Unencumbered
Property Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of an Unencumbered Property Certificate as of the Closing Date signed
by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

 

(g)          Consents/Approvals.
The Credit Parties shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings
and notices as shall be required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under,
conflict with or violation of (i) any applicable Law or (ii) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Credit Party is
a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for such approvals, consents, waivers, filings
and notices the receipt, making or giving of which would not reasonably be likely to (A) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B)
restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the
Borrower or any other Credit Party to fulfill its respective obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a party.

 

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(h)         Material
Adverse Change. No material adverse change shall have occurred since December 31, 2014 in the condition (financial or
otherwise), business, assets, operations, management or prospects of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.

 

(i)          Litigation.
There shall not exist any pending or threatened action, suit, investigation or proceeding against any Credit Party or any of their
Affiliates that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or could otherwise materially and adversely affect
the transactions set forth herein or contemplated hereby.

 

(j)          [Reserved].

 

(k)         Fees
and Expenses. Payment by the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent of all fees and expenses relating to the preparation,
execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents which are due and payable on the Closing Date, including,
without limitation, payment to the Administrative Agent of the fees set forth in the Engagement Letter.

 

Without limiting the generality
of the provisions of Section 9.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01,
each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with,
each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection
thereto.

 

		4.02	Conditions to Extensions of Credit.

 

The obligation of any Lender
to make any Extension of Credit hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of such of the following conditions on or prior to the
proposed date of the making of such Extension of Credit:

 

(a)          The
Administrative Agent shall receive the applicable Request for Extension of Credit and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01
for the initial Extension of Credit shall have been met as of the Closing Date;

 

(b)          No
Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before the making of such Extension of Credit and no Default shall exist
immediately thereafter; and

 

(c)          The
representations and warranties of the Borrower made in or pursuant to the Credit Documents shall be true in all material respects
on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit.

 

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The making of such Extension of Credit hereunder
shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the facts specified in clauses (b)
and (c) of this Section.

 

Article
V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Credit Parties represent
and warrant, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

 

		5.01	Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

 

(a)          The
Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby,
except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Consolidated Parties as of the
date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout
the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities,
direct or contingent, of the Consolidated Parties as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments
and Indebtedness.

 

(b)          The
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries dated September 30, 2015, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that
date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise
expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Consolidated Parties as of the date thereof and
their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes
and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

(c)          During
the period from December 31, 2014, to and including the Closing Date, there has been no sale, transfer or other disposition by
any Consolidated Party of any material part of the business or Property of the Consolidated Parties, taken as a whole, and no purchase
or other acquisition by any of them of any business or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person) material in relation
to the consolidated financial condition of the Consolidated Parties, taken as a whole, in each case, which is not reflected in
the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto and has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Lenders on or
prior to the Closing Date.

 

(d)          The
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and (b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except as may otherwise be permitted under Section 6.01(a) and (b)) and present fairly (on the basis disclosed
in the footnotes to such financial statements) the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
Consolidated Parties as of such date and for such periods.

 

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(e)          Since
the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate,
that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

		5.02	Corporate Existence and Power.

 

Each of the Credit Parties
is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, has all organizational powers and all material governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted and is duly qualified as a foreign entity
and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of
its business requires such qualification, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing
would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

		5.03	Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention.

 

The execution, delivery
and performance by each Credit Party of each Credit Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization
Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, (i) any Contractual
Obligation to which such Person is a party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or
any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law (including Regulation U or Regulation X
issued by the FRB).

 

		5.04	Binding Effect.

 

This Credit Agreement has
been, and each other Credit Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party
that is a party thereto. This Credit Agreement constitutes, and each other Credit Document when so delivered will constitute, a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against each Credit Party that is a party thereto in accordance
with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and by general equitable principles (whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

 

		5.05	Litigation.

 

There are no actions, suits,
proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties, threatened at law,
in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Credit Party or against any of its properties
or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, can reasonably be expected to be determined adversely, and
if so determined to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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		5.06	Compliance with ERISA.

 

(a)          Each
Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other Federal
or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable
determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto
and, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the
loss of, such qualification. The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period
pursuant to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code has been made with respect to any Plan.

 

(b)          There
are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Credit Parties, threatened claims (other than routine claims
for benefits), actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate or, to the knowledge of the Responsible
Officers of the Credit Parties, any other Person has engaged in any prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility
rules under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)          (i)          No
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iii) the
Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with
respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) the Borrower nor
any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving
of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect
to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069
or 4212(c) of ERISA.

 

		5.07	Environmental Matters.

 

Except as could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)          To
the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Borrower, each of the facilities and real properties owned, leased or operated
by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary (the “Facilities”) and all operations at the Facilities are in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material respects and there is no violation, in any material respect, of any Environmental
Law with respect to the Facilities or the businesses operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary at such time (the “Businesses”),
and there are no conditions relating to the Facilities or the Businesses that are likely to give rise to liability under any applicable
Environmental Laws.

 

(b)          To
the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Borrower, none of the Facilities contains, or has previously contained, any Hazardous
Materials at, on or under the Facilities in amounts or concentrations that constitute or constituted a violation of, or could give
rise to liability under, applicable Environmental Laws.

 

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(c)          To
the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Borrower, no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary has received any written or verbal
notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or
potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Facilities
or the Businesses, nor does any Responsible Officer of the Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will
be received or is being threatened.

 

(d)          To
the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Borrower, Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of from the
Facilities, or generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Facilities, in each case by or on behalf of
any Credit Party or any Subsidiary in violation of, or in a manner that is likely to give rise to liability under, any applicable
Environmental Law.

 

(e)          To
the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Borrower, no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending
or threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary is or will be named as a party, nor are
there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial
requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to any Credit Party, any Subsidiary, the Facilities or the Businesses.

 

(f)          To
the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Borrower, there has been no release or threat of release of Hazardous Materials
at or from the Facilities, or arising from or related to the operations (including, without limitation, disposal) of any Credit
Party or any Subsidiary in connection with the Facilities or otherwise in connection with the Businesses, in violation of or in
amounts or in a manner that is likely to give rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Laws.

 

		5.08	Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

 

(a)          No
Credit Party is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying
margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin stock and no part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying any margin stock.

 

(b)          None
of the Credit Parties are (i) required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 or (ii) subject to regulation under any other Law which limits its ability to incur the Obligations.

 

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		5.09	Compliance with Laws.

 

Each of the Borrower and
each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions
and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ,
injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply
therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

		5.10	Ownership of Property; Liens.

 

Each of the Borrower and
each of its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all applicable
Real Property Assets, except for Permitted Liens and such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Set forth on the most recently delivered Unencumbered Property Certificate required
pursuant to Section 6.02, is a list of all Unencumbered Properties (Unencumbered Asset Value). The Unencumbered Properties
listed on the Unencumbered Property Certificate are the same as the properties listed on the corresponding certificate most recently
delivered by Borrower pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Existing Credit Facility. The Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

 

		5.11	Corporate Structure; Capital Stock, Etc.

 

Set forth on Schedule 5.11
is a complete and accurate list of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary of any Credit Party, together with (a) jurisdiction of
organization, (b) number of shares of each class of Capital Stock outstanding, (c) number and percentage of outstanding shares
of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary and (d) U.S. taxpayer identification number.
Subject to Section 7.03, the Borrower has no equity Investments in any other Person other than those specifically disclosed
on Schedule 5.11, as such schedule may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 6.02. The outstanding
Capital Stock owned by any Credit Party are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of any Liens, warrants, options
and rights of others of any kind whatsoever.

 

		5.12	Labor Matters.

 

There are no collective
bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of the Borrower as of the Closing Date and the Borrower (a) has
not suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor difficulty within the last five (5) years or (b) to
the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Borrower there has not been any potential or pending strike, walkout or work stoppage.
No unfair labor practice complaint is pending against the Borrower.

 

		5.13	No Default.

 

Neither the Borrower nor
any of its Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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		5.14	Solvency.

 

Immediately before and
immediately after giving effect to this Agreement, (a) the Borrower is Solvent and (b) the other Credit Parties are Solvent on
a consolidated basis.

 

		5.15	Taxes.

 

The Borrower and its Subsidiaries
have filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, state
and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income
or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP. To the knowledge of the Responsible Officers
of the Borrower, there is no proposed tax assessment against any Credit Party that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

		5.16	REIT Status.

 

The Borrower is taxed as
a “real estate investment trust” within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and each of
the Credit Parties (other than the Borrower) are Qualified REIT Subsidiaries.

 

		5.17	Insurance.

 

The Real Property Assets
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are insured, to Borrower’s knowledge, with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried
by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary
operates.

 

		5.18	Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

 

The Borrower and its Subsidiaries
own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises,
licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses,
without conflict with the rights of any other Person, except, in each case, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Credit Parties, no slogan or other advertising device, product,
process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
infringes upon any rights held by any other Person except where such infringement could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened,
which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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		5.19	Disclosure.

 

Each Credit Party has disclosed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any
of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To each Credit Party’s knowledge, no report, financial statement, certificate
or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder
or under any other Credit Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material
misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that, with respect to projected financial information, each Credit
Party represents only that, to each Credit Party’s knowledge, such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions
believed to be reasonable at the time, with the understanding that certain of such information is prepared or provided by each
Credit Party based upon information and assumptions provided to such Credit Parties by Tenants of such Credit Parties.

 

		5.20	Anti-Terrorism Laws.

 

No Consolidated Party,
any Affiliate thereof, or any of their respective officers, employees, directors or agents is an “enemy” or an “ally
of the enemy” within the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States of America (50
U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.) (the “Trading with the Enemy Act”), as amended. No Consolidated Party,
any Affiliate thereof, or any of their respective officers, employees, directors or agents is in violation of (a) the Trading
with the Enemy Act, as amended, (b) any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department
(31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (c) the Patriot
Act or (d) the Laws of any applicable jurisdiction related to bribery or anti-corruption. Set forth on Schedule 5.20 is
the exact legal name of each Consolidated Party, the state of incorporation or organization, the chief executive office, the principal
place of business, the jurisdictions in which the Consolidated Parties are qualified to do business, the federal tax identification
number and organization identification number of each of the Consolidated Parties as of the Closing Date. The Borrower has implemented
and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective
directors, officers, employees and agents with anti-corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

		5.21	OFAC.

 

No Consolidated Party,
any Affiliate thereof, or any of their respective officers, employees, directors or agents (a) is a Sanctioned Person, (b) has
any of its assets in Designated Jurisdictions, or (c) derives any of its operating income from investments in, or transactions
with, Sanctioned Persons or Designated Jurisdictions. No part of the proceeds of any Loans hereunder will be used directly or indirectly
to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to a Sanctioned Person or a Designated
Jurisdiction or 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 and in effect from time
to time.

 

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Article
VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Borrower hereby covenants
and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Credit Parties, as applicable) that until the Obligations, together with
interest, fees and other obligations hereunder, have been paid in full:

 

		6.01	Financial Statements.

 

The Borrower shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall disseminate such information pursuant to the terms of Section 6.02
hereof), in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

 

(a)          as
soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or if earlier, the
date that is five (5) days after the reporting date for such information required by the SEC), a consolidated balance sheet of
the Consolidated Parties as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, shareholders’
equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal
year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of a Registered
Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion
shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and applicable Securities Laws and shall not be subject
to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such
audit; provided, that the Administrative Agent hereby agrees that a Form 10-K of the Borrower in form similar to that delivered
as part of the Audited Financial Statements shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.01(a); and

 

(b)          as
soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of
each fiscal year of the Borrower (or if earlier, the date that is five (5) days after the reporting date for such information required
by the SEC), a consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Parties as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s
fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the
previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash
flows of the Consolidated Parties in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes; provided, that the Administrative Agent hereby agrees that a Form 10-Q of the Borrower in form similar to that
delivered to the SEC shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.01(b).

 

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		6.02	Certificates; Other Information.

 

The Borrower shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall disseminate such information pursuant to the terms of this Section 6.02),
in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

 

(a)          concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), (i) a duly completed
Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; which shall include, without limitation, calculation of
the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12 and an update of Schedule 5.11, if applicable and (ii) a duly
completed Unencumbered Property Certificate;

 

(b)          within
thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015,
an annual operating forecast of the Borrower containing, among other things, pro forma financial statements for the then current
fiscal year and updated versions of the pro forma financial projections delivered in connection with Section 4.01(d)
hereof;

 

(c)          promptly
after any request by the Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted
to the board of directors by the independent accountants of the Borrower (or the audit committee of the board of directors of the
Borrower) in respect of the Borrower (and, to the extent any such reports, letters or recommendations are prepared separately for
any one or more of the Credit Parties, such Credit Party) by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of
the Borrower (or such Credit Party) or any audit of the Borrower (or such Credit Party);

 

(d)          promptly
after the same are available, (i) copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent
to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements
which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by the Borrower in its capacity as such holder and not otherwise required to be delivered
to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, all reports and written information
to and from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or any state or local agency responsible for environmental matters,
the United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration, or any state or local agency responsible for health and safety
matters, or any successor agencies or authorities concerning environmental, health or safety matters;

 

(e)          promptly
upon receipt thereof, a copy of any other report or “management letter” submitted by independent accountants to the
Borrower in connection with any annual, interim or special audit of the books of the Borrower;

 

(f)          promptly
upon any Responsible Officer of the Borrower becoming aware thereof, notice of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and any other Default or Event of Default;

 

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(g)          within
ten (10) days upon any Responsible Officer of the Borrower becoming aware thereof, reports detailing income or expenses of any
assets directly owned or operated, or which will be included on the balance sheet for purposes of FIN 46, other than as previously
disclosed in the Borrower’s Form 10-K, 10-Q or any other publicly available information;

 

(h)          promptly,
such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of the Credit Parties, or compliance with the
terms of the Credit Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from time to time
reasonably request; and

 

(i)          promptly
upon any announcement by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch of any change or possible change in a Debt Rating.

 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant
to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(b), (c), or (d) may be delivered electronically
and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides
a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or
(ii) on which such documents are posted by the Administrative Agent (on the Borrower’s behalf) on IntraLinks/IntraAgency
or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party
website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided, that: (A) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of
such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) that requests the Borrower to deliver
such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative
Agent and each Lender (through the Administrative Agent) of the posting of any such documents (each Lender to which delivery of
such documents shall be made by posting to any such website shall have been given access to such website on or prior to the date
of such posting) and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.
The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above,
and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower or the other Credit Parties with any such request
for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (x) the
Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder
(collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on SyndTrak or another similar electronic
system (the “Platform”) and (y) 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 Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public
Lender”). The Borrower hereby further agrees that (ww) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public
Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC”
shall appear prominently on the first page thereof (xx) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall
be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as either publicly available
information or not material information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities
for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower
Materials constitute Confidential Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.08); (yy) all Borrower
Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public;”
and (zz) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as
being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not marked as “Public.”

 

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		6.03	Preservation of Existence and Franchises.

 

Each Credit Party shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence,
rights, franchises and authority. Each Credit Party shall remain qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
failure to so qualify and be in good standing could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

		6.04	Books and Records.

 

Each Credit Party shall,
as shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep complete and accurate books and records of its transactions in accordance with
good accounting practices on the basis of GAAP.

 

		6.05	Compliance with Law.

 

Each Credit Party shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries, to comply with all Laws, rules, regulations and orders, and all applicable restrictions
imposed by all Governmental Authorities, applicable to it and all of its real and personal property, except in such instances in
which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

		6.06	Payment of Taxes and Other Indebtedness.

 

Each Credit Party shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge (or cause to be paid or discharged) (a) all taxes (including, without
limitation, any corporate or franchise taxes), assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it, or upon its income
or profits, or upon any of its properties, before they shall become delinquent, unless the same are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Borrower
or such Subsidiary, (b) all lawful claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) which, if unpaid, might give rise
to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of its properties, and (c) except as prohibited hereunder, all of its other
Indebtedness as it shall become due.

 

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		6.07	Insurance.

 

Each Credit Party shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain (or caused to be maintained) with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds
customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily
carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
provide prompt notice to the Administrative Agent following such Credit Party’s receipt from the relevant insurer of any
notice of termination, lapse or cancellation of such insurance.

 

		6.08	Maintenance of Property.

 

Each Credit Party shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, preserve and protect (or caused to be maintained, preserved and protected)
all of its Unencumbered Properties and all other material property and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in
good working order and condition, in each case, in a manner consistent with how such Person maintained its Unencumbered Properties
and other material property on the Closing Date, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

 

		6.09	Performance of Obligations.

 

The Credit Parties will
pay and discharge at or before maturity, or prior to expiration of applicable notice, grace and curative periods, all their respective
material obligations and liabilities, including, without limitation, tax liabilities, except where the same may be contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings, and will maintain, in accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of any
of the same.

 

		6.10	Visits and Inspections.

 

Subject to the rights of
Tenants, each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit representatives or agents of any Lender or
the Administrative Agent, from time to time, and, if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, after reasonable
prior notice, but not more than twice annually and only during normal business hours to: (a) visit and inspect any of its Real
Property Assets to the extent any such right to visit or inspect is within the control of such Person; (b) inspect and make extracts
from their respective books and records, including but not limited to management letters prepared by independent accountants; and
(c) discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations and performance. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or the Credit Parties, as applicable,
shall execute an authorization letter addressed to its accountants authorizing the Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss
the financial affairs of the Borrower or any other Credit Party with its accountants.

 

		6.11	Use of Proceeds/Purpose of Loans.

 

The Borrower shall use
the proceeds of all Loans only to (a) refinance existing Indebtedness of the Credit Parties and (b) finance general corporate working
capital (including asset acquisitions, and acquiring or improving, directly or indirectly, income producing Healthcare Facilities
and Investments incidental or related thereto), capital expenditures or other corporate purposes of the Borrower and the other
Credit Parties (to the extent not inconsistent with the Credit Parties’ covenants and obligations under this Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents).

 

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		6.12	Financial Covenants.

 

(a)          Consolidated
Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall cause the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, to be equal
to or less than 60%; provided however, notwithstanding the foregoing, following any Significant Acquisition by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower, and following the delivery of an Acquisition Leverage Ratio Notice,
the Borrower shall have the ability to increase the applicable Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be less than or equal to 65% with
respect to the fiscal quarter during which such Significant Acquisition occurs and the next two (2) fiscal quarters thereafter.

 

(b)          Consolidated
Secured Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall cause the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio, as of the end of any fiscal quarter,
to be equal to or less than 30%.

 

(c)          Consolidated
Unsecured Leverage Ratio. The Borrower shall cause the Consolidated Unsecured Leverage Ratio, as of the end of any fiscal quarter,
to be equal to or less than 60%; provided however, notwithstanding the foregoing, following any Significant Acquisition
by Omega REIT or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Omega REIT, and following the delivery of an Acquisition Leverage Ratio Notice,
the Borrower shall have the ability to increase the applicable Consolidated Unsecured Leverage Ratio to be less than or equal to
65% with respect to the fiscal quarter during which such Significant Acquisition occurs and the next two (2) fiscal quarters thereafter.

 

(d)          Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrower shall cause the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as of the end of any fiscal
quarter, to be equal to or greater than 1.50 to 1.00.

 

(e)          Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth. The Borrower shall cause the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be
equal to or greater than the sum of (i) $1,644,768,000 plus (ii) an amount equal to 75% of the net cash proceeds received
by the Consolidated Parties from Equity Transactions subsequent to March 31, 2014.

 

(f)          Consolidated
Unsecured Debt Yield. The Borrower shall cause the Consolidated Unsecured Debt Yield, as of the end of any fiscal quarter,
to be equal to or greater than 12.0%.

 

(g)          Consolidated
Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower shall cause the Consolidated Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio, as of the end
of any fiscal quarter, to be equal to or greater than 2.00 to 1.00.

 

(h)          Distribution
Limitation. During the continuance of an Event of Default the Borrower shall only pay distributions sufficient to maintain
its status as a REIT; provided, that following any Event of Default resulting from nonpayment or bankruptcy, or if the outstanding
Loans have been accelerated, then the Borrower shall not make any distributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Section 6.12(h), the Borrower may make distributions payable solely in the form of common stock of the Borrower.

 

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		6.13	Environmental Matters; Preparation of Environmental
Reports.

 

The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws in respect of its Real Property
Assets.

 

		6.14	REIT Status.

 

The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, operate its business at all times so as to satisfy all requirements necessary to qualify
and maintain the Borrower’s qualification as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal
Revenue Code. The Borrower will maintain adequate records so as to comply in all material respects with all record-keeping requirements
relating to its qualification as a real estate investment trust as required by the Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations
of the Department of the Treasury promulgated thereunder and will properly prepare and timely file with the IRS all returns and
reports required thereby.

 

 6.15      Additional Guarantors; Withdrawal or Addition of Unencumbered Properties; Release of Guarantors.

 

(a)          Upon
the acquisition, incorporation or other creation of any Subsidiary of the Borrower that (i) (A) is a Domestic Subsidiary and (B)
owns an Unencumbered Property or provides a guaranty of the obligations under the Existing Credit Facility, the Senior Notes or
other unsecured Funded Debt and (ii) has not been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall cause such Subsidiary
to (1) become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder through the execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Subsidiary Guarantor
Joinder Agreement on or before the deadline for the delivery of the Compliance Certificate required pursuant to Section 6.02(a)
following the fiscal quarter in which the foregoing conditions for becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor are met, and (2) deliver such
other documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing, including, without limitation,
certified resolutions and other organizational and authorizing documents of such Subsidiary, favorable opinions of counsel to such
Subsidiary (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation
referred to above), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided, however,
notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Foreign Subsidiary provides a guaranty of the Senior Notes or other unsecured Funded Debt
of the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, then the Borrower shall cause each such Foreign Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder through the procedures described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 6.15(a) above.

 

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(b)          The
Borrower may add and withdraw Real Property Assets from the pool of Unencumbered Properties without the consent of the Administrative
Agent; provided, that (i) in the case of addition of a Real Property Asset owned or leased by a Consolidated Party that
is not a Credit Party, the owner of the Real Property Asset shall have complied with the requirements of clause (a)(i) of this
Section 6.15 and (ii) in the case of withdrawal of a Real Property Asset, the Borrower shall have (x) given notice thereof
to the Administrative Agent, together with a written request to release the owner of the subject Real Property Asset from the Guaranty,
where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions hereof and (y) delivered to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate
demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.12 on a pro forma basis as if such Real Property Asset had been
released as of the first day of the relevant period. In the case of withdrawal of a subject Property from the pool of Unencumbered
Properties entitling the owner of the subject Real Property Asset to a release from the Guaranty hereunder, the Administrative
Agent shall acknowledge (in writing delivered to the Borrower upon written request of the Borrower) withdrawal of the subject Real
Property Asset and release of Guaranty of the owner in respect thereof (excepting a situation where an Event of Default shall then
exist and be continuing, or where withdrawal of the subject Real Property Asset would cause the pool of Unencumbered Properties
to be insufficient to support the outstanding Obligations, which in either such case, the owner of the subject Real Property Asset
shall not be released from its Guaranty hereunder until such time as the foregoing conditions no longer exist). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the removal of any Unencumbered Properties would have the effect of curing all existing
Events of Default, Borrower shall be permitted to withdraw such Real Property Assets, and any Event of Default with respect thereto
shall be deemed cured as of the date of such withdrawal. In no event shall a Real Property Asset be added to, or released from,
the pool of Unencumbered Properties unless such Real Property Asset is substantially concurrently therewith added to, or released
from, as the case may be, the pool of Unencumbered Properties included under the Existing Credit Facility and the LP Credit Agreement.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding
the requirements set forth in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 6.15, in the event that (i) the Borrower or Omega
LP has received two (2) Investment Grade Ratings and (ii) any Person acting as a Guarantor (other than Omega Holdco and Omega LP)
is no longer obligated to provide a guarantee of any indebtedness of the Borrower for borrowed money evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments in an amount of at least $50,000,000 (excluding any amounts outstanding pursuant to this Credit
Agreement, the Existing Credit Facility or the LP Credit Agreement) or would be automatically released from its guarantee obligations
of any such indebtedness upon its release from the Guaranty, then such Person shall be automatically released as a party to the
Credit Documents (the “Release”). In such an event, the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent that,
pursuant to this Section 6.15(c), such Person shall be released and, in accordance with Section 9.11, the Administrative
Agent shall (to the extent applicable) deliver to the Credit Parties such documentation as is reasonably necessary to evidence
the Release.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(A) as set forth in Section 6.18 below, the Obligations shall remain a senior unsecured obligation, pari passu with
all other senior unsecured Funded Debt of the Borrower, Omega LP and Omega Holdco, and (B) to the extent that following any such
Release, any Real Property Asset owned by an otherwise released or to be released Guarantor that is obligated in respect of outstanding
recourse debt for Funded Debt shall not be deemed an Unencumbered Property for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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		6.16	Anti-Terrorism Laws.

 

None of the Credit Parties
nor any of their respective Affiliates (i) will conduct any business or will engage in any transaction or dealing with any Prohibited
Person, including making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Prohibited Person,
(ii) will deal in, or will engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the
Executive Order; or (iii) will engage in or will conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose
of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in the Executive Order or the Patriot Act. The
Borrower covenants and agrees to execute and/or deliver to Administrative Agent any certification or other evidence requested from
time to time by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, confirming the Borrower’s compliance with this Section including,
without limitation, any documentation which is necessary for ongoing compliance with any anti-money laundering Laws applicable
to any Lender.

 

		6.17	Compliance With Material Contracts.

 

Each Credit Party shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, perform and observe all the material terms and provisions of each Material Contract
to be performed or observed by it, maintain each such Material Contract in full force and effect, enforce each such Material Contract
in accordance with its terms, take all such action to such end as may be from time to time reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent and, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, make to each other party to each such Material Contract such
demands and requests for information and reports or for action as any Credit Party is entitled to make under such Material Contract.

 

		6.18	Designation as Senior Debt.

 

Each Credit Party shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, ensure that all Obligations are designated as “Senior Indebtedness” and
are at least pari passu with all unsecured debt of such Credit Party and each Subsidiary.

 

		6.19	Investor Guaranties.

 

The Administrative Agent
and the Lenders have agreed to accept from time to time, upon the request of Borrower, one or more Investor Guaranties.  No
Investor Guarantor shall be a person with whom Administrative Agent or any Lender is prohibited by applicable law from doing business,
and Borrower shall deliver such information as Administrative Agent may reasonably request to verify the foregoing.

 

Article
VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Borrower hereby covenants
and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Credit Parties, as applicable) that until the Obligations, together with
interest, fees and other obligations hereunder, have been paid in full:

 

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		7.01	Liens.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, at any time, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its assets
or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

 

(a)          Liens
pursuant to any Credit Document;

 

(b)          Liens
(other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies (including pledges or deposits
in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation) not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted,
if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)          statutory
Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or
pursuant to customary reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such Liens
secure only amounts not overdue for more than thirty (30) days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
for which adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP have been established;

 

(d)          deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness not otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.02),
statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;

 

(e)          zoning
restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, restrictive covenants, encroachments, protrusions, sets of facts that an
accurate and up to date survey would show and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

 

(f)          Liens
securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments) not constituting an Event
of Default under Section 8.01(h);

 

(g)          leases
or subleases (and the rights of the tenants thereunder) granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business
of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary;

 

(h)          any
interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements
in foreign jurisdictions) relating to, leases permitted by this Agreement;

 

(i)          Liens
in existence as of the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof; provided,
that the property covered thereby is not materially changes;

 

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(j)          Liens
pursuant to the Braswell Indebtedness; and

 

(k)          other
Liens incurred in connection with Consolidated Funded Debt as long as, after giving effect thereto, the Credit Parties are in compliance
with the financial covenants in Section 6.12, on a pro forma basis as if such Lien had been incurred as of the last
day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 (or
if such Lien exists as of the Closing Date, as of September 30, 2015); provided, that the Credit Parties may not grant a
mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance or other security interest, in each case, to secure Funded Debt with respect
to any Unencumbered Property or the Capital Stock in any Subsidiary except in favor of the Lenders.

 

7.02         Indebtedness.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)          Indebtedness
under the Credit Documents;

 

(b)          Indebtedness
in connection with intercompany Investments permitted under Section 7.03;

 

(c)          obligations
(contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Swap Contract; provided, that (i) such obligations are (or were)
entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities,
commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities
issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view”; and (ii) such Swap Contract does
not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions
to the defaulting party;

 

(d)          without
duplication, Guaranties by a Credit Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder;

 

(e)          Indebtedness
set forth in Schedule 7.02 (and renewals, refinancing and extensions thereof); provided, that the amount of
such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable
premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by
an amount equal to any existing commitments utilized thereunder (for purposes of clarity, it is understood that Funded Debt on
Schedule 7.02 is included in calculating the financial covenants in Section 6.12); and

 

(f)          other
Funded Debt (including any portion of any renewal, financing, or extension of Indebtedness set forth in Schedule 7.02
to the extent such portion does not meet the criteria set for the in the proviso of clause (e) above) as long as, after giving
effect thereto, the Credit Parties are in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.12, on a pro forma basis
as if such Indebtedness had been incurred as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have
been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 (or if such Indebtedness exists as of the Closing Date, as of September 30,
2015).

 

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		7.03	Investments.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any Investments, except:

 

(a)          Investments
held in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(b)          Investments
in any Person that is a Credit Party prior to giving effect to such Investment;

 

(c)          Investments
by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in any other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party;

 

(d)          Investments
consisting of (i) extensions of credit in the nature of the performance of bids, (ii) accounts receivable or notes receivable arising
from the grant of trade contracts and leases (other than credit) in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) Investments
received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary
in order to prevent or limit loss;

 

(e)          Guaranties
permitted by Section 7.02;

 

(f)          Investments
existing as of the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 7.03; and

 

(g)          Investments
in or related to Healthcare Facilities and Investments as described in Section 6.11 (including, without limitation, Investments
of the type set forth in subclauses (i)-(iv) of this clause (g)); provided, however, that after giving effect to
any such Investments, (i) the aggregate amount of Investments consisting of unimproved land holdings shall not, at any time, exceed
5% of Consolidated Total Asset Value, (ii) the aggregate amount of Investments consisting of Mortgage Loans, notes receivables
and mezzanine loans shall not, at any time, exceed 30% of Consolidated Total Asset Value, (iii) the aggregate amount of Investments
consisting of construction in progress shall not, at any time, exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Asset Value and (iv) the aggregate
amount of Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates shall not, at any time, exceed 20% of Consolidated Total Asset Value; provided,
further, that the aggregate amount of all Investments made pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall not, at any
time, exceed 35% of Consolidated Total Asset Value.

 

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		7.04	Fundamental Changes.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person;
provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.04, (a) the Borrower may merge or
consolidate with any of its Subsidiaries provided that the Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (b) any Consolidated
Party (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary) may merge or consolidate with any other Consolidated Party; provided, that
if a Credit Party is a party to such transaction, such Credit Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (c) any Subsidiary
Guarantor may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Subsidiary Guarantor and (d) any Subsidiary that is not a Credit
Party may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time; provided, that such dissolution, liquidation or winding
up, as applicable, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

		7.05	Dispositions.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition,
except:

 

(a)          Dispositions
of obsolete or worn out Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)          Dispositions
of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)          Dispositions
of equipment or Property to the extent that (i) such Property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement
property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement
Property; provided, that if the Property disposed of is an Unencumbered Property it is removed from the calculation of Unencumbered
Asset Value.

 

(d)          Dispositions
of Property by any Subsidiary to a Credit Party or to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; provided, that if the transferor of such
property is a Credit Party, the transferee thereof must be a Credit Party;

 

(e)          Dispositions
permitted by Section 7.04;

 

(f)          Dispositions
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided, that (i) at
the time of such Disposition, no Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing (that would not be cured by such Disposition)
or would result from such Disposition and (ii) after giving effect thereto, the Credit Parties are in compliance with the financial
covenants in Section 6.12, on a pro forma basis as if such Disposition had been incurred as of the last day of the
most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01; and

 

(g)          real
estate leases entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

Notwithstanding anything
above, any Disposition pursuant to clauses (a) through (f) shall be for fair market value.

 

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		7.06	Change in Nature of Business.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business
conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.

 

		7.07	Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction of any kind with any officer, director
or Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially
as favorable to such Credit Party or Subsidiary as would be obtainable by such Credit Party or Subsidiary at the time in a comparable
arm’s length transaction with a Person other than a director, officer or Affiliate; provided, that the foregoing restriction
shall not apply to transactions between or among the Credit Parties.

 

		7.08	Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name,
State of Formation and Form of Entity.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

 

(a)          Amend,
modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders.

 

(b)          Make
any material change in (i) accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, FASB, the SEC or any other
regulatory body, or (ii) its fiscal year.

 

(c)          Without
providing ten (10) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its name, state of formation or form of organization.

 

		7.09	Negative Pledges.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into, assume or otherwise be bound, by any Negative Pledge
other than (i) any Negative Pledge contained in an agreement entered into in connection with any Indebtedness that is permitted
pursuant to Section 7.02; (ii) any Negative Pledge required by law; (iii) Negative Pledges contained in (x) the agreements
set forth on Schedule 7.09; (y) any agreement relating to the sale of any Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale; provided,
that in any such case, the Negative Pledge applies only to the Subsidiary or the assets that are the subject of such sale; or (z)
any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation
of such Person becoming a Subsidiary and such restriction only applies to such Person and/or its assets, and (iv) customary provisions
in leases, licenses and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof, in each case as such agreements, leases or other contracts
may be amended from time to time and including any renewal, extension, refinancing or replacement thereof; provided, that,
with respect to any amendment, renewal, extension, refinancing or replacement of an agreement described in clause (iii), such amendment,
renewal, extension, refinancing or replacement does not contain restrictions of the type prohibited by this Section 7.09
that are, in the aggregate, more onerous in any material respect on the Borrower or any Subsidiary than the restrictions, in the
aggregate, in the original agreement.

 

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		7.10	Use of Proceeds.

 

No Credit Party shall,
nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Extension of Credit, whether directly
or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation
U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally
incurred for such purpose.

 

		7.11	Prepayments of Indebtedness.

 

If a Default or Event of
Default exists and is continuing or would be caused thereby, no Credit Party shall, nor shall they permit any Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or
make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any Indebtedness, except the prepayment of Extensions of Credit in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

		7.12	Stock Repurchases.

 

If a Default or Event of
Default exists and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the Borrower shall not make any payment (whether in cash, securities
or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, for the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition,
cancellation or termination of any of its Capital Stock or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Capital Stock.

 

		7.13	Sanctions.

 

Permit any Loan or the
proceeds of any Loan, directly or indirectly, (a) to be lent, contributed or otherwise made available to fund any activity or business
in any Designated Jurisdiction; (b) to fund any activity or business of any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated
Jurisdiction or who is the subject of any Sanctions; or (c) in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person
(including any Lender, Arranger or Administrative Agent) of any Sanctions or anti-corruption Laws.

 

Article
VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

		8.01	Events of Default.

 

The occurrence and continuation
of any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a)          Non-Payment.
Any Credit Party fails to pay when and as required to be paid herein, (i) any amount of principal of any Loan, (ii) within five
(5) days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan, or (iii) within ten (10) days after the earlier of (A) a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower or any Credit Party becoming aware that the same has become due or (B) written notice from the Administrative
Agent to the Borrower, any other fee payable herein or any other amount payable herein or under any other Credit Document becomes
due; or

 

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(b)          Specific
Covenants. Any Credit Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in (i) any of Sections
6.01 6.02 or 6.10 within ten (10) days after the same becomes due or required or (ii) any of Sections 6.03,
6.06, 6.11, 6.12, 6.14, 6.15 or 6.18 or Article VII; or

 

(c)          Other
Defaults. Any Credit Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a)
or (b) above) contained in any Credit Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30)
days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any Credit Party becoming aware of such Default or (ii)
written notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (or, if such failure cannot be reasonably cured within such
period, sixty (60) days, so long as the applicable Credit Party has diligently commenced such cure and is diligently pursuing completion
thereof); or

 

(d)          Representations
and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any
Credit Party and contained in this Credit Agreement, in any other Credit Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith
or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

 

(e)          Cross-Default.
(i) there occurs any event of default under (x) any of the Senior Note Indentures, (y) the Existing Credit Facility or (z) the
LP Credit Agreement; (ii) any Credit Party or any Subsidiary (A) fails to perform or observe (beyond the applicable grace or cure
period with respect thereto, if any) any Contractual Obligation if such failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (B) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand,
or otherwise and beyond the applicable grace or cure period with respect thereto, if any) in respect of any Indebtedness (other
than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) or otherwise fails to observe or perform any other agreement
or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto,
or any other event occurs, the effect of which event of default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness
(or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness
to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to
repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or cash collateral in respect
thereof to be demanded, in each case to the extent such Indebtedness or other obligation is in an amount, individually or in the
aggregate, (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or
syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount; or (iii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination
Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which such Credit
Party or Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under
such Swap Contract as to which such Credit Party or Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap
Termination Value owed by such Credit Party or Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or

 

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(f)          Insolvency
Proceedings, Etc. Any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any
receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part
of its properties; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed
and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for ninety (90) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law relating to such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and
continues undismissed or unstayed for ninety (90) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

 

(g)          Inability
to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Credit Party or any Material Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability
or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process
in an amount in excess of the Threshold Amount is issued or levied against all or any material part of the properties of any such
Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) days after its issue or levy; or

 

(h)          Judgments.
There is entered against a Credit Party or any Subsidiary (i) any one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of
money in an amount, individually or in the aggregate, exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent
third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments
that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either
case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of ten
(10) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in
effect; or

 

(i)          ERISA.
(i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Plan which has resulted in liability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary under Title IV
of ERISA to the Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) any Credit Party or any ERISA
Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its
withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold
Amount; or

 

(j)          Invalidity
of Credit Documents; Guaranty. (i) Any Credit Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other
than as expressly permitted hereunder or as a result of satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force
and effect; or any Credit Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document; or any Credit Party
denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Credit Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind
any Credit Document; or (ii) except as the result of or in connection with a dissolution, merger or disposition of a Subsidiary
Guarantor not prohibited by the terms of this Credit Agreement, the Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any
Guarantor hereunder shall deny or disaffirm such Guarantor’s obligations under such Guaranty, or any Guarantor shall default
in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to the
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(k)          Change
of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.

 

8.02        Remedies
Upon Event of Default.

 

If any Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders,
upon written notice to the Borrower in any instance, take any or all of the following actions:

 

(a)          declare
the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

 

(b)          declare
the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable
hereunder or under any other Credit Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or additional
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and

 

(c)          exercise
on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Credit Documents or applicable
law;

 

provided, however, that upon
the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the
United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, and the unpaid principal amount of all
outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without
further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

8.03        Application
of Funds.

 

After the exercise
of remedies in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately
due and payable, any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following
order:

 

First, to payment
of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts
payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

 

Second, to payment
of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable
to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among the Lenders in proportion
to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

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Third, to payment
of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans ratably among
the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;

 

Fourth, to payment
of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans;

 

Fifth, to payment
of that portion of the Obligations constituting obligations under Swap Contracts between any Credit Party and any Lender or Affiliate
of any Lender (including, without limitation, payment of breakage, termination or other amounts owing in respect of any Swap Contract
between any Credit Party and any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted hereunder);
and

 

Last, the balance,
if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

 

Excluded Swap Obligations with respect
to any Guarantor shall not be paid with amounts received from such Guarantor or such Guarantor’s assets, but appropriate
adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Credit Parties to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise
set forth above in this Section.

 

Article
IX

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

9.01         Appointment
and Authorization of Administrative Agent.

 

Each Lender hereby
irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions
of this Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated
to it by the terms of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Credit Document, the Administrative
Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent
have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities,
duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against
the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein
and in the other Credit Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other
implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter
of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

 

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9.02         Delegation
of Duties.

 

The Administrative
Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Credit Document by
or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory
provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence
or misconduct of any sub-agents that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

9.03         Liability
of Administrative Agent.

 

No Agent-Related Person
shall (a) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Credit Agreement
or any other Credit Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct
in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for
any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any
other Credit Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by
the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the validity, effectiveness,
genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, or for any failure of any Credit
Party or any other party to any Credit Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall
be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the
agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books
or records of any Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof.

 

9.04         Reliance
by Administrative Agent.

 

 (a)          The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature,
resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic
mail 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 any Credit Party),
independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified
in failing or refusing to take any action under any Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of
the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders
against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.
The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Credit Agreement
or any other Credit Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders
as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall
be binding upon all the Lenders.

 

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 (b)          For
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this
Credit Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter
required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent
shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

 

9.05         Notice
of Default.

 

The Administrative
Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect
to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Credit
Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Administrative
Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to
such Default or Event of Default as may be directed by the requisite Lenders in accordance herewith; provided, however,
that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall
deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.

 

9.06         Credit
Decision; Disclosure of Confidential Information by Administrative Agent.

 

Each Lender acknowledges
that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter
taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Credit Party or any Affiliate
thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter,
including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession (in each case, except to the extent
the Administrative Agent has confirmed to any Lender in writing the satisfaction of conditions to funding as of the Closing Date).
Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person
and based on such 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 the Credit Parties and their respective
Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own
decision to enter into this Credit Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower and the other Credit Parties hereunder. Each
Lender also represents 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 Credit Agreement and the other Credit 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 the Borrower and the other Credit Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished
to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide
any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition
or creditworthiness of any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates that may come into the possession of any
Agent-Related Person.

 

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9.07         Indemnification
of Administrative Agent.

 

Whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent
not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of any Credit Party to do so), pro rata,
and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided,
however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities
to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related
Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, however, that no action taken in accordance
with the directions of the Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of
this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable
share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative 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 Credit Agreement, any other
Credit Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed
for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower. The undertaking in this Section shall survive termination of the Commitments,
the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

 

9.08         Administrative
Agent in its Individual Capacity.

 

Bank of Tokyo and its
Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and
generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Credit Parties
and their respective Affiliates as though Bank of Tokyo were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent
of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Bank of Tokyo or its Affiliates may receive information
regarding any Credit Party or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor
of such Credit Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such
information to them. With respect to its Loans, Bank of Tokyo shall have the same rights and powers under this Credit Agreement
as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “Lender”
and “Lenders” include Bank of Tokyo in its individual capacity.

 

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9.09         Successor
Administrative Agent.

 

The Administrative
Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Lenders. If the Administrative Agent resigns
under this Credit Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor administrative agent for the
Lenders, which successor administrative agent shall be consented to by the Borrower at all times other than during the existence
of an Event of Default (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor administrative
agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint,
after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrower, a successor administrative agent from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance
of its appointment as successor administrative agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor administrative agent shall
succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent”
thereafter shall mean such successor administrative agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and
duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative
Agent, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall inure to its benefit
as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement. If no successor
administrative agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date thirty (30) days following a retiring Administrative
Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become
effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the
Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.

 

9.10         Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

  

In case of the pendency
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then
be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall
have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)          to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other
Obligations (other than obligations under Swap Contracts to which the Administrative Agent is not a party) that are owing and unpaid
and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09
and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)          to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender
to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative
Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.

 

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Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative
Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

9.11         Guaranty
Matters.

 

The Lenders irrevocably
authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Person (other than Omega LP and Omega Holdco)
from its obligations under the Guaranty if (a) such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder,
(b) such Person is no longer required to be a Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.15(c) or (c) such Person has been designated
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Upon the release of any Person pursuant to this Section 9.11, the Administrative Agent shall
(to the extent applicable) deliver to the Credit Parties, upon the Credit Parties’ request and at the Credit Parties’
expense, such documentation as is reasonably necessary to evidence the release of such Person from its obligations under the Credit
Documents.

 

9.12         Other
Agents; Arrangers and Managers.

 

None of the Lenders
or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Credit Agreement as a “syndication agent,”
“documentation agent,” “co-agent,” “book manager,” “lead manager,” “arranger,”
“lead arranger” or “co-arranger” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or
duty under this Credit Agreement other than, in the case of such Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting
the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with
any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified
in deciding to enter into this Credit Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.

 

Article
X

MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.01         Amendments,
Etc.

 

No amendment or waiver
of, or any consent to deviation from, any provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be effective unless
in writing and signed by the Borrower, the Guarantors (if applicable) and the Required Lenders and acknowledged by the Administrative
Agent, and each such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which it is given; provided, however, that:

 

(a)             unless
also signed by each Lender directly affected thereby, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

 

(i)          extend
or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02), it being
understood that the amendment or waiver of an Event of Default or a mandatory reduction or a mandatory prepayment in Commitments
shall not be considered an increase in Commitments,

 

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(ii)         waive
non-payment or postpone any date fixed by this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document for any payment of principal, interest,
fees or other amounts due to any Lender hereunder or under any other Credit Document,

 

(iii)        reduce
the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under
any other Credit Document; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (A)
to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default
Rate or (B) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would
be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder,

 

(iv)        change
any provision of this Credit Agreement regarding pro rata sharing or pro rata funding with respect to (A) the making of advances
(including participations), (B) the manner of application of payments or prepayments of principal, interest, or fees, or (C) the
manner of reduction of commitments and committed amounts,

 

(v)         change
any provision of this Section 10.01(a), the definition of “Required Lenders”, or any other provision hereof
specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination
or grant any consent hereunder, or

 

(vi)        release
the Borrower, Omega LP, Omega Holdco or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations hereunder
(other than as provided herein or as appropriate in connection with transactions permitted hereunder);

 

(b)             unless
also signed by the Administrative Agent, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative
Agent under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document;

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment,
waiver or consent hereunder, except that, without the prior written consent of such Lender, (A) no Commitment of such Lender may
be increased or extended, (B) the terms and conditions of this proviso may not be amended or otherwise modified and (C) no other
amendment or other modification to this Agreement or any Note that would disproportionately affect a “Defaulting Lender”
may be effective, (ii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy or insolvency reorganization plan
that affects the Loans, (iii) each Lender acknowledged that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the
United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein, (iv) the Required Lenders may consent to allow a Credit
Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and (v) a Commitment Increase Amendment to
give effect to any addition of Incremental Facilities shall be effective if executed by the Credit Parties, each Lender providing
such Incremental Facility Commitment and the Administrative Agent.

 

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Notwithstanding any provision herein to
the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add
one or more Incremental Facilities to this Agreement subject to the limitations in Sections 2.01(e) and (f) and to
permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding
to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing Loans and Commitments hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing Loans
and Commitments hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders providing such Incremental Facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved
by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.

 

10.02       Notices
and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

 

(a)          General.
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including
by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed certified or registered mail, faxed or delivered to the applicable
address, facsimile number or (subject to subsection (c) below) electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications
expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

 

(i)          if
to any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number
specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or
telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

 

(ii)         if
to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative
Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by
such party in a notice to any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.

 

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier
service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by 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). Notices delivered through electronic
communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

 

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(b)          Electronic
Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication
(including e-mail, FpML messaging and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent;
provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified
the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative
Agent or the Borrower may, in its respective discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic
communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular
notices or communications.

 

(c)          The
Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW)
DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY
FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE
DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative
Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower,
any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise)
arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the
Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet, except to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however,
that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special,
incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

 

(d)          Effectiveness
of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Credit Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile. The effectiveness of
any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually-signed originals
and shall be binding on all Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Administrative Agent may also require
that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided, however, that
the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

 

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(e)          Reliance
by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices
(including telephonic notices permitted under Section 2.02(a)) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if
(i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other
form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.
The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting
from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and
other communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto
hereby consents to such recording.

 

(f)          Change
of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier
or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In addition,
each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i)
an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other
communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.

 

10.03         No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

 

No failure by any Lender
or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies,
powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided
by law.

 

Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under
the other Credit Documents against the Credit Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings
at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance
with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit
(a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its
capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, (b) any Lender from exercising setoff rights
in accordance with Section 10.09 (subject to the terms of Section 2.12), or (c) any Lender from filing proofs of
claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Credit Party under
any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding proviso
and subject to Section 2.12, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies
available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

 

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10.04         Attorney
Costs, Expenses and Taxes.

 

The Credit Parties
agree (a) to pay directly to the provider thereof or to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable and documented
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents, the preservation of any rights or remedies under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents,
and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, including all Attorney Costs and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Lender for all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred following an Event of Default in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation
of any rights or remedies under this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred
during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search,
filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the reasonable and documented cost of independent public accountants
and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 10.04
shall be payable within twenty (20) Business Days after written invoice therefor is received by the Borrower. The agreements in
this Section shall survive the termination of the Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations.

 

10.05         Indemnification.

 

The Credit Parties
shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers,
employees, counsel, agents, trustees, advisors and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and
against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, litigation, investigation, proceeding, demands,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever (subject
to the provisions of Section 3.01 with respect to Taxes and Other Taxes) that may at any time be imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against any such Indemnitee (whether by a Credit Party or any other party) in any way relating to or arising out
of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Credit Document or any
other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related
Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (b) any Commitment, Loan or the use or proposed
use of the proceeds therefrom, or (c) any actual or threatened claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense
of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party
thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided, that such indemnification
shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims,
litigation, investigation, proceeding, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements are determined to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising
from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through SyndTrak or other similar information transmission
systems in connection with this Credit Agreement, and no Indemnitee shall have any liability for any indirect or consequential
damages relating to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith
or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). All amounts that may become due under this Section 10.05 shall
be payable within twenty (20) Business Days after written invoice therefor is received by the Borrower. The agreements in this
Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the assignment by any Lender of any of its
interests hereunder, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge
of all the other Obligations.

 

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10.06         Payments
Set Aside.

 

To the extent that
any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any
Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended
to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had
not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount
so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment
is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

 

10.07         Successors
and Assigns.

 

   (a)          The
provisions of this Credit Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any
of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer
any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)
of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, or (iii)
by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) or (i) of this Section
(and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Credit Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors
and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Credit Agreement.

 

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(b)          Any
Lender may at any time, with notice to the Borrower and, unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time
of such assignment or (2) the assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund, the consent of the Borrower
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights
and obligations under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it);
provided, that (i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment
and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund
with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder)
subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered
to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date,
shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) provided,
however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee
Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single
assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met; (ii) each partial assignment shall be made as
an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement with
respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned; (iii) any assignment of a Commitment must be approved by the Administrative
Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a Lender
(whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee); (iv) the parties to each assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in
the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive
such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment and (v) no such assignment shall be made to (A) the Borrower
or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person
who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) a natural
person. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall
be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall
make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate
(which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions,
including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously
requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent),
to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective
under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed
to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs. Subject to acceptance and recording
thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Credit Agreement and, to the extent
of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Credit Agreement,
and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released
from its obligations under this Credit Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect
to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense)
shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under
this Credit Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Credit Agreement as a sale
by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.

 

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(c)          The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s
Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of
the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from
time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the
terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the
Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any
Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower at any reasonable time and from time
to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a material or other substantive
change to the Credit Documents is pending, any Lender wishing to consult with other Lenders in connection therewith may request
and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.

 

(d)          Any
Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to
any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”)
in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of
its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided, that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Credit Agreement
shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with
such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement. Any agreement or instrument
pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this
Credit Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement; provided,
that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment,
waiver or other modification that extends the time for, reduces the amount or alters the application of proceeds with respect to
such obligations and payments required therein that directly affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section,
the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05
to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.
To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though
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(e)          A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable
Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant. A Participant that would
be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is
notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply
with Section 10.15 as though it were a Lender.

 

(f)          Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Credit Agreement (including
under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal
Reserve Bank; provided, that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(g)          Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender that is a Fund may (without notice to or the consent of any of the parties
hereto) create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee
for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided,
that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 10.07,
(i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Credit Documents and (ii) such trustee
shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Credit Documents even though such trustee may have acquired
ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.

 

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10.08         Confidentiality.

 

Each of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of Confidential Information, except that Confidential Information
may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel
and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature
of such Confidential Information and instructed to keep such Confidential Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested
by any regulatory authority or self regulatory body; (c) to the extent required by applicable Law or regulations or by any subpoena
or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Credit Agreement; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies
hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Credit Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder (it being
understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information
and instructed to keep such Confidential Information confidential); (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially
the same as those of this Section, to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or
Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty
or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor)
to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of the Credit Parties; (g) with the consent of the Borrower; (h) to
the extent such Confidential Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section
or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower;
(i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization (it being understood that the Persons
to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and instructed to
keep such Confidential Information confidential); or (j) to any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to a Lender’s
or an Affiliate’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or Affiliate. In addition,
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Credit Agreement and information about this Credit
Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents,
the Commitments, and the Extension of Credits. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Confidential Information
as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised
the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information. “Confidential Information” means all information received from any Credit Party relating
to any Credit Party, any of the other Consolidated Parties, or its or their business, other than any such information that is available
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Credit Party; provided,
that, in the case of information received from a Credit Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified in
writing at the time of delivery as confidential.

 

Each of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders Issuer acknowledges that (a) the Confidential Information may include material non-public information
concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material
non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including
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10.09         Set-off.

 

In addition to any
rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each
Lender and each of its Affiliates are authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any
other Credit Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on their own behalf and on behalf of each Credit Party) to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account
of the respective Credit Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Credit Document,
now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under
this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated
in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting
Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative
Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.15 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated
by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the
Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and their
respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such
Lender or its Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such
setoff and application; provided, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and
application.

 

10.10         Interest
Rate Limitation.

 

Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in any Credit Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Credit Documents shall not exceed
the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative
Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to
the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest
contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the
extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than
interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or
unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

 

10.11         Counterparts.

 

This Credit Agreement
may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

 

10.12         Integration.

 

This Credit Agreement,
together with the other Credit Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter
hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between
the provisions of this Credit Agreement and those of any other Credit Document, the provisions of this Credit Agreement shall control;
provided, that the inclusion of specific supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
in any other Credit Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Credit Agreement. Each Credit Document was drafted with the
joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather
in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

 

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10.13         Survival
of Representations and Warranties.

 

All representations
and warranties made hereunder and in any other Credit Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection
herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been
or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge
of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any Extension of Credit, and shall continue in full force and effect as long
as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

 

10.14         Severability.

 

If any provision of
this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity
and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not be affected or
impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any other jurisdiction.

 

10.15         Tax
Forms.

 

   (a)          (i)
Each Lender that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue
Code (a “Foreign Lender”) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of any payment subject
to withholding under the Internal Revenue Code (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein), two duly signed completed
copies of either IRS Form W-8BEN or any successor thereto (relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption
from, or reduction of, withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Credit
Agreement) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the
Borrower pursuant to this Credit Agreement) or such other evidence satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that
such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. withholding tax, including any exemption pursuant to
Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall (A) promptly
submit to the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one of such forms (or such successor forms
as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then current
United States laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of
any available exemption from or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Foreign
Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Credit Agreement, (B) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances
that would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (C) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous
to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending
Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Law that the Borrower make any deduction or withholding for taxes from amounts payable
to such Foreign Lender.

 

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(ii)         Each
Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid
or payable to such Lender under any of the Credit Documents (for example, in the case of a typical participation by such Lender),
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on the date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to
any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of the Administrative
Agent (in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (A) two duly signed completed copies of the forms or statements required
to be provided by such Lender as set forth above, to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which
such Lender acts for its own account that is not subject to U.S. withholding tax, and (B) two duly signed completed copies of IRS
Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto), together with any information such Lender chooses to transmit with such form, and
any other certificate or statement of exemption required under the Internal Revenue Code, to establish that such Lender is not
acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Lender.

 

(iii)        The
Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Foreign Lender under Section 3.01 (A) with respect
to any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld on the basis of the information, certificates or statements of exemption such
Lender transmits with an IRS Form W-8IMY pursuant to this Section 10.15(a) or (B) if such Lender shall have failed
to satisfy the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.15(a); provided, that if such Lender shall have satisfied
the requirement of this Section 10.15(a) on the date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account
with respect to any payment under any of the Credit Documents, nothing in this Section 10.15(a) shall relieve the Borrower
of their obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to Section 3.01 in the event that, as a result of any change in any
applicable Law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application
thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing
the fact that such Lender or other Person for the account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Credit
Documents is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a reduced rate.

 

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(b)          Upon
the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Internal Revenue Code shall deliver to the Administrative Agent two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-9. If
such Lender fails to deliver such forms, then the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an
amount equivalent to the applicable back-up withholding tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, without reduction.

 

(c)          If
a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such
Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b)
or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code)
and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied
with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for
purposes of this clause (c), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

10.16         Replacement
of Lenders.

 

To the extent that
Section 3.06(b) provides that the Borrower shall have the right to replace a Lender as a party to this Credit Agreement,
or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower may, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, replace such
Lender by causing such Lender to assign its Commitment (with the related assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower) pursuant to
Section 10.07(b) to one or more Eligible Assignees procured by the Borrower; provided, however, that
if the Borrower elects to exercise such right with respect to any Lender pursuant to such Section 3.06(b), they shall
be obligated to replace all Lenders that have made similar requests for compensation pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04.
The Borrower shall pay in full all principal, interest, fees and other amounts owing to such Lender through the date of replacement
(including any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.05). Any Lender being replaced shall execute and deliver an Assignment
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10.17         No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.

 

In connection with
all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its respective Affiliates’
understanding, that: (a) the credit facility provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith
(including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Borrower and its respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arranger
and the Lenders, on the other hand, and each Credit Party is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts
the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (b) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the Administrative
Agent and the Arranger each is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary,
for the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (c) neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the
Borrower with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to
any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative
Agent or the Arranger has advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates on other matters) and
neither the Administrative Agent nor the Arranger has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates with respect
to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents;
(d) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that
involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor
the Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship;
and (e) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory
or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification
hereof or of any other Credit Document) and each Credit Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors
to the extent it has deemed appropriate. Each Credit Party hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent and the Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency
or fiduciary duty.

 

10.18         Source
of Funds.

 

Each of the Lenders
hereby represents and warrants to the Borrower that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to
the source of funds to be used by such Lender in connection with the financing hereunder:

 

  (a)          no
part of such funds constitutes assets allocated to any separate account maintained by such Lender in which any employee benefit
plan (or its related trust) has any interest;

 

  (b)          to
the extent that any part of such funds constitutes assets allocated to any separate account maintained by such Lender, such Lender
has disclosed to the Borrower the name of each employee benefit plan whose assets in such account exceed ten percent (10%) of the
total assets of such account as of the date of such purchase (and, for purposes of this subsection (b), all employee benefit
plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization are deemed to be a single plan);

 

  (c)          to
the extent that any part of such funds constitutes assets of an insurance company’s general account, such insurance company
has complied with all of the requirements of the regulations issued under Section 401(c)(1)(A) of ERISA; or

 

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  (d)          such
funds constitute assets of one or more specific benefit plans that such Lender has identified in writing to the Borrower.

 

As used in this Section, the terms “employee
benefit plan” and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings provided in Section 3 of ERISA.

 

10.19        GOVERNING
LAW.

 

  (a)          THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, the LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such
State, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES; PROVIDED, THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE Agent
AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

 

  (b)          ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY
OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, THE CREDIT PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE Agent AND
EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. THE BORROWER,
THE CREDIT PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE Agent AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY CREDIT DOCUMENT OR
OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE CREDIT PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE
Agent AND EACH LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER
MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.

 

10.20         WAIVER
OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

EACH PARTY TO THIS
AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY
CREDIT DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH
RESPECT TO ANY CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND
WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION
OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART
OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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10.21         No
Conflict.

 

To the extent there
is any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions hereof and the provisions of any other Credit Document, this Credit Agreement
shall control.

 

10.22         USA
Patriot Act Notice.

 

Each Lender and the
Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements
of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”),
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower (and to the extent applicable, the other Credit
Parties), which information includes the name and address of the Borrower (and to the extent applicable, the other Credit Parties)
and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower (and to
the extent applicable, the other Credit Parties) in accordance with the Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender
reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.

 

10.23         Electronic
Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.

 

The words “execute,”
“execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in or related to any document to
be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transaction contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and
Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Loan Notices, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures
or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a
manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided
for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State
Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided
that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligations to agree to accept
electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures
approved by it.

 

10.24         Entire
Agreement.

 

This Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents represent the final agreement AMONG the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior,
contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements AMONG the parties.

 

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Article
XI

GUARANTY

 

11.01        The
Guaranty.

 

  (a)          Each
of the Guarantors, unless released pursuant to Section 6.15(c) and Section 9.11, hereby jointly and severally guarantees to the
Administrative Agent and each of the holders of the Obligations, as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety,
the prompt payment of the Obligations (the “Guaranteed Obligations”) in full when due (whether at stated maturity,
as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further
agree that if any of the Guaranteed Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment,
by acceleration or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice
whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same
will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise)
in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

 

  (b)          Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary contained herein, in any of the other Credit Documents or Swap Contracts, if any Guarantor is deemed
to have been rendered insolvent as a result of its guarantee obligations under this Section 11.01 and not to have received
reasonable equivalent value in exchange therefor, then, in such an event, the liability of such Guarantor under this Section
11.01 shall be limited to the maximum amount of the Obligations of the Borrower that such Guarantor may guaranty without rendering
the obligations of such Guarantor under this Section 11.01 void or voidable under any fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer law.

 

11.02         Obligations
Unconditional.

 

The obligations of
the Guarantors under Section 11.01 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness,
validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents, other documents relating to the Obligations, or Swap Contracts,
or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, compromise, release, impairment or exchange of any
other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws,
irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of
a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 11.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall
be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of
subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article XI
until such time as the Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full and the Commitments relating thereto have expired or been
terminated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which
shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

 

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(a)          at
any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

 

(b)          any
of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Credit Documents, other documents relating to the Guaranteed Obligations,
or any Swap Contract between any Credit Party and any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender or any other agreement or instrument
referred to in the Credit Documents, other documents relating to the Guaranteed Obligations, or such Swap Contracts shall be done
or omitted;

 

(c)          the
maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or
amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Credit Documents, other documents relating to the Guaranteed Obligations,
or any Swap Contract between any Credit party and any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument
referred to in the Credit Documents, other documents relating to the Guaranteed Obligations, or any Swap Contract shall be waived
or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in
whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

 

(d)          any
Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any of the holders of the Guaranteed Obligations as security for any
of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or

 

(e)          any
of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor)
or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including any creditor of any Guarantor).

 

With respect to its
obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest notice of acceptance
of the guaranty given hereby and of extensions of credit that may constitute Guaranteed Obligations, notices of amendments, waivers
and supplements to the Credit Documents and other documents relating to the Guaranteed Obligations, or the compromise, release
or exchange of collateral or security, and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any holder
of the Guaranteed Obligations exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Credit Documents
or any other documents relating to the Guaranteed Obligations or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or against
any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.

 

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11.03         Reinstatement.

 

Neither the Guarantors’
obligations hereunder nor any remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or released in any manner
whatsoever by an impairment, modification, change, release or limitation of the liability of the Borrower, by reason of the Borrower’s
bankruptcy or insolvency or by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article XI shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that
for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise
restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings pursuant to any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise,
and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each holder of Guaranteed Obligations on demand for
all reasonable costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other counsel)
incurred by the Administrative Agent or such holder of Guaranteed Obligations in connection with such rescission or restoration,
including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference,
fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any Debtor Relief Law; provided, that such indemnification shall not be available
to the extent that such costs and expenses are determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent or such holder of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

11.04         Certain
Waivers.

 

Each Guarantor acknowledges
and agrees that (a) the guaranty given hereby may be enforced without the necessity of resorting to or otherwise exhausting
remedies in respect of any other security or collateral interests, and without the necessity at any time of having to take recourse
against the Borrower hereunder or against any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise, (b) it will not
assert any right to require the action first be taken against the Borrower or any other Person (including any other Guarantor)
or pursuit of any other remedy or enforcement any other right and (c) nothing contained herein shall prevent or limit action
being taken against the Borrower hereunder, under the other Credit Documents or the other documents and agreements relating to
the Guaranteed Obligations or from foreclosing on any security or collateral interests relating hereto or thereto, or from exercising
any other rights or remedies available in respect thereof, if neither the Borrower nor the Guarantors shall timely perform their
obligations, and the exercise of any such rights and completion of any such foreclosure proceedings shall not constitute a discharge
of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder unless as a result thereof, the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full
and the Commitments relating thereto shall have expired or been terminated, it being the purpose and intent that the Guarantors’
obligations hereunder be absolute, irrevocable, independent and unconditional under all circumstances.

 

11.05         Rights
of Contribution.

  

The Guarantors hereby
agree as among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have a right of contribution from
each other Guarantor in accordance with applicable Laws. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of
payment to the Guaranteed Obligations until such time as the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments
relating thereto shall have expired or been terminated, and none of the Guarantors shall exercise any such contribution rights
until the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments relating thereto shall have expired or been terminated.

 

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11.06         Guaranty
of Payment; Continuing Guaranty.

 

The guarantee in this
Article XI is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, and is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed
Obligations whenever arising until such time as the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments relating
thereto shall have expired or been terminated.

 

11.07         Keepwell.

 

Each Credit Party that
is a Qualified ECP Guarantor at the time the Guaranty in this Article XI by any Credit Party that is not then an “eligible
contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (a “Specified Loan Party”) or, if applicable, at
the time the grant of a security interest under the Credit Documents by any such Specified Loan Party, in either case, becomes
effective with respect to any obligation under any Swap Contract, hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Specified Loan Party with respect to such Obligation as may
be needed by such Specified Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under the Credit Documents in respect
of such Obligation on (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering
such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations and undertakings under this Article XI voidable under applicable Debtor Relief
Laws, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of each applicable Credit Party under this Section shall
remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full. Each Credit Party intends
this Section to constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement”
for the benefit of each Credit Party that would otherwise not constitute an Eligible Contract Participant for any Swap Obligation
for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

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

 

	BORROWER:	OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By	/s/
    Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel
    J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief
    Operating Officer

 

	GUARANTORS:	OHI ASSET, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (ID), LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (CA), LLC
	 	DELTA INVESTORS I, LLC
	 	DELTA INVESTORS II, LLC
	 	OHI Asset (CO), LLC
	 	COLONIAL GARDENS, LLC
	 	WILCARE, LLC
	 	nrs ventures, l.l.c.
	 	ohi asset (ct) lender, llc
	 	ohi asset (Fl), llc
	 	ohi asset (il), llc
	 	ohi asset (mo), llc
	 	ohi asset (oh), llc
	 	ohi asset (oh) lender, llc
	 	ohi asset (pa), llc
	 	ohi asset ii (ca), llc
	 	ohi asset ii (fl), llc
	 	ohi asset cse-e, llc
	 	ohi asset cse-u, llc
	 	OHI ASSET CSb LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MI), LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (FL) LENDER, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET HUD WO, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MD), LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX), LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) WABASH, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) WESTFIELD, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) GREENSBURG, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) INDIANAPOLIS, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET HUD SF, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) AMERICAN VILLAGE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) ANDERSON, LLC

 

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	 	OHI ASSET (IN) BEECH GROVE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) CLARKSVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) EAGLE VALLEY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) ELKHART, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) FOREST CREEK, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) FORT WAYNE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) FRANKLIN, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) KOKOMO, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) LAFAYETTE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) MONTICELLO, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) NOBLESVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) ROSEWALK, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) SPRING MILL, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) TERRE HAUTE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) ZIONSVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI Asset HUD CFG, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET HUD SF CA, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) HONDO, LLC 
	 	OHI ASSET (MI) HEATHER HILLS, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) CROWN POINT, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) MADISON, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) ASH FLAT, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) CAMDEN, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) CONWAY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) DES ARC, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) HOT SPRINGS, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) MALVERN, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) MENA, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) POCAHONTAS, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) SHERIDAN, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AR) WALNUT RIDGE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET RO, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (FL) LAKE PLACID, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET HUD DELTA, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) CLINTON, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) JASPER, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) SALEM, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) SEYMOUR, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (WV) DANVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (WV) IVYDALE, LLC
	 	OHI MEZZ LENDER, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TN) JEFFERSON CITY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TN) ROGERSVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET CHG ALF, LLC
	 	BAYSIDE STREET, LLC

 

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	 	BAYSIDE STREET II, LLC
	 	OHI (IOWA), LLC
	 	OHI (INDIANA), LLC
	 	OHI (ILLINOIS), LLC 
	 	OHIMA, LLC
	 	STERLING ACQUISITION, LLC
	 	OHI (CONNECTICUT), LLC
	 	FLORIDA LESSOR – MEADOWVIEW, LLC
	 	WASHINGTON LESSOR – SILVERDALE, llc
	 	GEORGIA LESSOR – BONTERRA/PARKVIEW, LLC
	 	ARIZONA LESSOR – INFINIA, LLC
	 	COLORADO LESSOR – CONIFER, LLC
	 	TEXAS LESSOR – STONEGATE GP, LLC
	 	TEXAS LESSOR – STONEGATE LIMITED, LLC
	 	INDIANA LESSOR – WELLINGTON MANOR, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (FL) LUTZ, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET HUD H-F, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (GA) DUNWOODY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (GA) ROSWELL, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (LA) BATON ROUGE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (NY) 2ND AVENUE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (NY) 93RD STREET, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (WA) FORT VANCOUVER, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (VA) MARTINSVILLE SNF, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (FL) PENSACOLA - HILLVIEW, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (FL) EUSTIS, LLC
	 	AVIV ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
	 	OHI ASSET (la), LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each such company
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	3806 CLAYTON ROAD, LLC
	 	245 EAST WILSHIRE AVENUE, LLC
	 	13922 CERISE AVENUE, LLC
	 	637 EAST ROMIE LANE, LLC
	 	523 HAYES LANE, LLC
	 	GOLDEN HILL REAL ESTATE COMPANY, LLC
	 	11900 EAST ARTESIA BOULEVARD, LLC
	 	2400 PARKSIDE DRIVE, LLC
	 	1628 B STREET, LLC
	 	3232 artesia real estate, llc

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset HUD SF CA, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	ENCANTO SENIOR CARE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (AZ) AUSTIN HOUSE, LLC
	 	G&L GARDENS, LLC
	 	PALM VALLEY SENIOR CARE, LLC
	 	RIDGECREST SENIOR CARE, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset HUD SF, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CFG 2115 WOODSTOCK PLACE, LLC
	 	1200 ELY STREET HOLDINGS CO. LLC
	 	42235 COUNTY ROAD HOLDINGS CO. LLC
	 	2425 TELLER AVENUE, LLC
	 	48 HIGH POINT ROAD, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset HUD CFG, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each of the companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	Texas Lessor - Stonegate, LP

 

	 	By:	Texas Lessor – Stonegate GP, LLC,
	 	 	its General Partner

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	PV REALTY – WILLOW TREE, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset HUD WO, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	PAVILLION NURSING CENTER NORTH, LLC
	 	PAVILLION NORTH PARTNERS, LLC
	 	THE SUBURBAN PAVILION, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset (OH), LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	OHI ASSET IV (PA) SILVER LAKE, LP

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset CSE-U Subsidiary, LLC,
	 	 	its General Partner

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	cse pennsylvania holdings, LP
	 	cse centennial village, lp

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset CSE-E Subsidiary, LLC,
	 	 	its General Partner

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	CSE DENVER ILIFF LLC
	 	CSE FAIRHAVEN LLC
	 	CSE MARIANNA HOLDINGS LLC
	 	CSE TEXARKANA LLC
	 	CSE WEST POINT LLC
	 	CSE WHITEHOUSE LLC
	 	CARNEGIE GARDENS LLC
	 	FLORIDA REAL ESTATE COMPANY, LLC
	 	GREENBOUGH, LLC
	 	LAD I REAL ESTATE COMPANY, LLC
	 	PANAMA CITY NURSING CENTER LLC
	 	SKYLER MAITLAND LLC
	 	SUWANEE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET CSE-U SUBSIDIARY, LLC
	 	OHI TENNESSEE, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset CSE-U, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each of the companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CSE BLOUNTVILLE LLC
	 	CSE BOLIVAR LLC
	 	CSE CAMDEN LLC
	 	CSE HUNTINGDON LLC
	 	CSE JEFFERSON CITY LLC
	 	CSE MEMPHIS LLC
	 	CSE RIPLEY LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Tennessee, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each of the companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	CSE CORPUS NORTH LLC
	 	CSE JACINTO CITY LLC
	 	CSE KERRVILLE LLC
	 	CSE RIPON LLC
	 	CSE SPRING BRANCH LLC
	 	CSE THE VILLAGE LLC
	 	CSE WILLIAMSPORT LLC
	 	DESERT LANE LLC
	 	NORTH LAS VEGAS LLC
	 	OHI ASSET CSE-E SUBSIDIARY, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset CSE-E, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each of the companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

  

	 	PAVILLION NORTH, LLP

 

	 	By:	Pavillion Nursing Center North, LLC,
	 	 	its General Partner

 

	 	By:	/s/
    Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel
    J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief
    Operating Officer

 

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	 	OHI ASSET (PA), LP
	 	OHI ASSET II (PA), LP
	 	OHI ASSET III (PA), LP

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset (OH), LLC,
	 	 	the General Partner of each limited partnership

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CSE CASABLANCA HOLDINGS LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset CSB LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CSE CASABLANCA HOLDINGS II LLC

 

	 	By:	CSE Casablanca Holdings LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	CSE ALBANY LLC
	 	CSE AMARILLO LLC
	 	CSE AUGUSTA LLC
	 	CSE BEDFORD LLC
	 	CSE CAMBRIDGE REALTY LLC
	 	CSE CANTON LLC
	 	CSE CEDAR RAPIDS LLC
	 	CSE CHELMSFORD LLC
	 	CSE CHESTERTON LLC
	 	CSE CLAREMONT LLC
	 	CSE DENVER LLC
	 	CSE DOUGLAS LLC
	 	CSE ELKTON REALTY LLC
	 	CSE FORT WAYNE LLC
	 	CSE FRANKSTON LLC
	 	CSE GEORGETOWN LLC
	 	CSE GREEN BAY LLC
	 	CSE HILLIARD LLC
	 	CSE HUNTSVILLE LLC
	 	CSE INDIANAPOLIS – CONTINENTAL LLC
	 	CSE INDIANAPOLIS – GREENBRIAR LLC
	 	CSE JEFFERSONVILLE – HILLCREST CENTER LLC
	 	CSE JEFFERSONVILLE – JENNINGS HOUSE LLC
	 	CSE KINGSPORT LLC
	 	CSE LAKE CITY LLC
	 	CSE LAKE WORTH LLC
	 	CSE LAKEWOOD LLC
	 	CSE LAS VEGAS LLC
	 	CSE LAWRENCEBURG LLC
	 	CSE LEXINGTON PARK REALTY LLC
	 	CSE LIGONIER LLC
	 	CSE LIVE OAK LLC
	 	CSE LOWELL LLC
	 	CSE MOBILE LLC
	 	CSE MOORE LLC
	 	CSE NORTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS I LLC
	 	CSE NORTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS II LLC
	 	CSE OMRO LLC
	 	CSE ORANGE PARK LLC
	 	CSE ORLANDO – PINAR TERRACE MANOR LLC
	 	CSE ORLANDO – TERRA VISTA REHAB LLC
	 	CSE PIGGOTT LLC
	 	CSE PILOT POINT LLC
	 	CSE PONCA CITY LLC
	 	CSE PORT ST. LUCIE LLC
	 	CSE RICHMOND LLC
	 	CSE SAFFORD LLC
	 	CSE SALINA LLC
	 	CSE SEMINOLE LLC
	 	CSE SHAWNEE LLC
	 	CSE STILLWATER LLC

 

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	 	CSE TAYLORSVILLE LLC
	 	CSE TEXAS CITY LLC
	 	CSE UPLAND LLC
	 	CSE WINTER HAVEN LLC
	 	CSE YORKTOWN LLC

 

	 	By:	CSE Casablanca Holdings II LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each of the companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CSE LEXINGTON PARK LLC

 

	 	By:	CSE Lexington Park Realty LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CSE CAMBRIDGE LLC

 

	 	By:	CSE Cambridge Realty LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CSE ELKTON LLC

 

	 	By:	CSE Elkton Realty LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	CSE ARDEN L.P.
	 	CSE KING L.P.
	 	CSE KNIGHTDALE L.P.
	 	CSE LENOIR L.P.
	 	CSE WALNUT COVE L.P.
	 	CSE WOODFIN L.P.

 

	 	By:	CSE North Carolina Holdings I LLC,
	 	 	the General Partner of each limited partnership

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	OMEGA TRS I, INC.
	 	OHI HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES HOLDCO, INC.

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CSE PINE VIEW LLC
	 	DIXIE WHITE HOUSE NURSING HOME, LLC
	 	OCEAN SPRINGS NURSING HOME, LLC
	 	PENSACOLA REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS I, LLC
	 	PENSACOLA REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS II, LLC
	 	PENSACOLA REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS III, LLC
	 	PENSACOLA REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS IV, LLC
	 	PENSACOLA REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS V, LLC
	 	SKYLER BOYINGTON, LLC
	 	SKYLER FLORIDA, LLC
	 	SKYLER PENSACOLA, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset HUD Delta, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	OHI ASSET (GA) MOULTRIE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (GA) SNELLVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (ID) HOLLY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (ID) MIDLAND, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (IN) CONNERSVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) BYHALIA, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) CLEVELAND, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) CLINTON, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) COLUMBIA, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) CORINTH, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) GREENWOOD, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) GRENADA, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) HOLLY SPRINGS, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) INDIANOLA, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) NATCHEZ, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) PICAYUNE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) VICKSBURG, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (MS) YAZOO CITY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (NC) WADESBORO, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (OR) PORTLAND, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) AIKEN, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) ANDERSON, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) EASLEY ANNE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) EASLEY CRESTVIEW, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) EDGEFIELD, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) GREENVILLE GRIFFITH, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) GREENVILLE LAURENS, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) GREENVILLE NORTH, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) GREER, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) MARIETTA, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) MCCORMICK, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) PICKENS EAST CEDAR, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) PICKENS ROSEMOND, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) PIEDMONT, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) SIMPSONVILLE SE MAIN, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) SIMPSONVILLE WEST BROAD, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) SIMPSONVILLE WEST CURTIS, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TN) BARTLETT, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TN) COLLIERVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TN) MEMPHIS, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) ANDERSON, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) BRYAN, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) BURLESON, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) COLLEGE STATION, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) COMFORT, LLC

 

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	 	OHI ASSET (TX) DIBOLL, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) GRANBURY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) ITALY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (TX) WINNSBORO, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (UT) OGDEN, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (UT) PROVO, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (UT) ROY, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (VA) CHARLOTTESVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (VA) FARMVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (VA) HILLSVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (VA) ROCKY MOUNT, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (WA) BATTLE GROUND, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET RO PMM SERVICES, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (GA) MACON, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) GREENVILLE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (SC) ORANGEBURG,
    LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset RO, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of each such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	OHI HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

	 	By:	OHI Healthcare Properties Holdco, Inc.,
	 	 	the Principal General Partner of such limited partnership

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	OHI ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership,
	 	 	a Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	By:	Omega TRS I, Inc.,
	 	 	a Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	OHI ASSET (OR) TROUTDALE, LLC
	 	OHI ASSET (PA) GP, LLC
	 	HOT SPRINGS ATRIUM OWNER, LLC
	 	HOT SPRINGS COTTAGES OWNER, LLC
	 	HOT SPRINGS MARINA OWNER, LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset CHG ALF, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	OHI ASSET (PA) WEST MIFFLIN, LP
	 	BALA CYNWYD REAL ESTATE, LP

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset (PA) GP, LLC,
	 	 	the General Partner of each limited partnership

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	BAYSIDE COLORADO HEALTHCARE ASSSOCIATES, LLC

 

	 	By:	Bayside Street, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	CANTON HEALTH CARE LAND, LLC
	 	DIXON HEALTH CARE CENTER, LLC
	 	HUTTON I LAND, LLC
	 	HUTTON II LAND, LLC
	 	HUTTON III LAND, LLC
	 	LEATHERMAN PARTNERSHIP 89-1, LLC
	 	LEATHERMAN PARTNERSHIP 89-2, LLC
	 	LEATHERMAN 90-1, LLC
	 	MERIDIAN ARMS LAND, LLC
	 	ORANGE VILLAGE CARE CENTER, LLC
	 	ST. MARY’S PROPERTIES, LLC

 

	 	By:	Bayside Street II, LLC,
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CHR BARTOW LLC
	 	CHR BOCA RATON LLC
	 	CHR BRADENTON LLC
	 	CHR CAPE CORAL LLC
	 	CHR FORT MYERS LLC
	 	CHR FORT WALTON BEACH LLC
	 	CHR LAKE WALES LLC
	 	CHR LAKELAND LLC
	 	CHR POMPANO BEACH BROWARD LLC
	 	CHR POMPANO BEACH LLC
	 	CHR SANFORD LLC
	 	CHR SPRING HILL LLC
	 	CHR ST. PETE BAY LLC
	 	CHR ST. PETE EGRET LLC
	 	CHR TAMPA CARROLLWOOD LLC
	 	CHR TAMPA LLC
	 	CHR TARPON SPRINGS LLC
	 	CHR TITUSVILLE LLC

 

	 	By:	OHI Asset HUD H-F, LLC
	 	 	the Sole Member of such companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	AVIV HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP I, L.P.

 

	 	By:	OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership, the General Partner of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	AVIV FINANCING I, L.L.C.
	 	AVIV FINANCING II, L.L.C.
	 	AVIV FINANCING III, L.L.C.
	 	AVIV FINANCING IV, L.L.C.
	 	AVIV FINANCING V, L.L.C.

 

	 	By:	Aviv Healthcare Properties Operating Partnership I, L.P., the Sole Member of such companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	ALAMOGORDO AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	ARMA YATES, L.L.C.
	 	BRADENTON ALF PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	CALIFORNIA AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	CHIPPEWA VALLEY, L.L.C.
	 	CLAYTON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	COLUMBUS WESTERN AVENUE, L.L.C.
	 	COMMERCE NURSING HOMES, L.L.C.
	 	COMMERCE STERLING HART DRIVE, L.L.C.
	 	CONROE RIGBY OWEN ROAD, L.L.C.
	 	DENISON TEXAS, L.L.C.
	 	FALFURRIAS TEXAS, L.L.C.
	 	FREDERICKSBURG SOUTH ADAMS STREET, L.L.C.
	 	FREEWATER OREGON, L.L.C.
	 	FULLERTON CALIFORNIA, L.L.C.
	 	GERMANTOWN PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	HERITAGE MONTEREY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	HIGHLAND LEASEHOLD, L.L.C.
	 	HOBBS ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.

 

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	 	HOT SPRINGS AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	HOUSTON TEXAS AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	HUTCHINSON KANSAS, L.L.C.
	 	JASPER SPRINGHILL STREET, L.L.C.
	 	MCCARTHY STREET PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	MISSOURI ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	MISSOURI REGENCY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	MOUNT WASHINGTON PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	N.M. BLOOMFIELD THREE PLUS ONE LIMITED COMPANY
	 	N.M. ESPANOLA THREE PLUS ONE LIMITED COMPANY
	 	N.M. LORDSBURG THREE PLUS ONE LIMITED COMPANY
	 	N.M. SILVER CITY THREE PLUS ONE LIMITED COMPANY
	 	OMAHA ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	RIVERSIDE NURSING HOME ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	SANTA ANA-BARTLETT, L.L.C.
	 	SAVOY/BONHAM VENTURE, L.L.C.
	 	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NEVADA, L.L.C.
	 	TUJUNGA, L.L.C.
	 	WASHINGTON-OREGON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	WEST YARMOUTH PROPERTY I, L.L.C.
	 	WHEELER HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.

 

	 	By:	Aviv Financing I, L.L.C.
	 	 	the Sole Member of such companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	446 SYCAMORE ROAD, L.L.C.
	 	ALBANY STREET PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	ARKANSAS AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	AVERY STREET PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	AVON OHIO, L.L.C.
	 	BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS, L.L.C.
	 	BELLINGHAM II ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	BETHEL ALF PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	BHG AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	BIGLERVILLE ROAD, L.L.C.
	 	BONHAM TEXAS, L.L.C.
	 	BURTON NH PROPERTY, L.L.C.

 

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	 	CAMAS ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	CHAMPAIGN WILLIAMSON FRANKLIN, L.L.C.
	 	CHARDON OHIO PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	CHATHAM AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	CLARKSTON CARE, L.L.C.
	 	COLONIAL MADISON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	COLUMBUS TEXAS AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	COLVILLE WASHINGTON PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	CRETE PLUS FIVE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	CROOKED RIVER ROAD, L.L.C.
	 	CR AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	CUYAHOGA FALLS PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	DALLAS TWO PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	DARIEN ALF PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	EAST ROLLINS STREET, L.L.C.
	 	EDGEWOOD DRIVE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	ELITE YORKVILLE, L.L.C.
	 	FALCON FOUR PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	FLORIDA ALF PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
	 	FORT STOCKTON PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	FOUR FOUNTAINS AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	GILTEX CARE, L.L.C.
	 	GONZALES TEXAS PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	GREAT BEND PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	GREENVILLE KENTUCKY PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	HHM AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	HIDDEN ACRES PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	IDAHO ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	ILLINOIS MISSOURI PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
	 	IOWA LINCOLN COUNTY PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	KARAN ASSOCIATES TWO, L.L.C.
	 	KARISSA COURT PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	KB NORTHWEST ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	KENTUCKY NH PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
	 	LOUISVILLE DUTCHMANS PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	MAGNOLIA DRIVE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	MANSFIELD AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	MASSACHUSETTS NURSING HOMES, L.L.C.
	 	MINNESOTA ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	MISHAWAKA PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	MONTEREY PARK LEASEHOLD MORTGAGE, L.L.C.
	 	MT. VERNON TEXAS, L.L.C.
	 	MURRAY COUNTY, L.L.C.
	 	MUSCATINE TOLEDO PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
	 	NEW HOPE PROPERTY, L.L.C.

 

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	 	NICHOLASVILLE KENTUCKY PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	NORTH ROYALTON OHIO PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	NORWALK ALF PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	OAKLAND NURSING HOMES, L.L.C.
	 	OCTOBER ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	OGDEN ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	OHIO AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	OHIO AVIV THREE, L.L.C.
	 	OHIO AVIV TWO, L.L.C.
	 	OHIO INDIANA PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	OKLAHOMA WARR WIND, L.L.C.
	 	OKLAHOMA TWO PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	OREGON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	OSO AVENUE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	OSTROM AVENUE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	S.C. PORTFOLIO PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	PEABODY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	PENNINGTON ROAD PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	POCATELLO IDAHO PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	PRESCOTT ARKANSAS, L.L.C.
	 	RAVENNA OHIO PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	RICHLAND WASHINGTON, L.L.C.
	 	ROCKINGHAM DRIVE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	SANTA FE MISSOURI ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	SEARCY AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	SIERRA PONDS PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	SKYVIEW ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	STAR CITY ARKANSAS, L.L.C.
	 	STEPHENVILLE TEXAS PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	TEXAS FOUR PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	TEXHOMA AVENUE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	TULARE COUNTY PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	WASHINGTON IDAHO PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	WELLINGTON LEASEHOLD, L.L.C.
	 	WEST PEARL STREET, L.L.C.
	 	WHITLOCK STREET PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	YUBA AVIV, L.L.C.

 

	 	By:	Aviv Financing II, L.L.C.
	 	 	the Sole Member of such companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	DANBURY ALF PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	RIVERSIDE NURSING HOME ASSOCIATES TWO, L.L.C.
	 	WESTERVILLE OHIO OFFICE PROPERTY, L.L.C.

 

	 	By:	Aviv Financing III, L.L.C.
	 	 	the Sole Member of such companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	AVIV LIBERTY, L.L.C.
	 	AVIV FOOTHILLS, L.L.C.
	 	CALIFORNIA AVIV TWO, L.L.C.
	 	GARDNERVILLE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	EFFINGHAM ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	ELITE MATTOON, L.L.C.
	 	KANSAS FIVE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	KARAN ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	MANOR ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	NEWTON ALF PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	OHIO PENNSYLVANIA PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	ORANGE ALF PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	POMONA VISTA L.L.C.
	 	RATON PROPERTY LIMITED COMPANY
	 	RED ROCKS, L.L.C.
	 	ROSE BALDWIN PARK PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	SALEM ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	SAN JUAN NH PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	SANDALWOOD ARKANSAS PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	SEDGWICK PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
	 	SUN-MESA PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
	 	VRB AVIV, L.L.C.
	 	WATAUGA ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	WILLIS TEXAS AVIV, L.L.C.

 

	 	By:	Aviv Financing IV, L.L.C.
	 	 	the Sole Member of such companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	 	CASA/SIERRA CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	FLORIDA FOUR PROPERTIES, L.L.C.
	 	KINGSVILLE TEXAS, L.L.C.
	 	GLENDALE NH PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	MONTANA ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
	 	ORANGE, L.L.C.
	 	PEABODY ASSOCIATES TWO, L.L.C.
	 	SEGUIN TEXAS PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	STEVENS AVENUE PROPERTY, L.L.C.
	 	TEXAS FIFTEEN PROPERTY, L.L.C.

 

	 	By:	Aviv Financing V, L.L.C.
	 	 	the Sole Member of such companies

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	CHARDON OHIO PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

 

	 	By:	Chardon Ohio Property, L.L.C.
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	FALCON FOUR PROPERTY HOLDING, L.L.C.

 

	 	By:	Falcon Four Property, L.L.C.
	 	 	the Sole Member of such company

 

	 	By:	/s/ Daniel J. Booth
	 	Name:	Daniel J. Booth
	 	Title:	Chief Operating Officer

 

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	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Administrative Agent
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Lawrence Blat
	 	Name:	Lawrence Blat
	 	Title:	Authorized Signatory

 

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	LENDERS:	 
	 	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,

as a Lender

 

	 	By:	/s/ Scott O. Connell
	 	Name:	Scott O. Connell
	 	Title:	Director

 

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	 	CAPITAL ONE, N.A., as a Lender

 

	 	By:	/s/ Scott Rossbach
	 	Name:	Scott Rossbach
	 	Title:	Director

 

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	 	UMB BANK, N.A., as a Lender

 

	 	By:	/s/ Cory Miller
	 	Name:	Cory Miller
	 	Title:	Vice President

 

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	 	REGIONS BANK, as a Lender

 

	 	By:	/s/ Steven W. Mitchell
	 	Name:	Steven W. Mitchell
	 	Title:	Senior Vice President

 

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	 	MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST AND BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender

 

	 	By:	/s/ Tatsuo Wakabayashi
	 	Name:	 Tatsuo Wakabayashi
	 	Title:	President and CEO

 

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	 	TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK, LTD., SEATTLE BRANCH, as a Lender

 

	 	By:	/s/ Cheng-Pin Chou
	 	Name:	Cheng-Pin Chou
	 	Title:	VP & General Manager

 

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	 	BOKF, N.A. DBA BANK OF TEXAS, as a Lender

 

	 	By:	/s/ Bianca Andujo
	 	Name:	 Bianca Andujo
	 	Title:	Senior Vice President

 

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	 	CTBC BANK CO., LTD. NEW YORK BRANCH,
	 	as a Lender

 

	 	By:	/s/ Ralph Wu
	 	Name:	Ralph Wu
	 	Title:	Senior Vice President  & Branch General Manager

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

LENDERS
AND COMMITMENTS

 

See Attached

 

	Lender	Term Loan

Commitment	Term Loan

Commitment

Percentage
	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.	$75,000,000	30.000000000%
	Capital One, National Association	$75,000,000	30.000000000%
	UMB Bank, N.A.	$25,000,000	10.000000000%
	Regions Bank	$25,000,000	10.000000000%
	Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation	$20,000,000	8.000000000%
	Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Ltd. Seattle Branch	$15,000,000	6.000000000%
	BOKF, N.A. dba Bank of Texas	$7,500,000	3.000000000%
	CTBC Bank Co., Ltd., New York Branch	$7,500,000	3.000000000%
	Total:	$250,000,000.00	100.000000000%

 

     

     

    

 

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CORPORATE STRUCTURE; CAPITAL STOCK

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

 

     

     

    

 

Schedule 5.20 

 

CONSOLIDATED PARTIES

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

Subsidiary List

As of December 14, 2015

 

		noteS:	(1)  this chart is cross-referenced with the organizational chart, doc.
#6406314.

(2)  thIS
chart is sorted in alphabetical order and assigned the chart reference nO. listed in column 6.

(3)  Unless
otherwise noted in Column 7, Comment(s), the subsidIary is a guarantor subsidiary.

 

	 	Subsidiary Name	FEIN	Home

State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	1.	1040 Wedding Ford Road, LLC	61-1573457	Arkansas	---	270	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	2.	1101 Waterwell Road, LLC	61-1573458	Arkansas	---	269	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	3.	1149 & 1151 West New Hope Road, LLC	61-1573459	Arkansas	---	272	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	4.	115 Orendorff Avenue, LLC	61-1573450	Arkansas	---	274	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	5.	11900 East Artesia Boulevard, LLC	90-0266391	California	---	323	 
	6.	1194 North Chester Street, LLC 	61-1573460	Arkansas	---	271	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	7.	1200 Ely Street Holdings Co. LLC	26-3524594	Michigan	---	278	 
	8.	13922 Cerise Avenue, LLC	71-0976970	California	---	314	 
	9.	1401 Park Avenue, LLC	61-1573464	Arkansas	---	273	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	10.	1628 B Street, LLC	30-0482286	California	---	320	 
	11.	202 Tims Avenue, LLC 	61-1573452	Arkansas	---	275	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	12.	228 Pointer Trail West, LLC	61-1573453	Arkansas	---	267	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	13.	2400 Parkside Drive, LLC	30-0482288	California	---	321	 
	14.	2425 Teller Avenue, LLC	20-5672217	Colorado	---	279	 
	15.	245 East Wilshire Avenue, LLC 	90-0266386	California	---	313	 
	16.	2701 Twin Rivers Drive, LLC	61-1573466	Arkansas	---	266	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	17.	305 West End Avenue Property, L.L.C.	None	Delaware	---	425	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	18.	3232 Artesia Real Estate, LLC	65-1232714	California	---	322	 
	19.	3600 Richards Road, LLC	61-1573467	Arkansas	---	268	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	20.	3806 Clayton Road, LLC	90-0266403	California	---	312	 

 

     

     

    

 

	 	Subsidiary Name	FEIN	Home

State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	21.	42235 County Road Holdings Co. LLC	83-0500167	Michigan	---	281	 
	22.	446 Sycamore Road, L.L.C.	32-0380782	Delaware	CA	426	 
	23.	48 High Point Road, LLC	27-2498824	Maryland	Florida	282	 
	24.	523 Hayes Lane, LLC	45-1777721	California	---	316	 
	25.	637 East Romie Lane, LLC	90-0266404	California	---	315	 
	26.	700 Mark Drive, LLC	61-1573454	Arkansas	---	277	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	27.	900 Magnolia Road SW, LLC	61-1573456	Arkansas	---	276	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	28.	Alamogordo Aviv, L.L.C.	27-0123540	New Mexico	---	427	 
	29.	Albany Street Property, L.L.C.	61-1754256	Delaware	OH	428	 
	30.	Arizona Lessor - Infinia, LLC	32-0008074	Maryland	AZ	1	 
	31.	Arkansas Aviv, L.L.C.	30-0509615	Delaware	AR	429	 
	32.	Arma Yates, L.L.C.	27-3971035	Delaware	KS	430	 
	33.	Avery Street Property, L.L.C	36-4775490	Delaware	FL	431	 
	34.	Aviv Asset Management, L.L.C.	30-0305067	Delaware	IL	432	 
	35.	Aviv Financing I, L.L.C.	11-3747125	Delaware	IL, MA	433	 
	36.	Aviv Financing II, L.L.C.	36-4597042	Delaware	---	434	 
	37.	Aviv Financing III, L.L.C.	36-4641210	Delaware	---	435	 
	38.	Aviv Financing IV, L.L.C.	27-0836481	Delaware	---	436	 
	39.	Aviv Financing V, L.L.C.	27-0836548	Delaware	---	437	 
	40.	Aviv Financing VI, L.L.C.	61-1749036	Delaware	---	438	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	41.	Aviv Foothills, L.L.C.	36-4572035	Delaware	AZ	439	 
	42.	Aviv Healthcare Properties Operating Partnership I, L.P.	11-3747120	Delaware	IL, MA	441	 
	43.	Aviv Liberty, L.L.C.	36-4572034	Delaware	TX	442	 
	44.	Aviv OP Limited Partner, L.L.C.	27-3474432	Delaware	---	443	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	45.	Avon Ohio, L.L.C.	36-4601433	Delaware	OH	444	 
	46.	Bala Cynwyd Real Estate, LP 	27-1726563	Pennsylvania	---	413	 
	47.	Bayside Colorado Healthcare Associates, LLC	38-3517837	Colorado	---	6	 
	48.	Bayside Street II, LLC	38-3519969	Delaware	---	9	 
	49.	Bayside Street, LLC	38-3160026	Maryland	---	10	 
	50.	Belleville Illinois, L.L.C.	32-0188341	Delaware	IL	445	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	51.	Bellingham II Associates, L.L.C.	11-3747130	Delaware	WA	446	 
	52.	Bethel ALF Property, L.L.C.	36-4759871	Delaware	CT	447	 
	53.	BHG Aviv, L.L.C.	36-4601432	Delaware	MA, PA	448	 
	54.	Biglerville Road, L.L.C.	35-2410897	Delaware	PA	449	 
	55.	Bonham Texas, L.L.C.	30-0358809	Delaware	TX	450	 
	56.	Bradenton ALF Property, L.L.C.	45-4444919	Delaware	FL	451	 
	57.	Brewster ALF Property, L.L.C.	46-5485524	Delaware	MA	452	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	58.	Burton NH Property, L.L.C.	11-3714506	Delaware	WA	453	 
	59.	California Aviv Two, L.L.C.	26-4117080	Delaware	CA, NV	454	 
	60.	California Aviv, L.L.C.	38-3786697	Delaware	CA, WA, OR	455	 
	61.	Camas Associates, L.L.C.	36-4340182	Delaware	WA	456	 
	62.	Canton Health Care Land, LLC	20-1914579	Ohio	---	11	 
	63.	Carnegie Gardens LLC	20-2442381	Delaware	FL	12	 
	64.	Casa/Sierra California Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572017	Delaware	CA	457	 
	65.	CFG 2115 Woodstock Place LLC	26-1123970	Delaware	WI	280	 
	66.	Champaign Williamson Franklin, L.L.C.	36-4769741	Delaware	IL	458	 
	67.	Chardon Ohio Property Holdings, L.L.C.	37-1762860	Delaware	OH	459	 
	68.	Chardon Ohio Property, L.L.C.	61-1722650	Delaware	---	460	 
	69.	Chatham Aviv, L.L.C.	27-0354315	Delaware	PA	461	 
	70.	Chenal Arkansas, L.L.C.	04-3835270	Delaware	AR	462	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	71.	Chippewa Valley, L.L.C.	36-4065826	Illinois	MI, WI	463	 
	72.	CHR Bartow LLC	26-3708257	Delaware	FL	218	 
	73.	CHR Boca Raton LLC	26-3709390	Delaware	FL	219	 
	74.	CHR Bradenton LLC	26-3710605	Delaware	FL	220	 
	75.	CHR Cape Coral LLC	26-3710052	Delaware	FL	221	 
	76.	CHR Clearwater Highland LLC	26-3709760	Delaware	FL	222	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	77.	CHR Clearwater LLC	26-3708420	Delaware	FL	223	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	78.	CHR Deland East LLC	26-3709095	Delaware	FL	224	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	79.	CHR Deland West LLC	26-3709165	Delaware	FL	225	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	80.	CHR Fort Myers LLC	26-3710399	Delaware	FL	226	 
	81.	CHR Fort Walton Beach LLC	26-3708663	Delaware	FL	227	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	82.	CHR Gulfport LLC	26-3710452	Delaware	FL	228	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	83.	CHR Hudson LLC	26-3709991	Delaware	FL	229	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	84.	CHR Lake Wales LLC	26-3708893	Delaware	FL	230	 
	85.	CHR Lakeland LLC	26-3708735	Delaware	FL	231	 
	86.	CHR Panama City LLC	26-3708524	Delaware	FL	232	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	87.	CHR Pompano Beach Broward LLC	26-3710220	Delaware	FL	233	 
	88.	CHR Pompano Beach LLC	26-3709856	Delaware	FL	234	 
	89.	CHR Sanford LLC	26-3709701	Delaware	FL	235	 
	90.	CHR Sarasota LLC	26-3710347	Delaware	FL	236	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	91.	CHR Spring Hill LLC	26-3709633	Delaware	FL	237	 
	92.	CHR St. Pete Abbey LLC	26-3709327	Delaware	FL	238	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	93.	CHR St. Pete Bay LLC	26-3709236	Delaware	FL	239	 
	94.	CHR St. Pete Egret LLC	26-3708588	Delaware	FL	240	 
	95.	CHR Tampa Carrollwood LLC	26-3709502	Delaware	FL	241	 
	96.	CHR Tampa LLC	26-3710161	Delaware	FL	242	 
	97.	CHR Tarpon Springs LLC	26-3708823	Delaware	FL	243	 
	98.	CHR Titusville LLC	26-3709919	Delaware	FL	244	 
	99.	CHR West Palm Beach LLC	26-3710287	Delaware	FL	245	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	100.	Clarkston Care, L.L.C.	76-0802028	Delaware	WA	464	 
	101.	Clayton Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572014	New Mexico	---	465	 
	102.	Colonial Gardens, LLC 	26-0110549	Ohio	---	15	 
	103.	Colonial Madison Associates, L.L.C.	38-3741678	Delaware	WI	466	 
	104.	Colorado Lessor - Conifer, LLC	32-0008069	Maryland	CO	16	 
	105.	Columbus Texas Aviv, L.L.C.	38-3735473	Delaware	TX	467	 
	106.	Columbus Western Avenue, L.L.C.	71-0960205	Delaware	WI	468	 
	107.	Colville Washington Property, L.L.C.	35-2521805	Delaware	WA	469	 
	108.	Commerce Nursing Homes, L.L.C.	36-4122632	Illinois	TX	470	 
	109.	Commerce Sterling Hart Drive, L.L.C.	27-5458991	Delaware	TX	471	 
	110.	Conroe Rigby Owen Road, L.L.C.	27-5458820	Delaware	TX	472	 
	111.	CR Aviv, L.L.C.	20-5354773	Delaware	IL, MO	473	 
	112.	Crete Plus Five Property, L.L.C.	30-0855110	Delaware	NE	474	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	113.	Crooked River Road, L.L.C.	27-5081057	Delaware	FL	475	 
	114.	CSE Albany LLC	20-5885886	Delaware	KY	149	 
	115.	CSE Amarillo LLC	20-5862752	Delaware	TX	150	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Amarillo LLC
	116.	CSE Arden L.P.	20-5888680	Delaware	NC	151	 
	117.	CSE Augusta LLC	20-5885921	Delaware	KY	152	 
	118.	CSE Bedford LLC	20-5886082	Delaware	KY	153	 
	119.	CSE Blountville LLC	20-8295288	Delaware	TN	19	 
	120.	CSE Bolivar LLC	20-8295024	Delaware	TN	20	 
	121.	CSE Cambridge LLC	20-5886976	Delaware	MD	154	 
	122.	CSE Cambridge Realty LLC	20-5959318	Delaware	MD	155	 
	123.	CSE Camden LLC	20-8295066	Delaware	TN	21	 
	124.	CSE Canton LLC	20-5887312	Delaware	OH	156	 
	125.	CSE Casablanca Holdings II LLC	26-0595183	Delaware	---	158	 
	126.	CSE Casablanca Holdings LLC	20-8724466	Delaware	---	157	 
	127.	CSE Cedar Rapids LLC	20-5884941	Delaware	IA	159	 
	128.	CSE Centennial Village, LP	20-6974959	Delaware	PA	22	 
	129.	CSE Chelmsford LLC	20-5920451	Delaware	MA	160	 
	130.	CSE Chesterton LLC	20-5885195	Delaware	IN	161	 
	131.	CSE Claremont LLC	20-5883891	Delaware	CA	162	CA d/b/a:  CapitalSource Claremont LLC
	132.	CSE Corpus North LLC	20-5186415	Delaware	TX	23	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Corpus North LLC
	133.	CSE Denver Iliff LLC	20-8037772	Delaware	CO	25	 
	134.	CSE Denver LLC	20-5884311	Delaware	CO	163	 
	135.	CSE Douglas LLC	20-5883761	Delaware	AZ	164	 
	136.	CSE Elkton LLC	20-5887006	Delaware	MD	166	 
	137.	CSE Elkton Realty LLC	20-5959253	Delaware	MD	167	 
	138.	CSE Fairhaven LLC	20-8281491	Delaware	MA	26	 
	139.	CSE Fort Wayne LLC	20-5885125	Delaware	IN	168	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	140.	CSE Frankston LLC	20-5862947	Delaware	TX	169	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Frankston LLC
	141.	CSE Georgetown LLC	20-5886126	Delaware	KY	170	 
	142.	CSE Green Bay LLC	20-5888029	Delaware	WI	171	 
	143.	CSE Hilliard LLC	20-5887347	Delaware	OH	172	 
	144.	CSE Huntingdon LLC	20-8295191	Delaware	TN	27	 
	145.	CSE Huntsville LLC	20-5887764	Delaware	TN	173	 
	146.	CSE Indianapolis-Continental LLC	20-5885046	Delaware	IN	174	 
	147.	CSE Indianapolis-Greenbriar LLC	20-5885096	Delaware	IN	175	 
	148.	CSE Jacinto City LLC	20-5186519	Delaware	TX	28	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Jacinto City LLC
	149.	CSE Jefferson City LLC	20-8295101	Delaware	TN	29	 
	150.	CSE Jeffersonville-Hillcrest Center LLC	20-5885261	Delaware	IN	176	 
	151.	CSE Jeffersonville-Jennings House LLC	20-5885346	Delaware	IN	177	 
	152.	CSE Kerrville LLC	20-8684872	Delaware	TX	30	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Kerrville LLC
	153.	CSE King L.P.	20-5888725	Delaware	NC	178	 
	154.	CSE Kingsport LLC	20-5887736	Delaware	TN	179	 
	155.	CSE Knightdale L.P.	20-5888653	Delaware	NC	180	 
	156.	CSE Lake City LLC	20-5863259	Delaware	FL	181	 
	157.	CSE Lake Worth LLC	20-5863173	Delaware	FL	182	 
	158.	CSE Lakewood LLC	20-5884352	Delaware	CO	183	 
	159.	CSE Las Vegas LLC	20-5887216	Delaware	NM	184	 
	160.	CSE Lawrenceburg LLC	20-5887802	Delaware	TN	185	 
	161.	CSE Lenoir L.P.	20-5888528	Delaware	NC	186	 
	162.	CSE Lexington Park LLC	20-5886951	Delaware	MD	187	 
	163.	CSE Lexington Park Realty LLC	20-5959280	Delaware	MD	188	 
	164.	CSE Ligonier LLC	20-5885484	Delaware	IN	189	 
	165.	CSE Live Oak LLC	20-5863086	Delaware	FL	190	 
	166.	CSE Lowell LLC	20-5885381	Delaware	IN	192	 
	167.	CSE Marianna Holdings LLC	20-1411422	Delaware	FL	31	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	168.	CSE Memphis LLC	20-8295130 	Delaware	TN	32	 
	169.	CSE Mobile LLC	20-5883572	Delaware	---	193	 
	170.	CSE Moore LLC	20-5887574	Delaware	OK	194	 
	171.	CSE North Carolina Holdings I LLC	20-5888397	Delaware	---	195	 
	172.	CSE North Carolina Holdings II LLC	20-5888430	Delaware	---	196	 
	173.	CSE Omro LLC	20-5887998	Delaware	WI	197	 
	174.	CSE Orange Park LLC	20-5863371	Delaware	FL	198	 
	175.	CSE Orlando-Pinar Terrace Manor LLC	20-5863043	Delaware	FL	199	 
	176.	CSE Orlando-Terra Vista Rehab LLC	20-5863223	Delaware	FL	200	 
	177.	CSE Pennsylvania Holdings, LP	20-6974946	Delaware	---	33	 
	178.	CSE Piggott LLC	20-5883659	Delaware	AR	201	 
	179.	CSE Pilot Point LLC	20-5862827	Delaware	TX	202	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Pilot Point LLC
	180.	CSE Pine View LLC	20-5398686	Delaware	MS	246	 
	181.	CSE Ponca City LLC	20-5887495	Delaware	OK	203	 
	182.	CSE Port St. Lucie LLC	20-5863294	Delaware	FL	204	 
	183.	CSE Richmond LLC	20-5885427	Delaware	IN	205	 
	184.	CSE Ripley LLC	20-8295238	Delaware	TN	34	 
	185.	CSE Ripon LLC	26-0480886	Delaware	WI	35	 
	186.	CSE Safford LLC	20-5883807	Delaware	AZ	206	 
	187.	CSE Salina LLC	20-5885669	Delaware	KS	207	 
	188.	CSE Seminole LLC	20-5887615	Delaware	OK	208	 
	189.	CSE Shawnee LLC	20-5887524	Delaware	OK	209	 
	190.	CSE Spring Branch LLC	20-5186484	Delaware	TX	36	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Spring Branch LLC
	191.	CSE Stillwater LLC	20-5887548	Delaware	OK	210	 
	192.	CSE Taylorsville LLC	20-5886196	Delaware	KY	211	 
	193.	CSE Texarkana LLC	20-5862880	Delaware	TX	37	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Texarkana LLC
	194.	CSE Texas City LLC	20-5862791	Delaware	TX	212	TX d/b/a:  CapitalSource Texas City LLC

 

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	 	Subsidiary Name	FEIN	Home

State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	195.	CSE The Village LLC	20-5186550	Delaware	TX	38	 
	196.	CSE Upland LLC	20-5891148	Delaware	IN	213	 
	197.	CSE Walnut Cove L.P.	20-5888502	Delaware	NC	214	 
	198.	CSE West Point LLC	20-5887119	Delaware	MS	39	 
	199.	CSE Whitehouse LLC	20-8294979	Delaware	OH	40	 
	200.	CSE Williamsport LLC	26-0480953	Delaware	IN	41	 
	201.	CSE Winter Haven LLC	20-5863327	Delaware	FL	215	 
	202.	CSE Woodfin L.P.	20-5888619	Delaware	NC	216	 
	203.	CSE Yorktown LLC	20-5885163	Delaware	IN	217	 
	204.	Cuyahoga Falls Property II, L.L.C.	38-3937172	Delaware	OH	476	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	205.	Cuyahoga Falls Property, L.L.C.	35-2419468	Delaware	OH	477	 
	206.	Dallas Two Property, L.L.C. 	61-1746734	Delaware	TX	478	 
	207.	Danbury ALF Property, L.L.C.	27-4083747	Delaware	CT	479	 
	208.	Darien ALF Property, L.L.C.	30-0694838	Delaware	CT	480	 
	209.	Deerfield Class B, L.L.C.	None	Delaware	---	481	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	210.	Delta Investors I, LLC	54-2112455	Maryland	CA, ID, MA, OH, WV	43	 
	211.	Delta Investors II, LLC	54-2112456	Maryland	CA, NC, OH, WA, WV	44	 
	212.	Denison Texas, L.L.C.	32-0173170	Delaware	TX	482	 
	213.	Desert Lane LLC	20-3098022	Delaware	NV	45	 
	214.	Dixie White House Nursing Home, LLC	59-3738671	Mississippi	---	247	 
	215.	Dixon Health Care Center, LLC	34-1509772	Ohio	---	46	 
	216.	DWC Finance, L.L.C.	47-2256374	Delaware	---	483	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	217.	East Rollins Street, L.L.C.	38-3838004	Delaware	MO	484	 
	218.	Edgewood Drive Property, L.L.C.	32-0405276	Delaware	IN	485	 
	219.	Effingham Associates, L.L.C.	36-4150491	Illinois	---	486	 
	220.	Elite Mattoon, L.L.C.	36-4454111	Delaware	IL	487	 
	221.	Elite Yorkville, L.L.C.	36-4454114	Delaware	IL	488	 
	222.	Encanto Senior Care, LLC	20-1669755	Arizona	---	308	 
	223.	Falcon Four Property Holding, L.L.C.	46-3986352	Delaware	OH	489	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	224.	Falcon Four Property, L.L.C.	30-0794160	Delaware	---	490	 
	225.	Falfurrias Texas, L.L.C.	61-1501714	Delaware	TX	491	 
	226.	Financing VI Healthcare Property, L.L.C.	61-1749036	Delaware	OH, IN, MI, NC, VA	492	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	227.	Florida ALF Properties, L.L.C.	32-0417622	Delaware	FL	493	 
	228.	Florida Four Properties, L.L.C.	35-2456486	Delaware	FL	494	 
	229.	Florida Lessor – Meadowview, LLC	56-2398721	Maryland	FL	50	 
	230.	Florida Real Estate Company, LLC	20-1458431	Florida	---	51	 
	231.	Fort Stockton Property, L.L.C.	38-3918639	Delaware	TX	495	 
	232.	Fountain Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572016	Delaware	AZ	496	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	233.	Four Fountains Aviv, L.L.C.	36-4601434	Delaware	IL	497	 
	234.	Fredericksburg South Adams Street, L.L.C.	27-5459311	Delaware	TX	498	 
	235.	Freewater Oregon, L.L.C.	36-2280966	Delaware	OR	499	 
	236.	Fullerton California, L.L.C.	36-4480527	Delaware	CA	500	 
	237.	G&L Gardens, LLC	95-4639695	Arizona	---	309	 
	238.	Gardnerville Property, L.L.C.	37-1657201	Delaware	NV	501	 
	239.	Georgia Lessor - Bonterra/Parkview, LLC	16-1650494	Maryland	GA	52	 
	240.	Germantown Property, L.L.C.	45-4444655	Delaware	OH	502	 
	241.	Giltex Care, L.L.C.	36-4572036	Delaware	TX	503	 
	242.	Glendale NH Property, L.L.C.	61-1686455	Delaware	WI	504	 
	243.	Golden Hill Real Estate Company, LLC	71-0976967	California	---	324	 
	244.	Gonzales Texas Property, L.L.C.	32-0403901	Delaware	TX	505	 
	245.	Great Bend Property, L.L.C.	27-3971138	Delaware	KS	506	 
	246.	Greenbough, LLC	27-0258266	Delaware	MS	53	MS d/b/a:  Greenbough Nursing Home LLC
	247.	Greenville Kentucky Property, L.L.C.	30-0838127	Delaware	KY	507	 
	248.	Heritage Monterey Associates, L.L.C.	36-4056688	Illinois	CA	508	 
	249.	HHM Aviv, L.L.C.	32-0205746	Delaware	TX	509	 
	250.	Hidden Acres Property, L.L.C.	27-2457250	Delaware	TN	510	 
	251.	Highland Leasehold, L.L.C.	20-2873499	Delaware	IL	511	 
	252.	Hobbs Associates, L.L.C.	36-4177337	Illinois	NM	512	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	253.	Hot Springs Atrium Owner, LLC 	47-1359052	Delaware	AR	414	 
	254.	Hot Springs Aviv, L.L.C.	30-0470700	Delaware	AR	513	 
	255.	Hot Springs Cottages Owner, LLC 	47-1371567	Delaware	AR	415	 
	256.	Hot Springs Marina Owner, LLC 	47-1461931	Delaware	AR	416	 
	257.	Houston Texas Aviv, L.L.C.	36-4587739	Delaware	TX	514	 
	258.	Hutchinson Kansas, L.L.C.	51-0559326	Delaware	KS	515	 
	259.	Hutton I Land, LLC 	20-1914403	Ohio	---	57	 
	260.	Hutton II Land, LLC	20-1914470	Ohio	---	58	 
	261.	Hutton III Land, LLC	20-1914529	Ohio	---	59	 
	262.	Idaho Associates, L.L.C.	36-4114446	Illinois	ID	516	 
	263.	Illinois Missouri Properties, L.L.C.	35-2520792	Delaware	IL, MO	517	 
	264.	Indiana Lessor – Wellington Manor, LLC	32-0008064	Maryland	IN	61	 
	265.	Iowa Lincoln County Property, L.L.C.	45-4445450	Delaware	IA. NE	518	 
	266.	Jasper Springhill Street, L.L.C.	27-5458704	Delaware	TX	519	 
	267.	Kansas Five Property, L.L.C.	36-1647542	Delaware	KS	520	 
	268.	Karan Associates Two, L.L.C.	61-1514965	Delaware	TX	521	 
	269.	Karan Associates, L.L.C.	11-3747208	Delaware	TX	522	 
	270.	Karissa Court Property, L.L.C.	38-3923400	Delaware	TX	523	 
	271.	KB Northwest Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572025	Delaware	WA	524	 
	272.	Kentucky NH Properties, L.L.C.	61-1730147	Delaware	KY	525	 
	273.	Kingsville Texas, L.L.C.	37-1522939	Delaware	TX	526	 
	274.	LAD I Real Estate Company, LLC	20-1454154	Delaware	FL	63	 
	275.	Leatherman 90-1, LLC	20-1914625	Ohio	---	65	 
	276.	Leatherman Partnership 89-1, LLC	34-1656489	Ohio	---	66	 
	277.	Leatherman Partnership 89-2, LLC	34-1656491	Ohio	---	67	 
	278.	Louisville Dutchmans Property, L.L.C.	61-1715555	Delaware	KY	527	 
	279.	Magnolia Drive Property, L.L.C.	30-0793756	Delaware	TX	528	 
	280.	Manor Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572020	Delaware	TX	529	 
	281.	Mansfield Aviv, L.L.C.	32-0183852	Delaware	OH	530	 
	282.	Massachusetts Nursing Homes, L.L.C.	20-2873416	Delaware	MA	531	 
	283.	McCarthy Street Property, L.L.C.	38-3855495	Delaware	PA	532	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	284.	Meridian Arms Land, LLC	20-1914864	Ohio	---	73	 
	285.	Minnesota Associates, L.L.C.	36-4469552	Delaware	MN	533	 
	286.	Mishawaka Property, L.L.C.	36-4734067	Delaware	IN	534	 
	287.	Missouri Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572033	Delaware	MO, TX	535	 
	288.	Missouri Regency Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572031	Delaware	MO	536	 
	289.	Montana Associates, L.L.C.	36-4149849	Illinois	MT	537	 
	290.	Monterey Park Leasehold Mortgage, L.L.C.	32-0267202	Delaware	CA	538	 
	291.	Mount Washington Property, L.L.C.	45-5010153	Delaware	WI	539	 
	292.	Mt. Vernon Texas, L.L.C.	35-2270167	Delaware	TX	540	 
	293.	Murray County, L.L.C.	36-4708756	Delaware	MA, OK	541	 
	294.	Muscatine Toledo Properties, L.L.C.	36-4777497	Delaware	IA	542	 
	295.	N.M.
    Bloomfield Three Plus One Limited Company	74-2748292	New Mexico	---	543	 
	296.	N.M. Espanola Three Plus One Limited Company	74-2748289	New Mexico	---	544	 
	297.	N.M. Lordsburg Three Plus One Limited Company	74-2748286	New Mexico	---	545	 
	298.	N.M. Silver City Three Plus One Limited Company	74-2748283	New Mexico	---	546	 
	299.	New Hope Property, L.L.C.	61-1720871	Delaware	MN	547	 
	300.	Newtown ALF Property, L.L.C.	27-4083571	Delaware	CT	548	 
	301.	Nicholasville
Kentucky Property, L.L.C.	46-5411821	Delaware	KY	549	 
	302.	North Las Vegas LLC	20-3098036	Delaware	NV	74	NV d/b/a:  CSE North Las Vegas LLC
	303.	North Royalton Ohio Property, L.L.C.	37-1729308	Delaware	OH	550	 
	304.	Norwalk ALF Property, L.L.C.	27-4083805	Delaware	CT	551	 
	305.	NRS Ventures, L.L.C.	38-4236118	Delaware	FL, GA, KY, TN	75	 
	306.	Oakland Nursing Homes, L.L.C.	36-4572018	Delaware	CA	552	 
	307.	Ocean Springs Nursing Home, LLC	58-2635823	Mississippi	---	248	 
	308.	October Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572030	Delaware	TX	553	 
	309.	Ogden Associates, L.L.C.	36-4412291	Delaware	UT	554	 
	310.	OHI (Connecticut) , LLC	06-1552120 	Connecticut	NH, VT, WV	77	 
	311.	OHI (Illinois), LLC	47-3264182	Illinois	IN	423	 
	312.	OHI (Indiana) , LLC	38-3568359	Indiana	OH	80	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	313.	OHI (Iowa) , LLC	38-3377918	Iowa	MD	81	 
	314.	OHI Anglia Care Ltd (f/k/a Anglia Care Limited)	98-1239899	UK Reg. No.: 01375652	---	633	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	315.	OHI Asset (AR) Ash Flat, LLC	46-3670959	Delaware	AR	326	 
	316.	OHI Asset (AR) Camden, LLC	46-3672608	Delaware	AR	327	 
	317.	OHI Asset (AR) Conway, LLC	61-1721332	Delaware	AR	328	 
	318.	OHI Asset (AR) Des Arc, LLC	46-3691025	Delaware	AR	329	 
	319.	OHI Asset (AR) Hot Springs, LLC	80-0951655	Delaware	AR	330	 
	320.	OHI Asset (AR) Malvern, LLC	46-3719491	Delaware	AR	332	 
	321.	OHI Asset (AR) Mena, LLC	38-3915930	Delaware	AR	331	 
	322.	OHI Asset (AR) Pocahontas, LLC	46-3728913	Delaware	AR	333	 
	323.	OHI Asset (AR) Sheridan, LLC	46-3739623	Delaware	AR	334	 
	324.	OHI Asset (AR) Walnut Ridge, LLC	46-3751920	Delaware	AR	335	 
	325.	OHI Asset (AZ) Austin House, LLC	46-4385050	Delaware	---	400	 
	326.	OHI
    Asset (AZ) Tucson, LLC	35-2546755	Delaware	---	650	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	327.	OHI Asset (CA), LLC	04-3759925	Delaware	CA	83	 
	328.	OHI Asset (CO), LLC	84-1706510	Delaware	CO, ID	84	 
	329.	OHI Asset (CT) Lender, LLC	75-3205111	Delaware	NH, RI, MA	86	 
	330.	OHI Asset (FL) Eustis, LLC	61-1773617	Delaware	FL	646	 
	331.	OHI Asset (FL) Lake Placid, LLC	46-3827043	Delaware	FL	337	 
	332.	OHI Asset (FL) Lender, LLC	27-4450390	Delaware	---	258	 
	333.	OHI Asset (FL) Lutz, LLC	30-0858827	Delaware	Florida	424	 
	334.	OHI Asset (FL) Pasco, LLC	N/A	Delaware	---	645	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	335.	OHI Asset (FL) Pensacola - Hillview, LLC	36-4821441	Delaware	FL	647	 
	336.	OHI Asset (FL) Pensacola, LLC 	35-2541006	Delaware	---	641	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	337.	OHI Asset (FL), LLC	13-4225158	Delaware	FL, NM	87	 
	338.	OHI Asset (GA) Dunwoody, LLC	30-0869546	Delaware	GA	623	 
	339.	OHI Asset (GA) Macon, LLC	47-1027224	Delaware	---	401	 
	340.	OHI Asset (GA) Moultrie, LLC	46-4254981	Delaware	GA	342	 
	341.	OHI Asset (GA) Roswell, LLC	36-4808609	Delaware	GA	624	 
	342.	OHI Asset (GA) Snellville, LLC	46-4259685	Delaware	GA	343	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	343.	OHI Asset (ID) Holly, LLC	46-4268973	Delaware	ID	344	 
	344.	OHI Asset (ID) Midland, LLC	46-4279515	Delaware	ID	345	 
	345.	OHI Asset (ID), LLC	04-3759931	Delaware	ID	88	 
	346.	OHI Asset (IL), LLC	14-1951802	Delaware	IL	89	 
	347.	OHI Asset (IN) American Village, LLC	46-0985915	Delaware	IN	289	 
	348.	OHI Asset (IN) Anderson, LLC	46-0989235	Delaware	IN	292	 
	349.	OHI Asset (IN) Beech Grove, LLC	46-1000956	Delaware	IN	290	 
	350.	OHI Asset (IN) Clarksville, LLC	46-1011127	Delaware	IN	299	 
	351.	OHI Asset (IN) Clinton, LLC	46-4095764	Delaware	IN	338	 
	352.	OHI Asset (IN) Connersville, LLC	46-4289202	Delaware	IN	346	 
	353.	OHI Asset (IN) Crown Point, LLC	46-1738072	Delaware	IN	319	 
	354.	OHI Asset (IN) Eagle Valley, LLC	46-1021612	Delaware	IN	291	 
	355.	OHI Asset (IN) Elkhart, LLC	46-1035197	Delaware	IN	298	 
	356.	OHI Asset (IN) Forest Creek, LLC	46-1040435	Delaware	IN	293	 
	357.	OHI Asset (IN) Fort Wayne, LLC	46-1050897	Delaware	IN	295	 
	358.	OHI Asset (IN) Franklin, LLC	46-1062818	Delaware	IN	294	 
	359.	OHI Asset (IN) Greensburg, LLC	38-3879137	Delaware	---	287	 
	360.	OHI Asset (IN) Indianapolis, LLC	36-4736441	Delaware	---	288	 
	361.	OHI Asset (IN) Jasper, LLC	46-4100999	Delaware	IN	339	 
	362.	OHI Asset (IN) Kokomo, LLC	46-1071289	Delaware	IN	297	 
	363.	OHI Asset (IN) Lafayette, LLC	46-1085161	Delaware	IN	302	 
	364.	OHI Asset (IN) Madison, LLC	46-1745924	Delaware	IN	318	 
	365.	OHI Asset (IN) Monticello, LLC	46-1090601	Delaware	IN	296	 
	366.	OHI Asset (IN) Noblesville, LLC	46-1103366	Delaware	IN	300	 
	367.	OHI Asset (IN) Rosewalk, LLC	46-1116285	Delaware	IN	301	 
	368.	OHI Asset (IN) Salem, LLC	46-4111473	Delaware	IN	340	 
	369.	OHI Asset (IN) Seymour, LLC	46-4133715	Delaware	IN	341	 
	370.	OHI Asset (IN) Spring Mill, LLC	46-1120573	Delaware	IN	303	 
	371.	OHI Asset (IN) Terre Haute, LLC	46-1140102	Delaware	IN	304	 
	372.	OHI Asset (IN) Wabash, LLC	38-3879151	Delaware	---	285	 
	373.	OHI Asset (IN) Westfield, LLC	32-0381277	Delaware	---	286	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	374.	OHI Asset (IN) Zionsville, LLC	46-1152307	Delaware	IN	305	 
	375.	OHI Asset (LA) Baton Rouge, LLC	37-1785874	Delaware	LA	625	 
	376.	OHI Asset (LA), LLC	04-3759935	Delaware	LA, TX	91	 
	377.	OHI Asset (MD), LLC	45-2611748	Delaware	---	260	 
	378.	OHI Asset (MI) Heather Hills, LLC	46-1515395	Delaware	MI	317	 
	379.	OHI Asset (MI), LLC	27-3378345	Delaware	---	257	 
	380.	OHI Asset (MO), LLC	04-3759939	Delaware	MO	93	 
	381.	OHI Asset (MS) Byhalia, LLC	46-4298734	Delaware	MS	347	 
	382.	OHI Asset (MS) Cleveland, LLC	36-4774986	Delaware	MS	348	 
	383.	OHI Asset (MS) Clinton, LLC	80-0965657	Delaware	MS	349	 
	384.	OHI Asset (MS) Columbia, LLC	46-4340609	Delaware	MS	350	 
	385.	OHI Asset (MS) Corinth, LLC	46-4351222	Delaware	MS	351	 
	386.	OHI Asset (MS) Greenwood, LLC	46-4361245	Delaware	MS	352	 
	387.	OHI Asset (MS) Grenada, LLC	46-4376223	Delaware	MS	353	 
	388.	OHI Asset (MS) Holly Springs, LLC	38-3921178	Delaware	MS	354	 
	389.	OHI Asset (MS) Indianola, LLC	90-1036275	Delaware	MS	355	 
	390.	OHI Asset (MS) Natchez, LLC	46-4384987	Delaware	MS	356	 
	391.	OHI Asset (MS) Picayune, LLC	90-1036523	Delaware	MS	357	 
	392.	OHI Asset (MS) Vicksburg, LLC	90-1036559	Delaware	MS	358	 
	393.	OHI Asset (MS) Yazoo City, LLC	38-3921461	Delaware	MS	359	 
	394.	OHI Asset (NC) Wadesboro, LLC	35-2492230	Delaware	NC	360	 
	395.	OHI Asset (NY) 2nd Avenue, LLC	30-0874937	Delaware	NY	626	 
	396.	OHI Asset (NY) 93rd Street, LLC	32-0470120	Delaware	NY	640	 
	397.	OHI Asset (OH) Lender, LLC	51-0529744	Delaware	---	94	 
	398.	OHI Asset (OH), LLC	04-3759938	Delaware	OH, PA	96	 
	399.	OHI Asset (OR) Portland, LLC	30-0805633	Delaware	OR	361	 
	400.	OHI Asset (OR) Troutdale, LLC	47-2564223	Delaware	OR	410	 
	401.	OHI Asset (PA) GP, LLC	47-2553542	Delaware	PA	412	 
	402.	OHI Asset (PA) West Mifflin, LP	30-0852028	Delaware	PA	411	 
	403.	OHI Asset (PA), LLC	90-0137715	Delaware	OH, PA, WV	98	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	404.	OHI Asset (PA), LP	54-6643405	Maryland	OH, PA, WV	97	PA and WV dba:  Omega Healthcare Asset PA, LP
	405.	OHI Asset (SC) Aiken, LLC	46-4426281	Delaware	SC	362	 
	406.	OHI Asset (SC) Anderson, LLC	46-4455254	Delaware	SC	363	 
	407.	OHI Asset (SC) Easley Anne, LLC	46-4475177	Delaware	SC	364	 
	408.	OHI Asset (SC) Easley Crestview, LLC	46-4489507	Delaware	SC	365	 
	409.	OHI Asset (SC) Edgefield, LLC	46-4494366	Delaware	SC	366	 
	410.	OHI Asset (SC) Greenville Griffith, LLC	46-4510885	Delaware	SC	367	 
	411.	OHI Asset (SC) Greenville Laurens, LLC	46-4524387	Delaware	SC	368	 
	412.	OHI Asset (SC) Greenville North, LLC	46-4538349	Delaware	SC	369	 
	413.	OHI Asset (SC) Greenville, LLC	47-1053139	Delaware	---	402	 
	414.	OHI Asset (SC) Greer, LLC	46-4551649	Delaware	SC	370	 
	415.	OHI Asset (SC) Marietta, LLC	46-4569172	Delaware	SC	371	 
	416.	OHI Asset (SC) McCormick, LLC	46-4597938	Delaware	SC	372	 
	417.	OHI Asset (SC) Orangeburg, LLC	47-1034331	Delaware	---	403	 
	418.	OHI Asset (SC) Pickens East Cedar, LLC	46-4613823	Delaware	SC	373	 
	419.	OHI Asset (SC) Pickens Rosemond, LLC	46-4629569	Delaware	SC	374	 
	420.	OHI Asset (SC) Piedmont, LLC	46-4640288	Delaware	SC	375	 
	421.	OHI Asset (SC) Simpsonville SE Main, LLC	46-4682098	Delaware	SC	376	 
	422.	OHI Asset (SC) Simpsonville West Broad, LLC	46-4695995	Delaware	SC	377	 
	423.	OHI Asset (SC) Simpsonville West Curtis, LLC	46-4712666	Delaware	SC	378	 
	424.	OHI Asset (TN) Bartlett, LLC	46-4727889	Delaware	TN	379	 
	425.	OHI Asset (TN) Collierville, LLC	46-4738239	Delaware	TN	380	 
	426.	OHI Asset (TN) Jefferson City, LLC	61-1750374	Delaware	TN	408	 
	427.	OHI Asset (TN) Memphis, LLC	46-4750926	Delaware	TN	381	 
	428.	OHI Asset (TN) Rogersville, LLC	38-3954783	Delaware	TN	418	 
	429.	OHI Asset (TX) Anderson, LLC	46-4764905	Delaware	TX	382	 
	430.	OHI
    Asset (TX) Athens, LLC	[TBD)	Delaware	---	653	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	431.	OHI Asset (TX) Bryan, LLC	46-4781488	Delaware	TX	383	 
	432.	OHI Asset (TX) Burleson, LLC	46-4795498	Delaware	TX	384	 
	433.	OHI Asset (TX) College Station, LLC	46-4805289	Delaware	TX	385	 

 

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State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	434.	OHI Asset (TX) Comfort, LLC	46-4815908	Delaware	TX	386	 
	435.	OHI Asset (TX) Diboll, LLC	46-4843528	Delaware	TX	387	 
	436.	OHI Asset (TX) Granbury, LLC	46-4852513	Delaware	TX	388	 
	437.	OHI Asset (TX) Hondo, LLC	46-1346058	Delaware	TX	307	 
	438.	OHI Asset (TX) Italy, LLC	46-4873054	Delaware	TX	389	 
	439.	OHI
    Asset (TX) Longview, LLC	[TBD)	Delaware	---	654	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	440.	OHI
    Asset (TX) Schertz, LLC	[TBD)	Delaware	---	648	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	441.	OHI
    Asset (TX) Winnsboro ALF, LLC	[TBD)	Delaware	---	655	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	442.	OHI Asset (TX) Winnsboro, LLC	46-4881288	Delaware	TX	390	 
	443.	OHI Asset (TX), LLC	04-3759927	Delaware	TX	100	 
	444.	OHI Asset (UT) Ogden, LLC	46-4903181	Delaware	UT	391	 
	445.	OHI Asset (UT) Provo, LLC	46-4915063	Delaware	UT	392	 
	446.	OHI Asset (UT) Roy, LLC	46-4931511	Delaware	UT	393	 
	447.	OHI Asset (VA) Charlottesville, LLC	46-4945417	Delaware	VA	394	 
	448.	OHI Asset (VA) Farmville, LLC	46-4955482	Delaware	VA	395	 
	449.	OHI Asset (VA) Hillsville, LLC	46-4987367	Delaware	VA	396	 
	450.	OHI Asset (VA) Martinsville ALF, LLC 	61-1769745	Delaware	VA	643	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	451.	OHI Asset (VA) Martinsville SNF, LLC 	37-1791389	Delaware	VA	644	 
	452.	OHI
    Asset (VA) Midlothian, LLC	[TBD)	Delaware	---	652	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	453.	OHI Asset (VA) Rocky Mount, LLC	46-5002710	Delaware	VA	397	 
	454.	OHI Asset (WA) Battle Ground, LLC	46-5006928	Delaware	WA	398	 
	455.	OHI Asset (WA) Fort Vancouver, LLC 	36-4817415	Delaware	WA	642	 
	456.	OHI
    Asset (WA) Oak Harbor, LLC	[TBD)	Delaware	---	649	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	457.	OHI Asset (WV) Danville, LLC	47-1084194	Delaware	---	404	 
	458.	OHI Asset (WV) Ivydale, LLC	47-1112048	Delaware	---	405	 
	459.	OHI Asset CHG ALF, LLC	38-3945599	Delaware	PA	409	 
	460.	OHI Asset CSB LLC	27-2820083	Delaware	---	148	 
	461.	OHI Asset CSE-E Subsidiary, LLC	61-1756267	Delaware	PA	419	 
	462.	OHI Asset CSE-E, LLC	27-1675861	Delaware	PA	102	 
	463.	OHI Asset CSE-U Subsidiary, LLC	32-0459385	Delaware	PA	420	 
	464.	OHI Asset CSE-U, LLC	27-1675768	Delaware	PA	103	 

 

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	 	Subsidiary Name	FEIN	Home

State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	465.	OHI
    Asset DB Collateral Agent, LLC	61-1774325	Delaware	---	651	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	466.	OHI Asset HUD CFG, LLC	45-3662151	Delaware	---	261	 
	467.	OHI Asset HUD Delta, LLC	27-1895030	Delaware	---	105	 
	468.	OHI Asset HUD H-F, LLC	27-1894893	Delaware	---	106	 
	469.	OHI Asset HUD SF CA, LLC	46-1251365	Delaware	---	306	 
	470.	OHI Asset HUD SF, LLC	80-0830116	Delaware	AZ	284	 
	471.	OHI Asset HUD WO, LLC	45-2379675	Delaware	---	259	 
	472.	OHI Asset II (CA), LLC	20-1000879	Delaware	CA	107	 
	473.	OHI Asset II (FL), LLC	27-1813906	Delaware	FL	108	 
	474.	OHI Asset II (PA), LP	84-6390330	Maryland	PA	109	 
	475.	OHI Asset III (PA), LP	84-6390331	Maryland	OH, PA	110	 
	476.	OHI Asset IV (PA) Silver Lake, LP	80-6146794	Maryland	PA	111	 
	477.	OHI Asset Management, LLC	36-4798979	Delaware	---	417	 
	478.	OHI Asset RO PMM Services, LLC	46-4309941	Delaware	---	399	 
	479.	OHI Asset RO, LLC	90-1018980	Delaware	---	336	 
	480.	OHI Asset, LLC	32-0079270	Delaware	AL, NC, TN, WA	112	 
	481.	OHI Beaumont Park Ltd (f/k/a Beaumont Park Limited)	98-1239627	UK Reg.: 03213741	---	636	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	482.	OHI Healthcare Homes (Central) Ltd (f/k/a Healthcare Homes (Central) Limited)	98-1240172	UK Reg. No.: 03995046	---	635	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	483.	OHI Healthcare Homes Ltd (f/k/a Healthcare Homes Ltd)	98-1239396	UK Reg. No.: 05029866	---	631	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	484.	OHI Healthcare Properties Holdco, Inc.	47-2148273	Delaware	---	406	 
	485.	OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership	36-4796206	Delaware	---	407	 
	486.	OHI Hillings Ltd (f/k/a The Hillings Ltd)	98-1239389	UK Reg. No.: 03995388	---	639	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	487.	OHI Home Close Ltd (f/k/a Home Close Ltd)	98-1239635	UK Reg. No.: 03995398	---	637	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary

 

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	 	Subsidiary Name	FEIN	Home

State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	488.	OHI Home Meadow Ltd (f/k/a Home Meadow Ltd)	98-1239912	UK Reg. No.: 03995378	---	638	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	489.	OHI Manor House (North Walsham Wood) Ltd (f/k/a The Manor House (North Walsham Wood) Ltd.)	98-1239621	UK Reg. No: 03808976	---	632	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	490.	OHI Mezz Lender, LLC	46-3201249	Delaware	---	325	 
	491.	OHI Olive House RCH Ltd (f/k/a Olive House RCH Ltd)	98-1240196	UK Reg. No.: 05599571	---	634	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	492.	OHI Pri-Med Care Homes Ltd (f/k/a Pri-Med Care Homes Limited)	98-1239394	UK Reg. No.: 02939745	---	630	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	493.	OHI Pri-Med Group Developments Ltd (f/k/a Pri-Med Group Developments Limited)	98-1240500	UK Reg. No.: 02467049	---	629	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	494.	OHI Pri-Med Group Ltd (f/k/a Pri-Med Group Limited)	98-1239392	UK Reg. No. 01241402	---	628	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	495.	OHI Tennessee, LLC	38-3509157	Maryland	TN	115	 
	496.	OHI UK Healthcare Properties Ltd	98-1240197	UK Reg. No.: 09532166	---	627	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	497.	OHIMA, LLC	06-1552118	Massachusetts	---	116	 
	498.	Ohio Aviv Three, L.L.C.	27-5082021	Delaware	OH	555	 
	499.	Ohio Aviv Two, L.L.C.	27-5081906	Delaware	OH	556	 
	500.	Ohio Aviv, L.L.C.	36-4597043	Delaware	OH	557	 
	501.	Ohio Indiana Property, L.L.C.	36-4764623	Delaware	OH, IN	558	 
	502.	Ohio Pennsylvania Property, L.L.C.	32-0350654	Delaware	OH, PA	559	 
	503.	Oklahoma Two Property, L.L.C.	37-1695177	Delaware	OK	560	 
	504.	Oklahoma Warr Wind, L.L.C.	38-3886603	Delaware	OK	561	 
	505.	Omaha Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572019	Delaware	NE	562	 
	506.	Omega TRS I, Inc.	38-3587540	Maryland	LA, TX	118	 
	507.	Orange ALF Property, L.L.C.	27-4083471	Delaware	CT	563	 
	508.	Orange Village Care Center, LLC	34-1321728	Ohio	---	119	 
	509.	Orange, L.L.C.	36-4095365	Illinois	TX	564	 

 

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	 	Subsidiary Name	FEIN	Home

State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	510.	Oregon Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572024	Delaware	OR	565	 
	511.	Oso Avenue Property, L.L.C.	30-0767014	Delaware	CA	566	 
	512.	Ostrom Avenue Property, L.L.C.	32-0457123	Delaware	TX	567	 
	513.	Palm Valley Senior Care, LLC	75-3153681	Arizona	---	310	 
	514.	Panama City Nursing Center LLC	20-2568041	Delaware	FL	121	 
	515.	Pavillion North Partners, LLC	47-3255261	Pennsylvania	---	421	 
	516.	Pavillion North, LLP	75-3202956	Pennsylvania	---	124	 
	517.	Pavillion Nursing Center North, LLC	47-3259540	Pennsylvania	---	422	 
	518.	Peabody Associates Two, L.L.C.	27-5346222	Delaware	KS	568	 
	519.	Peabody Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572029	Delaware	KS	569	 
	520.	Pennington Road Property, L.L.C.	36-4768380	Delaware	AR	570	 
	521.	Pensacola Real Estate Holdings I, LLC	59-3667935	Florida	---	249	 
	522.	Pensacola Real Estate Holdings II, LLC	59-3667937	Florida	---	250	 
	523.	Pensacola Real Estate Holdings III, LLC	59-3667939	Florida	---	251	 
	524.	Pensacola Real Estate Holdings IV, LLC	59-3667940	Florida	---	252	 
	525.	Pensacola Real Estate Holdings V, LLC	59-3667941	Florida	---	253	 
	526.	Pocatello Idaho Property, L.L.C.	35-2449870	Delaware	ID	571	 
	527.	Pomona Vista L.L.C.	36-4111095	Illinois	CA	572	 
	528.	Prescott Arkansas, L.L.C.	04-3835264	Delaware	AR	573	 
	529.	PV Realty-Clinton, LLC	26-4389743	Maryland	---	262	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	530.	PV Realty-Holly Hill, LLC	74-3244463	Maryland	---	265	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	531.	PV Realty-Kensington, LLC	26-4389837	Maryland	---	263	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	532.	PV Realty-Willow Tree, LLC	27-0328038	Maryland	WV	264	 
	533.	Raton Property Limited Company	36-4111094	New Mexico	---	574	 
	534.	Ravenna Ohio Property, L.L.C.	61-1692048	Delaware	OH	575	 
	535.	Red Rocks, L.L.C.	36-4192351	Illinois	NM	576	 
	536.	Richland Washington, L.L.C.	26-0081509	Delaware	WA	577	 
	537.	Ridgecrest Senior Care, LLC	20-1998988	Arizona	---	311	 
	538.	Riverside Nursing Home Associates Two, L.L.C.	27-3524946	Delaware	CA	578	 
	539.	Riverside Nursing Home Associates, L.L.C.	36-4340184	Delaware	CA	579	 
	540.	Rockingham Drive Property, L.L.C.	35-2485732	Delaware	TX	580	 

 

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	 	Subsidiary Name	FEIN	Home

State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	541.	Rose Baldwin Park Property L.L.C.	36-4111092	Illinois	CA	581	 
	542.	S.C. Portfolio Property, L.L.C.	32-0457621	Delaware	SC	582	 
	543.	Salem Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572028	Delaware	IL	583	 
	544.	San Juan NH Property, LLC	11-3714511	Delaware	WA	584	 
	545.	Sandalwood Arkansas Property, L.L.C.	61-1665105	Delaware	AR	585	 
	546.	Santa Ana-Bartlett, L.L.C.	36-4212739	Illinois	CA	586	 
	547.	Santa Fe Missouri Associates, L.L.C.	36-4165126	Illinois	MO	587	 
	548.	Savoy/Bonham Venture, L.L.C.	36-4572026	Delaware	TX	588	 
	549.	Searcy Aviv, L.L.C.	38-3779442	Delaware	AR	589	 
	550.	Sedgwick Properties, L.L.C.	36-4694767	Delaware	KS	590	 
	551.	Seguin Texas Property, L.L.C.	35-2456377	Delaware	TX	591	 
	552.	Sierra Ponds Property, L.L.C.	38-3888430	Delaware	CA	592	 
	553.	Skyler Boyington, LLC	42-1572543	Mississippi	---	254	 
	554.	Skyler Florida, LLC	64-0821299	Mississippi	FL	255	 
	555.	Skyler Maitland LLC	20-3888672	Delaware	FL	133	 
	556.	Skyler Pensacola, LLC	59-3561064	Florida	---	256	 
	557.	Skyview Associates, L.L.C.	36-4572023	Delaware	ID	593	 
	558.	SLC Property Investors, LLC	32-0265175	Delaware	---	283	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	559.	Southeast Missouri Property, L.L.C.	27-3502072	Delaware	MO	594	 
	560.	Southern California Nevada, L.L.C.	30-0705746	Delaware	CA, NV	595	 
	561.	St. Joseph Missouri Property, L.L.C.	36-4597042	Delaware	MO	596	 
	562.	St. Mary’s Properties, LLC	20-1914905	Ohio	---	135	 
	563.	Star City Arkansas, L.L.C.	43-2089308	Delaware	AR	597	 
	564.	STBA Properties, L.L.C.	37-1746483	Delaware	---	598	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	565.	Stephenville Texas Property, L.L.C.	46-5421870	Delaware	TX	599	 
	566.	Sterling Acquisition, LLC	38-3207992	Kentucky	AL, AR, FL, OH, TN, TX, WV	136	 
	567.	Stevens Avenue Property, L.L.C.	35-2446030	Delaware	KY	600	 
	568.	Sun-Mesa Properties, L.L.C.	36-4047650	Illinois	AZ	601	 
	569.	Suwanee, LLC	20-5223977	Delaware	FL	138	 

 

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	 	Subsidiary Name	FEIN	Home

State	Foreign

Qualification(s)	Chart

Ref. #	Comment(s)
	570.	Texas Fifteen Property, L.L.C.	35-2437626	Delaware	TX	602	 
	571.	Texas Four Property, L.L.C.	46-5459201	Delaware	TX	603	 
	572.	Texas Lessor – Stonegate GP, LLC	32-0008071	Maryland	TX	139	 
	573.	Texas Lessor – Stonegate, Limited, LLC	32-0008072	Maryland	---	140	 
	574.	Texas Lessor – Stonegate, LP	32-0008073	Maryland	TX	141	 
	575.	Texhoma Avenue Property, L.L.C.	35-2470607	Delaware	CA	604	 
	576.	The Suburban Pavilion, LLC	34-1035431	Ohio	---	143	 
	577.	Tujunga, L.L.C.	36-4389732	Delaware	CA	605	 
	578.	Tulare County Property, L.L.C.	46-5446413	Delaware	CA	606	 
	579.	Twinsburg Ohio Property, L.L.C.	37-1763327	Delaware	OH	607	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	580.	VRB Aviv, L.L.C.	76-0802032	Delaware	CA	608	 
	581.	Washington Idaho Property, L.L.C.	61-1743318	Delaware	WA, ID	609	 
	582.	Washington Lessor – Silverdale, LLC	56-2386887	Maryland	WA	144	 
	583.	Washington-Oregon Associates, L.L.C.	36-4192347	Illinois	WA, OR	610	 
	584.	Watauga Associates, L.L.C.	36-4163268	Illinois	TX	611	 
	585.	Wellington Leasehold, L.L.C.	27-3971187	Delaware	KS	612	 
	586.	West Pearl Street, L.L.C.	81-0637081	Delaware	CA	613	 
	587.	West Yarmouth Property I, L.L.C.	46-5495346	Delaware	MA	614	 
	588.	West Yarmouth Property II, L.L.C.	46-5528008	Delaware	MA	615	Non-Guarantor for OHI
	589.	Westerville Ohio Office Property, L.L.C.	32-0452280	Delaware	OH	616	 
	590.	Weston ALF Property, L.L.C.	46-5472581	Delaware	MA	617	Non-Guarantor Subsidiary
	591.	Wheeler Healthcare Associates, L.L.C.	74-2752353	Texas	---	618	 
	592.	Whitlock Street Property, L.L.C.	32-0419832	Delaware	IN	619	 
	593.	Wilcare, LLC	26-0110550	Ohio	---	147	 
	594.	Willis Texas Aviv, L.L.C.	37-1522942	Delaware	TX	620	 
	595.	Yuba Aviv, L.L.C.	11-3750228	Delaware	VA	621	 

 

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Schedule 7.01

 

LIENS

 

 

Braswell Indebtedness

 

    

     

    

  

Schedule 7.02

 

INDEBTEDNESS

 

	UNSECURED INDEBTEDNESS	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Description	 	Current Obligor	 	Maturity Date	 	Interest
 Rate	 	 	Current Balance
 @ 11/30/2015	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2024	 	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	 	3/15/2024	 	 	5.875	%	 	 	400,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.95% Senior Notes due 2024	 	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	 	4/1/2024	 	 	4.950	%	 	 	400,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.50% Senior Notes due 2025	 	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	 	1/15/2025	 	 	4.50	%	 	 	250,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.50% Senior Notes due 2027	 	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	 	4/1/2027	 	 	4.50	%	 	 	700,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5.25% Senior Notes due 2026	 	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	 	1/15/2026	 	 	5.25	%	 	 	600,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9% Delta Subordinated Promissory Note due 2021	 	OHI Asset HUD Delta, LLC	 	12/21/2021	 	 	9.00	%	 	 	4,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9% Delta Subordinated Promissory Note due 2021	 	OHI Asset HUD Delta, LLC	 	12/21/2021	 	 	9.00	%	 	 	4,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9% Delta Subordinated Promissory Note due 2021	 	OHI Asset HUD Delta, LLC	 	12/21/2021	 	 	9.00	%	 	 	4,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9% Delta Subordinated Promissory Note due 2021	 	OHI Asset HUD Delta, LLC	 	12/21/2021	 	 	9.00	%	 	 	4,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9% Delta Subordinated Promissory Note due 2021	 	OHI Asset HUD Delta, LLC	 	12/21/2021	 	 	9.00	%	 	 	4,000,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	SECURED INDEBTEDNESS	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Description	 	Current Obligor	 	Maturity Date	 	Interest
 Rate	 	 	Current Balance
 @ 11/30/2015	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	CFG - Arkansas Properties	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	700 Mark Drive, LLC (Southern Heritage)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.20	%	 	 	2,251,618	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	1194 North Chester Street, LLC (The Woods at Monticello)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.00	%	 	 	5,068,443	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	1149 & 1151 West New Hope Road, LLC (New Hope)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.00	%	 	 	4,251,276	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	228 Pointer Trail West, LLC (Pointer Trail)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.09	%	 	 	5,031,119	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	900 Magnolia Road SW, LLC (Pine Hills)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.20	%	 	 	1,867,135	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	1101 Waterwell Road, LLC (Pinewood)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.20	%	 	 	4,655,681	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	115 Orendorff Avenue, LLC (Apple Ridge)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.20	%	 	 	4,431,810	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	1040 Wedding Ford Road, LLC (Seven Springs)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.00	%	 	 	2,731,473	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	202 Tims Avenue, LLC (Bristol Pointe)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.00	%	 	 	8,880,560	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	1401 Park Avenue, LLC (Canyon Springs)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.00	%	 	 	5,797,910	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	3600 Richards Road, LLC (Premier)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.00	%	 	 	6,344,300	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	2701 Twin Rivers Drive, LLC (Courtyard Gardens)	 	7/1/2044	 	 	3.09	%	 	 	4,995,252	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	White Oak	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	PV Realty-Clinton, LLC (Clinton)	 	4/1/2036	 	 	4.90	%	 	 	16,849,026	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Department of Housing and Urban Development Note	 	PV Realty-Kensington, LLC (Kensington)	 	3/1/2036	 	 	4.95	%	 	 	6,982,716	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	GE Term Loan	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	General Electric Capital Corporation Term Loan	 	Financing VI Healthcare Property, LLC.	 	12/17/2019	 	 	4.00	%	 	 	180,000,000	 

 

     

     

    

 

Schedule 7.03

 

INVESTMENTS

 

None

 

    

     

    

 

Schedule 7.09

 

NEGATIVE PLEDGES

 

None

 

    

     

    

  

Schedule 10.02

 

NOTICE ADDRESSES

 

Credit Parties:

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

200 International Circle, Suite 3500

Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030

	Attention:	Daniel J. Booth
	Telephone:	(410) 427-1724
	Facsimile:	(410) 427-8824
	Website:	www.omegahealthcare.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Kaye Scholer LLP

250 West 55th Street

New York, New York 10019-9710

	Attention:	John R. Fallon, Jr., Esq.
	Telephone:	(212) 836-8702
	Facsimile:	(212) 836-6802

 

Administrative Agent:

 

For payments and Requests for Credit Extensions:

 

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attn: Lawrence Blat/Nicholas Lukenovich/Andre Fatovic

Tel: (212) 782-4310/6687/4045

Email: Lblat@us.mufg.jp / AgencyDesk@us.mufg.jp

Wire Instructions:

	Pay to:	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
	ABA: 	026-009-632
	Swift ID: 	BOTKUS33
	A/C Name:	Loan Operations Department
	A/C#:	9777-0191
	Attn:	Agency Desk
	Reference:	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

with a copy to:

 

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Attn: Kurt Oosterhouse

100 North Tryon Street

Suite 4700

Charlotte, NC 28202

Tel: 704-331-1017

 

     

     

    

 

Email: kurtoosterhouse@mvalaw.com

 

Lenders:

 

Contact information on file with the Administrative Agent.

 

     

     

    

 

Exhibit A

 

FORM OF LOAN NOTICE

 

Date: __________, 20__

 

		To:	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Administrative Agent

 

		Re:	Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), dated as of December 16, 2015, by and among Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
“Borrower”), the Guarantors (as defined therein), the Lenders identified therein, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ, Ltd., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned hereby requests (select one):

 

	A Borrowing	 	A continuation	 	A conversion

 

of Term Loans:

 

1.          On:
_______________, 20__ (which is a Business Day).

 

2.          In
the amount of: ___________________.

 

3.          Comprised
of: ________________ (Type of Loan).

 

4.          For
Eurodollar Loans: with an Interest Period of ______________ months.

 

With respect to any Borrowing or any conversion
or continuation requested herein, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants that (i) in the case of a Borrowing of Term Loans,
such request complies with the requirements of Section 2.01(d) of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) in the case of a Borrowing
or any conversion or continuation, each of the conditions set forth in Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied
on and as of the date of such Borrowing or such conversion or continuation.

 

	 	OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name: 
	 	Title:  

 

     

     

    

 

Exhibit B

 

FORM OF TERM NOTE

 

_____________, 20__

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the
“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [INSERT LENDER] or its registered assigns (the “Lender”),
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Term
Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented
and extended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of December 16, 2015, by and among the Borrower,
the Guarantors, the Lenders identified therein and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

The Borrower promises to pay interest on
the unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan from the date of such Term Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such
interest rates and at such times as provided in the Credit Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s
Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from
the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set
forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

This Note is one of the Notes referred
to in the Credit Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and
conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Credit
Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note, upon written notice to the Borrower, may be declared to be, immediately
due and payable all as provided in the Credit Agreement. Term Loans made by the Lender may be evidenced by one or more loan accounts
or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse
thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Term Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

Except as otherwise provided for in the
Credit Agreement, the Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand
and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Note.

 

     

     

    

 

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.

 

	 	OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:
	 	Title:

 

     

     

    

 

Exhibit C

 

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

Financial Statement Date: __________, 20__ 

 

		To:	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Administrative Agent

 

		Re:	Credit Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), dated as of December 16, 2015, by and among Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
“Borrower”), the Guarantors, the Lenders identified therein, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as
Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned Responsible Officer of
the Borrower hereby certifies as of the date hereof that [he/she] is the _______________ of the Borrower, and that, in [his/her]
capacity as such, [he/she] is authorized to execute and deliver this Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the
behalf of the Borrower, and that:

 

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements:]

 

[1.          Attached
hereto as Schedule 1 is the Form 10-K of the Borrower as required by Section 6.01(a) of the Credit Agreement for
the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the above date.]

 

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial
statements:]

 

[1.          Attached
hereto as Schedule 1 is the Form 10-Q of the Borrower, as required by Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement for
the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of the above date. Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Consolidated Parties in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject
only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.]

 

2.          The
undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Credit Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made, a review
of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Consolidated Parties during the accounting period covered by
the attached financial statements.

 

3.          A
review of the activities of each member of the Credit Parties during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of
the undersigned with a view to determining whether during such fiscal period the Credit Parties have performed and observed in
all material respects all their respective Obligations under the Credit Documents, and

 

[select one:]

 

[to the best knowledge of the undersigned
Responsible Officer during such fiscal period, each of the Credit Parties has performed and observed in all material respects each
covenant and condition of the Credit Documents applicable to it.]

 

[or:]

 

     

     

    

 

[the following covenants or conditions
of the Credit Documents have not been performed or observed in all material respects and the following is a list of any Default
and its nature and status:]

 

4.          The
representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other
certificate or document furnished at any time under or in connection with the Credit Documents, are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier
date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date.

 

5.          The
financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 2 hereto are true and accurate in all material respects
on and as of the date of this Compliance Certificate.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
executed this Compliance Certificate as of __________, 20__.

 

	 	OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:
	 	Title:

 

     

     

    

 

Exhibit D

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment
and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]1
Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]2
Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights
and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees] hereunder are several and not joint.]3
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as
amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee.
The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference
and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

 

For an agreed consideration, [the][each]
Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably
purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions
and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the
respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under
the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto in the amount[s] and equal to the
percentage interest[s] identified below of all the outstanding rights and obligations under the respective facilities identified
below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right
of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any
Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments
delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing,
including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or
in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold
and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively
as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor
and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

 

	1.	Assignor[s]:	 
	 	 	[Assignor [is][is not] a Defaulting Lender.]
	 	 	 
	2.	Assignee[s]:	 
	 	 	[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of
	 	 	[identify Lender]]

 

 

 

1
For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single
Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language. 

2
For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single
Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language. 

3
Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

 

     

     

    

 

	3.	Borrower:	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Borrower”)
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	4.	Administrative Agent:	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement
	 	 	 
	5.	Credit Agreement:	The Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 2015, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as Administrative Agent
	 	 	 
	6.	Assigned Interest[s]:	 

 

	Assignor[s]4	Assignee[s]5	Facility

Assigned6	Aggregate

Amount of

Commitment/Loans

for all Lenders7	Amount of

Commitment/ Loans

Assigned	Percentage

Assigned of

Commitment/

Loans8	CUSIP

 Number
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	____________	$________________	$_________	____________%	 
	 	 	____________	$________________	$_________	____________%	 
	 	 	____________	$________________	$_________	____________%	 

 

	[7.	Trade Date:	__________________]9

 

8.             Effective
Date: __________________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF
TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

 

 

4
List each Assignor, as appropriate.

5
List each Assignee and, if available, its market entity identifier, as appropriate.

6
Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment
(e.g. “Term Loan Commitment”, etc.).

7
Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account
any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

8
Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

9
To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade
Date.

 

     

     

    

 

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby
agreed to:

 

	ASSIGNOR[S]:10	[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:
	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:
	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	ASSIGNEE[S]:11	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:
	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:
	 	Title:

 

 

10
Add additional signature blocks as needed. Include both Fund/Pension Plan and manager making the trade (if applicable).

 

11
Add additional signature blocks as needed. Include both Fund/Pension Plan and manager making the trade (if applicable).

 

     

     

    

 

[Consented to and]12
Accepted:

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Administrative Agent

 

	By:	 	 
	Name:	 
	Title:	 

 

[Consented to:]13

 

OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.,

a Maryland corporation

 

	By:	 	 
	Name:	 
	Title:	 

 

 

12
To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

13
To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

     

     

    

 

Annex 1 to Assignment and Assumption

 

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1.             Representations
and Warranties.

 

1.1.          Assignor.
[The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned
Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full
power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is [not] a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect
to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document,
(ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral
thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated
in respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

 

1.2.          Assignee.
[The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary,
to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender
under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.07(b)(iii) and (v)
of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.07(b)(iii) of the Credit
Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder
and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated
with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person
exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such
type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies
of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents
and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption
and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender,
attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed
and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent, [the][any] Assignor 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 the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform
in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by
it as a Lender.

 

2.          Payments.
From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest
(including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued
to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or
payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to [the][the relevant] Assignee.

 

     

     

    

 

3.          General
Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together
shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles.

 

     

     

    

 

Exhibit
E

 

FORM OF GUARANTY JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

THIS GUARANTY JOINDER
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of _____________, 20__, is by and between [INSERT NEW GUARANTOR],
a [INSERT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION] (the “Subsidiary”), and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
in its capacity as Administrative Agent under that certain Credit Agreement (as it may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented
from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of December 16, 2015, by and among Omega Healthcare Investors,
Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.,
as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

The Credit Parties
are required under the provisions of Section 6.15 of the Credit Agreement to cause the Subsidiary to become a “Guarantor”.

 

Accordingly, the Subsidiary
hereby agrees as follows with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders:

 

1.          The
Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the Subsidiary will be deemed to
be a party to the Guaranty and a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the Guaranty, and shall have all of the obligations
of a Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Guaranty. The Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees
to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions applicable to the Guarantor contained in the Guaranty. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the Subsidiary hereby (i) jointly and severally together with the other
Guarantors, guarantees to each Lender and the Administrative Agent, the prompt payment and performance of the Obligations in full
when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the
terms thereof.

 

2.          The
address of the Subsidiary for purposes of all notices and other communications is described on Schedule 10.02 of the Credit
Agreement.

 

3.          The
Subsidiary hereby waives acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the guaranty by the Subsidiary upon the execution
of this Agreement by the Subsidiary.

 

4.          This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together
shall constitute one contract.

 

5.          This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to conflict of laws principles.

 

     

     

    

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Subsidiary has caused this Guaranty Joinder Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer, and the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has caused the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first
above written.

 

	 	[INSERT NEW GUARANTOR]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Acknowledged and accepted:
	 	 
	 	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
	 	as Administrative Agent
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 

 

     

     

    

 

Exhibit
F

 

FORM OF LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

THIS LENDER JOINDER
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of __________, 20__ to the Credit Agreement referenced below is by and
among [INSERT NEW LENDER] (the “New Lender”), Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., a Maryland corporation
(the “Borrower”) and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders. All of the defined terms of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein
by reference.

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to
that Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 2015 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”),
by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders have agreed to provide the Borrower
with a term loan credit facility;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 2.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has requested that the New Lender provide an Incremental Facility
Commitment in connection with an Incremental Term Loan Facility under the Credit Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the New Lender
has agreed to provide the additional Term Loan Commitment on the terms and conditions set forth herein and to become a “Lender”
under the Credit Agreement in connection therewith;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.          The
New Lender hereby agrees to provide Term Loan Commitments to the Borrower in the amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01 to the
Credit Agreement as attached hereto. The Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the New Lender shall be as set forth on Schedule
2.01.

 

2.          The
New Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is a commercial lender, other financial institution or other “accredited”
investor (as defined in SEC Regulation D) that makes or acquires loans in the ordinary course of business and that it will make
or acquire Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of business, (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01 thereof and such other documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (c) agrees
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Credit Agreement; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and
to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof,
together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that, as of the date hereof, the
New Lender shall (i) be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (ii) be a “Lender” for all
purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (iii) perform all of the obligations that by the terms of the
Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a “Lender” under the Credit Agreement and (iv) shall have the
rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

     

     

    

 

4.          The
Borrower and each of the Guarantors agree that, as of the date hereof, the New Lender shall (i) be a party to the Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents, (ii) be a “Lender” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents,
and (iii) have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

5.          The
address of the New Lender for purposes of all notices and other communications is __________________, __________________________,
Attention of ______________ (Facsimile No. _______________).

 

6.          This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the various parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one contract. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.

 

7.          This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to conflict of laws principles.

 

     

     

    

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties
hereto has caused this Lender Joinder Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

	NEW LENDER:	[INSERT NEW LENDER], 	 
	 	as New Lender	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 
	BORROWER:	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	Name: 	 
	 	Title:	 

 

	Accepted and Agreed:	 
	 	 
	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,	 
	as Administrative Agent 	 
	 	 	 
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 
	Title:

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