Document:

Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
  

					
		  	 AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of August 3, 2012 (this “Amendment”), to the CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
July 25, 2007, as amended and restated as of November 5, 2010, and February 2, 2012 (as heretofore amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), among CHS/COMMUNITY
HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) and
CREDIT SUISSE AG, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent for the Lenders.

 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT 
 A. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have extended, and have agreed to extend, credit to the Borrower. 
 B. The Borrower, Parent and the Required Lenders desire that certain provisions of the Credit Agreement be amended as provided herein. 

C. Parent, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors are party to one or more of the Security Documents, pursuant to which, among other
things, Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors Guaranteed the Obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and provided security therefor. 
 Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including
the preliminary statement hereto) shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. The provisions of Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis. 

SECTION 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 hereof,
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
 (a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the following defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order therein: 
 “Alternative
Incremental Facility Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness which (a) is in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or senior unsecured notes or senior secured bridge loans or senior unsecured bridge loans,
(b) is issued, incurred, created, assumed or guaranteed by any Loan Party, (c) is not an obligation of, or otherwise Guaranteed by, any 

 
Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party, (d) to the extent the same is secured, is not secured by any Lien on any asset of Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than any asset
constituting Collateral, (e) to the extent the same is secured, is subject to a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, (f) matures on or after, and requires no scheduled payments of principal prior to, the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date in
effect at the time such Indebtedness is incurred (which, in the case of bridge loans, shall be determined by reference to the loans or notes into which such bridge loans are converted at maturity) (other than pursuant to customary offers to purchase
upon a change of control, payments required to prevent any such Indebtedness from being treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, asset sale or event of loss and
customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (g) contains no financial maintenance covenants. 
 “Amendment Effective Date” shall mean August 3, 2012. 
 “Declined Specified Net Cash Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d). 

“Increasing Revolving Credit Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.26(a). 
 “Latest Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, at any date of
determination, the latest maturity date applicable to any Term Loans or Term Loan Commitment hereunder at such time. 
 “Notice of Increase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.26(a). 
 “Other Senior Secured Debt” shall mean Pari Passu Debt and Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness, in each case secured by Liens on the Collateral having the same priority
as the Liens securing the Obligations. 
 “Residual Specified Net Cash Proceeds” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d). 
 “Revolving Accession
Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.26(a). 

“Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.26(a). 
 “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Amendment” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.26(a). 

  
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 “Specified Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean
(a) all Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance or incurrence of Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness, (b) all Net Cash Proceeds from the incurrence of Other Term A Loans after the Amendment Effective Date, (c) all Net Cash
Proceeds from the issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.01(u); provided that no such Net Cash Proceeds shall constitute Specified Net Cash Proceeds until the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness issued or
incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(u) the Net Cash Proceeds of which are used or proposed to be used to prepay Non-Extended Funded Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 shall exceed $400,000,000 and, thereafter, only the Net Cash Proceeds
from the issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 6.01(u) used or proposed to be used to prepay Non-Extended Funded Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 in excess of such amount shall constitute Specified Net Cash
Proceeds, (d) all proceeds from Revolving Loans; provided that no such proceeds shall constitute Specified Net Cash Proceeds until the aggregate amount of all such proceeds used or proposed to be used to prepay Non-Extended Funded Term
Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 shall exceed $750,000,000 and, thereafter, only the proceeds from Revolving Loans used or proposed to be used to prepay Non-Extended Funded Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 in excess of such amount shall
constitute Specified Net Cash Proceeds, and (e) all Net Cash Proceeds received by Parent or any of its subsidiaries after the Amendment Effective Date from the consummation of Permitted Receivables Transactions after the Amendment Effective
Date. For the avoidance of doubt, no proceeds shall constitute Specified Net Cash Proceeds to the extent received by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries after the first anniversary of the Amendment Effective Date. 

(b) The definition of the term “Disqualified Stock” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the words “prior to the first anniversary of the Extended Term Loan Maturity Date” in each place they appear therein with the words “prior to the first anniversary of the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date in effect at the time
such Equity Interest is issued”. 
 (c) The definition of the term “Incremental Term Loan Amount” set forth in
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

““Incremental Term Loan Amount” shall mean, at any time, the excess, if any, of
(a) $1,000,000,000 over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loan Commitments established prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.24 (whether in respect of Other Term Loans, Other Term

  
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A Loans or otherwise) and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(w) prior to such time; provided, however, that, to the
extent the proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans or any Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness are used concurrently with the incurrence thereof to prepay then-outstanding Term Loans the establishment of such Incremental Term Loan
Commitments or the incurrence of such Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness, as the case may be, shall not reduce the Incremental Term Loan Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) if the Incremental Term Loan Amount shall have been
reduced as the result of the incurrence of Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness that resulted in Residual Specified Net Cash Proceeds, then the Incremental Term Loan Amount shall be subsequently increased upon the prepayment of
then-outstanding Term Loans by an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount so prepaid (but, in any event, not to exceed the aggregate amount of such Residual Specified Net Cash Proceeds) and (y) the aggregate amount of all
Incremental Term Loan Commitments established after the Amendment Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.24 in respect of Other Term A Loans shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of (A) $500,000,000 and (B) the aggregate principal
amount of Other Term A Loans incurred after the Amendment Effective Date to the extent the proceeds of such Other Term A Loans are used concurrently with the incurrence thereof to prepay then-outstanding Other Term A Loans.”. 

(d) The definition of the term “Lenders” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the words “pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance” in clause (b) of such definition with the words “pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance or a Revolving Accession Agreement”. 

(e) The definition of the term “Loan Documents” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the words “, any Revolving Accession Agreement, any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Amendment” in such definition immediately prior to the words “and the promissory notes”. 

(f) The definition of the term “Net Cash Proceeds” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows: 
 (i) by replacing the words “(other than the Loans and other Obligations)” in clause
(iv) of such definition with the words “(other than the Loans, other Obligations and any Other Senior Secured Debt)”; and 

  
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 (ii) by replacing clause (b) of such definition in its entirety to read
as follows: 
 “(b) with respect to any issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to any Receivables Transaction), the cash proceeds thereof, net of all taxes and customary fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection therewith; and (c) with respect to any sale of Receivables in a
Receivables Transaction, the initial cash proceeds thereof (and any subsequent cash proceeds therefrom to the extent resulting from an increase in the Receivables Transaction Amount above the highest previous Receivables Transaction Amount balance),
in each case received by the applicable originators net of all taxes and customary fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection therewith”. 
 (g) The definition of the term “Other Term A Loans” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

““Other Term A Loans” shall mean Other Term Loans (a) which amortize at a rate per annum
of not less than 5.00% in each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters commencing on or after the funding of such Other Term Loans and ending on or prior to the applicable Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) which have a weighted
average life to maturity, when incurred, of five years or less and (c) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are used concurrently with the incurrence thereof to prepay then-outstanding Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12.”.

 (h) The definition of the term “Permitted Additional Debt” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by (i) replacing the date “January 15, 2018” therein with the words “the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date in effect at the time such Indebtedness is incurred”
and (ii) replacing the words “with the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code” therein with the words “within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code”. 

(i) The definition of the term “Revolving Credit Commitment” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 ““Revolving Credit
Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder (and to acquire participations in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit as provided for herein) as set forth on
Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) increased
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time pursuant to Section 2.26 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.”. 

(j) Section 2.12 (Optional Prepayment) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 

(i) by replacing the word “The” at the beginning of Section 2.12(a) with the phrase “Subject to
paragraph (d) below, the”; and 
 (ii) by inserting the following in its entirety as a new
Section 2.12(d): 
 “(d) If the Borrower delivers a notice of prepayment in accordance with Section 2.12(a) to
prepay Non-Extended Funded Term Loans on a proposed date of prepayment that is prior to the first anniversary of the Amendment Effective Date and if and to the extent Specified Net Cash Proceeds are to be used for such prepayment, any Non-Extended
Funded Term Loan Lender may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent at or prior to the time and in the manner specified by the Administrative Agent, prior to such prepayment of Non-Extended Funded Term Loans to be made by the Borrower pursuant
to this Section 2.12, to decline 50% (but not less than 50%) of its pro rata share of any such prepayment to be made with Specified Net Cash Proceeds (such declined amounts, “Declined Specified Net Cash
Proceeds”). Any Declined Specified Net Cash Proceeds may be applied by the Borrower, at its option, to prepay the Non-Extended Funded Term Loans held by the Non-Extended Funded Term Loan Lenders not so declining such prepayment on a
pro rata basis (and such Non-Extended Funded Term Loan Lenders shall not have any right to decline any prepayment made with Declined Specified Net Cash Proceeds). Subject to procedures reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower may request that each Non-Extended Funded Term Loan Lender make such an election in advance of the delivery by the Borrower of a notice of prepayment with respect to any prepayment to be made by the Borrower with Specified Net Cash Proceeds
and at or prior to the time and in the manner specified by the Administrative Agent and such election shall be binding on such Non-Extended Funded Term Loan Lender (and any successors or assignees of such Non-Extended Funded Term Loan Lender) for
the period of time specified in such request. Declined Specified Net Cash Proceeds remaining after being so applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.12 are referred to as “Residual Specified Net Cash
Proceeds”. Except as expressly provided for in the preceding sentence, prior to the first anniversary of the Amendment Effective Date, Residual Specified Net Cash Proceeds may not be used to prepay Non-Extended Funded Term Loans
pursuant to Section 2.12.” 

  
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 (k) Section 2.13(b) (Mandatory Prepayments) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by: 
 (i) deleting the words “, which such sales shall be subject to Section 2.13(e) below” in
clause (i) thereof; and 
 (ii) replacing the proviso at the end of such section in its entirety with
“provided that the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Other Senior Secured Debt to the extent any applicable credit agreement, indenture or other agreement governing such Other Senior Secured
Debt requires the Borrower to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Other Senior Secured Debt with the proceeds of such Asset Sale, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (A) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds and
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Other Senior Secured Debt and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Other Senior Secured Debt and the outstanding
principal amount of Term Loans”. 
 (l) Section 2.13(e) (Mandatory Prepayments) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by replacing such section in its entirety and replacing with the words “[Intentionally Omitted].”. 
 (m)
Section 2.13(h) (Mandatory Prepayments) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “Section 2.13(b), (c), (d) or (e), as applicable,” in the first sentence of such section with the words “Section
2.13(b), (c) or (d), as applicable,”. 
 (n) Section 2.23(j) (Letters of Credit) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by replacing the words “Pari Passu Debt” in the final sentence of such section with the words “Other Senior Secured Debt”. 
 (o) Section 2.24(b) (Incremental Term Loans) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
 (i) by replacing the words “shall be no earlier than the Extended Term Loan Maturity Date” in subclause (i) of such section with the words “shall be no earlier than the Latest Term
Loan Maturity Date in effect at the time the Incremental Term Loan Commitments with respect to such Other Term Loans become effective (or, in the case of Other Term Loans all of the proceeds of which will be used to repay existing Term Loans (other
than Other Term A Loans), the latest maturity date of such refinanced Term Loans)”; 
 (ii) by replacing the
words “shall be no shorter than the average life to maturity of the Extended Term Loans” in subclause (ii) of such section with the words “shall be no shorter than the average life to maturity of any other

  
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Class of Loans (or, in the case of Other Term Loans all of the proceeds of which will be used to repay existing Term Loans (other than Other Term A Loans), the average life to maturity of such
refinanced Term Loans)”; 
 (iii) by replacing the word “and” immediately prior to the designator
“(iii)” in such section with “,”; and 
 (iv) by inserting the following at the end of the
proviso to the second sentence of such section: 
 “and (iv) if the initial yield (excluding upfront or
arrangement fees payable to the arranger, if any, of such loan) on any Other Term A Loans (as determined by the Administrative Agent on the same basis as the initial yield for Other Term Loans is determined pursuant to clause (iii) above)
exceeds by more than 50 basis points the then-applicable yield (as determined by the Administrative Agent on the same basis as the then-applicable yield for existing Term Loans is determined pursuant to clause (iii) above) for any Class of
Other Term A Loans (for any such Class of Other Term A Loans, the applicable amount of such excess above 50 basis points being referred to herein as the “TLA Yield Differential”) then the Applicable Percentage then in effect
for each such Class of Other Term A Loans shall automatically be increased by the applicable TLA Yield Differential, effective upon the making of the Other Term A Loans.”. 

(p) Section 2.25(c) (Loan Modification Offers; Replacement Revolving Credit Facility) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows: 
 (i) by replacing the word “and” immediately prior to the designator “(iv)” in
such section with “,”; and 
 (ii) by inserting the following immediately prior to the proviso to the
first sentence of such section: 
 “and (v) additional amendments to the terms of this Agreement applicable to the
applicable Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders that are less favorable to such Accepting Lenders than the terms of this Agreement prior to giving effect to such Permitted Amendments and that are reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent”. 
 (q) Article II of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as a new
Section 2.26 at the end thereof: 
 “SECTION 2.26 Revolving Credit Commitment Increases. (a) The
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deliver a copy to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders), request that new Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class be extended or existing Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class be increased
by one or more financial institutions, which may include any Revolving Credit Lender (any such financial institution, an “Increasing Revolving Credit Lender”) (any such extension or increase, a “Revolving Credit
Commitment Increase”); provided that (i) the terms of the Revolving Credit Commitments under the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be identical to the existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class,
except for any upfront fees paid to Increasing Revolving Credit Lenders; (ii) the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitment Increases effected pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed $250,000,000; (iii) each Revolving Credit
Commitment Increase shall be in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $25,000,000, except to the extent necessary to utilize the remaining unused amount of increase permitted under this Section 2.26(a); (iv) prior to any such
Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, except as otherwise specified in the applicable Revolving Accession Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions, board resolutions and other closing certificates reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent and consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.02 of the Original Credit Agreement and (v) at the time of each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase request and immediately after
giving effect to the effectiveness of each such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.01 shall be satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received certificates
to that effect dated such dates and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower. Such Notice of Increase shall set forth the amount of the requested Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and the date on which such Revolving Credit Commitment
Increase is requested to become effective (which shall be not less than ten Business Days or more than 60 days after the date of such Notice of Increase unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent). The Borrower may arrange for one or
more Revolving Credit Lenders or one or more other financial institutions to act as Increasing Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to the proposed Revolving Credit Commitment Increase; provided that each Increasing Revolving Credit Lender
shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and each Increasing Revolving Credit Lender shall become a party to
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executed accession agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a “Revolving Accession Agreement”). Revolving Credit
Commitment Increases shall become effective on the date specified in the Notice of Increase delivered pursuant to this paragraph (but not prior to, for any Increasing Revolving Credit Lender that is not already a Revolving Credit Lender, execution
and delivery by such Increasing Revolving Credit Lender of a Revolving Accession Agreement). Upon the effectiveness of any Revolving Accession Agreement to which any Increasing Revolving Credit Lender is a party, such Increasing Revolving Credit
Lender shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges, and subject to all obligations, of a Revolving Credit Lender hereunder. 

(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, this Agreement may
be amended (such amendment, a “Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Amendment”) without the consent of any Lender to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Revolving Credit
Commitment Increase evidenced thereby. Upon the effectiveness of each Revolving Credit Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section 2.26, (i) each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without
further act be deemed to have assigned to each Increasing Revolving Credit Lender providing a portion of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, and each such Increasing Revolving Credit Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed
to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and each such deemed
assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans held by each Revolving Credit Lender (including each such Increasing Revolving Credit Lender)
will equal such Lender’s Pro Rata Percentage and (ii) if, on the date of such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, there are any Revolving Loans outstanding, such Revolving Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving
Credit Commitment Increase be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Loans made hereunder (reflecting such Revolving Credit Commitment Increase), which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Loans being
prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 2.12. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the 

  
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minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to
the immediately preceding sentence.”. 
 (r) Section 3.19(a) (Security Documents) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by replacing the words “in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, and” in subclause (i) of such section with the words “in each case prior and superior in right to any other person (other than the
rights of persons pursuant to (x) Liens permitted by Section 6.02(z) and (y) Liens permitted by Section 6.02 having priority by operation of law), and”. 

(s) Section 5.13 (Proceeds of Certain Dispositions) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the proviso at the end of
such section in its entirety with “provided that the Borrower may use a portion of such cash proceeds to prepay or repurchase Other Senior Secured Debt to the extent any applicable credit agreement, indenture or other agreement governing
such Other Senior Secured Debt requires the Borrower to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Other Senior Secured Debt with such cash proceeds, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (A) the amount of such cash proceeds and
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Other Senior Secured Debt and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Other Senior Secured Debt and the outstanding
principal amount of Term Loans, or (ii) acquire assets in a manner that is permitted hereby, in each case in a manner that will eliminate any such requirement to make such an offer to purchase”. 

(t) Section 6.01 (Indebtedness) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 

(i) by replacing the “$750,000,000” set forth in clause (r) thereof with “$1,000,000,000”;

 (ii) by replacing the “$400,000,000” set forth in clause (u) thereof with
“$700,000,000”; 
 (iii) by deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (u) thereof;

 (iv) by amending and restating clause (v) thereof in its entirety with the following: 

“(x) Pari Passu Debt, provided that, either (i) at the time of incurrence of such Pari Passu Debt, and after giving
effect thereto and to the use of the proceeds thereof, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) the Secured Leverage Ratio Condition shall be satisfied or (ii) not later than the fifth Business
Day following the incurrence thereof, 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are used by the Borrower to prepay Term Loans in the manner set forth in Section 2.13(g) and (y)

  
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Permitted Additional Debt that refinances or replaces any existing Pari Passu Debt; provided that the principal amount of such Pari Passu Debt is not increased (except by an amount not to
exceed (1) the amount of unpaid accrued interest and premium on the existing Pari Passu Debt so refinanced or replaced, plus (2) other reasonable amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing or
replacement); and”; and 
 (v) by inserting the following as a new clause (w) in such section: 

“(w) (i) Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness; provided that (x) at the time of incurrence
of such Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness the principal amount of such Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness does not exceed the Incremental Term Loan Amount and (y) either (A) at the time of incurrence of such
Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness, and after giving effect thereto and to the use of the proceeds thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (B) 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are used
within five Business Days of the incurrence thereof to prepay then-outstanding Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 (provided that any such Net Cash Proceeds that are Residual Specified Net Cash Proceeds may be used to prepay Term Loans
within five Business Days after the first anniversary of the Amendment Effective Date); and (ii) any extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01(w) (the
Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced being referred to herein as the “Refinanced Indebtedness”; and the Indebtedness incurred under this subclause (ii) being referred to herein as
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided that (x) the principal amount of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is not increased (except by an amount equal to the accrued interest and premium on, or other
amounts paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement) and (y) the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness complies with clauses (a) through (g) of the definition of the term
“Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness”.”. 

  
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 (u) Section 6.02(p) (Liens) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows: 
 “(p) Liens pursuant to Receivables Transactions incurred in accordance
with Section 6.05(b), including Liens on the assets of any Securitization Subsidiary created pursuant to a Receivables Transaction and Liens incurred by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on Receivables to secure obligations owing by them in
respect of any such Receivables Transaction, provided that any Receivables not transferred to a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with such Receivables Transaction to the extent constituting intercompany indebtedness required to be
pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be and remain subject to the perfected first priority Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent in favor of the Lenders in accordance with the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement;”. 
 (v) Section 6.02(z) (Liens) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words
“secure Pari Passu Debt Obligations and” in subclause (i) of such section with the words “secure Pari Passu Debt Obligations and/or Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness and”. 

(w) Section 6.04(e) (Investments) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting an additional close parenthetical
immediately after the phrase “(“Health Care Associates”)”. 
 (x) Section 6.05(b)(ii)
(Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 

“a Receivables Transaction, provided that (w) the material terms and conditions and the structure of such Receivables
Transaction have been approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (x) any Liens granted in connection with such Receivables Transaction shall comply with the terms of Section 6.02(p),
(y) the aggregate Receivables Transaction Amount outstanding at any time in respect of all Receivables Transactions does not exceed $2,000,000,000 and (z) to the extent Parent or any of its subsidiaries shall receive aggregate Net Cash
Proceeds in excess of $300,000,000 from the consummation of Receivables Transactions, the Borrower shall, substantially simultaneously with (and in any event not later than the fifth Business Day next following) the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds
by Parent or such subsidiary, apply an amount equal to 100% of the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds so in excess of $300,000,000 to prepay then-outstanding Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness in respect of revolving extensions of credit, except to
the extent that any such prepayment is accompanied by a permanent reduction in related commitments) (any Receivables Transaction meeting all the criteria of this Section 6.05(b)(ii) being referred to herein as a “Permitted
Receivables Transaction”);”. 

  
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 (y) Section 6.06 (Restricted Payments; Restrictive Agreements) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended as follows: 
 (i) by inserting the words “, the Borrower or any Subsidiary”
immediately after the word “Parent” in clause (a)(ii) of such section; and 
 (ii) by replacing clause
(x)(H) of the proviso to Section 6.06(b) in its entirety with “(H) imposed by any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement governing Pari Passu Debt or Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness, so long as such restrictions and
conditions are not less favorable to the Lenders than to the holders of such Pari Passu Debt or such Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness, as the case may be”. 
 (z) Article VII (Events of Default) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
 (i) by replacing the words “any other event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the
giving of notice, the lapse of time or both)” in clause (f) thereof with the words “any other event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness (other than any Material Indebtedness of any Securitization Subsidiary)
becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (after giving effect to any grace period)”; and 
 (ii) by replacing the words “Pari Passu Debt” in clause (p) thereof with the words “Other Senior Secured Debt”. 

(aa) Section 9.20 (Pari Passu Obligations) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 

(i) by replacing the words “In connection with the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Pari Passu
Debt,” in paragraph (b) of such section with the words “In connection with the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Pari Passu Debt and/or Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness,”; 

(ii) by replacing the words “(A) enable any extension, renewal, refinancing, replacement or additional incurrence of
any Loans or any Pari Passu Debt permitted under this Agreement” in paragraph (b) of such section with the words “(A) enable any extension, renewal, refinancing, replacement or additional incurrence of any Loans or any Pari Passu Debt
and/or Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness permitted under this Agreement”; and 
 (iii) by
replacing the words “(1) enable the Borrower or any Subsidiary to incur Pari Passu Debt otherwise permitted to be waived hereunder” in paragraph (d) of such section with the words “(1) enable the Borrower or any Subsidiary to
incur Pari Passu Debt and/or Alternative Incremental Facility Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred hereunder”. 

  
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 SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to
enter into this Amendment, each of Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to each of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Collateral Agent that, after giving effect to this
Amendment: 
 (a) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement and in each other
Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.

 (b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 

(c) None of the Security Documents in effect on the Amendment Effective Date will be rendered invalid, non-binding or unenforceable
against any Loan Party as a result of this Amendment. The Guarantees created under such Security Documents will continue to guarantee the Obligations to the same extent as they guaranteed the Obligations immediately prior to the Amendment Effective
Date. The Liens created under such Security Documents will continue to secure the Obligations, and will continue to be perfected, in each case, to the same extent as they secured the Obligations or were perfected immediately prior to the Amendment
Effective Date. 
 SECTION 4. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on and as of the date on which each of
the following conditions precedent is satisfied (such date, the “Amendment Effective Date”): 
 (a) The
Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed and delivered counterparts of this Amendment that, when taken together, bear the signatures of Parent, the Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Required Lenders. 

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of
the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement. 
 (c) The Administrative Agent shall have received payment from the Borrower, (a) for the account of each Non-Extended Funded Term Loan Lender that shall have unconditionally and irrevocably delivered
to the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) its executed signature page to this Amendment at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 2, 2012 (the “Delivery Time”), an amendment fee in an amount equal to
0.05% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Non-Extended Funded Term Loans as of the Amendment Effective Date and (b) for the account of each Extended Term Loan Lender that shall have unconditionally and
irrevocably delivered to the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) its executed signature page to this Amendment at or prior to the Delivery Time, an amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such
Lender’s Extended Term Loans as of the Amendment Effective Date. Such fees shall be payable in immediately available funds and, once paid, shall not be refundable in whole or in part. 

  
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 (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received all other Fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
or under any other Loan Document. 
 The Administrative Agent shall notify the parties hereto of the Amendment Effective Date and such notice
shall be conclusive and binding. 
 SECTION 5. Effect of this Amendment. (a) Except as expressly set forth herein,
this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any other Secured Party under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects
and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Credit Agreement specifically referred to herein. 

(b) After the date hereof, any reference to the Credit Agreement shall mean the Credit Agreement as modified hereby. 

(c) This Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 SECTION 6. Reaffirmation. Each of Parent, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors identified on the
signature pages hereto (collectively, Parent, the Borrower and such Subsidiary Guarantors, the “Reaffirming Loan Parties”) hereby acknowledges that it expects to receive substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of
this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Reaffirming Loan Party hereby consents to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, and hereby confirms its respective guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests,
as applicable, under each of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, such guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests shall
continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Secured Parties. 
 SECTION 7. Expenses.
The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the Loan Documents (including the preparation of this Amendment), including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent. 

  
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 SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Amendment 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. Delivery by electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf”) of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be
effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment, and, once delivered, may not be withdrawn or revoked unless the Amendment fails to become effective in accordance with its terms on or prior to September 30, 2012.

 SECTION 9. No Novation. This Amendment shall not extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under
the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Loan Document or any other security therefor or any guarantee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the Obligations outstanding
under the Credit Agreement or instruments guaranteeing or securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing expressed or implied in this Amendment or
any other document contemplated hereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement or any Loan Party under any other Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities thereunder. The Credit
Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until and except as modified hereby or thereby in connection herewith or therewith. 
 SECTION 10. Governing Law. (a) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED
TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. 
 SECTION 11.
Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by
their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.,
			
		 	by	 	 /s/ W. Larry Cash

		 		 	Name: W. Larry Cash
		 		 	Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  

					
	 COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.,

			
		 	by	 	 /s/ W. Larry Cash

		 		 	Name: W. Larry Cash
		 		 	Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
 CREDIT AGREEMENT OF
CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.] 

					
	CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, individually and as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and an Issuing Bank,
			
		 	by	 	 /s/ Robert Hetu

		 		 	Name: Robert Hetu
		 		 	Title: Managing Director
			
		 	by	 	 /s/ Rahul Parmar

		 		 	Name: Rahul Parmar
		 		 	Title: Associate

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.] 

  
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	WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., individually and as an Issuing Bank,
			
		 	by	 	 /s/ Monique Gasque

		 		 	Name: Monique Gasque
		 		 	Title: Vice President

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.] 

  
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	Abilene Hospital LLC
	Abilene Merger LLC
	Affinity Health Systems, LLC
	Affinity Hospital, LLC
	Anna Hospital Corporation
	Berwick Hospital Company, LLC
	Big Bend Hospital Corporation
	Big Spring Hospital Corporation
	Birmingham Holdings II, LLC
	Birmingham Holdings, LLC
	Blue Island Hospital Company, LLC
	Blue Island Illinois Holdings, LLC
	Bluefield Holdings, LLC
	Bluefield Hospital Company, LLC
	Bluffton Health System, LLC
	Brownsville Hospital Corporation
	Brownwood Medical Center, LLC
	Bullhead City Hospital Corporation
	Bullhead City Hospital Investment Corporation
	Carlsbad Medical Center, LLC
	Centre Hospital Corporation
	CHHS Holdings, LLC
	CHS Kentucky Holdings, LLC
	CHS Pennsylvania Holdings, LLC
	CHS Virginia Holdings, LLC
	CHS Washington Holdings, LLC
	Clarksville Holdings, LLC
	Cleveland Hospital Corporation
	Cleveland Tennessee Hospital Company, LLC
	Clinton Hospital Corporation
	Coatesville Hospital Corporation
	College Station Medical Center, LLC
	College Station Merger, LLC
	Community GP Corp.
	Community Health Investment Company, LLC
	Community LP Corp.
		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.] 

  
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	 CP Hospital GP, LLC

	 CPLP, LLC

	 Crestwood Hospital LP, LLC

	 Crestwood Hospital, LLC

	 CSMC, LLC

	 CSRA Holdings, LLC

	 Deaconess Holdings, LLC

	 Deaconess Hospital Holdings, LLC

	 Deming Hospital Corporation

	 Desert Hospital Holdings, LLC

	 Detar Hospital, LLC

	 DHFW Holdings, LLC

	 DHSC, LLC

	 Dukes Health System, LLC

	 Dyersburg Hospital Corporation

	 Emporia Hospital Corporation

	 Evanston Hospital Corporation

	 Fallbrook Hospital Corporation

	 Foley Hospital Corporation

	 Forrest City Arkansas Hospital Company, LLC

	 Forrest City Hospital Corporation

	 Fort Payne Hospital Corporation

	 Frankfort Health Partner, Inc.

	 Franklin Hospital Corporation

	 Gadsden Regional Medical Center, LLC

	 Galesburg Hospital Corporation

	 Granbury Hospital Corporation

	 Granite City Hospital Corporation

	 Granite City Illinois Hospital Company, LLC

	 Greenville Hospital Corporation

	 GRMC Holdings, LLC

	 Hallmark Healthcare Company, LLC

	 Hobbs Medco, LLC

	 Hospital of Barstow, Inc.

	 Hospital of Fulton, Inc.

	 Hospital of Louisa, Inc.

	 Hospital of Morristown, Inc.

		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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	Jackson Hospital Corporation
	Jackson Hospital Corporation
	Jourdanton Hospital Corporation
	Kay County Hospital Corporation
	Kay County Oklahoma Hospital Company, LLC
	Kirksville Hospital Company, LLC
	Lakeway Hospital Corporation
	Lancaster Hospital Corporation
	Las Cruces Medical Center, LLC
	Lea Regional Hospital, LLC
	Lexington Hospital Corporation
	Longview Clinic Operations Company, LLC
	Longview Merger, LLC
	LRH, LLC
	Lutheran Health Network of Indiana, LLC
	Marion Hospital Corporation
	Martin Hospital Corporation
	Massillon Health Community System, LLC
	Massillon Health System, LLC
	Massillon Holdings, LLC
	McKenzie Tennessee Hospital Company, LLC
	McNairy Hospital Corporation
	MCSA, L.L.C.
	Medical Center of Brownwood, LLC
	Merger Legacy Holdings, LLC
	MMC of Nevada, LLC
	Moberly Hospital Company, LLC
	MWMC Holdings, LLC
	Naticoke Hospital Company, LLC
	National Healthcare of Leesville, Inc.
	National Healthcare of Mt. Vernon, Inc.
	National Healthcare of Newport, Inc.
	Navarro Regional, LLC
	NC-DSH, LLC
		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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	Northampton Hospital Company, LLC
	Northwest Hospital, LLC
	NOV Holdings, LLC
	NRH, LLC
	Oak Hill Hospital Corporation
	Oro Valley Hospital, LLC
	Palmer-Wasilla Health System, LLC
	Payson Hospital Corporation
	Peckville Hospital Company, LLC
	Pennsylvania Hospital Company, LLC
	Phillips Hospital Corporation
	Phoenixville Hospital Company, LLC
	Pottstown Hospital Company, LLC
	QHG Georgia Holdings II, LLC
	QHG Georgia Holdings, Inc.
	QHG of Bluffton Company, LLC
	QHG of Clinton County, Inc.
	QHG of Enterprise, Inc.
	QHG of Forrest County, Inc.
	QHG of Fort Wayne Company, LLC
	QHG of Hattiesburg, Inc.
	QHG of Massillon, Inc.
	QHG of South Carolina, Inc.
	QHG of Spartanburg, Inc.
	QHG of Springdale, Inc.
	QHG of Warsaw Company, LLC
	Quorum Health Resources, LLC
	Red Bud Hospital Corporation
	Red Bud Illinois Hospital Company, LLC
	Regional Hospital of Longview, LLC
	River Region Medical Corporation
	Roswell Hospital Corporation
	Ruston Hospital Corporation
	Ruston Louisiana Hospital Company, LLC
	SACMC, LLC
	Salem Hospital Corporation
	San Angelo Community Medical Center, LLC
		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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	San Angelo Medical, LLC
	San Miguel Hospital Corporation
	Scranton Holdings, LLC
	Scranton Hospital Company, LLC
	Scranton Quincy Holdings, LLC
	Scranton Quincy Hospital Company, LLC
	Shelbyville Hospital Corporation
	Siloam Springs Arkansas Hospital Company, LLC
	Siloam Springs Holdings, LLC
	Southern Texas Medical Center, LLC
	Spokane Valley Washington Hospital Company, LLC
	Spokane Washington Hospital Company, LLC
	Tennyson Holdings, LLC
	Tomball Texas Holdings, LLC
	Tomball Texas Hospital Company, LLC
	Tooele Hospital Corporation
	Triad Health Care Corporation
	Triad Holdings III, LLC
	Triad Holdings IV, LLC
	Triad Holdings V, LLC
	Triad Nevada Holdings, LLC
	Triad of Alabama, LLC
	Triad of Oregon, LLC
	Triad-ARMC, LLC
	Triad-El Dorado, Inc.
	Triad-Navarro Regional Hospital Subsidiary, LLC
	Tunhannock Hospital Company, LLC
	VHC Medical, LLC
	Vicksburg Healthcare, LLC
	Victoria Hospital, LLC
	Virginia Hospital Company, LLC
	Warren Ohio Hospital Company, LLC
	Warren Ohio Rehab Hospital Company, LLC
		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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	Watsonville Hospital Corporation
	Waukegan Hospital Corporation
	Waukegan Illinois Hospital Company, LLC
	Weatherford Hospital Corporation
	Weatherford Texas Hospital Company, LLC
	Webb Hospital Corporation
	Webb Hospital Holdings, LLC
	Wesley Health System, LLC
	West Grove Hospital Company, LLC
	WHMC, LLC
	Wilkes-Barre Behavioral Hospital Company, LLC
	Wilkes-Barre Holdings, LLC
	Wilkes-Barre Hospital Company, LLC
	Williamston Hospital Corporation
	Women & Children’s Hospital, LLC
	Woodland Heights Medical Center, LLC
	Woodward Health System, LLC
	Youngstown Ohio Hospital Company, LLC
		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.] 

  
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	 Brownwood Hospital, L.P.
 By: Brownwood Medical Center, LLC
 Its: General Partner

		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer
	
	 College Station Hospital, L.P.
 By: College Station Medical Center, LLC
 Its: General Partner

		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer
	
	 Longview Medical Center, L.P.
 By: Regional Hospital of Longview, LLC
 Its: General Partner

		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer
	
	 Navarro Hospital, L.P.
 By: Navarro Regional, LLC
 Its: General Partner

		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.] 

  
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	 QHG Georgia, LP

By: QHG Georgia Holdings II, LLC
 Its: General
Partner

		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer
	
	 Victoria of Texas, L.P.
 By: Detar Hospital, LLC
 Its: General Partner

		
	by	 	 /s/ James W. Doucette

		 	Name: James W. Doucette
		 	Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.] 

  
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 LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 
 TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT OF 
 CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. 

 

					
	Name of Lender:	 	  

			
		 	by	 	  

		 		 	Name:
		 		 	Title:
	
	For any Lender requiring a second signature line:
			
		 	by	 	  

		 		 	 Name:

Title:

 [SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO 
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CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.]Forbearance Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT 

This FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 1, 2012 and is made with reference to
(i) that certain Purchase Agreement dated as of July 17, 2006 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of March 12, 2008, that certain Second Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated as of
September 26, 2008, that certain Amendment and Limited Waiver to the Note Agreements dated as of April 1, 2009 (the “April 2009 Amendment”), that certain Amendment and Limited Waiver to the Note Agreements dated as of
June 22, 2009 (the “June 2009 Amendment”), that certain Amendment and Limited Waiver to the Note Agreements dated as of March 16, 2010 (the “March 2010 Amendment”) and that certain Amendment and Limited
Waiver to Note Agreements dated as of December 14, 2011 (the “December 2011 Amendment”)), among NextWave Wireless LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NextWave”), certain guarantors named therein,
certain purchasers named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York) (“BNYM”), as Collateral Agent (as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “First Lien Purchase Agreement”), (ii) that certain Second Lien Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of October 9, 2008 (as amended by the April 2009 Amendment, the June 2009
Amendment, the March 2010 Amendment and the December 2011 Amendment and as supplemented by that certain Second Lien Incremental Indebtedness Agreement dated as of July 2, 2009), among NextWave, NextWave Wireless Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Parent”), certain guarantors named therein, certain purchasers named therein and BNYM, as Collateral Agent (as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “Second Lien Purchase Agreement”), and (iii) that certain Third Lien Subordinated Exchange Note Exchange Agreement dated as of October 9, 2008 (as amended by the April 2009 Amendment, the June 2009 Amendment, the March
2010 Amendment and the December 2011 Amendment), among NextWave, Parent, certain guarantors named therein, certain purchasers named therein and BNYM, as Collateral Agent (as the same may be further amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Third Lien Exchange Agreement”, and together with the First Lien Purchase Agreement and the Second Lien Purchase Agreement, each a “Note Agreement” and,
collectively, the “Note Agreements”). Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the applicable Note Agreement. 

WHEREAS, NextWave has advised the holders of all of the Notes issued pursuant to the First Lien Purchase Agreement, the Second
Lien Purchase Agreement and the Third Lien Exchange Agreement (collectively, the “Noteholders”) that they desire for NextWave Broadband, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Spinco Asset Seller”), to form a wholly-owned
subsidiary (“Spinco”) and transfer to Spinco all of its assets and certain of its liabilities relating to and including licenses granted by the FCC authorizing Spinco Asset Seller and its Affiliates to construct and operate
Broadband Radio Service channels, and lease agreements pursuant to which Spinco Asset Seller leases Broadband Radio Service channels or leases the excess capacity on certain channels under certain licenses granted by the FCC authorizing the
construction and operation of Educational Broadband Radio Service channels (the “Asset Transfer”); 

WHEREAS, NextWave has also advised the Noteholders that Parent desires to be acquired by AT&T Inc. (“Equity
Buyer”) in an all-cash reverse-triangular merger, pursuant to which a newly-formed subsidiary of Equity Buyer will merge with and into Parent, with Parent surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equity Buyer (the
“Merger”), pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Merger Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, Equity Buyer desires to acquire all of the Notes held by the Noteholders (the “Note Purchase”), pursuant to note purchase agreements with
each Noteholder (the “Note Purchase Agreements”); 

 WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Asset Transfer, the Merger, and the Note Purchase, the
Note Parties and the Noteholders intend to amend the Note Agreements in the form of the Amended and Restated Note Agreements (the “Amended and Restated Note Agreements”) and amend certain of the other Note Documents to permit the
consummation of the Merger and the other transactions reflected in the Summary of Terms attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Amendment Terms”); and 
 WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the Proposed Transactions, NextWave has requested that the Noteholders agree to temporarily forbear from taking any Enforcement Actions (as defined below) against it
based upon the Covered Defaults under the Note Agreements, and the Noteholders are willing to do so, but only to the extent, and on the terms and conditions expressly set forth herein. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth herein and in order to induce the Noteholders party hereto to
enter into this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
 Section 1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Each Note Party acknowledges and agrees that (i) during the term of this Agreement, Events of Defaults will occur or are reasonably
likely to occur if the Proposed Transactions (as defined below) are not consummated; (ii) immediately upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the Note Documents, (a) First Lien Holders and First Lien Collateral Agent would be
entitled to exercise certain rights and remedies pursuant to the First Lien Purchase Agreement, the First Lien Notes, the other Note Documents (as defined in the First Lien Purchase Agreement) and applicable law, (b) subject to the provisions
of the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the First Lien Purchase Agreement), Second Lien Holders and Second Lien Collateral Agent would be entitled to exercise certain rights and remedies pursuant to the Second Lien Purchase Agreement, the
Second Lien Notes, the other Note Documents (as defined in the Second Lien Purchase Agreement) and applicable law, and (c) subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, Third Lien Holders and Third Lien Collateral Agent would be
entitled to exercise certain rights and remedies pursuant to the Third Lien Exchange Agreement, the Third Lien Notes, the other Note Documents (as defined in the Third Lien Exchange Agreement) and applicable law (clauses (a), (b) and (c), the
“Enforcement Actions”). 
 Section 2. RATIFICATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF OBLIGATIONS AND LIENS. 

(a) Each Note Party hereby ratifies and reaffirms the validity and enforceability of all of the obligations under each Note Document and
of each Note Document and agrees that its obligations under each such Note Document and this Agreement are its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with the respective terms hereof and thereof and that it has no
defense (whether legal or equitable), set-off or counterclaim to the payment or performance of such obligations in accordance with the terms of the Note Documents. Each Note Party agrees and acknowledges that all agreements, representations and
warranties made under the Note Documents to which it is a party survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the occurrence of the Maturity Date (as defined in each Note Agreement). 

(b) Each Note Party party to any of the Collateral Documents (as defined in each Note Agreement) hereby ratifies and reaffirms all of the
liens and security interests heretofore granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents, as collateral security for the indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Note Agreements, and acknowledges that all of such liens and security interests, and all
collateral heretofore pledged as security for such indebtedness, continues to be and remains collateral for such indebtedness from and after the date hereof. 

  
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 (c) Parent and each other Guarantor hereby acknowledge and agree that each of the Guaranties
to which it is a party or otherwise bound shall continue in full force and effect and that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of this Agreement.

 Section 3. AGREEMENTS TO FORBEAR FROM ENFORCEMENT ACTION. 
 (a) Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, each Noteholder agrees to forbear from taking any Enforcement Action in connection with any Event of Default under the respective Note Documents
to which such Noteholder, as applicable, is party other than any Event of Default under Sections 6.1(g)(1), (g)(2), and (h) of the First Lien Purchase Agreement and Sections 6.1(i)(1), (i)(2), and (j) of each of the Second Lien Purchase
Agreement, and the Third Lien Exchange Agreement (the Events of Default under the Note Documents other than such specified Events of Default, the “Covered Defaults”) until the earliest to occur of: (i) the Effective Time (as
defined in the Merger Agreement), (ii) the Merger has been deemed closed in accordance with and upon the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) sixty (60) days after the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated in
accordance with its terms, and (iv) January 31, 2014 (such earliest date, the “Forbearance Maturity Date”). 
 (b) None of the forbearances contained in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of the existence of any Covered Defaults under any of the Note Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Noteholders
hereby waive the right to charge, accrue or collect default interest at any time prior to the Forbearance Maturity Date, and therefore the Noteholders shall not be entitled to charge, accrue or collect default interest at any time prior to the
Forbearance Maturity Date; provided however that if the Proposed Transactions are not consummated by the Forbearance Maturity Date the Noteholders hereby expressly reserve the right to accrue default interest (including any default interest
that otherwise would have accrued on or prior to such Forbearance Maturity Date) in accordance with the applicable Purchase Agreement upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (including without limitation, any Covered
Default that constitutes an Event of Default) under such Purchase Agreement retroactively to the date of such Event of Default. 

(c) Each Noteholder hereby gives the Note Parties notice that, and the Note Parties further acknowledge and affirm that, at any time on
or after the Forbearance Maturity Date, the agreement of each Noteholder to forbear from taking any Enforcement Action under the respective Note Documents shall cease and be of no further force or effect, and each Noteholder shall be entitled to
exercise all rights and remedies available to it under the applicable Note Documents or otherwise, without further notice or demand. 

Section 4. WAIVER AND CONSENTS RELATING TO TRANSACTIONS. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and solely to the extent described
herein, the Noteholders hereby consent to (i) the Asset Transfer to Spinco, (ii) the Note Parties’ entry into the Merger Agreement, (iii) the consummation of the Merger solely on the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger
Agreement without any waiver or amendment thereof (absent the express written consent of the Noteholders), (iv) the entry by Noteholders into the Note Purchase Agreements, (v) the sale of the Notes pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreements,
(vi) the entry by the Note Parties and the Noteholders into the Amended and Restated Note Agreements, and (vii) the amendment of the other Note Documents to reflect the Amendment Terms (clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), and
(vii) collectively, the “Proposed Transactions”), and in connection with the Proposed Transactions, hereby waive, solely with respect to the Proposed Transactions, each provision of the Purchase Agreements that prohibits the
consummation of the Proposed Transactions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Noteholder hereby expressly waives, solely with respect to the Proposed Transactions, compliance with any term or provision set forth in
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(I) apply the Net Proceeds thereof to make a mandatory redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 8.1(b) of the Note Agreements, (II) receive consideration that yields Net Proceeds greater than
the aggregate original purchase price paid by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries for such assets or (III) receive consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, (B) Section 5.15 of any Note Agreement that prohibits any Note
Party from, with respect to the Merger, (I) consolidating or merging with or into another Person or (II) consummating a stock sale or other business combination (including without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or
scheme or arrangement) with another Person, whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (C) Section 5.18 of any Note Agreement that requires any Note Party to make a Change of Control Offer
upon the occurrence of a Change of Control in connection with the Merger and (D) Section 5.27 of any Note Agreement that requires any Note Party to, with respect to the Asset Transfer, cause each FCC License and Spectrum Lease to be held
directly by a License Subsidiary. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and solely to the extent described herein, NextWave hereby consents to the sale of the Notes pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreements. 

Section 5. LIMITED AGREEMENT. 
 (a) Each Noteholder’s agreement to forbear from taking Enforcement Actions shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed (i) to be an amendment or waiver of any of the Covered
Defaults or any other term or condition of its respective Note Documents, to prejudice any right or remedy which it may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Note Documents or otherwise or (ii) to be a consent to
any future agreement or waiver, in each case, except as set forth herein. 
 (b) Subject to Section 3(a) above, the
Noteholders reserve the right, to the extent provided in the applicable Note Agreement, to exercise any or all of their rights and remedies under the applicable Note Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and other Note Documents as a result of any
Defaults or Events of Default which may be continuing on the date hereof or any Defaults or Events of Default which may occur after the date hereof, and the Noteholders have not waived any of such rights or remedies, and nothing in this Agreement,
and no failure, delay or course of dealing on any of their part in exercising any such rights or remedies, shall be construed as a waiver of any such rights or remedies. No single or partial exercise of any right of the Noteholders shall preclude
any later exercise of such right, and failure by the Noteholders to require strict performance of any provision of the Note Documents shall not affect any right of the Noteholders to demand strict compliance and performance thereunder. 

Section 6. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS; COVENANTS; CONSENT OF THIRD LIEN HOLDERS. 

(a) This Agreement shall become effective only upon the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (the date of
satisfaction of such conditions being referred to herein as the “Effective Date”): 
 (i) Each
Note Party shall have delivered to each of the Noteholders an executed copy of this Agreement. 
 (ii) The
holders of the Notes under the First Lien Purchase Agreement, the holders of the Notes under the Second Lien Purchase Agreement, and holders of the Notes under the Third Lien Exchange Agreement shall have executed a copy of this Agreement.

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 (iv) The Noteholders shall have received fully executed copies of the Note
Purchase Agreements. 
 (v) There shall be no action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any Note Party or its property pending or, to the knowledge of any Note Party, threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
performance of the Note Parties’ obligations under this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Merger Agreement or the other Proposed Transactions or (ii) is or would be
reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or conditions of the Note Parties taken as a whole. 
 (vi) All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date. 

(b) Each Note Party jointly and severally agrees to pay within ten (10) business days after the Effective Date all out-of-pocket
fees and expenses of (i) the Noteholders, including the reasonable fees and expenses incurred to date of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Covington & Burling LLP, and Seyfarth Shaw LLP,
(ii) Wilmington Trust, National Association, including the reasonable fees and expenses incurred to date of Seward & Kissel LLP, and (iii) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., including the reasonable fees and expenses incurred to date of
Perkins Coie LLP. 
 (c) Each Note Party and the Note Holders agree to amend the other Note Documents to reflect the Amendment
Terms within ten (10) business days of the Effective Date. The Note Parties and the Note Holders shall cooperate in good faith and take all actions reasonably requested in furtherance of the foregoing. 

(d) Each of the undersigned Noteholders hereby authorizes the Holder Representative to take all action instructed by the Noteholders with
respect to the negotiation, execution and delivery of all documents and agreements relating to the Proposed Transactions (the “Amended Note Documents”), subject to the following sentence. Such action must be taken the Holder Representative
if it is authorized and instructed in writing by Noteholders representing at least two-thirds (66-2/3%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under each of the Note Agreements. The undersigned Noteholder hereby grants to the Holder
Representative full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers granted herein, including the execution of the Amended Note
Documents, which Amended Note Documents shall be fully binding upon each Noteholder upon the execution thereof by the Holder Representative. Notwithstanding the forgoing, any change from the terms and conditions set forth in the existing Note
Documents, as modified hereby and by the Amendment Terms, which (i) adversely impact the economic terms (such as a reduction in interest rates), (ii) materially adversely affects the Noteholders taken as a whole or (iii) has a
materially adverse disparate impact on a Noteholder, will require the consent of the Noteholders negatively affected thereby. 

(e) The Note Parties shall cause the Merger to be consummated in accordance the terms of the Merger Agreement on or prior to
January 31, 2014. 
 (f) The Note Parties shall cause the Asset Transfer to be consummated within thirty (30) days of
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 (g) The Note Parties shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of (i) the Noteholders
in connection with the enforcement of their rights under the Note Agreements and this Agreement, including the reasonable fees and expenses of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Covington &
Burling LLP, and Seyfarth Shaw LLP, (ii) Wilmington Trust, National Association, in accordance with the documents to which it is a party with one or more of the Note Parties, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Seward &
Kissel LLP, and (iii) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in accordance with the documents to which it is a party with one or more of the Note Parties, including the reasonable fees and expenses of Perkins Coie LLP. 

(h) The Noteholders shall cause the Collateral Agents for each of the Noteholders to execute this Agreement within ten (10) business
days after the Effective Date. 
 (i) The Noteholders agree to enter into an agreement with the Stockholders Representative (as
defined in the Merger Agreement) containing affirmative obligations of the Noteholders to deliver information to, consult with, and obtain the consent of, the Stockholders Representative in respect of matters described in Sections 2.3(d) and 2.3(e)
and Article VI of the Note Purchase Agreement relating to the Third Lien Notes, which agreement shall be substantially similar to the side letter agreement contemplated by Section 9.16 of such Note Purchase Agreement. 

Section 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF NEXTWAVE AND GUARANTORS. In order to induce the Noteholders party hereto to enter into this
Agreement, each of NextWave, Parent and the other Guarantors under each of the Note Agreements, by its execution of a counterpart of this Agreement, represents and warrants that: 

(a) such Note Party has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to enter
into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions, including the Proposed this Agreement, contemplated by, and perform its obligations under, this Agreement; 
 (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Proposed Transactions, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate, limited liability company and/or partnership action, as applicable, on the part of the applicable Note Party, except as contemplated by the documents governing the Proposed Transactions; 

(c) except as contemplated by the documents governing the Proposed Transactions, the execution and delivery by such Note Party of this
Agreement and the performance by such Note Party of this Agreement and the Proposed Transactions do not and will not (i) upon the occurrence of the authorizations contemplated pursuant to clause (b) above, violate any provision of any law
or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Note Party, or violate any Organizational Document of such Note Party, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under
any FCC License, Spectrum Lease or other Material Contract of any Note Party, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of any Note Party (other than Liens pursuant to the Note
Documents), or (iv) require any approval of stockholders, partners or members or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of any Note Party, except for such approvals or consents obtained on or before the date of
this Agreement; 
 (d) the execution and delivery by such Note Party of this Agreement and the performance by such Note Party of
this Agreement and the Proposed Transactions do not require any Governmental Authorization by any Governmental Authority (including the FCC) except to the extent obtained on or before the date of this Agreement and except for such Governmental
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 (e) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Note Party and this
Agreement and the Merger Agreement are the legally valid and binding obligations of such Note Party, enforceable against such Note Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability; 
 (f) after giving effect to this Agreement, no Default or Event of Default exists under the Note Agreements; 
 (g) except as contemplated by the documents governing the Proposed Transactions, no Noteholder has received a fee in consideration of such Holder’s consent to this Agreement; and 

(h) after giving effect to this Agreement, such Note Party has performed or is in the process of performing in all material respects all
agreements required to be performed on its part as set forth in the Proposed Transactions. 
 Section 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
NOTEHOLDERS. 
 In order to induce the other Noteholders party hereto to enter into this Agreement, each of the Noteholders,
by its execution of a counterpart of this Agreement, represents and warrants to each other Noteholder that it has not entered into any agreement with the Equity Buyer or its subsidiaries necessary for the closing relating to the Merger other than
the agreements listed in the Equity Buyer’s letter to each Noteholder dated as of the date hereof. 
 Section 9. RELEASE.

 (a) Except with respect to the matters, rights and obligations specified in Section 9(b) below, each Note
Party, and to the extent permitted under applicable law, each Note Party’s respective directors, officers, agents, servants, representatives, attorneys, administrators, executors, heirs, assigns, predecessors and successors in interest, and
each of them (collectively, the “Releasors”) hereby releases and forever discharges each Noteholder, each Collateral Agent and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, past or present, and each of them, as well
as each of their respective directors, officers, agents, servants, employees, shareholders, representatives, attorneys, administrators, executors, heirs, assigns, predecessors and successors in interest, and all other persons, firms or corporations
with whom any of the former have been, are now, or may hereafter be affiliated, and each of them (collectively, the “Releasees”), from and against any and all claims, demands, liens, agreements, contracts, covenants, actions, suits,
causes of action in law or equity, obligations, controversies, debts, costs, expenses, damages, judgments, orders and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, suspected or
unsuspected by the Releasors, and whether concealed or hidden (collectively, “Claims”), which Releasors now own or hold or have at any time heretofore owned or held, which are based upon or arise out of or in connection with any
matter, cause or thing existing at any time prior to the date hereof or anything done, omitted or suffered to be done or omitted at any time prior to the date hereof in connection with the Note Documents or this Agreement (collectively the
“Released Matters”). 
 (b) It is expressly understood and agreed that it is the intent of Releasors to forever
release claims against Releasees arising out of the Released Matters, but that nothing herein shall affect the obligations of the Releasees arising subsequent to the date hereof, including, but not by way of limitation, compliance subsequent to the
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 (c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Note Party for itself and on
behalf of the other Releasors expressly releases any and all past, present and future claims in connection with the Released Matters, about which the Releasors do not know or suspect to exist in their favor, whether through ignorance, oversight,
error, negligence or otherwise, and which, if known, would materially affect any Releasor’s decision to enter into this release. To this end, to the extent the release under this Section 9 is a release as to which Section 1542
of the California Civil Code or any similar provision of other applicable law applies, each Note Party for itself, and on behalf of each of the other Releasors, waives all rights under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code or such similar
provision of other applicable law, and acknowledges that Section 1542 of the California Civil Code provides as follows: 

“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of
executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.” 
 The waiver above of
rights under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code is included solely out of an abundance of caution, and shall not be construed to mean that Section 1542 of the California Civil Code is in any way applicable to the release hereunder.

 (d) Each Note Party and each other Releasor knowingly and willingly waives the provisions of any law referenced in paragraph
I above and acknowledges and agrees that this waiver is an essential and material term of this release. Each Note Party and each other Releasor has reviewed this release with its legal counsel, and understands and acknowledges the significance and
consequence of this release and of the specific waiver thereof contained herein. 
 (e) Each Releasor executing this Agreement
represents, warrants and agrees that in executing and entering into this release, it is not relying and has not relied upon any representation, promise or statement made by anyone which is not recited, contained or embodied in this Agreement or the
Note Documents. Each Releasor understands and expressly assumes the risk that any fact not recited, contained or embodied therein may turn out hereafter to be other than, different from, or contrary to the facts now known to such Releasor or
believed by such Releasor to be true. Nevertheless, each Releasor intends by this release to release fully, finally and forever all Released Matters and agrees that this release shall be effective in all respects notwithstanding any such difference
in facts, and shall not be subject to termination, modification or rescission by reason of any such difference in facts. 
 Section 10.
GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

Section 11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including contract
claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other common law and statutory claims. The Parties each acknowledge that this waiver is a material inducement for the Parties to enter into a business relationship, that the Parties have already
relied on the waiver in entering into this Agreement and that each will continue to rely on the waiver in their related future dealings. The Parties further warrant and represent that each has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel, and that
each knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY
REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 11 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed
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 Section 12. MISCELLANEOUS. 
 (a) The Note Agreements and the other Note Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. 
 (b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall not, except as expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy
of any Noteholder under, any Note Agreement or any of the other Note Documents. 
 (c) The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. No other person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits hereunder except as provided herein. 

Section 13. FEES AND EXPENSES. NextWave acknowledges that all costs, fees and expenses as described in Section 1.4 of the First Lien
Purchase Agreement and Section 1.5 of the Second Lien Purchase Agreement incurred by the Noteholders solely with respect to this Agreement shall be for the account of NextWave. Parent and NextWave each acknowledge that all costs, fees and
expenses as described in Section 1.5 of the Third Lien Exchange Agreement incurred by the Noteholders solely with respect to this Agreement shall be for the account of Parent and NextWave. 

Section 14. HEADINGS. Section and subsection headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect. 
 Section 15. COUNTERPARTS. This
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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by
electronic means (including by facsimile or attachment to electronic mail) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement 
 Section 16. CERTIFICATION OF REGISTERS; DIRECTION TO COLLATERAL AGENT. 
 (a)
NextWave, as registrar of the Register (as defined in the First Lien Purchase Agreement), hereby certifies to the Collateral Agent under the First Lien Purchase Agreement, and the Holders under the First Lien Purchase Agreement hereby acknowledge,
that the undersigned Noteholders are the holders of 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued under the First Lien Purchase Agreement; (ii) NextWave, as registrar of the Register (as defined in the Second Lien
Purchase Agreement), hereby certifies to the Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Purchase Agreement, and the Holders under the Second Lien Purchase Agreement hereby acknowledge, that the undersigned Noteholders are the holders of 100% of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued under the Second Lien Purchase Agreement; and (iii) the Parent, as registrar of the Register (as defined in the Third Lien Exchange Agreement), hereby certifies to the Collateral Agent
under the Third Lien Exchange Agreement, and the Holders under the Third Lien Exchange Agreement hereby acknowledge, that the undersigned Noteholders are the holders of 100% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued under the
Third Lien Exchange Agreement. 
 (b) (i) Each of the undersigned Noteholders hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent
under the First Lien Purchase Agreement to execute and deliver this Agreement in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement (as defined in the First Lien Purchase Agreement) and to forbear from taking any Enforcement Actions with respect to the
Covered Defaults prior to the Forbearance Maturity Date as set forth herein; (ii) each of the undersigned Noteholders hereby authorizes and directs the 

  
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Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Purchase Agreement to execute and deliver this Agreement in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement (as defined in the Second Lien Purchase
Agreement) and to forbear from taking any Enforcement Actions with respect to the Covered Defaults prior to the Forbearance Maturity Date as set forth herein; and (iii) each of the undersigned Noteholders hereby authorizes and directs the
Collateral Agent under the Third Lien Exchange Agreement to execute and deliver this Agreement in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement (as defined in the Third Lien Exchange Agreement) and to forbear from taking any Enforcement Actions
with respect to the Covered Defaults prior to the Forbearance Maturity Date as set forth herein. 
 (c) The foregoing direction
shall constitute a “Direction Notice”, and the Noteholders agree that such direction is irrevocable absent the prior written consent of the Note Parties. 
 Section 16. THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY. This Agreement may not be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified or waived without the express written consent of Equity Buyer. Equity Buyer is
an intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	NEXTWAVE WIRELESS LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frank A. Cassou

	Name:	 	Frank A. Cassou
	Title:	 	 Secretary

	
	 NEXTWAVE BROADBAND INC.,
 NW SPECTRUM CO.,
 AWS WIRELESS INC.,

WCS WIRELESS LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frank A. Cassou

	Name:	 	 Frank A. Cassou

	Title:	 	 Secretary

	
	NEXTWAVE WIRELESS INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frank A. Cassou

	Name:	 	Frank A. Cassou
	Title:	 	 EVP, Corporate Development

  

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	FIRST LIEN HOLDERS
	
	AVENUE INVESTMENTS, L.P.
	    By:	 	Avenue Partners, LLC, its general partner
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sonia Gardner

		 	Name:	 	Sonia Gardner
		 	Title:	 	Member
	
	AVENUE SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND IV, L.P.
	    By:	 	Avenue Capital Partners IV, LLC, its general partner
		 	  By:	 	GL Partners IV, LLC, its managing member
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sonia Gardner

		 		 	Name: Sonia Gardner
		 		 	Title: Member
	
	AVENUE SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND V, L.P.
	    By:	 	Avenue Capital Partners V, LLC, its general partner
		 	  By:	 	GL Partners V, LLC, its managing member
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sonia Gardner

		 		 	Name: Sonia Gardner
		 		 	Title: Member

  

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	FIRST LIEN HOLDERS (cont.)
	
	SOLUS CORE OPPORTUNITIES LP
	
	By: Solus Alternative Asset Management LP
	 Its:  Investment Adviser

			
		 	 By:
	 	/s/ C.J. Lanktree
		 	 Name:
	 	 Charles J. Lanktree

		 	 Title:
	 	 EVP & PM

	
	SOLUS CORE OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND LTD
	
	By: Solus Alternative Asset Management LP
	 Its:  Investment Adviser

			
		 	 By:
	 	/s/ C.J. Lanktree
		 	 Name:
	 	 Charles J. Lanktree

		 	 Title:
	 	 EVP & PM

	
	SOLUS RECOVERY FUND LP
	
	By: Solus Alternative Asset Management LP
	 Its:  Investment Adviser

			
		 	 By:
	 	/s/ C.J. Lanktree
		 	 Name:
	 	 Charles J. Lanktree

		 	 Title:
	 	 EVP & PM

	
	SOLUS RECOVERY FUND OFFSHORE MASTER LP
	
	By: Solus Alternative Asset Management LP
	 Its:  Investment Adviser

			
		 	 By:
	 	/s/ C.J. Lanktree
		 	 Name:
	 	 Charles J. Lanktree

		 	 Title:
	 	 EVP & PM

		 		 	

  

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	 SECOND LIEN HOLDERS

	
	 AVENUE AIV US, L.P.

		 	     By:
	 	Avenue AIV US Genpar, LLC its general partner
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sonia Gardner

		 		 	 Name: Sonia Gardner

Title: Member

  

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	 SECOND LIEN HOLDERS (cont.)

	
	 SOLA LTD

		
	 By:
	 	 Solus Alternative Asset Management LP

	Its:	 	Investment Adviser
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher Pucillo

		 		 	 Name: Christopher Pucillo

Title: CEO

	
	 SOLUS CORE OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND LTD

		
	 By:
	 	 Solus Alternative Asset Management LP

	Its:	 	Investment Adviser
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher Pucillo

		 		 	 Name: Christopher Pucillo

Title: CEO

  

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	 THIRD LIEN HOLDERS

	
	AVENUE-CDP GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.
		 	  By:	 	 Avenue Global Opportunities Fund GenPar, LLC,
 its general partner

				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sonia Gardner

		 		 	Name:	 	Sonia Gardner
		 		 	Title:	 	Member
	
	AVENUE INTERNATIONAL MASTER, L.P.
		 	  By:	 	 Avenue International Master Fund GenPar, Ltd.,
 its general partner

				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sonia Gardner

		 		 	Name:	 	Sonia Gardner
		 		 	Title:	 	Director
	
	AVENUE INVESTMENTS, L.P.
		 	  By:	 	Avenue Partners, LLC, its general partner
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sonia Gardner

		 		 	Name:	 	Sonia Gardner
		 		 	Title:	 	Member
	
	AVENUE SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND IV, L.P.
		 	  By:	 	Avenue Capital Partners IV, LLC, its general partner
		 		 	  By:	 	GL Partners IV, LLC, its managing member
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Sonia Gardner

		 		 		 	Name: Sonia Gardner
		 		 		 	Title: Member

  

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	 THIRD LIEN HOLDERS (cont.)

	
	 SOLA LTD

		
	 By:
	 	Solus Alternative Asset Management LP
	Its:	 	Investment Adviser
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher Pucillo

		 	 Name: Christopher Pucillo
 Title: CEO

	
	 SOLUS CORE OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND LTD

		
	 By:
	 	Solus Alternative Asset Management LP
	Its:	 	Investment Adviser
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher Pucillo

		 	 Name: Christopher Pucillo

Title: CEO

  

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	THIRD LIEN HOLDERS (cont.)
	
	KEVIN FINN & MADELINE MARIN FINN LIVING TRUST
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin Finn
		 	Name: Kevin Finn
		 	Title: Trustee

  

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	THIRD LIEN HOLDERS (cont.)
	
	 ALDEN GLOBAL DISTRESSED OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, L.P.

		
	 By:
	 	Alden Global Capital Limited, its investment adviser,
	By:	 	Alden Global Capital LLC, its sub-adviser
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jason Pecora

		 	Name: Jason Pecora
		 	Title: Managing Director
	
	ALDEN GLOBAL VALUE RECOVERY MASTER FUND, L.P.
		
	By:	 	Alden Global Capital Limited, its investment adviser,
	By:	 	Alden Global Capital LLC, its sub-adviser
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jason Pecora

		 	Name: Jason Pecora
		 	Title: Managing Director

  

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	THIRD LIEN HOLDERS (cont.)
	
	/s/ Douglas Manchester
	Douglas F. Manchester

  

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	THIRD LIEN HOLDERS (cont.)
	
	NAVATION INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Allen Salmasi

		 	Name: Allen Salmasi
		 	Title: Chief Executive Officer

  

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	 THIRD LIEN HOLDERS (cont.)

	
	 POLGYON RECOVERY FUND L.P.

	 By:
	 	Polygon Global Partners LP, its investment manager
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Reade Griffith

		 	 Name: Reade Griffith
 Title: Principal

  

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	ACKNOWLEDGED:
	
	AT&T INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rick L. Moore

	 Name: Rick Moore
 Title: SVP – Corporate Development

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER 
 [See Exhibit 2.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K] 

 EXHIBIT B 
 SUMMARY OF TERMS 
  

	I.	OUTSTANDING NOTES 

  

					
	1st Lien Notes	  	$160mm	  	
			
	2nd Lien Notes	  	$224mm	  	
			
	Total 1st and 2nd Lien
Notes	  	$384mm	  	
			
	3rd Lien Notes	  	$808mm1	  	

 The holders of the 1st Lien Notes, 2nd Lien Notes, and 3rd Lien Notes (the “Notes”) are collectively referred to herein as the “Noteholders”.
NextWave Wireless Inc. is referred to herein as “Listco”. NextWave Wireless LLC is referred to herein as “Borrower”. (Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Forbearance
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2012 by and among, inter alia, the Noteholders and Listco (the “Forbearance Agreement”) or as defined by reference in the Forbearance Agreement.) 

 

	II.	EVENTS TO OCCUR IN CONNECTION WITH SIGNING 

  

	A.	Restructuring of Assets and Liabilities 

Borrower, Listco and the Noteholders will take the following actions and enter into definitive agreements with respect thereto within thirty days of the
date of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 1, 2012 (the “Listco Merger Agreement”), by and among AT&T Inc. (“Acquiror”), Rodeo Acquisition Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”) and
Listco, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Listco with Listco continuing as the surviving corporation: 
  

	 	1.	Spectrum and other assets will be organized among subsidiaries as follows (it being understood that prior regulatory approval may be required to effectuate these
transactions, which approval process may require more than thirty days to complete, in which case Borrower, Listco and the Noteholders will use reasonable best efforts to cause such FCC approval to be obtained within the thirty day period and in the
event such approval is not so obtained, Borrower, Listco and the Noteholders shall cause the restructuring to be completed as promptly as practicable following receipt of such regulatory approvals). 

“Listco” will own, directly or indirectly, the U.S. 2.3 spectrum and AWS spectrum assets (the “Target
Assets”) and will own, directly or indirectly, NextWave Wireless LLC, NextWave Metropolitan Inc., WCS Wireless License Subsidiary, LLC, AWS Wireless 

 

	1 	 Amounts reflect the estimated amount of principal and accrued interest to be outstanding as of December 31, 2012.

 Inc., and one of those entities or one or more newly formed subsidiaries of Listco will
assume, directly or indirectly, all of the assets and liabilities of other subsidiaries of Listco exclusively related to the Target Assets not already owned or held by such entities. 

“Spinco”, a bankruptcy-remote entity having two independent directors employed by CT Corp. (or another similar
nationally-recognized company that provides such services) and charter documents that require unanimous director consent to commence a bankruptcy, will own, directly or indirectly, the U.S. 2.5 spectrum assets (the “Spinco 2.5
Assets”) and all assets (including the equity interests of subsidiaries) other than the Target Assets and the Spinco 2.5 Assets (the “Spinco Additional Assets” and collectively with the Spinco 2.5 Assets, the
“Spinco Assets”). Spinco will assume, directly or indirectly, all liabilities of Listco and its subsidiaries that are not exclusively related to the Target Assets; provided that Spinco will not assume any liabilities to the extent
taken into account in the Estimated Closing Date Adjustment or Final Closing Date Adjustment. 
  

	 	2.	 Spinco shall provide a first priority guarantee of Borrower’s obligations to the holders of the 1st Lien Notes and a second priority guarantee of Borrower’s
obligations to the holders of the 2nd Lien Notes. All
other guarantees, security interests and pledges with respect to the Notes shall remain in full force and effect or renewed with equal effect, as the case may be, except as otherwise set forth herein. 

 

	 	3.	 The 3rd Lien Notes will be amended and restated to reflect the following: 

  

	 	a.	 $325mm will remain direct obligations of Listco (the “Listco 3rd Lien Notes”) and be secured by the Target Assets, with secured
guarantees from Borrower, Spinco, any other entities currently providing a guarantee in respect of the 3rd Lien Notes, and any new entity formed in connection with the restructuring contemplated hereby. 

  

	 	b.	 An amount equal to the outstanding principal balance of the 3rd Lien Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon,2 minus $325mm, as amended and restated to contain the covenants and other terms described herein, will become direct
obligations of Spinco (the “Spinco 3rd Lien Notes”, and together with the Listco 3rd Lien Notes, the “New 3rd Lien Notes”; the holders of the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes and the holders of the equity of Spinco upon exercise of the Spinco Call or the Spinco 3rd Lien Note Redemption, the “Spinco 3rd Lien
Noteholders”) and be secured by the Spinco Assets, with secured guarantees from Borrower, Listco, any other entities currently providing a guarantee in respect of the 3rd Lien Notes, and any new entity formed in connection with restructuring contemplated hereby.

  

	2 	 As of June 30, 2012, this amount was approximately $747mm. 

	 	c.	 The New 3rd Lien Notes will have the same relative priority with respect to the
1st Lien Notes and 2nd Lien Notes and all guarantees and liens thereof and be subject to
the same terms and intercreditor agreements, mutatis mutandis, as the existing 3rd Lien Notes, except as otherwise described herein. 

  

	 	d.	 The Listco
3rd Lien Notes and the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes will be pari passu. The holders of the 3rd Lien Notes will hold the Listco 3rd Lien Notes and the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes pro rata. 

 

	 	e.	 No Spinco
3rd Lien Noteholder may transfer any of its Spinco
3rd Lien Notes without transferring a pro rata portion of
its Listco 3rd Lien Notes, and vice versa (subject
to the transfer limitations in the Note Purchase Agreement). 

  

	 	4.	 The Spinco
3rd Lien Notes, the 1st Lien Notes, and the 2nd Lien Notes, as applicable, shall feature the following additional
terms: 

  

	 	a.	 The Spinco
3rd Lien Notes will bear PIK interest at a rate of
16% per annum. 

  

	 	b.	 The covenants under the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes (with commensurate changes to the 1st Lien and 2nd Lien Notes; provided however that the Spinco 3rd Lien Holders shall retain the right to direct or prohibit sales of the Spinco Assets as referenced below irrespective
of the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement) shall be tightened, including, without limitation, a prohibition on the sales of assets of Spinco without the consent of the holders of 75% of the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes (the “Required Spinco 3rd Lien
Noteholders”), and the right of the Required Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders to direct sales of the Spinco Assets, with all net proceeds of such sales transferred to the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder Representative on the closing of any such disposition who will hold title to such net proceeds on
behalf of and in trust for the Spinco 3rd Lien
Noteholders, with a redemption of Spinco 3rd Lien Notes in
the amount of any net cash proceeds received in connection with such a disposition of any Spinco Assets on the closing date thereof; provided that in the case of a disposition of the Spinco Assets for securities rather than cash, the amount of the
redemption of Spinco 3rd Lien Notes shall be the value of
such securities at 5:00 eastern standard time on the day before the signing date of the agreement to sell such assets, as reasonably determined by the Required Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders, and upon the direction of the Required Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders, the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder Representative shall be entitled to sell any such
securities received as proceeds of the disposition of the Spinco Assets, with all net proceeds of such sales of securities transferred to the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder Representative, who will hold title to such proceeds on behalf of and in trust for the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders without any additional redemption of Spinco
3rd Lien Notes; provided further upon the receipt of any
net proceeds from the sale of the Spinco Assets or the sale of securities received as proceeds of the sale of Spinco Assets, the net proceeds thereof shall be held by the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder Representative on behalf of and in trust for the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders pursuant to and subject to the

	 	
terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement until such time as the 1st Lien Notes and 2nd Lien Notes have been satisfied in full or the holders of 66 2/3% of the 1st Lien Notes and the holders of 66 2/3% of the 2nd Lien Notes have consented to the application of such amounts by the
Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, at such time as there are no restrictions under the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Purchase Agreements (as defined below) with respect to the distribution of the proceeds of the Spinco Assets to the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders, the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder Representative shall, as promptly as practicable,
distribute cash or securities constituting the proceeds of any Spinco Assets to the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders in accordance with their pro rata shares of the of Spinco
3rd Lien Notes without any further action or approval of
any kind, including any approval of the Required Spinco
3rd Lien Noteholders. The Required Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders shall also have the right to cause the purchase by
the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder Representative on behalf of
and in trust for all of the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders,
of all, but not less than all of the 1st Lien Notes and
the 2nd Lien Notes, subject to the obligation to keep such
Notes outstanding until the consummation of the Merger or, in the event that a bankruptcy is commenced by Listco or any of its subsidiaries, the exercise of the Acquiror Listco 3rd Lien Call Right and the payment in full of the 1st Lien Notes and the 2nd Lien Notes in any such bankruptcy proceeding. 

 

	 	c.	 The Spinco
3rd Lien Noteholder Representative on behalf of the Spinco
3rd Lien Noteholders will be issued a separate call right
for the purchase of stock of Spinco constituting 100% of the common stock of Spinco (the “Spinco Call”). The Spinco Call will not be exercisable until the Spinco Governance Effective Date (as defined below) shall have occurred and
one of the following shall have occurred: (i) receipt of notification by the Acquiror that the Merger is to occur and that all conditions in Section 6.1 (other than Section 6.1(c)) and 6.2 of the Merger Agreement have been satisfied
or waived other than those conditions which by their nature can only be satisfied at closing; (ii) the termination of the Merger Agreement; or (iii) the filing by or against Listco, Borrower, or Spinco of a voluntary or involuntary
petition under the Bankruptcy Code (the “Spinco Call Exercise Date”); provided that the Spinco Call will be conditioned on (x) in the case of either clause (i) or clause (ii), the redemption of the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes in full contemporaneously therewith, (y) in the case
of clause (i), the deposit of the $25mm Escrow Payment payable pursuant to Section 2.3(c) of the Merger Agreement, and (z) in the case of clause (ii), the affirmative vote of the Required Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders to direct the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder Representative to exercise the Spinco Call on behalf
of the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders (in which case, all of
the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes shall be redeemed regardless of
whether the holder thereof voted to exercise the Spinco Call), and the payment of $25mm (the “Spinco Call Payment”) for the benefit of the common equity holders of Listco by the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders electing to fund the Spinco Call Payment (the
“Funding Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders”) for the 

	 	
benefit of the common equity holders of Listco (which Spinco Call Payment will not constitute a payment on account of any collateral of the Noteholders or an asset of any of the Note Parties, and
the Noteholders shall agree that such Spinco Call Payment will not be subject to any mandatory prepayment or restrictions on dividends and may be distributed to the shareholders of Listco free and clear of the claims of the Noteholders). With
respect to the exercise of the Spinco Call pursuant to clause (z) above, in the event there are not sufficient consenting Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders necessary to meet the 75% threshold of the Required Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders, any Spinco 3rd Lienholders wishing to cause the exercise of the Spinco Call Option
purchase pro rata amongst the consenting 3rd Lien
Noteholders the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes held by any
non-consenting 3rd Lien Noteholder by the payment to such
non-consenting 3rd Lien Noteholder in cash of the
principal amount plus accrued interest of Spinco 3rd Lien
Notes held by such non-consenting 3rd Lien Noteholder and
all rights and obligations with respect thereto, upon which the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes held by such non-consenting Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder shall be transferred automatically pro rata among the Spinco
3rd Lien Noteholders who funded the payment to such
non-consenting Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder, which shall
then be deemed voted in favor of the exercise of the Spinco Call pursuant to clause (z) for purposes of meeting the Required Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder 75% threshold. 

 

	 	d.	 Upon the exercise of the Spinco Call on the Spinco Call Exercise Date, each Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder will receive Spinco shares (such Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder becoming a “Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholder”) pro rata in accordance with the
outstanding principal amount of its Spinco 3rd Lien Notes
(the “Call Date Note Amount”) as of such date. In the event any Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder fails to pay its pro rata share of the Spinco Call Payment under the foregoing clause (z), such Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder may receive equity distributions in respect of the Spinco shares only in an amount up to the Call Date
Note Amount and upon receipt of the Call Date Note Amount, such Non-Funding Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholder, shall automatically forfeit (1) all voting rights in respect of its Spinco shares, and such shares will no longer be used in any respect in the calculation of Required Spinco
3rd Lien Shareholders (as defined below), (2) any
right to designate a member of the Board of Spinco, with such Board Member to be replaced by the Required Spinco Shareholders, if applicable, and (3) all rights to receive any further distributions as a Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholder or in respect of the Spinco Assets. Upon payment of
distributions sufficient to satisfy the Call Date Note Amount of each Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholder, any subsequent distributions in respect of the Spinco shares shall be made solely in respect of Spinco shares held by the Funding Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders pro rata in accordance with the amount of the
Spinco Call Payment funded by each such Spinco 3rd Lien
Noteholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the event Douglas Manchester does not fund his pro rata share of the Spinco Call Payment, Navation, Inc. will have the right to fund such amount in lieu of Douglas Manchester (the
“Navation Funding Right”), 

	 	
and upon the payment in full of the Call Date Note Amount, Navation, Inc. shall have the right to vote the shares formerly held by Douglas Manchester, Navation Inc.’s pro rata share of the
funded amount of the Spinco Call Payment shall be increased by the amount funded in lieu of Douglas Manchester, and Navation, Inc. shall have the right to retain Douglas Manchester as the Director formerly entitled to be designated by Douglas
Manchester as set forth in clause 4.e below, and (ii) in the event Navation, Inc. does not fund its pro rata share of the Spinco Call Payment, Douglas Manchester will have the right to fund such amount in lieu of Navation, Inc. (the
“Manchester Funding Right”) and upon the payment in full of the Call Date Note Amount, Douglas Manchester shall have the right to vote the shares formerly held by Navation Inc., Douglas Manchester’s pro rata share of the funded
amount of the Spinco Call Payment shall be increased by the amount funded in lieu of Navation, Inc., and Douglas Manchester shall have the right to retain the designee of Navation, Inc. as the Director formerly entitled to be designated by Navation,
Inc. as set forth in clause 4.e below. 

  

	 	e.	 Upon exercise of the Spinco Call, the existing Board of Directors of Spinco shall be replaced. At such time, the size of the Board of Spinco shall be
set and remain at five (5) directors and may be increased or decreased only with the vote of at least four (4) out of the five (5) directors. Each stockholder of Spinco shall agree for the three year period commencing on the Spinco
Call Exercise Date (which three year period shall automatically be extended for an additional three year period unless at least four (4) of the five (5) directors vote not to extend such period) to vote, or cause to be voted, all shares
owned by such stockholder, or over which such stockholder has voting control, from time to time and at all times, in whatever manner as shall be necessary to ensure that at each annual or special meeting of stockholders at which an election of
directors is held or pursuant to any written consent of the stockholders, the following persons shall be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company: one (1) person designated by Avenue Capital Management, LLC (the “Avenue
Designee”); one (1) person designated by Solus Alternative Asset Management LP (the “Solus Designee”); one (1) person designated by Polygon Recovery Fund L.P. (the “Polygon Designee”); one
(1) person designated by Douglas F. Manchester (the “Manchester Designee”); and one (1) person designated by Navation Inc. (the “Navation Designee”); provided that in the event any of the foregoing
entities or individuals shall hold beneficially less than 3.5% of the Spinco shares (other than Navation, Inc. if Navation, Inc. has exercised the Navation, Inc. Funding Right or Douglas Manchester if Douglas Manchester has exercised the Manchester
Funding Right), the right of such entity or individual to appoint a board member shall cease and such Board member shall be replaced by the Required Spinco Shareholders. In the event any Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholder purchases the Spinco shares of an entity or
individual entitled to designate a member of the Board, such Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholder shall succeed to the right to designate the member of the Board formerly designated by the selling Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholder. 

	 	f.	 The operations and management of Spinco shall be as directed by the Board. It will require the vote of not less than four of the five directors of the
Board to make decisions with respect to any material actions of Spinco. Material actions shall include: (i) entering into any sale of Spinco or the Spinco Assets, (ii) entering into any transaction resulting in a change of control,
(iii) liquidating or dissolving Spinco; (iv) amending or otherwise modifying Spinco’s charter documents; (v) declaring or making any distribution; (vi) requesting or accepting any additional capital contribution or redeeming
any capital stock of Spinco; (vii) entering into any affiliate transaction; (viii) entering into any material agreement for the purchase or sale of any assets, stock or other equity interest in a business; (ix) giving any guarantee,
indemnity, security interest, lien or mortgage in respect of the liabilities or obligations of any person or the making or incurring of any loan, advance or giving or incurring of any credit in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate during any
twelve-month period; (x) issuing or granting any capital stock or other profit participation rights in Spinco; (xi) engaging in any business other than owning the Spectrum Assets and activities incidental thereto; (xii) forming any
additional subsidiaries; (xiii) entering into any partnership or joint venture; (xiv) entering into, terminating or modifying any agreement under which obligations or receivables are reasonably expected to be in excess of $100,000 in the
aggregate during any twelve-month period; and (xv) hiring or terminating the employment of any employee having compensation in excess of $100,000. Spinco may not enter into any agreement having any material effect on the Spinco Assets or
liabilities absent the direction of the Required Spinco
3rd Lien Shareholders, including any sale, lease or
encumbrance of the Spinco Assets. “Required Spinco
3rd Lien Shareholders” means Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholders holding at least 75% of the outstanding Spinco
shares. 

  

	 	g.	 Promptly following the signing of the Merger Agreement (as defined below), the parties will file any necessary applications for FCC approval of the
transfer of voting control of Spinco to the Spinco 3rd
Lien Noteholders (the date of such approval, the “Spinco Governance Effective Date”). 

  

	 	h.	 Upon notification by the Acquiror that the Merger is to occur and that all conditions in Section 6.1 (other than Section 6.1(c)) and 6.2 have
been satisfied or waived other than those conditions which by their nature can only be satisfied at closing, immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, the Spinco Call shall be exercised and the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes shall be redeemed in full in connection with the exercise
of the Spinco Call for all of the equity interests in Spinco (the “Spinco 3rd Lien Note Redemption”). 

  

	 	i.	 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at such time as there are no restrictions under the Intercreditor Agreement or the Note Purchase
Agreement, with respect to the distribution of proceeds of the Spinco Assets to 

	 	
the Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholders, any proceeds of cash or securities constituting proceeds of any Spinco Assets shall be distributed to the Spinco 3rd Lien Shareholders in accordance with their pro rata shares of the of Spinco shares or the Spinco Call Payment Amount,
as applicable, without any further action or approval of any kind, including any approval of the Spinco Board of Directors. 

  

	 	5.	 The Noteholders will agree to forbear from exercising remedies through the earlier of the termination date of the Merger Agreement and the commencement
of a bankruptcy; provided that such forbearance shall not prohibit the direction of the operations of Spinco by the Spinco 3rd Lien Noteholders subsequent to the Spinco Call Exercise Date or dispositions of Spinco collateral, subject in each
case to the Note Purchase Agreements and the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the application of the proceeds of such dispositions. 

  

	 	6.	 The holders of the
1st Lien Notes will extend a working capital line of
credit of up to $15mm in the form of incremental 1st Lien
Notes with a coupon of 10% and “first out” with respect to existing 1st Lien Notes to the extent necessary for the operations and expenses of Listco or Spinco. 

  

	B.	Certain Documentation 

 The following
agreements, inter alia, will be entered into on the signing date: 
  

	 	1.	The Acquiror shall enter into the Merger Agreement with Listco to acquire Listco for $1 per share in cash plus $25mm, otherwise payable to the shareholders, being held
in escrow (together with $25mm deposited in escrow in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreements) for a two-year period (75% of the amount remaining in escrow and not subject to a reserve to be released after one year and the remainder released
after two years) (the foregoing transaction, the “Merger”). 

  

	 	2.	Acquiror shall enter into note purchase agreements with each of the Noteholders (the “Note Purchase Agreements”), with terms as follows:

  

	 	a.	 Immediately prior to Effective Time, Spinco will redeem all of the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes and the Listco 3rd Lien Notes not to be purchased by Acquiror pursuant to clause 2(a)(ii) below (the “Acquiror Purchased Listco
3rd Lien Notes”) in connection with the exercise of the Spinco Call, and Acquiror will purchase all of the outstanding 1st Lien Notes and 2nd Lien Notes, and will purchase the Acquiror Purchased Listco
3rd Lien Notes. 

 

	 	i.	 The 1st Lien Notes and the 2nd Lien Notes shall be redeemed for cash in an amount equal to par plus accrued interest through the redemption date. 

 

	 	ii.	 The portion of the Listco
3rd Lien Notes not to be redeemed in full shall be
purchased for cash equal to $550mm minus the amount paid pursuant to clause (i) (subject to purchase price adjustments set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement), with $25mm being held in escrow for one year. 

	 	iii.	 As set forth above, upon notification by the Acquiror that the Merger is to occur and there are no remaining conditions thereto, immediately prior to
the Effective Time, the Spinco 3rd Lien Note Redemption
shall occur. 

  

	 	b.	Each Noteholder will agree with Acquiror not to directly or indirectly take action to put the Borrower/Listco into a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or similar
proceeding. 

  

	 	c.	 In the event of a bankruptcy or similar action by or in respect of Listco/Borrower prior to the closing date of the merger, Acquiror will have a right
to purchase the Listco 3rd Lien Notes for $550mm minus
(x) the purchase price of the 1st Lien Notes and the
2nd Lien Notes at par plus accrued interest through the
purchase date and (y) any discount in the Allowed Amount as set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement relating to the Listco 3rd Lien Notes (the “Acquiror Listco 3rd Lien Call Right”). 

 

	 	d.	 Acquiror will agree not to take any action adverse in any respect to the 1st Lien Notes, the 2nd Lien Notes, the Listco 3rd Lien Notes, the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes, or the Noteholders in any bankruptcy or similar proceeding of Listco or Borrower or any guarantor thereof,
including (i) entering into, proposing, or supporting any agreement to prime such obligations, (ii) proposing, supporting or voting in favor of a plan other than a plan that proposes to pay the 1st Lien Noteholders and 2nd Lien Noteholders in full in cash on the effective date of such plan,
or (iii) challenging any claims or liens of the Noteholders. 

  

	 	3.	 Upon the exercise of the Acquiror Listco 3rd Lien Call Right, (i) the guarantee by Borrower, Listco, and all other guarantors of any Spinco 3rd Lien Notes shall terminate, (ii) the guarantee by Spinco of the
Listco 3rd Lien Notes shall terminate, and (iii) the
guarantee by Spinco of the 1st and 2nd Lien Notes shall remain in effect. 

 

	III.	CLOSING 

  

	A.	Closing Absent Bankruptcy or Similar Action 

  

	 	1.	 Upon satisfaction of the closing conditions of the Merger (including for example, FCC approval), (i) the Spinco 3rd Lien Note Redemption will occur, (ii) Acquiror will
(x) pursuant to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreements, cause all of the 1st Lien Notes and 2nd Lien Notes and the Acquiror Purchased Listco 3rd Lien Notes to be redeemed, for the amounts set forth in Paragraph II.B.2(a), and (y) consummate the Merger in accordance with the Merger Agreement. Spinco’ s guarantee of the 1st Lien Notes, the 2nd Lien Notes and the Listco 3rd Lien Notes will terminate at such time.

	B.	Rights Upon Bankruptcy or Similar Action 

  

	 	1.	 Acquiror may exercise the Acquiror Listco 3rd Lien Call Right to acquire all of the Listco 3rd Lien Notes and can thereafter credit bid such notes and/or vote the claims in respect of the Listco 3rd Lien Notes in the bankruptcy with the 1st Lien Notes and 2nd Lien Notes being repaid in full in cash on the consummation of any
purchase pursuant to that bid or any other credit bid. 

  

	 	2.	 Upon the exercise of the Acquiror Listco 3rd Lien Call Right, the guarantees by Listco, Borrower, and any other guarantors (other than any subsidiaries of Spinco)
of the Spinco 3rd Lien Notes shall terminate, and the
guarantees by Spinco and its subsidiaries of the Listco
3rd Lien Notes shall terminate. The guarantee by Listco,
and all other guarantors (other than Spinco and its subsidiaries) of the 1st Lien Notes and the 2nd Lien Notes shall remain in effect; the guarantee by Borrower, and all other guarantors (other than Spinco and its subsidiaries) of the Listco 3rd Lien Notes shall remain in effect; and the guarantee by Spinco and its subsidiaries of the 1st Lien Notes and the 2nd Lien Notes shall remain in effect. 

 

	 	3.	 If Acquiror elects not to exercise its Acquiror Listco 3rd Lien Call Right, all rights, guarantees, etc. of the Noteholders will continue as then in effect.

  

	 	4.	Noteholders will agree not to, directly or indirectly (A) solicit, initiate, encourage, or knowingly facilitate or induce any inquiry with respect to or that could
reasonably be expected to lead to the making or submission of any Company Alternative Proposal (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreements), (B) participate in any discussions or negotiations (except discussions in which Acquiror and its
Affiliates are participating and which are (i) permitted under the Merger Agreement and (ii) being conducted in accordance with the terms thereof) regarding, or furnish to any person any nonpublic information relating or with respect to,
any Company Alternative Proposal, or in response to any inquiries or proposals that could reasonably be expected to lead to any Company Alternative Proposal, (C) engage in discussions or negotiations with any person (except discussions in which
Listco and its affiliates are participating and which are (i) permitted under the Merger Agreement and (ii) being conducted in accordance with the terms thereof) with respect to any Company Alternative Proposal or (D) approve, endorse
or recommend any Company Alternative Proposal. 

  

	 	5.	For the avoidance of doubt, in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other international, federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or debtor relief law in
which the Listco or any of its subsidiaries is a debtor or otherwise the subject, nothing shall preclude any Noteholder from exercising any rights or remedies or taking any enforcement action to protect the value of or recovery on its claims in such
proceeding, including, without limitation, seeking adequate protection under sections 362, 363, or 364 of the Bankruptcy Code, contesting Listco’s or any of its subsidiaries’ use of cash collateral in such proceeding, and contesting
Listco’s or any of its subsidiaries’ incurrence of post petition indebtedness.

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