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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1

SUBLEASE

THIS SUBLEASE (this “Sublease”) is made as of the 23rd day of April, 2019, by and between AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation having an address of 151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06156 ("Sublessor") and YEXT, INC., a Delaware corporation having an address at One Madison Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10010 ("Sublessee").

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Sublessor leases 142,342 rentable square feet of space on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th floors (the "Premises") of the building located at 61 Ninth Avenue, New York, New York (the "Building") pursuant to that certain Lease dated as of June 26, 2017, as amended by that certain Memorandum of Sublease dated as of June 26, 2017, as amended by that certain letter agreement dated September 6, 2017, and amended by that certain First Amendment to Lease dated as of April 23, 2018 (as amended, the "Lease"), made by and between 61 Ninth Avenue Development LLC, as landlord (the "Landlord"), and Sublessor, as tenant; and

WHEREAS, Sublessee desires to sublet from Sublessor the entire Premises (referred to herein as the "Sublet Premises"). The Sublet Premises are identified on Exhibit B annexed hereto and made a part hereof as the hatched areas; and

WHEREAS, Sublessor desires to sublet the Sublet Premises to Sublessee and Sublessee desires to sublet the Sublet Premises from Sublessor upon the terms and conditions contained herein.

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein that are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Lease.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, for themselves and their respective successors and assigns, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained and the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) to each party paid by the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, do covenant and agree as follows:

1.Term. Sublessor hereby sublets to Sublessee and Sublessee hereby sublets from Sublessor the Sublet Premises on the terms and conditions set forth in this Sublease for the term (the "Term" or the "Sublease Term") commencing on the later to occur of: (i) the date when this Sublease has been fully executed and delivered by both Sublessor and Sublessee; (ii) the date Landlord has given its written consent to this Sublease in a form approved by both Sublessor and Sublessee (the "Consent Agreement"); (iii) the date when Sublessor has received the “Letter of Credit,” as defined herein, (iv) the date when Sublessor has received the first month’s Base Rent installment from Sublessee by electronic funds transfer per the instructions attached hereto as 

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Exhibit E; (v) the date Sublessor has received the “Certificates of Insurance,” as defined herein (other than the Certificate of Insurance for Rental Value insurance, which must be delivered to Sublessor prior to the “Sublease Rent Commencement Date,” as defined herein); and (vi) the date Sublessor has delivered possession of the Sublet Premises to Sublessee in their “as is” condition as of the date hereof (the later to occur of (i) - (vi) above is referred to as the "Sublease Commencement Date"), and ending on February 28, 2031 (the "Sublease Expiration Date"), unless sooner terminated under the terms of the Lease or this Sublease. Sublessor and Sublessee agree to execute a document in the form substantially similar to that annexed hereto as Exhibit C which will delineate the Sublease Commencement Date.  

2.    Rent.   

(a)  Beginning on October 1, 2020 (the "Sublease Rent Commencement Date"), Sublessee covenants and agrees to pay Sublessor during the term of this Sublease base rent ("Base Rent"), without deduction or offset and without notice or demand, except as expressly provided herein, by electronic funds transfer pursuant to the instructions annexed hereto as Exhibit E and made a part hereof, or to such other entity or in such other manner as Sublessor may from time to time designate on not less than twenty (20) days' advance notice, in writing, as follows: 

	
				
	Period
	Annual Base Rent
	Monthly Base Rent
	Annual Base Rent per RSF per Annum

	10/1/2020 – 12/31/2024
	$12,099,069.96
	$1,008,255.83
	$85.00

	1/1/2025 – 2/28/2031
	$13,522,490.04
	$1,126,874.17
	$95.00

Base Rent hereunder will be payable to Sublessor with respect only to the period commencing on the Sublease Rent Commencement Date through the Sublease Expiration Date, at the same times and in the same manner Sublessor is obligated to pay Landlord "Base Rent," as defined in the Lease.  The first month's Base Rent (for the month of October, 2020) shall be due and payable upon the full execution and delivery of this Sublease.

(b)    Beginning on the Sublease Rent Commencement Date, Sublessee covenants and agrees to pay Sublessor during, and with respect to, the portion of the Sublease Term from and after the Sublease Rent Commencement Date, one hundred percent (100%) of all "Escalation Rent," as defined in the Lease, payable by Sublessor under the Lease with respect to the same period (including, without limitation payment of "Monthly Operating Expense Payment Amount[s]" and the "Monthly Tax Payment Amount[s]," both as defined in, and pursuant to, Article 2 of the Lease), at the same times and in the same manner as Sublessor is obligated to pay Landlord Escalation Rent as set forth in Article 2 of the Lease. Sublessee shall have the right to exercise Sublessor's audit rights under Section 2.4 of the Lease (including the right pursuant to Section 2.4(B) of the Lease to institute an “Expedited Arbitration Proceeding,” as defined in Section 30.2(C) of the Lease), provided: (i) Landlord consents to same in the Consent Agreement; (ii) the audit is performed in strict accordance with Section 2.4 of the Lease; and (iii) an uncured "Sublessee Default," as defined herein, does not exist.  Any credit of an overpayment of Additional Rent under the Lease determined in such Expedited Arbitration Proceeding, or approved by Landlord, which is received by Sublessor from 

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Landlord, shall be credited against an Additional Rent payable under this Sublease. The parties agree that the rentable square footage of each floor of the Sublet Premises is as follows:

	
		
	Floor
	Rentable Square Footage

	2
	20,607

	3
	20,300

	4
	20,105

	5
	18,563

	6
	17,102

	7
	15,674

	8
	15,193

	9
	14,798

	Total
	142,342

(c)    Beginning on the Sublease Commencement Date, Sublessee covenants and agrees to pay Sublessor during, and with respect to, the Sublease Term the following expense items: (i) "Electricity Additional Rent" for the Sublet  Premises in accordance with Sections 5.3(B) and 5.3(C) of the Lease; (ii) condenser water charges for the Sublet Premises in accordance with Section 4.6 of the Lease; (iii) emergency generator usage charges for the Sublet Premises in accordance with Section 4.8(C) of the Lease; and (iv) freight elevator and loading dock usage charges for the Sublet Premises in accordance with Section 4.2(B) of the Lease, all payable by Sublessee to Sublessor in such amounts and in the same manner as Sublessor is obligated to pay Landlord for said expenses as set forth in the aforementioned sections of the Lease, provided that such amounts shall be payable by Sublessee to Sublessor not later than thirty (30) days after notice from Sublessor.  

(d)    Sublessee shall also pay Sublessor during and with respect to the Term of this Sublease such other sums of money not otherwise provided for herein, other than Fixed Rent payable under the Lease, as shall become due and payable by Sublessor to Landlord pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Lease (except if as a result of any act, omission, negligence or willful misconduct of Sublessor, its agents, contractors, or employees) and/or which are due to the actions or inactions of the Sublessee in default of this Sublease. 

(e)    All amounts payable by Sublessee under this Section 2 other than Base Rent are referred to herein as "Additional Rent". Base Rent and Additional Rent are collectively referred to hereinafter as the "Rent".

(f)    Rent shall be paid in advance, on the first day of each and every month throughout the Term of this Sublease, except as otherwise provided herein.  If Sublessee fails to pay any item of Rent on or prior to the date that such payment is due, then Sublessee shall pay to Sublessor, in addition to such item of Rent, as a late charge and as Additional Rent, an amount equal to interest at the "Applicable Rate" (as defined in the Lease) on the amount unpaid, computed from the date such payment was due to and including the date of payment; provided that twice during any calendar year, Sublessee shall be entitled to written notice of such late payment and a period of five (5) 

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business days after receipt of such notice to cure such late payment before such interest begins to accrue.  In addition, upon the third, and each succeeding, late payment under this Sublease, Sublessee shall pay Sublessor, as Additional Rent, a late charge of three percent (3%) of the outstanding Rent amount which is late. Nothing contained in this Section 2(f) limits Sublessor's rights and remedies, by operation of law or otherwise, after the occurrence of a Sublessee Default.  

(g)    Sublessor shall request from Landlord such documentation relating to Additional Rent charges under the Lease as Sublessor is entitled to receive under the Lease and for which Sublessee pays hereunder, and Sublessor shall deliver same to Sublessee promptly following receipt. Sublessor will promptly discuss with Landlord any reasonable objections which Sublessee has regarding such charges, and shall use all due diligence and all reasonable efforts to resolve same, included, if requested by Sublessee in writing, and if there is a reasonable basis for doing so, Sublessor will institute and pursue litigation against Landlord to resolve any reasonable objections which Sublessee has regarding such charges. Sublessee shall, within thirty (30) days after Sublessor's written demand, reimburse Sublessor for all of Sublessor's out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including without limitation, court costs, attorney's fees [including based on any requirement under Section 23.1(B) of the Lease, or any court order, that Sublessor reimburse Landlord's attorneys' fees in connection with such litigation]), and expert witness fees (all constituting Additional Rent hereunder) in connection with such litigation and any appeals in connection therewith. Sublessee shall indemnify and hold Sublessor harmless from any vexatious litigation claim by Landlord against Sublessor based on such litigation. In the event Sublessor shall receive any refund or reimbursement arising from an Additional Rent payment made by Sublessee with respect to the Sublease Term, Sublessor shall promptly pay to Sublessee such refund or reimbursement. In connection with any such litigation, Sublessor and Sublessee agree to the following:  (i) Sublessee shall have reasonable approval of counsel chosen to bring such litigation, (ii) Sublessee shall have approval over the budget for any such litigation and, if, during the course of such litigation, the costs of litigation appear likely to exceed such budget, Sublessee shall have approval over such additional costs, failing which Sublessor shall discontinue the prosecution thereof. Further, if Sublessee does not approve the original litigation budget, or the choice of counsel, then unless Sublessee and Sublessor agree on an alternative budget or counsel, which the parties shall use good faith efforts to agree upon, Sublessor shall not be required to pursue such litigation; (iii) Sublessor and Sublessee shall consult in good faith prior to commencing litigation, and during the course of litigation, concerning litigation strategy, and: (x) if the parties do not agree on litigation strategy prior to commencing litigation, then Sublessor shall not be required to commence such litigation until such time as the parties shall agree upon a litigation strategy, which the parties shall use good faith efforts to agree upon, or (y) if during the course of litigation, the parties, after using good faith efforts, cannot agree on a continuing litigation strategy, Sublessor may discontinue such litigation; (iv) Sublessor shall not settle any such litigation without the reasonable approval of Sublessee; and (v) if Sublessee determines at any time that it wants to discontinue any such litigation, then upon written notice from Sublessee to discontinue such litigation, Sublessor shall do so.

(h)    It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Rent payable hereunder shall be net to Sublessor such that this Sublease shall yield to Sublessor the net annual Rent specified herein during, and with respect only to the period constituting, the Term, and that all costs, expenses and obligations of every kind and nature whatsoever relating to the Sublet Premises (excluding Fixed 

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Rent payable under the Lease) shall be paid by Sublessee, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein.  
    
3.    Personal Property Taxes.  In addition to its obligations for payment of Rent, Sublessee shall pay, prior to delinquency, all taxes assessed against and levied upon trade fixtures, furnishing, equipment and all other personal property of Sublessee contained in the Sublet Premises.  If obtainable, Sublessee shall cause said trade fixtures, furnishings, equipment and all other personal property to be assessed and billed in Sublessee's name, separately from the real and/or personal property of Sublessor or Landlord.  If any of Sublessee's said personal property shall be assessed with Sublessor's property or Landlord's property, then Sublessee shall pay the taxes attributable to Sublessee's property within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written statement setting forth the taxes applicable thereto. Sublessee covenants to promptly furnish to Sublessor proof of the payment of any such personal property taxes which are payable by Sublessee as provided in this Section 3.

4.    Security.  

(a)    Simultaneously with its execution and delivery hereof, Sublessee shall deliver to Sublessor an irrevocable stand-by letter of credit in the amount of Twelve Million Ninety-Nine Thousand Seventy Dollars, U.S. ($12,099,070.00) in favor of Sublessor (the "Original Letter of Credit") issued by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, in the form annexed hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit D.  The Original Letter of Credit must remain in effect throughout the entire Term of this Sublease, and shall not expire prior to August 31, 2031, subject, however to Section 4(c) hereof, and the provisions of this Section 4(a).  The Original Letter of Credit shall be held by Sublessor as security for faithful and prompt performance of Sublessee's obligations under this Sublease. In the event of a "Sublessee Default," as defined herein, Sublessor may, but shall not be obligated to, draw upon the Original Letter of Credit to the extent necessary to make good any arrearages in Rent, and any other actual damage, injury, cost, expense or liability caused to, or incurred by, Sublessor on account of such Sublessee Default.  If Sublessor shall draw upon said Original Letter of Credit to cure a Sublessee Default, Sublessee shall, within ten (10) business days after Sublessor's written demand, deposit with Sublessor, an additional letter of credit (an "Additional Letter of Credit") in an amount equal to the amount so drawn, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D, and issued by a financial institution which is ranked by total assets as one of the fifteen (15) largest United States-based banks, as reported by the United States Federal Reserve, at the time of issuance of such Additional Letter of Credit.  Any Additional Letter of Credit, "Change of Control Letter of Credit" (as defined herein), and "Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit" (as defined herein) (sometimes, together with the Original Letter of Credit, collectively referred to herein as the "Letters of Credit"), shall not expire prior to August 31, 2031, subject, however to Section 4(c) hereof as it related to the Change of Control Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided that Sublessee does not hold over in any portion of the Sublet Premises after the Sublease Expiration Date, then at any time after May 31, 2031, Tenant shall have the right to provide substitute Letters of Credit (other than for any Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit), each referred to herein as a "Substitute Letter of Credit" , each in an amount which is fifty percent (50%) of the original amount of each of such Letters of Credit (other than for any Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit), and meeting the following requirements: (i) the expiry date of each Substitute Letter of Credit shall be August 31, 2031; (ii) the Substitute Letters of Credit must be in the form 

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annexed hereto as Exhibit D, and (iii) each such substitute Letter of Credit must be issued by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation or a financial institution which is ranked by total assets as one of the fifteen (15) largest United States-based banks, as reported by the United States Federal Reserve, at the time of issuance of the applicable Substitute Letter of Credit. If the Original Letter of Credit, or any Additional Letter of Credit, or the Change of Control Letter of Credit, or the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, is not renewed by reason of the issuer of the applicable Letter of Credit providing written notice to Sublessor not later than forty-five (45) days prior to the applicable then-current expiry date that the issuer has elected not to further extend the then-current expiry date of the applicable Letter of Credit (a "LOC Renewal Failure"), then Sublessor may, but shall not be obligated to, draw upon the entire aggregate amount of the Original Letter of Credit, any Additional Letters of Credit, the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, and the Change of Control Letter of Credit, as the case may be, whereupon the cash proceeds shall be held in an interest-bearing segregated account (with the interest thereon, less interest at the rate of 1% of such proceeds [which 1% shall not, however, exceed the actual interest earned thereon, and which 1% shall be payable to Sublessor], being payable to Sublessee), as a cash security deposit thereafter (the "Cash Security Deposit").  Neither the Original Letter of Credit, the Additional Letters of Credit, the Change of Control Letter of Credit, the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, nor the Cash Security Deposit shall be deemed an advance payment of Rent or a measure of Sublessor's damages for any Sublessee Default. To the extent Sublessor has not applied all of the Original Letter of Credit, the Additional Letters of Credit, the Change of Control Letter of Credit, the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, or the Cash Security Deposit, as applicable, to cure one or more Sublessee Defaults, or on account of an LOC Renewal Failure, then the Original Letter of Credit, Additional Letters of Credit, Change of Control Letter of Credit, the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, and Cash Security Deposit, as applicable, as the same may have been drawn upon, shall be returned to Sublessee within six (6) months after the expiration of the Sublease Term or earlier termination of this Sublease.  In the event of any assignment of Sublessor's interest in the Lease (including, without limitation, an assignment to a related entity, or an assignment by operation of law), Sublessor shall have the right to transfer the Original Letter of Credit, the Additional Letters of Credit, the Change of Control Letter of Credit, the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, and/or the Cash Security Deposit, as applicable, to the assignee. 

(b)    Sublessee further covenants that it will not assign or encumber, or attempt to assign or encumber, its interest in the Original Letter of Credit, the Additional Letters of Credit, the Change of Control Letter of Credit, all Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, all Substitute Letters of Credit, and the Cash Security Deposit, as applicable, and that neither Sublessor nor its successors or assigns shall be bound by any such assignment or encumbrance, or attempted assignment or attempted encumbrance.  In connection with an assignment of the Sublessee’s interest in this Sublease pursuant to a "Change of Control," as defined herein, any such assignee may provide a substitute Original Letter of Credit, Additional Letters of Credit, the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, or Change of Control Letter of Credit, as applicable, and meeting the requirements hereunder.

(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4, if in connection with a "Change of Control" (as defined herein), Sublessee provides Sublessor with audited financial statements from the previous two (2) calendar years and any then available quarterly financial statements for the then current calendar year, from a certified public accounting firm, and certified 

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as true and correct by Sublessee’s Chief Financial Officer, indicating that Sublessee's "Tangible Net Worth" (as defined herein), or the surviving Sublessee entity's Tangible Net Worth (if Sublessee is not the surviving entity in connection with the Change of Control), as of the effective date of the Change of Control was at least Five Billion Dollars ($5,000,000,000.00), then Sublessor shall return the Original Letter of Credit, any Additional Letters of Credit, the Change of Control Letter of Credit, the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit, and the Cash Security Deposit, as applicable,  to Sublessee.  For purposes of this Sublease, the term "Tangible Net Worth" shall mean the value of Sublessee's (or the surviving Sublessee's, as the case may be) assets (including copyrights, intellectual property, patents, and trademarks), minus any liabilities and goodwill.  For purposes of this Sublease, the term "Change of Control" shall mean any merger, consolidation, or acquisition of Sublessee, with, by, or into another corporation, entity, or person; or in a similar transaction or series of related transactions, for the acquisition of the direct or indirect ownership of Sublessee (including an “Indirect Change of Control,” as defined herein); or any change in the direct or indirect ownership or voting control of more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital stock or voting control of Sublessee in one or a series of related transactions, provided that, for purposes of Section 5 below, any direct or indirect transfer of equity interests of Sublessee in any amount shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control if the equity interests of Sublessee (or Sublessee's parent or other indirect owner) are traded on a nationally recognized securities exchange or the over the counter market, provided that such transfer of equity interests are in fact effected by sales over such nationally recognized securities exchange or over the counter market rather than in connection with a separate transaction whereby a third party negotiates an agreement with Sublessee to purchase Sublessee's (or Sublessee's parent's or other indirect owner's) equity interests either directly or through a merger or consolidation involving Sublessee.

5.    Sublease and Assignment. 

(a)    Sublessee shall not have the right to assign this Sublease, except as otherwise provided in this Section 5(a). Any attempt by Sublessee to assign this Sublease, except as provided herein, shall be void, of no effect, and shall constitute a default hereunder (subject to the notice and cure period provided for in Section 11(B) hereof). A Change of Control shall be deemed an unpermitted assignment of this Sublease, unless either (i) Sublessee provides Sublessor with current audited financial statements from a certified public accounting firm indicating that the surviving entity (whether the original Sublessee or a different entity which would become the Sublessee as a result of the Change of Control) has a Tangible Net Worth of at least Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000.00) ("condition (i)"), or (ii) the surviving entity (whether the original Sublessee or a different entity which would become the Sublessee as a result of the Change of Control) posts an additional letter of credit (the "Change of Control Letter of Credit") satisfying the following requirements: (A) the Change of Control Letter of Credit would be in the amount of two (2) years' of Base Rent under this Sublease (calculated based on the Base Rent payable under this Sublease for the 2-year period subsequent to the date of issuance of the Change of Control Letter of Credit), (B) the Change of Control Letter of Credit would be in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D, and from The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation or a financial institution which is ranked by total assets as one of the fifteen (15) largest United States-based banks, as reported by the United States Federal Reserve, at the time of issuance of the Change of Control Letter of Credit ("condition (ii)"), and (C) the Change of Control Letter of Credit would be required to remain 

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effective until August 31, 2031. Without modifying or limiting any other provision of this Sublease, if as of the date which is one (1) year prior to the Sublease Expiration Date of this Sublease, no uncured Sublessee Default hereunder then exists, Sublessee shall have the right to provide a substitute Change of Control Letter of Credit (satisfying the foregoing requirements for a Change of Control Letter of Credit), in an amount equal to the Base Rent payable under this Sublease for the final year of the Sublease Term. Upon Sublessor's receipt of such substitute Change of Control Letter of Credit, Landlord shall return the original Change of Control Letter of Credit to Sublessee. If either condition (i) or condition (ii) is satisfied, then such Change of Control shall not be deemed an assignment of this Sublease and may be effected without the consent or approval of Sublessor. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4(c) hereof, in no event shall a Change of Control, whether the same is a Change of Control which is a prohibited assignment of this Sublease, or a Change of Control which satisfies either condition (i) or condition (ii), require that Sublessor return any of the Letters of Credit to Sublessee.  For purposes of this Lease, the term "Indirect Change of Control" shall mean a change in the ownership or voting control of more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital stock or voting control (in one or a series of related transactions), of an entity which owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the capital stock or voting control of Sublessee; provided, however, that a change in the indirect ownership of Sublessee shall not be deemed to be an Indirect Change of Control if the equity interests of Sublessee's parent company or other indirect owner of Sublessee are traded on a nationally recognized securities exchange or over the counter market, and such transfer of equity interests is in fact effected by sales over such nationally recognized securities exchange or over the counter market rather than in connection with a separate transaction, or series of transactions, whereby a third party negotiates an agreement with Sublessee's parent company or other indirect owner to purchase such party's equity interests either directly or through a merger or consolidation involving Sublessee's parent or other indirect owner; and
    
(b)    Sublessee shall not have the right to “sub-sub-sublease” (as defined herein) all or any portion of the Sublet Premises, or suffer or permit the Sublet Premises or any part thereof to be occupied by others, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Sublessor, and, if and to the extent required under the Lease, the prior written consent of Landlord pursuant to the Lease. The term "sub-sub-sublease," as used in this Sublease, shall mean a sublease between Sublessee and a third party, as well as any additional lower tier sublease (e.g., sub-sub-sub-subleasing, sub-sub-sub-sub-subleasing, etc.), and shall not include this Sublease. The term "sub-sub-sublessee" shall mean the sublessee under a sub-sub-sublease. The requirements of this Section 5(b) shall apply to any additional levels of subleasing (e.g., sub-sub-sub-subleasing, sub-sub-sub-sub-subleasing, etc.). Any attempt to sub-sub-sublease all or a portion of the Sublet Premises without such prior written consent shall be void, of no effect, and shall constitute a Sublessee Default after the expiration of any applicable notice and cure period.  The consent of Sublessor to a proposed sub-sub-subletting shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.  For the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Lease (as it relates only to any rights of Landlord not otherwise modified by the Consent, and not Sublessor, whose rights shall only be as provided herein), there shall be no restriction on, nor shall Sublessor's consent be required (and no profit shall be payable) for, a Change of Control or Indirect Change of Control of any sub-sub-sublessee or lower tier occupant regardless of the net worth of such occupant, or any transfer by any sub-sub-sublessee or lower tier occupant to any subsidiary, affiliate, or parent thereof.  If Sublessee should desire to sub-sub-sublease the Sublet Premises or any portion thereof, Sublessee 

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shall give written notice to Landlord and Sublessor of such desire to effect such sub-sub-sublease.  At the time of giving such notice, Sublessee shall provide Landlord (if and to the extent Landlord’s consent is required for such transaction), and Sublessor, with a copy of the proposed sub-sub-sublease document, and such information as Sublessor and Landlord may reasonably request concerning the proposed sub-sub-sublessee to assist Sublessor and Landlord in making informed judgments regarding the financial condition, reputation, operation, and general desirability of the proposed sub-sub-sublessee.  Sublessor shall then have a period of thirty (30) days following receipt of such notice and such information within which to notify Sublessee in writing of whether Sublessor approves or disapproves of such request to sub-sub-sublease all or a portion of the Sublet Premises. Neither Sublessee, nor any subordinate level of sublessee of Sublessee, may enter into an amendment or modification of an approved sub-sub-sublease without Sublessor's consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.
(c)    Sublessor and Sublessee agree that, in the event of any approved sub-sub-subletting, the rights of any such sub-sub-sublessee of Sublessee herein shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions, and provisions of this Sublease (except as otherwise provided herein) and the Lease.  Sublessor may collect Rent directly from such sub-sub-sublessee and apply the amount so collected to the Rent herein reserved.  No such consent to or recognition of any such sub-sub-subletting shall constitute a release of Sublessee from further performance by Sublessee of covenants undertaken to be performed by Sublessee herein.  Sublessee shall remain liable and responsible for all Rent and other obligations herein imposed upon Sublessee.  Sublessee shall pay all of Sublessor’s and Landlord’s costs in connection with any such sub-sub-subletting, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees.  Consent by Sublessor to a particular sub-sub-sublease shall not be deemed a consent to any other or subsequent proposed sub-sub-sublease. If any Rent payable to Sublessee by any sub-sub-sublessee, after deducting all "Transfer Expenses" (as defined in Section 17.1(F) of the Lease, and which shall apply mutatis mutatis), Sublessee’s costs and expenses, including costs and expenses to improve the sublet premises/prepare for subletting incurred in connection with subletting, exceeds the Rent reserved herein on a per square foot basis, then after first deducting any amounts owed to Landlord in connection with the same, Sublessee shall be bound and obligated to pay Sublessor fifty percent (50%) of all such profit within ten (10) days following receipt thereof by Sublessee from such sub-sub-sublessee, as Additional Rent, it being agreed that in no event may the 50% retained by Sublessee be less than $0. 
    
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any subletting (whether it be a sub-sub-subleasing by Sublessor, or a subordinate level of subleasing) shall be subject to the foregoing limitations:
    
(i)    No sub-sub-sublease shall be for a partial floor;
    
(ii)    intentionally omitted;
    
(iii)    There shall be no more than four (4) distinct occupants (including Sublessee but excluding Special Occupants) in the Sublet Premises at any one time; and

(iv)    No sub-sub-sublease shall be for any portion of the Sublet Premises that is to be used by an entity whose business is the provision of health care insurance, reimbursements 

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or payments, health information technology, managed health care services, third party claims administration, pharmacy or pharmacy benefit management, or whose business, products, or services are competitive to the foregoing being offered by Aetna Life Insurance Company or CVS Health Corporation (a Delaware corporation), or any subsidiary, affiliate, or parent of Aetna Life Insurance Company or CVS Health Corporation (collectively, "Aetna/CVS Related Businesses") (such an entity is referred to herein as a "Competitor").  Competitors include, but are not limited to, (1) United HealthCare; (2) Humana; (3) Cigna; (4) Blue Cross/Blue Shield; (5) Anthem; (6) Kaiser Permanente, (7) Express Scripts; (8) Walgreens Boots Alliance; (9) Rite Aid Corporation; (10) Amazon; (xi) WalMart, or any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of any of the foregoing for so long as, in the case of such parent, subsidiary or affiliate, the same shall be engaged in the Aetna/CVS Businesses.

(e)     The "Special Occupants" provision of Section 17.8 of the Lease shall apply to this Sublease, mutatis mutandis, except that "forty percent (40%)" in line 11 shall be changed to "twenty percent (20%)". The rights granted in such Section shall inure to the benefit of Sublessee and, if provided for in the Consent Agreement,  to all sub-sub-sublessees. 

(f)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, if Sublessee has sub-sub-subleased the entire Sublet Premises for the remaining Term of this Sublease to a party (a "Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee") and provided that: (i) Sublessee has obtained the required consents of Landlord and Sublessor to such sub-sub-subleasing (a "Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease"), (ii) Sublessee has provided Sublessor with current audited financial statements of the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee, prepared by a certified public accounting firm, showing that the Tangible Net Worth of the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee is equal to or greater than Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000.00); (iii) the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease provides that, in the event that the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee exercises the option contained in this clause (iii) above, from and after the termination of this Sublease, the rent payable under the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease shall be the Rent payable under this Sublease, and the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee shall assume all of Sublessee's obligations under this Sublease which accrue from and after the date of such election under this clause (iii),  then if this Sublease is terminated by Sublessor on account of a Sublessee Default, Sublessor will agree, at the request and option of the Sub-Sub-Sublessee made by written notice to Sublessor within five (5) business days after the date such Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee is notified by Sublessor of such Sublease termination, to (x) recognize the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee as a sub-sub-sublessee under the terms of the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease, and subject to the terms of this Sublease; and (y) afford the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee all of the rights of a "sublessee" set forth in this Sublease, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. In the event that this Sublease is terminated, and the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee makes the foregoing written request for recognition, then the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease shall not be terminated or affected by any such Sublease termination, and the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease shall continue in full force and effect as a direct sub-sub-sublease between Sublessor and the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee, subject to all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease and this Sublease. The Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease must also provide that, in the event Sublessor succeeds to the interest of Sublessee under the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease, the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease shall attorn as sub-

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sub-sublessee to Sublessor for the remainder of the term of the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease pursuant to the provisions thereof and the provisions of this Sublease, and Sublessor shall not be:

(A)    liable for any previous act, omission, neglect or default of any prior sublessor (including, without limitation, Sublessee) under the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease, except to the extent the same continues after such succession; or

(B)    subject to any credits, offsets, claims, counterclaims, demands or defenses which the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee may have against any prior sublessor (including, without limitation, Sublessee), except to the extent the basis for the same continues after such succession; or

(C)    bound by any payment of rent or additional rent which the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee might have paid for more than one (1) month in advance of the due date under the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease to any prior sublessor (including, without limitation, Sublessee), except to the extent such monies are actually received by Sublessor; or

(D)    responsible for any monies owing by Sublessee to the credit of the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee; or

(E)    bound by any obligation to make any payment to the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee (other than any then unpaid Sublessee Fund, pursuant to the provisions of this Sublease), grant, or be subject to any credits, to the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee on account of any period prior to such succession; or

(F)    bound by any covenant to undertake or complete any construction of the Sublet Premises, or any portion thereof, or to perform any other construction work that Sublessee is obligated to perform or to pay for, or reimburse the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublessee for any costs incurred in connection with any construction work (other than any then unpaid Sublessee Fund, pursuant to the provisions of this Sublease); or

(G)    accountable for any monies deposited with any prior sublessor (including, without limitation, Sublessee) (including security deposits), except to the extent such monies are actually received by Sublessor, or

(H)    liable for the obligations of any prior sublessor (including, without limitation, Sublessee) under the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease for any period of time other than as expressly set forth in the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease and, to the extent that Sublessor is released of liability under this Sublease, only for such period as Sublessor holds such interest; or

(I)    bound by any amendment or modification of the Full Premises Sub-Sub-Sublease made without the written consent of Sublessor in violation of Section 5 of this Sublease. 

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6.    Additional Services.    If, with respect only to the period constituting the Term of this Sublease, under any provision of the Lease, any additional rent or other charges shall be payable by Sublessor to Landlord because of extra services ordered and received by, or activities undertaken by or on behalf of Sublessee, with respect to the Sublet Premises or on account of Sublessee's Default hereunder, then Sublessee shall pay to Sublessor such additional rent or other charges within thirty (30) days of receipt of demand by Sublessor, which demand shall include a copy of the invoices  (if any)  received by Sublessor from Landlord.  At Sublessee's written request, and at Sublessee's sole cost and expense (which shall be payable by Sublessee to Sublessor as Additional Rent), Sublessor will engage with Landlord to attempt to resolve any reasonable objection Sublessee has to such additional rent or other charges.  If Sublessee desires extra services and/or activities from Landlord, Sublessee may make such request directly to Landlord.  In no event shall Sublessor be responsible for any matter associated with the provision, or lack of provision, of any such extra services or activities. 

7.    Alterations.
(a)    General.
(i)   Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7, Sublessee shall not be entitled to make any "Alterations," as defined herein, +without Landlord's prior consent pursuant to Section 7 of the Lease if required pursuant to said Section 7, and Sublessee shall not make any "Specialty Alterations," as defined herein, without Sublessor’s prior consent, except that no consent of Sublessor shall be required for perforations of floor slabs ("Core Drilling") nor shall the cost of restoration of Core Drilling be included in the "Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold," as defined herein. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall Sublessor’s consent be required for any Alterations, other than Specialty Alterations (other than Core Drilling). 
(ii)   The terms "Alterations", "Decorative Alterations", "Initial Alterations," and "Specialty Alterations" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Article 7 of the Lease. For purposes of this Sublease, the term “Initial Alterations” shall include that additional requirement that improvements are being made in the entire Sublet Premises so that the entire Sublet Premises may be occupied for office purposes (which shall include all of the uses and ancillary and incidental uses permitted pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Lease). 
(iii)  The term "Substantial Completion" or words of similar import shall mean that the applicable work has been completed in accordance with the applicable plans and specifications, if any, it being agreed that (i) such work shall be deemed substantially complete notwithstanding the fact that minor or insubstantial details of construction or demolition, mechanical adjustment or decorative items remain to be performed, and (ii) with respect to work that is being performed in the Sublet Premises, such work shall be deemed substantially complete only if the incomplete elements thereof do not interfere materially with Sublessee's use and occupancy of the Sublet Premises for the conduct of business or prosecution of the Initial Alterations.

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(iv) The term “Sublessee’s Property” shall mean Sublessee’s personal  property (other than fixtures), including, without limitation, Sublessee's movable fixtures, movable partitions, telephone equipment, computer equipment, furniture, furnishings and decorations.
(v)   The term "Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold" shall mean "Removal/Restoration Costs" (as defined herein) which exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the aggregate (for any Specialty Alterations previously approved by Sublessor, and for any Specialty Alterations for which Sublessee is seeking Sublessor's consent), it being agreed that the cost of restoration of Core Drilling shall not be included in the Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold, nor shall the costs of restoration of Core Drilling be included in any additional security for restoration required hereunder.
(b)    Specialty Alterations.
(i)Sublessor shall not unreasonably withhold, condition, or delay its consent to any proposed Specialty Alteration (except as otherwise provided in subsection 6(b)(ii) hereof), provided that as part of  Sublessee’s written request for Sublessor’s approval of a Specialty Alteration, Sublessee provides a detailed estimate from its general contractor that will perform the Specialty Alteration (a "Removal/Restoration Costs Estimate"), of the cost of removal of such Specialty Alterations and the cost of restoration required under the Lease in connection with such removal (collectively, the "Removal/Restoration Costs"), it being agreed that Sublessor shall be entitled to reasonably question the accuracy of Sublessee’s contractor’s estimate of the Removal/Restoration Costs. 
(ii)In the event that the Removal/Restoration Costs for Specialty Alterations exceeds the Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold, as determined above, then, at such time, Sublessor shall have the right to deny, in its sole discretion, its consent to such proposed Specialty Alteration unless Sublessee provides an additional letter of credit (the "Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit") in the amount by which the aggregate Removal/Restoration Costs for Specialty Alterations exceeds the Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold, which Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit shall meet all the requirements in Section 4 hereof, including, without limitation, that (A) the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit shall be in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D, and from The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation or a financial institution which is ranked by total assets as one of the fifteen (15) largest United States-based banks, as reported by the United States Federal Reserve, at the time of issuance of the Change of Control Letter of Credit, and (B) the Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit shall be required to remain effective until August 31, 2031.
(iii)Nothing contained in this Section 7(b) limits Sublessee's liability to  
Sublessor if (i) Sublessee performs an Alteration without Landlord’s required consent, or performs a Specialty Alteration without  Sublessor's consent, if and to the extent such consent is required pursuant to the provisions of this Sublease or the Lease.
(iv)Nothing contained in this Section 7(b) limits the provisions of Section 7(k) hereof.
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(i)    Sublessee shall not perform any Specialty Alteration unless Sublessee first gives to Sublessor a notice thereof (a "Specialty Alterations Notice") that (A) refers specifically to this Section 7(c), (B) includes six (6) copies of the plans and specifications for the proposed Alteration (including, without limitation, layout, architectural, mechanical and structural drawings, to the extent applicable) in ,pdf and Revit  formats that contain sufficient detail for Sublessor and Sublessor's consultants to reasonably assess the proposed Specialty Alteration (such plans and specifications prepared in connection with the Initial Alterations being referred to herein as the "Initial Alterations Plans"), and (C) includes a Removal/Restoration Costs Estimate for the proposed Specialty Alterations. The requirements of this Section 7(c)(i) shall not apply to Core Drilling.
(ii)Sublessor shall have the right to object to a proposed Specialty Alteration only by giving notice thereof to Sublessee, and setting forth in such notice a statement in reasonable detail of the grounds for Sublessor's objections.  Sublessor acknowledges and agrees that Sublessee may contemporaneously make request for consent or approval of Specialty Alterations directly to both Landlord and Sublessor, with Sublessor’s review period for Specialty Alterations as provided herein, and the review period of Landlord as provided in the Lease, being contemporaneous and not consecutive (but in no event shall Sublessor’s review period be deemed lengthened as a result thereof, such period being solely as set forth herein).
(iii)If (A) Sublessee gives Sublessor a Specialty Alterations Notice,  and (B) Sublessor fails to respond to the Specialty Alterations Notice within ten (10) business days after Sublessee gives the Specialty Alterations Notice to Sublessor, then Sublessee shall resubmit the Specialty Alterations Notice to Sublessor, and if such resubmitted Specialty Alterations Notice includes a notice that states in bold, capital letters as follows: "SUBLESSOR’S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS RESUBMITTED SPECIALTY ALTERATIONS NOTICE WITHIN FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS SHALL RESULT IN SUBLESSOR BEING DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE SPECIALTY ALTERATION(S) DESCRIBED HEREIN", and (C) Sublessor then fails to respond to the resubmitted Specialty Alterations Notice within five (5) business days after Sublessee gives the resubmitted Specialty Alterations Notice to Sublessor, then Sublessor shall be deemed to have consented to such Specialty Alteration; provided, however, if Sublessor shall be deemed to have consented to any Specialty Alteration that would result in the total Removal/Restoration Costs of all Specialty Alterations to exceed the Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold, then Sublessee shall be deemed to have elected to provide, and shall provide, a Restoration Costs Letter of Credit in the amount by which the total Removal/Restoration Costs of all Specialty Alterations exceeds the Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold by reason of the proposed Specialty Alteration.
(iv)Sublessor shall have the right within ten (10) business days after receiving any Specialty Alterations Notice to notify Sublessee in writing that Sublessor (a) disapproves any plans and specifications for a particular Specialty Alteration in part (and setting forth in reasonable detail the grounds for Sublessor's objections), (b) reserves Sublessor's approval of items shown on such plans and specifications pending Sublessor's review of other plans and specifications that Sublessee is otherwise required to provide to Sublessor hereunder, and (c) conditions Sublessor's approval of such plans and specifications upon Sublessee's making revisions to the plans and 

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specifications or supplying additional information. Nothing contained in this Section 7(c)(iv), limits the provisions of Section 7(c)(i) hereof
(v)Sublessee acknowledges that (i) the review of plans or specifications for  any Specialty Alteration by or on behalf of Sublessor, or (ii) the preparation of plans or specifications for any Specialty Alteration by Sublessor's architect or engineer (or any architect or engineer designated by Sublessor), is solely for Sublessor's benefit, and, accordingly, Sublessor makes no representation or warranty that such plans or specifications comply with any “Requirements” (as defined in the Lease) or are otherwise adequate or correct.
(vi)Sublessee may make changes to the Initial Alterations Plans or any other plans relating to Alterations, without Sublessor’s consent, except if and only in respect of such changes as would affect or be deemed to be a Specialty Alteration (each such change which affects or is a Specialty Alterations, being a "Plan Change"), in which case the provisions of this Section 7(c) would apply to Sublessor's approval of such Plan Change, including, without limitation, the provisions regarding Restoration Costs Letter(s) of Credit. If (x) Sublessor conditions Sublessor's approval of such Plan Changes upon Sublessee's making revisions to the plans and specifications or supplying additional information, (y) Sublessee delivers such revisions or additional information to Sublessor and (y) Sublessor fails to respond to Sublessee's delivery of such revisions or additional information within five (5) business days after the date that Sublessee delivers such revisions or additional information, then Sublessor shall be deemed to have approved the Plan Change if Sublessee has followed the procedures and requirements of Section 7(c)(iii) hereof, and provided, however, if Sublessor shall be deemed to have consented to any Plan Change that would result in the total Removal/Restoration Costs of all Specialty Alterations to exceed the Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold, then Sublessee shall be deemed to have elected to provide, and shall provide, a Restoration Costs Letter of Credit in the amount by which the total Removal/Restoration Costs of all Specialty Alterations exceeds the Removal/Restoration Costs Threshold by reason of the proposed Plan Change.
 (d)    Performance of Alterations.
(i)    Sublessee, at Sublessee's expense, prior to the performance of any Alteration, shall obtain all permits, approvals and certificates required by any Governmental Authorities in connection therewith. Sublessor agrees that Sublessee may perform its Alterations in accordance with the self-certification rules and regulations applicable to Alterations in the City of New York, as long as Landlord agrees to same in the Consent Agreement.  Sublessor shall have the right to require Sublessee to make all filings with Governmental Authorities to obtain such permits, approvals and certificates using an expeditor selected by Sublessee, Sublessee shall reimburse Landlord and Sublessor for any reasonable out-of-pockets costs, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, that Landlord or Sublessor incurs in so executing such applications and cooperating with Sublessee, within thirty (30) days after the date that Landlord and/or Sublessor gives to Sublessee an invoice therefor from time to time, provided that such out-of-pockets costs of Sublessor (other than costs of Landlord for which Sublessor is responsible to reimburse Landlord pursuant to the Lease) do not exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) (which amount of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) shall be adjusted on each anniversary of the 

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Sublease Commencement Date to reflect the percentage increase in the “Consumer Price Index” [as defined in the Lease] from the Consumer Price Index that is in effect on the Sublease Commencement Date).
(ii)Prior to performing any Alteration, Sublessee shall maintain on behalf of  its contractors (of any tier) and vendors or cause its contractors (of any tier) and vendors to maintain (1) worker's compensation insurance in amounts not less than the statutory limits required by Requirements (covering all persons to be employed by Sublessee, and Sublessee's contractors, subcontractors, and vendors in connection with such Alteration); (2) commercial general liability insurance (covering bodily injury including death, personal injury and property damage), in each case in customary form, and in amounts that are not less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) per occurrence and in the annual policy aggregate with respect to general contractors and Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) per occurrence and in the annual policy aggregate with respect to subcontractors, such policies shall be endorsed to name Sublessor and the “Landlord Indemnitees” (as defined in the Lease) as additional insureds; it being understood that the foregoing insurance shall be required in addition to Sublessee's required commercial general liability coverage hereunder (the insurance described in this clause (2) being collectively referred to as "Contractor's Liability Policy") and (3) commercial auto liability insurance, if the contractor or vendor uses a vehicle at the Real Property, covering all vehicles with a minimum combined single limit of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). The Contractor's Liability Policy (including any endorsements which are a apart thereof) cannot exclude coverage to the Sublessor for claims arising out of bodily injury to a contractor's (of any tier) or vendor's employees if such claim arises during the course of employment (i.e., third party claims). A contractor's or vendor's liability shall in no way be limited by the amount of insurance recovery or the amount of insurance in force, or available, or required by any provisions of this Sublease. The limits listed above are minimum requirements only. Sublessee shall include in any agreement that Sublessee consummates with a contractor or vendor in either case for a particular Alteration, and Sublessee shall cause any contractor to include in any agreement that such contractor consummates with a subcontractor regarding the applicable Alteration, a provision pursuant to which the contractor, subcontractor or vendor agrees to indemnify Sublessor, and hold the Landlord Indemnitees harmless, from and against, any “Claim Against Landlord” (as defined in the Lease) that arises from any wrongful act or wrongful omission of such contractor, such subcontractor or such vendor, and such provision shall state expressly that Sublessor constitutes a third-party beneficiary thereof. Prior to the start of any such Alterations and prior to the expiration of any policy, Sublessee shall deliver to Sublessor certificates of insurance (on a form reasonably acceptable to Sublessor) along with copies of endorsements naming Sublessor and Landlord as additional insureds. The liabilities of any contractor or vendor shall survive and not be terminated, reduced or otherwise limited by any expiration or termination of such insurance coverage. Neither approval nor failure to disapprove insurance furnished by the contractor or vendor shall relieve the contractor, its subcontractors or vendors from responsibility to provide insurance as required herein.  Approval of certificates of insurance by Landlord shall be deemed to be approved by Sublessor if they otherwise meet the requirements of this Section 7(d)(ii).
(iii)Within sixty (60) days after the Substantial Completion of each Alteration (other than Decorative Alterations), Sublessee, at Sublessee's expense, shall (A) obtain certificates of final approval for each Alteration to the extent required by any Governmental Authority, (B) 

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furnish Sublessor with copies of such certificates, and (C) give to Sublessor copies of the "as-built" plans and specifications for such Alterations in CADD format (or, if the applicable Alteration constitutes a Minor Alteration, appropriate record drawings or shop drawings therefor), provided that if (I) such certificates cannot be obtained with reasonable diligence during such period of sixty (60) days, (II) Sublessee takes reasonable steps during such period of sixty (60) days to obtain such certificates, and (III) Sublessee prosecutes diligently Sublessee's obtaining such certificates, then such sixty (60) day period shall be extended for such time as is reasonably required to obtain such certificates using diligent efforts to do so.
(iv)All Alterations (other than Decorative Alterations) shall be made and performed substantially in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor as approved by Landlord, and as approved by Sublessor to the extent such approval of Sublessor is required under this Section 7. All materials and equipment incorporated in the Sublet Premises as a result of any Alterations shall be first-quality.
(v)Sublessor shall request that Landlord provide to Sublessee the Building services that are reasonably required in connection with the performance of the Initial Alterations, and Sublessee shall pay for the costs thereof to the extent such costs are not included in Operating Expenses in accordance with Article 2 of the Lease at the rates set forth on the schedule attached to the Lease as Exhibit "7.4(E)". Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as provided in Section 5.3(A) of the Lease, Sublessee shall have no obligation to pay for the consumption of electricity during the performance of the Initial Alterations.
(vi)Sublessor shall cooperate with Sublessee to obtain Landlord’s cooperation in exercising the rights afforded to Sublessor under Section 7.4 (F) of the Lease.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Sublessor shall not have the right to consent to (i) the installation and use by Sublessee, at Sublessee's cost and expense, of a temporary crane to be located on the street adjacent to the curtain wall of the Building facing 15th Street, and (ii) to the temporary removal of a portion of the curtain wall of the Building on the exterior of the Sublet Premises, in each case in connection with Sublessee performing the Initial Alterations, provided that in each case Sublessee obtains, at Sublessee's cost and expense, all approvals and permits required therefor from any “Governmental Authority” (as defined in the Lease) pursuant to any applicable Requirements. Sublessor shall reasonably cooperate with Sublessee in obtaining any such approvals and permits. If Sublessee elects to remove a portion of the curtain wall and obtains the required approvals and permits, as provided above, then Sublessor shall cooperate with Sublessee in causing Landlord to remove the portion of the curtain wall designated by Sublessee and to replace such portion of the curtain wall after such time as Sublessee informs Sublessor and Landlord that the deliveries to the Sublet Premises intended to be performed through such opening in the curtain wall are completed. Such removal and restoration of the curtain wall at Sublessee’s request shall be performed at Sublessee’s sole cost and expense, and Sublessee shall reimburse Sublessor for the reasonable out-of-pockets costs incurred by Sublessor in connection with the removal and restoration of such portion of the curtain wall within thirty (30) days after Sublessor delivers to Sublessee an invoice therefor, together with reasonable supporting documentation for the charges set forth therein. Sublessee shall ensure that the operation of the crane shall (i) be performed in accordance with all 

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applicable Requirements and (ii) not interfere with the occupancy or conduct of its business by the “Ground Floor Tenant” as defined in the Lease.
(e)    Financial Integrity.
(i)    
(A)    Sublessee shall not permit any materials or equipment that are incorporated as fixtures into the Sublet Premises in connection with any Alterations to be subject to any lien, encumbrance, chattel mortgage or title retention or security agreement.
(B)Sublessee shall not make any Alteration (including, without limitation, the Initial Alterations) at a cost for labor and materials (as reasonably estimated by Sublessor's architect, engineer or contractor) in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), either individually or in the aggregate, with any other Alterations constructed in any particular period of twelve (12) consecutive months, prior to Sublessee's delivering to Sublessor a performance bond and a payment bond that covers Sublessee's obligation to pay the applicable contractor and the applicable contractor's obligation to pay its subcontractors (in either case issued by a surety company and in form reasonably satisfactory to Sublessor), each in an amount equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of such estimated cost; provided, however, that on each anniversary of the Sublease Commencement Date, the aforesaid amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) shall be adjusted to reflect the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index from the Consumer Price Index that is in effect on the Sublease Commencement Date.
(C)          Sublessee shall discharge of record any mechanic's lien that is filed against the Real Property for work claimed to have been done for, or for materials claimed to have been furnished to, Sublessee (or any Person claiming by, through or under Sublessee) within twenty (20) days after Sublessee has received notice thereof, at Sublessee's expense, by payment or filing the bond required by law. Nothing contained in this Section 7(e)(i)(B): (x) limits Sublessee's right to challenge the claim that is made by the Person that files a mechanic's lien, provided that Sublessee discharges such lien of record as aforesaid, or (y) obligates Sublessee to discharge of record any mechanic's lien that derives from Sublessor's or Landlord’s acts or omissions.  If (i) any mechanic's lien is filed against the “Real Property” (as defined in the Lease) for work claimed to have been done for, or for materials claimed to have been furnished to, Sublessee (or any Person claiming by, through or under Sublessee), and (ii) Sublessee does not discharge such lien within twenty (20) days after Sublessee has received notice thereof, at Sublessee's expense, by payment or filing the bond required by law, then Sublessor shall have the right to use the Sublessee Fund (or the portion thereof that Sublessor has not theretofore disbursed to or on behalf of Sublessee as provided in Section 7(l) hereof, as the case may be) to so discharge such lien by filing the bond required by law (it being understood that (x) if Sublessor so uses the Sublessee Fund (or such undisbursed portion thereof) to discharge such lien in full by filing the bond required by law, then Sublessee's failure to discharge such lien initially shall not continue to constitute a default by Sublessee hereunder, and (y) Sublessor's aforesaid right to use the Sublessee Fund (or such undisbursed portion thereof) to discharge such lien by filing the bond required by law shall be in addition to the rights and remedies that are available to Sublessor at law, in equity or as otherwise set forth herein by reason of a Sublessee Default that may result from Sublessee's failure to so discharge such lien).

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(ii)        Subject to the terms of this Section 7(e)(ii), within thirty (30) days after the Substantial Completion of any Alterations (other than Decorative Alterations), Sublessee shall deliver to Sublessor: (i) waivers of lien from all contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, architects, engineers and other Persons who may file a lien against the Real Property in connection with such Alterations, and discharge of all liens filed, and (ii) a certificate from a licensed architect that Sublessee engages in accordance with the terms of this Section 7 certifying that, in his or her opinion, the Alterations have been Substantially Completed in substantial accordance with the final detailed plans and specifications for such Alterations as approved by Sublessor to the extent such approval of Sublessor is required under this Section 7. Sublessee shall not be required to deliver to Sublessor any waiver of lien if Sublessee is disputing in good faith the payment which would otherwise entitle Sublessee to such waiver, provided that (x) Sublessee keeps Sublessor advised in a timely fashion of the status of such dispute and the basis therefor, and (y) Sublessee delivers to Sublessor the waiver of lien promptly after the date that the dispute is settled. Nothing contained in this Section 7(e)(ii), however, shall relieve Sublessee from complying with the provisions of Section 7(e)(i)(C) hereof.
(f)Effect on Building. Subject to the terms of this Section 7(f), if (i) as a result of any Alterations, any alterations, installations, improvements, additions or other physical changes are required to be performed in or made to any portion of the Building other than the Sublet Premises in order to comply with any Requirements (any such alterations, installations, improvements, additions or changes being referred to herein as a “Building Change”), and (ii) such Building Change would not otherwise have had to be performed or made pursuant to applicable Requirements at such time, then (x) if Landlord elects to perform such Building Change in accordance with Section 7.6 of the Lease, (y) Sublessee shall pay to Sublessor the reasonable out-of-pockets costs thereof as provided in Section 7.6 of the Lease, as additional rent, within thirty (30) days after Sublessor gives to Sublessee an invoice therefor together with reasonable supporting documentation for the charges set forth therein. Sublessor shall seek to accomplish any such Building Change that minimizes the cost thereof to the extent reasonably practicable. Sublessor shall give Sublessee reasonable advance notice of Landlord’s performance of the Building Change, and shall consult reasonably from time to time with Sublessee in connection therewith (with the understanding that such consultations shall include, without limitation, Sublessor's providing Sublessee with the information that Sublessor has in its possession regarding the expected cost of such Building Change).  
(g)Time for Performance of Alterations. If the performance of any Alteration by or on behalf of Sublessee, or any other Person claiming by, through or under Sublessee, during “Building Hours” (as defined in the Lease) interferes with or interrupts the maintenance, repair, management or operation of the Building in any material respect or interferes with or interrupts the use and occupancy of the Building by other tenants in the Building in any material respect, then, if Landlord so requires pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Lease, Sublessor shall have the right to require Sublessee to perform such Alteration at other times that Landlord  designates from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Lease.
(h)Removal of Alterations and Sublessee's Property. 
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Sublease, Sublessee, at Sublessee's expense, shall remove Sublessee's Property from the Sublet Premises, and, at Sublessee's option, but subject to the provisions of this Sublease and the Lease, Sublessee also may remove, at Sublessee's expense, all Alterations made by or on behalf of Sublessee or any other Person claiming by, through or under Sublessee; provided, however, in any case, that Sublessee shall repair and restore in a good and workmanlike manner to good condition any damage to the Sublet Premises or the Building caused by such removal, provided, however, that Sublessor shall not have the right to require Sublessee to remove any Qualified Alterations.  Sublessee shall be subject to, and hereby assumes, Sublessor's obligations under Section 7.8 of the Lease, and notwithstanding that the expiration date of the Lease (the "Lease Expiration Date") is later than the Sublease Expiration Date, Sublessee's assumed obligations under Section 7.8 of the Lease shall be satisfied on or before the Sublease Expiration Date, rather than the Lease Expiration Date.  Sublessee shall have no obligations for removal of Alterations made by Sublessor or removal of property placed in the Building by Sublessor.

(i)    Contractors and Supervision.
(I)All Alterations (other than Alterations for which no permit is required from any Governmental Authority) shall be performed only under the supervision of a licensed architect that Landlord approves. 
(II)Subject to the provisions of this Section 7(i)(II), Sublessee shall perform all Alterations which involve connections to any Building Systems using contractors, subcontractors, engineers and mechanics that in each case Landlord approves pursuant to Section 7.9(B) of the Lease.
(j)    Sublessor's Expenses. 
Sublessee shall pay to Sublessor, from time to time, as additional rent, the reasonable out-of-pockets costs incurred by Sublessor (including costs of Landlord for which Sublessor is responsible to reimburse Landlord pursuant to the Lease) in connection with a Specialty Alteration (including, without limitation, the reasonable out-of-pockets costs that Sublessor incurs in reviewing the plans and specifications for such Specialty Alterations, and inspecting the progress of such Specialty Alterations), within thirty (30) days after Sublessor gives Sublessee an invoice therefor together with reasonable supporting documentation for the charges set forth therein; provided, however, that Sublessee shall not be required to pay to Sublessor, in the aggregate, more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) (plus costs of Landlord for which Sublessor is responsible to reimburse Landlord pursuant to the Lease) under this Section 7(j) for the Initial Alterations which constitute Specialty Alterations, or Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) (plus costs of Landlord for which Sublessor is responsible to reimburse Landlord pursuant to the Lease) under this Section 7(j) for Specialty Alterations that are not the Initial Alterations (which amount of Five Thousand Dollars [$5,000.00] shall be increased on each anniversary of the Sublease Commencement Date to reflect the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index from the Consumer Price Index that is in effect on the Sublease Commencement Date).  No such costs incurred by Sublessor (other than 

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costs incurred by Landlord that are required under the Lease to be reimbursed by Tenant under the Lease) for reviewing plans and specifications shall apply to Core Drilling.
(k)    Window Coverings. Sublessee shall install on the windows of the Sublet Premises (including, without limitation, the windows in the restrooms) only the curtains, blinds, shades or screens that Landlord approves to the extent required pursuant to Section 7.11 of the Lease.
(l)    Sublessee Fund.
(i)Subject to the terms of this Section 7(l) and Section 7(e)(i)(C) hereof, Sublessor shall pay to or on behalf of Sublessee an amount equal to the sum of: (A) Twelve Million Eight Hundred Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty Dollars ($12,810,780.00), plus (B) any increases in the Base Tenant Fund in excess of such amount, received by Sublessor from Landlord pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.12 of the Lease (collectively, the “Sublessee Fund”) for the costs that Sublessee incurs in performing the Initial Alterations in all of the Sublet Premises.  Landlord has agreed in the Consent that the Tenant Fund shall apply to and be payable with respect to the foregoing costs incurred by or on behalf of Sublessee in connection with performing the Initial Alterations, and Sublessor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Tenant Fund from Landlord pursuant to the provisions of the Lease.  Sublessee shall not be entitled to receive the Sublessee Fund if it has not improved all portions of the Sublet Premises for its business operations. Sublessee may use no more than fifteen percent (15%) of the Sublessee Fund for costs that Sublessee incurs in connection with the Initial Alterations that do not constitute “hard” construction costs, including, without limitation, architect's and engineer's fees, permit fees, expediter's fees and designers' fees in each case relating to the Initial Alterations (such costs which do not constitute the "hard" construction costs of the Initial Alterations being collectively referred to herein as “Soft Costs”).
(ii)Sublessee may request no more than two (2) disbursements of portions of the Sublessee Fund by delivering to Sublessor a “Disbursement Request,” as defined herein. Subject to the terms of this Section 7(l) Sublessor shall disburse the requested portion of the Sublessee Fund to Sublessee within sixty (60) days after the date that Sublessee gives to Sublessor the applicable Disbursement Request. Sublessee shall not be entitled to disbursement of the Sublessee Fund during the period that a Sublessee Default has occurred and is continuing. Sublessee shall not have the right to request disbursement of the Sublessee Fund in an amount that is greater than the aggregate amounts that Sublessee has theretofore paid to Sublessee's contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, suppliers or consultants, as the case may be, for either (a) materials that have been delivered to the Sublet Premises for the Initial Alterations, (b) labor that has been performed in the Sublet Premises for the Initial Alterations, or (c) the services from which are derived Soft Costs that have been performed for the Initial Alterations, as the case may be (the “Maximum Disbursement Amount”). The initial Disbursement Request may not be made until at least fifty percent (50%) of the Initial Alterations have been substantially completed in the entire Sublet Premises.

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(iii)The term “Disbursement Request” shall mean a request for a disbursement of a portion of the Sublessee Fund made by Sublessee, executed by a Person that has the authority to execute leases on behalf of Sublessee, together with:
(A)Sublessee's certification, executed by a Person that has the authority to execute leases on behalf of Sublessee, that the amount so requested does not exceed the Maximum Disbursement Amount,
(B)copies of the contracts, work orders, purchase orders, change orders and other documents pursuant to which Sublessee has engaged third parties to perform the Initial Alterations (or provide materials or services in connection therewith), except to the extent that Sublessee has provided such copies to Sublessor in connection with a prior Disbursement Request,
(C)copies of reasonable documentation (such as bills and invoices) that indicate that the applicable work has been completed, the applicable materials have been furnished, or the applicable services have been performed, as the case may be, or payment applications from the general contractor identifying the work that has been completed and the cost of such work,
(D)waivers of lien from all contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, architects, engineers and other Persons who may file a lien against the Real Property in connection with the performance of the Initial Alterations (except to the extent Sublessee gave such waivers of lien to Sublessor in connection with a prior Disbursement Request). The initial Disbursement Request must include such waivers of lien as to the portion of the Initial Alterations as to which the Disbursement Request is being made. The final Disbursement Request shall include full and final waivers of lien for all of the Initial Alterations,
(E)in connection with a disbursement of the Sublessee Fund for costs which do not constitute Soft Costs, a certificate of Sublessee's licensed architect that Sublessee engages in accordance with the terms of this Section 7 stating that, in his or her opinion, (i) the portion of the Initial Alterations theretofore substantially completed and for which the disbursement is requested were performed in a good and workmanlike manner and substantially in accordance with the plans and specifications for such Initial Alterations, as approved by Landlord, and as to Specialty Alterations (other than Core Drilling), as approved by Sublessor, and (ii) with respect to the final Disbursement Request, the Initial Alterations have been performed throughout the Sublet Premises and as such, the entire Sublet Premises may be legally occupied for their intended purposes as reflected in the plans for the Initial Alterations,
(F)in connection with a disbursement of the Sublessee Fund for costs which do not constitute Soft Costs, a revised estimated total cost to perform the Initial Alterations, prepared by the construction company that Sublessee has engaged to perform the Initial Alterations, and

(G)    notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, but subject to the terms of this subparagraph (G), in connection with the final disbursement of the Sublessee Fund, (i) final general releases or waivers of lien from all contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, architects, 

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engineers and other Persons who may file a lien against the Real Property in connection with the Initial Alterations (unless such general releases or waivers of lien were furnished previously pursuant to Section 7(l)(iii)(D) hereof), (ii) a certificate from Sublessee's independent licensed architect, to the effect that the Initial Alterations have been Substantially Completed (using AIA Form G704), (iii) a certificate, from Sublessee's independent licensed architect or, at Sublessee's option, Sublessee's general contractor, certifying that all contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, architects, engineers and other Persons who may file a lien against the Real Property in connection with the Initial Alterations have been paid in full and (iv) evidence reasonably satisfactory to Sublessor and Landlord that Sublessee has obtained all required final approvals from applicable governmental authorities in connection with the Initial Alterations, including, without limitation, letters of completion from the New York City Department of Buildings for all work permits Sublessee has obtained in connection with the performance of the Initial Alterations, such that Sublessee may occupy all portions of the Sublet Premises for their intended purposes. Nothing contained in this Section 7(l)(iii)(G) shall be deemed to affect or impair Sublessee's obligation to discharge of record any mechanic's lien that is filed against the Building as set forth in Section 7(e)(i) hereof.  For the avoidance of doubt, it is intended that Sublessee shall provide the documentation required by Landlord to fund the sums described under Section 7.12 of the Lease.  In that regard, Sublessor and Sublessee shall coordinate Sublessee’s submissions to Sublessor with Landlord to facilitate the process of Landlord funding the sums described under Section 7.12 of the Lease.  
(iv)Sublessor makes no representation or warranty that the Sublessee Fund is sufficient to pay the cost of the Initial Alterations. Sublessee shall pay the amount of any excess of the cost of the Initial Alterations over the Sublessee Fund.
(v)If (i) Sublessor fails to make a disbursement of the Sublessee Fund when due, (ii) Sublessee, subsequent to the date that such disbursement of the Sublessee Fund was due, notifies Sublessor of such failure, and (iii) such failure continues for more than sixty (60) days after the date that Sublessee gives Sublessor notice thereof, then Sublessee shall have the right to offset against the Rent due hereunder the amount that Sublessor so fails to disburse to Sublessee, together with interest thereon calculated at the Applicable Rate for the period beginning on the date that is sixty-one (61) days after the date of Sublessee's notice to Sublessor, and ending on the date that Sublessee uses such credit.
(vi)    Sublessor and Sublessee acknowledge the Initial Alterations shall constitute the property of Landlord (and will be depreciated by Landlord for tax purposes) to the extent that Sublessee performs the Initial Alterations using the proceeds of the Sublessee Fund as provided in this Section 7(l), subject, nevertheless, to Sublessee's rights to use such Initial Alterations as part of the Sublet Premises during the Term in accordance with the terms of this Sublease. Sublessee, during the Term, shall not remove the Initial Alterations (or a portion thereof) that Sublessee performs using the proceeds of the Sublessee Fund (or Alterations that replace such Initial Alterations (or such portion thereof)) unless Sublessee replaces the Initial Alterations (or such portion thereof), or such other Alterations, as the case may be, with Alterations that have a fair value that is equal to or greater than the Sublessee Fund (it being understood that such Alterations that Sublessee performs to replace the Initial Alterations (or such portion thereof), or such other Alterations, as the case may be, shall constitute the property of Landlord as contemplated by Section 7.12 of the Lease. Sublessor 

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and Sublessee agree that their accounting treatment of the Initial Alterations will be consistent with GAAP.

8.    Insurance.  

(a)    Sublessee shall maintain, at its sole cost and expense, insurance coverages in such amounts, and with such an insurer holding such a Best's Rating, which coverages and rating are the greater of (i) what is required of Sublessee in the Lease and (ii) the following:

Coverages with an insurer(s) holding a Best's Rating of A or higher with Financial Size of Class VIII or higher, and reasonably acceptable to Sublessor and Landlord, and in the following coverage amounts:

(i)    ISO Simplified Commercial General Liability Insurance (“CGL”).  The limits of liability of such insurance shall be an amount not less than Two Million and 00/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per occurrence, Bodily Injury including death and Two Million and 00/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per occurrence, Property Damage Liability or Two Million and 00/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00) combined single limit for Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability.  Such policies shall name Landlord and Sublessor as additional insureds with respect to this Sublease and the Lease; and

(ii)    Property insurance on Sublessee's personal property, on a Special Causes of Loss-Replacement Cost basis.  This insurance shall include, but shall not be limited to, fire and extended coverage perils. Such property insurance policy shall contain appropriate endorsements waiving the insurer's right of subrogation against Sublessor and Landlord. 

(iii)     Rental Value insurance in the name of Sublessor with loss payable to Sublessor, insuring the loss of the full Base Rent for one year with an extended period of indemnity for an additional one hundred eighty (180) days.  Said insurance shall be adjusted annually to reflect the projected Base Rent otherwise payable by Sublessee for the next twelve (12) month period;  

(iv)  Loss of income and extra expense insurance in amounts as will reimburse Sublessee for direct or indirect loss of earnings attributable to all perils commonly insured against by prudent lessees in the business of Sublessee or attributable to prevention of access to the Sublet Premises as a result of such perils.

(b)    Each policy will provide that Landlord and Sublessor shall receive at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice of cancellation or non-renewal of the policy.  Concurrently with its execution of this Sublease, Sublessee shall deliver to Sublessor one or more certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance coverage required hereunder (the “Certificates of Insurance”). The coverage required in Section 8(a) hereof may be provided by blanket policies covering the Sublet Premises and other locations owned or occupied by Sublessee or their subsidiaries, affiliates, or 

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parent, provided that the CGL policy must have a per-location limit applicable to the Property which is not less than is required in Section 8(a) hereof. The coverage required in Section 8(a)(i) may be provided by a combination of primary and umbrella policies, provided that: (i) the primary coverage may not be less than One Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, Bodily Injury including death and One Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, Property Damage Liability or One  Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined single limit for Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability, and shall have a per-location limit applicable to the Property which is not less than  the foregoing amounts; and (ii) the umbrella coverage must have a per-location limit applicable to the Property, such that the primary and umbrella coverages applicable to the Property collectively satisfy the coverage required in Section 8(a)(i).  Sublessee or a permitted sub-sub-sublessee shall be entitled to maintain commercially reasonable deductibles.

(c)    Sublessor and Sublessee each hereby waive all rights of recovery against the other and against the officers, employees, agents, and representatives of the other, and anyone claiming through or under the other, on account of loss by or damage to the waiving party of its property or the property of others under its control, to the extent that such loss or damage is caused by fire or other casualty for which insurance is either required to be carried by the injured party under the terms of the Lease or the Sublease, as the case may be, or is in fact carried by the injured party.

9.    Obligations.  

(a)    Excluding the matters contained herein which will be governed by this Sublease, Sublessee agrees that, as it relates only to the period constituting the Sublease Term,  (i) to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Lease, (ii) to perform Sublessor's obligations with respect to the Sublet Premises as set forth in the Lease (other than Sublessor's obligation to pay Fixed Rent under the Lease) with respect to the period of the Term of this Sublease (except that Sublessee's obligation to pay Escalation Rent shall not commence until the Sublease Rent Commencement Date), and (iii) to be subject to the terms and conditions of the Consent Agreement. Sublessor shall in no event be obligated to perform Landlord's obligations under the Lease, or, except as otherwise specifically provided below, to enforce the terms, covenants, obligations and conditions on the part of, or to be performed by, Landlord under the Lease. With respect to the performance of obligations required of Landlord under the Lease, Sublessor's sole obligation with respect thereto shall be to request the same for Sublessee, upon written request from Sublessee, and to use reasonable efforts to obtain the same from Landlord, but in no event shall Sublessor be obligated to incur any out-of-pocket expense associated with such effort. However, if requested by Sublessee in writing, and if there is a reasonable basis for doing so, Sublessor will institute and pursue litigation against Landlord to enforce Landlord's obligations under the Lease. Sublessee shall, within thirty (30) days after Sublessor's written demand, reimburse Sublessor for all of Sublessor's out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including without limitation, court costs, attorney's fees [including based on any requirement under Section 23.1(B) of the Lease, or any court order, that  Sublessor reimburse Landlord's attorneys' fees in connection with such litigation]), and expert witness fees (all constituting Additional Rent hereunder) in connection with such litigation and any appeals in connection therewith. Sublessee shall indemnify and hold Sublessor harmless from any vexatious litigation claim by Landlord against Sublessor based on such litigation. Sublessor shall not be liable in damages, nor shall Rent abate hereunder, for or on account of any failure by Landlord to perform 

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the obligations and duties imposed on it under the Lease, except as provided herein. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no rights of Sublessor arising from the Lease are granted or assigned to Sublessee, including, but not limited to, any rights to renew, extend, surrender or terminate the Lease.  In connection with any such litigation, Sublessor and Sublessee agree to the following:  (i) Sublessee shall have reasonable approval of counsel chosen to bring such litigation, (ii) Sublessee shall have approval over the budget for any such litigation and, if, during the course of such litigation, the costs of litigation appear likely  to exceed such budget, Sublessee shall have approval over such additional costs, failing which Sublessor shall discontinue the prosecution thereof. Further, if Sublessee does not approve the original litigation budget, or the choice of counsel, then unless Sublessee and Sublessor agree on an alternative budget or counsel, which the parties shall use good faith efforts to agree upon, Sublessor shall not be required to pursue such litigation; (iii) Sublessor and Sublessee shall consult in good faith prior to commencing litigation, and during the course of litigation, concerning litigation strategy, and: (x) if the parties do not agree on litigation strategy prior to commencing litigation, then Sublessor shall not be required to commence such litigation until such time as the parties shall agree upon a litigation strategy, which the parties shall use good faith efforts to agree upon, or (y) if during the course of litigation, the parties, after using good faith efforts, cannot agree on a continuing litigation strategy, Sublessor may discontinue such litigation; (iv) Sublessor shall not settle any such litigation without the reasonable approval of Sublessee; (v) if Sublessee determines at any time that it wants to discontinue any such litigation, then upon Sublessee’s written request, Sublessor shall do so. 

(b)    If pursuant to either Section 10.3 or Section 15.3 of the Lease, Sublessor is entitled to rent abatement rights under such Section(s), and to the extent Landlord is not disputing Sublessor’s entitlement to such rent abatement (the "Confirmed Lease Rent Abatement"), then Sublessee's Rent obligation hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of the Confirmed Lease Rent Abatement.  In the event that Landlord disputes any rent abatement, Sublessor shall use reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute and obtain the full amount of the rent abatement due under the Lease. If Landlord and Sublessor fail to resolve such dispute, then if requested by Sublessee in writing, and if there is a reasonable basis for doing so, Sublessor will institute and a declaratory judgment action in New York State court to determine whether Sublessor is entitled to such rent abatement under the Lease or the disputed portion thereof. If Sublessor obtains a final, nonappealable declaratory judgment that Sublessor is entitled to such rent abatement under the Lease or otherwise resolves such dispute, then Sublessee's Base Rent obligation hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of the base rent abatement under the Lease that is confirmed in such declaratory judgment or otherwise resolved. Sublessee shall, within thirty (30) days after Sublessor's written demand, reimburse Sublessor for all of Sublessor's costs and expenses (including without limitation, court costs, attorney's fees [including based on any requirement under Section 23.1(B) of the Lease, or any court order, that Sublessor reimburse Landlord's attorneys' fees in connection with such litigation]), and expert witness fees (all constituting Additional Rent hereunder) in connection with such declaratory judgment action and any appeals in connection therewith. In connection with any such action, Sublessor and Sublessee agree to the following:  (i) Sublessee shall have reasonable approval of counsel chosen to bring such litigation, (ii) Sublessee shall have approval over the budget for any such litigation and, if, during the course of such litigation, the costs of litigation appear likely  to exceed such budget, Sublessee shall have approval over such additional costs, failing which Sublessor shall discontinue the prosecution thereof; (iii)  Sublessor and Sublessee shall consult in 

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good faith concerning litigation strategy; (iv) Sublessor shall not settle any such litigation without the reasonable approval of Sublessee; (v) if Sublessee determines that it wants to discontinue any such litigation, then upon Sublessee’s written request, Sublessor shall do so; and (vi) Sublessor and Sublessee shall consult in good faith during the course of any such litigation to coordinate their position. 

10.    Condition and Use of the Sublet Premises; Preparation of Sublet Premises. 

(a)    Sublessee agrees to accept the Sublet Premises in "AS IS" condition as of the date hereof, and Sublessee agrees that it has inspected the Sublet Premises and acknowledges that no representations, express or implied, of any kind, with respect to the condition thereof have been made to Sublessee by Sublessor. Sublessor hereby represents that to its actual knowledge as of the date hereof, the Sublet Premises are free of all personal property of Sublessor.  

(b)    The Sublet Premises are to be used solely for the uses permitted by, and subject to the limitations and conditions of, Article 3 of the Lease, including, without limitation, the “Rules,” as defined in Section 3.3 of the Lease. Sublessee shall not do or permit anything to be done in or about the Sublet Premises which will in any way obstruct or interfere with the rights of other tenants or occupants of the Building or injure, annoy, or disturb them or allow the Sublet Premises to be used for any improper, immoral, unlawful, or objectionable purpose. Except to the extent that compliance is the obligation of the Landlord under the Lease, Sublessee shall comply with all governmental laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the use of the Sublet Premises and its occupancy and shall promptly comply with all governmental orders and directions for the correction, prevention and abatement of any violations in or upon, or in connection with, the Sublet Premises, all at Sublessee's sole expense. Sublessee shall not do or permit anything to be done on or about the Sublet Premises or bring or keep anything into the Sublet Premises which will in any way increase the rate of, invalidate or prevent the procuring of any insurance protecting against loss or damage to the Building or any of its contents by fire or other casualty or against liability for damage to property or injury to persons in or about the Building or any part thereof. Sublessee shall use the Sublet Premises and any common areas of the Building in a careful, safe and proper manner and shall keep the Sublet Premises in a neat and sanitary condition and shall not commit or permit any nuisance or waste on or in, or about the Sublet Premises.  Sublessee shall dispose of all debris, trash and waste in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

(c)     Sublessee shall be entitled to the rights granted by Landlord to Sublessor under the following Articles and Sections of the Lease (which rights shall be subject to the provisions of the identified Lease Sections): 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6. 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.13, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 9.1(A), and 9.6(A). Sublessee is not being granted any other rights or remedies, including, without limitation, (I) the right to remeasure, or dispute, the RSF of the Premises pursuant to Section 1.6(O) of the Lease (Sublessor and Sublessee agree that the Sublet Premises consists of 142,342 RSF and shall not be subject to measurement); (III) Sublessor’s remedies under Section 2.3(E) of the Lease; (IV) Sublessor’s rights under Section 2.4 of the Lease; (V) Sublessor’s rights under Section 2.7 of the Lease; (VI) Sublessor’s right to receive the Tenant Fund from Landlord pursuant to Section 7.12 of the Lease; and (VII) Sublessee’s remedies under Section 10.3 of the Lease.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sublessor shall in no event be 

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obligated to perform Landlord's obligations under the Lease, or, except as otherwise specifically provided herein to enforce the terms, covenants, obligations and conditions on the part of, or to be performed by, Landlord under the Lease. With respect to the performance of obligations required of Landlord under the Lease, Sublessor's sole obligation with respect thereto shall be as expressly set forth herein.  Sublessor shall not be liable in damages, nor shall rent abate hereunder, for or on account of any failure by Landlord to perform the obligations and duties imposed on it under the Lease.   

(d)     Notwithstanding Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the following provisions of the Lease  shall not apply to Sublessee’s use and occupancy, and construction, of the Sublet Premises:

(i)    Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2(F), 7.1(I), 9.1(D), 10.3, 11.3, 17.8, 20.3, 31.4(A), and 31.4 (C).

(ii)    Articles 6, 13, 18, 19, and 30.

11.    Sublessee Default.  The term “Sublessee Default” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 
(A)    Sublessee fails to pay any installment of Rent when due and such failure continues for five (5) business days after the date that Sublessor gives notice of such failure to Sublessee;

(B)    Sublessee violates the provisions of Section 5 of this Sublease, and such violation is not cured within ten (10) days after written notice from either Landlord or Sublessor; or

(C)    Sublessee defaults in the observance or performance of any other covenant of this Sublease or the Lease to be observed or performed by Sublessee pursuant to this Sublease, and Sublessee fails to remedy such default within thirty (30) days (fifteen [15] days with respect to a default under the Lease) after Sublessor gives Sublessee notice thereof, except that if (i) such default cannot be remedied with reasonable diligence during such period of thirty (30) days (or fifteen [15] days, as applicable), (ii) Sublessee takes reasonable steps during such period of thirty (30) days (or fifteen [15] days, as applicable) to commence Sublessee’s remedying of such default, and (iii) Sublessee prosecutes diligently Sublessee’s remedying of such default to completion, then a Sublessee Default shall not occur by reason of such default.

Sublessor shall have any and all rights and remedies set forth in Section 12 hereof on account of a Sublessee Default. 

12.    Sublessor Rights and Remedies.   

(a)    Sublessor shall have such rights as may be available at law or in equity on account of a Sublessee Default. In addition to such rights and remedies, upon the occurrence of any Sublessee 

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Default, Sublessor, after providing written notice to Sublessee of the nature of the default, shall have the option to pursue any one or more of the following remedies concurrently or consecutively and not alternatively: 

(i)Sublessor may, at its election, terminate this Sublease or terminate Sublessee's right to possession only, without terminating the Sublease.

(ii)Upon any termination of this Sublease, whether by lapse of time or otherwise, or upon any termination of Sublessee's right to possession without termination of the Sublease, Sublessee shall surrender possession and vacate the Sublet Premises immediately, and deliver possession thereof to Sublessor, and Sublessee hereby grants to Sublessor full and free license to enter into and upon the Sublet Premises in such event and to repossess Sublessor of the Sublet Premises as of Sublessor's former estate and to expel or remove Sublessee and any others who may be occupying or be within the Sublet Premises and to remove Sublessee's signs and other evidence of tenancy and all other property of Sublessee therefrom without being deemed in any manner guilty of trespass, eviction or forcible entry or detainer, and without incurring any liability for any damage resulting therefrom, Sublessee waiving any right to claim damages for such re-entry and expulsion, and without relinquishing Sublessor's right to rent or any other right given to Sublessor under this Sublease or by operation of law.

(iii)Upon any termination of this Sublease, whether by lapse of time or otherwise, Sublessor shall be entitled to recover as damages, all Rent, including any amounts treated as Additional Rent under this Sublease, and other sums due and payable by Sublessee on the date of termination, plus Sublessor shall also be entitled to recover as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount equal to  the excess (if any) of (a) the Rent for the period which otherwise would have constituted the unexpired portion of the Term, over (b) the then fair and reasonable net effective rental value of the Sublet Premises for the same period (which is calculated by (X) deducting from the fair and reasonable rental value of the Sublet Premises the expenses that Sublessor would reasonably expect to incur in reletting the Sublet Premises, including, but not limited to, all repossession costs, brokerage commissions, legal expenses, attorneys' fees and disbursements, alteration costs, contributions to work and other expenses of preparing the Sublet Premises for such reletting, and (Y) taking into account the time period that Sublessor would reasonably require to consummate a reletting of the Sublet Premises to a new tenant), both discounted to present value at the "Base Rate," as defined in the Lease. 

(iv)Upon any termination of Sublessee's right to possession only without termination of the Sublease:

(A)    Neither such termination of Sublessee's right to possession nor Sublessor's taking and holding possession thereof as provided shall terminate the Sublease or release Sublessee, in whole or in part, from any obligation, including Sublessee's obligation to pay the Rent, including any amounts treated as Additional 

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Rent, under this Sublease for the full Term, plus any other sums provided in this Sublease to be paid by Sublessee for the remainder of the Term.

(B)    Sublessor shall use reasonable efforts to relet the Sublet Premises or any part thereof for such rent and upon such terms as Sublessor, in its good faith discretion, shall determine (including the right to relet the Sublet Premises for a greater or lesser term than that remaining under this Sublease, the right to relet the Sublet Premises as a part of a larger area, and the right to change the character or use made of the Sublet Premises). In connection with or in preparation for any reletting, Sublessor may, but shall not be required to, make repairs, alterations and additions in or to the Sublet Premises and redecorate the same to the extent Sublessor deems necessary or desirable, and Sublessee shall, upon demand, pay Sublessor's expenses of reletting, including, without limitation, any commission incurred by Sublessor.  Sublessor shall not be required to observe any instruction given by Sublessee about any reletting or accept a replacement tenant offered by Sublessee.

(C)    Until such time as Sublessor shall elect to terminate the Sublease and shall thereupon be entitled to recover the amounts specified in such case herein, Sublessee shall pay to Sublessor upon demand the full amount of all Rent, including any amounts treated as Additional Rent under this Sublease and other sums reserved in this Sublease for the remaining Term, together with the costs of repairs, and Sublessor's expenses of reletting and the collection of the rent accruing therefrom (including attorney's fees and broker's commissions), as the same shall then be due or become due from time to time, less only such consideration as Sublessor may have received from any reletting of the Sublet Premises; and Sublessee agrees that Sublessor may file suits from time to time to recover any sums falling due under this Section 12 as they become due. Any proceeds of reletting by Sublessor in excess of the amount then owed by Sublessee to Sublessor from time to time shall be credited against Sublessee's future obligations under this Sublease but shall not otherwise be refunded to Sublessee. 

(b)    If either party shall at any time be in default under this Sublease and if the non-defaulting party shall institute an action or summary proceeding against the defaulting party based upon such default, then the non-prevailing party will reimburse the prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements.  SUBLESSEE AND SUBLESSOR EACH EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO: (A) TRIAL BY JURY; AND (B) SERVICE OF ANY NOTICE REQUIRED BY ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE LAW OR ORDINANCE APPLICABLE TO LANDLORDS OR TENANTS BUT NOT REQUIRED BY THE TERMS OF THIS SUBLEASE.

(c)    Pursuit of any of the foregoing remedies shall not preclude pursuit of any of the other remedies provided in this Sublease or any other remedies provided by law or in equity (all such remedies being cumulative but not duplicative), nor shall pursuit of any remedy provided in this Sublease constitute a forfeiture or waiver of any Rent due to Sublessor under this Sublease or of 

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any damages accruing to Sublessor by reason of the violation of any of the terms, provisions and covenants contained in this Sublease.

(d)    No act or thing done by Sublessor or its agents during the Term shall be deemed a termination of this Sublease or an acceptance of the surrender of the Sublet Premises, and no agreement to terminate this Sublease or accept a surrender of said Sublet Premises shall be valid, unless in writing signed by Sublessor.  No waiver by Sublessor of any violation or breach of any of the terms, provisions and covenants contained in this Sublease shall be deemed or construed to constitute a waiver of any other violation or breach of any of the terms, provisions and covenants contained in this Sublease. Sublessor's acceptance of the payment of Rent or other payments after the occurrence of a Sublessee Default shall not be construed as a waiver of such Sublessee Default, unless Sublessor so notifies Sublessee in writing. Forbearance by Sublessor or Sublessee in enforcing one or more of the remedies provided in this Sublease upon the occurrence of a Sublessee Default or a default by Sublessor hereunder, as the case may be, shall not be deemed or construed to constitute a waiver of such Sublessee Default or of Sublessor's right to enforce any such remedies with respect to such Sublessee Default or any subsequent Sublessee Default, or a waiver of such Sublessor default hereunder or of Sublessee's right to enforce any such remedies with respect to such Sublessor default hereunder or any subsequent Sublessor default hereunder.

(e)    Any and all property which must be removed from the Sublet Premises by Sublessor pursuant to the authority of this Sublease, the Lease or of law or in equity, to which Sublessee is or may be entitled, may be handled, removed and/or stored, as the case may be, by or at the direction of Sublessor, but at the risk, cost and expense of Sublessee, and Sublessor shall in no event be responsible for the value, preservation or safekeeping thereof. Sublessee shall pay to Sublessor, upon within thirty days of demand, any and all expenses incurred in such removal and all storage charges against such property, so long as the same shall be in Sublessor's possession or under Sublessor's control.  Any such property of Sublessee not retaken by Sublessee from storage within twenty (20) days after removal from the Sublet Premises shall, at Sublessor's option, be deemed conveyed by Sublessee to Sublessor under this Sublease as by a bill of sale without further payment or credit by Sublessor to Sublessee.

13.    Sublessee’s Insolvency.

(a)    Assignments pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code.

(i)    The term "Bankruptcy Code" shall mean 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq., or any statute of similar nature and purpose.

(ii)    If Sublessee, Sublessee's trustee or Sublessee as debtor-in-possession (each, an “Insolvency Party”) proposes to assign the tenant's interest hereunder pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code to any “Person” (as defined herein) that has made a bona fide offer to accept an assignment of the Sublessee’s interest under this Sublease on terms acceptable to Sublessee, then the Insolvency Party shall give to Sublessor notice of such proposed assignment no later than twenty (20) days after the date that the Insolvency Party receives such offer, but in any event no later than ten (10) days before the date that the 

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Insolvency Party makes application to a court of competent jurisdiction for authority and approval to consummate such assignment.  Such notice given by the Insolvency Party to Sublessor shall (A) set forth the name and address of such Person that has made such bona fide offer, (B) set forth all of the terms and conditions of such bona fide offer, and (C) confirm that such Person will provide to Sublessor adequate assurance of future performance that conforms with the terms of Section 12(a)(iv) hereof.  Sublessor shall have the right to accept an assignment of this Sublease upon the same terms and conditions and for the same consideration, if any, as the bona fide offer made by such Person (less any brokerage commissions that would otherwise be payable by the Insolvency Party out of the consideration to be paid by such Person in connection with such assignment of the Sublessee’s interest under this Sublease), by giving notice thereof to the Insolvency Party at any time prior to the effective date of such proposed assignment. The term “Person”, as used in this Sublease, shall mean any natural person or persons or any legal form of association, including, without limitation, a partnership, a limited partnership, a corporation, and a limited liability company.

(iii)    Sublessee shall pay to Sublessor an amount equal to the reasonable out-of-pocket costs that Sublessor incurs in connection with Sublessee's assignment of the tenant's interest hereunder pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, within thirty (30) days after Sublessor's submission to Sublessee of an invoice therefor that contains reasonable supporting documentation for the charges described therein.

(iv)    A Person that submits a bona fide offer to take by assignment Sublessee’s interest under this Sublease as described in Section 13(a)(ii) hereof shall be deemed to have provided Sublessor with adequate assurance of future performance only if such Person (A) deposits with Sublessor simultaneously with such assignee's taking by assignment Sublessee’s interest under this Sublease an amount equal to the then annual Base Rent, as security for the faithful performance and observance by such assignee of Sublessee’s obligations of this Sublease (and such Person gives to Sublessor, at least five (5) days prior to the date that the proposed assignment becomes effective, information reasonably satisfactory to Sublessor that indicates that such Person has the ability to post such deposit), (B) gives to Sublessor, at least five (5) days prior to the date that the proposed assignment becomes effective, such Person's financial statements, audited by a certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied (“GAAP”), for the three (3) fiscal years that immediately precede such assignment, that indicate that such Person has a tangible net worth of at least ten (10) times the then annual Base Rent for each of such three (3) years, and (C) gives to Sublessor, at least five (5) days prior to the date that the proposed assignment becomes effective, such other information or takes such action that in either case Sublessor, in its reasonable judgment, determines is necessary to provide adequate assurance of the performance by such assignee of the obligations of the sublessee under this Sublease; provided, however, that in no event shall such adequate assurance of future performance be less favorable to Sublessor than the assurance contemplated by Section 365(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code (notwithstanding that this Sublease may not be construed as a lease of real property in a shopping center).

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(v)    If Sublessee's interest under this Sublease is assigned to any Person pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, then any such assignee shall (x) be deemed without further act or deed to have assumed all the obligations of the tenant arising under this Sublease from and after the date of such assignment, and (y) execute and deliver to Sublessor upon demand an instrument confirming such assumption.

(vi)    Nothing contained in this Section 12 limits Sublessor's rights against Sublessee under Section 11 hereof.

(b)    Replacement Lease.  If (i) Sublessee is not the Person that constituted Sublessee initially, and (ii) either (I) this Sublease is disaffirmed or rejected pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, or (II) this Sublease terminates by reason of occurrence of an Insolvency Event, then, subject to the terms of this Section 13(b) the Persons that constituted Sublessee hereunder previously, including, without limitation, the Person that constituted Sublessee initially (each such Person that previously constituted Sublessee hereunder (but does not then constitute Sublessee hereunder), and with respect to which Sublessor exercises Landlord's rights under this Section 13(b), being referred to herein as a “Predecessor Sublessee”) shall (1) pay to Sublessor the aggregate Rent that is then due and owing by Sublessee to Sublessor under this Sublease to and including the date of such disaffirmance, rejection or termination, and (2) enter into a new sublease, between Sublessor, as sublessor, and the Predecessor Sublessee, as sublessee, for the Sublet Premises, and for a term commencing on the effective date of such disaffirmance, rejection or termination and ending on the Sublease Expiration Date, at the same Base Rent and upon the then executory terms that are contained in this Sublease, except that (a) the Predecessor Sublessee's rights under the new sublease shall be subject to the possessory rights of Sublessee under this Sublease and the possessory rights of any Person claiming by, through or under Sublessee or by virtue of any statute or of any order of any court, and (b) such new sublease shall require all defaults existing under this Sublease to be cured by the Predecessor Sublessee with reasonable diligence.  Sublessor shall have the right to require the Predecessor Sublessee to execute and deliver such new sublease on the terms set forth in this Section 13(b) only by giving notice thereof to Sublessee and to the Predecessor Sublessee within thirty (30) days after Sublessor receives notice of any such disaffirmance or rejection (or, if this Sublease terminates by reason of Sublessor making an election to do so, then Sublessor may exercise such right only by giving such notice to Sublessee and the Predecessor Sublessee within thirty (30) days after this Sublease so terminates).  If the Predecessor Sublessee defaults in its obligation to enter into said new sublease for a period of ten (10) days following Sublessor's request therefor, then, in addition to all other rights and remedies by reason of such default, either at law or in equity, Sublessor shall have the same rights and remedies against such Predecessor Sublessee as if such Predecessor Sublessee had entered into such new sublease and such new sublease had thereafter been terminated as of the commencement date thereof by reason of such Predecessor Sublessee's default thereunder.

(c)    Insolvency Events.

This Sublease shall terminate automatically upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

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(i)    a Sublessee Obligor commences or institutes any case, proceeding or other action (A) seeking relief on its behalf as debtor, or to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its property; or

(ii)    a Sublessee Obligor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(iii)    any case, proceeding or other action is commenced or instituted against a Sublessee Obligor (a) seeking to have an order for relief entered against it as debtor or to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or (b) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its property, which in either of such cases (i) results in any such entry of an order for relief, adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency or such an appointment or the issuance or entry of any other order having a similar effect, and (ii) remains undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days; or

(iv)    any case, proceeding or other action is commenced or instituted against a Sublessee Obligor seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its property which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which is not vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof; or

(v)    Sublessee Obligor takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) above; or

(vi)    a trustee, receiver or other custodian is appointed for any substantial part of a Sublessee Obligor's assets, and such appointment is not vacated or stayed within fifteen (15) business days (the events described in this Section 13(c) being collectively referred to herein as “Insolvency Events”).

The term "Sublessee Obligor" shall mean (a) Sublessee, (b) any Person that comprises Sublessee (if Sublessee is comprised of more than one (1) Person), (c) any partner in Sublessee (if Sublessee is a general partnership), (d) any general partner in Sublessee (if Sublessee is a limited partnership), (e) any Person that has guaranteed all or any part of the obligations of Sublessee hereunder, and (f) any Person that previously constituted Sublessee hereunder.  If this Sublease terminates pursuant to this Section 12(c), then (I) Sublessee immediately shall quit and surrender the Sublet Premises, 

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and (II) Sublessee shall nonetheless remain liable for all of its obligations hereunder, as provided in Section 11 hereof.

(d)    Effect of Stay. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if (i) Sublessor's right to terminate this Sublease after the occurrence of a Sublessee Default, or the termination of this Sublease upon the occurrence of an Insolvency Event, is stayed by order of any court having jurisdiction over an Insolvency Event, or by federal or state statute, (ii) the trustee appointed in connection with an Insolvency Event, or Sublessee or Sublessee as debtor-in-possession, fails to assume Sublessee's obligations under this Sublease on or prior to the earliest to occur of (A) the last day of the period prescribed therefor by law, (B) the one hundred twentieth (120th) day after entry of the order for relief, or (C) a date that is otherwise designated by the court, or (iii) said trustee, Sublessee or Sublessee as debtor-in-possession fails to provide adequate protection of Sublessor's right, title and interest in and to the Sublet Premises or adequate assurance of the complete and continuous future performance of Sublessee's obligations under this Sublease as provided in Section 13(a)(iv) hereof, then Sublessor, to the extent permitted by law or by leave of the court having jurisdiction over such proceeding, shall have the right, at its election, to terminate this Sublease on five (5) business days of advance notice to Sublessee, Sublessee as debtor-in-possession or said trustee, and, upon the expiration of said period of five (5) business days, this Sublease shall cease and expire as aforesaid and Sublessee, Sublessee as debtor-in-possession or said trustee shall immediately quit and surrender the Sublet Premises as aforesaid.

(e)    Rental for Bankruptcy Purposes.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Sublease to the contrary, all amounts payable by Sublessee to or on behalf of Sublessor under this Sublease, regardless of whether such amounts are expressly denominated as Rent, shall constitute rent for the purposes of Section 502(b)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, and Sublessee's payment obligations with respect thereto shall constitute obligations to be timely performed pursuant to Section 365(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

14.    Indemnification.  Subject to the waiver and release contained in Section 8(c) hereof,  and except and to the extent caused by or due to the willful acts or negligence of Sublessor, or its agents, contractors, servants, licensees and employees, Sublessee shall indemnify, defend Sublessor and hold Sublessor and each of its partners, officers, directors, employees, members, shareholders and successors and save Sublessor and each of its partners, officers, directors, employees, members, shareholders, and successors harmless from and against any and all claims, liability and expense for loss or damage suffered by Sublessor because of (i) the negligence, or willful misconduct of Sublessee, its agents, contractors or employees; and (ii) any act or occurrence in the Sublet Premises unless caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of Sublessor, its agents, contractors or employees, including, but not limited to, losses caused to Sublessor under the Lease by Sublessee's holdover under the Sublease.  Sublessee's obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of the Sublease.

Subject to the waiver and release contained in Section 8(c) hereof,  and except and to the extent caused by or due to the willful acts or negligence of Sublessee, or its agents, contractors, servants, licensees and employees, Sublessor agrees to indemnify,  defend and hold harmless Sublessee and each of Sublessee’s officers, directors, shareholders, partners, members, managers, 

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employees, and successors, from and against any and all actions, claims, demands, liability, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and litigation expenses, to the extent arising from  any negligence or willful misconduct of Sublessor or its agents, officers, employees, guests, servants, invitees, or customers.

Each of the foregoing indemnities shall specifically exclude and neither party shall be liable under this Sublease (whether by means of indemnity or otherwise) for any consequential or indirect damages, except Sublessee shall be liable for consequential damages and/or indirect damages in connection with its holding over in the Sublet Premises to the extent expressly provided herein, including, without limitation, any holding over resulting from Sublessee's failure to comply with its obligations under the Lease and this Sublease regarding the removal of Alterations and Sublessee's personal property, trade fixtures, and equipment.  Further, Sublessor expressly acknowledges and agrees that except as provided in Section 24 hereof, Sublessee shall not in any event be liable to Sublessor, by means of indemnity or otherwise, for the difference between the Fixed Rent payable by Sublessor as the tenant under the Lease, and the Base Rent payable by Sublessee under this Sublease.  

15.    Notices.  Any notice, approval, request, consent, bill, statement or other communication required or permitted to be given, rendered or made by either party hereto, shall be in writing and shall be sent to the parties hereto by certified United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or a nationally recognized overnight courier with proof of delivery at the following addresses:

		
	Sublessor:
	Aetna Life Insurance Company

151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut  06156-9666
  Attention: Cushman & Wakefield/ Real Estate Services (RTB1)

with a copy to:

Joseph K. Fortier, Esq.
Wiggin and Dana LLP
20 Church Street
Hartford, CT  06103

and with a copy to:    

Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Attn:  Aetna Lease Administration
575 Maryville Centre Drive, Suite 600
St. Louis, MO 63141 

		
	Sublessee:
	Until Yext, Inc. commences the regular conduct of business at the Sublet Premises:

 

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Yext, Inc.
One Madison Avenue - 5th Floor
New York, NY 10010
  Attention: General Counsel

And

Yext, Inc.
One Madison Avenue - 5th Floor
New York, NY 10010
  Attention: Director of Real Estate

After Yext, Inc. commences the regular conduct of business at the Sublet Premises: 
Yext, Inc.
61 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
  Attention: General Counsel

And

Yext, Inc.
61 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
  Attention: Director of Real Estate 

with a copy to:

Davis & Gilbert LLP
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
  Attention: Richard S. Eisert, Esq.

Either Sublessor or Sublessee may, by not less than five (5) business days' notice to the other, change the address(es) to which notices are to be sent.  All notices shall be deemed effective upon receipt or upon refusal to accept delivery.
            
16.Casualty.  Sublessee shall have the same rights to terminate this Sublease in the event of damage to the Sublet Premises by reason of fire or other casualty as Sublessor has to terminate the Lease by reason of fire or other casualty, pursuant to Article 15 of the Lease. Sublessee's rights of Rent abatement (if any) under this Sublease in connection with damage to the Sublet Premises by fire or other casualty shall be governed by the provisions of Section 9(b) of this Sublease. Sublessor shall have the same right to terminate this Sublease in the event of damage to the Sublet Premises by reason of fire or other casualty as Landlord has to terminate the Lease in the event of 

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damage to the Sublet Premises by reason of fire or other casualty, pursuant to Article 15 of the Lease; provided however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Sublessor shall not exercise its right to terminate this Sublease (or the Lease) in the event of damage to the Sublet Premises by reason of fire or other casualty if: (i) Sublessee shall notify Sublessor in writing within fifteen (15) days after the date of a casualty event that it desires for Sublessor not to terminate the Lease or this Sublease, and (ii) Sublessee agrees in writing that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Sublease, it will not be entitled to terminate this Sublease on account of such fire or other casualty.

17.Condemnation.   Sublessee shall have the same rights to terminate this Sublease in the event of the entire Building or the entire Sublet Premises is condemned or otherwise acquired by the exercise of eminent domain (collectively, a “Taking”) as Sublessor has to terminate the Lease by reason of a Taking, pursuant to Article 16 of the Lease, but Sublessee shall have no rights of Rent abatement under this Sublease in connection with a Taking except as provided below. Sublessor shall have the same right to terminate this Sublease in the event of a Taking as Landlord has to terminate the Lease in the event of a Taking, pursuant to Article 16 of the Lease; provided however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Sublessor shall not exercise its right to terminate this Sublease (or the Lease) in the event of a Taking if: (i) Sublessee shall notify Sublessor in writing within fifteen (15) days after the date of the Taking that it desires for Sublessor not to terminate the Lease or this Sublease; and (ii) Sublessee agrees in writing that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Sublease, Sublessee will not be entitled to terminate this Sublease on account of such Taking. If, as a result of a Taking, Sublessor's rent under the Lease is reduced, then Sublessee's Rent under this Sublease shall be reduced by the same amount. 

18.Consent.  Sublessee acknowledges that, except as provided in this Sublease, where the consent or approval of Landlord is required under the Lease, Sublessor's consent or approval is also required hereunder, which consent or approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed (except as otherwise provided in Section 7(b)(ii) hereof). To the extent that any of the provisions of the Lease conflict with or are inconsistent with the provisions of this Sublease, whether or not such inconsistency is expressly noted herein, the provisions of the Lease shall in all instances prevail over the Sublease as it relates to Landlord, but not as between Sublessee and Sublessor. 

19.Access.  Sublessor shall have the right to enter upon or obtain access to the Sublet Premises or any part thereof without charge at all reasonable times upon reasonable prior notice to inspect the Sublet Premises, or to otherwise exercise or perform any of the rights or obligations of Sublessor under the Lease or this Sublease. At any time during the Term of this Sublease, Sublessor may, at Sublessor's option, enter into and upon the Sublet Premises if Sublessor determines in its sole good faith discretion that Sublessee is not acting within a commercially reasonable time to maintain, repair or replace anything for which Sublessee is responsible under this Sublease, and correct the same after providing written notice, without being deemed in any manner guilty of trespass, eviction or forcible entry and detainer and without incurring any liability for any damage or interruption of Sublessee's business resulting therefrom, except to the extent due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Sublessor, its agents, contractors, or employees.   In entering any portion of the Sublet Premises for any reason, Sublessor shall use commercially reasonable efforts (except in an emergency) to minimize interference with Sublessee’s use and occupancy of the Sublet 

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Premises during any such entry.  Sublessee shall have the right to designate portions of the Sublet Premises as secure areas (each a “Secure Area”), which Sublessor shall not enter except in the case of emergency.

20.Signage.  Sublessee shall have the signage rights that have been granted to Sublessor pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Lease, subject to Sublessee’s compliance with the terms, conditions, and limitations of said Section 3.6.

21.Severability.  If any term or provision of this Sublease or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Sublease or the application of such term or provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby; and each term and provision of this Sublease shall be valid and be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

22.Brokers.  Each party represents to the other that it has dealt with no broker, agent, or finder in connection with this transaction and the negotiations leading to Sublessee's rental of the Sublet Premises from Sublessor other than Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (representing Sublessor as the listing broker), and Newmark Knight Frank (representing Sublessor as co-broker with Cushman and Wakefield, Inc., and representing Sublessee as the procuring broker), whose commissions shall be paid by Sublessor pursuant to separate written agreements between Sublessor and Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (as listing broker), and Sublessor and Newmark Knight Frank (as procuring broker). Any fee or commission owed Newmark Knight Frank as co-broker to Cushman and Wakefield, Inc. shall be paid by Cushman and Wakefield, Inc. pursuant to a separate written agreement.   Any fee or commission owed Newmark Knight Frank as the procuring broker shall be paid by Sublessor pursuant to a separate written agreement.  Each party agrees to indemnify and hold the other party harmless from and against any claim or demand of any other broker or agent  who claims that he/she participated with that party in this transaction. 

23.Master Lease.  Sublessee hereby agrees and understands that  the Lease (subject to the terms and conditions of that certain Acknowledgement, Nondisturbance and Recognition Agreement (“Master Lease Nondisturbance Agreement”) dated as of June 26, 2017, between G.D.C.L. Holdings LLC (“Prime Lessor”) and Landlord) and this Sublease are subject and subordinate to all of the terms, covenants, agreements, provisions, and conditions of a certain Agreement of Lease  between G.D.C.L. Holdings LLC and Landlord, dated as of July 23, 2014.

24.Holdover.  Notwithstanding anything stated in the Lease to the contrary, if Sublessee remains in possession of the Sublet Premises following the expiration of the Sublease Term, or earlier termination of this Sublease, Sublessee's tenancy shall be deemed a tenancy at sufferance, subject to all of the terms, conditions, provisions and obligations of this Sublease and the Lease, except that during such period of holdover, the annual Base Rent shall be the amount of rent assessed against Sublessor by Landlord pursuant to Section 24.2 of the Lease arising out of Sublessee's holding over.   Nothing contained in this Section shall affect or limit any of Sublessor's rights or remedies under any provision of this Sublease, with Sublessee being liable for any damages incurred by Sublessor as a result of such holdover pursuant to the express provisions of the Lease, including, 

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without limitation, direct, indirect, special, and consequential damages to the extent payable by Sublessor to Landlord pursuant to the express provisions of the Lease.

25.    Environmental.  During the Term of this Sublease, Sublessee shall not use, generate, manufacture, process, treat, store, release, or incorporate "Hazardous Materials" (as defined herein) into the Sublet Premises, the Building, or into, on or under the Property or the land surrounding the Property, without prior written disclosure to and approval by Sublessor and Landlord.  Sublessee shall also, at its own cost, comply with all "Environmental Laws" (as defined herein) applicable to Sublessee and/or to the Sublet Premises.  For the purposes hereof "Environmental Laws" shall mean any applicable federal, state, county, regional or local statutes, laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, standards, orders, licenses and permits of any governmental authorities relating to environmental, health or safety matters (including, without limitation, "Hazardous Materials," as defined herein).  For the purposes hereof, "Hazardous Materials" shall mean any chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any federal, state, county, regional or local authority or which even if not so prohibited, limited or regulated, poses a hazard to the health and safety of the occupants of the Building or the occupants of the area near the Building.  During the Term of this Sublease, Sublessee shall promptly provide Sublessor with copies of all summons, citations, directives, information inquiries or requests, notices of potential responsibility, notices of violation or deficiency, orders of decrees, claims, complaints, investigations, judgments, letters, notices of environmental liens or response actions in progress, and other communications, written or oral, actual or threatened, from any federal, state, or local agency or authority, or any other entity or individual, concerning (a) any release of a Hazardous Material; (b) the imposition of any lien on the Sublet Premises, the Sublet Premises, the Building, or the Property; or (c) any alleged violation of or responsibility under Environmental Laws.  Notwithstanding the foregoing Sublessee may use cleaning fluids and other material typical for general office use provided that such materials are used in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws.

26.    Surrender of the Sublet Premises.   Sublessee, on the Sublease Expiration Date, shall peaceably surrender the Sublet Premises, in broom-clean condition with all personal property, removed, and otherwise in as good condition as when Sublessee took possession, and in the condition required by the Lease, except for: (i) reasonable wear and tear, (ii) loss by fire or other casualty, (iii) loss by condemnation and (iv) failure of Landlord to make repairs for which it is responsible.  Sublessee shall remove all of Sublessee’s Property from the Sublet Premises on or before the Sublease Expiration Date and pay the cost of repairing all damage to the Sublet Premises or the Building caused by such removal.

27.    Terms.  All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Lease.

28.    Entire Agreement.  This Sublease, the Exhibits attached hereto, and the Lease, which has been incorporated herein by reference, contain the entire agreement between the parties concerning the Sublet Premises and shall supersede any other agreements between the parties concerning this matter, whether oral or written.  This Sublease shall not be modified, cancelled or amended except by written agreement, signed by both parties. The submission of this Sublease or 

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some or all of its provisions for examination does not constitute an option or an offer to enter into this Sublease, it being understood and agreed that neither Sublessor nor Sublessee shall be legally bound hereunder unless and until this Sublease has been executed and delivered by both Sublessor and Sublessee, and then subject to the conditions hereof.

29.    Counterparts.  This Sublease may be executed in several counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.  For the purposes of execution of this Sublease, a facsimile copy of a signed counterpart shall be deemed an original.

30.    Binding Effect.  This Sublease shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

31.    Governing Law.  This Sublease shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, except for the portion of such laws having to do with conflicts of laws.

32.    Authority of Sublessee.  

(a)    Sublessee hereby represents and warrants to Sublessor that (i) Sublessee is duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and possesses all licenses and authorizations necessary to carry on its business in the Sublet Premises, (ii) Sublessee has full power and authority to carry on its business, enter into this Sublease, and consummate the transaction contemplated by this Sublease, (iii) the individual executing and delivering this Sublease on Sublessee's behalf has been duly authorized to do so, (iv) this Sublease has been duly executed and delivered by Sublessee, (v) this Sublease constitutes a valid, legal, binding and enforceable obligation of Sublessee (subject to bankruptcy, insolvency or creditor rights laws generally, and principles of equity generally), (vi) the execution, delivery and performance of this Sublease by Sublessee will not cause or constitute a default under, or conflict with, the organizational documents of Sublessee or any agreement to which Sublessee is a party, (vii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Sublease by Sublessee will not violate any Requirement, and (viii) all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required on the part of Sublessee for the execution, delivery and performance of this Sublease have been obtained or made. 

(b)    Sublessor hereby represents and warrants to Sublessor that (i) Sublessor is duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Connecticut, (ii) Sublessor has full power and authority to carry on its business, enter into this Sublease, and consummate the transaction contemplated by this Sublease, (iii) the individual executing and delivering this Sublease on Sublessor’s behalf has been duly authorized to do so, (iv) this Sublease has been duly executed and delivered by Sublessor, (v) this Sublease constitutes a valid, legal, binding and enforceable obligation of Sublessor (subject to bankruptcy, insolvency or creditor rights laws generally, and principles of equity generally), (vi) the execution, delivery and performance of this Sublease by Sublessor will not cause or constitute a default under, or conflict with, the organizational documents of Sublessor or any agreement to which Sublessor is a party, (vii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Sublease by Sublessor will not violate any Requirement, 

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and (viii) all consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or filings of or with any court or governmental agency or body, if any, required on the part of Sublessor for the execution, delivery and performance of this Sublease have been obtained or made.

33.    Waivers.  No waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this Sublease, and no failure by any party to exercise any right or remedy relating to a breach of any provision of this Sublease, shall (a) constitute a waiver or relinquishment for the future of such provision, (b) constitute a waiver of or consent to any subsequent breach of such provision, or (c) bar any right or remedy of such party relating to any such subsequent breach.  The exercise by any party of any right or election under this Sublease shall not preclude such party from exercising any other right or election that it may have under this Sublease.

34.    Rent Control.      If at the commencement of, or at any time or times during, the Term of this Sublease, the Rent reserved in this Sublease is not fully collectible by reason of any Requirement, then Sublessee shall enter into such agreements and take such other steps (without additional expense to Sublessee) as Sublessor may reasonably request and as may be legally permissible to allow Sublessor to collect the maximum rents which may from time to time during the continuance of such legal rent restriction be legally permissible (and not in excess of the amounts reserved therefor under this Sublease).  Upon the termination of such legal rent restriction prior to the expiration of the Term, (a) the Rent shall become and thereafter be payable hereunder in accordance with the amounts reserved in this Sublease for the periods following such termination, and (b) Sublessee shall pay to Sublessor, if legally permissible, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the items of Rent which would have been paid pursuant to this Sublease but for such legal rent restriction, over (ii) the rents paid by Sublessee to Sublessor during the period or periods such legal rent restriction was in effect.

35.    Specially Designated Nationals; Blocked Persons; Embargoed Persons.

(a)    Sublessee represents and warrants to Sublessor that Sublessee is (i) not currently identified on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury ("OFAC") and/or on any other similar list maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute, executive order or regulation (collectively, the "List"), and (ii) not a person or entity with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction, or other prohibition of United States law, regulation, or Executive Order of the President of the United States.  The term "Embargoed Person", as it relates to Sublessee, means any person, entity or government subject to trade restrictions under U.S. law, including but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Orders or regulations promulgated thereunder with the result that the investment in Sublessee is prohibited by Requirements or Sublessee is in violation of Requirements.  

(b)    Sublessor represents and warrants to Sublessee that Sublessor is (i) not currently identified on the List), and (ii) not a person or entity with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction, or other prohibition of United States law, regulation, or Executive Order of the President of the United States.  The term 

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"Embargoed Person", as it relates to Sublessor, means any person, entity or government subject to trade restrictions under U.S. law, including but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Orders or regulations promulgated thereunder with the result that the investment in Sublessor is prohibited by Requirements or Sublessor is in violation of Requirements.

(c)    Sublessee and Sublessor each covenants and agrees (i) to comply with all Requirements relating to money laundering, anti-terrorism, trade embargos and economic sanctions, now or hereafter in effect, (ii) to immediately notify the other in writing if any of the representations, warranties or covenants set forth in this paragraph or the preceding paragraph are no longer true or have been breached or if it has a reasonable basis to believe that they may no longer be true or have been breached.

(d)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Sublessee shall not permit the Sublet Premises or any portion thereof to be used or occupied by any sublessee or assignee of this Sublease which is on the List or by any Embargoed Person (on a permanent, temporary or transient basis).

36.    Confidentiality.  Sublessor and Sublessee shall each keep confidential: (i) the provisions of this Sublease, and any amendments thereto; and (ii) any financial or other information of the other party disclosed by such party in the course of the analysis and consideration of the other party and this Sublease, and any amendments thereto (other than information which is a matter of public knowledge or may be obtained from sources readily available to the public), provided, however, that such matters may be disclosed (A) to such party's directors, officers, partners, legal counsel, real estate brokers and accountants to the extent such party deems it necessary or appropriate in connection with the evaluation of this Sublease, and any amendments thereto; (B) to Landlord; (C) to potential or existing sources of financing or to potential or existing holders of equity interests of such party (including any disclosures to investors, underwriters and other appropriate persons in connection with the offering of equity or debt interests), (D) to the extent required by law or regulatory authority, (E) to the extent required to enforce the terms hereof, and (F) to potential assignees or sublessees and their directors, officers, partners, counsel, brokers and advisors. In addition, and not in limitation of the foregoing, (I) Sublessee shall not issue a press release respecting this transaction without Sublessor first having been given a draft copy not less than ten (10) business days prior to release, for such Sublessor’s review and comment and (II) Sublessee shall not grant or give any media interviews respecting this transaction without giving Sublessor reasonable advance written notice of the same together with the right to participate in such interview. Sublessor shall not issue a press release respecting this transaction without Sublessee first having been given a draft copy not less than ten (10) business days prior to release, for such Sublessee’s review and comment, and Sublessor shall not grant or give any media interviews respecting this transaction without giving Sublessor reasonable advance written notice of the same together with the right to participate in such interview.
 
37.    No Recording.  Neither party shall record this Sublease, or a memorandum or notice of this Sublease.

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38.    Representations Regarding Lease and Sublet Premises.  Sublessor hereby represents to Sublessee as of the date hereof, that (i) the Lease is in full force and effect, (ii) Sublessor has received no written notice of default from the Landlord, which default remains uncured on the date hereof, (iii) neither Sublessor nor Landlord is in default beyond applicable notice and cure periods under the Lease, and (iv) Sublessor holds the entire tenant’s interest in the Premises under the Lease free and clear of any liens, claims, mortgages, charges or encumbrances, subleases (other than this Sublease) expressly against Sublessor’s leasehold interest in the Premises, subject to the Lease, superior mortgages, superior leases, and all matters, instruments, rights, title, liens, claims, encumbrances, and/or interest for which the Lease is subject or subordinate.  Sublessor covenants that it shall: (A) not amend the Lease without Sublessee’s consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed); (B) not voluntarily cancel, terminate, or surrender the Lease (except as otherwise expressly provided herein in the case of casualty or condemnation, subject nevertheless, however, to the provisions of this Sublease), (C) keep the Lease in full force and effect and comply with all obligations of Sublessor, as the tenant under the Lease, to the extent performance of the same is not expressly assumed by Sublessee hereunder, and (D) not commit any acts that would cause Sublessor to be in default of any of its obligations under this Sublease, or would then entitle Landlord to terminate the Lease, except for express rights currently provided to Sublessor in the Lease. 

39.    Time of the Essence.  Time is of the essence with each provision of this Sublease.

40.    No Release of Aetna Life Insurance Company.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or at law, Aetna Life Insurance Company shall not be relieved of any liability hereunder following any transfer by it, or by any successor, of any interest in this Sublease, whether accruing prior to or subsequent to any such transfer(s).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereto executed this Sublease on the date first above written.

	
				
	Witnesses:
	 
	SUBLESSOR:

	 
	 
	AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

	 
	 
	 
	 

	/s/ Karen Z. Bell
	 
	By:
	/s/ Karen S. Lynch

	 
	 
	Name:
	Karen S. Lynch

	/s/ Gail Beaulieu
	 
	Its Authorized Signatory

                    

	
				
	 
	 
	SUBLESSEE:

	 
	 
	YEXT, INC.

	 
	 
	 
	 

	/s/ Ho Shin
	 
	By:
	/s/ Howard Lerman

	 
	 
	Name:
	Howard Lerman

	 
	 
	Its:
	Chief Executive Officer

	 
	 
	Duly Authorized

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LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit A    Intentionally Omitted
Exhibit B    Sublet Premises
Exhibit C    Commencement Date Agreement
Exhibit D    Form of Letter of Credit
Exhibit E    Electronic Funds Transfer Instructions
Exhibit F    Intentionally OmittedExhibit 10.1

 

 

 

CUSIP Number: 26883HAC3

 

$1,000,000,000

 

TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of May 31, 2019

 

among

 

EQT CORPORATION,
  as the Borrower,

 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as Administrative Agent

 

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Syndication Agent

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.,

and

THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH

as
  Co-Documentation Agents

 

PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
 WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS,

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,

and

TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
  as
 Joint Lead Arrangers and Book Runners

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
Article I. DEFINITIONS   AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
    	
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1.01.
    	
Defined Terms
    	
1
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.02.
    	
Other Interpretive   Provisions
    	
18
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.03.
    	
Accounting Terms
    	
18
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.04.
    	
Rounding
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.05.
    	
References to   Agreements and Laws
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.06.
    	
Times of Day
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article II. THE   COMMITMENTS AND BORROWINGS
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.01.
    	
Loans
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.02.
    	
Borrowings, Conversions   and Continuations of Loans
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.03.
    	
Prepayments
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.04.
    	
Termination or   Reduction of Commitments
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.05.
    	
Repayment of Loans
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.06.
    	
Interest
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.07.
    	
[Reserved]
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.08.
    	
Computation of Interest   and Fees
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.09.
    	
Evidence of Debt
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.10.
    	
Payments Generally
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.11.
    	
Sharing of Payments
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.12.
    	
Defaulting Lenders
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article III. TAXES, YIELD   PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.01.
    	
Taxes
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.02.
    	
Illegality
    	
28
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.03.
    	
Inability to Determine   Rates
    	
28
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.04.
    	
Increased Cost and   Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy
    	
30
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.05.
    	
Funding Losses
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.06.
    	
Matters Applicable to   all Requests for Compensation
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.07.
    	
Survival
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article IV. CONDITIONS   PRECEDENT TO CLOSING DATE AND TO BORROWINGS
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.01.
    	
Conditions of Closing   Date and Initial Borrowing
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.02.
    	
Conditions to all   Borrowings
    	
32
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article V.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.01.
    	
Corporate Existence and   Power
    	
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5.02.
    	
Corporate and   Governmental Authorization; No Contravention
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.03.
    	
Binding Effect
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.04.
    	
Financial Information
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.05.
    	
Litigation
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.06.
    	
Compliance with ERISA
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.07.
    	
Environmental Matters
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.08.
    	
Taxes
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.09.
    	
Subsidiaries
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.10.
    	
Regulatory Restrictions   on Borrowing; Margin Regulations
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.11.
    	
Full Disclosure
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.12.
    	
Anti-Money   Laundering/International Trade Law Compliance
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.13.
    	
Compliance with FCPA
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.14.
    	
EEA Financial   Institutions
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article VI. AFFIRMATIVE   COVENANTS
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.01.
    	
Information
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.02.
    	
Payment of Taxes
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.03.
    	
Maintenance of   Property; Insurance
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.04.
    	
Conduct of Business and   Maintenance of Existence
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.05.
    	
Compliance with Laws
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.06.
    	
Inspection of Property,   Books and Records
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.07.
    	
Use of Proceeds
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.08.
    	
Governmental Approvals   and Filings
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.09.
    	
Anti-Money Laundering/International   Trade Law Compliance
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article VII. NEGATIVE   COVENANTS
    	
40
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.01.
    	
Liens
    	
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7.02.
    	
Debt to Total Capital
    	
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7.03.
    	
Transactions with   Affiliates
    	
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7.04.
    	
Limitation of Other   Restrictions on Dividends by Subsidiaries, etc.
    	
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7.05.
    	
Mergers and Sales of   Assets
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.06.
    	
Change in Nature of   Business
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.07.
    	
Use of Proceeds
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article VIII. EVENTS OF   DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
    	
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8.01.
    	
Events of Default
    	
42
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.02.
    	
Remedies Upon Event of Default
    	
44
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.03.
    	
Application of Funds
    	
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Article IX.   ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
    	
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9.01.
    	
Appointment and   Authorization of Administrative Agent
    	
45
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.02.
    	
Rights as a Lender
    	
45
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.03.
    	
Exculpatory Provisions
    	
45
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.04.
    	
Reliance by   Administrative Agent
    	
46
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.05.
    	
Indemnification of   Administrative Agent
    	
46
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.06.
    	
Delegation of Duties
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.07.
    	
Resignation of   Administrative Agent
    	
47
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.08.
    	
Non-Reliance on Administrative   Agent and Other Lenders
    	
48
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.09.
    	
No Other Duties, Etc.
    	
48
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.10.
    	
Administrative Agent   May File Proofs of Claim
    	
48
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.11.
    	
No Reliance on   Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Article X. MISCELLANEOUS
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.01.
    	
Amendments, Etc.
    	
49
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.02.
    	
Notices; Effectiveness;   Electronic Communication
    	
50
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.03.
    	
No Waiver; Cumulative   Remedies
    	
51
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.04.
    	
Attorney Costs,   Expenses and Taxes
    	
51
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.05.
    	
Indemnification; Damage   Waiver
    	
52
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.06.
    	
Payments Set Aside
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.07.
    	
Successors and Assigns
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.08.
    	
Confidentiality
    	
58
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.09.
    	
Set-off
    	
58
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.10.
    	
Interest Rate   Limitation
    	
59
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.11.
    	
Counterparts
    	
59
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.12.
    	
Integration
    	
59
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.13.
    	
Survival of   Representations and Warranties
    	
59
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.14.
    	
Severability
    	
59
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.15.
    	
Acknowledgement and   Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
    	
59
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.16.
    	
Mitigation Obligations;   Replacement of Lenders
    	
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10.17.
    	
Governing Law
    	
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10.18.
    	
No Advisory or   Fiduciary Responsibility
    	
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10.19.
    	
Waiver of Right to   Trial by Jury
    	
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10.20.
    	
USA PATRIOT Act Notice
    	
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10.21.
    	
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
    	
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10.22.
    	
Certain ERISA Matters
    	
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SCHEDULES

 

2.01                        Commitments and Pro Rata Share

10.02                 Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

 

EXHIBITS

 

Form of

 

A                                       Loan Notice

B                                       Note

C                                       Compliance Certificate

D                                       Assignment and Assumption

E-1:                         Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

E-2:                         Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

E-3:                         Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

E-4:                         Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

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TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

 

This TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of May 31, 2019, among EQT CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), each Lender from time to time party hereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make term loans to the Borrower in an aggregate amount of up to $1,000,000,000.

 

The Lenders have agreed to make such term loans to the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

 

Article I.
 DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

1.01.                     Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

“Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.20.

 

“Administrative Agent” means PNC Bank in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

 

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.  “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(c).

 

“Agent-Related Persons” means the Administrative Agent, together with its Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

 

“Aggregate Commitments” means, as of any time, the outstanding Commitments of all the Lenders at such time.  As of the Closing Date, prior to giving effect to any Borrowings on such date, the Aggregate Commitments are $1,000,000,000.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

 

“Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall mean any Laws applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering 

 

 

or bribery, and any regulation, order, or directive promulgated, issued or enforced pursuant to such Laws, all as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

 

“Applicable Rate” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum (set forth in basis points), based upon the Public Debt Ratings as set forth below:

 

	
Pricing
   Level
    	
 
    	
Public Debt Ratings
   S&P/Moody’s/Fitch
    	
 
    	
Eurodollar Rate
    	
 
    	
Base Rate
    
	
1
    	
 
    	
BBB/Baa2/BBB or higher
    	
 
    	
87.5 bps
    	
 
    	
0.0 bps
    
	
2
    	
 
    	
BBB-/Baa3/BBB-
    	
 
    	
100.0 bps
    	
 
    	
0.0 bps
    
	
3
    	
 
    	
BB+/Ba1/BB+
    	
 
    	
125.0 bps
    	
 
    	
25.0 bps
    
	
4
    	
 
    	
BB/Ba2/BB or lower
    	
 
    	
150.0 bps
    	
 
    	
50.0 bps
    

 

“Public Debt Ratings” means a rating to be based on the Borrower’s long-term senior unsecured non-credit enhanced debt ratings (“Senior Unsecured Ratings”) established by S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch.  If at any time there is a split in Senior Unsecured Ratings among S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch and (a) two Senior Unsecured Ratings are equal and higher than the third Senior Unsecured Rating, the higher Senior Unsecured Ratings will apply, (b) two Senior Unsecured Ratings are equal and lower than the third Senior Unsecured Rating, the lower Senior Unsecured Ratings will apply, or (c) no Senior Unsecured Ratings are equal, the intermediate Senior Unsecured Rating will apply.  In the event that the Borrower shall maintain Senior Unsecured Ratings from only two of S&P, Moody’s, or Fitch, and there is a split in such Senior Unsecured Ratings, (i) in the event of a single level split, the higher Senior Unsecured Rating (i.e. the lower pricing) will apply and (ii) in the event of a multiple level split, the pricing will be based on the rating one level lower than the higher of the two.  If only S&P, Moody’s, or Fitch issues a rating then such rating shall apply.  In the event that the Borrower’s senior unsecured long-term debt is not rated by any of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, then the Applicable Rate shall be calculated at Pricing Level 4.

 

Each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in the Public Debt Ratings shall be effective during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.

 

“Approved Fund” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).

 

“Arranger” means each of PNC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets, BofA Securities, Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC, each in their capacity as joint lead arrangers and book runners.

 

“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

 

“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

 

“Attorney Costs” means and includes all fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and, without duplication, the allocated cost of internal legal services and all expenses and disbursements of internal counsel.

 

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“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

 

“Authorizations” means all filings, recordings, and registrations with, and all validations or exemptions, approvals, orders, authorizations, consents, franchises, licenses, certificates, and permits from, any Governmental Authority.

 

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to and including June 30, 2019.

 

“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

“Bankruptcy Event” shall have the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Defaulting Lender”.

 

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Open Rate plus 0.5%, (b) the Prime Rate, and (c) the Published Rate plus 1.0%.  Any change in the Base Rate (and in any of the alternative components thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs.

 

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.  All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.

 

“Benefit Arrangement” means, at any time, an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.

 

“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

 

“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.  For the avoidance of doubt, no conversion or continuation of Loans hereunder shall be deemed to be a “Borrowing” of Loans under this Agreement.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the 

 

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Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

 

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

“Change of Control” means, with respect to any Person, an event or series of events by which:

 

(a)                                 any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 33-1/3% or more of the equity securities of such Person entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or

 

(b)                                 during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body.

 

“CIP Regulations” has the meaning specified in Section 9.11.

 

“Closing Date” means May 31, 2019, which is the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 4.01 (or, in the case of Section 4.01(b), waived by the Person entitled to receive the applicable payment).

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender 

 

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becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

 

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

 

“Consolidated Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis other than (i) Non-Recourse Debt, and (ii) Designated Hybrid Equity Securities.

 

“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means, at any date, any Subsidiary or other entity, the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in its consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP if such statements were prepared as of such date.

 

“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”

 

“Credit Party” means any of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

“Debt” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as Debt or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(a)                                 all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(b)                                 all non-contingent obligations (and, for purposes of Section 8.01(e) and the definitions of Material Debt and Material Financial Obligations, all contingent obligations) of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

 

(c)                                  all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

 

(d)                                 debt (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including debt arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such debt shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

 

(e)                                  financing leases;

 

(f)                                   to the extent required to be included on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet as debt or liabilities in accordance with GAAP, Synthetic Lease Obligations;

 

(g)                                  all obligations of such Person for the payment of money under Production Payments; and

 

(h)                                 all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

For all purposes hereof, the Debt of the Borrower shall include the Debt of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower is a general partner or a joint venturer (provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, as used in this sentence “joint venturer” shall not include a limited partner in a limited partnership), unless such Debt is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable.

 

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“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

 

“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

 

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or become the subject of a Bail-In Action.

 

As used in this definition, the term “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof if, and only if, such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

 

“Designated Hybrid Equity Securities” means at any time Hybrid Equity Securities in an outstanding principal amount equal to the lesser of (i) the outstanding principal amount of Hybrid Equity Securities at such time, and (ii) 10% of Total Capital at such time.

 

“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

 

“Domestic” means organized under the laws of any state of the United States.

 

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“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Great Britain.

 

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

“Eligible Assignee” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).

 

“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

 

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Substances, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Substances, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substances into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute.

 

“ERISA Group” means the Borrower, any Subsidiary and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

 

“Eurodollar Rate” means, subject to the implementation of a LIBOR Successor Rate in accordance with Section 3.03(b), with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan for the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) (i) the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other successor or substitute page that displays rates at which US dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), or if the rate specified in clause (i) of this definition does not so appear on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any successor or substitute page) the rate which is quoted by another nationally recognized source selected by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower which displays rates at which US dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit 

 

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market (for purposes of this definition, an “Alternate Source”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the London interbank offered rate for U.S. Dollars for an amount comparable to the amount of the Borrowing in which such Eurodollar Rate Loan is included and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period (or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any successor or substitute page) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)), by (ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the LIBOR Reserve Percentage.  The Eurodollar Rate may also be expressed by the following formula:

 

	
 
    	
London interbank offered rate quoted by Bloomberg
    	
 
    
	
LIBOR Rate =
    	
or appropriate successor as shown on Bloomberg Page BBAM1
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
1.00 - LIBOR Reserve Percentage
    	
 
    

 

The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage as of such effective date.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the Eurodollar Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Notwithstanding anything in this definition to the contrary, if the Eurodollar Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.  Unless otherwise specified in any amendment to this Agreement entered into in accordance with Section 3.03(b), in the event that a LIBOR Successor Rate with respect to the Eurodollar Rate is implemented then all references herein to the Eurodollar Rate shall be deemed references to such LIBOR Successor Rate.

 

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate of interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

 

“Excluded Subsidiary” means at any time a Subsidiary which is not a Material Subsidiary, and is organized solely for the purpose of holding, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest in one entity or property (or related entities or properties), does not engage in any business unrelated to such entity(ies) or property(ies) or the financing thereof and does not have any assets or indebtedness other than those related to its interest in such entity(ies) or property(ies) or the financing thereof and which shall have been identified as an Excluded Subsidiary at or prior to such time by notice from the Borrower to the Lenders.  As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has no Excluded Subsidiaries.

 

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Pennsylvania capital stock and foreign franchise tax), and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment or otherwise under a Loan Document pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment or becomes a party hereunder (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 10.16) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(b), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed 

 

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its lending office, (c) Taxes  attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(g), and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

“Existing Credit Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2017, among the Borrower, the lenders and other parties from time to time party thereto, and PNC Bank, as administrative agent, as in effect from time to time.

 

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any intergovernmental agreements that implement or modify the foregoing (together with any law implementing such agreements).

 

“Federal Funds Open Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) which is the daily federal funds open rate as quoted by ICAP North America, Inc. (or any successor) as set forth on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM for that day opposite the caption “OPEN” (or on such other substitute Bloomberg Screen that displays such rate), or as set forth on such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate as selected by the Administrative Agent (for purposes of this definition, an “Alternate Source”) or if such rate for such day does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or on any Alternate Source, or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or any Alternate Source, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error); provided however, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Open Rate for such day shall be the “open” rate on the immediately preceding Business Day.  If and when the Federal Funds Open Rate changes, the rate of interest with respect to any advance to which the Federal Funds Open Rate applies will change automatically without notice to the Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.

 

“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated May 2, 2019 among the Borrower, PNC Capital Markets LLC, PNC Bank, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Wells Fargo.

 

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

 

“Forward Sale” means an obligation to deliver oil, gas or other minerals to be acquired or produced in the future in consideration of advance payment therefor.

 

“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

“Fund” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative 

 

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tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(i).

 

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Debt or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Debt or other obligation is assumed by such Person.  The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.  The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 

“Hazardous Substances” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

“Hybrid Equity Securities” means, on any date (the “determination date”), any securities issued by the Borrower or a financing vehicle of the Borrower, other than common stock, that meet the following criteria: (a) (i) the Borrower demonstrates that such securities are classified, at the time they are issued, as possessing a minimum of “intermediate equity content” by S&P and “Basket B equity credit” by Moody’s (or the equivalent classifications then in effect by such agencies) and (ii) on such determination date such securities are classified as possessing a minimum of “intermediate equity content” by S&P or “Basket B equity credit” by Moody’s (or the equivalent classifications then in effect by such agencies) and (b) such securities require no repayments or prepayments and no mandatory redemptions or repurchases, in each case, prior to at least 91 days after the later of the termination of the Commitments and the repayment in full of the Obligations.  As used in this definition, “mandatory redemption” shall not include conversion of a security into common stock.

 

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.

 

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

 

“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.05.

 

“Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.08.

 

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“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.

 

“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided that:

 

(i)                                     any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan which would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(ii)                                  any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to the provisions of clause (i) above, end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

 

(iii)                               no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

 

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

 

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby.

 

“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

“LIBOR Reserve Percentage” means as of any day the maximum percentage in effect on such day, as prescribed by the FRB (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements (including supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities”).

 

“LIBOR Screen Rate” means the London interbank offered rate administered by Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any other Person which takes over the administration of such rate) for deposits in Dollars.

 

“LIBOR Successor Rate” has the meaning provided in Section 3.03(b).

 

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“LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definition of Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines in consultation with the Borrower).

 

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

“Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

 

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, and the Fee Letter.

 

“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Loans, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

“Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Swap Contract.

 

“Material Debt” means Debt (other than (i) Non-Recourse Debt and (ii) the Loans) of the Borrower and one or more Subsidiaries, arising in one or more related or unrelated transactions, in an aggregate principal or face amount exceeding $100,000,000.

 

“Material Financial Obligations” means (i) a principal or face amount of Debt, (ii) payment or collateralization obligations in respect of Swap Contracts, or (iii) payment obligations in respect of Forward Sales, in each case of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, arising in one or more related or unrelated transactions, exceeding in the aggregate $100,000,000.

 

“Material Plan” means, at any time, a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $100,000,000.

 

“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Borrower for which (i) its assets and the assets of its consolidated Subsidiaries comprise more than 5% of the assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, or (ii) its revenue and the revenue of its consolidated Subsidiaries comprise more than 5% of the revenue of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of the end of the most recent fiscal year.

 

“Maturity Date” means the earlier of (a) the Stated Maturity Date and (b) the effective date of any other termination or cancellation of all outstanding Commitments and acceleration of all outstanding Loans made under this Agreement.

 

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.10.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

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“Multiemployer Plan” means, at any time, an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five year period.

 

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

 

“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of each Lender or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 and (ii) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

 

“Non-Recourse Debt” of any Person means Debt secured by a Lien on one or more assets of such Person, where the rights and remedies of the holder of such Debt in respect of such Debt do not extend to any other assets of such Person and, if such Person is organized under the laws of or doing business in the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein, as to which such holder has effectively waived (or subordinated in favor of the Lenders) such holder’s right to make the election provided under 11 U.S.C. § 1111(b)(1)(A) (a “Recourse Waiver”); provided however, that no Recourse Waiver shall be required with respect to Production Payments.  Debt of an Excluded Subsidiary which is without recourse to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall be deemed Non-Recourse Debt of such Excluded Subsidiary secured by all assets of such Excluded Subsidiary (whether or not such Debt is in fact so secured) and no Recourse Waiver shall be required in respect thereof.

 

“Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, the Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

 

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in 

 

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any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 10.16).

 

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).

 

“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).

 

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

 

“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

 

“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

 

“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.

 

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

“Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and either (i) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.

 

“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

 

“PNC Bank” means PNC Bank, National Association and its successors.

 

“Prime Rate” means the interest rate per annum announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office as its then prime rate, which rate may not be the lowest or most favorable rate then being charged commercial borrowers or others by the Administrative Agent.  Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change is announced.

 

“Principal Office” means the main banking office of the Administrative Agent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (or in such other city as may be designated by the Administrative Agent).

 

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“Pro Rata Share” means, at any time, (A) with respect to each Lender’s Commitment, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding Commitment at such time and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Commitments at such time and (B) with respect to each Lender’s Loans, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s aggregate outstanding Loans at such time, and the denominator of which is the Total Outstandings at such time.  The initial Pro Rata Share with respect to each Lender’s Commitment is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 and the Pro Rata Share with respect to each Lender’s Commitment and/or Loans, as applicable, is set forth in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto.

 

“Production Payment” means an assignment of an interest in a fixed quantity (measured by proceeds or by volume) of oil and gas or other hydrocarbons when produced from a specified oil and gas property or properties, in consideration for a payment in advance of production.

 

“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

“Public Debt Ratings” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”

 

“Public Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

 

“Published Rate” means the rate of interest published each Business Day in The Wall Street Journal “Money Rates” listing under the caption “London Interbank Offered Rates” for a one month period (or, if no such rate is published therein for any reason, then the Published Rate shall be the rate at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market for a one month period as published in another publication selected by the Administrative Agent).

 

“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender, as applicable.

 

“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(c).

 

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

“Reportable Compliance Event” means that the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any Senior Officer or director of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries becomes a Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned, or custodially detained in connection with any Anti-Terrorism Law or any predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations is in actual or probable violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having in the aggregate more than 50% of the sum of (i) the Aggregate Commitments and (ii) the Total Outstandings as of such time; provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

 

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, executive vice president, senior vice president, chief financial officer, secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Borrower.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall be 

 

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conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Borrower and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Borrower.

 

“S&P” means S&P Global Inc., a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

“Sanctioned Country” means a country subject to a sanctions program maintained under any Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

“Sanctioned Person” means any individual person, group, regime, entity or thing listed or otherwise recognized as a specially designated, prohibited, sanctioned or debarred person, group, regime, entity or thing, or subject to any limitations or prohibitions (including but not limited to the blocking of property or rejection of transactions), under any Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

 

“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning provided in Section 3.03(b).

 

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

 

“Senior Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, executive vice president, senior vice president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower.

 

“Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall represent total common stockholders’ equity of the Borrower before noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP).

 

“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(i).

 

“Stated Maturity Date” means May 31, 2021.

 

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein or in any other Loan Document to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

 

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap 

 

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transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, futures contracts traded on or subject to the rules of a designated contract market, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, any North American Energy Standard Board Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

 

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

“Total Capital” means, at any date, the total of (i) Consolidated Debt plus (ii) Shareholders’ Equity plus (iii) Designated Hybrid Equity Securities less (iv) to the extent reflected in Shareholders’ Equity, any excess of the net book value of assets subject to Liens securing Non-Recourse Debt (including the total assets of Excluded Subsidiaries) over the amount of the related Non-Recourse Debt, (v) either (a) less the absolute value of accumulated other comprehensive income as determined in accordance with GAAP, or (b) plus the absolute value of accumulated other comprehensive loss as determined in accordance with GAAP plus (vi) non-cash write-downs, impairments, and related charges occurring after July 31, 2017 as determined in accordance with GAAP, in each case determined at such date.

 

“Total Outstandings” means, on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments of Loans occurring on such date.

 

“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

 

“Unfunded Liabilities” means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (i) the value of all benefit liabilities under such Plan, determined on a plan termination basis using the assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person under Title IV of ERISA.

 

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

 

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(g)(i).

 

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“Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its successors.

 

“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

1.02.                     Other Interpretive Provisions.  With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

 

(a)                                 The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

 

(b)                                 (i)                                     The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

 

(ii)                                  Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.

 

(iii)                               The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

 

(iv)                              The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

 

(c)                                  In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”

 

(d)                                 Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

1.03.                     Accounting Terms.

 

(a)                                 All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

 

(b)                                 If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided  that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a

 

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reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 

1.04.                     Rounding.  Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

 

1.05.                     References to Agreements and Laws.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

 

1.06.                     Times of Day.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

Article II.
  THE COMMITMENTS AND BORROWINGS

 

2.01.                     Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make term loans (each such term loan, a “Loan”) to the Borrower on any Business Day during the Availability Period in a principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s Commitment immediately prior to the making of such Loans.  The Borrower may not request more than two (2) Borrowings of Loans hereunder. Each Lender’s Commitment shall (x) be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Loans made on the date of the initial Borrowing of Loans and (y) terminate on and as of the earlier to occur of (A) 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the Availability Period and (B) the date of the second and final Borrowing of Loans permitted under this Section 2.01 (after any Borrowing of Loans on such date).  If, at 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the Availability Period, no Loans have been made hereunder, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be terminated and shall be of no further force and effect, except for those provisions hereof and thereof which by their express terms survive such termination.  Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.  The Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

 

2.02.                     Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

 

(a)                                 Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s delivery to the Administrative Agent of an irrevocable written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, which may be delivered via facsimile; provided that any Loan Notice for a Borrowing of Loans may be conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing Date.  Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans.  Each Borrowing of, conversion or continuation of Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  Each Loan Notice shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or

 

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continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.  If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Loan Notice, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans.  If a Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation of an outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan, then the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loan will be continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month. Any such automatic continuation as a Eurodollar Rate Loan will be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loan.  If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

 

(b)                                 Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of Commitments to be funded as the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic continuation described in the preceding subsection.  Each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Borrowing, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of PNC Bank with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

 

(c)                                  Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan.  During the existence of a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.  If the Required Lenders have not provided such consent, then during the existence of a Default, Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be converted to Base Rate Loans effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loan.

 

(d)                                 The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in PNC Bank’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

 

(e)                                  After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten Interest Periods in effect with respect to Loans.

 

2.03.                     Prepayments.                   The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding.  Each such notice

 

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shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid; provided that, a notice of prepayment of all or any part of the outstanding Loans may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or any incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or the occurrence of any other transaction, in which case such notice may be revoked, subject to Section 3.05, by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.  Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share.

 

2.04.                     Termination or Reduction of Commitments.  The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, voluntarily terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction; provided that, such a notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or any incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or the occurrence of any other transaction, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied and (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of voluntary termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments.  Any voluntary reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Commitments.

 

2.05.                     Repayment of Loans.  The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding on such date.

 

2.06.                     Interest.

 

(a)                                 Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

 

(b)                                 If any amount payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Furthermore, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

 

(c)                                  Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.  Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

 

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2.07.                     [Reserved].

 

2.08.                     Computation of Interest and Fees.  All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.10(a), bear interest for one day.

 

2.09.                     Evidence of Debt.  The Borrowings made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of the Borrowings made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

2.10.                     Payments Generally.

 

(a)                                 All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein.  The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

 

(b)                                 (i)                                     If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided however that this subsection (b)(i) shall not be applicable to payments required to be made by the Borrower on the Stated Maturity Date; and (ii) if the Stated Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any payment to be made by the Borrower on the Stated Maturity Date shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be, unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such payment shall be due on the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

(c)                                  (i)                                     Unless the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding 

 

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amount to the Person entitled thereto.  If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then each of the Lenders shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Open Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

(ii)                                  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Open Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.  Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

 

(d)                                 If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Borrowing set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

 

(e)                                  The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to make any payment under Sections 10.04 or 10.05 on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or make its payment under Sections 10.04 or 10.05.

 

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(f)                                   Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

 

2.11.                     Sharing of Payments.

 

(a)                                 If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon.  The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.  The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments.  Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.

 

(b)                                 If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 9.05, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender for the benefit of the Administrative Agent to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to any of them under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.  For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the application or holding pursuant to this subsection of all or a part of a payment made by the Borrower for the account of a Lender, as between the Borrower and such Lender the Borrower shall be discharged from the obligation with respect to which such payment was made as if and to the extent such application or holding had not occurred.

 

2.12.                     Defaulting Lenders.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Commitment and Total Outstandings of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 10.01); provided, that this Section shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender directly affected thereby.

 

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In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.

 

Article III.
  TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

 

3.01.                     Taxes.

 

(a)                                 Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Section 3.01, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

(b)                                 Payments Free of Taxes.  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01(b)) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding for Indemnified Tax been made.

 

(c)                                  Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower.  The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(d)                                 Indemnification by the Borrower.  The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 20 days after receipt by the Borrower of demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify a Recipient pursuant to this Section 3.01(d) for any Indemnified Taxes unless such Recipient notifies the Borrower of the indemnification claim for such Indemnified Taxes no later than 365 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the relevant Governmental Authority makes written demand upon the Recipient for payment of such Indemnified Taxes and (ii) the date on which such Recipient has made payment of such Indemnified Taxes.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, accompanied by the calculations by which such determination was made by such Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)                                  Indemnification by the Lenders.  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section

 

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10.07(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this subsection (e).

 

(f)                                   Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)                                  Status of Lenders.  (i) Any Lender (which solely for purposes of this Section 3.01(g) shall include the Administrative Agent) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.01(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

(ii)                                  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

 

(A)                               any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), properly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)                               any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(i)                                     in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, properly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and

 

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(y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, properly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(ii)                                  properly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(iii)                               in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) properly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable;

 

(iv)                              properly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8EXP claiming an exemption from withholding Tax; or

 

(v)                                 to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, properly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 or Exhibit E-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)                               any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)                               if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for

 

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purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(h)                                 Treatment of Certain Refunds.  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes (including any application thereof to another amount owed to the refunding Governmental Authority) as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.01 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such party will make such payment to the relevant indemnifying party within ten (10) days after the party has determined that it owes amounts to the indemnifying party pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3.01(h). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 3.01(h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.01(h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This subsection shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)                                     Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

3.02.                     Illegality.  If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.  Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

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3.03.                     Inability to Determine Rates.

 

(a)                                 Unless and until a LIBOR Successor Rate is implemented in accordance with clause (b) below, in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan, or (ii) the Required Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Eurodollar Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans during such Interest Period, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders, as applicable, notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower) that the Borrower or the Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:

 

(i)                                     adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or

 

(ii)                                  the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Eurodollar Rate or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”), or

 

(iii)                               syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the Eurodollar Rate, 

 

then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent or receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the Eurodollar Rate with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “LIBOR Successor Rate”), together with any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.01, any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment.

 

If no LIBOR Successor Rate has been implemented and the circumstances under clause (i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest 

 

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Periods) until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

 

Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of LIBOR Successor Rate shall provide that in no event shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than zero (0) for purposes of this Agreement.

 

3.04.                     Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy.

 

(a)                                 Increased Costs Generally.  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)                                     impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except reserve requirements reflected in the Eurodollar Rate);

 

(ii)                                  subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

 

(iii)                               impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)                                 Capital Requirements.  If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c)                                  Certificates for Reimbursement.  A certificate of a Lender setting forth the Change in Law giving rise to a claim for compensation under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section, the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section (including, if requested by the Borrower, an explanation in reasonable detail of the manner in which such amount or amounts were determined) and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

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(d)                                 Delay in Requests.  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

3.05.                     Funding Losses.  Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

 

(a)                                 any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

 

(b)                                 any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or

 

(c)                                  any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.16(a);

 

including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan (excluding loss of anticipated profits) or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.  The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

 

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

 

3.06.                     Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.  A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under Section 3.05 and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

 

3.07.                     Survival.  All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

 

Article IV.
  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING DATE AND TO BORROWINGS

 

4.01.                     Conditions of Closing Date and Initial Borrowing.  The occurrence of the Closing Date and the obligation of each Lender to make its initial Borrowing hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

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(a)                                 The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(i)                                     executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)                                  a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date;

 

(iii)                               such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party;

 

(iv)                              a certificate of the Pennsylvania Secretary of State evidencing that the Borrower is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania;

 

(v)                                 a favorable opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, special New York counsel to the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and a favorable opinion of Reed Smith LLP, Pennsylvania counsel to the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender; and

 

(vi)                              a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article V are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (or if qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, true and correct in all respects; provided that the representation and warranty made in Section 5.12(a) is true and correct in all respects), (B) that no Default exists or would result from the execution of this Agreement, and (C) that since December 31, 2018 there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial position or results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole.

 

(b)                                 Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid.

 

(c)                                  The Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, to the extent requested at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (A) the documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent and any Lender in order to comply with the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, (B) the documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent in order to comply with all “know your customer” requirements and (C) all anti-money laundering documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                                 Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all Attorney Costs of the Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date.

 

4.02.                     Conditions to all Borrowings.  The obligation of each Lender to honor any Loan Notice (other than (i) a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or (ii) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

 

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(a)                                 The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article V (except, in the case of any Borrowing after the Closing Date, the representations and warranties in Sections 5.04(c) and 5.05) or in any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that (i) if a representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or material adverse effect it shall be true and correct in all respects and (ii) the representation and warranty made in Section 5.12(a) shall be true and correct in all respects), in each case on and as of the date of such Borrowing (or, if such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, as of such earlier date), except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01.

 

(b)                                 No Default shall exist or would result from such proposed Borrowing.

 

(c)                                  The Administrative Agent shall have received a Loan Notice in accordance with the requirements hereof.

 

Each Loan Notice (other than (i) a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or (ii) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Borrowing.

 

Article V.
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Borrower represents and warrants that:

 

5.01.                     Corporate Existence and Power.  The Borrower is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has all corporate powers and all material Authorizations required to carry on its business as now conducted.

 

5.02.                     Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention.  The Borrower’s incurrence of Debt hereunder, and the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Notes, are within the corporate powers of the Borrower, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority (except such as has been obtained and any reports required to be filed by the Borrower with the SEC), do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Borrower or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

5.03.                     Binding Effect.  This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Borrower, and each Note, when executed and delivered in accordance with this Agreement, will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws of general application relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights.

 

5.04.                     Financial Information.

 

(a)                                 The consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in 

 

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stockholders’ equity for the fiscal year then ended, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent certified public accountants for the Borrower, and set forth in the Borrower’s 2018 Form 10-K, a copy of which has been delivered to each of the Lenders, (i) fairly present, in conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such fiscal year, and (ii) show, to the extent required by GAAP, all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Debt.

 

(b)                                 The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2019, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the three months then ended, set forth in the Borrower’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, a copy of which has been delivered to each of the Lenders, fairly present, in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the financial statements referred to in subsection (a) of this Section, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such six month period (subject to normal year-end adjustments).

 

(c)                                  Since December 31, 2018 there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial position or results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole.

 

5.05.                     Litigation.  There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority in which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision which could materially adversely affect the business, consolidated financial position or consolidated results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, or which in any manner draws into question the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Notes.

 

5.06.                     Compliance with ERISA.  Each member of the ERISA Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan.  No member of the ERISA Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules, (ii) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement, or made any amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement, which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code, or (iii) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA.

 

5.07.                     Environmental Matters.  In the ordinary course of its business, the Borrower conducts an ongoing review of the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up or closure of properties presently or previously owned, any capital or operating expenditures required to achieve or maintain compliance with environmental protection standards imposed by law or as a condition of any license, permit or contract, any related constraints on operating activities, including any periodic or permanent shutdown of any facility or reduction in the level of or change in the nature of operations conducted thereat, any costs or liabilities in connection with off-site disposal of wastes or Hazardous Substances, and any actual or potential liabilities to third parties, including employees, and any related costs and expenses).  On the basis of this review, the Borrower has concluded that such associated liabilities and costs, including the costs of compliance with Environmental Laws, are unlikely to have a 

 

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material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole.

 

5.08.                     Taxes.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all United States Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed by them, and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than those not yet delinquent and payable without premium or penalty, and except for those being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and in each case, for which adequate reserves and provisions for taxes have been made on the books of the Borrower and each Subsidiary).  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of taxes or other governmental charges are, in the opinion of the Borrower, adequate.

 

5.09.                     Subsidiaries.  Each of the Borrower’s corporate Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all corporate powers and all material governmental authorizations required to carry on its business as now conducted, except where the absence of any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a whole.

 

5.10.                     Regulatory Restrictions on Borrowing; Margin Regulations.

 

(a)                                 Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(b)                                 The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 or Section 7.05 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to indebtedness and within the scope of Section 8.01(e) will be margin stock.

 

5.11.                     Full Disclosure.  No statement, information, report, representation, or warranty made by the Borrower in any Loan Document or furnished to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with any Loan Document, taken as a whole and together with disclosures made by the Borrower in filings with the SEC that are available to the Lenders, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time made, it being understood that (a) such estimates, projections, forecasts and other forward-looking information, as to future events, are not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results may differ significantly and (b) no representation or warranty is made with respect to information of a general economic or general industry nature.

 

5.12.                     Anti-Money Laundering/International Trade Law Compliance.  The Borrower represents and warrants that (a) none of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any Senior Officer or director of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, is a Sanctioned Person, (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, no employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any agent of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility 

 

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established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person, (c) none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, either in its own right or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, through any third party, (i) has any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; or (ii) does business in or with, or derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (d) the Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures intended to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees (in each such Person’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) and agents with Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions, and (e) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.

 

5.13.                     Compliance with FCPA.  The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq., and any foreign counterpart thereto. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has made a payment, offering, or promise to pay, or authorized the payment of, money or anything of value (a) in order to assist in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any foreign official, foreign political party, party official or candidate for foreign political office, (b) to a foreign official, foreign political party or party official or any candidate for foreign political office, and (c) with the intent to induce the recipient to misuse his or her official position to direct business wrongfully to the Borrower or such Subsidiary or to any other Person, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq.

 

5.14.                     EEA Financial Institutions.  None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Article VI.
 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied:

 

6.01.                     Information.  The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

 

(a)                                 as soon as available, and in any event within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing selected by the Borrower, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;

 

(b)                                 as soon as available, and in any event within 40 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter, setting forth in the case of such statements of income and cash flows, in comparative form the figures for the corresponding quarter and the corresponding portion of the Borrower’s previous fiscal year, all certified (subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) as to fairness of 

 

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presentation, conformity to GAAP and consistency by the chief financial officer or the chief accounting officer of the Borrower;

 

(c)                                  simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of the Compliance Certificate attached hereto;

 

(d)                                 within five days after any officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge of any Default, if such Default is then continuing, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

 

(e)                                  promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the Borrower generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed;

 

(f)                                   promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto and any registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their equivalents) which the Borrower shall have filed with the SEC;

 

(g)                                  if and when any member of the ERISA Group (i) gives or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds for a termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required to give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of such reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC; (ii) receives notice of complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA or notice that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been terminated, a copy of such notice; (iii) receives notice from the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate, impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, a copy of such notice; (iv) applies for a waiver of the minimum funding standard under the Pension Funding Rules, a copy of such application; (v) gives notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, a copy of such notice and other information filed with the PBGC; (vi) gives notice of withdrawal from any Plan pursuant to Section 4063 of ERISA, a copy of such notice; (vii) fails to make any payment or contribution to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement or makes any amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security, a certificate of the chief financial officer or the chief accounting officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and action, if any, which the Borrower or applicable member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes to take; or (viii) determines that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA, a certification of funding status from the enrolled actuary for the Pension Plan;

 

(h)                                 notice that S&P or Moody’s has changed the equity treatment for any securities if such change would be relevant to the determination of whether such securities are Hybrid Equity Securities, such notice to be given by the Borrower promptly upon receiving notice from S&P or Moody’s, or promptly upon otherwise acquiring actual knowledge of the foregoing; and

 

(i)                                     from time to time, such additional information regarding the financial position or business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender, may reasonably request.

 

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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a), (b), (e) or (f) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which (A) the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (B) such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on SyndTrak or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that the Borrower shall deliver paper copies or soft copies (by electronic mail) of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies or soft copies.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Compliance Certificates required by Section 6.01(c) may be delivered electronically to the Administrative Agent (subject to the proviso to the preceding sentence).  Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”).  The Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.08); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”

 

6.02.                     Payment of Taxes.  The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each Subsidiary to pay and discharge, before delinquency, all their respective material tax liabilities, except where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and will maintain, and will cause each Subsidiary to maintain, in accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of any of the same.

 

6.03.                     Maintenance of Property; Insurance.

 

(a)                                 The Borrower will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, all material property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

 

(b)                                 The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain (either in the name of the Borrower or in such Subsidiary’s own name) with financially sound and responsible insurance companies, insurance with respect to their respective properties and business in at least such amounts, against at least such risks and with such risk retention as are customarily maintained, insured against or 

 

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retained, as the case may be, by companies of established repute engaged in the same or a similar business, to the extent available at the time in question on commercially reasonable terms; and will furnish to the Lenders, upon request from the Administrative Agent, information presented in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried.

 

6.04.                     Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence.  The Borrower will preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect, and will cause each Subsidiary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect their respective legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and their respective rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of business; provided that nothing in this Section 6.04 shall prohibit (i) the merger of a Subsidiary into the Borrower or the merger or consolidation of a Subsidiary with or into another Person if (A) in the case of a domestic Subsidiary, the corporation surviving such consolidation or merger is a domestic Subsidiary and (B) in the case of a foreign Subsidiary, the entity surviving such consolidation or merger is a Subsidiary, if, in each case covered by this clause (i), after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or (ii) the termination of the corporate existence of any Subsidiary if the Borrower in good faith determines that such termination is in the best interest of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.

 

6.05.                     Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower will comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, in all material respects with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and requirements of governmental authorities (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws and ERISA and the rules and regulations thereunder) except where the necessity of compliance therewith is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

 

6.06.                     Inspection of Property, Books and Records.  The Borrower will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and will permit, and will cause each Subsidiary to permit, representatives of any Lender at such Lender’s expense to visit and inspect any of their respective properties, to examine and make abstracts from any of their respective books and records, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees and independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may reasonably be desired.

 

6.07.                     Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans made under this Agreement may be used by the Borrower to repay certain indebtedness and for other lawful corporate purposes.

 

6.08.                     Governmental Approvals and Filings.  The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, keep and maintain in full force and effect all action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority necessary in connection with (a) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or any Note issued hereunder by the Borrower, (b) the consummation by the Borrower of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, (c) the performance of or compliance with the terms and conditions hereof or thereof by the Borrower, or (d) any other actions required to ensure the legality, validity, binding effect, enforceability or admissibility in evidence hereof or thereof.

 

6.09.                     Anti-Money Laundering/International Trade Law Compliance.  The Borrower covenants and agrees that (a) none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries will become a Sanctioned Person, (b) none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, either in its own right or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, through any third party, will (i) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, or (ii) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, 

 

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(c) it shall maintain in effect policies and procedures intended to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees (in each such Person’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) and agents with Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions, (d) the Borrower will comply, and will cause its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, its and their respective directors, officers, employees (in each such Person’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) and agents to comply, with Anti-Terrorism Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects, (e) the funds used to repay the Obligations will not be derived from any unlawful activity of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and (f) the Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event.

 

Article VII.
 NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied:

 

7.01.                     Liens.  Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:

 

(a)                                 Liens existing on the date of this Agreement securing Debt outstanding on the date of this Agreement in an aggregate principal or face amount not exceeding $10,000,000;

 

(b)                                 any Lien existing on any asset of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, and not created in contemplation of such event;

 

(c)                                  any Lien on any asset securing Debt incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring, improving, constructing or repairing such asset, provided that such Lien attaches to such asset concurrently with or within 90 days after completion of the acquisition, improvement, construction or repair thereof;

 

(d)                                 any Lien on any asset of any Person existing at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such event;

 

(e)                                  any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, and not created in contemplation of such acquisition;

 

(f)                                   any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Debt secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section; provided that such Debt is not increased and is not secured by any additional assets;

 

(g)                                  Liens arising in the ordinary course of its business which (i) do not secure Debt or obligations in respect of Swap Contracts, (ii) do not secure any obligation in an amount exceeding $20,000,000 and (iii) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business;

 

(h)                                 Liens on cash and cash equivalents to secure obligations arising under Swap Contracts which Liens (i) are granted pursuant to a Master Agreement or pursuant to the rules of a designated contract market or a nationally recognized swap exchange and (ii) secure Swap Contracts which are entered into with respect to the Borrower’s operations in the ordinary course of its business;

 

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(i)                                     Liens in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than Liens on assets of the Borrower);

 

(j)                                    Liens granted pursuant to any Loan Document;

 

(k)                                 Production Payments and Liens on the properties covered thereby to secure performance obligations in connection therewith, provided that the aggregate principal amount of balance sheet obligations in respect of Production Payments may at no time exceed $500,000,000;

 

(l)                                     Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not past due for more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(m)                             Liens on any amounts held by a trustee under any indenture issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions;

 

(n)                                 Liens on any cash collateral used to Cash Collateralize (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) any Letter of Credit (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement; and

 

(o)                                 Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section securing Debt in an aggregate principal or face amount at any date not to exceed $250,000,000.

 

7.02.                     Debt to Total Capital.  Consolidated Debt will at no time exceed sixty-five percent (65%) of Total Capital.

 

7.03.                     Transactions with Affiliates.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, pay any funds to or for the account of, make any investment (whether by acquisition of stock or indebtedness, by loan, advance, transfer of property, guarantee or other agreement to pay, purchase or service, directly or indirectly, any Debt, or otherwise) in, lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets, tangible or intangible, to, or participate in, or effect, any transaction with, any Affiliate, except on an arm’s-length basis on terms at least as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as could have been obtained from a third party who was not an Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to transactions between or among the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries, and provided  further that the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not prohibit any such Person from declaring or paying any lawful dividend or other payment ratably in respect of all of its capital stock of the relevant class so long as, after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

7.04.                     Limitation of Other Restrictions on Dividends by Subsidiaries, etc.  The Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary to be or become subject to any restriction of any nature (whether arising by operation of law, by agreement, by its articles of incorporation, by-laws or other constituent documents of such Subsidiary, or otherwise) on the right of such Subsidiary from time to time to (w) declare and pay dividends or distributions with respect to capital stock owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (x) pay any indebtedness, obligations or liabilities from time to time owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (y) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or (z) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except:

 

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(a)                                 legal restrictions under other applicable Law, if any, and fraudulent conveyance or similar laws of general applicability for the benefit of creditors of such Subsidiary generally;

 

(b)                                 with respect to clause (z) above:  (i) non-assignment provisions of any executory contract or of any lease by the Borrower or such Subsidiary as lessee, and (ii) restrictions on transfer of property subject to a Lien permitted by Section 7.01 for the benefit of the holder of such Lien;

 

(c)                                  restrictions applicable solely to an Excluded Subsidiary; and

 

(d)                                 restrictions with respect to any Subsidiary that is acquired after the Closing Date and not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition, and replacements thereof that are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Borrower;

 

provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit financial incurrence, maintenance and similar covenants that have the effect of prohibiting or restricting the ability of a Subsidiary to make such payments or transfers, or provisions that require that a certain amount of capital be maintained.

 

7.05.                     Mergers and Sales of Assets.  The Borrower will not (a) consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or (b) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any other Person; provided that the Borrower may merge with any another Person if (x) the Borrower is the corporation surviving such merger and (y) after giving effect to such merger, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

7.06.                     Change in Nature of Business.  The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.

 

7.07.                     Use of Proceeds.  The Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Borrowing, whether directly or indirectly, for a purpose that entails a violation of Regulation U of the FRB.  The proceeds of the Loans shall not be used, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

Article VIII.
  EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

8.01.                     Events of Default.  Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a)                                 Non-Payment.  The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) within five days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

 

(b)                                 Specific Covenants.  The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 6.01(d), 6.04 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence), 6.07, 6.08, or 6.09(a) or Article VII; or

 

(c)                                  Other Defaults.  The Borrower fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days; or

 

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(d)                                 Representations and Warranties.  Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower, in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect (except to the extent qualified by materiality, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects and except that the representation and warranty made in Section 5.12(a) shall be true and correct in all respects) when made or deemed made; provided that (except in the case of any representation, warranty or certification made with respect to any financial statement of the Borrower or made pursuant to Section 5.12(a)) if such lack of correctness is capable of being remedied or cured within a 30-day period, Borrower shall have a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i) written notice thereof has been given to the Borrower by Administrative Agent (acting on the request of one or more Lenders) or (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has obtained knowledge thereof, within which to remedy or cure such lack of correctness; or

 

(e)                                  Cross-Payment Default; Cross-Acceleration.  The Borrower or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Material Financial Obligations, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any Material Debt or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other default occurs, the effect of which default is to cause the maturity of such Material Debt to be accelerated or to cause such Material Debt to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Debt to be made, prior to its stated maturity; or

 

(f)                                   Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.  The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

 

(g)                                  Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment.  The Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (i) admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or

 

(h)                                 Judgments.  There is entered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding $100,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), and (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or

 

(i)                                     ERISA.  Any member of the ERISA Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $100,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Material Plan shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by any member of the ERISA Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose liability (other than for 

 

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premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer, any Material Plan; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated; or there shall occur a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans, which could cause one or more members of the ERISA Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate; or

 

(j)                                    Invalidity of Loan Documents.  Any Loan Document (other than the Fee Letter), at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or the Borrower contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or the Borrower denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or

 

(k)                                 Change of Control.  There occurs any Change of Control with respect to the Borrower.

 

8.02.                     Remedies Upon Event of Default.  If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:

 

(a)                                 declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

 

(b)                                 declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and

 

(c)                                  exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law;

 

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, and the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

8.03.                     Application of Funds.  After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

 

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

 

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

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Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

 

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and

 

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

 

Article IX.
 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

9.01.                     Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent.

 

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints PNC Bank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law; provided that the meaning of such term in Section 10.07(c) is intended to be consistent with the meaning of such term as used in Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

 

9.02.                     Rights as a Lender.  The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

9.03.                     Exculpatory Provisions.  The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)                                 shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(b)                                 shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required 

 

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Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and

 

(c)                                  shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.

 

The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

9.04.                     Reliance by Administrative Agent.

 

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan.  The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

9.05.                     Indemnification of Administrative Agent.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any 

 

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and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it, provided that such unreimbursed Indemnified Liabilities were incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such or against any Agent-Related Persons acting for the Administrative Agent in connection with such capacity; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct; and provided, further, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section.  Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower.  The obligations of the Lenders in this Section are subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(e) and shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

 

9.06.                     Delegation of Duties.  The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

9.07.                     Resignation of Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default exists), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section).  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as

 

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those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

9.08.                     Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.  Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

9.09.                     No Other Duties, Etc.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers, Documentation Agent or Co-Syndication Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.

 

9.10.                     Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.  In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)                                 to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 10.04 and 10.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)                                 to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 10.04 and 10.05.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

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9.11.                     No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants or assignees, may rely on the Administrative Agent to carry out such Lender’s, Affiliate’s, participant’s or assignee’s customer identification program, or other obligations required or imposed under or pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act or the regulations thereunder, including the regulations contained in 31 CFR 1020.220 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the “CIP Regulations”), or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the following items relating to or in connection with Borrower, its Affiliates or its agents, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (i) any identity verification procedures, (ii) any recordkeeping, (iii) comparisons with government lists, (iv) customer notices or (v) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other Anti-Terrorism Law.

 

Article X.
  MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.01.              Amendments, Etc.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

 

(a)                                 extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;

 

(b)                                 postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

 

(c)                                  reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;

 

(d)                                 change Section 2.11 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; or

 

(e)                                  change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;

 

and, provided  further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) Section 10.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (iii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.

 

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10.02.              Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.

 

(a)                                 Notices Generally.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

 

(i)                                     if to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and

 

(ii)                                  if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

 

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient).  Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

 

(b)                                 Electronic Communications.  Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

(c)                                  The Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to

 

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the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

 

(d)                                 Change of Address, Etc.  Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.

 

(e)                                  Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the Recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower.  All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

 

10.03.              No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.  No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

10.04.              Attorney Costs, Expenses and Taxes.  The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs, and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Lender for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement, or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), including all Attorney Costs.  The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto, and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts retained by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.  All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable

 

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within ten Business Days after demand therefore.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations.

 

10.05.              Indemnification; Damage Waiver.

 

(a)                                 Indemnification by the Borrower.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment or Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (c) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Substances on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether brought by the Borrower or any third party (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (x) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, or that of its respective affiliates, partners, directors, officers, agents and advisors, (y) a claim brought by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries against an Indemnitee for material breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations under the Loan Documents or (z) a claim brought by one Indemnitee against another Indemnitee so long as such claim does not involve, or result from, an action or inaction by the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower.  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement.  All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be payable within ten Business Days after demand therefore.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.  Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.01(d), this Section shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent liabilities, obligations, losses, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(b)                                 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument entered into or delivered pursuant hereto, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (a) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan

 

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Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

10.06.              Payments Set Aside.  To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Open Rate from time to time in effect.

 

10.07.              Successors and Assigns.

 

(a)                                 The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) or (j) of this Section, or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of subsection (i) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)                                     Minimum Amounts.

 

(A)                               in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (as defined in subsection (h) of this Section), no minimum amount need be assigned, and

 

(B)                               in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless the Administrative

 

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Agent, and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single assignee (or to an assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.

 

(ii)                                  Proportionate Amounts.  Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned.

 

(iii)                               Required Consents.  No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

 

(A)                               the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received written notice thereof; and

 

(B)                               the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.

 

(iv)                              Assignment and Assumption.  The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.  The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(v)                                 No Assignment to Certain Persons.  No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause B, or (C) to a natural Person.

 

(vi)                              Certain Additional Payments.  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any

 

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Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full Pro Rata Share of all Loans.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this subsection, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.  Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.

 

(c)                                  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(d)                                 Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 9.05 with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).

 

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any  provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument

 

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may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that directly affects such Participant.  Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05, subject to the requirements and limitations in such Sections, including the requirements under Section 3.01(g)(i) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(g)(i) shall be delivered to the Lender who sells the participation) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 10.16 as if it were an assignee under subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.11 as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(e)                                  A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.  A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 10.16 with respect to any Participant.

 

(f)                                   Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(g)                                  Electronic Execution of Assignments.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

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(h)                                 As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:

 

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.07(b)(iii) and (b)(v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.07(b)(iii)).

 

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

 

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

(i)                                     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.  Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.04), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder.  The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender.  In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with payment of a processing fee of $3,500 (which processing fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

 

(j)                                    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities, provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 10.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.

 

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10.08.              Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it; (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to obligations of the Borrower; (g) with the consent of the Borrower; (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower; (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization; or (j) to any credit insurance provider relating to the Borrower and its obligations.  In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Borrowings.  For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including Federal and state securities Laws.

 

10.09.              Set-off.  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being waived by the Borrower to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

 

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10.10.              Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

 

10.11.              Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

10.12.              Integration.  This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter.  In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement.  Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

 

10.13.              Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Borrowing, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

 

10.14.              Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

10.15.              Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)         the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

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(b)         the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)             a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)          a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

 

(iii)       the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

10.16.              Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

 

(a)                                 Designation of a Different Lending Office.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section  3.01, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04 or 3.01, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

(b)                                 Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 10.16(a), or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.07), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.04 or Section 3.01) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

 

(i)                                     the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 10.07(b);

 

(ii)                                  such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

 

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(iii)                               in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;

 

(iv)                              such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and

 

(v)                                 in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.

 

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

10.17.              Governing Law.

 

(a)                                 THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

 

(b)                                 ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS.  THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.  THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.

 

10.18.              No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.  In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the credit facility provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers, each is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any 

 

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Arranger has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Arranger has advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arranger(s) have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate.  The Borrower hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

 

10.19.              Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.  EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

10.20.              USA PATRIOT Act Notice.  Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Borrower in accordance with the Act.  To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower that opens an account. What this means: when the Borrower opens an account, the relevant financial institution will ask for the business name, business address, taxpayer identifying number and other information that will allow the relevant financial institution to identify the Borrower, such as organizational documents. For some businesses and organizations, the relevant financial institution may also need to ask for identifying information and documentation relating to certain individuals associated with the business or organization.

 

10.21.              ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT

 

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ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

 

10.22.              Certain ERISA Matters.

 

(a)                                 Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(i)                                     such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans or the Commitments;

 

(ii)                                  the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement;

 

(iii)                               (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement; or

 

(iv)                              such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

(b)                                 In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, that:

 

(i)                                     none of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger nor any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent

 

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under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto);

 

(ii)                                  the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E);

 

(iii)                               the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the Obligations);

 

(iv)                              the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder, and

 

(v)                                 no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent, each Arranger or their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  The Administrative Agent and each Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

64

 

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

 

	
 
    	
EQT CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Jimmi Sue Smith
    
	
 
    	
Name: 
    	
Jimmi Sue Smith
    
	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
Senior Vice President   and Chief Financial Officer
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    
	
 
    	
as Administrative Agent   and a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Kyle T. Helfrich
    
	
 
    	
Name: 
    	
Kyle T. Helfrich
    
	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
Vice President
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
   ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Jeffrey Cobb
    
	
 
    	
Name: 
    	
Jeffrey Cobb
    
	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
Director
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,   as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Tyler Ellis
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Tyler Ellis
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Director
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A.,   as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Kevin Utsey
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Kevin Utsey
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Managing Director
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW   YORK
   BRANCH, N.A., as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Michael Borowiecki
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael Borowiecki
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Authorized Signatory
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
MUFG BANK, LTD.,   as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Anastasiya Bykov
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Anastasiya Bykov
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING   CORPORATION,
   as a Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Michael Maguire
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael Maguire
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive Director
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,   as a
   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Mark Salierno
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Mark Salierno
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,   as a
   Lender
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: 
    	
/s/ Phil Andresen
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Phil Andresen
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    

 

Signature Page to

Term Loan Agreement

 

 

SCHEDULE 2.01

 

COMMITMENTS AND PRO RATA SHARES

 

	
Lender
    	
 
    	
Commitment as of the
   Closing Date
    	
 
    	
Pro Rata Share of
   Commitments
    	
 
    
	
PNC Bank,   National Association
    	
 
    	
$
    	
150,000,000.00
    	
 
    	
15.000000000
    	
%
    
	
Wells Fargo   Bank, National Association
    	
 
    	
$
    	
150,000,000.00
    	
 
    	
15.000000000
    	
%
    
	
Bank of America,   N.A.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
150,000,000.00
    	
 
    	
15.000000000
    	
%
    
	
BMO Harris Bank   N.A.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
150,000,000.00
    	
 
    	
15.000000000
    	
%
    
	
The   Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch
    	
 
    	
$
    	
150,000,000.00
    	
 
    	
15.000000000
    	
%
    
	
MUFG   Bank, Ltd.
    	
 
    	
$
    	
72,500,000.00
    	
 
    	
7.250000000
    	
%
    
	
Sumitomo Mitsui   Banking Corporation
    	
 
    	
$
    	
72,500,000.00
    	
 
    	
7.250000000
    	
%
    
	
U.S. Bank   National Association
    	
 
    	
$
    	
72,500,000.00
    	
 
    	
7.250000000
    	
%
    
	
The Huntington   National Bank
    	
 
    	
$
    	
32,500,000.00
    	
 
    	
3.250000000
    	
%
    
	
Aggregate   Commitments
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1,000,000,000.00
    	
 
    	
100.000000000
    	
%
    

 

Schedule 2.01

 

 

SCHEDULE 10.02

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OFFICE,

CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

 

BORROWER:

 

EQT Corporation

625 Liberty Avenue

Suite 1700

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Attention: Assistant Treasurer

Telephone: (412) 553-5850

Facsimile: (412) 553-7890

Electronic Mail:  treasury@eqt.com

Website Address:  https://ir.eqt.com

 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

 

Administrative Agent’s Office

(for payments and Request for Borrowings):

PNC Agency Services

PNC Firstside Center, 4th Floor

500 First Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Attention: Brian Mobley

Telephone: (412) 807-7531

Facsimile: (412) 762-8672

Electronic Mail: brian.mobley@pnc.com

 

Account No.:  13076-001-7005

Account Name: Wire Suspense — Agency Services

Ref:  EQT Corporation

ABA# 043 000 096

 

Other Notices as Administrative Agent:

 

PNC Bank, National Association

PNC Bank
 300 Fifth Avenue - 13th Floor
 Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Attention: Tracy J. DeCock

Telephone: (412) 762-9999

Facsimile:  (412) 762-4718

Electronic Mail: tracy.decock@pnc.com

 

Schedule 10.02

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF LOAN NOTICE

 

Date:                 ,     

 

To:                             PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among EQT Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

The undersigned hereby requests (select one):

 

A.                                    o    A Borrowing of Loans comprised of (select one):

 

o  Base Rate Loans

 

o  Eurodollar Rate Loans

 

B.                                    o    A conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans

 

C.                                    o    A conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans, with a current Interest Period ending on              ,        , to Base Rate Loans

 

D.                                    o    A continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, with a current Interest Period ending on             ,        

 

1.                                      On                                           (a Business Day) (the “Borrowing Date”).(1)

 

2.                                      In the amount of $                              .(2)

 

and, if applicable:

 

3.                                      For Eurodollar Rate Loans: with an Interest Period of [1, 2, 3 or 6 month[s]].

 

If and only if ‘A’ is selected above (and not ‘B’ ‘C’, or ‘D’), the undersigned hereby certifies that, as of the Borrowing Date:

 

(1)  If requesting (i) a new Eurodollar Rate Loan, (ii) converting a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, (iii) converting a Eurodollar Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan or (iv) continuing a Eurodollar Rate Loan, must be at least 3 Business Days after the date of this Loan Notice. If requesting a new Base Rate Loan, may be same day as date of this Loan Notice.

(2)  Each borrowing/conversion/continuation must be at least $5,000,000 (or in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof).

 

Exhibit A — Page 1

Form of Loan Notice

 

(a)                              the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article V of the Agreement [(except the representations and warranties in Sections 5.04(c) and 5.05 of the Agreement)](3) are true and correct in all material respects (provided that (i) if a representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or material adverse effect, it is true and correct in all respects and (ii) the representation and warranty made in Section 5.12(a) of the Agreement is true and correct in all respects) as of the Borrowing Date (or, if such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, as of such earlier date), except that the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.04 of the Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Agreement; and

 

(b)                                 no Default exists or would result from the proposed Borrowing on the Borrowing Date.

 

	
 
    	
EQT CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

(3)  To be included for Borrowings after the Closing Date.

 

Exhibit A — Page 2

Form of Loan Notice

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF NOTE

 

                                         [Date]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to                       or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each outstanding Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.

 

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement.  Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

This Note is a Loan Document and is subject to Section 10.10 of the Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference the same as if set forth herein verbatim.

 

The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.

 

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK; SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

Exhibit B - Page 1

Form of Note

 

	
 
    	
EQT CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

Exhibit B - Page 2

Form of Note

 

LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO

 

	
Date
    	
 
    	
Type of Loan
   Made
    	
 
    	
Amount of
   Loan Made
    	
 
    	
End of
   Interest
   Period
    	
 
    	
Amount of
   Principal or
   Interest Paid
   This Date
    	
 
    	
Outstanding
   Principal
   Balance This
   Date
    	
 
    	
Notation
   Made By
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Exhibit B - Page 3

Form of Note

 

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

Financial Statement Date:                           ,       

 

To:                             PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among EQT Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is the                                                                 of the Borrower, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on the behalf of the Borrower, and that:

 

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]

 

1.             Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the year-end audited financial statements required by Section 6.01(a) of the Agreement for the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such section.  Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period.

 

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]

 

1.             Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the unaudited financial statements required by Section 6.01(b) of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of the above date.  Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

 

2.             The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made under his/her supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.

 

3.             A review of the activities of the Borrower during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of the undersigned with a view to determining whether during such fiscal period the Borrower performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it, and as of the date hereof,

 

[select one:]

 

[to the best knowledge of the undersigned during such fiscal period, (a) the Borrower performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it, and (b) no Default exists.]

 

—or—

 

Exhibit C - Page 1

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

[the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed [or: the following Default exists] and the following is a list of each such Default and its nature and status:]

 

5.             The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of                         ,        .

 

	
 
    	
EQT CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    
				

 

Exhibit C - Page 2

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Financial Statements

 

[See attached.]

 

—or—

 

[Such financial statements are available in electronic format and have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Agreement.]

 

Exhibit C - Page 3

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

For the Quarter/Year ended

 

                              (“Statement Date”)

 

SCHEDULE 2
  to the Compliance Certificate
 ($ in 000’s)

 

Section 7.02 — Debt to Total Capital.

 

	
I.
    	
Consolidated Debt at   Statement Date 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
A.
    	
Debt   of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Statement Date:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
B.
    	
Non-Recourse   Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Statement Date:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
C.
    	
Designated Hybrid Equity Securities on the   Statement Date:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
D.   
    	
Consolidated   Debt on the Statement Date (Lines I.A. – I.B. – I.C.):
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
II.
    	
Total   Capital at Statement Date:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
A.   
    	
Consolidated   Debt on the Statement Date (Line I.D. above):
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
B.   
    	
Shareholders’   Equity on the Statement Date:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
C.   
    	
Designated   Hybrid Equity Securities on the Statement Date:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
D.   
    	
To   the extent reflected in Shareholders’ Equity, any excess of the net book   value of assets subject to Liens securing Non-Recourse Debt (including the   total assets of Excluded Subsidiaries) over the amount of the related   Non-Recourse Debt:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
E.1.   
    	
Either:    

Less   the absolute value of accumulated other comprehensive income as determined in   accordance with GAAP:
    	
$_______
    

 

Exhibit C - Page 4

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Or
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
E.2.   
    	
Plus   the absolute value of accumulated other comprehensive loss as determined in   accordance with GAAP:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
F.   
    	
Non-cash   write-downs, impairments, and related charges occurring July 31, 2017 as   determined in accordance with GAAP:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
G.   
    	
Total   Capital at Statement Date (Lines II.A. + II.B. + II.C. – II.D. and either –   II.E1. (in the case of accumulated other comprehensive income) or +   II.E2. (in the case of accumulated other comprehensive loss) + II.F.:
    	
$_______
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
III.
    	
Consolidated   Debt to Total Capital on the Statement Date: (Line I.D.  ̧ Line II.G.) (cannot exceed 0.65 during any   period)
    	
 
    

 

Exhibit C - Page 5

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the] [each](1) Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each](2) Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”).  [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees](3) hereunder are several and not joint.](4) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Term Loan Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

 

For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee] [the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions set forth on Annex I hereto and the Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s] [the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor] [the respective Assignors] under the facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)] [the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”).  Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

 

	
1.
    	
Assignor[s]:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
[Assignor   [is][is not] a Defaulting Lender.]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.
    	
Assignee[s]:
    	
 
    	
[for   each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate] [Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]
    

 

(1)                               For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language.  If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.

(2)                               For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language.  If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.

(3)                               Select as appropriate.

(4)                               Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

 

Exhibit D - Page 1

Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

	
3.
    	
Borrower:
    	
EQT   Corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.
    	
Administrative   Agent:
    	
PNC   Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent under the Agreement
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.
    	
Agreement:
    	
The   Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2019, among EQT Corporation,   the Lenders parties thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as   Administrative Agent.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.
    	
Assigned   Interest:
    	
 
    

 

	
Assignor[s](5)
    	
 
    	
Assignee[s](6)
    	
 
    	
Aggregate
   Amount of
   Commitment and
   Aggregate Amount
   of Loans
   for all Lenders
    	
 
    	
Amount of
   Commitment and
   Aggregate Amount
   of Loans
   Assigned(7)
    	
 
    	
Percentage
   of Commitments
   Assigned and
   Percentage of
   Loans Assigned(8)
    	
 
    	
Pro Rata Share of
   Commitments and
   Pro Rata Share of
   Loans
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
$
    	
                
    	
 
    	
$
    	
               
    	
 
    	
 
    	
%
    	
 
    	
%
    
														

 

	
[7.
    	
Trade   Date: ___________
    	
](9)
    

 

Effective Date:                   , 20     [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

 

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

	
 
    	
ASSIGNOR
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
[NAME   OF ASSIGNOR]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
ASSIGNEE
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
[NAME   OF ASSIGNEE]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

(5)                               List each Assignor, as appropriate.

(6)                               List each Assignee, as appropriate.

(7)                             Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

(8)                               Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment of all Lenders thereunder.

(9)                               To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

Exhibit D - Page 2

Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

	
[Consented   to and] Accepted:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
[NAME   OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT], as
    	
 
    
	
Administrative   Agent
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
[Consented   to:](10)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
[NAME   OF RELEVANT PARTY]
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

(10)          To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Agreement.

 

Exhibit D - Page 3

Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

1.              Representations and Warranties.

 

1.1.    Assignor[s].  [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is [not] a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

 

1.2.    Assignee[s].  [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.07(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) of the Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.07(b)(iii) of the Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

2.              Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

 

Exhibit D - Page 4

Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

3.              General Provisions.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

Exhibit D - Page 5

Form of Assignment and Assumption

 

EXHIBIT E-1

 

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among EQT Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

 

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

	
[NAME OF LENDER]
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

Date:             , 20[  ]

 

Exhibit E-1 - Page 1

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

EXHIBIT E-2

 

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among EQT Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

 

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

	
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

Date:             , 20[  ]

 

Exhibit E-2 - Page 1

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

EXHIBIT E-3

 

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among EQT Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect to such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

 

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

	
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

Date:             , 20[  ]

 

Exhibit E-3 - Page 1

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

EXHIBIT E-4

 

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Reference is hereby made to the Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 31, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among EQT Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to the Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

 

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or  W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption.  By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

	
[NAME OF LENDER]
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

Date:             , 20[  ]

 

Exhibit E-4 - Page 1

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

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