UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2024



PHINIA INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware
001-41708
92-2483604
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3000 University Drive
Auburn Hills, Michigan
48326
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 732-1900
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

PHIN

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐



Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
Senior Notes Offering
 
On September 17, 2024, PHINIA Inc. (the “Company”) issued $450 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “notes”) pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”) among the Company, as issuer, certain subsidiaries of the Company named as guarantors, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”).  The aggregate principal amount of the offering of the notes was increased from the previously announced offering size of $400 million aggregate principal amount of notes. The notes were sold to investors at 100.00% plus accrued interest, if any, from September 17, 2024 in a private transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.
 
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay all of its outstanding borrowings under its term loan A facility, to pay fees and expenses in connection with the offering, and for general corporate purposes.
 
The notes bear interest at a rate of 6.625% per annum.  Interest on the notes will be payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2025.  The notes will mature on October 15, 2032.
 
The notes are the senior unsecured obligations of the Company and are jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally, guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Company’s existing and future direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries that incurs or guarantees indebtedness under the Facilities (as defined below).
 
The terms of the notes are governed by the Indenture.  The Indenture contains customary covenants that, among other things, limit the Company’s ability and the ability of its subsidiaries to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness; create liens on assets; pay dividends and make other distributions on, purchase or redeem the Company’s capital stock; prepay, redeem or repurchase certain subordinated debt; enter into agreements restricting subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends to the Company or make intercompany transfers; make certain investments; sell or transfer assets; enter into transactions with the Company’s affiliates; effect a merger or consolidation; and designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.
 
The Company may redeem the notes, at its option, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, on or after October 15, 2027 at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption.  Prior to October 15, 2027, the Company may redeem the notes in whole or in part, at its option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the applicable “make-whole” premium set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption.
 
The Company may, at its option, also redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes at any time, or from time to time, on or prior to October 15, 2027 using all or a portion of the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 106.625% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption; provided that at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued remains outstanding immediately after any such redemption.
 
If a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture) occurs with respect to the notes, each holder of the notes will have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of its notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the notes purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase.
 
The Indenture contains customary events of default, which include (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods) nonpayment of principal or interest; breach of other agreements or covenants in the Indenture; failure to pay or acceleration of certain other indebtedness; certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency; failure to pay certain final judgments and failure of certain guarantees to be enforceable.  An event of default under the Indenture will allow either the Trustee or the holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the then-outstanding notes to accelerate, or in certain cases, will automatically cause the acceleration of, the amounts due under the notes.
 

The foregoing description of the Indenture does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Credit Agreement Amendment
 
On September 17, 2024, the Company, as borrower, and certain subsidiaries of the Company, each acting as guarantors, entered into the Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”). The Credit Agreement Amendment, among other things, (i) reduces the applicable margin with respect to the loans under the revolving facility provided for under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) and (ii) modifies certain covenants in the Credit Agreement.
 
The Credit Agreement Amendment amends that certain Credit Agreement, dated July 3, 2023, as amended, with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, the other agents and lenders named therein and the other parties thereto (the “Credit Agreement” and the facilities thereunder, the “Facilities”).
 
The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement Amendment does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Agreement Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 2.03.
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
 
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2024, by and among the Company, the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (including form of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2032)
     
 
Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2024, by and among the Company, the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereof, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent
     
104
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
PHINIA Inc.
   
 Date:  September 18, 2024
By:
/s/ Robert Boyle
   
Name:
Robert Boyle
   
Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary


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Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

PHINIA INC.,
as Issuer

and
 
the Guarantors from time to time parties hereto
 
and
 
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
 

 
INDENTURE
 
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
 

 
6.625% Senior Notes due 2032
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
1
   
Section 101.
Definitions.
1
Section 102.
Other Definitions.
35
Section 103.
Rules of Construction
36
Section 104.
[Reserved].
36
Section 105.
[Reserved].
36
Section 106.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
36
Section 107.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
37
Section 108.
Acts of Noteholders; Record Dates
37
Section 109.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
39
Section 110.
Notices to Holders; Waiver
40
Section 111.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
40
Section 112.
Successors and Assigns
40
Section 113.
Separability Clause
40
Section 114.
Benefits of Indenture
40
Section 115.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction
40
Section 116.
Waiver of Trial by Jury
41
Section 117.
Legal Holidays
41
Section 118.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Managers, Officers, Employees, Incorporators and Stockholders
41
Section 119.
Exhibits and Schedules
41
Section 120.
Counterparts
41
Section 121.
Force Majeure
42
Section 122.
USA PATRIOT Act
42
Section 123.
Financial Calculations for Limited Condition Transactions
42
     
ARTICLE II NOTE FORMS
43
   
Section 201.
Forms Generally
43
Section 202.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
44
Section 203.
Restrictive and Global Note Legends
44
     
ARTICLE III THE NOTES
46
   
Section 301.
General Terms; Additional Notes
46
Section 302.
Denominations
47
Section 303.
Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating
47
Section 304.
Temporary Notes
47
Section 305.
Note Registrar and Paying Agent
48
Section 306.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes
49
Section 307.
Payment of Interest Rights Preserved
49
Section 308.
Persons Deemed Owners
50
Section 309.
Cancellation
50
Section 310.
Computation of Interest
50
Section 311.
CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc
50
Section 312.
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes
50

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Section 313.
Special Transfer Provisions.
52
     
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS
55
   
Section 401.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
55
Section 402.
Maintenance of Office or Agency
55
Section 403.
Money for Payments to Be Held in Trust
55
Section 404.
[Reserved].
56
Section 405.
Reports to Holders
56
Section 406.
Statement as to Default
57
Section 407.
Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness
57
Section 408.
Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
59
Section 409.
Limitation on Restricted Payments
60
Section 410.
Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
65
Section 411.
Limitation on Asset Sales
67
Section 412.
Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
70
Section 413.
Limitation on Liens
72
Section 414.
Issuance of Subsidiary Guarantees
73
Section 415.
Change of Control
73
Section 416.
Covenant Suspension
75
Section 417.
Post-Closing Covenant
75
     
ARTICLE V SUCCESSORS
76
   
Section 501.
Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets
76
Section 502.
Successor Company Substituted
78
     
ARTICLE VI REMEDIES
78
   
Section 601.
Events of Default
78
Section 602.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
80
Section 603.
Other Remedies; Collection Suit by Trustee
80
Section 604.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
80
Section 605.
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
81
Section 606.
Application of Money Collected
81
Section 607.
Limitation on Suits
81
Section 608.
[Reserved].
82
Section 609.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies
82
Section 610.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
82
Section 611.
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
82
Section 612.
Control by Holders
82
Section 613.
Waiver of Past Defaults
83
Section 614.
Undertaking for Costs
83
Section 615.
Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
83
     
ARTICLE VII THE TRUSTEE
84
   
Section 701.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities
84
Section 702.
Notice of Defaults
84
Section 703.
Certain Rights of Trustee
85

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Section 704.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes
86
Section 705.
May Hold Notes
86
Section 706.
Money Held in Trust
86
Section 707.
Compensation and Reimbursement
86
Section 708.
Conflicting Interests
87
Section 709.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
87
Section 710.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
88
Section 711.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
89
Section 712.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
89
Section 713.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
89
Section 714.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent
89
     
ARTICLE VIII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY
90
   
Section 801.
The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
90
Section 802.
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
90
     
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR WAIVER
90
   
Section 901.
Without Consent of Holders
90
Section 902.
With Consent of Holders
91
Section 903.
Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers
92
Section 904.
Revocation and Effect of Consents
93
Section 905.
[Reserved]
93
Section 906.
Notation on or Exchange of Notes
93
     
ARTICLE X REDEMPTION OF NOTES
93
   
Section 1001.
Applicability of Article
93
Section 1002.
[Reserved].
93
Section 1003.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
93
Section 1004.
Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed
93
Section 1005.
Notice of Redemption
94
Section 1006.
Deposit of Redemption Price
95
Section 1007.
Notes Payable on Redemption Date
95
Section 1008.
Notes Redeemed in Part
95
Section 1009.
Optional Redemption
95
     
ARTICLE XI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
97
   
Section 1101.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
97
Section 1102.
[Reserved]
98
Section 1103.
Application of Trust Money
98
     
ARTICLE XII LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
98
   
Section 1201.
The Company’s Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
98
Section 1202.
Defeasance and Discharge
98
Section 1203.
Covenant Defeasance
99
Section 1204.
Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
99

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Section 1205.
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
101
Section 1206.
Reinstatement
101
Section 1207.
Repayments to the Company
101
     
ARTICLE XIII SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
101
   
Section 1301.
Guarantees Generally.
101
Section 1302.
Continuing Guarantees
103
Section 1303.
Release of Subsidiary Guarantees
103
Section 1304.
[Reserved].
104
Section 1305.
Waiver of Subrogation
104
Section 1306.
Notation Not Required
104
Section 1307.
Successors and Assigns of Guarantors
104
Section 1308.
Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees
104
Section 1309.
Notices
104

Exhibit A
Form of Note
Exhibit B
Form of Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
Exhibit C
Form of Regulation S Certificate
Exhibit D
Form of Supplemental Indenture in Respect of Subsidiary Guarantees
Exhibit E
Form of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investors

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INDENTURE, dated as of September 17, 2024 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Indenture”), among PHINIA Inc., a Delaware corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors (as defined herein) from time to time party hereto, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (as defined herein).
 
W I T N E S S E T H
 
WHEREAS, the Company (as defined herein) has duly authorized the creation of an issue of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Initial Notes”);
 
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, each Guarantor and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein):
 
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
 
Section 101.     Definitions.
 
Accounts Receivable Entity” means a Person, including, without limitation, a Subsidiary of the Company, whose operations consist solely of owning and/or selling accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries and engaging in other activities in connection with transactions that are Permitted Receivables Financings.
 
Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of (A) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance or refinance, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any acquisition of any assets (including Capital Stock), business or Person, or any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Person with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (B) any Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time it merges or consolidates with the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person and in each case whether or not incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.
 
Additional Notes” means any additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 301, 303 and 407.
 
Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.  The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing.
 

Applicable Premium” means, at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.00% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such Redemption Date of (1) the redemption price of such Note on October 15, 2027 (such redemption price being that described in Section 1009) plus (2) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through October 15, 2027 (but excluding accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Note on such Redemption Date; and, as calculated by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.
 
Asset Acquisition” means (1) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (2) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or comprise any division or line of business of such Person or any other assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business.
 
Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer (other than the granting of a Lien in accordance with this Indenture) for value by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary; or (b) any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that Asset Sales shall not include:
 
(1)          a transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than the greater of (a) $65.0 million and (b) 2.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
(2)          the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted by Section 501;
 
(3)          any Restricted Payment made in accordance with Section 409 or any Permitted Investment;
 
(4)          sales or contributions of accounts receivable and related assets pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Financing made in accordance with Section 407;
 
(5)          sales or dispositions of (i) surplus, obsolete, used, damaged or worn-out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), (ii) property no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) property or equipment that is otherwise economically impracticable to maintain;
 
(6)          the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents on Investment Grade Securities;
 
(7)          surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
 
(8)         the grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how,  registrations therefor and other intellectual property, including, but not limited to, grants of franchises or licenses, franchise or license master agreements and/or area development agreements;
 
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(9)        any disposition arising from foreclosure, casualty, condemnation or any similar action or transfers by reason of eminent domain, expropriation, taking, sale or other disposition of assets (including any receipt of proceeds related thereto) by any Governmental Authority;
 
(10)        the issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock that is permitted by Section 407;
 
(11)        dispositions in connection with the granting of a Lien in accordance with this Indenture and the involuntary foreclosure upon any assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any Lien granted in accordance with this Indenture;
 
(12)        the disposition the Capital Stock or assets of an Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary;
 
(13)        dispositions of assets acquired as part of any acquisition that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary disposes as part of its integration efforts relating to such acquisition;
 
(14)        [reserved];
 
(15)        termination of non-speculative any Hedging Obligations;
 
(16)        [reserved];
 
(17)        [reserved];
 
(18)        (i) the lease, assignment, sublease, license or sublicense of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business and (ii) the termination of rights under any lease, sublease, license, sublicense, concession or other agreement;
 
(19)        to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
 
(20)      any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities) or any other disposition of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or any disposition of assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;
 
(21)        dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;
 
(22)        the sale, discount or forgiveness of accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the collection or compromise thereof or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
 
(23)        the abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business which in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company are uneconomical or not material to the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
 
(24)       sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in Joint Ventures or any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the Joint Venture or similar parties set forth in the relevant Joint Venture arrangements and/or similar binding arrangements;
 
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(25)        any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and Leaseback Transactions and asset securitizations, in each case, permitted by this Indenture; and
 
(26)        the disposition of any assets made in connection with the approval of any applicable antitrust authority or otherwise necessary or advisable in the good faith determination of the Company to consummate any acquisition permitted under this Indenture.
 
Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 714 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes.
 
Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended.
 
Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
 
Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.
 
Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
 
Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City (or any other city in which a Paying Agent maintains its office).
 
Capital Markets Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (a) a public offering registered under the Securities Act, (b) a private placement to institutional investors that is resold in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, whether or not it includes registration rights entitling the holders of such debt securities to registration thereof with the SEC, or (c) a private placement to institutional investors.  For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Capital Markets Indebtedness” does not include any Indebtedness under commercial bank facilities, Indebtedness incurred in connection with a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company, Capitalized Lease Obligations or recourse transfer of any financial asset or any other type of Indebtedness incurred in a manner not customarily viewed as a “securities offering.”
 
Capital Stock” means (1) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person, and (2) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.
 
Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP, other than any operating lease that would not be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance in accordance with GAAP prior to December 31, 2018.
 
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Cash Equivalents” means: (1) (a) U.S. dollars and Canadian dollars, (b) pounds sterling, euro, or any national currency of any participating member state of the European Union and (c) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by them from time to time in the ordinary course of business; (2) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (3) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s; (4) commercial paper maturing no more than 24 months from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s; (5) demand and time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $100.0 million; (6) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (4) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (5) above; (7) Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P, “A2” or higher from Moody’s or “A” or higher from Fitch (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition and in each case in a currency permitted under clause (1 )(a) or (1)(b) above; (8) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P, Aa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s or AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Fitch, and in each case in a currency permitted under clause (1)(a) or (1)(b) above; (9) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (8) above; (10) investments in money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and (11) solely in respect of the ordinary course cash management activities of the Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company, equivalents of the investments described in clause (2) above to the extent guaranteed by any member state of the European Union or the country in which the applicable Foreign Subsidiary operates and equivalents of the investments described in clause (5) above issued, accepted or offered by any commercial bank organized under the laws of a member state of the European Union or the jurisdiction of organization of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $100.0 million.
 
Cash Management Obligations”: the collective reference to any obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of (i) overdrafts and related liabilities that arise from treasury services, depositary services, cash pooling services or cash management services (including, without limitation, check drawing and automated payment services (including depository, overdraft, controlled disbursements, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, netting, lockbox, stop payment, electronic funds transfer, information reporting, wire transfer and interstate depository network services, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication transfers, cash pooling and operational foreign exchange management or any similar transactions), (ii) credit, debit, travel and expense, corporate purchasing, merchant, stored value and/or other purchasing cards (including, without limitation, the processing of payments and other administrative services with respect thereto), (iii) dealer incentive, supplier finance or similar programs, current account facilities, (iv) other banking products or services as may be requested by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than letters of credit and other than loans and advances except indebtedness arising from services described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this definition) and (v) Supplemental Banking Services Obligations.
 
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CFC” means a Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.
 
CFC Holding Company” means any Person that owns no material assets other than the Capital Stock, or Capital Stock and Indebtedness, of (x) one or more direct or indirect CFCs or (y) one or more other CFC Holding Companies; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that an entity shall not cease to be a CFC Holding Company by virtue of temporarily holding cash as long as it promptly distributes such cash to its owners or contributes such cash to one or more of the CFCs or CFC Holding Companies that it owns.
 
Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:
 
(i)          any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (provided that a merger or consolidation of the Company shall not be deemed to be the sale, lease, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company) to any Person or group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a “Group”), together with any Affiliates thereof (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture);
 
(ii)          the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture); or
 
(iii)       any Person or Group shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of shares representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Company.
 
Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.
 
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
 
Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, or if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the applicable duties now assigned to it, then the body or bodies performing such duties at such time.
 
Commodity Agreement” means any commodity futures contract, commodity option or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company designed to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in the price of the commodities at the time used in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and not for speculative purposes.
 
Common Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of, such Person’s common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
 
Company” means PHINIA Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.
 
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Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request, order or consent signed in the name of the Company by an Officer of the Company.
 
Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to the Company, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of:  (1) Consolidated Net Income; and (2) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby: (A) provision for taxes based on income, profits, capital or assets, including, without limitation, federal, state, local, provincial, foreign, excise, franchise, property and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes and foreign unreimbursed value added taxes (including, in each case, any future taxes or other levies that replace or are intended to be in lieu of taxes, and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations) of or with respect to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries expensed or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period; (B) Consolidated Interest Expense, write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts, premiums and other fees, charges and expenses associated with the incurrence, purchase, redemption, termination or modification of Indebtedness and Hedging Obligations (including with respect to the Notes and the transactions in connection therewith); any interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP); (C) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; (D) transaction fees, costs and expenses (including rationalization, legal, tax, consulting, advisory and structuring fees, costs and expenses) incurred in connection with the consummation of any Specified Transaction permitted under this Indenture (or any Specified Transaction proposed and not consummated); (E) the amount of any minority and/or non-controlling interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority and/or non-controlling equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income; (F) losses, charges, costs and expenses incurred in connection with discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, such losses shall be added back in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), restructurings, casualty and condemnation events, and dispositions consummated outside the ordinary course of business; (G) restructuring charges and related charges, the amount of any costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings (including sourcing), operating expense reductions, operating improvements, product margin synergies and product cost and other synergies and similar initiatives, integration, transition, reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, restructuring costs (including those related to tax restructurings), charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions, business optimization and other restructuring costs, charges, accruals, reserves and expenses (including, without limitation, inventory and business optimization programs, the opening and pre-opening, closure, relocation and/or consolidation of facilities and locations, unused warehouse space costs, costs related to entry into new markets, unused warehouse space costs, and consulting and other professional fees, signing or retention costs, retention or completion charges or bonuses, relocation expenses, recruitment expenses (including headhunter fees and relocation expenses) severance payments, earnout payments, curtailments and modifications to or losses on settlement of pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension charges, contract termination costs, future lease commitments, system establishment costs and implementation costs and project startup costs and expenses attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives and professional and consulting fees incurred in connection with any of the foregoing); and (H) pro forma adjustments, pro forma cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies, in each case, related to any Specified Transaction consummated by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions taken or expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Company) within 24 months after the date any such Specified Transaction is consummated, and any “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken within 24 months after the date of determination to take such action; provided that (i) such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (ii) no cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (H) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies that are included in clause (A) through (G) above (it being understood and agreed that “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken), and (iii) the share of any such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies with respect to a Joint Venture that are to be allocated to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries shall not exceed the total amount thereof for any such Joint Venture multiplied by the percentage of income of such Joint Venture expected to be included in Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant period; provided that the aggregate amount of all adjustments pursuant to this clause (H) shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for any period (such percentage, in each case, calculated before any amounts are added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (H)); less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
 
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Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Company, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company during the four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available (the “Four Quarter Period”) immediately prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of the Company for the Four Quarter Period.  In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:

  (1)
the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to working capital facilities, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; and


(2)
any Specified Transaction occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date as if such Specified Transaction occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.

In addition, for purposes of this definition:


(A)
if since the beginning of such Four Quarter Period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, amalgamation, merger, consolidation, discontinued operation or operational change that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Four Quarter Period;


(B)
interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP;

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(C)
interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period;


(D)
interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date;


(E)
if interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred or outstanding on the Transaction Date is determined, or may optionally be determined, at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a term secured overnight financing rate or another benchmark rate, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and


(F)
notwithstanding clause (D) or (E) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum in effect on the Transaction Date resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements on such date.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to the Company for any period, the sum, without duplication, of: (1) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (2) the product of (x) the amount of all dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period (other than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Stock) multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local income tax rate of the Company, expressed as a decimal.
 
Consolidated Intangible Assets” means the consolidated intangible assets of the Company and its  Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the most recently  completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available. As used herein, “intangible assets” means the value (net of any applicable reserves) as shown on such balance sheet of (i) all patents, patent rights, trademarks,  trademark registrations, servicemarks, trade names, business names, brand names, copyrights, designs (and all  reissues, divisions, continuations and extensions thereof), or any right to any of the foregoing, (ii) goodwill and (iii)  all other intangible assets.
 
Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to the Company for any period, the sum of, without duplication: (1) the aggregate of the interest expense of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, (A) any amortization of original issue discount, (B) the net costs under Interest Swap Obligations, (C) all capitalized interest, and (D) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation; (2) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations accrued by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; and (3) to the extent not included in clause (1) above, factoring discounts and net losses relating to sales of accounts receivable pursuant to Permitted Receivables Financings during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
 
Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to the Company, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom:
 
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(1)          after-tax gains and losses from Asset Sales or abandonments or reserves relating thereto;
 
(2)        extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains, income, losses or expenses (determined on an after-tax basis) (including severance, relocation costs, integration costs, consolidation and costs related to the opening, closure, relocation and/or consolidation of facilities, signing, retention or completion costs and bonuses, recruiting costs, recruiting and hiring bonuses, transition costs, costs incurred in connection with acquisitions (whether or not consummated) after the Issue Date, including integration costs);
 
(3)         any non-cash compensation expense incurred for grants and issuances of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted shares or other rights or Equity Interests to officers, directors and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including any such grant or issuance to a 401(k) plan or other retirement benefit plan);
 
(4)         the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is restricted by a contract, operation of law or otherwise unless actually distributed;
 
(5)          the net income (loss) of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary, except in the case of net income to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary by such Person;
 
(6)         income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued) from and after the date that such operation is classified as discontinued;
 
(7)         in the case of a successor to the Company by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the Company’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets;
 
(8)          write-downs resulting from the impairment of goodwill or intangible assets;
 
(9)         the amount of amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs and debt issuance costs of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and any premium or penalty paid in connection with redeeming or retiring Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to the Stated Maturity thereof pursuant to the agreements governing such Indebtedness;
 
(10)       any and all costs, expenses, fee, fines, penalties, judgments, legal settlements and other amounts associated with any restructuring, litigation, claim, proceeding or investigation related to or undertaken by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and included in the Company’s audited financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with any related provision for taxes;
 
(11)        the net income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles or policies during such period;
 
(12)       effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP (including in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, deferred rent, deferred trade incentives and other lease-related items and debt line items thereof) resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting, as the case may be, in relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off or removal of revenue otherwise recognizable on any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded or added back in the case of lost revenue;
 
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(13)      (i) any fees, commissions and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization or write-off thereof for such period in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded, and (ii) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the date of any acquisition or other similar Investment, in each case, in accordance with GAAP or as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies, shall be excluded;
 
(14)       any unrealized or realized net gain or loss resulting from currency translation or transaction gains or losses impacting net income (including currency remeasurements of Indebtedness) and any foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses shall be excluded, including those resulting from intercompany Indebtedness;
 
(15)      any unrealized net gains and losses resulting from Hedging Obligations in accordance with GAAP or any other derivative instrument pursuant to the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic Number 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” shall be excluded;
 
(16)       to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a good faith determination that it expects to receive reimbursement within 365 days (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), the amount of any fee, cost, expense or reserve with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded.
 
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, on any date of determination, the excess of Consolidated Total Assets over Consolidated Intangible Assets.
 
Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to the Company, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and all other non-cash expenses of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash payments for any future period).
 
Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens as of such date minus the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such time to (b) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company during the Four Quarter Period immediately prior to the Transaction Date for which financial statements are available, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”
 
 “Consolidated Total Assets” means the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.
 
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Consolidated Total Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date minus the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such time to (b) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company during the Four Quarter Period immediately prior to the Transaction Date for which financial statements are available, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”
 
Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Obligations in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (and excluding (x) any undrawn letters of credit and (y) all obligations relating to Permitted Receivables Financings) and (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company and all Disqualified Capital Stock and Preferred Stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding items eliminated in consolidation), with the amount of such Disqualified Capital Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and Maximum Fixed Repurchase Prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
 
For purposes of this definition of Consolidated Total Indebtedness, the “Maximum Fixed Repurchase Price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock were purchased on the applicable date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Company.
 
Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2023, among the Company, the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and an L/C issuer, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 4, 2024, together with the documents related thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their terms, including any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted by Section 407 (including the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”)) or adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
 
Credit Agreement Agent” means the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement.
 
Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including the Credit Agreement and the Secured Notes) or commercial paper facilities providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to Special Purpose Entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, or any indentures, debt securities or other form of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments), in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
 
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Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary against fluctuations in currency values.
 
Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice of both would be, an Event of Default.
 
Depositary” means DTC, its nominees and successors.
 
Delaware LLC Division” means the statutory division of any limited liability company into two or more limited liability companies pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
 
Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption, repurchase of, or collection or payment on, such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
 
Disqualified Capital Stock” means that portion of any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (excluding any transactions similar to an Excess Proceeds Offer or Change of Control Offer), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is mandatorily exchangeable for Indebtedness, or is redeemable or exchangeable for Indebtedness, at the sole option of the holder thereof on or prior to the final maturity date of the Notes.
 
Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary incorporated or otherwise organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
 
DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.
 
Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock, including any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness until such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness has been converted pursuant to the terms thereof).
 
Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of the Common Stock of the Company, other than any public offering with respect to the Company’s Common Stock registered on Form S-8 or other issuances upon exercise of options by employees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or any successor securities clearing agency.
 
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
 
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Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary, (b) any Accounts Receivable Entity, not-for-profit Subsidiary, captive insurance company or other Special Purpose Entity, (c) any CFC Holding Company, (d) any (i) Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, (e) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary; provided that an existing Guarantor shall not be released from its Subsidiary Guarantee and shall not be considered an Excluded Subsidiary solely as a result of such Guarantor becoming a non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary if as a result of (A) a disposition or issuance of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, in either case, to a person that is an Affiliate of the Company or (B) any transaction entered into primarily for the purpose of such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Guarantor, (f) any Subsidiary that is prohibited from providing a Subsidiary Guarantee in respect of the Notes Obligations by (i) any provision of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of its assets or property is bound existing on the date such Person became a Subsidiary; provided that such provision is not entered into for the purpose of qualifying as an “Excluded Subsidiary” under this Indenture or (ii) applicable law, (g) any Subsidiary that would require the consent, approval, license or authorization of any third party (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) in order to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee in respect of the Notes Obligations pursuant to any agreement, instrument or other undertaking referred to in clause (f)(i) above or applicable law (in each case, to the extent such consent, approval, license or authorization has not been received), (h) prior to the consummation of a merger transaction, any Subsidiary that is newly formed for the purpose of consummating such merger transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by this Indenture, which Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it substantially contemporaneously with the closing of such merger transaction, (i) any Subsidiary to the extent the provision of a Subsidiary Guarantee by such Subsidiary in respect of the Notes Obligations would reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as mutually agreed by the Company and the Credit Agreement Agent, (j) any Unrestricted Subsidiary and (k) any Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Credit Agreement Agent and the Company, the burden or cost or other consequences (including material adverse tax consequences) of providing a Subsidiary Guarantee outweighs the benefits to the  Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement); provided that any such Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary will cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary at any time such Subsidiary incurs any Qualifying Indebtedness that, in the aggregate, exceeds $25 million or guarantees any Qualifying Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor that, in the aggregate, exceeds $25 million.
 
Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.  Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Ltd. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
 
Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized and existing under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
 
Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized and existing under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
 
GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as of the Issue Date.
 
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Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange, any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) and any applicable supranational bodies (such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
 
Guarantor” means (1) each Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) as of the Issue Date and (2) each other Restricted Subsidiary that in the future is required to or executes a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 414 or otherwise; provided that any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its Subsidiary Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
 
Guarantor Supplemental Indenture” means a Supplemental Indenture, to be entered into substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
 
Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person in respect of (a) interest rate, commodity or currency swap agreements, interest rate, commodity or currency cap agreements, interest rate, commodity or currency collar agreements or (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices and/or currency exchange rates.
 
Holder” or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.
 
Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries” means, at any time, any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that does not own or hold assets (after the elimination of intercompany items) in excess of an amount equal to (i) individually, 2.5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and (ii) together with all such Restricted Subsidiaries, 5.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees the Credit Agreement or any obligation thereunder shall be deemed an Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary.
 
Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:
 
(1)          all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money;
 
(2)          all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;
 
(3)          all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
 
(4)         all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue by 90 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted);
 
(5)         all Obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction;
 
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(6)          guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and clause (8) below;
 
(7)        all Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such Obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property or asset or the amount of the Obligation so secured;
 
(8)        all Obligations under Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations of such Person; provided that the amount of Indebtedness represented by a Currency Agreement or Hedging Obligation shall be zero if such Currency Agreements or Interest Swap Obligations are Incurred for non-speculative purposes; and
 
(9)        all Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company and all Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued and unpaid dividends, if any.
 
For purposes of the definition of Indebtedness, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock, such Fair Market Value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock. Indebtedness shall not include any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, any Permitted Warrant Transaction or any obligations thereunder.
 
Independent Financial Advisor” means a firm (1) which does not, and whose directors, officers and employees and Affiliates do not, have a direct or indirect material financial interest in the Company and (2) which, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, is otherwise independent and qualified to perform the task for which it is to be engaged.
 
Initial Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Indenture.
 
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to such Person or with respect to any of its assets, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of such Person whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of such Person.
 
interest,” with respect to the Notes, means interest on the Notes and, except for purposes of Article IX, additional or special interest pursuant to the terms of any Note.
 
Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or indirectly, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate lock obligations, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
 
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Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by, any other Person.  “Investment” shall exclude extensions of trade credit by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be.
 
Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s or BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P (or the equivalent rating by any Successor Rating Agency).
 
Investment Grade Securities” means (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents); (ii) securities or instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Company and its Subsidiaries; (iii) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and (iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.
 
Issue Date” means September 17, 2024, the date of initial issuance of the Notes.
 
Joint Venture” means any Person in which the Company and/or its Subsidiaries hold less than a majority of the Capital Stock, and which does not constitute a Subsidiary of the Company, whether direct or indirect.
 
LCT Determination Date” means (i) the date a definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into, in the case of a Limited Condition Transaction described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, or (ii) the date on which irrevocable notice of the applicable redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock is delivered, in the case of a Limited Condition Transaction described in clause (b) of the definition thereof.
 
Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).
 
Limited Condition Transaction” means any (a) acquisition, including by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Capital Stock or otherwise, of any assets, business or Person, or any other Investment by one or more of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by this Indenture (and including the incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness in connection therewith), in each case, whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party financing, and (b) redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock requiring the giving of advance irrevocable notice of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment.
 
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Material Intellectual Property” means any intellectual property that is material to the normal operation of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
 
Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its rating agency business.
 
Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting interest), received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of:
 
(1)          reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, sales commissions and relocation expenses);
 
(2)         taxes paid or payable after taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements;
 
(3)         repayments of Indebtedness secured by the property or assets subject to such Asset Sale that is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale; and
 
(4)         appropriate amounts to be determined by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale.
 
Non‑U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.
 
Notes” means the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes that are actually issued.  The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under this Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
 
Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes, this Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees (including Post-Petition Interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not constituting an allowed or allowable claim in such proceedings).
 
Obligations” means any and all obligations with respect to the payment of (a) any principal of or interest (including Post-Petition Interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings, whether or not a claim for Post-Petition Interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) or premium on any Indebtedness, including any reimbursement obligation in respect of any letter of credit and (b) any fees, indemnification obligations, damages, expense reimbursement obligations or other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
 
Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum of the Company, dated  September 10, 2024, relating to the offering of the Initial Notes.
 
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Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary (or any person serving the equivalent function of any of the foregoing) of such Person (or the general partner, managing member or sole member of such Person) or any individual designated as an “Officer” for purposes of this Indenture by the Board of Directors of such Person (or the general partner, managing member or sole member of such Person).
 
Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.
 
Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 106.
 
Outstanding” or “outstanding,” when used with respect to Notes means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
 
(i)           Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
 
(ii)         Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
 
(iii)         Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture.
 
A Note does not cease to be Outstanding because the Company or any Affiliate of the Company holds the Note (and such Note shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of this Indenture); provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.  Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
 
Outstanding Permitted Receivables Financings” means the  receivables sold, contributed or financed pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Financing.  For the avoidance of doubt, regardless of the accounting treatment under GAAP, it is understood that the amount financed pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Financing is the aggregate amount of capital funded by the purchasers (other than an Accounts Receivable Entity) thereunder and outstanding at the time of determination.
 
Pari Passu Indebtedness means (1) with respect to the Company, the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks equally in right of payment to the Notes and (2) with respect to any Guarantor, its Subsidiary Guarantee and any Indebtedness which ranks equally in right of payment to such Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee.
 
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Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company; provided that neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall act as Paying Agent for purposes of Section 1103 or Section 1205.  The Trustee will initially act as Paying Agent for the Notes.
 
“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent  derivative transaction) relating to the Company’s Common Stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the Common Stock of the Company) purchased by the Company in connection with the  issuance of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness; provided that, the purchase price for such Permitted Bond  Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant  Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Company from the issuance of such Permitted  Convertible Indebtedness in connection with such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
 
“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness” means any unsecured notes issued by the Company that are  convertible into a fixed number (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other  customary changes thereto) of shares of Common Stock of the Company (or other securities or property following a  merger event or other change of the Common Stock of the Company), cash or any combination thereof (with the  amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such Common Stock or such  other securities); provided that, the Indebtedness thereunder must satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) both  immediately prior to and upon giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall  exist or result therefrom, (ii) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (iii)  any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that  relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of the Company or any other obligor (such indebtedness or other  payment obligations, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least thirty (30) calendar  days (after written notice to the issuer of such Debt by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding) before a default, event of default,  acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default  under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision and (iv) the terms, conditions and covenants of such  Indebtedness must be customary for convertible Indebtedness of such type (as determined by the Board of Directors  of the Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith). For the avoidance of doubt, Permitted Convertible  Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and shall not include any  reduction or appreciation in value of the shares deliverable upon conversion thereof.
 
Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:
 
(1)          Indebtedness under the Notes, this Indenture and any Subsidiary Guarantees, in each case outstanding on the Issue Date;
 
(2)        Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Credit Facility, including but not limited to the Credit Agreement and the Secured Notes, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding (including any Refinancing thereof) not to exceed the sum of (x) $1,300.0 million, (y) an amount equal to the greater of (i) $400.0 million and (ii) 75.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Four Quarter Period most recently ended, calculated on a pro forma basis and (z) an amount such that at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the use of proceeds therefrom and with all amounts incurred pursuant to this clause (z) deemed to be secured by a Lien for purposes of the calculation hereunder), the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would not be greater than 1.50 to 1.00;
 
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(3)          Indebtedness consisting of the accretion of original issue discount with respect to any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness;
 
(4)       Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;
 
(5)          other Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date, other than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (1)-(2) above;
 
(6)         Interest Swap Obligations entered into to protect the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary from fluctuations in interest rates on Indebtedness incurred in accordance with this Indenture to the extent the notional principal amount of such Interest Swap Obligations does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Interest Swap Obligations relate;
 
(7)          Indebtedness under Currency Agreements and Commodity Agreements; provided that in the case of Currency Agreements which relate to Indebtedness, such Currency Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;
 
(8)         Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary for so long as such Indebtedness is held by the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or the lenders or collateral agent under any agreement governing Secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 407 and Section 413, in each case subject to no Lien held by a Person other than the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or the lenders or collateral agent under any agreement governing Secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 407 and Section 413; provided that if as of any date any Person other than the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or the lenders or collateral agent under any agreement governing Secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 407 and Section 413 owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness under this clause (8) by the issuer of such Indebtedness;
 
(9)         Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary for so long as such Indebtedness is held by a Restricted Subsidiary or the lenders or the collateral agent under any agreement governing Secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 407 and Section 413 and is subject to no Lien other than a Lien in favor of the lenders or collateral agent under any agreement governing Secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 407 and Section 413; provided that (a) any Indebtedness of the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary is unsecured and, except in the case of Indebtedness owed to Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company, subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and (b) if as of any date any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary owns or holds any such Indebtedness or any Person holds a Lien other than a Lien in favor of the lenders or collateral agent under any agreement governing Secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 407 and Section 413, such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness under this clause (9) by the Company;
 
(10)       Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten Business Days after incurrence;
 
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(11)       Indebtedness incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of (x) banker’s acceptances, bank guarantees, letters of credit, warehouse receipts or similar reimbursement type instruments or obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or unemployment insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices and (y) obligations (including reimbursement obligations with respect to guaranties, letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments) in respect of tenders, statutory obligations, leases, governmental contracts, trade contracts, stay, performance, bid, customs, appeal and surety bonds and performance and/or return of money bonds and completion guarantees or other obligations of a like nature provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
 
(12)        Refinancing Indebtedness;
 
(13)       additional Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference that, when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (including any Refinancing thereof), does not exceed the greater of (i) $230.0 million and (ii) 7.5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at any one time outstanding;
 
(14)       additional Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference that, when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (including any Refinancing thereof), does not exceed  the greater of (i) $205.0 million and (ii) 6.5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at any one time outstanding;
 
(15)       Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference that, when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (including any Refinancing thereof), does not exceed the greater of (i) $315.0 million and (ii) 10.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, at any one time outstanding;
 
(16)        Outstanding Permitted Receivables Financings;
 
(17)       any Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary under the terms of this Indenture at the time so incurred;
 
(18)        Acquired Indebtedness, provided that either (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions on a pro forma basis as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Four Quarter Period, the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 407(a) or (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions on a pro forma basis as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Four Quarter Period, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company would be equal to or greater than the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior, and without giving effect, to such transaction; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Acquired Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (18) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed, together with the amount of Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 407(a), the greater of (i) $300.0 million and (ii) 9.5% of Consolidated Net Tangible  Assets at the time of incurrence;
 
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(19)       Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company permitted by Section 409(b)(iii), in an aggregate outstanding amount not exceeding, together with outstanding Investments permitted by clause (4)(ii) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”, $15.0 million;
 
(20)        Guarantees of foreign pension obligations and liabilities of the Company and/or any Subsidiary;
 
(21)      Indebtedness arising from agreements providing for indemnification, purchase price adjustments or similar obligations incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any acquisition or disposition in each case permitted by this Indenture;
 
(22)       Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under deferred compensation (e.g., earn-outs, indemnifications, incentive non-competes and other contingent or deferred obligations) or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with any disposition or acquisition or other Investment in each case permitted by this Indenture;
 
(23)       Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums, (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, (iii) obligations to reacquire assets or inventory in connection with customer financing arrangements or (iv) obligations owing under supply, customer, distribution, license, lease or similar agreements, in each case with respect to clauses (i) through (iv), entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
(24)       Indebtedness supported by a letter of credit issued or created by any Person (other than the Company or any of its Affiliates) by or for the account of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to another clause of this definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” the availability of which is subject to a stated quantum in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;
 
(25)        [reserved];
 
(26)        [reserved];
 
(27)       Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business or constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments supporting trade payables, discounted bills of exchange, the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes;
 
(28)        Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary consisting of guarantees of Indebtedness of any Joint Venture that is not a Subsidiary of the Company to the extent permitted as Investments under Section 409; and
 
(29)        Indebtedness in respect of Cash Management Obligations.
 
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If any Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary would qualify in more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness as set forth in clauses (1) through (29) of this definition, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 407(a), the Company may classify under which category such incurrence shall be deemed to have been made or, for the avoidance of doubt, later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with Section 407 (including this definition); provided that Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the Secured Notes outstanding on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been incurred in reliance on the exception provided by clause (2)(x) of this definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and may not be reclassified.
 
Permitted Investments” means:
 
(1)          Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person that is or will become immediately after such Investment a Restricted Subsidiary or that will merge into or consolidate with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(2)          Investments in the Company by any Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(3)          Investments in cash, Cash Equivalents and Investment Grade Securities;
 
(4)        loans and advances to employees, officers and directors of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (i) in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes not in excess of an aggregate of  the greater of (x) $25.0 million and (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at any one time outstanding and (ii) in connection with any such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Company in an aggregate outstanding amount not exceeding, together with outstanding Indebtedness permitted by clause (19) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, $15.0 million;
 
(5)         Commodity Agreements, Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s businesses and otherwise in compliance with this Indenture;
 
(6)         extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business and Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers or in settlement of delinquent accounts;
 
(7)          Investments made by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 411 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
 
(8)          Investments in Persons, including, without limitation, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures, engaged in a business similar or related to or logical extensions of the businesses in which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date, not to exceed the greater of (i) $95.0 million and (ii) 3.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of such Investment, at any one time outstanding (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, but net of any repayments or other returns of capital on any such Investments that do not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 409(a)(3)(E);
 
(9)         Investments, in an aggregate amount together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (i) $155.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of any such Investment, at any one time outstanding (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, but net of any repayments or other returns of capital on any such Investments that do not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 409(a)(3)(E);
 
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(10)        Investments in an Accounts Receivable Entity or otherwise supporting a Permitted Receivables Financing;
 
(11)       any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company;
 
(12)        Guarantees and letters of credit issued in accordance with Section 407;
 
(13)      any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date and any extension, modification, replacement, renewal or reinvestments of any such Investments existing or committed on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment or commitment as in existence on the Issue Date or (y) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
 
(14)        any Investment held by any Person at the time that such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Investment was not made in connection with or in contemplation thereof;
 
(15)       Investments to contribute, distribute or otherwise transfer (in one or more transactions) any assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries to or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(16)       Investments consisting of licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
 
(17)       Investments if, at the time of making such Investments, and after giving effect thereto (including, without limitation, the Incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance such Investments), the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio would not exceed 3.00 to 1.00; provided that in no event shall this clause (17) be used to make Investments in (through designation or otherwise) any Unrestricted Subsidiary;
 
(18)        Investments consisting of customary buy/sell arrangements between the Joint Venture parties set forth in Joint Venture agreements and similar binding arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;
 
(19)      Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable, notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit, and guarantees and letters of credit for the benefit of existing or potential suppliers, customers, distributors, licensors, licensees, lessees and lessors, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
 
(20)        agreements governing Hedging Obligations entered into to hedge actual exposure and not for speculative purposes;
 
(21)       deposit accounts and securities accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business, and to the extent constituting an Investment, Cash Management Obligations;
 
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(22)        the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s entry into (including payments of premiums in connection therewith), and the performance of obligations under, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions and Permitted Warrant Transactions in accordance with their terms;
 
(23)       any Investments in a Joint Venture to the extent such Investment is substantially contemporaneously repaid in full with a dividend or other distribution from such Joint Venture;
 
(24)       Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials or equipment or purchases, acquisitions, licenses (or other grants or rights to use or exploit) or leases of other assets, intellectual property, or other rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
 
(25)        Investments maintained in connection with the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ deferred compensation plan in the ordinary course of business;
 
(26)        Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and works compensation, performance and similar deposits in each case entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course;
 
(27)        guarantees of leases (other than capital leases) or of other obligations not constituting Indebtedness, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
 
(28)       Investments constituting advances, deposits, prepayments and other credits to, and guarantees and letters of credit for the benefit of, existing or potential suppliers, customers, distributors, licensors, licensees, lessee and lessors, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, to maintain the ordinary course of business or where there is a reasonable expectation for a material commercial benefit, as the case may be;
 
(29)        repurchases of the Notes; and
 
(30)      acquisitions by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of one or more directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such director’s, officer’s, employee’s or consultant’s acquisition of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to such directors, officers, employees or consultants in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations.
 
Permitted Liens” means the following types of Liens:
 
(1)         Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims either (A) not delinquent or (B) contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, in each case, as to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP;
 
(2)        statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;
 
(3)         Liens on property or shares of Capital Stock of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person and not incurred in connection with or in contemplation thereof; provided, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto);
 
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(4)         Liens on property at the time such Person or any of its Subsidiaries acquires the property and not incurred in connection with or in contemplation thereof, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person; provided, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto);
 
(5)          Liens arising out of leases or subleases granted in the ordinary course of business;
 
(6)          any interest or title of a lessor under any lease;
 
(7)          Liens arising out of consignments or similar arrangements for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business;
 
(8)         Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, indemnity, warranty, surety, appeal and similar bonds, bids, leases, contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds, completion guarantees and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
 
(9)         judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
 
(10)       easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not impairing in any material respect the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(11)       any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or asset which is not leased property subject to such Capitalized Lease Obligation;
 
(12)       Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to clause (15) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” in accordance with Section 407, and Liens securing Indebtedness which Refinances any such Indebtedness; provided, however, that (A) the Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligations (or Refinancing Indebtedness) shall not be secured by any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the property and assets so acquired (and assets affixed or appurtenant thereto and improvements thereto) and (B) the Lien shall be initially be created within 180 days after such acquisition or completion of construction, installation, improvement or repair of the assets related to such Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligation;
 
(13)      Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
 
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(14)        Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
 
(15)       Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual or warranty requirements of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and setoff;
 
(16)        Liens securing Interest Swap Obligations which Interest Swap Obligations relate to Indebtedness that is otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
 
(17)        Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Commodity Agreements, Currency Agreements, Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations, in each case permitted under this Indenture;
 
(18)       Liens securing Indebtedness constituting Acquired Indebtedness pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof (and any Indebtedness which Refinances such Indebtedness) incurred in accordance with Section 407; provided that (A) such Liens secured such Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of, the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and (B) such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or of any of the Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets that secured such Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(19)        Liens securing Indebtedness of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in accordance with this Indenture; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets other than property or assets of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(20)        Liens incurred in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing;
 
(21)       Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (2) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and all other Obligations relating thereto;
 
(22)       Liens securing Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 407;
 
(23)        [reserved];
 
(24)       Liens existing as of the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such Liens are in effect on the Issue Date (other than Liens permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (21) above and  clause (26) below);
 
(25)        [reserved];
 
(26)        Liens securing the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees outstanding on the Issue Date;
 
(27)        Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
 
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(28)       Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness which is incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) which has been secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture and which has been incurred in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Liens (x) are no less favorable to Holders of the Notes and are not more favorable to the lienholders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and (y) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so Refinanced;
 
(29)       additional Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $190.0 million and (ii) 6.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, measured at the time of the incurrence of Indebtedness, at any one time outstanding;
 
(30)       Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
 
(31)        [reserved];
 
(32)       Liens incurred to secure Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 407; provided that at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 1.50 to 1.00;
 
(33)       deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance brokers, insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business; and
 
(34)        security given to a public utility or any municipality or Governmental Authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business.
 
For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (x) a Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described in this definition but may be incurred under any combination of such categories (including in part under one such category and in part under any other such category) and (y) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such categories of Permitted Liens, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition.
 
Permitted Receivables Financing” means any sale or contribution by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of accounts receivable and related assets intended to be (and which shall be treated for purposes of this Indenture as) a true sale transaction with customary limited recourse based upon the collectibility of the receivables and related assets sold and the corresponding sale or pledge of such accounts receivable and related assets (or an interest therein), in each case without any guarantee (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than of collectibility of receivables transferred or of Indebtedness) pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities customary for such transactions), by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than an Accounts Receivable Entity.
 
Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Company’s Common Stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the Common Stock of the Company) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such Common Stock) sold by the Company substantially concurrently with any purchase by  the Company of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.
 
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Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated organization, trust or Joint Venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
Post-Petition Interest” means any interest or entitlement to fees or expenses or other charges that  accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable as  a claim in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
 
Place of Payment” means a city or any political subdivision thereof in which any Paying Agent appointed pursuant to Article III is located.
 
Predecessor Notes” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.
 
Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.
 
Purchase Money Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of an Asset Acquisition or the acquisition, lease, construction, installation, repair or improvement of any property or assets (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets); provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed such purchase price or cost of such acquisition, lease, construction, installation, repair or improvement.
 
QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer,” as that term is defined in Rule 144A.
 
Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
 
Qualifying Indebtedness” means any (i) Indebtedness under any Credit Facilities (other than Permitted  Indebtedness) incurred pursuant to Section 407, (ii) Indebtedness under any Credit Facilities incurred pursuant to clause (2), (13) or (18) of the  definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”, (iii) Indebtedness under syndicated credit facilities and (iv) Capital Markets  Indebtedness.
 
Rating Agencies” means Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; provided that if S&P, Moody’s, Fitch or any Successor Rating Agency (as defined below) shall cease to be in the business of providing rating services for debt securities generally, the Company shall be entitled to replace any such Rating Agency or Successor Rating Agency, as the case may be, which has ceased to be in the business of providing rating services for debt securities generally with a security rating agency which is in the business of providing rating services for debt securities generally and which is nationally recognized in the United States (such rating agency, a “Successor Rating Agency”).
 
“Receivables Assets” means any receivables, royalty, patent or other revenue streams and other rights to  payment and related assets (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future), all collateral securing such  receivables, revenue streams or other rights of payment, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other  obligations in respect of such receivables, revenue streams or other rights of payment, all proceeds of such  receivables, revenue streams or other rights of payment and other assets (including contract rights) which are of the  type customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with  Permitted Receivables Financing and which, in each case, are sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or in  which a security interest is granted by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to an Accounts Receivable  Entity that in turn sells, conveys, assigns, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers such Receivables Assets  to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
 
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Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed or purchased, means the date fixed for such redemption or purchase by or pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.
 
Refinance” means in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.
 
Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Refinancing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 407 (other than pursuant to clause (2), (13), (14), (15), (16), (19)or (20) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”), in each case that does not: (1) result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness of such Person as of the date of the completion of all components of such proposed Refinancing (provided such completion occurs within 60 days of the initial incurrence of Indebtedness in connection with such Refinancing) plus the amount of any accrued and unpaid interest and any premium reasonably necessary to Refinance such Indebtedness and all other Related Costs; or (2) create Indebtedness with (A) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (B) a final maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
 
provided that (x) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness of the Company and/or a Guarantor, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of the Company and/or such Guarantor and (y) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
 
Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means April 1 and October 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
 
Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
 
Regulation S Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
 
Related Costs” means the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid interest, and premiums if any (including, but limited to, redemption or tender premiums) on the Indebtedness being Refinanced and any and all fees, underwriting discounts, defeasance costs and other costs, fees, discounts and expenses incurred in connection with any Refinancing.
 
Replacement Assets” means assets and property reasonably expected to be used in the business of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries or in a business that is the same, similar or reasonably related thereto (including Capital Stock of a Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary).
 
Representative” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s designated agent.
 
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Resale Restriction Termination Date” means, with respect to any Note, the date that is one year (or such other period as may hereafter be provided under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor provision thereto as permitting the resale by non‑affiliates of Restricted Securities without restriction) after the later of the original issue date in respect of such Note and the last date on which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any Predecessor Note thereto).
 
Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
 
Restricted Security” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, at its request, and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.
 
Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that has not been designated by the Board of Directors of the Company, by a Board Resolution of the Company delivered to the Trustee, as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with Section 408.  Any such Designation may be revoked by a Board Resolution of the Company delivered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of such covenant.
 
Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
 
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.
 
Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of such property.
 
Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
 
Secured Notes” means the Company’s outstanding 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2029.
 
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
 
Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary (or, solely for the purposes of Section 405, any Subsidiary) that satisfies the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
 
“Similar Business” means any business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the  Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.
 
“Special Purpose Entity” means any Subsidiary whose organizational documents contain restrictions on its  purpose and activities intended to preserve its separateness from the Company and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company.
 
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Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
 
Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, acquisition, disposition, amalgamation, merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, issuance of Capital Stock, incurrence, issuance, assumption, repayment, Refinancing, termination, amendment or modification of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary.
 
Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the date specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such Indebtedness is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase or repayment of such Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency).
 
Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness as to which the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest and other payment obligations is subordinate or junior in right of payment by its terms to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable.  Indebtedness shall not constitute Subordinated Indebtedness solely due to the fact that it is unsecured or secured by a Lien that is junior to any Secured Indebtedness or does not have the benefit of any guarantees.
 
Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, means (1) any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (2) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.
 
Subsidiary Guarantee” means the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Obligations of the Company under the Notes pursuant to this Indenture.
 
Supplemental Banking Services Obligations” means obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of working capital and long term credit agreements, bank issued guarantees, credit facilities supporting letters of credit and/or bank issued guarantees, any arrangements relating to bilateral letters of credit (including standby and documentary letters of credit) and bank guarantees, demand deposit and trust or operating account relationships, in each case provided by any lender (or any Affiliate thereof) under the Credit Agreement in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of up to $100.0 million at any time (subject to the last sentence of this definition of Supplemental Banking Services Obligations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an obligation shall constitute a Supplemental Banking Services Obligation only if the Company has designated such obligation as a Supplemental Banking Services Obligation in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
 
TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as otherwise provided herein.
 
Transaction Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
 
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Treasury Rate” means, with respect to a redemption date, the weekly average for each Business Day during the most recent week that has ended at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date of the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to October 15, 2027; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to such date is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United Stated Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
 
Trust Officer” means any corporate trust officer or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such corporate trust officers or any other officer of the Trustee to whom a corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, in each case, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
 
Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
 
 “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or any other applicable jurisdiction.
 
Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company designated as such pursuant to and in compliance with Section 408.  Any such designation may be revoked by a Board Resolution of the Company delivered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of such covenant.
 
U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, that, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
 
Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (A) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (I) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (II) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (B) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness.
 
Wholly Owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary that is also a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.
 
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Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of the Company means any Restricted Subsidiary of which all the outstanding voting securities (other than in the case of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by the Company or any other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary.
 
Section 102.     Other Definitions.
 
Term
Defined in
Section
“Act”
108
“Affiliate Transaction”
412
“Agent Members”
312
“Authentication Order”
303
“Certificate of Beneficial Ownership”
313
“Change of Control Offer”
415
“Change of Control Payment Date”
415
“Consolidated Tax Payments”
412
“Covenant Defeasance”
1203
“Defaulted Interest”
307
“Defeased Notes”
1201
“Designation”
408
“Designation Amount”
408
“Event of Default”
601
“Excess Proceeds”
411
“Excess Proceeds Offer”
411
“Excess Proceeds Trigger Date”
411
“Expiration Date”
108
“Foreign Disposition”
411
“Global Notes”
201
“Guarantee”
414
“Guaranteed Indebtedness”
414
“incur”
407
“Interest Payment Date”
301
“Legal Defeasance”
1202
“Note Register” and “Note Registrar”
305
“Notice of Default”
702
“payment default”
601
“Permitted Payments”
409
“Physical Notes”
201
“Private Placement Legend”
203
“Regulation S Global Notes”
201
“Regulation S Note Exchange Date”
313
“Regulation S Physical Notes”
201
“Reference Date”
409
“Restricted Payment”
409
“Reversion Date”
416
“Revocation”
408
“Rule 144A Global Notes”
201
“Rule 144A Physical Notes”
201
“Secured Notes Excess Proceeds”
411
“Secured Notes Excess Proceeds Offer”
411
“Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations”
1301
“Suspended Covenants”
416
“Suspension Date”
416
“Suspension Period”
416
“Surviving Entity”
501

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Section 103.   Rules of Construction.  For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
 
(1)          the terms defined in this Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in this Indenture;
 
(2)          “or” is not exclusive;
 
(3)          all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
 
(4)          the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
 
(5)          all references to “$” or “dollars” shall refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America;
 
(6)          the words “include,” “included” and “including,” as used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “without limitation,” if not expressly followed by such phrase or the phrase “but not limited to”;
 
(7)          words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;
 
(8)         references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time;
 
(9)          any reference to a Section, Article or clause refers to such Section, Article or clause of this Indenture; and
 
(10)       notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture, no provision of the TIA shall apply or be incorporated by reference into this Indenture or the Notes, except as specifically set forth in this Indenture.
 
Section 104.     [Reserved].
 
Section 105.     [Reserved].

Section 106.    Compliance Certificates and Opinions.  Upon any application or request by the Company or by any other obligor upon the Notes (including any Guarantor) to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or such other obligor (including any Guarantor), as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under this Indenture.  Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of one or more Officer’s Certificates, if to be given by an Officer, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of this Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any such request or application as to which the furnishing of any Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular request or application, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
 
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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 406) shall include:
 
(1)          a statement that the individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, as applicable, and the definitions herein relating thereto;
 
(2)        a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
 
(3)        a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition, as applicable, has been complied with; and
 
(4)         a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition or covenant, as applicable, has been complied with.
 
Section 107.   Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.  In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
 
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous.  Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers to the effect that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
 
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
 
Section 108.    Acts of Noteholders; Record Dates.  (a)  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, as the case may be.  Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 701) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company, and any other obligor upon the Notes, if made in the manner provided in this Section 108.
 
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(b)         The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof.  Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership or other legal entity other than an individual, on behalf of such corporation or partnership or entity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such Person’s authority.  The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
 
(c)          The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
 
(d)          Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
 
(e)          (i)  The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Notes, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph.  If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Persons remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on such record date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is taken.  Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110.
 
(ii)          The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to join in the giving or making of (A) any Notice of Default, (B) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 602, (C) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 607(ii) or (D) any direction referred to in Section 612, in each case with respect to Notes.  If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on such record date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is taken.  Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110.
 
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(iii)        With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 108, the party hereto that sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the Company or the Trustee, whichever such party is not setting a record date pursuant to this Section 108(e) in writing, and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date.  If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 108, the party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
 
(iv)        Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
 
(v)         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including the Depositary, that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and the Depositary, as the Holder of a Global Note, may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.
 
(vi)        The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by the Depositary entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders.  If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization direction, notice consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date.  No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
 
Section 109.     Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
 
(1)          the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or by any other obligor upon the Notes shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at 535 Griswold Street, Suite 550, Detroit, MI 48226; Fax No.: (313) 963-9428; Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services  or at any other address furnished in writing to the Company by the Trustee,
 
(2)          the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, or delivered by electronic transmission, to the Company at 3000 University Drive, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326, Attention: General Counsel (email: rboyle@phinia.com) or at any other physical or electronic address furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company,
 
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(3)          the Company or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
 
Section 110.    Notices to Holders; Waiver.  Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to each Holder, at such Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.  In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.
 
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
 
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail notice of any event as required by any provision of this Indenture, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary (including delivery by electronic mail).
 
Section 111.     Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.  The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
 
Section 112.    Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind their respective successors.
 
Section 113.     Separability Clause.  In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
 
Section 114.    Benefits of Indenture.  Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
 
Section 115.     Governing Law; Jurisdiction.  THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
 
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The Company and the Guarantors agree that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or any Guarantor brought by any Holder or the Trustee arising out of or based upon this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be instituted in any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of them irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. The Company and the Guarantors irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to any suit, action, or proceeding that may be brought in connection with this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes, including such actions, suits or proceedings relating to securities laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, in such courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company and the Guarantors agree that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be, and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be, are subject by a suit upon such judgment.
 
Section 116.   Waiver of Trial by Jury.  Each of the parties hereto hereby waives the right to trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Indenture.
 
Section 117.     Legal Holidays.  In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of interest or principal and premium (if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
 
Section 118.     No Personal Liability of Directors, Managers, Officers, Employees, Incorporators and Stockholders.  No past, present or future director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof, in their respective capacities as such, shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation.  Each Noteholder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
 
Section 119.     Exhibits and Schedules.  All exhibits and schedules attached hereto are by this reference made a part hereof with the same effect as if herein set forth in full.
 
Section 120.     Counterparts.  This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Indenture and any document delivered in connection with this Indenture by facsimile, electronically in portable document format (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or in any other format will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using electronic signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
 
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Section 121.     Force Majeure.  In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, epidemics or pandemics, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services and the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire, telex or other wire or communication facility (it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable best efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances).
 
Section 122.     USA PATRIOT Act.  The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee.  The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) with such information as it may reasonably request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.
 
Section 123.    Financial Calculations for Limited Condition Transactions.  When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture, in each case in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of such basket or ratio and of any Default or Event of Default shall, at the option of the Company,  be the LCT Determination Date and such baskets or ratios shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds therefrom) as if they occurred at the beginning of the applicable reference period for purposes of determining the ability to consummate any such Limited Condition Transaction (and not for purposes of any subsequent availability of any basket or ratio), and, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) if any of such baskets or ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such basket or ratio (including due to fluctuations in the Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company or the target company) subsequent to such LCT Determination Date and at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Transaction, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Transaction is permitted under this Indenture and (y) such baskets or ratios shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction or related transactions; provided, further, that if the Company elects to have such determinations occur at the LCT Determination Date, then any such transactions (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds therefrom) shall be deemed to have occurred on the LCT Determination Date thereafter for purposes of calculating any baskets or ratios under this Indenture after the date LCT Determination Date and before the consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction.
 
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ARTICLE II
 
NOTE FORMS
 
Section 201.  Forms Generally.  The Initial Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be in substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this Article II and Exhibit A attached hereto (as such forms may be modified in accordance with Section 301).  Any Additional Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be in substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this Article II and Exhibit A attached hereto (as such forms may be modified in accordance with Section 301). Exhibit A is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture.  The Notes may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, notations, legends, endorsements, identifications and other variations as are required or permitted by law, stock exchange rule or depositary rule or usage, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or other customary usage, or as may consistently herewith be determined by the Officers of the Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by such execution (provided always that any such notation, legend, endorsement, identification or variation is in a form acceptable to the Company).  Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.  The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.  Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required on the Issue Date for the Trustee’s authentication of the Initial Notes.
 
Notes offered and sold to persons reasonably believed to be QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A shall, unless the Company otherwise notifies the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as such form may be modified in accordance with Section 301), except as otherwise permitted herein.  Such Global Notes shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Rule 144A Global Notes,” and shall be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, for credit to an account of an Agent Member, and shall be duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.  The aggregate principal amount of a Rule 144A Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.
 
Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall, unless the Company otherwise notifies the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as such form may be modified in accordance with Section 301), except as otherwise permitted herein.  Such Global Notes shall be referred to herein as the “Regulation S Global Notes,” and shall be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee for the accounts of designated Agent Members holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream and shall be duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made in the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.
 
Subject to the limitations on the issuance of certificated Notes set forth in Sections 312 and 313, Notes issued pursuant to Section 305 in exchange for or upon transfer of beneficial interests (x) in a Rule 144A Global Note shall be in the form of permanent certificated Notes substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as such form may be modified in accordance with Section 301) (the “Rule 144A Physical Notes”) or (y) in a Regulation S Global Note (if any) shall be in the form of permanent certificated Notes substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (as such form may be modified in accordance with Section 301) (the “Regulation S Physical Notes”), respectively, as hereinafter provided.
 
The Rule 144A Physical Notes and Regulation S Physical Notes shall be construed to include any certificated Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306 or 1008, and the Rule 144A Global Notes and Regulation S Global Notes shall be construed to include any global Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306 or 1008.  The Rule 144A Physical Notes and the Regulation S Physical Notes, together with any other certificated Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture, are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “Physical Notes.”  The Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes, together with any other global Notes that are issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture, are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Global Notes.”
 
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Section 202.   Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  The Notes will have endorsed thereon a Trustee’s certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:
 
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
 
 
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
   
 
as Trustee
   
 
By:

   
Authorized Officer

Dated:
 
If an appointment of an Authenticating Agent is made pursuant to Section 714, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:
 
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
 
 
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
   
 
as Trustee
   
 
By:
 
   
As Authenticating Agent
     
 
By:
 
   
Authorized Officer

Dated:
 
Section 203.    Restrictive and Global Note Legends.  Each Global Note and Physical Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the following legend set forth below (the “Private Placement Legend”) on the face thereof until the Private Placement Legend is removed or not required in accordance with Section 313(4):
 
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“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.  EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.  THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON THAT IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE.  NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.”
 
Each Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note, shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:
 
“UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
 
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 312 AND 313 OF THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).”
 
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Each Regulation S Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:
 
“BY ITS ACQUISITION THEREOF, ANY HOLDER OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS HEREIN REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING SUCH BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
 
EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE “40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(b)(2) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT).  DURING SUCH 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED TO A U.S. PERSON OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON.”
 
ARTICLE III
 
THE NOTES
 
Section 301.     General Terms; Additional Notes.  All Notes will vote (or consent) as a class with the other Notes and otherwise be treated as a single class of Notes for all purposes of this Indenture. Each Note will bear interest at a rate of 6.625% per annum from the Issue Date or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2025, to Holders of record as of the close of business on the April 1 and October 1, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date.
 
Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Issuer without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes other than with respect to the date of issuance and, if applicable, original interest accrual date and original interest payment date; provided that the Company’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 407 hereof. Any Additional Notes may be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture; provided, further, however, that in the event any Additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such non-fungible notes will be issued with a separate CUSIP number or ISIN so they are distinguishable from the Initial Notes.
 
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
 
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Section 302.    Denominations.  The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
Section 303.     Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating.  The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one Officer of the Company.  The signature of any such Officer on the Notes may be manual, facsimile or electronic.
 
Notes bearing the manual, facsimile or other electronic signature of an individual who was at any time an Officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes.
 
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication; and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Initial Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $450.0 million and (ii) subject to Section 407, Additional Notes from time to time for original issue in aggregate principal amounts specified by the Company (which shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance and, if applicable, original interest accrual date and original interest payment date), in each case specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above, upon a written order of the Company (an “Authentication Order”).  Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, the “CUSIP”, “ISIN”, “Common Code” or other similar identification numbers of such Notes, if any, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Additional Notes, the issue price (in the case of Additional Notes) and whether the Notes are to be issued as one or more Global Notes or Physical Notes and such other information as the Company may include or the Trustee may reasonably request.
 
All Notes shall be dated the date of their authentication.
 
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
 
Section 304.    Temporary Notes.  Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes.  Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes.  If temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute and upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations.  Until so exchanged the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.
 
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Section 305.     Note Registrar and Paying Agent.  The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, such Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes.  The Company may have one or more co-registrars.  The term “Note Registrar” includes any co-registrars.
 
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as “Note Registrar” and “Paying Agent” in connection with the Notes, until such time as it has resigned or a successor has been appointed.  The Company may have one or more additional paying agents, and the term “Paying Agent” shall include any additional Paying Agent.  The Company may change the Paying Agent or Note Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of Notes.  The Company may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Note Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture.  Any such agency agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such agent.  If the Company fails to appoint or maintain a Note Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 707.  The Company or any Wholly Owned Restricted Domestic Subsidiary of the Company may act as Paying Agent (except for purposes of Section 1103 or Section 1205) or Note Registrar.  The Trustee shall automatically be the Paying Agent upon any Event of Default under clause (vii) or (viii) of Section 601.
 
Upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, in compliance with all applicable requirements of this Indenture and applicable law, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
 
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency.  Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
 
All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
 
Every Note presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed, by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing.
 
No service charge shall be made for any registration, transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
 
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, transfer or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 Business Days before the day of the delivery of a notice of redemption (or purchase) of Notes selected for redemption (or purchase) under Section 1004 and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery or (ii) to transfer or exchange any Note so selected for redemption (or purchase) in whole or in part.
 
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Section 306.     Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes.  If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Note Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) notifies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Note Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8‑303 of the Uniform Commercial Code and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Company.  If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of (i) the Trustee to protect the Trustee and (ii) the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, a Paying Agent and the Note Registrar, from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced.
 
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.
 
Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 306, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
 
Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
 
The provisions of this Section 306 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
 
Section 307.    Payment of Interest Rights Preserved.  Interest on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
 
Any interest on any Note that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:
 
(1)        The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.  The Company shall notify the Trustee and Paying Agent in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or Paying Agent for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause (1).  Thereupon the Company shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee and the Paying Agent of the notice of the proposed payment.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such Special Record Date and cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, or delivered to each Holder at such Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.  Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so delivered, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
 
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(2)       The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange.
 
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Note.
 
Section 308.     Persons Deemed Owners.  The Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and (subject to Section 307) interest on, such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent  nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
 
Section 309.     Cancellation.  All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or conversion shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it.  The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.  No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.  All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act).
 
Section 310.    Computation of Interest.  Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
 
Section 311.    CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc.  The Company in issuing Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use), and if so, the Trustee may use the CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that the Trustee is not liable for the accuracy of any CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code printed on any Note, notice or elsewhere; any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes; that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes; and that any redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Company shall promptly advise the Trustee in writing of any change in the ISINs and “Common Code” numbers.
 
Section 312.    Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.  (a)  Each Global Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or the nominee of such Depositary, in each case for credit to the account of an Agent Member, and (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary.  None of the Company, any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
 
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(b)          Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or its custodian, or under such Global Notes.  The Depositary may be treated by the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and any agent of any of them as the absolute owner of the Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee or any agent of any of them from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Note.  The Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
 
(c)        Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees.  Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may not be transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes unless (i) the Company has consented thereto in writing, or such transfer or exchange is made pursuant to the next sentence, and (ii) such transfer or exchange is in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Section 305 and Section 313.  Subject to the limitation on issuance of Physical Notes set forth in Section 313(3), Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the relevant Global Note, if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed within 120 days; (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a “Clearing Agency” under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed within 120 days; (iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee that it elects to cause the issuance of Physical Notes; or (iv) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes and the Trustee has received a written request from the Depositary to issue Physical Notes.
 
(d)          In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in any Global Note to beneficial owners for Physical Notes pursuant to Section 312(c), the Note Registrar shall record on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred, and the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like principal amount of authorized denominations.
 
(e)          In connection with a transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners for Physical Notes pursuant to Section 312(c), the applicable Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary, in exchange for its beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Rule 144A Physical Notes (in the case of any Rule 144A Global Note) or Regulation S Physical Notes (in the case of any Regulation S Global Note), as the case may be, of authorized denominations.
 
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(f)        The transfer and exchange of a Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 313) and the procedures therefor of the Depositary.  Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a different Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.  A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall deliver to the Note Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in the relevant Global Note.  Subject to Section 313, the Note Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions, instruct the Depositary to credit to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in such Global Note and to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred.
 
(g)          Any Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 312(c) shall, unless such exchange is made on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date applicable to such Note and except as otherwise provided in Section 203 and Section 313, bear the Private Placement Legend.
 
(h)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be held only through designated Agent Members holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 313.
 
(i)          Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner, or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or purchase) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other security or property) under or with respect to such Notes. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants, and any beneficial owners.
 
Section 313.     Special Transfer Provisions.
 
(1)        Transfers to Non‑U.S. Persons.  The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security to any Non‑U.S. Person:  The Note Registrar shall register such transfer if it complies with all other applicable requirements of this Indenture (including Section 305) and,
 
(a)         if (x) such transfer is after the relevant Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such Note or (y) the proposed transferor has delivered to the Note Registrar and the Company and the Trustee a Regulation S Certificate and, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, an Opinion of Counsel, certifications and other information satisfactory to the Company, and
 
(b)        if the proposed transferor is or is acting through an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Note Registrar and the Company and the Trustee of (x) the certificate, opinion, certifications and other information, if any, required by clause (a) above and (y) written instructions given in accordance with the procedures of the Note Registrar and of the Depositary;
 
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whereupon (i) the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and (if the transfer does not involve a transfer of any Outstanding Physical Note) a decrease in the principal amount of the relevant Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the relevant Global Note to be transferred, and (ii) either (A) if the proposed transferee is or is acting through an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a relevant Regulation S Global Note, the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of such Regulation S Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest being so transferred or (B) otherwise the Company shall execute and (upon receipt of an Authentication Order) the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes of like amount.
 
(2)          Transfers to QIBs.  The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non‑U.S. Persons):  The Note Registrar shall register such transfer if it complies with all other applicable requirements of this Indenture (including Section 305) and,
 
(a)         if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of such Note stating, or has otherwise certified to the Note Registrar and the Company and the Trustee in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of such Note stating, or has otherwise certified to Note Registrar and the Company and the Trustee in writing, that it is purchasing such Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and
 
(b)          if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Note to be transferred consists of a Physical Note that after transfer is to be evidenced by an interest in a Global Note or consists of a beneficial interest in a Global Note that after the transfer is to be evidenced by an interest in a different Global Note, upon receipt by the Note Registrar of written instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Note Registrar’s procedures, whereupon the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the transferee Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Physical Note or such beneficial interest in such transferor Global Note to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Note so transferred or reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such transferor Global Note, as the case may be.
 
(3)         Limitation on Issuance of Physical Notes.  No Physical Note shall be exchanged for a beneficial interest in any Global Note, except in accordance with Section 312 and this Section 313.
 
A beneficial owner of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note shall not be permitted to exchange such interest for a Physical Note until a date, which must be after the end of the Restricted Period, on which the Company receives a certificate of beneficial ownership substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B from such beneficial owner (a “Certificate of Beneficial Ownership”).  Such date, as it relates to a Regulation S Global Note, is herein referred to as the “Regulation S Note Exchange Date.”
 
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(4)          Private Placement Legend.  Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.  Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) the requested transfer is after the relevant Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such Notes, (ii) upon written request of the Company after there is delivered to the Note Registrar an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion and counsel are satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) with respect to a Regulation S Global Note (on or after the Regulation S Note Exchange Date with respect to such Regulation S Global Note) or Regulation S Physical Note, in each case with the agreement of the Company, or (iv) such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
 
(5)          Other Transfers.  The Note Registrar shall effect and register, upon receipt of a written request from the Company to do so, a transfer not otherwise permitted by this Section 313, such registration to be done in accordance with the otherwise applicable provisions of this Section 313, upon the furnishing by the proposed transferor or transferee of a written Opinion of Counsel (which opinion and counsel are satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that, and such other certifications or information as the Company may require (including, in the case of a transfer to an Accredited Investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act), a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E) to confirm that, the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
 
A Note that is a Restricted Security may not be transferred other than as provided in this Section 313.  A beneficial interest in a Global Note that is a Restricted Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in another Global Note other than through a transfer in compliance with this Section 313.
 
(6)          General.  By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture.
 
The Note Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 312 or this Section 313 (including all Notes received for transfer pursuant to this Section 313).  The Company shall have the right to require the applicable Note Registrar to deliver to the Company, at the Company’s expense, copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Note Registrar.
 
In connection with any transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Note Registrar and the Company shall be entitled to receive, shall be under no duty to inquire into, may conclusively presume the correctness of, and shall be fully protected in relying upon the certificates, opinions and other information referred to herein (or in the forms provided herein, attached hereto or to the Notes, or otherwise) received from any Holder and any transferee of any Note regarding the validity, legality and due authorization of any such transfer, the eligibility of the transferee to receive such Note and any other facts and circumstances related to such transfer.
 
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Note Registrar shall be responsible for ascertaining whether any transfer complies with the registration provisions of or exemptions from the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
 
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ARTICLE IV
 
COVENANTS
 
Section 401.   Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.  The Company shall duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of such Notes and this Indenture.  Principal amount (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be considered paid on the date due if the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or another Wholly Owned Restricted Domestic Subsidiary of the Company) as of 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the due date money in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal amount (and premium, if any) and interest then due.  At the option of the Company, payment of interest on such Note may be made through the Paying Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated to the Company by the Person entitled thereto or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note Register.
 
Section 402.    Maintenance of Office or Agency.  (a)  The Company shall maintain in the United States an office or agency where such Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where such Notes may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Notes and this Indenture may be served.  The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee; provided that no service of legal process may be made against the Company or any of Guarantors at any office of the Trustee.
 
(b)         The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.
 
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 305.
 
Section 403.     Money for Payments to Be Held in Trust.  If the Company shall at any time act as Paying Agent, it shall, on or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, any of such Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
 
If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, it shall, on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, such Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
 
If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company shall cause any Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 403, that such Paying Agent shall:
 
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(1)          hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
 
(2)        give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest;
 
(3)          at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and
 
(4)         acknowledge, accept and agree to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Indenture relating to the duties, rights and liabilities of such Paying Agent.
 
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of such Notes, this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
 
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
 
Section 404.     [Reserved].
 
Section 405.     Reports to Holders.
 
(a)          Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to the extent permitted by the Exchange Act, the Company will file with the Commission, and provide to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, the annual reports and the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) that are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act within the time periods required; provided, however, that availability of the foregoing materials on the Commission’s EDGAR service shall be deemed to satisfy the Company’s delivery obligations under this provision.  In the event that the Company is not permitted to file such reports, documents and information with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company will nevertheless provide such Exchange Act information to the Trustee and the holders of the Notes as if the Company were subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by law.
 
(b)         The Company will be deemed to have furnished the reports referred to in Section 405(a) if the Company has filed reports containing such information with the Commission.  The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor whether any such filings have been made. The Trustee shall have no duty to review or analyze reports delivered to it. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive knowledge or notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).
 
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(c)          If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and if any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, if taken together as one Subsidiary, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by Section 405(a) will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes to the financial statements, or in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.
 
(d)          To the extent that any reports or other information is not furnished within the time periods specified above and such reports or other information is subsequently furnished prior to the time such failure results in an Event of Default, the Company will be deemed to have satisfied their obligations with respect thereto and any Default with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations hereunder for purposes of Section 601(iii) until 90 days after the date any report hereunder is due.
 
Section 406.    Statement as to Default.  The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company commencing with the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that to the best knowledge of the signer thereof (on behalf of the Company) the Company is or is not in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture applicable to the Company (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge.
 
Section 407.   Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness); provided, however, that if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or as a consequence of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) if on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence and the application of the proceeds thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company would be greater than 2.0 to 1.0; provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) incurred pursuant to this Section 407(a) by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed, together with the amount of Acquired Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to clause (18) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”,  the greater of (i) $300.0 million and (ii) 9.5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of incurrence.
 
(b)        No Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test of Section 407(a) (including, without limitation, Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) shall reduce the amount of Indebtedness which may be incurred pursuant to any clause of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” (including without limitation, Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement pursuant to clause (2) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”).
 
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(c)          The Company and the Guarantors will not incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantors unless such Indebtedness is at least equally subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and any Subsidiary Guarantee.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or secured to a greater or lesser extent or with greater or lower priority or by virtue of structural subordination.
 
(d)          The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 407; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Consolidated Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued.
 
(e)          For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 407, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 407(a), the Company, in its sole discretion, will divide, classify or reclassify, and may later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with Section 407; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement and the Secured Notes on the Issue Date shall be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (2) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” and may not later be reclassified provided, further, that (if the Company shall so determine) any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any clause of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” (except as provided in the immediately preceding proviso) shall cease to be deemed outstanding for purposes of any such clause but shall instead be deemed incurred for the purposes of Section 407(a) from and after the first date on which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under Section 407(a) without reliance on such clause. In addition, in the event an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof), a Restricted Payment, Investments and/or a Lien (or any portion thereof) is incurred or issued pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” “Permitted Payments,” “Permitted Investments” and/or “Permitted Liens” (other than in reliance on an applicable leverage ratio) on the same date that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof), Restricted Payments, Investments and/or a Lien (or any portion thereof) is incurred or issued under Section 407(a) or an applicable leverage ratio within the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” “Permitted Payments,” “Permitted Investments” and/or “Permitted Liens,” then the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or applicable leverage ratio will be calculated with respect to such incurrence or issuance under Section 407(a) or the applicable clause of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” without regard to any concurrent incurrence under the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” (other than in reliance on an applicable leverage ratio).
 
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(f)          In addition, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 407, (x) if any Indebtedness is incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness initially incurred (or, Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness initially incurred) in reliance on any provision of this Section 407 measured by reference to a percentage of  Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and such Refinancing would cause the percentage of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets restriction to be exceeded if calculated based on Consolidated Net Tangible Assets on the date of such Refinancing, such percentage of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets restriction shall not be deemed to be exceeded (and such newly incurred Indebtedness shall be deemed permitted) to the extent the principal amount of such newly incurred Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Refinanced, plus the Related Costs incurred or payable in connection with such Refinancing; (y) if any Indebtedness is incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness initially incurred (or, Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness initially incurred) in reliance on any provision of this Section 407 measured by a dollar amount, such dollar amount shall not be deemed to be exceeded (and such newly incurred Indebtedness shall be deemed permitted) to the extent the principal amount of such newly incurred Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Refinanced, plus the Related Costs incurred or payable in connection with such Refinancing; and (z) when calculating the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio or Consolidated Total Debt Ratio for purposes of Section 407 or Section 413, at the option of the Company, a binding commitment to lend under a revolving credit facility (or any portion of such commitment) shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness in the full amount of such commitment on the date that such commitment is entered into, regardless of whether the full amount of such revolving credit facility is actually borrowed, and thereafter the amount of such commitment shall be deemed fully borrowed at all times.  Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness that are otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness, provided that the incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 407.
 
(g)         For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 407, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this Section 407 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.
 
Section 408.    Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.  (a)  The Company may, on or after the Issue Date, designate any Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Subsidiary of the Company which owns Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under this Indenture (a “Designation”) only if: (1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such Designation; and (2) the Company would be permitted under this Indenture to make an Investment at the time of Designation (assuming the effectiveness of such Designation) in an amount (the “Designation Amount”) equal to the sum of (A) the Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary owned by the Company and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and (B) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owed to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date. In the event of any such Designation, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment constituting a Restricted Payment in the Designation Amount pursuant to Section 409 of this Indenture or a Permitted Investment in the Designation Amount for all purposes of this Indenture.
 
(b)          The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, at any time: (x) provide direct or indirect credit support for or a guarantee of any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness); or (y) be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
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(c)          The Company may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (“Revocation”), whereupon such Subsidiary shall then constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, if (1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time and after giving effect to such Revocation; (2) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries outstanding immediately following such Revocation would, if incurred at such time, have been permitted to be incurred for all purposes of this Indenture; and (3) such Subsidiary shall for purposes of Section 414 be treated as having then been acquired by the Company. All Designations and Revocations must be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Company delivered to the Trustee certifying compliance with the foregoing provisions.
 
(d)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 408, (i) if any Restricted Subsidiary owns or holds any Material Intellectual  Property, such Restricted Subsidiary may not be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (ii) neither the  Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall make any Investment in, Restricted Payment to or otherwise  dispose of any Material Intellectual Property to, any Unrestricted Subsidiary (in each case, without regard to whether  the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has the right to continue to utilize any such intellectual property after such  transfer); for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that such restriction shall not restrict any non-exclusive licenses, sublicenses or cross licenses of rights in intellectual property or any rights in intellectual property  that become Material Intellectual Property subsequent to the acquisition by an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
Section 409.    Limitation on Restricted Payments.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of shares of its Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock, other than (x) dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company and (y) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities; (ii) subject to the last two paragraphs of this Section 409, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests (other than, with respect to the Company, any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions or any Permitted Warrant Transactions) of the Company, including in connection with any merger or consolidation; (iii) make any principal payment on, or purchase, redeem, defease, retire or otherwise acquire for value, prior to any scheduled principal payment, sinking fund or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the principal payment on, or the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition for value of, Subordinated Indebtedness made in satisfaction of or anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity within one year of the due date of such obligation, installment or final maturity); or (iv) make any Investment (other than Permitted Investments) (each of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) being referred to as a “Restricted Payment”), if at the time of such Restricted Payment or immediately after giving effect thereto:
 
(1)         solely in the case of a Restricted Payment set forth in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 409(a),  an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
 
(2)          solely in the case of a Restricted Payment set forth in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 409(a), the Company is not able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 407(a); or
 
(3)         the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment and excluding Permitted Payments (other than Permitted Payments listed in clauses (i) and (vi) of Section 4.09(b)) made after April 4, 2024 (the amount expended for such purpose, if other than in cash, being the Fair Market Value of such property as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) shall exceed the sum of:
 
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(A)        50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the Company earned during the period beginning on the first day of the fiscal quarter commencing on July 1, 2023 and through the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which  financial statements are available prior to the date such Restricted Payment occurs (the date of such Restricted Payment, the “Reference Date”) (treating such period as a single accounting period); plus
 
(B)        100% of the Fair Market Value of the net proceeds received by the Company from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance and sale subsequent to April 4, 2024 and on or prior to the Reference Date of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or from the issuance of Indebtedness of the Company that has been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company subsequent to April 4, 2024 and on or prior to the Reference Date; plus
 
(C)         without duplication of any amounts included in clause (3)(B) above, 100% of the Fair Market Value of the net proceeds of any contribution to the common equity capital of the Company received by the Company from a holder of the Company’s Capital Stock subsequent to April 4, 2024; plus
 
(D)       in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after April 4, 2024, the Fair Market Value of the Investment of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation or at the time of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer of assets (or the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), as determined by the Company in good faith, provided, however, that the amounts set forth in this clause (D) shall not exceed the amount of Investments (excluding Permitted Investments) in such Unrestricted Subsidiary previously made and treated as a Restricted Payment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after April 4, 2024 that reduced the amount available under this clause (3) or clause (viii) of Section 409(b); plus
 
(E)          an amount equal to the sum of (1) the net reduction in the Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person after April 4, 2024 resulting from repurchases, repayments or redemptions of such Investments by such Person, proceeds realized on the sale of such Investment and proceeds representing the dividends, distributions or other returns of capital, in each case received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (2) the amount of any Guarantee or similar arrangement that has terminated or expired or by which it has been reduced to the extent that it was treated as a Restricted Payment after April 4, 2024 that reduced the amount available under this clause (3) or clause (viii) of Section 409(b) net of any amounts paid by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Guarantee or similar arrangement; provided, however, that the amounts set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above shall not exceed, in the case of any such Person, the amount of Investments in such Person (excluding Permitted Investments) previously made and treated as a Restricted Payment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after April 4, 2024 that reduced the amount available under this clause (3) or clause (viii) of Section 409(b).
 
(b)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of Section 409(a) do not prohibit (such provisions, “Permitted Payments”):
 
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(i)          the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend if the dividend would have been permitted on the date of declaration;
 
(ii)        any Restricted Payment made either (A) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (B) through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company;
 
(iii)       the purchase, retirement, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests (including related stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units or similar securities) of the Company held directly or indirectly by any future, present or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or their estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses or permitted transferees (including for all purposes of this clause (iii), Equity Interests held by any entity whose Equity Interests are held by any such future, present or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor or their estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses or permitted transferees) pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement or any stock subscription or shareholder or similar agreement; provided, however, that, except with respect to non-discretionary purchases, the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (iii) in any calendar year shall not exceed $15.0 million in any calendar year (in each case, with unused amounts in any calendar year thereafter being permitted to be carried over for one or more succeeding calendar years); provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
 
(1)        the cash proceeds received by the Company from the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Company, to any future, present or former employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries that occurs after April 4, 2024; provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3)(B) of Section 409(a); plus
 
(2)         the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries after April 4, 2024; plus
 
(3)         the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors of the Company or its Subsidiaries that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests; less
 
(4)         the amount of cash proceeds described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this clause (iii) previously used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (iii); provided that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this clause (iii) in any calendar year;
 
and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, current or former officer, director, employee, consultant or independent contractor (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereof, in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 409 or any other provisions of this Indenture;
 
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(iv)        the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of Equity Interests in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, or in connection with any dividend, distribution or split of, or upon exercise, conversion or exchange of Equity Interests, warrants, options or other securities exercisable or convertible into, Equity Interests of the Company;
 
(v)         payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer of assets that complies with the provisions of this Indenture;
 
(vi)        the purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness after the Company has complied with the requirements of Section 411 and Section 415; provided that all Notes validly tendered for payment (and not withdrawn) in connection with an Excess Proceeds Offer or a Change of Control Offer, as applicable, pursuant to such sections have been purchased, redeemed or acquired for value (on a pro rata basis if applicable);
 
(vii)       any purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement, payment or prepayment of principal of Subordinated Indebtedness either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or (iii) in connection with Refinancing Indebtedness;
 
(viii)     other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (viii) since April 4, 2024 that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed  the greater of (i) $95.0 million and (ii) 3.0% of Consolidated  Net Tangible Assets at any one time outstanding;
 
(ix)        Restricted Payments if, at the time of making such payments, and after giving effect thereto (including, without limitation, the Incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance such payment), the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio would not exceed 1.50 to 1.00; provided, however, that at the time of each such Restricted Payment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom);
 
(x)         the declaration and payment of any dividends or distributions on any shares of any Disqualified Capital Stock of the Company or any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in accordance with Section 407; provided that such dividends are included in the calculation of Consolidated Fixed Charges;
 
(xi)        purchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of stock options, warrants, other rights to acquire Equity Interests or other convertible or exchangeable securities if such Equity Interests represent all or portion of the exercise price thereof; any purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests made in lieu of withholding taxes in connection with any exercise, exchange or vesting of stock options, warrants, restricted stock or rights to acquire Equity Interests; and payments in respect of taxes of employees in respect of vested restricted shares of, options to purchase and other equity incentive awards in respect of, the Capital Stock of the Company;
 
(xii)       declaration and payment of dividends by the Company and distributions in cash and purchases, redemptions, retirement, defeasance or other acquisitions of Capital Stock of the Company with cash and notes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $80.0 million in any calendar year (in each case, with 50.0% of unused amounts in any calendar year thereafter being permitted to be carried over to the immediately succeeding calendar year);
 
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(xiii)      withholding tax payments made on behalf of present or former directors, officers, employees or consultants, or any beneficiary thereof following the death of any such Person, in connection with the exercise by such Persons of stock options or other rights to purchase Equity Interests or the vesting of restricted  Equity Interests (including any repurchase of restricted Equity Interests representing the holder’s tax liability in connection with the vesting thereof); and
 
(xiv)       Consolidated Tax Payments.
 
In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to April 4, 2024 in accordance with Section 409(a)(3), amounts expended pursuant to clause (i) shall be included, but all other Restricted Payments permitted by this Section 409(b) shall be excluded, in such calculation.
 
For purposes of this Section 409, if any Investment or Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) would be permitted pursuant to one or more provisions described above and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” the Company may divide and classify such Investment or Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 409 and may later divide and reclassify any such Investment or Restricted Payment to the extent the Investment or Restricted Payment (as so divided and/or reclassified) would be permitted to be made in reliance on the applicable exception as of the date of such reclassification.  To the extent any Restricted Payment made is an Investment, the Fair Market Value of each Investment shall be measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, but net of any repayments or other returns of capital on any such Investments.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, this Indenture shall not restrict any redemption or other payment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary made as a mandatory principal redemption or other payment in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to an “AHYDO saver” provision of any agreement or instrument in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness, and the Company’s determination in good faith of the amount of any such “AHYDO saver” mandatory principal redemption or other payment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under this Indenture.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, (i) the conversion by holders of (including any cash  payment upon conversion), or required payment of any principal or premium on, or required payment of any interest  with respect to, any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture  or other instrument governing such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, shall not constitute a Restricted Payment;  provided that, to the extent both (a) the aggregate amount of cash payable upon conversion or payment of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (excluding any required payment of interest with respect to such Permitted  Convertible Indebtedness and excluding any payment of cash in lieu of a fractional share due upon conversion  thereof) exceeds the aggregate principal amount thereof and (b) such conversion or payment does not trigger or  correspond to an exercise or early unwind or settlement of a corresponding portion of the Permitted Bond Hedge  Transactions relating to such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the case  where there is no Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction relating to such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness), the  payment of such excess cash shall constitute a Restricted Payment notwithstanding this clause (i); and (ii) any required payment with respect to, or required early unwind or settlement of, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the agreement governing such  Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction shall not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided that, to the extent cash is required to be paid under a Permitted Warrant Transaction as a result of the  election of “cash settlement” (or substantially equivalent term) as the “settlement method” (or substantially  equivalent term) thereunder by the Company (or its Affiliate) (including in connection with the exercise and/or early  unwind or settlement thereof), the payment of such cash shall constitute a Restricted Payment notwithstanding this clause (ii).
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may repurchase, exchange or induce the conversion of  Permitted Convertible Indebtedness by delivery of shares of the Company’s Common Stock and/or a different series of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (which series (x) matures after, and does not require any scheduled  amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the analogous date under this Indenture or other  instrument governing the Permitted Convertible Indebtedness that is so repurchased, exchanged or converted and (y) has terms, conditions and covenants that are no less favorable to the Company than the Permitted Convertible  Indebtedness that is so repurchased, exchanged or converted (as determined by the Board of Directors of the  Company, or a committee thereof, in good faith)) (any such series of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, “Refinancing Convertible Notes”) and/or by payment of cash (in an amount that does not exceed the proceeds  received by the Company from the substantially concurrent issuance of shares of the Company’s Common Stock  and/or Refinancing Convertible Notes plus the net cash proceeds, if any, received by the Company pursuant to the  related exercise or early unwind or termination of the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions and Permitted  Warrant Transactions, if any, pursuant to the immediately following proviso); provided that, substantially  concurrently with, or a commercially reasonable period of time before or after, the related settlement date for the  Permitted Convertible Indebtedness that is so repurchased, exchanged or converted, the Company shall (and, for the  avoidance of doubt, shall be permitted under this Section 409) exercise or unwind or terminate early (whether in cash, shares or any combination thereof) the portion of the Permitted Bond  Hedge Transactions and Permitted Warrant Transactions, if any, corresponding to such Permitted Convertible  Indebtedness that is so repurchased, exchanged or converted.
 
Section 410.     Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to: (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock (it being understood that the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on Common Stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock); (ii) make loans or advances or to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; or (iii) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary; except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
 
(1)       applicable law, rule, regulation or order or the terms of any license, authorization, concession or permit provided by any Governmental Authority;
 
(2)          this Indenture;
 
(3)         the Credit Agreement, the Secured Notes and/or the documentation for or related to the Credit Agreement or the Secured Notes;
 
(4)        any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired (or assumed in connection with the acquisition of property) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries;
 
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(5)        provisions that restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or similar property or asset;
 
(6)        any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the assets of any Person, other than the Person or the assets of the Person so acquired;
 
(7)         agreements existing on the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the Issue Date;
 
(8)         any other agreement entered into after the Issue Date which contains encumbrances and restrictions which are not materially more restrictive with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary than those in effect with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to agreements as in effect on the Issue Date;
 
(9)          any instrument governing Indebtedness of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(10)       customary restrictions on the transfer of any property or assets arising under a security agreement governing a Lien permitted under this Indenture;
 
(11)      Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 407 and Section 413 that apply solely to the assets securing such Indebtedness and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring or guaranteeing such Indebtedness;
 
(12)     any agreement governing Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance the Indebtedness issued, assumed or incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (2), (3), (6), (7) or (9) above; provided, however, that the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in any such Refinancing Indebtedness taken as a whole are not, in the good faith determination of the Company, materially more restrictive than the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in agreements referred to in such clause (2), (3), (6), (7) or (9);
 
(13)     any agreement governing the sale or disposition of any Restricted Subsidiary or assets which restricts dividends and distributions or sales or other transfers of such assets pending such sale or disposition;
 
(14)      any agreement, instrument or Lien placing encumbrances or restrictions applicable only to a Special Purpose Entity or an Accounts Receivable Entity;
 
(15)       any agreement governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 407; provided that the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in such Indebtedness, taken as a whole, (i) are not materially more restrictive than the provisions contained in the Credit Agreement, or in this Indenture as in effect on the Issue Date, (ii) are not more disadvantageous, taken as a whole, to the Holders than is customary in comparable financings for similarly situated issuers or (iii) will not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments on the Notes when due, in each case in the good faith judgment of the Company;
 
(16)        restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
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(17)        customary provisions in Joint Venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
 
(18)     any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (17) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, not materially more restrictive  taken as a whole with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
 
Section 411.   Limitation on Asset Sales.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
 
(i)          the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by the Company (such Fair Market Value to be determined on the date of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
 
(ii)        at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents provided that the amount of:
 
(A)     any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee and for which the Company and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing;
 
(B)     any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Cash Equivalents received) within 365 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, and
 
(C)    any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $125.0 million and (y) 4.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose; and
 
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(iii)     the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days after receipt thereof to:
 
(A)    prepay (i) Pari Passu indebtedness that is secured by a Lien, which Lien is permitted by this Indenture (and if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto), in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, (ii) unsecured Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor (and if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto) (provided that if the Company or any Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under other unsecured Pari Passu Indebtedness, the Company will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided under Section 1009, through open-market purchases or private transactions (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Excess Proceeds Offer) to all Holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of Notes, in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) or (iii) any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor,
 
(B)      acquire Replacement Assets (or make a capital expenditure that will be useful in the business of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries); or
 
(C)      a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B);
 
provided, however, that the requirements of clause (B) of this clause (iii) shall be deemed to be satisfied if a bona fide binding contract committing to make the acquisition or expenditure referred to therein is entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with a Person other than an Affiliate of the Company within such 365-day period and such Net Cash Proceeds are subsequently applied in accordance with such contract within 360 days following the end of such 365-day period.
 
Pending the final application of the Net Cash Proceeds, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. The Net Cash Proceeds constituting “Excess Proceeds” (as defined in the indenture governing the Secured Notes) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Secured Notes Excess Proceeds”) on the basis of which an “Excess Proceeds Offer” (as defined in the indenture governing the Secured Notes) with respect to the Secured Notes is made under the indenture governing the Secured Notes (a “Secured Notes Excess Proceeds Offer”) within such 365-day period will not be deemed Excess Proceeds for purposes of this Indenture; provided that to the extent the Secured Notes Excess Proceeds on the basis of which any such Secured Notes Excess Proceeds Offer is made are declined by the holders of the Secured Notes or otherwise remain after consummation of the Secured Notes Excess Proceeds Offer, any of such Secured Notes Excess Proceeds shall be added to the calculation of Excess Proceeds for purposes of this Indenture, as described below.
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary (a “Foreign Disposition”) are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, the amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 411, and such amounts may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Company hereby agreeing to use reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and if such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds permitted to be repatriated will be applied (whether or not repatriation actually occurs) in compliance with this Section 411 (net of any additional taxes that are or would be payable or reserved against as a result thereof) and (ii) to the extent that the Company has determined in good faith that repatriation of any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition could have a material adverse tax consequence (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes, but is not limited to, any purchase whereby doing so the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates and/or equity partners would incur a material tax liability, including a material tax dividend, material deemed dividend pursuant to Code Section 956 or material withholding tax), the amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section 411.
 
(b)         Any Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 411(a), or as to which the Company in its discretion has determined will not be so applied (it being understood that any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in Section 411(a)(iii)(A)(ii), will be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted), will constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that if the Company makes a Secured Notes Excess Proceeds Offer during such 365-day period, any Secured Notes Excess Proceeds on the basis of which any such Secured Notes Excess Proceeds Offer is made will not be deemed Excess Proceeds unless declined by the holders of the Secured Notes pursuant to the Secured Notes Excess Proceeds Offer or otherwise remain after consummation of the Secured Notes Excess Proceeds Offer.  When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds the greater of(x)  $65.0 million and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (the “Excess Proceeds Trigger Date”), the Company will make an offer (an “Excess Proceeds Offer”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the applicable Excess Proceeds Trigger Date to all Holders of Notes and all holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem such Indebtedness with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds (the entire amount of Excess Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of the greater of (x) $65.0 million and (y) 2.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds).  The offer price in any Excess Proceeds Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash.  If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Excess Proceeds Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.  If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered into such Excess Proceeds Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and the Issuer or agent for Pari Passu Indebtedness will select the Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness so tendered, with adjustments so that only Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000 will be purchased.  Upon completion of each Excess Proceeds Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.  An Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law.
 
(c)       If at any time any non-cash consideration (other than Replacement Assets) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 411.
 
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(d)        The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase of Notes pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer.  To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 411, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this Section 411 by virtue thereof.
 
Section 412.   Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates involving aggregate payment or consideration in excess of $25.0 million (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), other than: (x) Affiliate Transactions permitted under Section 412(b); and (y) Affiliate Transactions on terms that taken as a whole are not materially less favorable than those that would have reasonably been expected in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or, such Affiliate Transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view. All Affiliate Transactions (and each series of related Affiliate Transactions which are similar or part of a common plan) involving aggregate payments or other property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $50.0 million shall be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, such approval to be evidenced by a Board Resolution stating that such Board of Directors has determined that such transaction complies with the foregoing provisions.  The Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying such Board Resolution.
 
(b)      The restrictions of Section 412(a) shall not apply to:
 
(i)       employment, consulting and compensation arrangements and agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary consistent with past practice or approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company (or a committee comprised of disinterested directors);
 
(ii)     reasonable fees and compensation paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, current or former officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors or senior management;
 
(iii)    transactions exclusively between or among the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or exclusively between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction; provided that such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;
 
(iv)     Restricted Payments, Permitted Investments or Permitted Liens permitted by this Indenture;
 
(v)      transactions pursuant to agreements or arrangements in effect on the Issue Date or any amendment, modification, or supplement thereto or replacement thereof, as long as such agreement or arrangement, as so amended, modified, supplemented or replaced, taken as a whole, is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes than the agreement or arrangement in existence on the Issue Date;
 
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(vi)    transactions with respect to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall, prior to the consummation thereof, obtain a favorable opinion as to the fairness of such transaction or series of related transactions to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view, from an Independent Financial Advisor;
 
(vii)   any transaction with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an Equity Interest in or otherwise controls such Person entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
(viii)  the sale, issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to any person and the granting and performance of customary registration rights;
 
(ix)    (a) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) or advances to employees, officers, directors, members of management, consultants or independent contractors (or the estate, heirs, family members, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner or former domestic partner of any of the foregoing) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and collective bargaining agreements, employment agreements, severance arrangements, compensatory (including profit sharing) arrangements, stock option plans, benefit plan, health, disability or similar insurance plan and other similar arrangements with such employees, officers, directors, managers, members of management, consultants or independent contractors (or the estate, heirs, family members, spouse, former spouse, domestic partner or former domestic partner of any of the foregoing) in each case, for bona fide business purposes and (b) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Capital Stock pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with future, present or former employees, officers, directors, members of management, consultants or independent contractors approved by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in good faith;
 
(x)      any transaction effected as part of a Permitted Receivables Financing;
 
(xi)    any transaction between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person, a director of which is also a director or officer of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;
 
(xii)   transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture;
 
(xiii)   pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
 
(xiv)  (i)  transactions with Joint Ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any payments to or from, and transactions with any Joint Venture or any variable interest entity in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice (including, without limitation, any Cash Management Obligations related thereto);
 
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(xv)   licenses of, or other grants of rights to use, intellectual property granted by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with industry practice;
 
(xvi)  contemporaneous purchases and/or sales by (a) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) an Affiliate, of assets, Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities, and bank loans, participations or similar obligations at substantially the same price;
 
(xvii)  investments by Affiliates in Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as non-Affiliates were also offered the opportunity to invest in such Indebtedness, and transactions with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent such transaction is with all holders of such class (and there are such non-Affiliate holders) and such Affiliates are treated no more favorably than all other holders of such class generally; and
 
(xviii) any payments or other transaction pursuant to any tax sharing agreement between the  Company and any other Person with which the Company files a consolidated tax return or with  which the Company is part of a consolidated group for tax purposes; provided that (i) such  payments shall not exceed the amount of any such taxes that the Company and its Subsidiaries  would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated basis as if the  Company had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated group of which it were the common parent and of which the includable Subsidiaries were members for all applicable tax periods, (ii) payments with respect to the taxable income of Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall be  permitted only to the extent that cash distributions were made by any Unrestricted Subsidiary to  the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for such purpose and (iii) any such payments shall only  be permitted to the extent they relate to taxes that are paid after the Issue Date (“Consolidated Tax Payments”).
 
Section 413.     Limitation on Liens.  The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens that secures any Indebtedness, against or upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any proceeds therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits except for Permitted Liens, unless all payments due under this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the Indebtedness so secured until such time as such Indebtedness is no longer secured by a Lien; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its terms expressly subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantees, the Lien securing such Indebtedness shall be subordinate and junior to the Lien securing the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees with the same relative priority as such subordinate or junior Indebtedness shall have with respect to the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees.
 
The expansion of Liens by virtue of accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding  as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies, any Refinancing of such Indebtedness permitted by Section 407 or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Liens for purposes of this Section 413.
 
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Section 414.    Issuance of Subsidiary Guarantees.  If, on or after the Issue Date, (i) the Company forms or acquires any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) that incurs any Qualifying Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) that, in the aggregate, exceeds $25 million or is a guarantor of any Qualifying Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Company  or another Guarantor, in the aggregate, in excess of $25 million or (ii) any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) that is not a Guarantor incurs any Qualifying Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) that, in the aggregate, exceeds $25 million or guarantees (a “Guarantee”) any Qualifying Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) that, in the aggregate, exceeds $25 million (“Guaranteed Indebtedness”), then the Company shall cause such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days to: (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant to which such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture; and (ii) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which may contain customary exceptions) that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary  and an Officer’s Certificate that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied. Thereafter, such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary  shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture.  The Company may cause any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to issue a Subsidiary Guarantee and become a Guarantor.
 
If the Guaranteed Indebtedness is pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be pari passu with the Subsidiary Guarantee.  If the Guaranteed Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes, then the Guarantee of such Guaranteed Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Subsidiary Guarantee at least to the extent that the Guaranteed Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes.
 
Section 415.     Change of Control.  (a)  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but not including, the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date pursuant to Section 307).  Notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will not be obligated to repurchase the Notes under this Section 415 if it has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes under Section 1009.
 
(b)     Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurs, unless the Company has previously or concurrently mailed or delivered notice electronically or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, the Company will deliver a written notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer.  Such notice will state, among other things,
 
(1)      that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 415 and that all Notes tendered and not withdrawn will be accepted for payment;
 
(2)      the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 15 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed or delivered, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);
 
(3)      that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

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(4)      that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
 
(5)      that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date;
 
(6)      that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
 
(7)      that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; and
 
(8)      the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control.
 
On or before the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent, in accordance with Section 401, U.S. dollars in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Notes so tendered and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company.  Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the monies specified in clause (ii) above and a copy of the Officers’ Certificate specified in clause (iii) above, the Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.  Any Notes not so accepted shall be promptly mailed by the Company to the Holder thereof.  As to any Global Notes, Holders will be required to follow the applicable procedures of DTC. For purposes of this Section 415, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
 
(c)          The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, a Change of Control Offer by the Company or a third party may be made in advance of a Change of Control and conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made. If such a conditional Change of Control Offer is made, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed, in the Company’s sole discretion, until such time as such Change of Control shall have occurred, or if such Change of Control shall not have occurred by the applicable Change of Control Payment Date (whether the original Change of Control Payment Date or the Change of Control Payment Date so delayed), then such Change of Control Offer may be rescinded by the Company.
 
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(d)         If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making the Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described in Section 415(c), purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company will have the right, upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption set forth in such notice, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
 
(e)          The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws and regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 415. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 415, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 415 by virtue thereof.
 
Section 416.     Covenant Suspension.  (a)  Beginning on the date (the “Suspension Date”) that (i) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from two or more Rating Agencies and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, and ending on the date (the “Reversion Date”) that the Notes no longer have an Investment Grade Rating from two or more Rating Agencies (such period of time from and including the Suspension Date to but excluding the Reversion Date, the “Suspension Period”), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the covenants listed under Section 407, Section 409, Section 410, Section 411, Section 412, Section 414, and Section 501(a)(ii) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”); provided, however, that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will remain subject to the covenants listed under Section 405, Section 408, Section 413, Section 415 and Section 501 (except to the extent set forth in this paragraph).
 
(b)        During any Suspension Period, the Company’s Board of Directors may not designate any of the Company’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries unless such designation would have complied with Section 409 as if such covenant were in effect during such period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, calculating capacity for such designation as if all transactions consummated during the Suspension Period constituting Restricted Payments utilized capacity under Section 409.
 
(c)         On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred and Disqualified Capital Stock and Preferred Stock issued during the Suspension Period by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary will be classified as having been permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to clause (5) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness.”
 
(d)         Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 409 will be made as though Section 409 had been in effect prior to, but not during, any Suspension Period.
 
(e)          For purposes of Section 411, on the Reversion Date, the Net Cash Proceeds amount will be reset to zero.
 
(f)        In addition, for purposes of Section 412, all agreements and arrangements entered into by the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate of the Company during the Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date will be deemed to have been permitted as if entered into on or prior to the Issue Date and for purposes of Section 410, all contracts entered into during the Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date that contain any of the restrictions contemplated by such covenant will be deemed to have been permitted as if existing on the Issue Date.
 
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Notwithstanding the reinstatement of the Suspended Covenants on the Reversion Date, neither (a) the continued existence, on and after the Reversion Date, of facts and circumstances or obligations that occurred, were incurred or otherwise came into existence during a Suspension Period nor (b) the performance thereof, shall constitute a breach of any Suspended Covenant set forth in this Indenture or cause a Default or Event of Default hereunder and the Company and any Subsidiary will be permitted, without causing a Default or Event of Default or breach of any kind under this Indenture, to honor, comply with or otherwise perform any contractual commitments or obligations entered into during a Suspension Period following a Reversion Date and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
The Trustee will have no obligation to (i) monitor the ratings of the Notes, (ii) independently determine or verify if such events have occurred, (iii) make any determination regarding the impact of actions taken during the Suspension Period on the Company and its Subsidiaries’ future compliance with their covenants or (iv) notify the Holders of any Suspension Date or Reversion Date.  The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of any Suspension Date not later than fifteen Business Days after such Suspension Date has occurred, but failure to so notify the Trustee shall not invalidate any Suspension Period and shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default by the Company.  In the absence of such notice, the Trustee may assume the Suspended Covenants apply and are in full force and effect.  The Company shall give the Trustee written notice of any occurrence of a Reversion Date not later than fifteen Business Days after such Reversion Date, but failure to so notify the Trustee shall not invalidate the occurrence of the Reversion Date and shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default by the Company.  After any such notice of the occurrence of a Reversion Date, the Trustee shall assume the Suspended Covenants apply and are in full force and effect.
 
ARTICLE V

SUCCESSORS
 
Section 501.   Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.  (a)  The Company will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person or consummate a Delaware LLC Division (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person or successor, as applicable), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries) whether as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person unless:
 
(i)         either (A) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing Person or (B) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or divided or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the “Surviving Entity”) (x) shall be a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (y) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture to this Indenture (in form satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee  the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Notes and the performance of every covenant of the Notes and this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
 
(ii)        immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis and the assumption contemplated by Section 501(a)(i)(B)(y) (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), either (x) the Company or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to Section 407 or (y) the pro forma Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company or such Surviving Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior, and without giving pro forma effect, to such transaction; provided, however, that this clause shall not be effective during any Suspension Period as described under Section 416;
 
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(iii)      immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by Section 501(a)(i)(B)(y) (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred and any Lien granted or to be released in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
 
(iv)       the Company or the Surviving Entity shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture  relating to such transaction have been satisfied;
 
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Restricted Subsidiaries would constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 501(a), (1) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Guarantor; (2) the Company or any Guarantor may consolidate with, merge with or into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Guarantor; (3) the Company may consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Company in a state of the United States or the District of Columbia so long as (i) the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby and (ii) the Surviving Entity complies with subclauses (x) and (y) of Section 501(a)(i)(B); (4) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be converted into, or reorganized or reconstituted as a limited liability company, limited partnership or corporation in a state of the United States or the District of Columbia; and (5) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary may change its name.
 
(b)        No Guarantor (other than any Guarantor whose Subsidiary Guarantee is to be released in accordance with the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee and Indenture in connection with any transaction complying with the provisions of Section 411(a)(i) and Section 411(a)(ii) will, and the Company will not cause or permit any Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with or into any Person other than the Company or any other Guarantor unless:
 
(i)         if the Guarantor is a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) is a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
 
(ii)       such entity (if other than the Guarantor) shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture to this Indenture to which the Guarantor is a party (in form satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, the performance of every covenant of the Notes and this Indenture  on the part of such Guarantor to be performed or observed;
 
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(iii)        immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
 
(iv)      the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or to the Company, (ii) subject to compliance with Section 501(b)(ii) (other than during the Suspension Period), a Guarantor may consolidate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into an Affiliate for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor in another state of the United States or the District of Columbia, (iii) subject to compliance with Section 501(b)(ii) (other than during the Suspension Period), a Guarantor may convert into a Person organized or existing under the laws of another state of a the United States or the District of Columbia, (iv) a Guarantor may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if the Company determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes or (v) change its name.
 
Clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 501(a) will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
Section 502.     Successor Company Substituted.  In accordance with the foregoing, upon any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing corporation, the Surviving Entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter the predecessor corporation will automatically be released and discharged of all further obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes; provided that solely for purposes of computing amounts described in subclause (3) of Section 409(a), any such Surviving Entity shall only be deemed to have succeeded to and be substituted for the Company with respect to periods subsequent to the effective time of such merger, consolidation or transfer of assets.
 
ARTICLE VI

REMEDIES
 
Section 601.      Events of Default.  An “Event of Default” means the occurrence of the following:
 
(i)         the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
 
(ii)        the failure to pay the principal on any Notes when such principal becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise (including the failure to make a payment to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or an Excess Proceeds Offer);
 
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(iii)       failure by the Company for 90 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements under Section 405;
 
(iv)       a default by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture which default continues for a period of 30 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the default from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes;
 
(v)        a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), whether such Indebtedness now exists or is created after the Issue Date, which default (A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of such Indebtedness after any applicable grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “payment default”) or (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity (and such acceleration is not rescinded, or such Indebtedness is not repaid, within 30 days) and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a payment default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, exceeds $75.0 million or more at any time;
 
(vi)      one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $75.0 million not covered by adequate insurance (other than self-insurance) shall have been rendered against the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and nonappealable;
 
(vii)      the Company or any of the Guarantors (A) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, (B) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to itself, (C) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, (D) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for substantially all of its property, (E) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of a bankruptcy or an insolvency proceeding against it, (F) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (G) takes any corporate action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing;
 
(viii)    a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of the Guarantors in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, which shall (A) approve as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect of the Company or any of the Guarantors, (B) appoint a custodian of the Company or any of the Guarantors or for substantially all of any of their property or (C) order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; and such judgment, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
 
(ix)       any Subsidiary Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary of the Company ceases to be in full force and effect or any Subsidiary Guarantee of such a Significant Subsidiary is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any Subsidiary Guarantee of such a Significant Subsidiary is found to be invalid or any Guarantor which is a Significant Subsidiary denies its liability under its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by reason of release of such Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture).
 
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Section 602.     Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.  If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clauses (vii) or (viii) above) shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of Outstanding Notes may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration,” and the same shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clauses (vii) or (viii) above occurs and is continuing, then all unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the outstanding Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
 
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes as described in the preceding paragraph, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences:
 
(i)          if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree;
 
(ii)        if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration;
 
(iii)        to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, if interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid;
 
(iv)      if the Company has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances and any other sums owing to the Trustee pursuant to Section 707 of this Indenture; and
 
(v)        in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in clauses (vii) or (viii) of Section 601, the Trustee shall have received an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived.
 
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent hereto.
 
Section 603.     Other Remedies; Collection Suit by Trustee.  If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but is not obligated under this Section 603 to, pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 601(i) or 601(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 707.
 
Section 604.      Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.  The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to each of them for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee and under Section 707 or any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees.
 
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No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
 
Section 605.     Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.  All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
 
Section 606.     Application of Money Collected.  Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
 
First:  to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee  under Section 707;
 
Second:  to the payment in full of the Notes Obligations in respect of the Notes (including the Subsidiary Guarantees) (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Holders of such Obligations pro rata in accordance with the amounts of the obligations owed to them on the date of such distribution); and
 
Third:  to the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
 
Section 607.      Limitation on Suits.  Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:
 
(i)          such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
 
(ii)         Holders of at least 30.0% in principal amount of the total Outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee, in writing, to pursue the remedy;
 
(iii)        Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
 
(iv)        the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and
 
(v)       Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a written direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
 
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Subject to all provisions of this Indenture and applicable law, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.  The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to determine whether any action is prejudicial to any Holder of a Note).
 
Section 608.      [Reserved].
 
Section 609.     Restoration of Rights and Remedies.  If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture or any Note and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
 
Section 610.    Rights and Remedies Cumulative.  No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
 
Section 611.      Delay or Omission Not Waiver.  No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
 
Section 612.     Control by Holders.  The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided that
 
(1)          such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and
 
(2)          the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
 
However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 701, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee has no duty to determine if any directed action is prejudicial to any Holders of Notes) or that would subject the Trustee to personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.  Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses, liabilities and expenses that may be caused by taking or not taking such action.
 
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Section 613.     Waiver of Past Defaults.  The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may, by notice to the Trustee, waive any existing Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Notes.  In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 601(v), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose:
 
(1)          the Indebtedness or Guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been paid or discharged; or
 
(2)         Holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or
 
(3)          the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.
 
Holders of the Notes may not enforce this Indenture or the Notes except as provided in this Indenture.  The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless the Holders have offered, and if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
 
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.  In case of any such waiver, the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the Notes, respectively.
 
Section 614.     Undertaking for Costs.  All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Notes, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant.  This Section 614 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10.0% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment Dates expressed in such Note.
 
Section 615.     Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.  The Company agrees (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other similar law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Notes contemplated herein or in the Notes or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
 
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ARTICLE VII

THE TRUSTEE
 
Section 701.    Certain Duties and Responsibilities.  (a)  Except during the continuance of an Event of Default actually known to a responsible officer of the Trustee,
 
(1)         the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
 
(2)       in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any resolution, statement, instrument, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, judgment, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but need not verify the contents thereof.
 
(b)         In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
 
(c)        No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 701(a); (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 612.
 
(d)         No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
 
(e)         Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 701 and Section 703.
 
(f)         The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
 
Section 702.      Notice of Defaults .  If a Default occurs and is continuing and is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee must mail or deliver within 90 days after it occurs or after the Trustee obtains actual knowledge, to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Note Register, notice of such Default hereunder actually known to the Trustee unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.  The Trustee will not be deemed to have knowledge of any Defaults or Events of Default unless written notice of a Default or Event of Default has been delivered to and actually received by a Trust Officer of the Trustee at its office specified in this Indenture and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture and states that it is a “Notice of Default.”
 
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Section 703.      Certain Rights of Trustee.  Subject to the provisions of Section 701:
 
(1)       the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, judgment, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
 
(2)         any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order thereof, and any resolution of any Person’s board of directors shall be sufficiently evidenced if certified by an Officer of such Person as having been duly adopted and being in full force and effect on the date of such certificate;
 
(3)          whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may request and, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate of the Company;
 
(4)         the Trustee shall be entitled to request and receive written instructions from the Company and shall have no responsibility or liability for any losses or damages of any nature that may arise from any action taken or not taken by the Trustee in accordance with the written direction of the Company;
 
(5)        the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
 
(6)         the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered, and if requested, provided to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
 
(7)        the Trustee shall not be responsible for nor have any duty to monitor the performance or any action of the Company or any other party to this Indenture, or any of their directors, members, officers, agents, Affiliates or employee, nor shall it have any liability in connection with the malfeasance or nonfeasance by such party;
 
(8)         the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may reasonably see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to reasonably examine the books, records and premises of the Company, during regular business hours and with advance notice to the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
 
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(9)          the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
 
(10)     to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Trustee shall not be liable to any Person for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage;
 
(11)        the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;
 
(12)      the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture;
 
(13)      the permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein; and
 
(14)      the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
 
Section 704.      Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes.  The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder.  Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the proceeds thereof.
 
Section 705.     May Hold Notes.  The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Note Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to Section 708 and Section 713, may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Note Registrar or such other agent.
 
Section 706.     Money Held in Trust.  Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.  The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
 
Section 707.          Compensation and Reimbursement.
 
(1)         The Company agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time the reasonable compensation agreed to by the Company in writing for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
 
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(2)        The Company agrees except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction; and
 
(3)         The Company and Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify the Trustee and its directors, officers, and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability, action, suit, proceeding at law or in equity, or other expense, fee or charge of any character or nature incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the Trustee’s part as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction, arising out of or in connection with the administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, the costs of enforcement of this Indenture (including, without limitation, this Section 707), the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee or any provision hereof or thereof and the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder or thereunder.
 
The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).  The provisions of this Section 707 shall survive the repayment of the Notes, the termination of this Indenture or the resignation and removal of the Trustee.
 
The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes for payment of all amounts due the Trustee under this Section 707 on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay the principal of and interest on any Notes.  Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
 
Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs fees, expenses or renders services after the occurrence of a Default specified in clause (vii) or clause (viii) of Section 601, the fees and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) are intended to constitute administrative expenses for purposes of priority under any Bankruptcy Code.
 
Section 708.     Conflicting Interests.  If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall eliminate such interest, apply to the Commission for permission to continue as Trustee with such conflict or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA (to the extent this Indenture has been qualified by the TIA at such time) and this Indenture.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Initial Notes and Additional Notes, or a trustee under any other indenture between the Company and the Trustee.
 
Section 709.     Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.  There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder.  The Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the TIA (to the extent this Indenture has been qualified by the TIA at such time) to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million.  If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 709 and to the extent permitted by the TIA (to the extent this Indenture has been qualified by the TIA at such time), the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 709, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article 7.
 
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Section 710.     Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.  No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 711.
 
The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company.  If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 711 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, at the Company’s expense, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
 
The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
 
If at any time:
 
(1)          the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 708 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or
 
(2)          the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 709 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
 
(3)        the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
 
then, in any such case, (A) the Company may remove the Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 614, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
 
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 711.  If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 711, become the successor Trustee and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.  If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 711, then, subject to Section 614, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
 
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The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 110.  Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
 
Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 710, the Company’s obligations under Section 707 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
 
Section 711.    Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.  In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
 
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to above.
 
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VII.
 
Section 712.      Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.  Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged, sold, transferred or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, sale, transfer, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee  shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VII, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.  In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes.
 
Section 713.     Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.  If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) (to the extent this Indenture has been qualified by the TIA at such time), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor) or realizing on certain property received by it in respect of such claims.
 
Section 714.     Appointment of Authenticating Agent.  The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate such Notes.  Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company.  Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so.  Each reference in this Indenture to authentication (or execution of a certificate of authentication) by the Trustee includes authentication (or execution of a certificate of authentication) by such Authenticating Agent.  An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as any Note Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
 
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ARTICLE VIII

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY
 
Section 801.     The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.  The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
 
(1)       semi-annually, not more than 10 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date, and
 
(2)         at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
 
provided, however, that if and to the extent and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, no such list need be furnished pursuant to this Section 801.
 
Section 802.   Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.  The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list, if any, furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 801 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar; provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, the Note Register shall satisfy the requirements relating to such list.  None of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee or any other Person shall be under any responsibility with regard to the accuracy of such list.  The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 801 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
 
ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR WAIVER
 
Section 901.    Without Consent of Holders.  Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees for certain specified purposes, including:
 
(1)         curing ambiguities, omissions, mistakes, defects or inconsistencies;
 
(2)         providing for the assumption by a successor Person of the obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under this Indenture in accordance with Section 501;
 
(3)        adding any Guarantor under this Indenture or releasing a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and to provide for any local law restrictions required by the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor;
 
(4)        to conform the text of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the “Description of Notes” of the Offering Memorandum was intended to be a substantially verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes, as certified by the Company (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee);
 
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(5)         to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of the Holders;
 
(6)       to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;
 
(7)       to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee or paying agent thereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
 
(8)         to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that (i) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes;
 
(9)         to secure the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee; and
 
(10)        to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture.
 
Section 902.     With Consent of Holders.  Except as otherwise expressly provided below in this Section 902, the Company, the Trustee and (as applicable) any Guarantor may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) and the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) may waive any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance by the Company or any Guarantor with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee.
 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 902 to the contrary, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes), an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 613, to the Notes, this Indenture or any Subsidiary Guarantee may not:
 
(i)          reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
 
(ii)         reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any Notes;
 
(iii)        reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the Stated Maturity of any Notes; or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption or reduce the redemption price therefor;
 
(iv)        make any Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
 
(v)         waive a Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all affected Holders;
 
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(vi)      make any change in provisions of this Indenture protecting the right of each Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes on or after the stated due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes to waive Defaults or Events of Default;
 
(vii)       amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer after the occurrence of a Change of Control or make and consummate an Excess Proceeds Offer with respect to any Asset Sale that has been consummated or, after the consummation or occurrence of any such Change of Control or Asset Sale, modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto;
 
(viii)      modify or change any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee in a manner which adversely affects the Holders; or
 
(ix)        release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
 
For the avoidance of doubt, no amendment to, or deletion of any of the covenants described under Article IV or action taken in compliance with the covenants in effect at the time of such action, shall be deemed to impair or affect any legal rights of any Holders of the Notes to receive payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes.
 
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 902 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
 
Section 903.    Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers.  After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 902 becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver.  Any failure of the Company to deliver such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any supplemental indenture or the effectiveness of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.  The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities, indemnities or immunities of the Trustee, as the case may be.  If it does, the Trustee  may, but need not, sign it.  In signing or refusing to sign such amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted or complies with this Indenture that all conditions precedent to such amendment, supplement or waiver required by this Indenture have been complied with and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall be required for the execution of this Indenture or a Guarantor Supplemental Indenture on the Issue Date.
 
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Section 904.     Revocation and Effect of Consents.  Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or any Note that evidences all or any part of the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note.  Subject to the following paragraph of this Section 904, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to such Holder’s Note by written notice to the Trustee or the Company, received by the Trustee or the Company, as the case may be, before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate from the Company certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore revoked such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver.  The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver as set forth in Section 108.
 
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of Notes.
 
Section 905.      [Reserved].
 
Section 906.     Notation on or Exchange of Notes.  If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee shall (if required by the Company and in accordance with the specific direction of the Company) request the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee.  The Trustee shall (if required by the Company and in accordance with the specific direction of the Company) place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder.  Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.  Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
 
ARTICLE X

REDEMPTION OF NOTES
 
Section 1001.   Applicability of Article.  The Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, before their Stated Maturity in accordance with this Article X.
 
Section 1002.   [Reserved].
 
Section 1003.   Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.  In case of any redemption of less than all of the Notes, the Company shall, at least two Business Days (but not more than 60 days (except that such notice may be delivered more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date if the Redemption Date is delayed as provided in Section 1009)), prior to the date on which notice is required to be delivered to Holders pursuant to Section 1005, notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, but failure to so notify the Trustee shall not invalidate any notice given in accordance with Section 1005 and shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default by the Company.
 
Section 1004.  Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed.  In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, and in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the procedures of DTC, in integral multiples of $1,000, although no Note of $2,000 in original principal amount or less will be redeemed in part.
 
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.  On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
 
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For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of the Notes redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of the Notes that has been or is to be redeemed.
 
Section 1005.   Notice of Redemption.  Subject to the final paragraph of Section 110, notice of redemption or purchase as provided in Section 1001 shall be delivered electronically or, at the Company’s option, mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date (except that such notice may be delivered more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date if such notice is issued in connection with the defeasance of Notes pursuant to Section 1201 or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Section 1101, or if the Redemption Date is delayed as provided in Section 1009), to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed, with a copy to the Trustee, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register.
 
Any such notice shall state:
 
(1)          the expected Redemption Date,
 
(2)          the redemption price (or the formula by which the redemption price will be determined),
 
(3)         if less than all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the portion of the respective principal amounts) of the Notes to be redeemed,
 
(4)        that, on the Redemption Date, the redemption price will become due and payable upon each such Note, and that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said date, and
 
(5)          the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price.
 
In addition, if such redemption, purchase or notice is subject to satisfaction (or, waiver by the Company in its sole discretion) of one or more conditions precedent, as permitted by Section 1009, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been (or, in the Company’s sole determination, may not be) satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed.
 
The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.
 
Notice of any redemption or purchase of Notes hereunder (or the selection of Notes in connection with a partial redemption) to be so redeemed or purchased at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request (made to the Trustee at least two Business Days (or such shorter period as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the requested date of delivery of such notice), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.  Any such request will set forth the information to be stated in such notice, as provided by this Section 1005.
 
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The notice if delivered in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.  In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.
 
Section 1006.   Deposit of Redemption Price.  On or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 403) an amount of money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Notes or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
 
Section 1007.   Notes Payable on Redemption Date.  Notice of redemption having been given as provided in this Article X, the Notes so to be redeemed shall (subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company of any applicable conditions precedent), on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the redemption price herein specified and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the redemption price or the Paying Agent is prohibited from paying the redemption price pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) such Notes shall cease to bear interest.  Upon surrender of such Notes for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Notes shall be paid by the Company at the redemption price.  Installments of interest whose Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
 
On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and any accrued and unpaid interest on Notes called for redemption shall have been made available in accordance with Section 1006, the Notes (or the portions thereof) called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the Holders of such Notes (or portions thereof) will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the last sentence of the preceding paragraph, any accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes (or portions thereof) to the Redemption Date.  If any Note (or portion thereof) called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Note (or portion thereof).
 
Section 1008.  Notes Redeemed in Part.  Any Note that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Place of Payment (with due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and (upon receipt of an Authentication Order) the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered (or if the Note is a global note, an adjustment shall be made to the schedule attached thereto).
 
Section 1009.    Optional Redemption.
 
The Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, on or after October 15, 2027 upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on October 15 of the year set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date):
 
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Redemption Period Price
 
2027
103.313%
2028
101.656%
2029 and thereafter
100.000%

In addition, at any time, or from time to time, on or prior to October 15, 2027, the Company may, at its option, use all or any portion of the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued at a redemption price equal to 106.625% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date); provided that at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued remains outstanding immediately after any such redemption.  In order to effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of any Equity Offering, the Company shall effect such redemption not more than 180 days after the consummation of any such Equity Offering (disregarding the date of closing of any over-allotment option with respect thereto).
 
At any time, or from time to time, prior to October 15, 2027, the Notes may also be redeemed in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any tender for or other offer to purchase all of the Outstanding Notes, if Holders of not less than 90.0% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such tender or other offer and the Company, or any other Person making such a tender or other offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, all of the Holders of the Notes will be deemed to have consented to such tender or other offer and accordingly, the Company or such third party will have the right upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem all (but not less than all) of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price offered to each other Holder in such tender offer plus, to the extent not included in the tender or other offer payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
 
Any redemption of Notes may be made upon notice delivered electronically or, at the Company’s option, mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with Section 1005, and, if applicable, the Company should notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, and the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed in accordance with Section 1003.  The Company may provide in any redemption notice that payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.
 
Any redemption of Notes (including in connection with an Equity Offering) or notice thereof may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction (or, waiver by the Company in its sole discretion) of one or more conditions precedent, which may include consummation of any related Equity Offering or other financing or corporate transaction.  If such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice may state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion), or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been (or, in the Company’s sole determination, may not be) satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date so delayed.
 
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ARTICLE XI

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
 
Section 1101.   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.  The Outstanding Notes and this Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect and the Subsidiary Guarantees will be released (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Outstanding Notes and this Indenture and the Liens, when
 
(i)           either
 
(a)        all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 403) have been cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
 
(b)         all such Notes not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes)
 
(1)          have become due and payable,
 
(2)          will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
 
(3)          are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and
 
(ii)       the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient (without reinvestment) to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
 
(iii)       the Company and/or the Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture, including amounts owing to the Trustee;
 
(iv)      the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in this Section 1101 relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with; and
 
(v)         there exists no Default or Event of Default under this Indenture.
 
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Upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of redemption (any such amount, the “Applicable Premium Deficit”) only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of redemption. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least two (2) Business Days prior to the redemption date that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption.
 
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the Outstanding Notes, (a) the obligations of the Company to the Trustee  under Section 707 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1101(ii), the obligations of the Trustee under Section 1103 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge, and (b) if such satisfaction and discharge is effected through redemption in accordance with Section 1101(i)(b)(3), the provisions of Section 1007 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge, and the other provisions of Article X shall survive such satisfaction and discharge until the Redemption Date shall have occurred.
 
Section 1102.    [Reserved]
 
Section 1103.  Application of Trust Money.  Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 403, all money and/or U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1101 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
 
ARTICLE XII

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
 
Section 1201.   The Company’s Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.  The Company may, at its option, at any time, elect to have terminated the obligations of the Company with respect to Outstanding Notes, this Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees and to have terminated all of the obligations of the Guarantors with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees, in each case, as set forth in this Article XII, and elect to have either Section 1202 or 1203 be applied to all of the Outstanding Notes (the “Defeased Notes”), upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in Section 1204.  Either Section 1202 or Section 1203 may be applied to the Defeased Notes to any Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of the Notes.
 
Section 1202. Defeasance and Discharge.  Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 1201 of the option applicable to this Section 1202, the Company shall be deemed to have been released and discharged from its obligations with respect to the Defeased Notes and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been released and discharged from their obligations with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees on the date the relevant conditions set forth in Section 1204 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”).  For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Defeased Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 1205 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and the Company, and each of the Guarantors shall be deemed to have satisfied all other obligations under such Notes, Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:  (a) the rights of Holders of Defeased Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1204 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Defeased Notes under Sections 304, 305, 306, 402, and 403, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee  hereunder, including the Trustee’s  rights (and the Company’s obligations) under Section 707, and (d) this Article XII.  If the Company exercises its option under this Section 1202, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto.  Subject to compliance with this Article XII, the Company may, at its option and at any time, exercise its option under this Section 1202 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1203 with respect to the Notes.
 
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Section 1203.   Covenant Defeasance.  Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 1201 of the option applicable to this Section 1203, (a) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenant or provision contained in Section 405, Sections 407 through 415, the provisions of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Section 501(a) and the provisions of Section 501(b) shall not apply, and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iv), (v) (with respect to Section 405, Sections 407 through 415, inclusive), (vi), (vii), (viii) (with respect to Subsidiaries), (ix) (with respect to Subsidiaries), or (x) of Section 601 shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Defeased Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants or provisions, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder.  For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant or provision, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or provision or by reason of any reference in any such covenant or provision to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 601, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Outstanding Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
 
Section 1204.   Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.  The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1202 or Section 1203 to the Outstanding Notes:
 
(1)         the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, U.S. dollars in immediately available funds or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of which obligation or guarantee the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or a combination thereof, maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as are sufficient, without consideration of the reinvestment of such interest and principal and after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or nationally recognized banking or financial advisory firm selected by the Company, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee) delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the outstanding Notes on the dates on which any such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Notes;
 
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(2)        in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
 
(3)        in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
 
(4)          no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);
 
(5)        such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of or constitute a default under this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
 
(6)         the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company or others; and
 
(7)         The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in this Section 1204 relating to either the Legal Defeasance under Section 1202 or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 1203, as the case may be, have been complied with.  In rendering such Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate as to compliance with the foregoing clauses (1), (2) and (3) of this Section 1204 or as to any matters of fact.
 
Upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any Applicable Premium Deficit only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of redemption. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least two (2) Business Days prior to the redemption date that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel required by the clause (2) of this Section 1204 with respect to Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all of the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation (x) have become due and payable or (y) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Paying Agent and the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Paying Agent in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
 
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Section 1205.   Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.  Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 403, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or such other Person that would qualify to act as successor trustee under Article VII, collectively and solely for purposes of this Section 1205, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1204 in respect of the Defeased Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
 
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee and its agents and hold them harmless against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 1204, or the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof, other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of the Defeased Notes.
 
Anything in this Article XII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company from time to time, upon Company Request, any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1204 that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized accounting or investment banking firm expressed in a written certification thereof to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.  Subject to Article VII, the Trustee shall not incur any liability to any Person by relying on such opinion.
 
Section 1206.  Reinstatement.  If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money and U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company or any Guarantor makes any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money and U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
 
Section 1207.   Repayments to the Company.  Subject to applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee shall pay to the Company upon Company Request any money held by it for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.  After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person and all liability of the Trustee or Paying Agent with respect to such money shall thereupon cease.
 
ARTICLE XIII

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
 
Section 1301.    Guarantees Generally.
 
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(a)       Guarantee of Each Guarantor.  Each Guarantor, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and fully and unconditionally Guarantees, on a senior secured basis, the punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes, whether for principal of or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise (all such obligations guaranteed by such Guarantors being herein called the “Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations”).
 
The obligations of each Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor (including, but not limited to, any Guarantee by it of any Credit Facility Indebtedness) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law, or being void or unenforceable under any law relating to insolvency of debtors.
 
(b)        Further Agreements of Each Guarantor.  (1)  Each Guarantor hereby agrees that (to the fullest extent permitted by law) its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company or any other Guarantor to the Holders or the Trustee  hereunder or thereunder, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same, whether or not a notation concerning its Subsidiary Guarantee is made on any particular Note, or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
 
(ii)       Each Guarantor hereby waives (to the fullest extent permitted by law) the benefit of diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that (except as otherwise provided in Section 1303) its Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and this Subsidiary Guarantee.  Such Subsidiary Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection.  Each Guarantor further agrees (to the fullest extent permitted by law) that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, subject to this Article XIII, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed by its Subsidiary Guarantee may be accelerated as and to the extent provided in Article VI for the purposes of such Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantee, and (2) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VI, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Section 1301 for the purpose of such Subsidiary Guarantee.  Neither the Trustee nor any other Person shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to take any other steps under any security for the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations or against the Company or any other Person or any property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee is entitled to demand payment and performance by any or all Guarantors of their obligations under their respective Subsidiary Guarantees or under this Indenture.
 
(iii)        Until terminated in accordance with Section 1303, each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on such Notes, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
 
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(c)         Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall have the right to seek contribution from the Company or any non‑paying Guarantor that has also guaranteed the relevant Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations in respect of which such payment or distribution is made, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantees.
 
(d)          Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its Subsidiary Guarantee, and the waiver set forth in Section 1305, are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
 
(e)          Each Guarantor, pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantee, also hereby agrees to pay any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees of one outside counsel (plus one local or specialized counsel, as applicable) and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights relating to its Subsidiary Guarantee under this Section 1301.
 
Section 1302. Continuing Guarantees.  (a)  Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall be a continuing Guarantee and shall (i) subject to Section 1303, remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the principal amount of all Outstanding Notes (whether by payment at maturity, purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition) and all other Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations then due and owing, (ii) be binding upon such Guarantor, and (iii) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, the Holders and their permitted successors, transferees and assigns.
 
(b)         The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment which would otherwise have reduced or terminated the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder and under its Subsidiary Guarantee (whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company, or by or on behalf of a Guarantor) is rescinded or reclaimed from any of the Holders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, or any Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
 
Section 1303.  Release of Subsidiary Guarantees.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1302, Subsidiary Guarantees will be subject to termination and discharge under the circumstances described in this Section 1303.  Any Guarantor will automatically, irrevocably and unconditionally be released from all obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be discharged and of no further force or effect, (i) if the Guarantee of the Credit Agreement made by such Guarantor is released, unless such Guarantor has any Qualifying Indebtedness that, in the aggregate, exceeds $25 million outstanding, or remains a guarantor of the Qualifying Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Company or another Guarantor that, in the aggregate, exceeds $25 million; (ii) upon the sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation, Delaware LLC Division, dividend, distribution or otherwise) of the Capital Stock of the applicable Guarantor which transaction results in the applicable Guarantor no longer being a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided such sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer does not violate Section 411; (iii) if the Company designates such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 408; or (iv) upon the Company’s exercise of its Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option as described under Article XII or if the Company’s obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
 
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Upon any such occurrence specified in this Section 1303, the Trustee shall upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, at the Company’s expense, execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company in order to evidence such release, discharge and termination in respect of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee.
 
Section 1304.    [Reserved].
 
Section 1305.   Waiver of Subrogation.  Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture or such Guarantor’s obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture, including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Notes against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, until this Indenture is discharged and all of the Notes are discharged and paid in full.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the Holders of the Notes, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
 
Section 1306.   Notation Not Required.  Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make a notation on the Notes to reflect any such Subsidiary Guarantee or any release, termination or discharge thereof.
 
Section 1307.   Successors and Assigns of Guarantors.  All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each Guarantor shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
 
Section 1308.   Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees.  The Company shall cause each Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 414, and each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that the Company causes to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 414, to promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a Guarantor Supplemental Indenture, or a supplemental indenture otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing its Subsidiary Guarantee on substantially the terms set forth in this Article XIII.  Concurrently therewith, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such Guarantor Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized or permitted or complies with this Indenture, that all conditions precedent to such Guarantor Supplemental Indenture required by this Indenture have been complied with and that such Guarantor Supplemental Indenture is a valid and binding agreement of the applicable Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
 
Section 1309.   Notices.  Notice to any Guarantor shall be sufficient if addressed to such Guarantor care of the Company at the address, place and manner provided in Section 109.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
 
 
PHINIA INC.
   
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
   
Name:
Gordon Muir
   
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
 
[Signature Page to Indenture]


 
PHINIA DELPHI USA LLC
   
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
   
Name: 
Gordon Muir
    Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

 
PHINIA HOLDINGS USA LLC
   
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
   
Name:
Gordon Muir
    Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

 
PHINIA JERSEY HOLDINGS LLC.
   
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
   
Name:
Gordon Muir
    Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
 
 
PHINIA USA LLC
   
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
   
Name: 
Gordon Muir
    Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to Indenture]
 


U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee


 
By:
/s/ James Kowalski
 
Name:
 James Kowalski
 
Title:
 Vice President

[Signature Page to Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

Form of Note1
(FACE OF NOTE)
 
PHINIA Inc.
 
6.625% Senior Notes due 2032
 
CUSIP No. / ISIN No. [            ]2
No. __________
$ ________
        
PHINIA Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware (and its successors and assigns, the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to ________________, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of $________________ ([                         ] United States Dollars) [(or such lesser or greater amount as shall be outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance with Sections 312 and 313 of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof)]3 (the “Principal Amount”) on October 15, 2032.  The Company hereby promises to pay interest semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 in each year, commencing [         ], 20[  ]4, at the rate of 6.625% per annum (subject to adjustment as provided below), until the Principal Amount is paid or made available for payment. [Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date.]5  [Interest on this Note will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no such interest has been paid, from __________, ____6.]7  Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the April 1 or October 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.



1 Insert any applicable legends as provided in Article II of the Indenture.
 
2 [Rule 144A: 71880KAB7 / US71880KAB70] [Regulation S: U71878AB5 / USU71878AB59]
 
3 Include only if the Note is issued in global form.
 
4 April 15, 2025 for the Initial Notes.
 
5 Include only for Initial Notes.
 
6 Insert applicable date.
 
7 Include only for Additional Notes.
 
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Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or such other office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made through the Paying Agent by wire transfer or immediately available funds to the account designated to the Company by the Person entitled thereto or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note Register.
 
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
 
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
 

PHINIA INC.
 

By:



Name:
 
Title:
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This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
 

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee




By:
 

 
Authorized Signatory
Dated:

 

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(REVERSE OF NOTE)
 
This Note is one of the duly authorized issue of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2032 of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued under an Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2024 (the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among PHINIA Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as issuer, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, National Association, in its capacity as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, in the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.  Additional Notes may be issued from time to time under the Indenture and will vote as a class with the Notes and otherwise be treated as Notes for purposes of the Indenture.
 
All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
 
This Note may hereafter be entitled to certain Subsidiary Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders.  Reference is made to Article XIII of the Indenture for terms relating to such Subsidiary Guarantees, including the release, termination and discharge thereof.  Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to make any notation on this Note to reflect any Subsidiary Guarantee or any such release, termination or discharge.
 
The Notes are redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, as provided in the Indenture.
 
The Indenture provides (as and to the extent set forth therein) that, upon the occurrence after the Issue Date of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but not including, the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling prior to or on the purchase date); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as provided in the Indenture.
 
The Company is not required to make scheduled mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes; provided, however, that under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to make a Change of Control Offer or an Excess Proceeds Offer.  The Company and its Affiliates may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions with third parties or pursuant to one or more tender or exchange offers or otherwise, upon such terms and at such prices as well as with such consideration as the Company or any such Affiliates may determine.
 
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire Indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
 
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If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
 
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be effected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding.  The Indenture also contains provisions requiring the consent of all affected Holders to make certain amendments and to waive compliance by the Company and its Subsidiaries with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
 
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity.  The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
 
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations and other provisions therein set forth, (a) the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees, (b) the Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, and (c) the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
 
No service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
 
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration or transfer, the Company, any other obligor in respect of this Note, the Trustee and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Company, any other obligor in respect of this Note, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
 
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No past, present or future director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof, in their respective capacities as such, shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation.  Each Noteholder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
 
THE INDENTURE AND THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE AND (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE) THE HOLDER HEREOF AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE, OR THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES.

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[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER]
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
Insert Taxpayer Identification No.
 
(Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee)

 

 

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

 

attorney to transfer such Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
Check One
 
[   ] (a)
this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.
 
or
 
[   ] (b)
this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.
 
If neither of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 313 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.
 
Date:

 
     

 
   
  NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.
 
Signature Guarantee:
   

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Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
 
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
 
Dated:
 

 
      NOTICE:  To be executed by an executive
officer

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
 
If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or Section 415 of the Indenture, check the box:  [    ].
 
If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or Section 415 of the Indenture, state the amount (in principal amount) below:
 

$    

Date:



Your Signature:



(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

Signature Guarantee:


 
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
 
The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
 
Date of
Exchange
 

Amount of decreases in Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
 
Amount of increases in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
 
Principal amount
of this Global Note
following such
decreases or increases
 
Signature
of authorized signatory of Trustee
                 

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
 
On or after [__________], 20[  ]
 
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
535 Griswold Street, Suite 550,
Detroit, MI 48226
Attention:  Global Corporate Trust Services

 
Re:
PHINIA INC. (the “Company”)
 
6.625% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”)
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
This letter relates to $________ principal amount of Notes represented by the offshore global note certificate (the “Regulation S Global Note”).  Pursuant to Section 313(3) of the Indenture dated as of September 17, 2024 relating to the Notes (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), we hereby certify that (1) we are the beneficial owner of such principal amount of Notes represented by the Regulation S Global Note and (2) we are either (i) a non‑U.S. person to whom the Notes could be transferred in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S (“Regulation S”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) or (ii) a U.S. person who purchased securities in a transaction that did not require registration under the Act.
 
You, the Company, and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.  Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
 
 
Very truly yours,
   
 
[Name of Holder]
   
 
By:

 
Authorized Signature

Signature Guarantee:

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

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EXHIBIT C

Form of Regulation S Certificate
 
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
535 Griswold Street, Suite 550,
Detroit, MI 48226
Attention:  Global Corporate Trust Services

 
Re:
PHINIA INC. (the “Company”)
 
6.625% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”)
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
In connection with our proposed sale of $________ aggregate principal amount of Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly, we hereby certify as follows:
 
1.  The offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States (unless such person or the account held by it for which it is acting is excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the circumstances described in Rule 902(h)(3) of Regulation S) or specifically targeted at an identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad.
 
2.  Either (a) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the buyer was outside the United States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market, and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States.
 
3.  No directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(a)(2) or Rule 904(a)(2) of Regulation S, as applicable.
 
4.  The proposed transfer of Notes is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
 
5.  If we are a dealer or a person receiving a selling concession or other fee or remuneration in respect of the Notes, and the proposed transfer takes place before end of the distribution compliance period under Regulation S, or we are an officer or director of the Company or a distributor, we certify that the proposed transfer is being made in accordance with the provisions of Rules 903 and 904 of Regulation S.
 
6.  If the proposed transfer takes place before the end of the distribution compliance period under Regulation S, the beneficial interest in the Notes so transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear (as defined in such Indenture) or Clearstream (as defined in such Indenture).
 
7.  We have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes.
 
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You, the Company, and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.  Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
 

Very truly yours,
   

[NAME OF SELLER]
   

By:
 

Name:
 
Title:
 
Address:

Signature Guarantee:
 
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
Date of this Certificate:  _________________, 20__
 
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EXHIBIT D

Form of Supplemental Indenture in Respect of Subsidiary Guarantee
 
[         ] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of [_________] (this “Supplemental Indenture”), among [name of Guarantor(s)] (the “New Guarantor[s]”), PHINIA Inc. (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.
 
W I T N E S S E T H:
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore become parties to an Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2024 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the Notes;
 
WHEREAS, Section 1308 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause (i) each Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 414 of the Indenture and (ii) each Subsidiary of the Company that the Company causes to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 414 of the Indenture, to execute and deliver to the Trustee  a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall guarantee the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Article XIII of the Indenture;
 
WHEREAS, [the][each] New Guarantor desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture for good and valuable consideration, including substantial economic benefit in that the financial performance and condition of such New Guarantor is dependent on the financial performance and condition of the Company, the obligations hereunder of which such New Guarantor has guaranteed, and on such New Guarantor’s access to working capital through the Company’s access to borrowings under the Credit Agreement; and
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor[s], the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
 
1.          Defined Terms.  As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined.  The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
 
2.        Agreement to Guarantee.  [The][Each] New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with [all] [any] other existing Guarantors under the Indenture and fully and unconditionally, to guarantee the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XIII of the Indenture and to be bound by (and shall be entitled to the benefits of) all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Guarantor.
 
3.          Termination, Release and Discharge.  [The][Each] New Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, and such New Guarantor shall be released and discharged from all obligations in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantee, as and when provided in Section 1303 of the Indenture.

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4.           Parties.  Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of [the][any] New Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee or any provision contained herein or in Article XIII of the Indenture.
 
5.          Governing Law.  THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
 
6.          Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture.  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.  This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
 
7.          Counterparts.  The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
 
8.          Headings.  The section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.
 
9.          The Trustee . In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so provided. The Trustee does not make any representations as to the validity, execution or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture other than as to the validity of its execution and delivery by the Trustee. The Trustee does not assume any responsibility for the correctness of the recitals contained herein, which shall be taken as a statement of the Company.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
 

[NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR(S)],
as Guarantor

   

By:


Name:


Title:

     

PHINIA INC.
   
 
By:
 


Name:  
 
Title:  
       

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   

By:
 
 
Authorized Officer

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EXHIBIT E

Form of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investors

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
535 Griswold Street, Suite 550
Detroit, MI 48226
Fax No.: (313) 963-9428
Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services
 
 
Re:
PHINIA INC. (the “Company”)
 
6.625% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”)
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
In connection with our proposed sale of $________ aggregate principal amount of Notes, we confirm that:
 
1.          We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture dated as of September 17, 2024, relating to the Notes (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
 
2.          We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law, and that the Notes may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except as permitted in the following sentence.  We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should offer, sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Notes within one year after the original issuance of the Notes, we will do so only (A) to the Company, (B) inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (C) inside the United States to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes to you a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter, (D) outside the United States to a foreign person in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein and in the Indenture.
 
3.          We understand that, on any proposed transfer of any Notes prior to the later of the original issue date of the Notes and the last date the Notes were held by an affiliate of the Company pursuant to paragraphs 2(C), 2(D) and 2(E) above, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed transfer complies with the foregoing restrictions.  We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
 
4.          We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9) or (12) under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are acquiring the Notes for investment purposes and not with a view to, or offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act, and we are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
 
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5.          We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
 
You, the Company and counsel to the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
 

Very truly yours,
   

(Name of Transferee)
   

By:


 
Authorized Signature
 
Signature Guarantee:
 
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended


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Exhibit 10.1
 
Execution Version

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of September 17, 2024, and entered into by and among PHINIA Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereof, the Lenders party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and is made with reference to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2023 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2024, and as it may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (as defined below), the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lender Parties from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement.
 
W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Borrower has prepaid all outstanding Term A Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon;
 
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to which certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement will be amended as set forth herein;
 
WHEREAS, BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are joint lead arrangers for this Amendment; and
 
WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Existing Credit Agreement provides that the parties hereto may amend the Credit Agreement for the purposes set forth herein.
 
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
 
Section 1.
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
Effective as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (i) the Existing Credit Agreement (excluding the schedules and exhibits thereto) is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Amended Credit Agreement attached as Annex A hereto and (ii) Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form of Schedule 2.01 attached hereto as Annex B.
 
 
Section 2.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AMENDMENT
 
The amendments set forth in Section 1 hereof shall become effective only upon the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent (the date of satisfaction of such conditions being referred to herein as the “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date”):
 

A.          The Administrative Agent shall have received executed signature pages to the Amendment from (i) the Borrower, (ii) each Guarantor party hereto and (iii) each Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (immediately after giving effect to the prepayment of outstanding Term A Loans).
 
B.          The representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, immediately after giving effect to this Amendment; provided that to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any such qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
 
C.          On and as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
 
D.          To the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by the Borrower), the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid or reimbursed by the Borrower on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date in connection with this Amendment.
 
E.          To the extent reasonably requested at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (x) the Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and each requesting Lender, and the Administrative Agent and such Lender shall be reasonably satisfied with, the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act, in each case at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (y) any Loan Party that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that so requests a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Loan Party at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
 
F.          The Borrowers shall have prepaid in full the aggregate principal amount of the Term A Loans outstanding, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
 
G.          The Administrative Agent shall have received on behalf of the Revolving Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement, all accrued and unpaid fees and interest on the Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
 
 
Section 3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent that the following statements are true, correct and complete in all material respects:
 
A.          Corporate Power and Authority.  Each Loan Party has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to enter into this Amendment, and each Loan Party has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to carry out the transactions contemplated by, and perform its obligations under, the Amended Credit Agreement.
 
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B.          Authorization of Agreements.  Each Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Amendment and has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the performance of the Amended Credit Agreement.
 
C.          Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.  No Governmental Authorization, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required to be made or obtained by any Loan Party for the due execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Amendment, except those that have been obtained and remain in effect and disclosure filings that are required to be made with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment.
 
D.          Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Amendment, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, are within such Loan Party’s corporate (or other) powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other) action, and do not (a) contravene such Loan Party’s Organization Documents, (b) violate any law, rule, regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any payment to be made under, any material contract, loan agreement, indenture, or other instrument binding on or affecting any Loan Party, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their properties the effect of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the properties of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Lien created pursuant to the Loan Documents).
 
E.          Binding Effect.  This Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally, and subject to the effects of general principles of equity (regardless whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
 
F.          Absence of Default or Event of Default.  On the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately after giving effect to this Amendment.
 
G.          Representation and Warranties from Amended Credit Agreement.  The representations and warranties contained in Article III of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, immediately after giving effect to this Amendment; provided that to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, further, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.
 
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Section 4.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
 
Each Guarantor listed on the signature pages hereof, by its signature below, hereby (a) expressly acknowledges the terms of this Amendment and affirms or reaffirms, as applicable, as of the date hereof the covenants and agreements contained in each Loan Document to which it is a party, including, in each case, such covenants and agreements as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) affirms and confirms (i) its obligations under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) the pledge of and/or grant of a security interest in its assets as Collateral to secure such Obligations, all as provided in the Collateral Documents to which it is a party, as originally executed by it (and as the same may have otherwise been amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date), and acknowledges and agrees that such guarantee, pledge and/or grant continue in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, such Obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (c) acknowledges and agrees that (i) notwithstanding the conditions to effectiveness set forth in this Amendment, such Guarantor is not required by the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to consent to the amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Amendment and (ii) nothing in the Existing Credit Agreement, this Amendment or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such Guarantor to any future amendments to the Amended Credit Agreement.
 
 
Section 5.
MISCELLANEOUS
 
A.          Reference to and Effect on the Existing Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents.  On and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of like import referring to the Existing Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Existing Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to this Amendment and all other Loan Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as in effect prior to the date hereof. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under, the Existing Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.  On or after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, this Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.
 
B.          Headings.  Section and subsection headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
 
C.          GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AMENDMENT, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY) OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE TERMS OF SECTIONS 9.09 AND 9.10 OF THE EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS.
 
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D.          Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. Any signature to this Amendment may be delivered by facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 or the New York Electronic Signature and Records Act or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
 
 
Borrower:
   
 
PHINIA INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
 
 
Name:
Gordon Muir
 
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
     
 
Guarantors:
   
 
PHINIA USA LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
 
 
Name:
Gordon Muir
 
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
     
 
PHINIA DELPHI USA LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
 
 
Name:
Gordon Muir
 
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
     
 
PHINIA JERSEY HOLDINGS LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
 
 
Name:
Gordon Muir
 
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
     
 
PHINIA HOLDINGS USA LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Gordon Muir
 
 
Name:
Gordon Muir
 
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



Administrative Agent:




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.




By:
/s/ Erik Truette


Name:
Erik Truette

Title:
Vice President

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



Lenders:



BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.




By:
/s/ Brian Lukehart


Name:
Brian Lukehart

Title:
Managing Director

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender and a L/C issuer




By:
/s/ Eric B. Bergeson


Name:
Eric B. Bergeson

Title:
Authorized Officer

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION




By:
/s/ Scott M. Kowalski


Name:
Scott M. Kowalski

Title:
Managing Director
 
[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION




By:
/s/ Megan Pridmore


Name:
Megan Pridmore

Title:
Executive Director

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



U.S. Bank National Association,




By:
/s/ Jeffrey S. Johnson


Name:
Jeffrey S. Johnson

Title:
Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH as Lender and L/C Issuer,




By:
/s/ Phillip Tancorra


Name:
Phillip Tancorra

Title:
Director




By:
/s/ Lauren Danbury


Name:
Lauren Danbury

Title:
Vice President

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



BANK OF CHINA, NEW YORK BRANCH




By:
/s/ Jinan Yan


Name:
Jinan Yan

Title:
Executive Vice President

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



CITIBANK N.A.




By:
/s/ Nazmul H. Marwan


Name:
Nazmul H. Marwan

Title:
Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]



The Northern Trust Company,




By:
/s/ Will Hicks


Name:
Will Hicks

Title:
Vice President

[Signature Page to PHINIA Amendment No. 2]

Annex A
 
[See attached.]
 

Annex A

Published Deal CUSIP: 71880JAA2
Published Revolving Credit Facility CUSIP: 71880JAB0
Published Term A Loan CUSIP: 71880JAC8

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

July 3, 2023

as amended by AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of April 4, 2024, and
AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of September 17, 2024

among

PHINIA INC.
as Borrower

The Other Loan Parties Party Hereto

The Lenders Party Hereto

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Administrative Agent,
a Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Syndication Agent

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
as Co-Documentation Agents





BOFA SECURITIES, INC., JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners for Revolving Credit Facility and Term A Loans


TABLE OF CONTENTS



Page


ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
1
SECTION 1.01.
Defined Terms
1
SECTION 1.02.
Classification of Loans and Borrowings
5353
SECTION 1.03.
Terms Generally
5354
SECTION 1.04.
Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations; Limited Condition Transactions; Certain Calculations and Tests
5454
SECTION 1.05.
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents
5656
SECTION 1.06.
Additional Alternative Currencies
5757
SECTION 1.07.
Change of Currency
5858
SECTION 1.08.
Letter of Credit Amounts
5858
SECTION 1.09.
Interest Rates
5858
SECTION 1.10.
Timing of Payment or Performance
5959
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS
5959
SECTION 2.01.
Commitments
5959
SECTION 2.02.
Loans and Borrowings
5960
SECTION 2.03.
Requests for Borrowings
6060
SECTION 2.04.
Determination of Dollar Amounts
6161
SECTION 2.05.
Swingline Loans
6162
SECTION 2.06.
Letters of Credit
6363
SECTION 2.07.
Funding of Borrowings
7272
SECTION 2.08.
Interest Elections
7373
SECTION 2.09.
Termination and Reduction of Commitments
7475
SECTION 2.10.
Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt
7677
SECTION 2.11.
Prepayment of Loans
7878
SECTION 2.12.
Fees
8181
SECTION 2.13.
Interest
8181
SECTION 2.14.
Alternate Rate of Interest
8282
SECTION 2.15.
Increased Costs
8585
SECTION 2.16.
Break Funding Payments
8687
SECTION 2.17.
Taxes
8787
SECTION 2.18.
Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs
9091
SECTION 2.19.
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
9292
SECTION 2.20.
Incremental Facilities
9393
SECTION 2.21.
Judgment Currency
9898
SECTION 2.22.
Defaulting Lenders
9899
SECTION 2.23.
Extension of Maturity Date
101101
SECTION 2.24.
Permitted Refinancing Amendment
103103
SECTION 2.25.
Designated Lenders
104104
SECTION 2.26.
[Reserved]
104104
SECTION 2.27.
Illegality
104105
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
105106
SECTION 3.01.
Existence, Qualification and Power
105106
SECTION 3.02.
Authorization; No Contravention
105106
SECTION 3.03.
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents
106106
SECTION 3.04.
Binding Effect
106106
SECTION 3.05.
Litigation
106107


Table of Contents
(continued)


Page



SECTION 3.06.
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
106107
SECTION 3.07.
Disclosure
107107
SECTION 3.08.
Margin Regulations
107107
SECTION 3.09.
Investment Company Act
107107
SECTION 3.10.
Solvency
107108
SECTION 3.11.
ERISA Compliance
107108
SECTION 3.12.
Environmental Compliance
108108
SECTION 3.13.
Taxes
108108
SECTION 3.14.
Use of Proceeds
108108
SECTION 3.15.
Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws; OFAC
108109
SECTION 3.16.
Affected Financial Institutions
109109
SECTION 3.17.
Security Interest in Collateral
109109
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS
109109
SECTION 4.01.
Closing Date
109109
SECTION 4.02.
Each Borrowing
111112
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
112112
SECTION 5.01.
Compliance with Laws
112112
SECTION 5.02.
Payment of Obligations
112112
SECTION 5.03.
Compliance with Environmental Laws
112112
SECTION 5.04.
Maintenance of Insurance
112113
SECTION 5.05.
Preservation of Existence, Etc
112113
SECTION 5.06.
Inspection Rights
113113
SECTION 5.07.
Books and Records
113113
SECTION 5.08.
Maintenance of Properties
113114
SECTION 5.09.
Transactions with Affiliates
113114
SECTION 5.10.
Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Provide Security
115115
SECTION 5.11.
Use of Proceeds
116117
SECTION 5.12.
Reporting Requirements
116117
SECTION 5.13.
Maintenance of Ratings
119119
SECTION 5.14.
Lender Calls
119119
SECTION 5.15.
Designation of Unrestricted and Restricted Subsidiaries
119120
SECTION 5.16.
Post-Closing Actions
120120
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
120121
SECTION 6.01.
Liens
120121
SECTION 6.02.
Debt
123123
SECTION 6.03.
Change in Nature of Business
125126
SECTION 6.04.
Fundamental Changes
125126
SECTION 6.05.
Dispositions
126126
SECTION 6.06.
Investments
128129
SECTION 6.07.
Restricted Payments
131132
SECTION 6.08.
Accounting Changes
134134
SECTION 6.09.
Speculative Transactions
134134
SECTION 6.10.
Anti-Corruption; Anti-Money Laundering; Sanctions Laws and Regulations
134134
SECTION 6.11.
Prepayments, Etc. of Junior Financing; Amendments
134135
SECTION 6.12.
Financial Covenants
135136
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
136136
SECTION 7.01.
Events of Default
136136
SECTION 7.02.
Remedies Upon an Event of Default
139139


Table of Contents
(continued)


Page



SECTION 7.03.
Application of Payments
139140
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
141141
SECTION 8.01.
Authorization and Action
141141
SECTION 8.02.
Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc
144144
SECTION 8.03.
Posting of Communications
145145
SECTION 8.04.
The Administrative Agent Individually
146146
SECTION 8.05.
Successor Administrative Agent
146147
SECTION 8.06.
Acknowledgements of Lenders and L/C Issuers
147148
SECTION 8.07.
Recovery of Erroneous Payment
148148
SECTION 8.08.
Collateral and Guaranty Matters
148148
SECTION 8.09.
Certain ERISA Matters
149149
SECTION 8.10.
Withholding Taxes
150150
SECTION 8.11.
Credit Bidding
150151
SECTION 8.12.
Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations
151151
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS
151152
SECTION 9.01.
Notices
151152
SECTION 9.02.
Waivers; Amendments
155155
SECTION 9.03.
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
158158
SECTION 9.04.
Successors and Assigns
160160
SECTION 9.05.
Survival
165165
SECTION 9.06.
Electronic Execution; Electronic Records; Counterparts; Effectiveness
165165
SECTION 9.07.
Severability
166166
SECTION 9.08.
Right of Setoff
166167
SECTION 9.09.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
166167
SECTION 9.10.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
167168
SECTION 9.11.
Headings
168168
SECTION 9.12.
Confidentiality
168168
SECTION 9.13.
USA PATRIOT Act
169169
SECTION 9.14.
Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors and Collateral
169170
SECTION 9.15.
Appointment for Perfection
170170
SECTION 9.16.
Interest Rate Limitation
170171
SECTION 9.17.
No Fiduciary Duty, etc.
170171
SECTION 9.18.
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions
171172
SECTION 9.19.
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs
172172
SECTION 9.20.
Investment Grade Fallaway Provision
172173
ARTICLE X GUARANTY
173174
SECTION 10.01.
Guaranty, Limitation of Liability.
173174
SECTION 10.02.
Guaranty Absolute.
174174
SECTION 10.03.
Waivers and Acknowledgments.
175175
SECTION 10.04.
Subrogation
175176
SECTION 10.05.
Guaranty Supplements.
176176
SECTION 10.06.
Subordination
176177
SECTION 10.07.
Continuing Guaranty; Assignments
177177
SECTION 10.08.
Keepwell
177177


SCHEDULES:
 
Schedule 2.01 – Commitments
Schedule 5.09 – Affiliate Transactions
Schedule 5.15 – Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.16 – Post-Closing Actions
Schedule 6.01 – Liens
Schedule 6.02 – Debt
Schedule 6.06 – Investments
 
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B – List of Closing Documents
Exhibit C – Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit D-1 – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships)
Exhibit D-2 – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships)
Exhibit D-3 – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships)
Exhibit D-4 – Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships)
Exhibit E-1 – Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit E-2 – Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit F – Form of Guaranty Supplement
Exhibit G – Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit H – Form of Letter of Credit Report


CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of July 3, 2023 among PHINIA INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other LOAN PARTIES from time to time party hereto, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, a Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer, and the other SWINGLINE LENDERS and L/C ISSUERS from time to time party hereto.

WHEREAS, BorgWarner Inc., a Delaware corporation and the parent company of the Borrower (the “Company”), and its subsidiaries have completed a series of internal reorganization transactions, pursuant to which the Borrower will hold, directly and/or through its subsidiaries, the Company’s fuel systems and aftermarket business;

WHEREAS, the Borrower (i) has requested that the Lenders provide the Term Loans, the Revolving Commitments, the L/C Commitments and commitments in respect of the Swingline Loans, with the proceeds from the initial borrowings hereunder to be used on the Closing Date to fund a special payment to the Company (the “Special Payment”) and to pay fees and expenses related to the Transactions and (ii) will use the proceeds from Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans borrowed after the Closing Date, and Letters of Credit, for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, substantially concurrently with the initial borrowings of the Term Loans and establishment of the Revolving Commitments, the L/C Commitments and commitments in respect of the Swingline Loans, (i) the Borrower will make the Special Payment and (ii) thereafter the Company will make a distribution to the Company’s shareholders of all of the Borrower’s common stock owned by the Company, the effect of which will be that the Borrower will no longer constitute a subsidiary of the Company (the “Spin-Off”)

WHEREAS, the Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend on the terms and subject to the conditions and for the purposes set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01.     Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABR” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

Accepting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(i).

1

Acquisition Debt” means any Debt of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that has been incurred or issued for the purpose of financing, in whole or in part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing Debt of the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the person(s) or assets to be acquired); provided that (a) the release of the proceeds thereof to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is contingent upon the consummation of such Material Acquisition and, pending such release, such proceeds are held in escrow (and, if the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition or if such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Debt, such proceeds shall be promptly applied to satisfy and discharge all obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Debt) or (b) such Debt contains a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other similar provision) or otherwise requires such Debt to be redeemed or prepaid if such Material Acquisition is not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Debt and, pending such redemption or prepayment, such proceeds are held in escrow or otherwise retained in a segregated account of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (and if the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such Material Acquisition is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition or such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Debt, such Debt is so redeemed or prepaid within 90 days of such termination or such specified date, as the case may be).

Acquisition Holiday Period” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 6.12(a).

Additional Commitment Lender” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.23(d).

Additional Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.05(b).

Additional Lender” means any bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor (other than a Lender or an Ineligible Institution), which may provide all or a portion of any Incremental Facility, as requested by the Borrower.

Administrative Agent” means Bank of America (or any of its designated branch offices or affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.

Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth in Section 9.01 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency 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.

Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person.  For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or otherwise (but, for the avoidance of doubt, no individual shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of a Person solely because such individual is a director (or the equivalent thereof) or officer of such Person).

Aggregate Revolving Commitment” means the aggregate of the Revolving Commitments of all of the Revolving Lenders, as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.

Agreed Currency” means Dollars and any Alternative Currency, as applicable.

2

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

Agreement Value” means, for each Hedge Agreement, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the mark-to-market value of such Hedge Agreement, which will be the unrealized loss on such Hedge Agreement to the Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party party to such Hedge Agreement determined as the amount, if any, by which (a) the present value of the future cash flows (determined in accordance with the Master Agreement (Multicurrency Cross Border) published by the International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. with respect to such Hedge Agreement) to be paid by such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary exceeds (b) the present value of the future cash flows (as so determined) to be received by such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such Hedge Agreement.

All-in Yield” means, as to any Loans of any Class or any other Debt, the effective yield on such Debt, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors or similar devices, all recurring fees and other fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (x) the weighted average life to maturity of such loans and (y) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to lenders of such Debt, but excluding (i) any arrangement, structuring, commitment, ticking, underwriting or similar fees or other fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the lenders of such Debt and (ii) any customary consent fees paid generally to consenting lenders. For the purposes of determining the All‑in Yield of any fixed‑rate Debt, at the Borrower’s option, such Debt shall be swapped to a floating rate on a customary matched maturity basis.

Alternate Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” (c) Term SOFR plus 1.00% and (d) 1.00%.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.  If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.14 hereof, then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greatest of clauses (a), (b) and (d) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.

Alternative Currency” means each of the following currencies: Euros and Pounds Sterling, together with each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.06; provided that, for each Alternative Currency, such requested currency is an Eligible Currency.

Alternative Currency Daily Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any Borrowing:

(a)       denominated in Sterling, the rate per annum equal to SONIA determined pursuant to the definition thereof plus the SONIA Adjustment; and

(b)       denominated in any other Alternative Currency (to the extent such Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a daily rate), the daily rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.06(a) plus (or minus, as the case may be) the adjustment (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.06(a);

provided that, if any Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.  Any change in an Alternative Currency Daily Rate shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice.

3

Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Daily Rate.”  All Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.

Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined reasonably in good faith by the Administrative Agent by reference to Bloomberg (or such other commercially recognized, publicly available service for displaying currency exchange rates), to be the exchange rate for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided, however, that, if no such rate is available, the “Alternative Currency Equivalent” shall be reasonably determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent using any reasonable method of determination it reasonably deems appropriate.

Alternative Currency Loan” means an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable.

Alternative Currency Term Rate” means, for any Interest Period, with respect to any Borrowing:

(a)         denominated in Euros, the rate per annum equal to the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may reasonably be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) on the day that is two TARGET Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; or

(b)        denominated in any other Alternative Currency (to the extent such Loans denominated in such currency will bear interest at a term rate), the term rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.06(a) plus (or minus, as the case may be) the adjustment (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders pursuant to Section 1.06(a);

provided that, if any Alternative Currency Term Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Alternative Currency Term Rate.”  All Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans must be denominated in an Alternative Currency.

Amendment No. 1” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2024, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent.

Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means April 4, 2024.

4

“Amendment No. 2” means that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2024, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

“Amendment No. 2 Arranger” means each of BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in its capacity as a joint lead arranger for Amendment No. 2.

“Amendment No. 2 Bookrunnner” means each of BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in its capacity as a joint bookrunner for Amendment No. 2.

“Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means September 17, 2024.

Ancillary Document” means this Agreement, any Loan Document and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to any Loan Document.

Anti-Corruption Lawsmeans all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including but not limited to, the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010 and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means any and all laws, statutes, regulations or obligatory government orders, decrees, ordinances or rules applicable to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including any applicable provision of Title III of the Patriot Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act,” 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).

Applicable Authority” means (a) with respect to Daily SOFR, the Daily SOFR Administrator or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the Daily SOFR Administrator, (b) with respect to Term SOFR, CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR and (c) with respect to any Alternative Currency, the applicable administrator for the Relevant Rate for such Alternative Currency or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of the applicable Relevant Rate, in each case acting in such capacity.

Applicable Foreign Currency Sublimit” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.11(b).

Applicable Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.23(a).

Applicable Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.03(c).

Applicable Percentage” means, with respectin relation to any Lender, (a) with respect to Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans, the percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and the denominator of which is the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders (if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments); and (b) with respect to the Term A Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of the Term A Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term A Loans of all Term A Lenders; provided that in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b),provided that in the case of Section 2.22 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment and/or outstanding Term A Loans shall be disregarded in the calculation.

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Applicable Rate” means with respect to Term A Loans and Revolving Loans, for any day, in the case of any Term SOFR Loan, any Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, any Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, any ABR Loan, any Letter of Credit, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption, “Term SOFR Spread”, “Alternative Currency Term Rate Spread”, “Alternative Currency Daily Rate Spread”, “ABR Spread”, “Letter of Credit Fee” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be:

Pricing
Level
Total Net Leverage
Ratio:
Applicable Rate
Commitment
Fee Rate

Term SOFR Spread /
Alternative Currency
Term Rate Spread /
Alternative Currency
Daily Rate Spread
ABR
Spread
Letter of
Credit Fee
           
1
> 2.00 to 1.00
3.002.50%
2.001.50%
3.002.50%
0.30%






2
< 2.00 to 1.00 but
> 1.00 to 1.00
2.752.25%
1.751.25%
2.752.25%
0.25%






3
< 1.00 to 1.00
2.502.00%
1.501.00%
2.502.00%
0.20%







For purposes of this definition, and notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, on and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and until the date on which the Administrative Agent receives a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.12(c) for the Borrower’s first full Fiscal Quarter ending after the ClosingAmendment No. 2 Effective Date (or, if such first full Fiscal Quarter is also the end of a Fiscal Year, pursuant to Section 5.12(b)), the Applicable Rate will be based on Pricing Level 32 in respect of the table above.  Thereafter, the Applicable Rate will be based on the Pricing Level, as determined by reference to the Total Net Leverage Ratio (as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.12(b) or 5.12(c)).

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 5.12(b) or 5.12(c), as applicable; provided, however, that, if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section 5.12, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.

Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the Revolving Loans and/or Revolving Commitments or Term A Loans, a Lender that has a Revolving Commitment and/or holds a Revolving Loan or a Term A Loan, respectively, at such time, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Sublimit, (i) a Swingline Lender and (ii) if any Swingline Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.05(a), the Revolving Lenders.

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 “Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(a).

Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Arranger” means (i) with respect to Revolving Credit Facility and Term A Loans (as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date), each of BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and (ii) with respect to Amendment No. 2, each of the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers.

Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

Audited Financial Statements” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.01(d).

Automatic Participation Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c).

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.06(b).

Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.06(b).

Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.

Available Revolving Commitment” means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time; it being understood and agreed that any Lender’s Swingline Exposure shall not be deemed to be a component of the Revolving Credit Exposure for purposes of calculating the commitment fee under Section 2.12(a).

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

Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) 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, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

Bank Guarantee” means a guarantee issued by a bank or other financial institution, for the account of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to support obligations of such Person incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business.

Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

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Banking Services” means each and any of the following services provided to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards, (c) merchant processing services and (d) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, zero balance arrangements, cash sweeps, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, any direct debit scheme or arrangement, overdrafts, interstate depository network services, supply chain finance programs and cash pooling services).

Banking Services Agreement” means any agreement entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Banking Services.

Banking Services Obligations” means (a) any and all obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) arising in respect of Banking Services that (i) are owed pursuant to a Banking Services Agreement in effect on the Closing Date, entered into with a party that was a Lender as of the Closing Date or an Affiliate thereof and (ii) are owed pursuant to a Banking Services Agreement entered into after the Closing Date with a party that was a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, in each case at the time such Banking Services Agreement was entered into and (b) any Supplemental Banking Services Obligations.  For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that any Banking Services Obligation that was permitted to be entered into or designated as a Banking Services Obligation under this Agreement at the time such obligation was entered into or so designated shall continue to be secured by the Collateral even though a limitation under this Agreement may be exceeded solely as a result of a change in the currency exchange rates from the currency exchange rates applicable at the time such Banking Services Obligation was entered into or designated.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a voluntary or involuntary 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 or has had any order for relief in such proceeding entered in respect thereof; 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, unless such ownership interest results in or provides 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 permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the 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”.

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BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Index Services Limited.

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

Bona Fide Debt Fund” means any debt fund Affiliate of a Disqualified Institution that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, notes, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course of its business and whose managers are not involved with the investment of such Disqualified Institution.

Bookrunner” means (i) with respect to Revolving Credit Facility and Term A Loans (as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date), each of BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in its capacity as joint lead bookrunner and (ii) with respect to Amendment No. 2, each of the Amendment No. 2 Bookrunners.

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

Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.12.

Borrowing” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans and Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) a Term Loan of the same Type and Class, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans and Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (c) a Swingline Loan.

Borrowing Request” means a request for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03, which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

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 of New York; provided that:

(a)          if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Euros, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan, means a Business Day that is also a TARGET Day;

(b)          if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, means a day other than a day banks are closed for general business in London because such day is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday under the laws of the United Kingdom;

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(c)           if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than Euros or Pounds Sterling, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and

(d)          if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Euros in respect of an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than Euros, or any other dealings in any currency other than Euros to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Alternative Currency Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.

Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures by the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the purchase, leasing or other acquisition of any fixed or capital asset or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that, in conformity with GAAP, are required to be capitalized and reflected in the property, plant and equipment, capital expenditures, tooling, or similar items in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as finance leases (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, operating leases).

Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the L/C Issuers or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers (which documents are hereby consented to by the applicable Lenders).  “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such Cash Collateral and other credit support.

Cash Equivalents” means any of the following, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries: (a) readily marketable direct obligations of the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the federal government of the United States, (b) insured certificates of deposit of or time deposits having a maturity date not greater than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof with any commercial bank that is a Lender or a member of the Federal Reserve System, issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (c) below, is organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof and has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000 and time deposits (or any equivalent thereof) with a Lender or other financial institution in the United Kingdom and South Africa or other jurisdiction as approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (c) commercial paper in an aggregate amount of no more than $1,000,000 per issuer outstanding at any time, issued by any corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof and rated at least “Prime 1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or “A 1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P and having a maturity date not greater than 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof, (d) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this definition, or (e) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary only, direct obligations of the sovereign nation (or any agency thereof) in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation (or any agency thereof); provided that such sovereign nation or agency thereof has a rating by Moody’s and S&P equal to, or better than, the federal government of the United States.

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CFC” means a Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.

CFC Holding Company” means any Person that owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests, or Equity Interests and Debt, of (x) one or more direct or indirect CFCs or (y) one or more other CFC Holding Companies; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that an entity shall not cease to be a CFC Holding Company by virtue of temporarily holding cash as long as it promptly distributes such cash to its owners or contributes such cash to one or more of the CFCs or CFC Holding Companies that it owns.

Change in Law” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement of (a) the adoption of 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) compliance by any Lender or L/C Issuer (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any) with any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and except to the extent merely proposed and not in effect, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

Change of Control” means any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting Interests of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Voting Interests) representing 40 % or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Interests of the Borrower; provided that no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur as a result of the Spin-Off Transactions or as a result of any changes in the board of directors of the Borrower in connection with, or occurring as a result of, the Spin-Off Transactions.

Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.

Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term A Loans, Incremental Term A Loans, Incremental Term B Loans, Swingline Loans, Permitted Refinancing Term Loans or Permitted Refinancing Revolving Loans.

Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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Co-Documentation Agent” means each of PNC Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in its capacity as a co-documentation agent for the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement.

Collateral” means any and all property owned by a Person covered by the Collateral Documents and any and all other property of any Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, to secure the Secured Obligations as required by the Loan Documents; provided that the Collateral shall exclude Excluded Assets.

Collateral Account” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(o).

Collateral Documents” means, collectively, when executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, the Security Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection with this Agreement that purport to create, perfect or evidence Liens to secure the Secured Obligations.

Combination” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

Combined Revolving Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

Combined Term A Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(d).

Commitment” means, (a) the Revolving Commitments and the Term A Loan Commitments and (b) with respect to each Lender, the sum of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and Term A Loan Commitment.  The amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment and Term A Loan Commitment as of the ClosingAmendment No. 2 Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment and/or Term A Loan Commitment pursuant to the terms hereof, as applicable.

Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 8.03(c), including through an Approved Electronic Platform.

Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.

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

Computation Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

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Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use of, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR, SONIA or any proposed Successor Rate for an Agreed Currency or Term SOFR, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Alternate Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “Daily SOFR”, “Term SOFR”, “SONIA” and “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the reasonable good faith discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice for such Agreed Currency (or, if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines in good faith that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate for such Agreed Currency exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).

Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Consolidated” means the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Intangible Assets” means, on any date, the consolidated intangible assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as such amounts would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP.  As used herein, “intangible assets” means the value (net of any applicable reserves) as shown on such balance sheet of (i) all patents, patent rights, trademarks, trademark registrations, servicemarks, trade names, business names, brand names, copyrights, designs (and all reissues, divisions, continuations and extensions thereof), or any right to any of the foregoing, (ii) goodwill and (iii) all other intangible assets.

Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any Measurement Period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, the sum (without duplication) of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest), in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP and paid in cash, net of interest income, plus (b) the portion of rent expense under Capitalized Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP and paid in cash, minus (c)(i) annual administrative agent fees, (ii) costs associated with obtaining Hedge Agreements and any interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedge Agreements or other derivative instruments and any one-time costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedge Agreements for interest rates and (iii) costs associated with the issuance or incurrence of Debt, including financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses.

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or net loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (calculated on a Consolidated basis) for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, on any date of determination, the excess of Consolidated Total Assets over Consolidated Intangible Assets.

Consolidated Tax Payments” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.09(n).

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of such date.

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Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the sum (without duplication) of the outstanding principal amount of all Debt (excluding, without duplication, (i) Off Balance Sheet Obligations and (ii) except with respect to any determinations being made in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction for which the LCT Determination Date occurs between such execution and consummation, at any time after the definitive documentation for any Material Acquisition shall have been executed and prior to the consummation of such Material Acquisition (or termination of the definitive documentation in respect thereof) (or such later date as such Debt ceases to constitute Acquisition Debt), any Acquisition Debt with respect to such Material Acquisition) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a Consolidated basis as of such date minus (b) an amount equal to lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of unrestricted and unencumbered (other than Liens permitted under Section 6.01(a)) cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include the proceeds of any Acquisition Debt) and (ii) $350,000,000.

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.  The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Covered Entity” means any of the following:

(i)           a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

(ii)          a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

(iii)         a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.19.

Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time, plus (b) an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of its Term Loans outstanding at such time.

Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swingline Lenders or any other Lender.

Cross-Default Reference Obligation” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Convertible Indebtedness”.

Daily SOFR” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to SOFR determined for such day pursuant to the definition thereof plus the SOFR Adjustment.  Any change in Daily SOFR shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice.  If the rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Daily SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of SOFR, or any successor administrator of SOFR designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or other Person acting as the Daily SOFR Administrator at such time that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Daily SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the definition of “Daily SOFR.”

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Debt” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade and similar accounts payable and accrued expenses, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) accrued pension costs and other employee benefit and compensation obligations arising in the ordinary course of business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all obligations of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capitalized Leases to the extent reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (f) all non-contingent reimbursement obligations of such Person under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, or in respect of any Bank Guarantee, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements, valued at the Agreement Value thereof; provided that the amount of Debt represented by Hedge Agreements and Swap Obligations shall be zero if such Hedge Agreements or Swap Obligations is incurred for non-speculative purposes, (h) all Guarantees of such Person with respect to the Debt of others, (i) Off Balance Sheet Obligations of such Person, (j) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock, excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock, and (k) all indebtedness and other payment obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person (other than Liens on Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries), even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness or other payment obligations; provided that the following items shall not be considered “Debt”:  (i) Guarantees with respect to obligations that do not themselves constitute Debt, (ii) any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, any Permitted Warrant Transaction, and any obligations thereunder, (iii) Debt owing to the Borrower or by any Restricted Subsidiary or Debt owing to any Restricted Subsidiary by the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) any customary purchase price adjustments, earnouts, holdbacks, or deferred payments of a similar nature incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment (including deferred compensation representing consideration or other contingent obligations incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment), (v) any obligations of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in respect of customer advances received and held in the ordinary course of business, (vi) performance bonds or performance guaranties (or any Bank Guarantee or letter of credit in lieu thereof) entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vii) any indebtedness that has been defeased, redeemed and/or discharged in accordance with its terms by the deposit of cash and/or cash equivalents, or (viii) interest, fees, premium or expenses, if any, relating to the principal amount of Debt.  If any of the foregoing Debt is limited to recourse against a particular asset or assets of such Person, the amount of the corresponding Debt shall be equal to the lesser of the amount of such Debt and the fair market value of such asset or assets at the date for determination of the amount of such Debt.

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.

Declining Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(i).

Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

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Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Swingline Loans or (iii) 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 and the Borrower 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) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by a Credit Party or the Borrower, 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 as of the date of certification) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Swingline 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 or the Borrower’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has, or has a Lender Parent that has, become the subject of (i) a Bankruptcy Event or (ii) a Bail-In Action.

Designated Lender” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.25.

Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition pursuant to Section 6.05(d) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration to cash or Cash Equivalents).

Designated Person” means a person or entity that is the subject of Sanctions Laws and Regulations and:

(a)         listed on the “Specially Designated National and Blocked Person” list maintained by OFAC or any similar list maintained by the United States, the United Nations, the EU, any EU member state, the United Kingdom, or any other relevant governmental entity, except to the extent inconsistent with U.S. law; or

(b)          domiciled, organized or resident in, or the government or any agency or instrumentality of the government of, any Sanctioned Country or the Government of Venezuela; or

(c)          with which any Loan Party is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Sanctions Laws and Regulations; or

(d)          50% or more owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), or (c).

Disclosure Exceptions” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.06.

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Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, but excluding (a) any transfer of cash or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business, (b) any issuance by a Person of its own Equity Interests and (c) the granting, existence or creation of any Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.01.

Disqualified Institution” means, on any date, (a) any Person designated by the Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to May 19, 2023, (b) any other Person reasonably determined by the Borrower to be a competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which Person has been designated by the Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (by posting such notice to the Approved Electronic Platform) not less than one Business Day prior to such date and (c) any Person that is obviously (based solely on the similarity of the name of such Person to the name of a Person previously identified in writing to the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (a) above or clause (b) above) an Affiliate (other than an Affiliate that is a Bona Fide Debt Fund) of any Person previously identified in writing to the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (a) above or clause (b) above; provided that “Disqualified Institutions” shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time.

Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for any Equity Interest of the Borrower that would not constitute Disqualified Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for any Equity Interest of the Borrower that would not constitute Disqualified Stock), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled, mandatory payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is convertible into or exchangeable for Debt or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance thereof and except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Secured Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments; provided, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing (x) any Equity Interests issued to any employee or consultant or to any plan for the benefit of employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees or consultants shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability and (y) any class of Equity Interests of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

Disqualifying Event” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Eligible Currency”.

Disregarded Entity” means an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Dividing Person” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “Division”.

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Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.

Division Successor” means any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division.  A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.

Dollar Amount” means, for any amount, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, such amount, (b) if such amount is expressed in an Alternative Currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase of dollars with the Alternative Currency last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Bloomberg source (or such other commercially recognized, publicly available source for displaying currency exchange rates) on the date that is two (2) Business Days immediately preceding the date of determination (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as reasonably determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent using any reasonable method of determination it reasonably deems appropriate) and (c) if such amount is denominated in any other currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as reasonably determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent using any reasonable method of determination it reasonably deems appropriate.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (b) or (c) above shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.

Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

DQ List” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.04(e)(iv).

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EBITDA” means, for any period, (a) the sum, determined on a Consolidated basis for the most recently completed Measurement Period, of (i) Consolidated Net Income, and, to the extent reflected in the calculation of such net income (or net loss), (ii) interest expense, (iii) income tax expense, (iv) depreciation expense, (v) amortization expense, (vi) noncash impairment charges, (vii) losses, charges, costs and expenses incurred in connection with discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, such losses shall be added back in the calculation of EBITDA only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), restructurings, casualty and condemnation events, and dispositions consummated outside the ordinary course of business, (viii) other noncash losses, charges, costs and expenses, (ix) noncash equity compensation expenses, (x) other non-recurring or unusual cash expenses, charges, losses and deductions for such period; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (x), when taken together with any add-backs or adjustments pursuant to clauses (xi), (xii) and (xiv), shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for such period prior to giving effect to any such add-backs and adjustments, (xi) fees, costs, expenses, premiums, make-whole amounts, penalty payments and other similar items and, in the case of clause (E) below, awards, settlement payments and similar amounts, in each case, incurred after the date hereof arising out of or in connection with (A) Permitted Acquisitions, (B) Investments and Dispositions not prohibited hereunder, (C) any incurrence, issuance, repayment or refinancing of Debt permitted hereunder, (D) any issuance or redemption of equity interests and (E) litigation, arbitration and/or other resolutions of legal disputes; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (xi), when taken together with any add-backs or adjustments pursuant to clauses (x), (xii) and (xiv), shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for such period prior to giving effect to any such add-backs and adjustments, (xii)(A) losses or discounts in connection with any Receivables Facility or otherwise in connection with factoring arrangements or the sale of Receivables Assets, in each case permitted hereunder, and (B) amortization of (x) capitalized fees, (y) loan origination costs and (z) portfolio discounts, in each case in connection with any Receivables Facility; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (xii), when taken together with any add-backs or adjustments pursuant to clauses (x), (xi) and (xiv), shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for such period prior to giving effect to any such add-backs and adjustments, (xiii) fees, expenses and other costs incurred in connection with the Spin-Off and (xiv) the amount of cost savings and other operating improvements and cost synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of any acquisition, merger, other business combination, investment, disposition, divestiture, restructuring, cost savings initiative, discontinued operation, operational change, business expansion, restructuring or other transaction or initiative (any of the foregoing, a “Specified Transaction”) taken or committed to be taken during such period (in each case calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings and other operating improvements and cost synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions to the extent already included in the Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that such cost savings, operating improvements and cost synergies are reasonably anticipated to be realized within 18 months following any such Specified Transaction; provided further that the aggregate amount of adjustments in respect of cost synergies, cost savings and other operating improvements, when aggregated with (A) any add-backs or adjustments pursuant to clauses (x), (xi) and (xii) and (B) the aggregate amount of adjustments in respect of pro forma cost synergies, cost savings and other operating improvements pursuant to the proviso to this definition, shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for such period prior to giving effect to such cost synergies, cost savings and other operating improvements for such period; minus (b) to the extent reflected in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains from discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, such gains shall be deducted in the calculation of EBITDA only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of), restructurings, casualty and condemnation events and dispositions consummated outside the ordinary course of business, in each case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case determined (except as otherwise provided herein) in accordance with GAAP for the most recently completed Measurement Period, it being understood that “EBITDA” shall be (1) increased for any Measurement Period in which the purchase or other acquisition of all of the Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all of the property and assets of, any Person, has occurred, by the EBITDA of the Person or assets being acquired using the historical financial statements (including audited financial statements, to the extent available) for such Person and (2) decreased for any Measurement Period in which the sale, transfer or other disposition of all of the Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all of the property and assets of, any Person, or designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, has occurred, by, in each case, the EBITDA of the Person or assets being acquired or sold, or the Restricted Subsidiary that has been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as applicable, using the historical financial statements (including audited financial statements, to the extent available) for such Person, and all such adjustments to the EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as specified in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) shall be accompanied by a certification of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that such adjustments have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.

ECP” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.

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 clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

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

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

Electronic Copy” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.06.

Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.

Eligible Currency” means any lawful currency other than Dollars that is readily available, freely transferable and convertible into Dollars in the international interbank market available to the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, in such market and as to which a Dollar Amount may be readily calculated. If, after the designation by the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, of any currency as an Alternative Currency (or if, with respect to any currency that constitutes an Alternative Currency on the Closing Date, after the Closing Date), any change in currency controls or exchange regulations or any change in the national or international financial, political or economic conditions are imposed in the country in which such currency is issued, result in, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders (in the case of any Loans to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) or the applicable L/C Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency), (a) such currency no longer being readily available, freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (b) a Dollar Amount is no longer readily calculable with respect to such currency, (c) providing such currency is impracticable for the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, or (d) such currency no longer being a currency in which the Required Lenders are willing to make such Borrowings (each of clauses (a), (b), (c), and (d), a “Disqualifying Event”), then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower, and such country’s currency shall no longer be an Alternative Currency until such time as the Disqualifying Event(s) no longer exist(s) as determined by the Administrative Agent.  Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall repay all Loans in such currency to which the Disqualifying Event applies or convert such Loans into the Dollar Amount of Loans in Dollars, subject to the other terms contained herein.

Environment” shall mean ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, sediments, and subsurface strata & natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.

Environmental Law” means any applicable federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or judicial or agency interpretation, policy or guidance relating to pollution or protection of the Environment, human health and safety (only as it relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials), or natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, Release or threat-of, Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials.

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 Restricted 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 Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials 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.

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Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing (excluding (i) any agreement for the purchase of the Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness until such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness has been converted pursuant to the terms thereof).

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

ERISA Affiliate” means any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the controlled group of any Loan Party, or under common control with any Loan Party, within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event” means (a) (i) the occurrence of a Reportable Event, or (ii) the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the failure to satisfy the Pension Funding Rules, whether or not waived, with respect to a Plan; (c) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (d) the provision by the administrator of any Plan that has Unfunded Pension Liabilities of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (e) the cessation of operations at a facility of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (f) the withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (g) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (h) a determination that any Plan is in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 303 of ERISA); or (i) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, such Plan.

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.

EURIBOR” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (a) of the definition of Alternative Currency Term Rate.

Euro” and/or “” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.

Euro Sublimit” means $125,000,000.  The Euro Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

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Excluded Assets” means, collectively: (1) all fee-owned real property and all leasehold interests in real property (including that, notwithstanding any provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, there shall be no requirements to deliver landlord lien waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters), (2) any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act of an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law, (3) assets in respect of which pledges and security interests (i) are prohibited or restricted by (A) any law or regulation (other than to the extent that such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to applicable provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Law) or (B) any contractual obligation permitted hereunder that is binding on such asset (including any requirement to obtain the consent of any third party (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) pursuant to such contractual obligation) that, in the case of this clause (B), exists on the Closing Date or at the time the relevant Loan Party becomes a Loan Party and was not incurred in contemplation of its becoming a Loan Party (including pursuant to assumed Debt so long as such Debt is permitted to be assumed under the Loan Documents) (other than to the extent that such prohibition or restriction would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, 9-409 or other applicable provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Law); provided that, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such prohibitions, or restrictions such assets shall automatically cease to constitute Excluded Assets (unless constituting an Excluded Asset under one or more of the other clauses of this definition) or (ii) would require a governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization in order to provide the lien that is required on the Closing Date or at the time the relevant Loan Party becomes a Loan Party (other than to the extent that such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to applicable provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Law), (4) Equity Interests in any Person other than Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries to the extent pledges thereof are not permitted by such entity’s organizational or joint venture documents (unless any such restriction would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, 9-409 or other applicable provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Law), (5) assets subject to certificates of title (other than motor vehicles subject to certificates of title; provided that perfection of security interests in such motor vehicles shall be limited to the filing of UCC financing statements), letter of credit rights (other than to the extent the security interest in such letter of credit right may be perfected by the filing of UCC financing statements) with a value of less than $10,000,000 and commercial tort claims with a value of less than $10,000,000, (6) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, capital lease or similar arrangement permitted under the Loan Documents to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof) (other than (x) proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC notwithstanding such prohibition, (y) to the extent that any such term has been waived or (z) to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, 9-409 or other applicable provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable Law); provided that, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such term, such assets shall automatically cease to constitute Excluded Assets (unless constituting an Excluded Asset under one or more of the other clauses of this definition), (7) (a) deposit accounts or securities accounts maintained solely as (i) Tax withholding accounts in respect of withholding Taxes collected and held for the benefit of third parties (such as sales tax accounts) or payroll accounts, or (ii) trust accounts, custodial accounts, escrow accounts and other similar deposit or securities accounts, in each case, used solely to hold segregated deposits for the benefit of third parties and (b) other deposit accounts and securities accounts which individually does not have a balance which exceeds $500,000 at any time and in the aggregate with all other accounts under this clause (b) do not have an aggregate balance which exceeds $5,000,000 at any time, (8) voting Equity Interests in CFC Holding Companies and first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs, in each case, in excess of 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of such CFC Holding Companies or CFCs (for the avoidance of doubt, non-voting Equity Interests in CFC Holding Companies and first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries shall not constitute Excluded Assets pursuant to this clause (8), (9) Receivables Assets (but excluding Equity Interests of Receivables Subsidiaries) transferred to Receivables Subsidiaries in connection with a permitted Receivables Facility, (10) segregated cash, cash equivalents and/or securities subject to a Permitted Lien, if any, in favor of and held by a trustee, escrow agent or other representative under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions, (11) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof outweighs, or are excessive in relation to, the practical benefit to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby and (12) Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that “Excluded Assets” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Assets (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Assets).

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Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Immaterial Subsidiary, (b) any Receivables Subsidiary, not-for-profit Subsidiary, captive insurance company or other Special Purpose Entity, (c) any CFC Holding Company, (d) any (i) Foreign Subsidiary or (ii) Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC, (e) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, subject to Section 8.08(b) and Section 9.14(b),  (f) any Subsidiary that is prohibited from providing a Guarantee in respect of the Obligations by (i) any provision of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of its assets or property is bound existing on the date such Person became a Subsidiary; provided that such provision is not entered into for the purpose of qualifying as an “Excluded Subsidiary” under this Agreement or (ii) applicable Law, (g) any Subsidiary that would require the consent, approval, license or authorization of any third party (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in order to provide a Guarantee in respect of the Obligations pursuant to any agreement, instrument or other undertaking referred to in clause (f)(i) above or applicable Law (in each case, to the extent such consent, approval, license or authorization has not been received), (h) prior to the consummation of a merger transaction, any Subsidiary that is newly formed for the purpose of consummating such merger transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by this Agreement, which Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it substantially contemporaneously with the closing of such merger transaction, (i) any Subsidiary to the extent the provision of a Guarantee by such Subsidiary in respect of the Obligations would reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, (j) any Unrestricted Subsidiary and (k) any Subsidiary with respect to which, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the burden or cost or other consequences (including material adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee outweighs the benefits to the Secured Parties.

Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Specified Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Specified Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation.  If a Specified Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Specified Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

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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, 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, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the applicable Commitment or, if such Lender did not fund the applicable Loan pursuant to a prior Commitment, the date on which such Lender acquires the applicable interest in such Loan or a Letter of Credit (in each case, other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f), (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA and (e) any U.S. federal backup withholding Taxes under Section 3406 of the Code.

Executive Order” means Executive Order No. 13224 of September 23, 2001, entitled Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)).

Existing 2029 Notes” means the Borrower’s 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2029, issued pursuant to the Existing 2029 Notes Indenture.

Existing 2029 Notes Indenture” means that certain Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2024, between the Borrower and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, as modified, amended or supplemented prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.

Extended Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.23(a).

Extending Lender” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.23(b).

Extension Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.23(a).

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 thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) and any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities (or any related Laws) implementing the foregoing.

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

Financial Covenant Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01(c).

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Financial Covenant Facilities” means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Loan facility and any other facility hereunder designated as such pursuant to an Incremental Amendment, Permitted Refinancing Amendment or any other amendment to this Agreement.

Financial Covenants” means the covenants set forth in Section 6.12, as such Section is in effect from time to time.

Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.

First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means each Foreign Subsidiary with respect to which the Loan Parties directly own or Control more than 50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity Interests.

Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries ending on December 31 in any calendar year.

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

Foreign Currencies” means Agreed Currencies other than Dollars.

Foreign Currency Exposure” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(b).

Foreign Currency Sublimit” means, with respect to any Alternative Currency other than Euro and Sterling, a sublimit on Total Revolving Credit Exposure in such Alternative Currency established pursuant to Section 1.06.  The Foreign Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is neither a U.S. Person nor a Disregarded Entity that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as having its sole owner a Person that is a U.S. Person.

Foreign Plan” means any pension plan, benefit plan, fund (including any superannuation fund) or other similar program established, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary employed and residing outside the United States (other than any plans, funds or other similar programs that are maintained exclusively by a Governmental Authority), which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income or a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement, and which plan is not subject to ERISA.

Foreign Plan Event” means, with respect to any Foreign Plan, (a) the existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any applicable Law, or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a waiver from a Governmental Authority, (b) the failure to make the required contributions or payments, under any applicable Law, on or before the due date for such contributions or payments, (c) the receipt of a notice from a Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign Plan, or alleging the insolvency of any such Foreign Plan, (d) the incurrence of any liability by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under applicable Law on account of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign Plan or the complete or partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein or (e) the occurrence of any transaction that is prohibited under any applicable Law and that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or the imposition on the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any fine, excise tax or penalty resulting from any noncompliance with any applicable Law.

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Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

Foreign Subsidiary Asset Sale Recovery Event” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.11(h).

Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.

GAAP” means, subject to Section 1.04, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including, without limitation, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Governmental Authorization” means any authorization, approval, consent, franchise, license, covenant, order, ruling, permit, certification, exemption, notice, declaration or similar right, undertaking or other action of, to or by, or any filing, qualification or registration with, any Governmental Authority.

Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Debt or obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Guarantee) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder), as determined by such Person in good faith.

Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01(a).

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Guarantors” means the Borrower (solely with respect to the obligations of the other Loan Parties) and each Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) that executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty Supplement as required by Section 5.10(b).  For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, no Foreign Subsidiary shall constitute a Guarantor and no such Person shall at any time guarantee any Secured Obligations.  The Guarantors as of the Closing Date are indicated as such on the signature pages to the Perfection Certificate.

Guaranty” means the guaranty set forth in Article X, together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, delivered pursuant to Section 5.10, in each case as amended, amended and restated, modified or otherwise supplemented, guaranteeing the Guaranteed Obligations.

Guaranty Supplement” means the guaranty supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto.

Hazardous Materials” means (a) petroleum or petroleum products, by products or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalklyl substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, toxic mold, and radon gas and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances subject to regulation, or which can give rise to liability, under any Environmental Law.

Hedge Agreements” means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other hedging agreements, and any guaranty thereof; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall constitute a Hedge Agreement.

Immaterial Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that does not own or hold assets (after the elimination of intercompany items) in excess of an amount equal to (i) individually, 2.5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and (ii) together with all such Restricted Subsidiaries, 5.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

Increase Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).

Incremental Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(e).

Incremental Available Amount” means (a) other than during an Investment Grade Period, the sum of (i) the Incremental Fixed Amount plus (ii) the Incremental Ratio Amount; provided, (A) that the Borrower may select utilization under clause (i) or (ii) above in its sole discretion, (B) Debt under any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt may be incurred simultaneously under clause (i) or (ii) above, and proceeds from any such incurrence may be utilized in a single transaction or a series of related transactions by, unless the Borrower elects otherwise, first calculating the incurrence under clause (ii) above (and disregarding the concurrent incurrence under clause (i)) and then calculating the incurrence under clause (i) and (C) in the event that the Borrower incurs Debt under clause (i) above and, subsequent to such incurrence, all or any portion of such Debt would be permitted to be incurred under clause (ii) above, such Debt shall automatically be reclassified as having been incurred under clause (ii) above and the Borrower’s availability under clause (i), shall be deemed restored to the extent of such reclassification; provided that borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility or any other revolving credit facility shall not be excluded in such calculation or (b) during an Investment Grade Period, an unlimited amount so long as immediately after giving effect (including pro forma effect) to the Incremental Facilities (assuming that any such Incremental Facilities are drawn in full (but excluding the proceeds of any such Incremental Facilities for purposes of calculating clause (b) of the definition of Consolidated Total Net Debt in the calculation of the Total Net Leverage Ratio)), the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants contained in Section 6.12.

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Incremental Equivalent Debt” means Debt of the Borrower in an amount not to exceed the then available Incremental Available Amount consisting of the issuance of one or more series of notes (whether issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or purchase or otherwise) or loans or any bridge financing in lieu of the foregoing; provided that any such Debt shall (a) not be guaranteed by any Person which is not a Loan Party or be secured by any assets not constituting Collateral, (b) rank pari passu in right of payment with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the Loans and any other Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt, (c) be unsecured or be secured on a subordinated basis to, or on a pari passu basis with, the Loans and any other Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt (provided that during an Investment Grade Period, Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be unsecured), (d) in the case of secured Debt, be subject to a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (e) be subject to the applicable terms and conditions set forth in Sections 2.20(a)(iv) and (vi) and Sections 2.20(d)(i)(B) and (C), (d)(ii), (d)(iii) and, with respect to Incremental Equivalent Debt secured on a pari passu basis with the Secured Obligations, Section 2.20(a)(vii) with respect to an Incremental Facility.

Incremental Facilities” has the meaning specified in Section 2.20(a).

Incremental Fixed Amount” means the sum of:

(a)          an amount equal to the greater of (i) 75% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period most recently ended, calculated on a pro forma basis, and (ii) $400,000,000; plus

(b)          the aggregate principal amount of Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.02(g)(ii), solely to the extent such aggregate principal amount of Debt is permitted to be secured by a Lien pursuant to Section 6.01(g) less the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Debt incurred pursuant to such Section 6.02(g)(ii) at the time of incurrence thereof; plus

(c)          an amount equal to (i) all voluntary prepayments redemptions, defeasement, purchases or reductions of Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than Debt consisting of revolving credit facilities) secured by Liens on the Collateral on a basis that is equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations, in each case including open market purchases of any such Debt by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at or below par, in which case the amount of voluntary prepayments of such Debt shall be deemed not to exceed the actual cash purchase price of such Debt below par and (ii) all permanent commitment reductions in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, all other Incremental Facilities or Incremental Equivalent Debt consisting of revolving credit commitments secured by Liens on the Collateral on a basis that is equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations and other than, in each case under clauses (i) and (ii), from prepayments funded with proceeds of long-term Debt (other than proceeds of revolving loans); minus

(d)          all Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred in reliance on the Incremental Fixed Amount.

Incremental Ratio Amount” means an unlimited amount such that, upon giving pro forma effect to such incurrence (including the use of proceeds thereof) and any related transactions (assuming that the full amount of the commitments in respect of the applicable Incremental Facility is fully drawn but excluding any Incremental Facility simultaneously incurred under the Incremental Fixed Amount), the Secured Net Leverage Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the Measurement Period most recently ended, does not exceed 1.50 to 1.00.

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Incremental Revolving Commitment Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(d)(iv).

Incremental Revolving Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

Incremental Term A Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

Incremental Term B Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

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 any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) hereof, Other Taxes.

Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).

Ineligible Institution” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.

Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges for the most recently completed Measurement Period.

Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08, which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan or Swingline Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the applicable Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any Term SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the applicable Maturity Date, (c) following the replacement of Term SOFR with Daily SOFR, as set forth in Section 2.14(b), with respect to any Daily SOFR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the applicable Maturity Date and (d) with respect to any Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each month and the applicable Maturity Date.

Interest Period” means, as to each Term SOFR Loan and Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, as applicable, and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request (in the case of each requested Interest Period, subject to availability) (or, as contemplated by Section 2.03, any other period acceptable to all of the Appropriate Lenders and the Administrative Agent); provided that:

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(i)          any Interest Period that 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 next preceding Business Day;

(ii)         any Interest Period pertaining to a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term 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 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 applicable Maturity Date.

Investment” in any Person means any loan or advance to such Person, any purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Interests or Debt or the assets comprising a division or business unit or a substantial part or all of the business of such Person, any capital contribution to such Person, any other direct or indirect investment in such Person, including, without limitation, any acquisition by way of a merger or consolidation (or similar transaction), and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor incurs Debt of the types referred to in clause (h) or (k) of the definition of “Debt” in respect of such Person.

Investment Grade Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

ISP” means the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).

Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by any L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

Junior Financing” means (a) Debt of the type referred to in clause (a) of the definition of “Debt” that is (x) Subordinated Debt or (y) secured by Liens on all or any portion of the Collateral ranking junior to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations or (b) Material Unsecured Debt.

Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

Laws” or “Law” 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.

L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.

L/C Commitment” means, with respect to each L/C Issuer, the commitment of such L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.  The initial amount of each L/C Issuer’s L/C Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or if an L/C Issuer has entered into an Assignment and Assumption or has otherwise assumed an L/C Commitment after the Closing Date, the amount set forth for such L/C Issuer as its L/C Commitment in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent.  The L/C Commitment of an L/C Issuer may be modified from time to time by agreement between such L/C Issuer and the Borrower, and notified to the Administrative Agent.

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L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

L/C Disbursement” means a payment made by an L/C Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

L/C Issuer” means initially each of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., PNC Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, U.S. Bank National Association and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.  Subject to the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the total number of L/C Issuers issuing Letters of Credit may be increased after the Closing Date to include additional Revolving Lenders selected by the Borrower and consented to by such additional L/C Issuer.  Any L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such L/C Issuer, in which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.  Each reference herein to the “L/C Issuer” in connection with a Letter of Credit or other matter shall be deemed to be a reference to the relevant L/C Issuer with respect thereto.

L/C Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, including giving effect to any automatic or scheduled increases provided for by the terms of such Letters of Credit, determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could be met at that time, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.  The L/C Obligations of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total L/C Obligations at such time.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Article 29(a) of the UCP or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the ISP or similar terms of the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of the Borrower and each Lender shall remain in full force and effect until the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit.

L/C Sublimit” means an amount equal to $50,000,000.  The L/C Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

LCT Determination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.04(c).

Lender Notice Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.23(b).

Lender Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Lender Party” and “Lender Recipient Party” means any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any Swingline Lender.

Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20 or 2.24 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lenders and the L/C Issuers.  The term “Lenders” shall include any Designated Lender who has funded any Borrowing.

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Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder.  A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch (and any of its Affiliates) shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit other than standby Letters of Credit (unless otherwise agreed by Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch or its respective Affiliate).

Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable L/C Issuer.

Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(j).

Letter of Credit Report” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.

Lien” means any lien, security interest or other similar charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement that has the practical effect of creating a security interest in respect of an asset, including, without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor, but excluding any operating lease or agreement to sell.

Limited Condition Transaction” means any (a) acquisition, including by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Equity Interests or otherwise, of any assets, business or Person, or any other Investment by one or more of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by this Agreement (and including the incurrence or assumption of Debt in connection therewith), in each case, whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party financing and (b) redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Debt, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock requiring the giving of advance irrevocable notice of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment.

LLC” means any Person that is a limited liability company under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation.

Loan Documents” means this Agreement (including schedules and exhibits hereto), Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(f), each Issuer Document, the Collateral Documents (when executed and delivered), any Guaranty Supplements, and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates executed and delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lenders and including all powers of attorney, consents, assignments, other contracts, notices and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any employee of any Loan Party, and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.  Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.

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Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors.

Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

Margin Stock” has the meaning specified in Regulation U of the Board, as in effect from time to time.

Material Acquisition” means any acquisition if the aggregate consideration paid or to be paid (including liabilities to be assumed as part of the purchase consideration) by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such acquisition is equal to or greater than $100,000,000.

Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect on the operations, business, assets, properties, or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (b) a material impairment of (i) the material rights and remedies, taken as a whole, of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, against the Loan Parties or (ii) the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their respective payment obligations under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole; provided, that, events, circumstances, changes, effects or conditions with respect to the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries disclosed in the Registration Statement shall not constitute a “Material Adverse Effect” to the extent so disclosed; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, no aspect of the Spin-Off Transactions, either individually or taken together, shall be deemed to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Material Intellectual Property” means any intellectual property that is material to the normal operation of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Material Unsecured Debt” means Debt of the type referred to in clause (a) of the definition of “Debt” that is unsecured and that is outstanding in a principal amount is greater than $100,000,000.

Maturity Date” means the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term A Loan Maturity Date, as the context requires.

 “Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.

Measurement Period” means each period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on the last day of a Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.12(b) or 5.12(c) (or, prior to the delivery of any such financial statements, the most recently completed four consecutive Fiscal Quarters covered in the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(d) and 4.01(l)).

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

Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.

Multiple Employer Plan” means an “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that (a) is maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.

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Net Proceeds” means:

(a)          the cash (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall include cash equivalents) proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Prepayment Event, including any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, as and when received, but excluding any interest payments), net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary costs and expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees paid or payable to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection therewith, (ii) required payments of indebtedness (other than indebtedness incurred under the Loan Documents and Incremental Equivalent Debt) and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such indebtedness or other obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents), (iii) taxes paid or payable (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) as a result thereof, and (iv) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) or (iii) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations; and

(b)          the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any incurrence of any Debt for borrowed money by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Debt permitted by Section 6.02 (other than any Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness)), net of all fees, commissions, costs, taxes and other expenses, in each case paid or payable to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with the incurrence of any such Debt.

Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(e).

Non-Extending Lender” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.23(b).

Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.06(b).

Non-Reinstatement Deadline” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.06(b).

Non-SOFR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).

Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, in each case 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 Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided that, without limiting the foregoing, the Obligations include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, charges, expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) the obligation of the Loan Parties to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in each case in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of the Loan Parties.

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OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Off Balance Sheet Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any (a) repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) liability of such Person under any Sale and Leaseback Transactions that do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, or (c) obligation under a Synthetic Lease.

Organization Documentsmeans, (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 foreign 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, unlimited liability company 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 (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any foreign jurisdiction) of such entity.

Original Currency” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.18(a).

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 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 2.19).

Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof upon giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date upon giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or a Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

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parent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of subsidiary.

Pari Passu Debt” means (a) any Incremental Term B Loans, (b) any term B loan tranche of Permitted Refinancing Term Loans (as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, taking into account maturity, amortization and applicable rates with respect thereto) and (c) Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of (x) a term B loan facility (as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, taking into account maturity, amortization and applicable rates with respect thereto) and/or (y) in the form of notes (whether issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or purchase or otherwise), in each case, that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility on the Closing Date.

Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.

Patriot Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001.

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to a Plan and set forth in Sections 412 and 430 of the Code and Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA.

Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be supplemented from time to time to the extent required by Section 5.10(b)(i).

Permitted Acquisition” means an Investment permitted under Section 6.06(l).

Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Borrower’s common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Borrower) purchased by the Borrower in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness; provided that, the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Borrower from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance of such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness in connection with such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

Permitted Bridge Indebtedness” means customary bridge facilities of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is intended to be converted or exchanged into Debt, and is  automatically convertible or exchangeable (and any such conversion or exchange is subject only to customary conditions) into Debt, in each case, that satisfies all applicable maturity and weighted average life limitations.

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Permitted Convertible Indebtedness” means any unsecured notes issued by the Borrower that are convertible into a fixed number (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, “make-whole” increases and other customary changes thereto) of shares of common stock of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Borrower), cash or any combination thereof (with the amount of such cash or such combination determined by reference to the market price of such common stock or such other securities); provided that, the Debt thereunder must satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) both immediately prior to and upon giving effect (including pro forma effect) thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, (ii) such Debt is not guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, (iii) any cross-default or cross-acceleration event of default (each howsoever defined) provision contained therein that relates to indebtedness or other payment obligations of the Borrower or any other Borrower (such indebtedness or other payment obligations, a “Cross-Default Reference Obligation”) contains a cure period of at least thirty (30) calendar days (after written notice to the issuer of such Debt by the trustee or to such issuer and such trustee by holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such Debt then outstanding) before a default, event of default, acceleration or other event or condition under such Cross-Default Reference Obligation results in an event of default under such cross-default or cross-acceleration provision and (iv) the terms, conditions and covenants of such Debt must be customary for convertible Debt of such type (as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower, or a committee thereof, in good faith).

Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means Permitted Refinancing Debt incurred pursuant to Section 6.02(c)(ii).

Permitted Encumbrances” means:

(a)          Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies to the extent (i) the same shall not at the time be delinquent by more than 30 days or thereafter can be paid without penalty, (ii) are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP, or (iii) the amount owed is immaterial;

(b)        Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlords’, workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations (i) that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP or (ii) with respect to which the amount owed is immaterial;

(c)          pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security or retirement benefits laws, to secure liability to insurance carriers under insurance of self-insurance arrangements or regulations or employment laws or to secure other public, statutory or regulatory regulations;

(d)          judgment Liens arising solely as a result of the existence of judgments, orders, or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under Article VII of this Agreement;

(e)          Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention or similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(f)          easements, zoning restrictions, licenses, rights-of-way, site plan agreements, development agreements, cross easement or reciprocal agreements, and other non-monetary encumbrances on real property that do not interfere in any material respect with the normal conduct of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or the operation of such real property for its intended purpose;

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(g)         leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted (i) to others not adversely interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as conducted at the time granted, taken as a whole, (ii) between or among any of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) granted to other Persons and permitted under this Agreement;

(h)         Liens that are contractual rights of set-off or similar rights (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks and other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Debt, (ii) relating to pooled deposits, sweep accounts, reserve accounts or similar accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, with respect to credit card charge-backs and similar obligations, or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers, suppliers or service providers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(i)           Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (other than fixed or capital assets) and proceeds thereof of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;

(j)           Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business so long as such Liens only cover the related goods;

(k)         Liens (i) arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, (iv) in respect of funds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as agent on behalf of third parties in accordance with a written agreement that imposes a duty upon the Borrower or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries to collect and remit those funds to such third parties, or (v) in favor of credit card companies pursuant to agreements therewith;

(l)          pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, government contracts, leases, statutory obligations, customer deposit and advances, company credit cards, travel cards and other employee credit card programs, surety, customs and appeal bonds, performance and completion bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and Liens to secure letters of credit or bank guarantees supporting any of the foregoing;

(m)         any interest or title of a landlord, lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate or any Lien affecting solely the interest of the landlord, lessor or sublessor;

(n)          purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings;

(o)         any interest or title of a licensor or sublicensor under any license or sublicense entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a licensee or sublicensee (i) existing on the Closing Date or (ii) in the ordinary course of business; and

(p)          with respect to any real property, immaterial title defects or irregularities that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use of such real property.

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Permitted Liens” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.

Permitted Refinancing” means any Debt issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), other Debt (including previous refinancings that constituted a Permitted Refinancing), to the extent that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Debt so refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premium and any make-whole amount) thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts associated with, original issue discount on, and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses), commissions and expenses incurred in connection with, such Permitted Refinancing), (b) the final maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing is no earlier than the earlier of the final maturity date of the Debt being Refinanced (it being understood that, in each case, any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Debt as a result of a change of control, fundamental change, delisting, asset sale or similar provision shall not violate the foregoing restriction), (c) if the Debt (including any guarantee thereof) being Refinanced is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing (including any guarantee thereof) shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Secured Obligations on subordination terms, taken as a whole, at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Debt being Refinanced, taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower), (d) no Permitted Refinancing shall have direct obligors or contingent obligors that were not the direct obligors or contingent obligors (or that would not have been required to become direct obligors or contingent obligors) in respect of the Debt being Refinanced, except that Loan Parties may be added as additional obligors, and (e) if the Debt being Refinanced is secured, such Permitted Refinancing may only be secured by the same collateral (or a subset thereof) as the collateral granted in the documentation (including any intercreditor agreement) governing the Debt being Refinanced (and (i) any after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into such collateral and/or that otherwise constitutes after-acquired property that would be required to be collateral pursuant to the collateral grant clause and/or other terms of the Debt being Refinanced immediately prior to such refinancing and (ii) proceeds and products thereof), as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower.

Permitted Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Permitted Refinancing Lender and Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness being incurred pursuant to Section 2.24, and, in the case of a Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitment or Permitted Refinancing Revolving Loans, each L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender.

Permitted Refinancing Commitments” means the Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitments and the Permitted Refinancing Term Loan Commitments.

Permitted Refinancing Lender” means, at any time, any bank, other financial institution or institutional investor that agrees to provide any portion of any Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.24; provided, each Permitted Refinancing Lender shall be subject to the Administrative Agent’s reasonable consent (solely to the extent such consent would be required for an assignment to any such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(i)(B)) and, in the case of a Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitment or Permitted Refinancing Revolving Loans, each L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender, in each case, to the extent any such consent would be required under Section 9.04(b)(i)(B)) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments to such Permitted Refinancing Lender.

Permitted Refinancing Loans” means the Permitted Refinancing Revolving Loans and the Permitted Refinancing Term Loans.

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Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitments” means one or more Classes of revolving credit commitments hereunder or extended Revolving Commitments that result from a Permitted Refinancing Amendment.

Permitted Refinancing Revolving Loans” means the Revolving Loans made pursuant to any Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitment.

Permitted Refinancing Term Loan Commitments” means one or more Classes of Term Loan Commitments hereunder that result from a Permitted Refinancing Amendment.

Permitted Refinancing Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Permitted Refinancing Amendment.

Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Borrower’s common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Borrower) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) sold by the Borrower substantially concurrently with any purchase by the Borrower of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

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

Plan” means a Single Employer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan.

Plan of Reorganization” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.04(e)(iii).

Pledge Subsidiary” means (i) each Domestic Subsidiary that is directly owned by a Loan Party and (ii) each First Tier Foreign Subsidiary.

Post-Petition Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(b).

Pounds Sterling”, “Sterling” and “£” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(i).

Prepayment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(i).

Prepayment Event” means:

(a)          any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant Sections 6.05(d) or (h) with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) immediately prior to such event, together with all such sales, transfers or other dispositions in the applicable Fiscal Year, equal to or greater than $15,000,000 (excluding any Net Proceeds not subject to prepayment as a result of the reinvestment exception in Section 2.11(d) unless and until such Net Proceeds are required to be prepaid by Section 2.11); or

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(b)        any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) immediately prior to such event, together with all such events in the applicable Fiscal Year, equal to or greater than $15,000,000 (excluding any Net Proceeds not subject to prepayment as a result of the reinvestment exception in Section 2.11(d) unless and until such Net Proceeds are required to be prepaid by Section 2.11).

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 Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.12.

QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall
be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.19.

Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Specified Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Receivables Assets” means any receivables, royalty, patent or other revenue streams and other rights to payment and related assets (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future), all collateral securing such receivables, revenue streams or other rights of payment, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such receivables, revenue streams or other rights of payment, all proceeds of such receivables, revenue streams or other rights of payment and other assets (including contract rights) which are of the type customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with Receivables Facilities and which, in each case, are sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or in which a security interest is granted by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to either a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells, conveys, assigns, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers such Receivables Assets to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Receivables Facility” means any securitization or other similar financing (including any factoring or receivables program or sale transaction) of Receivables Assets, in each case as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, all obligations in respect of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and recourse obligations consistent with true sale treatment made in connection with such transactions) to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells, conveys, assigns, grants an interest in or otherwise transfers Receivables Assets to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells, conveys, assigns, grants a security interest in or otherwise transfers such Receivables Assets to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Receivables Facility Documents” means each of the documents and agreements entered into in connection with any Receivables Facility, in each case as such documents and agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time.

Receivables Sellers” means the Borrower and those Restricted Subsidiaries that are from time to time party to the Receivables Facility Documents (other than any Receivables Subsidiary).

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Receivables Subsidiary” means a special-purpose Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower whose primary purpose is to purchase Receivables Assets from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) and to resell, convey, assign, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer such Receivables Assets, or a portion thereof, to a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to a Receivables Facility and which engages in no other activities other than the foregoing and other activities reasonably related thereto.

Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any L/C Issuer, as applicable.

Refinance” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Permitted Refinancing.

Refinancing Convertible Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07.

Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).

Registration Statement” means the report on Form 10 filed by the Borrower with the SEC on May 18, 2023 with respect to the Spin-Off (as amended, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date).

Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Related Indemnified Person” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.03(b).

Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment or within, from or into any building, structure, facility or fixture.

Relevant Rate” means with respect to any Borrowing denominated in (a) Dollars, Term SOFR, (b) Pounds Sterling, SONIA, and (c) Euros, EURIBOR, as applicable.

Replacement Revolving Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

Replacement Term A Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(d).

Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan, other than events for which the 30-day notice period has been waived.

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Required Financial Covenant Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.22, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures (provided that, as to any Lender, clause (a) of the definition of “Swingline Exposure” shall only be applicable in calculating a Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure to the extent such Lender shall have funded its respective participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans) and Unfunded Commitments under the Financial Covenant Facilities representing more than 50% of all the total Credit Exposures and Unfunded Commitments under the Financial Covenant Facilities at such time; provided that for purposes of declaring the Loans under any Financial Covenant Facility to be due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02, and for all purposes after such Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 or the Revolving Commitments expire or terminate, then, as to each Lender, the Unfunded Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be zero.

Required Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.22, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures (provided that, as to any Lender, clause (a) of the definition of “Swingline Exposure” shall only be applicable in calculating a Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure to the extent such Lender shall have funded its respective participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans) and Unfunded Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and Unfunded Commitments at such time; provided that for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 or the Revolving Commitments expire or terminate, then, as to each Lender, the Unfunded Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be zero.

Required Revolving Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.22, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures (provided that, as to any Lender, clause (a) of the definition of “Swingline Exposure” shall only be applicable in calculating a Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure to the extent such Lender shall have funded its respective participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans) and Unfunded Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure and Unfunded Commitments at such time; provided that for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 or the Commitments expire or terminate, then, as to each Lender, the Unfunded Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be zero.

Required Term A Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.22, at any time, Term A Lenders having Term A Loans and unused Term A Loan Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total outstanding principal amount of Term A Loans and unused Term A Loan Commitments at such time.

Rescindable Amount” has the meaning as defined in Section 2.18(f).

Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, vice president of taxes, treasury manager, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party, any other duly authorized officer, agent or representative of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers or by the applicable Loan Party in a notice to the Administrative Agent and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

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Restricted Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 6.07.

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Retired Revolving Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

Retired Term A Loan Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(d).

Revaluation Date” means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, (ii) with respect to an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, each Interest Payment Date, (iii) each date of a continuation of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance, increase and/or extension of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.

Reversion Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20.

Revolving Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, as of the Closing Date, the amount set forth on Schedule 2.01 opposite such Lender’s name under the heading “Revolving Commitment”, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable, and after giving effect to (a) any reduction in such amount from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) any increase from time to time pursuant to Section 2.20 and (c) any reduction or increase in such amount from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04; provided that at no time shall the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceed its Revolving Commitment.

Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its Swingline Exposure at such time.

Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments at such time.

Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) the date that occurs on July 3, 2028, as extended (in the case of each Revolving Lender consenting thereto) pursuant to Section 2.23 and (ii) the date that is 91 calendar days prior to the scheduled maturity of any Short-Dated Debt in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000; provided, however, if such date is not a Business Day, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

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Revolving Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Credit Exposure.

Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(a), and unless the context shall otherwise require, the term “Revolving Loan” shall include a Permitted Refinancing Revolving Loan.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and any successor thereto.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of any property or asset by any Person with the intent to lease such property or asset as lessee.

Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.

Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject of any comprehensive country-wide, region-wide or territory-wide Sanctions Laws and Regulations (at the Closing Date, the so-called People’s Republic of Luhansk, the so-called People’s Republic of Donetsk, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the nongovernment controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

Sanctions Laws and Regulations” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including as administered by OFAC, as based upon the obligations or authorities set forth in, the Executive Order, the Patriot Act, the U.S. International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq.), the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), the U.S. United Nations Participation Act, the U.S. Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, the U.S. Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 or the Iran Sanctions Act, Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, all as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations (including but not limited to 31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any other law or executive order relating thereto, or as administered by the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, (c) the European Union or any European Union member state and (d) the United Kingdom, including His Majesty’s Treasury.

Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c)(ii).

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America.

Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Total Net Debt that is secured, in whole or in part, by Liens on the assets and property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date to EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently completed Measurement Period.

Secured Obligations” means all Obligations, together with all Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent or one or more Lenders or their respective Affiliates (or Persons that were the Administrative Agent or Lenders or Affiliates of the Administrative Agent or a Lender at the time of execution of the respective Swap Agreement or Banking Services Agreement); provided that the definition of “Secured Obligations” shall not create or include any guarantee by any Loan Party of (or grant of security interest by any Loan Party to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party for purposes of determining any obligations of any Loan Party.

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Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the other Persons the Secured Obligations owing to which are secured or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.

Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933.

Security Agreement” means that certain Pledge and Security Agreement (including any and all supplements thereto), dated as of the Closing Date, between the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Short-Dated Debt” means Pari Passu Debt and any Debt that refinances any Pari Passu Debt (or that refinances any refinancing Debt in respect of such Pari Passu Debt) with a maturity date on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.

Single Employer Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA that (a) is maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person other than the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.

SOFR”  means, with respect to any applicable determination date, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate published on the fifth U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding such date by the Daily SOFR Administrator on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source); provided, however, that, if such determination date is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, then SOFR means such rate that applied on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto.

SOFR Adjustment” means, with respect to Term SOFR or Daily SOFR, 0.10% (10 basis points).

SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)(ii).

SOFR Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).

Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the sum of the fair value of the assets, at a fair valuation, of such Person and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) will exceed the probable liability on existing debts of such Person and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as they become absolute and mature, (b) the sum of the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) will exceed the probable liability on existing debts of such Person and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as they become absolute and mature, (c) such Person and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) have not incurred and do not intend to incur, and do not believe that they will incur, debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as such debts mature and (d) such Person and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) will have sufficient capital with which to conduct their business.  For purposes of this definition, “debt” means any liability on a claim, and “claim” means (a) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured or (b) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.  The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability.

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SONIA” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, the Sterling Overnight Index Average Reference Rate published on the fifth Business Day preceding such date on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be reasonably designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time); provided, however, that, if such determination date is not a Business Day, SONIA means such rate that applied on the first Business Day immediately prior thereto.

SONIA Adjustment” means, with respect to SONIA, 0.0326% per annum.

Special Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

Special Purpose Entity” means any Subsidiary whose Organization Documents contain restrictions on its purpose and activities intended to preserve its separateness from the Borrower and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

specified currency” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.

Specified Default” means an Event of Default arising under either or both of Sections 7.01(a) and/or 7.01(f).

Specified Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, any Permitted Warrant Transaction, and any obligations thereunder, in each case, shall not constitute Specified Swap Obligations.

Specified Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “EBITDA”.

Spin-Off” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

Spin-Off Transactions” means the Spin-Off, the Special Payment and any transactions incidental to or reasonably necessary to effectuate any of the foregoing, in each case to the extent (i) described herein or in the Registration Statement, (ii) otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Closing Date and filed by the Borrower with the SEC and/or (iii) between and among the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries entered into in connection with, and in furtherance of, any of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), so long as each such transaction under this clause (iii) is not materially adverse to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

Sterling Sublimit” means $125,000,000. The Sterling Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

Subordinated Debt” of a Person means any Debt of such Person the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the Secured Obligations to the written satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and which is on terms (including without limitation maturities, covenants and defaults) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

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Subordinated Obligations” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.06.

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.

subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Subsidiary Designation” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.15.

Subsidiary Guarantor” mean any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that constitutes a Guarantor.

Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).

Supplemental Banking Services Obligations” means obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of working capital and long term credit agreements, bank issued guarantees, credit facilities supporting letters of credit and/or bank issued guarantees, any arrangements relating to bilateral letters of credit (including standby and documentary letters of credit) and bank guarantees, demand deposit and trust or operating account relationships, in each case provided by any Revolving Lender (or any Affiliate thereof), any Term A Lender (or any Affiliate thereof), any Lender holding Incremental Term A Loans (or any Affiliate thereof) and any Lender holding all or a portion of a term A loan tranche of Permitted Refinancing Term Loans (or any Affiliate thereof) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of up to $100,000,000 at any time (subject to the last sentence of the definition of Banking Services Obligations).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, an obligation shall constitute a Supplemental Banking Services Obligation only if the Borrower has designated such obligation as a Supplemental Banking Services Obligation in writing to the Administrative Agent (a copy of which the Administrative Agent shall promptly provide to the Lenders) and the Administrative Agent has acknowledged such designation in writing to the Borrower or has not objected to such designation in writing to the Borrower within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such designation from the Borrower.

Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.19.

Surviving Revolving Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

Surviving Revolving Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(c).

Surviving Term A Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(d).

Surviving Term A Loan Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(d).

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Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement; provided further that no Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction shall constitute a Swap Agreement.

Swap Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) each Swap Agreement permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender that (i) was in effect on the Closing Date with a counterparty that was a Lender as of the Closing Date or an Affiliate thereof or (ii) is entered into after the Closing Date with a counterparty that was a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, in each case at the time such Swap Agreement was entered into and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any such Swap Agreement transaction referred to in clause (a).

Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.  The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a) its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time, other than with respect to any Swingline Loans made by such Lender in its capacity as a Swingline Lender, and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender as a Swingline Lender outstanding at such time (less the amount of participations funded by the other Revolving Lenders in such Swingline Loans).

Swingline Lender” means Bank of America, through itself or through one of its designated Affiliates or branch offices, in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.  Subject to the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the total number of Swingline Lenders may be increased after the Closing Date to include additional Revolving Lenders selected by the Borrower and consented to by such additional Swingline Lender.  Each reference herein to the “Swingline Lender” in connection with a Swingline Loan or other matter shall be deemed to be a reference to the relevant Swingline Lender with respect thereto.

Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.

Swingline Sublimit” means $50,000,000.  The Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

Syndication Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the syndication agent for the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement.

Synthetic Lease” means a lease transaction under which the parties intend that (i) the lease will be treated as an “operating lease” by the lessee and (ii) the lessee will be entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily available to owners (as opposed to lessees) of like property.

T2” means the real time gross settlement system operated by the Eurosystem, or any successor system.

TARGET Day” means any day on which T2 is open for the settlement of payments in Euros.

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

“Term A Loan Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

Term A Lender” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender having a Term A Loan Commitment or that holds Term A Loans.

Term A Loan Commitment” means (a) with respect to any Term A Lender, as of the Closing Date, the amount that is set forth on Schedule 2.01 opposite such Lender’s name under the heading “Term A Loan Commitment”, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term A Loan Commitment, as applicable, and after giving effect to (i) any reduction in such amount from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (ii) any reduction or increase in such amount from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 and (b) as to all Term A Lenders, the aggregate commitments of all Term A Lenders to make Term A Loans.  After advancing the Term A Loan, each reference to a Term A Lender’s Term A Loan Commitment shall refer to that Term A Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Term A Loans.

Term AB Loan Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

Term A Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (i) the date that occurs on July 3, 2028 as extended (in the case of each Term A Lender consenting thereto) pursuant to Section 2.23 and (ii) the date that is 91 calendar days prior to the scheduled maturity of any Short-Dated Debt in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000; provided, however, if such date is not a Business Day, the Term A Loan Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

Term A Loans” means the term loans made by the Term A Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i).

Term B Debt” means (a) any Incremental Term B Loans, (b) any term B loan tranche of Permitted Refinancing Term Loans (as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, taking into account maturity, amortization and applicable rates with respect thereto) and (c) Incremental Equivalent Debt in the form of a term B loan facility (as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, taking into account maturity, amortization and applicable rates with respect thereto), in each case, that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Facility on the Closing Date.

 “Term B Loan Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

 “Term Lender” means a Term A, as of any date of determination, each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or, if the Term Loan Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender holding a Term Loan.

Term Loan Commitment” means the Term A Loan Commitment, commitment with respect to an Incremental Term A Loan, commitment with respect to an Incremental Term B Loan Commitment,or Permitted Refinancing Term Loan Commitment, as the context requires.

Term Loan Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(a).

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Term Loans” means, collectively, Incremental Term A Loans, Incremental Term B Loans and Permitted Refinancing Term Loans.

Term SOFR” means:

(a)         for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that, if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; and

(b)         for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such term;

provided that, if Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than zero, Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR.

Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).

Termination Date Conditions” means the termination of all the Commitments, the payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Secured Obligations (other than Swap Obligations, Banking Services Obligations and Unliquidated Obligations, in each case, not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each applicable L/C Issuer shall have been made).

Total Net Leverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Total Net Debt on such date to EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently completed Measurement Period.

Total Revolving Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Loans and their Swingline Exposure at such time; provided that clause (a) of the definition of “Swingline Exposure” shall only be applicable to the extent Revolving Lenders shall have funded their respective participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans.

Trade Date” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.04(e)(i).

Transactions” means (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be executed, delivered and performed by such Loan Parties on the Closing Date, (b) the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions under this Agreement on the Closing Date and the use of the proceeds thereof, (c) the Spin-Off Transactions and (d) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing on the Closing Date.

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Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate, an Alternative Currency Daily Rate, an Alternative Currency Term Rate or Term SOFR.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.

UCP” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).

UK” and “United Kingdom” means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

Unaudited Financial Statements” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.01(l).

Unfunded Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender less its Revolving Credit Exposure; provided that, as to any Revolving Lender, clause (a) of the definition of “Swingline Exposure” shall only be applicable in calculating a Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure to the extent such Lender shall have funded its respective participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans.

Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Plan pursuant to the Pension Funding Rules for the applicable plan year.

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

Unliquidated Obligations” means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion thereof) that are contingent in nature or unliquidated at such time, including any Secured Obligation that is (i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it; (ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature at such time; or (iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of obligations.

Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(f).

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Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (a) as of the Closing Date, any Subsidiary indicated as such on Schedule 5.15 and (b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.15, in either case, until such time that any such Subsidiary is re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.15.

U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any Business Day, except any Business Day on which any of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business because such day is a legal holiday under the federal laws of the United States or the laws of the State of New York, as applicable.

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

U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.19.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).

Voting Interests” means shares of capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent Equity Interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to any Subsidiary, that all of the Equity Interests (except for directors’, foreign national qualifying and other nominal shares required to be held by such person under applicable Law) in such Subsidiary are owned by the Borrower and/or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries thereof (or by the Restricted Subsidiary thereof to which reference is made in the applicable provision hereof).

Withdrawal Liability” has the meaning specified in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) 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, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

SECTION 1.02.     Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Revolving Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing”).

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SECTION 1.03.    Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.  Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein or in any other Loan Document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation herein or in any other Loan Document shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein or in any other Loan Document) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (f) any reference to any law, rule or regulation herein or in any other Loan Document shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law, rule or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and (g) the words “asset” and “property” herein or in any other Loan Document shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.04.     Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations; Limited Condition Transactions; Certain Calculations and Tests.

(a)         Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (i) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein (including computations in respect of compliance with Section 6.12) shall be made, without giving effect to (x) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Debt or other liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at “fair value”, as defined therein, and (y) any treatment of Debt in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Debt in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Debt shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof; and (ii) except for the purpose of preparing financial statements in accordance with GAAP, the determination of whether a lease constitutes a capital or finance lease, on the one hand, or an operating lease, on the other hand, and whether obligations arising under a lease are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee thereunder and/or recognized as interest expense, shall be determined by reference to GAAP without giving effect to FASB Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).  For the avoidance of doubt, and without limitation of the foregoing, Permitted Convertible Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and shall not include any reduction or appreciation in value of the shares deliverable upon conversion thereof.

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(b)         All pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Debt, any designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or Specified Transaction or other transaction shall in each case be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto (and, in the case of any pro forma computation made hereunder to determine whether such acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Debt, designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or Specified Transaction or other transaction is permitted to be consummated hereunder, to any other such transaction consummated since the first day of the most recent Measurement Period and on or prior to the date of such computation) as if such acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Debt, designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or Specified Transaction or other transaction had occurred on the first day of the most recent Measurement Period, and, to the extent applicable, to the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of (but without giving effect to any cost synergies or cost savings except to extent expressly provided herein) and any related incurrence or reduction of Debt, or designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.  If any Debt bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Debt shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Swap Agreement applicable to such Debt).

(c)        In connection with any Limited Condition Transaction and any related transactions (including any financing thereof), at the Borrower’s election, (i) determining the accuracy of representations and warranties and/or compliance with any requirement relating to the absence of a Default or an Event of Default may be determined as of the date (the “LCT Determination Date”) a definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is entered into, in the case of a Limited Condition Transaction described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, or the date on which irrevocable notice of the applicable redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Debt, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is delivered, in the case of a Limited Condition Transaction described in clause (b) of the definition thereof, and (ii) any calculation of the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Total Net Leverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio or any other financial measure, or any amount based on Consolidated Total Assets, Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, EBITDA or a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or EBITDA, or any other determination under any basket or ratio under this Agreement, or any other determination as to whether any such Limited Condition Transaction and any related transactions (including any financing thereof) complies with the covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement, may be made as of the LCT Determination Date and, to the extent so made, will not be required to be made at any later date as would otherwise be required under this Agreement; provided that (1) the determinations in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall give pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and any related transactions (including any incurrence or discharge of Debt and Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) and (2) compliance with such ratios, baskets or amounts (and any related requirements and conditions) shall not be determined or tested at any time after the LCT Determination Date for such Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including any incurrence or discharge of Debt and Liens and the use of proceeds thereof).  For purposes of determining compliance with any ratio, basket or amount on the LCT Determination Date, Consolidated Interest Charges for purposes of the Interest Coverage Ratio will be calculated using an assumed interest rate based on the indicative interest margin contained in any financing commitment documentation with respect to such Debt or, if no such indicative interest margin exists, as determined by the Borrower in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower makes such an election and any of the ratios, baskets or amounts for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Determination Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, basket or amount, including due to fluctuations in exchange rates, in EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction or any applicable currency exchange rate, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such ratios, baskets or amounts will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations.  If the Borrower makes such an election, any subsequent calculation of any such ratio, basket or amount (unless the definitive agreement for, or firm offer in respect of, such Limited Condition Transaction (in the case of an acquisition or Investment) is terminated or expires without its consummation or such notice of redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment is revoked or expires without consummation) shall be calculated both (1) giving pro forma effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and any related transactions (including any incurrence or discharge of Debt and Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) and (2) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and any related transactions (including any incurrence of Debt and Liens and the use of proceeds thereof) have not been consummated.

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(d)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of the covenants described in Articles V and VI, if any transaction or action would be permitted pursuant to one or more provisions described therein, the Borrower may divide and classify such transaction or action within any covenant in any manner that complies with the covenants set forth therein, and may later divide and reclassify any such transaction or action so long as the transaction or action (as so divided and/or reclassified) would be permitted to be made in reliance on the applicable exception as of the date of such reclassification; provided that, if any financial ratio or test governing any applicable amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with a financial ratio or test would be satisfied in any subsequent period following the utilization of any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or test, such reclassification shall be deemed to have automatically occurred if not elected by the Borrower. In addition, in the event an item of Debt, Restricted Payments, Investments and/or a Lien (or any portion thereof) is incurred or issued pursuant to Section 6.02, Section 6.07, Section 6.06 and/or Section 6.01 (other than in reliance on an applicable leverage ratio) on the same date that an item of Debt, Restricted Payments, Investments and/or a Lien (or any portion thereof) is incurred or issued under an applicable leverage ratio within Section 6.02, Section 6.07, Section 6.06 and/or Section 6.01 or the definition of “Incremental Ratio Amount,” then the applicable leverage ratio will be calculated with respect to such incurrence or issuance without regard to any concurrent incurrence under Section 6.02 and/or Section 6.01 (other than in reliance on an applicable leverage ratio).  It is understood and agreed that any Affiliate transaction, Lien, Debt, Disposition, Investment, and/or Restricted Payment need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Affiliate transaction, Lien, Debt, Disposition, Investment, and/or Restricted Payment within the same covenant, but may instead be permitted in part under any combination thereof or under any other available exception solely within the same covenant (and not another covenant).

SECTION 1.05.     Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

(a)          The Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Dollar Amount of Borrowings and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies.  Such Dollar Amount shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Dollar Amount of such amounts until the next Revaluation Date to occur.  Except for purposes of (i) any financial statements and Compliance Certificates delivered by the Loan Parties hereunder, any determination under Article V or VI hereof, or calculating any financial ratio or test hereunder, which shall, in each case, be as reasonably determined by the Borrower, or (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Amount as so determined reasonably and in good faith by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, as applicable.

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(b)         Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of an Alternative Currency Loan, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing, Alternative Currency Loan is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar Amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as applicable.

(c)         No Default or Event of Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars in Articles V through VII under this Agreement being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower immediately preceding the fiscal quarter of the Borrower in which the applicable transaction or occurrence requiring a determination occurs.

SECTION 1.06.     Additional Alternative Currencies.

(a)          The Borrower may from time to time request that Alternative Currency Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency”; provided that such requested currency is an Eligible Currency.  In the case of any such request (i) with respect to the making of Alternative Currency Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Lender with a Commitment under which such currency is requested to be made available, and (ii) with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer.

(b)          Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Borrowing (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer).  In the case of any such request pertaining to Alternative Currency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable L/C Issuer thereof.  Each Appropriate Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Alternative Currency Loans) or the L/C Issuer (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., five (5) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Alternative Currency Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.

(c)          Any failure by a Lender or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Alternative Currency Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency.  If the Administrative Agent and all the Appropriate Lenders consent to making Alternative Currency Loans in such requested currency and the Administrative Agent and such Lenders reasonably determine that an appropriate interest rate is available to be used for such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and (i) the Administrative Agent and such Lenders, in consultation with the Borrower, shall establish the Foreign Currency Sublimit for such currency and may amend the definition of “Alternative Currency Daily Rate” or “Alternative Currency Term Rate” to the extent necessary to add the applicable rate for such currency and any applicable adjustment for such rate, and (ii) to the extent the Foreign Currency Sublimit for such currency has been established and the definition of “Alternative Currency Daily Rate” or “Alternative Currency Term Rate”, as applicable, has been amended to reflect the appropriate rate for such currency, such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency for purposes of any Borrowings of Alternative Currency Loans.  If the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and (1) the Borrower and the L/C Issuers may amend this Agreement to add such currency and (2) to the extent this Agreement has been amended to reflect such currency, such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any such Letter of Credit issuances.  If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.06, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower.

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SECTION 1.07.     Change of Currency.

(a)          Each obligation of the Borrower to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euros at the time of such adoption.  If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that, if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.

(b)         Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.

(c)         Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.

SECTION 1.08.    Letter of Credit Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount (after giving effect to all drawn and unreimbursed amounts thereon) of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that, with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

SECTION 1.09.     Interest Rates.  The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to any reference rate referred to herein or with respect to any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection  of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Conforming Changes.  The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower.  The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable good faith discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or other action or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 1.09 does not alter or impair the rights and obligations of the Administrative Agent otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement.

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SECTION 1.10.     Timing of Payment or Performance.  When payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation (including, without limitation, the due date for the delivery of any report, certificate or other information) is stated to be due or required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of “Interest Period”) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01.     Commitments.

(a)          Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Agreed Currencies from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing to any Swingline Loans outstanding pursuant to Section 2.05(c)) in, subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), (i) the Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (ii) the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the aggregate Revolving Commitments, (iii) the Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans, denominated in Sterling, exceeding the Sterling Sublimit, (iv) the Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans, denominated in Euro, exceeding the Euro Sublimit and (v) the Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans, denominated in any other Alternative Currency, exceeding the Applicable Foreign Currency Sublimit.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

(b)

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A Lender with a Term A Loan Commitment (severally and not jointly) agrees to make a Term A Loan to the Borrower in Dollars in a single drawing on the Closing Date, in an amount equal to such Lender’s Term A Loan Commitment on the Closing Date by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent’s designated account, not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent.

(i)           [Reserved].

(ii)          [Reserved].

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(c)           Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of any Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.02.     Loans and Borrowings.

(a)          Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the applicable Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.  Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05.  The Term Loans shall amortize as set forth in Section 2.10.

(b)         Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing and each Term A Loan Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans, Term SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loans (solely in the case of a Revolving Borrowing) or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans (solely in the case of a Revolving Borrowing) as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that each ABR Loan shall only be made in Dollars.  Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c)         At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term SOFR Borrowing and any Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 500,000 units of such currency) and not less than $3,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 3,000,000 units of such currency).  At the time that each Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of 500,000 units of the applicable Foreign Currency and not less than 3,000,000 units of such Foreign Currency.  At the time that each ABR Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000; provided that an ABR Revolving  Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the aggregate Revolving Commitments.  Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $100,000.  Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Term SOFR Borrowings, Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowings and Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowings outstanding in respect of Revolving Borrowings and a total of ten (10) Term SOFR Borrowings outstanding in respect of Term Loan Borrowings.

(d)          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the applicable Maturity Date.

SECTION 2.03.   Requests for Borrowings.  To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by (A) telephone or (B) a Borrowing Request (provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request) (a) in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (provided that, if the Borrower wishes to request Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them) or (b)  in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

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(i)           the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii)          the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii)        whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowing, a Term SOFR Borrowing and whetherthe Class of such Borrowing is a Revolving Borrowing or a Term A Loan Borrowing;

(iv)         in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;

(v)          the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07; and

(vi)         in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the Agreed Currency.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then, in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term SOFR Borrowing or Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, as applicable, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04.     Determination of Dollar Amounts.  The Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar Amount of:

(a)          any Revolving Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, on each Revaluation Date; and

(b)          any Borrowing, on any additional date as the Administrative Agent may determine at any time when an Event of Default exists.

Each day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) is herein described as a “Computation Date” with respect to each Borrowing for which a Dollar Amount is determined on or as of such day.

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SECTION 2.05.     Swingline Loans.

(a)         Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Swingline Lender may agree, but shall have no obligation, to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding the Swingline Sublimit, (ii) subject to Section 2.04, such Swingline Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Revolving Commitment or (iii) the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the aggregate Revolving Commitments; provided that no Swingline Lender shall be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

(b)        To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the applicable Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such request by (A) telephone or (B) by a Borrowing Request (provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the applicable Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request) not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day), Type and amount (which shall be a minimum of $100,000) of the requested Swingline Loan.  Each Swingline Lender shall (subject to such Swingline Lender’s discretion to make Swingline Loans as set forth in Section 2.05(a)) make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to an account of the Borrower with the Administrative Agent designated for such purpose (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(f), by remittance to the applicable L/C Issuer) by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

(c)         Any Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding.  Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders will participate.  Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and in any event, if such notice is received by 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day and if received after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay in Dollars to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of (i) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (ii) any Event of Default described in Section 7.01(f), (iii) the date on which the Loans are accelerated, or (iv) the termination of the Revolving Commitments, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to absolutely and unconditionally acquire participations in all of the Swingline Loans outstanding at such time in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loans in each case without notice or any further action from any Swingline Lender, any Lender or the Administrative Agent (such occurrence an “Automatic Participation Event”).  Upon the occurrence of an Automatic Participation Event, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and in any event, if such notice is received by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day and if received after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans.  Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to such Swingline Lender.  Any amounts received by such Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by such Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to such Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to such Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.  The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any obligation with respect to the payment thereof.

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(d)        Any Swingline Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Swingline Lender and the successor Swingline Lender.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of the relevant Swingline Lender.  At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid interest accrued for the account of the replaced Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.13(a).  From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Swingline Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Swingline Lender, or to such successor and all previous Swingline Lenders, as the context shall require.  After the replacement of a Swingline Lender hereunder, the replaced Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to its replacement, but shall not be required to make additional Swingline Loans.

(e)        Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Swingline Lender, any Swingline Lender may resign as a Swingline Lender at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, in which case, such Swingline Lender shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.05(d) above.

SECTION 2.06.     Letters of Credit.

(a)        General.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in addition to the Loans provided for in Section 2.01, the Borrower may request any L/C Issuer, in reliance on the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.06, to issue, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period, Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency for its own account or the account of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such form as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer in its reasonable determination.  Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of the Revolving Commitments.

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(b)         Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Extension, Reinstatement or Renewal.  To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment of the terms and conditions, extension of the terms and conditions, extension of the expiration date, or reinstatement of amounts paid, or renewal of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall deliver (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable L/C Issuer) to an L/C Issuer selected by it and to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, extended, reinstated or renewed, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with Section 2.06(d)), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, extend, reinstate or renew such Letter of Credit.  If requested by the applicable L/C Issuer, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application and reimbursement agreement on such L/C Issuer’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application and reimbursement agreement or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, an L/C Issuer relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application (or the amendment of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit shall permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon by the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiration date not later than the date permitted pursuant to Section 2.06(d); provided that such L/C Issuer shall not (i) permit any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its extended form under the terms hereof (except that the expiration date may be extended to a date that is no more than one year from the then-current expiration date) or (B) it has received notice (which may be in writing or by telephone (if promptly confirmed in writing)) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (ii) be obligated to permit such extension if it has received notice (which may be in writing or by telephone (if promptly confirmed in writing)) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, any L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit”).  Unless otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement.  Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuers to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the applicable L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the “Non-Reinstatement Deadline”), such L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.

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(c)         Limitations on Amounts, Issuance and Amendment.  A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, extended, reinstated or renewed only if (and upon issuance, amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal (i) the aggregate amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit issued by any L/C Issuer shall not exceed its L/C Commitment, (ii) the aggregate L/C Obligations shall not exceed the L/C Sublimit, (iii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Lender shall not exceed its Revolving Commitment, (iv) the Total Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments and (v) the Foreign Currency Exposure with respect to the applicable Alternative Currency exceeds the Applicable Foreign Currency Sublimit for such Alternative Currency.

(i)           No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A)          any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B)           the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C)           except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $50,000;

(D)           any Revolving Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.22(d)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or

(E)           the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.

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(ii)          No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to increase or extend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.

(d)          Expiration Date.  Each Letter of Credit shall have a stated expiration date no later than the earlier of (i) the date twelve months after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension of the expiration date thereof, whether automatic or by amendment, twelve months after the then current expiration date of such Letter of Credit) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided that, upon the Borrower’s request and subject to the approval, in its reasonable discretion, by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer that has issued such Letter of Credit, any such Letter of Credit may have a later expiration date (but in any event not later than one year after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date) if Cash Collateralized.

(e)          Participations.

(i)          By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount or extending the expiration date thereof), and without any further action on the part of the applicable L/C Issuer or the Revolving Lenders, such L/C Issuer hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such L/C Issuer, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.  Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this Section 2.06(e)(i) in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments.

(ii)         In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars, for account of the applicable L/C Issuer, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by an L/C Issuer (expressed in Dollars in the Dollar Amount thereof) not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the notice provided by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 2.06(f) until such L/C Disbursement is reimbursed by the Borrower or at any time after any reimbursement payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason, including after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.  Such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each such payment shall be made in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable L/C Issuer the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders.  Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.06(f), the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable L/C Issuer or, to the extent that the Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this Section 2.06(e) to reimburse such L/C Issuer, then to such Revolving Lenders and such L/C Issuer as their interests may appear.  Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this Section 2.06(e) to reimburse an L/C Issuer for any L/C Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.

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Each Revolving Lender further acknowledges and agrees that its participation in each Letter of Credit will be automatically adjusted to reflect such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at each time such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment is amended pursuant to the operation of Section 2.20 or 2.23, as a result of an assignment in accordance with Section 9.04 or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement.

(f)          Reimbursement.  If an L/C Issuer shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer in respect of such L/C Disbursement in the currency in which such L/C Disbursement was made (or, if requested by such L/C Issuer by notice to the Borrower, in the Dollar Amount of such L/C Disbursement) by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such L/C Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice of such L/C Disbursement, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m. or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time; provided that, if such L/C Disbursement is not less than $1,000,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or Section 2.05 that such payment be financed with a Borrowing of ABR Loans or Swingline Loan in the Dollar Amount of such L/C Disbursement and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Borrowing of ABR Loans or Swingline Loan.  If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the Dollar Amount of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof (the “Unreimbursed Amount”) and such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.  In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of ABR Revolving Loans to be disbursed on the date of payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit in the Dollar Amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of ABR Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Request).  Any notice given by any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.06(f) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(g)        Obligations Absolute.  The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse L/C Disbursements as provided in Section 2.06(f) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of:

(i)           any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Letter of Credit, or any term or provision herein or therein;

(ii)          the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), any L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii)         any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement in such draft or other document being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

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(iv)        waiver by any L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for such L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by such L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower;

(v)          honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit required that demand be in the form of a draft;

(vi)        any payment made by any L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable;

(vii)       payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by any L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;

(viii)      any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.06, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder; or

(ix)         any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally.

The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer.  The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against each L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer, or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit by the applicable L/C Issuer or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms, any error in translation or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable L/C Issuer; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse an L/C Issuer from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such L/C Issuer’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof.  The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an L/C Issuer (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), an L/C Issuer shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination, and that:

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(A)           an L/C Issuer may replace a purportedly lost, stolen, or destroyed original Letter of Credit or missing amendment thereto with a certified true copy marked as such or waive a requirement for its presentation;

(B)          an L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation of documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit and without regard to any non-documentary condition in such Letter of Credit;

(C)          an L/C Issuer shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline to accept such documents and to make such payment if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and

(D)          this sentence shall establish the standard of care to be exercised by an L/C Issuer when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof (and the parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, any standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).

Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer, or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of (i) any presentation that includes forged or fraudulent documents or that is otherwise affected by the fraudulent, bad faith, or illegal conduct of the beneficiary or other Person, (ii) an L/C Issuer declining to take-up documents and make payment (A) against documents that are fraudulent, forged, or for other reasons by which that it is entitled not to honor or (B) following the Borrower’s waiver of discrepancies with respect to such documents or request for honor of such documents or (iii) an L/C Issuer retaining proceeds of a Letter of Credit based on an apparently applicable attachment order, blocking regulation, or third-party claim notified to such L/C Issuer.

(h)          Applicability of ISP and UCP; Limitation of Liability.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued by it, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no L/C Issuer shall be responsible to the Borrower for, and no L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall be impaired by, any action or inaction of any L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where any L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

(i)          Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article VIII included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.

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(j)          Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance, subject to Section 2.22, with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the Dollar Amount of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.08.  Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears.  If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.

(k)          Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers.  The Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee, with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum equal to the percentage separately agreed upon between the Borrower (or, prior to the occurrence of the Spin-Off, the Company) and such L/C Issuer, computed on the Dollar Amount of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears.  Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand.  For purposes of computing the Dollar Amount of the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.08.  In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

(l)          Disbursement Procedures.  The L/C Issuer for any Letter of Credit shall, within the time allowed by applicable Laws or the specific terms of the Letter of Credit following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit.  Such L/C Issuer shall promptly after such examination notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing of such demand for payment if such L/C Issuer has made or will make an L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such L/C Issuer and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement.

(m)         Interim Interest.  If the L/C Issuer for any Letter of Credit shall make any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such L/C Disbursement when due pursuant to clause (f) of this Section 2.06, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply.  Interest accrued pursuant to this clause (m) shall be for account of such L/C Issuer, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to clause (f) of this Section 2.06 to reimburse such L/C Issuer shall be for account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

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(n)          Replacement of any L/C Issuer.  Any L/C Issuer may be replaced at any time by written agreement between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced L/C Issuer and the successor L/C Issuer.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of an L/C Issuer.  At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.06(j).  From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor L/C Issuer shall have all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued by it thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “L/C Issuer” shall be deemed to include such successor or any previous L/C Issuer, or such successor and all previous L/C Issuer, as the context shall require.  After the replacement of an L/C Issuer hereunder, the replaced L/C Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(o)         Cash Collateralization.  If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Revolving Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with L/C Obligations representing greater than 50% of the total L/C Obligations) demanding the deposit of Cash Collateral pursuant to this clause (o), the Borrower shall immediately deposit into an account established and maintained on the books and records of the Administrative Agent (the “Collateral Account”) an amount in cash equal to 105% of the total L/C Obligations as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such Cash Collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (f) of Section 7.01.  Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.  In addition, and without limiting the foregoing or clause (d) of this Section 2.06, if any L/C Obligations remain outstanding after the expiration date specified in said clause (d), the Borrower shall immediately deposit into the Collateral Account an amount in cash equal to 105% of such L/C Obligations as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over the Collateral Account.  Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest.  Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in the Collateral Account.  Moneys in the Collateral Account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each L/C Issuer for L/C Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed, together with related fees, costs, and customary processing charges, and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the L/C Obligations at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with L/C Obligations representing 50% of the total L/C Obligations), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.  If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of Cash Collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

(p)         L/C Issuer Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section 2.06, provide the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit Report, as set forth below:

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(i)          reasonably prior to the time that such L/C Issuer issues, amends, renews, increases or extends a Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal, increase or extension and the stated amount of the applicable Letters of Credit after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed);

(ii)          on each Business Day on which such L/C Issuer makes a payment pursuant to a Letter of Credit, the date and amount of such payment;

(iii)        on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse a payment made pursuant to a Letter of Credit required to be reimbursed to such L/C Issuer on such day, the date of such failure and the amount of such payment;

(iv)         on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer; and

(v)         for so long as any Letter of Credit issued by an L/C Issuer is outstanding, such L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) on the last Business Day of each calendar month, (B) at all other times a Letter of Credit Report is required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement and (C) on each date that (1) an L/C Credit Extension occurs or (2) there is any expiration, cancellation and/or disbursement, in each case, with respect to any such Letter of Credit, a Letter of Credit Report appropriately completed with the information for every outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer.

(q)        Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse, indemnify and compensate the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of the Borrower.  The Borrower irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit.  The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.

(r)           Conflict with Issuer Documents.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

SECTION 2.07.     Funding of Borrowings.

(a)          Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof solely by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, by 2:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders and (ii) in the case of each Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency and at such Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency; provided that (i) Term Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.01(b)(i) and Section 2.01(b)(ii), as applicable and (ii) Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05.  The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the funds so received in the aforesaid account of the Administrative Agent to (x) an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars and (y) an account of the Borrower in the relevant jurisdiction and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency; provided that Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(f) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable L/C Issuer.

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(b)          Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing (or in the case of an ABR Borrowing, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, 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 paragraph (a) of this Section 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 Same Day 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 applicable Overnight 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 ABR Loans, or in the case of Alternative Currencies, in accordance with such market practice, in each case, as applicable.  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.

SECTION 2.08.     Interest Elections.

(a)        Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request (or, if not so specified, as provided in Section 2.03) and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request  (or, if not so specified, as provided in Section 2.03).  Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.  This Section shall not apply to Borrowings of Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued.

(b)         To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by irrevocable written notice via an Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit the Borrower to (i) change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii) elect an Interest Period for Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (iii) convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a Type not available under the Class of Commitments pursuant to which such Borrowing was made.

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(c)          Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i)          the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii)          the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii)         whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Term SOFR Borrowing, an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowing; and

(iv)        if the resulting Borrowing is a Term SOFR Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period and Agreed Currency to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term SOFR Borrowing or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d)          Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e)          If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a conversion or continuation, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, such Borrowing shall automatically continue as an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing in the same Agreed Currency with an Interest Period of one month unless such Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing is or was repaid in accordance with Section 2.11.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing denominated in Dollars may be converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Term SOFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency shall automatically be continued as an Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.

(f)           Except as otherwise provided herein, a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan.

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(g)          With respect to any Alternative Currency Daily Rate, Term SOFR, Daily SOFR or SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right (in consultation with the Borrower) to make Conforming Changes from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.

SECTION 2.09.     Termination and Reduction of Commitments.

(a)         Unless previously terminated, (i) the Term A Loan Commitments shall terminate on the Closing Date upon the funding of the Term A Loans, (ii) [reserved] and (iii) the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (subject to Section 2.23).

(b)        The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments.

(c)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the acquisition of one Revolving Lender by another Revolving Lender, or the merger, consolidation or other combination of any two or more Revolving Lenders (any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or other combination being referred to hereinafter as a “Combination” and each Revolving Lender which is a party to such Combination being hereinafter referred to as a “Combined Revolving Lender”), the Borrower may notify the Administrative Agent that it desires to reduce the Revolving Commitment of the Revolving Lender surviving such Combination (the “Surviving Revolving Lender”) to an amount equal to the Revolving Commitment of that Combined Revolving Lender which had the largest Revolving Commitment of each of the Combined Revolving Lenders party to such Combination (such largest Revolving Commitment, collectively, being the “Surviving Revolving Commitment” and the Revolving Commitments of the other Combined Revolving Lenders being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “Retired Revolving Commitments”).  If the Required Revolving Lenders (determined as set forth below) and the Administrative Agent agree to such reduction in the Surviving Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, then (i) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments shall be reduced by the Retired Revolving Commitments effective upon the effective date of the Combination (or such later date as the Borrower may specify in its request); provided that, on or before such date the Borrower has paid in full the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder of each of the Combined Revolving Lenders other than the Combined Revolving Lender whose Revolving Commitment is the Surviving Revolving Commitment, (ii) from and after the effective date of such reduction, the Surviving Revolving Lender shall have no obligation with respect to the Retired Revolving Commitments, and (iii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent whether it wants such reduction to be a permanent reduction or a temporary reduction.  If such reduction is to be a temporary reduction, then the Borrower shall be responsible for finding one or more financial institutions (which for the avoidance of doubt may be an existing Lender) (each, a “Replacement Revolving Lender”), acceptable to the Administrative Agent (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), willing to assume the obligations of a Revolving Lender hereunder with aggregate Revolving Commitments up to the amount of the Retired Revolving Commitments.  The Administrative Agent may require the Replacement Revolving Lenders to execute such documents, instruments or agreements as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary or desirable to evidence such Replacement Revolving Lenders’ agreement to become parties hereunder.  For purposes of this paragraph (c), Required Revolving Lenders shall be determined as if the reduction in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments requested by the Borrower had occurred (i.e., the Combined Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have a single Revolving Commitment in the aggregate equal to the Surviving Revolving Commitment and the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments shall be deemed to have been reduced by the Retired Revolving Commitments).

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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the acquisition of one Term A Lender by another Term A Lender, or the Combination of any two or more Term A Lenders (each Term A Lender which is a party to such Combination being hereinafter referred to as a “Combined Term A Lender”), the Borrower may notify the Administrative Agent that it desires to reduce the Term A Loan Commitment of the Term A Lender surviving such Combination (the “Surviving Term A Lender”) to an amount equal to the Term A Loan Commitment of that Combined Term A Lender which had the largest Term A Loan Commitment of each of the Combined Term A Lenders party to such Combination (such largest Term A Loan Commitment being the “Surviving Term A Loan Commitment” and the Term A Loan Commitments of the other Combined Term A Lenders being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “Retired Term A Loan Commitments”).  If the Required Term A Lenders (determined as set forth below) and the Administrative Agent agree to such reduction in the Surviving Term A Lender’s Term A Loan Commitment, then (i) the aggregate amount of the Term A Loan Commitments shall be reduced by the Retired Term A Loan Commitments effective upon the effective date of the Combination (or such later date as the Borrower may specify in its request); provided that, on or before such date the Borrower has paid in full the outstanding principal amount of the Term A Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder of each of the Combined Term A Lenders other than the Combined Term A Lender whose Term A Loan Commitment is the Surviving Term A Loan Commitment, (ii) from and after the effective date of such reduction, the Surviving Term A Lender shall have no obligation with respect to the Retired Term A Loan Commitments, and (iii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent whether it wants such reduction to be a permanent reduction or a temporary reduction.  If such reduction is to be a temporary reduction, then the Borrower shall be responsible for finding one or more financial institutions (which for the avoidance of doubt may be an existing Lender) (each, a “Replacement Term A Lender”), acceptable to the Administrative Agent (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), willing to assume the obligations of a Term A Lender hereunder with aggregate Term A Loan Commitments up to the amount of the Retired Term A Loan Commitments.  The Administrative Agent may require the Replacement Term A Lenders to execute such documents, instruments or agreements as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary or desirable to evidence such Replacement Term A Lenders’ agreement to become parties hereunder.  For purposes of this paragraph (d), Required Term A Lenders shall be determined as if the reduction in the aggregate amount of the Term A Loan Commitments requested by the Borrower had occurred (i.e., the Combined Term A Lenders shall be deemed to have a single Term A Loan Commitment in the aggregate equal to the Surviving Term A Loan Commitment and the aggregate amount of the Term A Loan Commitments shall be deemed to have been reduced by the Retired Term A Loan Commitments).

(d)          [Reserved].

(e)          The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice to terminate or reduce the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, 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.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

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SECTION 2.10.     Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a)         The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in the currency of such Loan and (ii) to the applicable Swingline Lender (with notice of each such payment being delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent) the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan made by such Swingline Lender on the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the 15th Business Day after the date such Swingline Loan is made; provided that, on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Borrowing shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding.

(b)

(i) The Borrower shall repay the outstanding Term A Loans to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Term A Lenders, on the following dates in the respective amounts set forth opposite such dates (which amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments made in accordance with Section 2.11):

 
Date
   
Aggregate Quarterly Amount
 
           
 
The last Business Day of each of the first four full Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower occurring after the Closing Date.
   
0.625% of the aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans incurred on the Closing Date.
 
           
 
The last Business Day of each of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth full Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower occurring after the Closing Date.
   
1.250% of the aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans incurred on the Closing Date.
 
           
 
The last Business Day of each of the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth full Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower occurring after the Closing Date.
   
1.250% of the aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans incurred on the Closing Date.
 
           
 
The last Business Day of each of the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth full Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower occurring after the Closing Date.
   
1.250% of the aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans incurred on the Closing Date.
 
           
 
The last Business Day of each of the Fiscal Quarters of the Borrower occurring thereafter.
   
1.875% of the aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans incurred on the Closing Date.
 

provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment of the Term A Loans shall be repaid on the Term A Loan Maturity Date and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on such date.

(b)          (ii) [Reserved].

(c)         Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

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(d)         The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class, Agreed Currency and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(e)          The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the Obligations.

(f)          Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form.

SECTION 2.11.     Prepayment of Loans.

(a)          The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to break funding payments required by Section 2.16), subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.11(a).  The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the applicable Swingline Lender) by written notice (promptly followed by telephonic confirmation of such request) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Borrowing (other than an ABR Borrowing), not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period of time as the Administrative Agent may agree) before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 1:00 pm, New York City time, on the date of prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, (y) if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of reduction or termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of reduction or termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09 and (z) a notice of prepayment by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, 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.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.  Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02.  Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Borrowing, each voluntary prepayment of a Term A Loan Borrowing of another Class shall be applied ratably to the Term A Loans included in the prepaid Term A Loan Borrowing of such Class in such order of application as directed by the Borrower.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) any break funding payments required by Section 2.16.

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(b)         If at any time, (i) other than as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, (A) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure (calculated, with respect to those Borrowings denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Borrowing) exceeds the aggregate Revolving Commitments or (B) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure denominated in Euro, Sterling or any other Alternative Currency (each, a “Foreign Currency Exposure”) (so calculated), as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Borrowing, exceeds Euro Sublimit, Sterling Sublimit or a Foreign Currency Sublimit applicable to such Alternative Currency, respectively (the applicable Euro Sublimit, Sterling Sublimit and Foreign Currency Sublimit for another Alternative Currency, the “Applicable Foreign Currency Sublimit”), or (ii) solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, (A) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure (so calculated) exceeds 105% of the aggregate Revolving Commitments or (B) the Foreign Currency Exposure with respect to any Alternative Currency, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Borrowing, exceeds 105% of the Applicable Foreign Currency Sublimit for such Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall, within two Business Days after receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent, in each such case repay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to cause (x) the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure (so calculated) to be less than or equal to the aggregate Revolving Commitments and (y) the Foreign Currency Exposure with respect to each Alternative Currency to be less than or equal to the Applicable Foreign Currency Sublimit for such Alternative Currency, as applicable.

(c)          Upon the incurrence or issuance of any Debt for borrowed money by the Borrower and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Debt permitted by Section 6.02, excluding any Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds received in connection with the incurrence or issuance of such Debt (such prepayments to be applied to prepay the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(f) below or, with respect to Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, to prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(g) below) no later than (1) in the case of the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary, the fifth Business Day or (2) in the case of the incurrence or issuance by a Foreign Subsidiary, the tenth Business Day, in each case, following receipt of such Net Proceeds by the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(d)          In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, within five Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received, prepay the Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds; provided that, if the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect that the Borrower and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries intends to apply the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within 365 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to acquire (or replace, rebuild, construct or upgrade) real property, equipment or other tangible assets (excluding inventory) to be used in the business of the Borrower and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to make Permitted Acquisitions and/or other permitted Investments (excluding cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments in the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries), to reimburse the cost of any of the foregoing and/or, in the case of any Net Proceeds received by a Foreign Subsidiary, to make a repayment under any local credit facility constituting Debt to the extent required by such credit facility and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds specified in such certificate; provided further that, to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied by the end of such 365-day period (or within a period of 180 days thereafter if, by the end of such initial 365-day period, the Borrower and/or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to use such Net Proceeds as provided above), a prepayment on the last day of such period shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied.

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(f)          Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Sections 2.11(c) (other than with respect to Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) and 2.11(d) shall be applied on a pro rata basis to each Class of the Term Loans (or, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans, on a less than pro rata basis, as provided in the applicable Incremental Amendment).  All amounts prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.11(c) (other than with respect to Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) and 2.11(d) shall, unless otherwise directed by the Borrower, be applied to the scheduled amortization payments of each applicable Class of the Term Loans in direct order of maturity.

(g)         Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11(c) in respect of any Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, such prepayment shall be applied solely to those applicable Class of Term Loans with respect to which such Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is being incurred.

(h)         Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11 to the contrary, (i) the Borrower shall not be required to prepay any amount that would otherwise be required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.11(d) above to the extent that the relevant Net Proceeds in respect of a Prepayment Event are received by any Foreign Subsidiary (each such event, a “Foreign Subsidiary Asset Sale Recovery Event”), as the case may be, to the extent that repatriation of any or all amounts of the Net Proceeds of any Prepayment Event by a Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to a prepayment event under Section 2.11(d) is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be paid by the Borrower in respect of the applicable Classes of Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.11 so long as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all commercially reasonable actions required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds amounts would be permitted under the applicable local law, the Borrower will promptly (and in any event not later than five (5) Business Days after the date that such repatriation would be permitted under applicable local law) prepay the applicable Classes of Term Loans in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds which amount shall be applied to the repayment of the applicable Classes of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 to the extent otherwise provided herein or (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all Net Proceeds amounts from such Foreign Subsidiary Asset Sale Recovery Event could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries with respect to such Net Proceeds amounts, the Borrower shall have no obligation to repay an amount equal to such Net Proceeds amounts so affected until such time that such amounts could be repatriated without incurring such material adverse tax consequence, and once any of such affected Net Proceeds amounts is able to be repatriated to the United States without such material adverse tax consequence, the Borrower will promptly (and in any event not later than five (5) Business Days after such repatriation would cease to incur such material adverse tax consequence) prepay the applicable Class of Term Loans in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds amount, which amount shall be applied to the repayment of the applicable Class of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 to the extent otherwise provided herein.  Nothing in this Section 2.11 shall be construed as a covenant by any Foreign Subsidiary to distribute any amounts to any Loan Party or a covenant by the Borrower or any Loan Party to cause any Foreign Subsidiary to distribute any amounts to any Loan Party (it being understood that this Section 2.11(h) requires only that the Borrower repay the applicable Class of Term Loans in certain amounts calculated by reference to certain Foreign Subsidiary Asset Sale Recovery Events).

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(i)           With respect to any prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(d), any Term Lender entitled to receive such prepayment, at its option, may elect not to accept such prepayment. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of any such prepayment of Term Loans, the amount of the prepayment that is available to prepay the Term Loans (the “Prepayment Amount”) shall be deposited in a cash collateral account on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, pending application of such amount on the Prepayment Date as set forth below and promptly after the date of such receipt, the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Term Lenders of the amount available to prepay the applicable Class of Term Loans and the date on which such prepayment shall be made (the “Prepayment Date”). Any Lender declining such prepayment (a “Declining Lender”) shall give written notice to the Administrative Agent before 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day immediately preceding the Prepayment Date. On the Prepayment Date, an amount equal to that portion of the Prepayment Amount accepted by the applicable Term Lenders other than the Declining Lenders (such Lenders being the “Accepting Lenders”) to prepay the applicable Class of Term Loans owing to such Accepting Lenders shall be withdrawn from the applicable cash collateral account and applied ratably to prepay Term Loans owing to such Accepting Lenders in the manner described in Section 2.11(f) for such prepayment. Any amounts that would otherwise have been applied to prepay Term Loans owing to Declining Lenders shall be retained or applied as directed by the Borrower.

SECTION 2.12.     Fees.

(a)         The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the applicable Commitment Fee Rate (as specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate”) on the actual daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates.  Commitment fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided that any commitment fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.  All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b)        The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon in writing between the Company (if prior to the occurrence of the Spin-Off) or the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(c)          All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars (except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.06 or this Section 2.12) and immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the L/C Issuers, in the case of fees payable thereto) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the applicable Lenders.  Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.13.     Interest.

(a)          The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (other than any Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b)          Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum agreed upon between the Borrower and the relevant Swingline Lender (or, if such a rate per annum is not agreed upon between the Borrower and the relevant Swingline Lender in respect of a Swingline Loan, such Swingline Loan shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Loans). The Revolving Loans comprising each Alternative Currency Daily Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternative Currency Daily Rate plus the Applicable Rate.  The Revolving Loans comprising each Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternative Currency Term Rate for the Interest Period for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.  The Loans comprising each Term SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing, plus the Applicable Rate.  Following the replacement of Term SOFR with Daily SOFR, as set forth in Section 2.14(b), the Loans comprising each Daily SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to Daily SOFR plus the Applicable Rate for the Term SOFR Loans of the applicable Class.

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(c)         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d)         Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term SOFR Loan (or, following the replacement of Term SOFR with Daily SOFR, as set forth in Section 2.14(b), Daily SOFR Loan), or Alternative Currency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e)          All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest (i) computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the prime rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), (ii) for Borrowings denominated in Pounds Sterling and Euro shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day) and (iii) in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice.  The applicable Alternate Base Rate, SOFR, Term SOFR, Daily SOFR, Alternative Currency Daily Rate or Alternative Currency Term Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.

(f)           Interest in respect of Loans denominated in Dollars shall be paid in Dollars, and interest in respect of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be paid in such Foreign Currency.

SECTION 2.14.     Alternate Rate of Interest.

(a)          If in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan or a conversion of ABR Loans to Term SOFR Loans or an Alternative Currency Loans or a continuation of any of such Loans, as applicable, (i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error) that (A) no Successor Rate for the Relevant Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency has been determined in accordance with Section 2.14(b) or Section 2.14(c) and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 2.14(b) or of Section 2.14(c) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date, or the SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date, has occurred with respect to such Relevant Rate (as applicable), or (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining the Relevant Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency for any determination date(s) or requested Interest Period, as applicable, with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan or Alternative Currency Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed ABR Loan, or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason that the Relevant Rate with respect to a proposed Loan denominated in an Agreed Currency for any requested Interest Period or determination date(s) does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.

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Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans or Loans in the affected currencies, as applicable, or to convert ABR Loans to Term SOFR Loans or Loans in the affected currencies, as applicable, shall be suspended, in each case to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining the Alternate Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 2.14(a), until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice, which the Administrative Agent hereby agrees to do reasonably promptly following its determination (or the determination of the Required Lenders, as the case may be) that the aforementioned circumstances have ceased to exist.

Upon the Borrower’s receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, or conversion to Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans or Borrowing of, or continuation of, Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Loans to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans, Alternative Currency Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of ABR Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Amount of the amount specified therein and (ii) (A) any outstanding Term SOFR Loans shall be deemed to have been converted to ABR Loans immediately at the end of their respective applicable Interest Period and (B) any outstanding affected Alternative Currency Loans, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (1) be converted into a Borrowing of ABR Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Amount of such outstanding Alternative Currency Loan immediately, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan or (2) be prepaid in full immediately, in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan; provided that, if no election is made by the Borrower (x) in the case of an Alternative Currency Daily Rate Loan, by the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice or (y) in the case of an Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, by the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Alternative Currency Term Rate Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (1) above.

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

(i)           adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining SOFR because SOFR is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or

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(ii)          the Applicable Authority has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which SOFR shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of syndicated loans denominated in Dollars, or shall or will otherwise cease; provided that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide SOFR (the date on which SOFR is no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “SOFR Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.14(b)(i) or (ii) have occurred with respect to the SOFR Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing SOFR or any then current SOFR Successor Rate for Dollars in accordance with this Section 2.14 at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in Dollars for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in Dollars for such benchmarks (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “SOFR Successor Rate”), and 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 object to such amendment.

Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, it is understood that, to the extent the Administrative Agent has determined that (x) Sections 2.14(b)(i) or (ii) is applicable with respect to one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate and (y) Daily SOFR is available, the Successor Rate for Term SOFR will be Daily SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment, and the Daily SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment shall replace Term SOFR on a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to Section 2.14(b)(ii) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(c)         Replacement of Relevant Rate or Successor Rate.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:

(i)          adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for an Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) because none of the tenors of such Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) under this Agreement is available or published on a current basis, and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or

(ii)        the Applicable Authority has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which all tenors of the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for an Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) under this Agreement shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of syndicated loans denominated in such Agreed Currency (other than Dollars), or shall or will otherwise cease; provided that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide such representative tenor(s) of the Relevant Rate (other than SOFR) for such Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) (the latest date on which all tenors of the Relevant Rate for such Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) under this Agreement are no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”);

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or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.14(c)(i) or (ii) have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing the Relevant Rate for an Agreed Currency or any then current Successor Rate for an Agreed Currency in accordance with this Section 2.14  at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in such Agreed Currency for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the U.S. and denominated in such Agreed Currency for such benchmarks (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “Non-SOFR Successor Rate” and, collectively with the SOFR Successor Rate, each, a “Successor Rate”), and 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 object to such amendment.

(d)          Successor Rate.  The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate.

Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate the Administrative Agent will have the right (in consultation with the Borrower) to make Conforming Changes from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.

(e)         For purposes of this Section 2.14, those Lenders that either have not made, or do not have an obligation under this Agreement to make, the relevant Loans in the relevant Alternative Currency shall be excluded from any determination of Required Lenders.

SECTION 2.15.     Increased Costs.

(a)          If any Change in Law shall:

(i)         impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement expressly reflected in the applicable interest rate) or L/C Issuer;

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(ii)          impose on any Lender or L/C Issuer any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or participation therein; or

(iii)        subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) with respect to its loans, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or such Lender or L/C Issuer (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and in a manner that is generally consistent with the manner used for similarly situated customers of the Administrative Agent or such Lender or L/C Issuer under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as the Administrative Agent or such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(b)         If any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or such Lender or L/C Issuer (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and in a manner that is generally consistent with the manner used for similarly situated customers of the Administrative Agent or such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as the Administrative Agent or such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(c)          A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower contemporaneously with any demand for payment and shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof.

(d)         Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 120 days prior to the date that such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s demand for compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 120-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

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SECTION 2.16.     Break Funding Payments.  In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Loan (other than an ABR Loan) other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (b) the conversion of any Loan (other than an ABR Loan) other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Loan (other than an ABR Loan) on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(a) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Loan (other than an ABR Loan) other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19 or 9.02(e), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense arising from such event.  For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 2.16, each applicable Loan made by a Lender (and each related reserve, special deposit or similar requirement) shall be conclusively deemed to have been funded at Term SOFR or the applicable Relevant Rate used in determining the rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Loan was in fact so funded.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount due within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17.     Taxes.

(a)          Payments Free of Taxes.  All payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party 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 any applicable 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 applicable Loan Party 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 2.17) the applicable Lender (or, in the case of a payment received by the Administrative Agent for its own account, the Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b)          Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower.  The Borrower shall timely pay all Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law.

(c)        Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority, if any, evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

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(d)        Indemnification by the Loan Parties.  The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 Business Days after 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 2.17) 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.  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, in each case contemporaneously with such demand, shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.

(e)          [Reserved].

(f)          Status of Lenders.  (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to any 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 may 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.

(ii)          Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(A)          any Lender that is a U.S. Lender shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, 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), two properly completed and duly executed copies 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 eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent  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), two properly completed and duly executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:

(1)            in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to such tax treaty;

(2)            in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3)           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 D-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 and that no payment under any Loan Document is effectively connected with such Foreign Lender’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

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(4)           to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (e.g., a partnership or a participating Lender), executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-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 not a participating Lender) 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 D-4 on behalf of such direct and indirect partner(s); for purposes of furnishing the U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate as described in the foregoing clauses (3) and (4), if a Foreign Lender (or a foreign Participant) is a Disregarded Entity, the Foreign Lender shall submit such certificate based on the status of the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of such Lender or Participant.

(C)           any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally eligible 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 copies 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 whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this Section 2.17(f)(ii)(D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any documentation it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly update such documentation or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Loan Parties and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.17(f).

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(g)         Treatment of Certain Refunds.  If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the applicable Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such Recipient and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such Loan Party, upon the request of such Recipient, shall repay to such Recipient the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 2.17(g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.17(g), in no event will the Recipient be required to pay any amount to any Loan Party pursuant to this Section 2.17(g) the payment of which would place the Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Recipient 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 Section 2.17(g) shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.

(h)          The Administrative Agent, and any successor or supplemental Administrative Agent, shall deliver to the Borrower (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the Borrower) on or prior to the date on which the Administrative Agent becomes the administrative agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower) properly completed and duly executed copies of either (i) if it is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) or (ii) if it is not a U.S. Person, a U.S. branch withholding certificate on IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), together with the required accompanying documentation, evidencing its agreement with the Borrower to be treated as a U.S. Person (with respect to amounts received on account of any Lender) and IRS Form W-8ECI (with respect to amounts received on its own account), together with the required accompanying documentation with the effect that, in either case, the Borrower will be entitled to make payments hereunder to the Administrative Agent without withholding or deduction on account of U.S. federal withholding Tax. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.17(h), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to provide any documentation that the Administrative Agent is not legally eligible to provide as a result of a Change in Law.

(i)          Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 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.

(j)           Defined Terms.  For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes any L/C Issuer and any Swingline Lender, and the term “Loan Document” includes any Letter of Credit.  For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “applicable Law” includes FATCA.

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SECTION 2.18.     Payments Generally; Allocations of Proceeds; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.

(a)          The Borrower shall make each payment or prepayment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to (i) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars, 12:00 noon, New York City time and (ii) in the case of payments denominated in a Foreign Currency, 12:00 noon, New York City time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency, in each case on the date when due or the date fixed for any prepayment hereunder, in immediately available funds, free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made (i) in the same currency in which the applicable Borrowing was made (or where such currency has been converted to Euros, in Euros) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency, except payments to be made directly to an L/C Issuer or a Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any Borrowing in any Foreign Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Borrowing was made (the “Original Currency”) no longer exists or the Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by the Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrower takes all risks of the imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.

(b)          At any time that payments are not required to be applied in the manner required by Section 7.03, if at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.

(c)          [Reserved].

(d)         If, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other similarly situated Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by all such Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered,  such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower.  The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.  For purposes of clause (b) of the definition of Excluded Taxes, a Lender that acquires a participation pursuant to this Section 2.18(d) shall be treated as having acquired an interest in such participation on the earlier date on which it acquired an interest in the Loan or Commitment, as applicable, to which such participation relates.

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(e)          Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received, prior to any date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including any date that is fixed for prepayment by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.11(b)), notice from the Borrower will not make such payment or prepayment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the relevant Lenders or L/C Issuers, as applicable, the amount due.
 
(f)          With respect to any payment that the Administrative Agent makes for the account of the Lenders hereunder as to which the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that any of the following applies (such payment referred to as the “Rescindable Amount”): (1) the Borrower has not in fact made such payment; (2) the Administrative Agent has made a payment in excess of the amount so paid by the Borrower (whether or not then owed); or (3) the Administrative Agent has for any reason otherwise erroneously made such payment; then each of the Lender Recipient Parties severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount so distributed to such Lender Recipient Party, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.  A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender Recipient Party with respect to any amount owing under this clause (f) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
 
SECTION 2.19.     Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
 
(a)          If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, 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 2.17, then such Lender shall 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 good-faith judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, 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 disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
 
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(b)         If (i) any Lender (or any of its Participants) requests compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender (or any of its Participants) or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender (or any of its Participants) pursuant to Section 2.17, (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, a Disqualified Institution or a Designated Person or invokes Section 2.27, (iv) any Revolving Lender shall reject a requested additional Alternative Currency, (v) the credit (or similar) rating of any Revolving Lender (or any Lender Parent thereof) by one or more of S&P or Moody’s or any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization shall at any time be lower than BBB/Baa2 (or the equivalent), (vi) any Revolving Lender (or any Lender Parent thereof) shall at any time have no credit (or similar) rating in effect by at least one such organization, (vii) as to any Lender, any Lender or its Lender Parent has become the subject of a Bail-In Action (or any case or other proceeding in which a Bail-In Action may occur), (viii) any Lender that is a Swingline Lender or an L/C Issuer shall (A) resign in its capacity as such, (B) fail to promptly approve the assignment of a Revolving Commitment that the Administrative Agent has approved as contemplated by clause (x) of the proviso below or (C) fail to promptly approve an Additional Lender that the Administrative Agent has approved in the case of any Incremental Facilities as contemplated by Section 2.20 or (ix) any Lender is an Ineligible Institution at the time it becomes a Lender or any Lender assigns or participates (or purports to assign or participate) all or any portion of its Loans and/or Commitments to an Ineligible Institution or a Disqualified Institution in violation of Section 9.04 without the written consent of the Borrower, 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 Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (x) to the extent such consent would be required pursuant to Section 9.04(b), the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the L/C Issuers and the Swingline Lenders), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, delayed or conditioned, and (y) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, 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).  Each party hereto agrees that (a) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (b) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender; provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.
 
SECTION 2.20.     Incremental Facilities.
 
(a)          Request for increase. The Borrower may at any time or from time to time on and after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent, request one or more (A) increases in the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments (each such increase a “Incremental Revolving Commitment”, (B) increases of the principal amount of Incremental Term B Loans (each, a “Term B Loan Increase”), (C) an increase of the principal amount of Incremental Term A Loans (each, a “Term A Loan Increase”; each Term B Loan Increase and Term A Loan Increase, collectively, referred to as the “Term Loan Increases”), (D) one or more term A loan tranches (as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, taking into account maturity, amortization and applicable rates with respect thereto) to be made available to the Borrower (each, an “Incremental Term A Loan”) or (E) one or more term B loan tranches (as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, taking into account maturity, amortization and applicable rates with respect thereto) to be made available to the Borrower (each, an “Incremental Term B Loan”; each Incremental Term A Loan and Incremental Term B Loan, collectively, referred to as the “Incremental Term Loans”; each Incremental Term Loan, each Incremental Revolving Commitment and each Term Loan Increase, collectively, referred to as the “Incremental Facilities”); provided that:
 
(i)           the principal amount for all such Incremental Facilities shall not exceed the Incremental Available Amount;
 
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(ii)          any such request for an Incremental Facility shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 (or a lesser amount in the event such amount represents all remaining availability under this Section);
 
(iii)        no Incremental Revolving Commitment shall (A) increase the L/C Commitment or the Aggregate Revolving Commitment without the consent of each L/C Issuer under the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such increase applies only to certain L/C Issuers pursuant to their agreement, such L/C Issuers), (B) increase the L/C Commitment of any L/C Issuer without the consent of such L/C Issuer or (C) increase the Swingline Sublimit without the consent of the Swingline Lender;
 
(iv)         (x) no Incremental Term A Loan shall mature earlier than the later of the latest Term A Loanmaturity date of any Incremental Term A Loan facility then in effect (if any) and the Maturity Date or have a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the longest remaining weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term A Loan facility then outstanding (if any) and (y) no Incremental Term B Loan shall mature earlier than the later of the Latest Maturity Date then in effect or have a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the longest remaining weighted average life to maturity of theany Term A Loan facility then outstanding (if any); provided that at the option of Borrower, this clause (iv) shall not apply to any Permitted Bridge Indebtedness;
 
(v)          [reserved];
 
(vi)         each Incremental Term Loan shall be pari passu in right of payment, voting, security and/or (unless agreed to be paid after, or on a less than pro rata basis with, the Term Loans by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan) prepayment with the Term Loans, including sharing in mandatory prepayments under Section 2.11(f) pro rata (or less than pro rata, if agreed by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan) with the Term Loans;
 
(vii)      each Term A Loan Increase, Term B Loan Increase, each Incremental Term A Loan and each Incremental Term B Loan shall have an All-in Yield as determined by the Lenders providing such Incremental Facility and the Borrower;
 
(viii)      except as provided above and in Section 2.20(d), all other terms and conditions applicable to any Incremental Term Loan, to the extent not consistent with the terms and conditions applicable to the applicable Term Loan facility, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan and the Borrower; and
 
(ix)         each Incremental Facility shall constitute Obligations hereunder and shall (i) be guaranteed pursuant to the Guaranty and, if secured, secured pursuant the Collateral Documents on a pari passu basis with the other Obligations hereunder or secured on a junior basis with the other Obligations hereunder, (ii) not have guarantees from any Person that is not a Loan Party and (iii) if secured, not be secured by assets other than the Collateral, provided that during an Investment Grade Period any Incremental Facility shall be unsecured.
 
(b)        Process for Increase.  Incremental Facilities may be (but shall not be required to be) provided by any existing Lender, in each case on terms permitted in this Section 2.20 and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or by any Additional Lender pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that:
 
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(i)         the Administrative Agent shall have consented (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) to each proposed Additional Lender providing such Incremental Facility to the extent the Administrative Agent would be required to consent to an assignment to such Additional Lender pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(i)(B), and
 
(ii)        in the case of any Incremental Revolving Commitment, each L/C Issuer under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Swingline Lender shall have consented (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) to each such Lender or proposed Additional Lender providing such Incremental Revolving Commitment if such consent by the L/C Issuers or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, would be required under Section 9.04(b)(i) for an assignment of Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments to such Lender or proposed Additional Lender.
 
No Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Revolving Commitment, Term A Loan Commitment or Term A Loans, or participate in any Incremental Term Loan, as the case may be (and any existing Lender that fails to respond to any request for an increase or an incremental loan within the requested time shall be deemed to have declined to provide any such increase or incremental loan), and no consent of any Lender, other than the Lenders agreeing to provide any portion of an Incremental Facility, shall be required to effectuate such Incremental Facility.
 
(c)          Effective Date and Allocations.  The Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date of any Incremental Facility (the “Increase Effective Date”). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such Incremental Facility and the Increase Effective Date.
 
(d)          Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase.
 
(i)          As a condition precedent to each Incremental Facility, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower and, if reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or desirable under applicable Law with respect to the Guaranty of a Guarantor, of each such Guarantor, dated as of the Increase Effective Date, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or Guarantor and (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower or Guarantor approving or consenting to such Incremental Facility (which, with respect to any such Loan Party, may, if applicable, be the resolutions entered into by such Loan Party in connection with the incurrence of the Obligations on the Closing Date) and (ii) certifying that, before and upon giving effect to such increase (and assuming that the full amount of the commitments of such Incremental Facility is fully drawn),
 
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(A)         the representations and warranties contained in Article III and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to representations and warranties modified by a materiality or Material Adverse Effect standard, in all respects) on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to representations and warranties modified by a materiality or Material Adverse Effect standard, in all respects) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.20, the representations and warranties contained Section 3.06(a) and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 5.12(b) or (c), respectively; provided that in the case of any Incremental Term Loan or Term Loan Increase the proceeds of which are to be used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction permitted hereunder, to the extent agreed by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan or Term Loan Increase, the representations and warranties the accuracy of which are a condition to the funding of such Incremental Term Loan or Term Loan Increase may be limited, at the option of the Borrower, to (1) customary specified representations (or such other formulation thereof as may be agreed by the lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan or Term Loan Increase), and (2) those representations of the acquired company in the applicable acquisition agreement that are material to the interests of the lenders under the Incremental Term Loan or Term Loan Increase and if breached would give the Borrower or its Affiliate the right to terminate or refuse to close under the applicable acquisition agreement, provided that in such a case, on the LCT Determination Date for such Limited Condition Transaction, and as a condition to the entering into of the definitive documentation for or the delivery of irrevocable notice of the applicable redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Debt, the representations and warranties contained in Article III and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to representations and warranties modified by a materiality or Material Adverse Effect standard, in all respects) on and as of the LCT Determination Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, with respect to representations and warranties modified by a materiality or Material Adverse Effect standard, in all respects) as of such earlier date.
 
(B)          no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing; provided that in the case of any Incremental Term Loan or Term Loan Increase the proceeds of which are to be used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction permitted hereunder, to the extent requested by the Borrower and agreed by the lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan or Term Loan Increase, (1) at the LCT Determination Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall occur as a result thereof and (2) on the Increase Effective Date, no Specified Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall occur as a result of incurrence of such Incremental Facility;
 
(C)           the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance, upon giving effect to the incurrence of any such Incremental Facility (assuming that such Incremental Facility is fully drawn) with the Financial Covenants; provided that in the case of any Incremental Facility the proceeds of which are to be used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, if the Borrower so requests, to the extent agreed by the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loan or Term Loan Increase, such compliance may be measured at the LCT Determination Date (and Section 1.04(c) shall then apply); and
 
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(ii)         To the extent that any Incremental Facility shall take the form of an Incremental Term A Loan, this Agreement shall be amended (without the need to obtain the consent of any Lender or any L/C Issuer other than the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to include such terms as are customary for a term loan commitment, including mandatory prepayments, assignments and voting provisions; provided that the covenants, defaults and similar non-economic provisions applicable to any Incremental Term A Loan, taken as a whole, (1) shall not be materially more restrictive than the corresponding terms set forth in the then‑existing Loan Documents, taken as a whole, without the express written consent of the Administrative Agent, except to the extent (x) necessary to provide for additional or different covenants or other terms applicable only during the period after the Latest Maturity Date of each other then‑existing Loan, (y) such terms are added in the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to an amendment hereto or thereto subject solely to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, or (z) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (2) shall not contravene any of the terms of the then existing Loan Documents; provided that the documentation governing any Incremental Term A Loans may include a financial maintenance covenant, it being understood that, to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any Incremental Term A Loan, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any of the existing Lenders to the extent that such financial maintenance covenant is (x) also added for the benefit of any existing Loans (other than any Incremental Term B Loans to the extent not otherwise subject to any financial maintenance covenant at such time) or (y) only applicable after the Latest Maturity Date in effect immediately prior to giving effect to such Incremental Term A Loan.  A certificate of the Borrower as to the satisfaction of the conditions described in this clause (ii) delivered at least five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as the Administrative Agent may agree) to the incurrence of such Debt, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Debt or drafts of documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements of this clause (ii), shall be conclusive unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees).
 
(iii)        To the extent that any Incremental Facility shall take the form of an Incremental Term B Loan, this Agreement shall be amended (without the need to obtain the consent of any Lender or any L/C Issuer other than the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to include such terms as are customary for a term loan commitment, including mandatory prepayments, assignments and voting provisions; provided that the covenants, defaults and similar non-economic provisions applicable to any Incremental Term B Loan, taken as a whole, (1) shall not be materially more restrictive than the corresponding terms set forth in the then‑existing Loan Documents, taken as a whole, without the express written consent of the Administrative Agent, except to the extent (x) necessary to provide for additional or different covenants or other terms applicable only during the period after the Latest Maturity Date of each other then‑existing Loan, (y) such terms are added in the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to an amendment hereto or thereto subject solely to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent, or (z) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (2) shall not contravene any of the terms of the then existing Loan Documents. A certificate of the Borrower as to the satisfaction of the conditions described in this clause (iii) delivered at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period of time as the Administrative Agent may agree) prior to the incurrence of such Debt, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Debt or drafts of documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements of this clause (iii), shall be conclusive unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees).
 
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(iv)       Each Incremental Revolving Commitment shall have the same terms as the outstanding Revolving Loans and be part of the existing revolving credit facilities hereunder (it being understood that, if required to consummate an Incremental Revolving Commitment, the pricing, interest margin, rate floors and commitment fees shall be increased so long as such increases apply to the entire Revolving Credit Facility (provided additional upfront or similar fees may be payable to the Lenders participating in the Incremental Revolving Commitment without any requirement to pay such amounts to Lenders holding existing Revolving Commitments)). Upon the establishment of each Incremental Revolving Commitment (x) each Lender having a Revolving Commitment immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Incremental Revolving Commitment (each, a “Incremental Revolving Commitment Lender”) in respect of such increase, and each such Incremental Revolving Commitment Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility and Swingline Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (i) participations hereunder in such Letters of Credit and (ii) participations hereunder in Swingline Loans, will, in each case, equal each Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage (after giving effect to such increase in the Revolving Credit Facility) and (y) if, on the date of such increase there are any Revolving Loans outstanding, the Lenders shall make such payments among themselves as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from such Incremental Revolving Commitment, and the Borrower shall pay to the applicable Lenders any amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.16 in connection with such payments among the Lenders as if such payments were effected by prepayments of Revolving Loans.
 
(v)          Each Term Loan Increase may be part of the existing Incremental Term A Loan facility or the existing Incremental Term B Loan facility, as applicable, and shall have the same terms (except for pricing, including interest rate margins, upfront fees and original issue discount) as the outstanding Incremental Term A Loans or Incremental Term B Loans, as applicable; provided that, as of the Increase Effective Date with respect to any Term Loan Increase, the amortization schedule set forth in Section 2.10(b)(i) or (b)(ii), as applicable, shall be amended to increase the then-remaining unpaid installments of principal by an aggregate amount equal to the additional Term Loans being made on such date, such aggregate amount to be applied to increase such installments ratably in accordance with the amounts in effect immediately prior to the Increase Effective Date. Such amendment may be signed by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders.
 
(e)          The Incremental Facilities shall be documented by an amendment or amendment and restatement of this Agreement (each, an “Incremental Amendment”) executed by the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties and the Persons providing the Incremental Facilities (but no other existing Lender), and the Incremental Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.20.
 
(f)           This Section 2.20 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.18(d) or Section 9.02 to the contrary.
 
SECTION 2.21.     Judgment Currency.  If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the “specified currency”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non‑appealable judgment is given.  The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency.  If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.18, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.
 
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SECTION 2.22.     Defaulting Lenders.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
 
(a)          fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);
 
(b)         any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 7.03 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to an L/C Issuer and/or a Swingline Lender hereunder; third, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; fourth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement; fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers or the Swingline Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; sixth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any  Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and seventh, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that, if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to clause (d) below.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto;
 
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(c)          the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders, the Required Financial Covenant Lenders, or the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Term A Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders directly affected thereby shall not, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof;
 
(d)          if any Swingline Exposure exists or L/C Obligations exist at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
 
(i)           all or any part of the Swingline Exposure of such Defaulting Lender (other than, in the case of a Defaulting Lender that is a Swingline Lender, the portion of such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term) and L/C Obligations of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and L/C Obligations do not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments;
 
(ii)         if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, either (A) procure the reduction or termination of the Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) or (B) Cash Collateralize for the benefit of the L/C Issuers only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(o) for so long as such L/C Obligations are outstanding;
 
(iii)        if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.06 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations during the period such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations are Cash Collateralized;
 
(iv)         to the extent that the L/C Obligations of the non-Defaulting Lenders are reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the Letter of Credit Fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.06(j) shall to the same extent be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and
 
(v)          if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations is not reallocated, reduced, terminated nor Cash Collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any L/C Issuer or any other Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit Fees payable under Section 2.06(j) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations shall be payable to the L/C Issuers until and to the extent that such L/C Obligations are reallocated, reduced, terminated and/or Cash Collateralized; and
 
(e)         so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Swingline Lender shall be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no L/C Issuer shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or prepaid, reduced, terminated and/or Cash Collateralized in accordance with Section 2.22(d), and participating interests in any newly made Swingline Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.22(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
 
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If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) an L/C Issuer or a Swingline Lender has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, no Swingline Lender shall be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no L/C Issuer shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lenders or the L/C Issuers, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lenders or the L/C Issuers, as the case may be, to defease any risk to the Swingline Lenders or the L/C Issuers in respect of such Lender hereunder relating to Swingline Exposure and/or L/C Obligations.
 
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Swingline Lenders and the L/C Issuers agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and L/C Obligations of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
 
SECTION 2.23.     Extension of Maturity Date.
 
(a)         Requests for Extension.  The Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the applicable Class of Lenders) at any time, request that each applicable Lender extend such Lender’s Revolving Credit Maturity Date or Term A Loan Maturity Date, as the case may bethe maturity date of any other Class of Loans, as applicable (the “Applicable Maturity Date”), to a date (the “Extended Maturity Date” and the date on which such extension becomes effective (which date shall be not less than 30 days after the date of such extension notice (or such longer or shorter periods as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its reasonable discretion upon request by the Borrower)), the “Extension Date”) that is after the Applicable Maturity Date then in effect with respect to such Class for such Lender.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may request extensions of any Class without requesting an extension of the other Class.
 
(b)          Lender Elections to Extend.  Each Lender of the applicable Class, acting in its sole and individual discretion, shall, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall be irrevocable unless the Borrower otherwise consents in writing in its sole discretion) given not later than the date that is 15 days after the date on which the Administrative Agent received the Borrower’s extension request (the “Lender Notice Date”), advise the Administrative Agent whether or not such Lender agrees to such extension (each Lender of the applicable Class that determines to so extend its Applicable Maturity Date, an “Extending Lender”).  Each Lender of the applicable Class that determines not to so extend its Applicable Maturity Date (a “Non-Extending Lender”) shall notify the Administrative Agent of such fact promptly after such determination (but in any event no later than the Lender Notice Date), and any Lender of the applicable Class that does not so advise the Administrative Agent on or before the Lender Notice Date shall be deemed to be a Non-Extending Lender.  The election of any Lender to agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree, and it is understood and agreed that no Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to any request made by the Borrower for extension of the Applicable Maturity Date.
 
(c)          Notification by Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of each applicable Lender’s determination under this Section promptly after the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof and, in any event, no later than the date that is 15 days prior to the applicable proposed Extension Date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day).
 
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(d)         Additional Commitment Lenders.  The Borrower shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, on or before the Applicable Maturity Date for any Non-Extending Lender to replace such Non-Extending Lender with, and add as a “Revolving Lender” (in the case of any extension of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date), as a “Term A Lender” (in the case of any extension of the Term A Loan Maturity Date) under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more financial institutions that are not Ineligible Institutions (each, an “Additional Commitment Lender”) approved by the Administrative Agent (in each case, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) in accordance with the procedures provided in Section 2.19(b), each of which applicable Additional Commitment Lenders shall have entered into an Assignment and Assumption (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04, with the Borrower or replacement Lender obligated to pay any applicable processing or recordation fee) with such Non-Extending Lender, pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lenders shall, effective on or before the Applicable Maturity Date for such Non-Extending Lender, assume a Revolving Commitment and/or Term A Loans, as the case may be (and, if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Lender of the applicable Class, its Revolving Commitment and/or its outstanding Term A Loans, as applicable, so assumed shall be in addition to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and/or its outstanding Term A Loans, as applicable, hereunder on such date).  Prior to any Non-Extending Lender being replaced by one or more Additional Commitment Lenders pursuant hereto, such Non-Extending Lender may elect, in its sole discretion, by giving irrevocable notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (which notice shall set forth such Lender’s new Applicable Maturity Date), to become an Extending Lender; provided that the Borrower consents thereto in writing in its sole discretion.  The Administrative Agent may effect such amendments to this Agreement as are reasonably necessary to provide for any such extensions with the consent of the Borrower but without the consent of any other Lenders.
 
(e)          Minimum Extension Requirement.  If (and only if) the total of the applicable Revolving Commitments or the applicable outstanding Term Loans of the Lenders of the applicable Class that have agreed to extend their Applicable Maturity Date and the new or increased Revolving Commitments or the applicable newly assumed outstanding Term Loans of the applicable Class of any Additional Commitment Lenders is more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments or the applicable outstanding Term Loans, as applicable, in effect immediately prior to the applicable Extension Date, then, effective as of the applicable Extension Date, the Applicable Maturity Date of each Extending Lender and of each Additional Commitment Lender of the applicable Class shall be extended to the Extended Maturity Date (except that, if such date is not a Business Day, such Applicable Maturity Date as so extended shall be the next preceding Business Day) and each Additional Commitment Lender of such Class shall thereupon become a “Revolving Lender” or a “Term A Lender”, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Agreement and shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement as a Revolving Lender and/or Term A Lender, as the case may be, hereunder and shall have the obligations of a Revolving Lender and/or Term A Lender, as the case may be, hereunder.
 
(f)          Conditions to Effectiveness of Extension.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any extension of any Maturity Date pursuant to this Section 2.23 shall not be effective with respect to any Extending Lender and each Additional Commitment Lender unless:
 
(i)           no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the applicable Extension Date and immediately after giving effect thereto;
 
(ii)        the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the applicable Extension Date and immediately after giving effect thereto, as though made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); and
 
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(iii)       the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Borrower signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower (A) certifying the accuracy of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) and (B) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower and the Borrower approving or consenting to such extension (or to the extent the resolutions delivered on the Closing Date approve such matters, a certification from the Borrower and the Borrower that the resolutions delivered on the Closing Date remain in full force and effect and have not been amended or otherwise modified since the adoption thereof).
 
(g)         Maturity Date for Non-Extending Lenders.  On the Applicable Maturity Date of each Non-Extending Lender, (i) to the extent of the Revolving Commitments and Term Loans of each Non-Extending Lender of the relevant Class not assigned to the Additional Commitment Lenders of such Class, the Revolving Commitment of each Non-Extending Lender of such Class shall automatically terminate and (ii) the Borrower shall repay such Non-Extending Lender of such Class in accordance with Section 2.10 (and shall pay to such Non-Extending Lender all of the other Obligations due and owing to it under this Agreement) and after giving effect thereto shall prepay any Loans of the applicable Class outstanding on such date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.16) to the extent necessary to keep outstanding Loans of the applicable Class ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages of the respective Lenders of such Class effective as of such date, and the Administrative Agent shall administer any necessary reallocation of the applicable Credit Exposures (without regard to any minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and/or pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement).
 
(h)          Conflicting Provisions.  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.18 or Section 9.02 to the contrary.
 
SECTION 2.24.     Permitted Refinancing Amendment.
 
(a)        Permitted Refinancing Amendment.  At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any Permitted Refinancing Lender, Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of the Loans or Commitments then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Permitted Refinancing Loans or Permitted Refinancing Commitments, in each case pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing Amendment; provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.24 or otherwise (i) the borrowing and repayment (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings), (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitments and (C) repayments made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (iii) below)) of Loans with respect to Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitments after the date of obtaining any Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all Revolving Commitments outstanding at such time, (ii) all Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Revolving Commitments, (iii) assignments and participations of Permitted Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Permitted Refinancing Revolving Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans and (iv) the Permitted Refinancing Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of Term Loans hereunder, as specified in the applicable Permitted Refinancing Amendment.
 
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(b)        Terms, Etc.  The terms, provisions and documentation of any Permitted Refinancing Loans and Permitted Refinancing Commitments shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing”.
 
(c)         Minimum Amounts.  Each issuance of Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under Section 2.24(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $10,000,000, and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
 
(d)          Conditions Precedent.  The effectiveness of any Permitted Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.01, (ii) customary legal opinions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (iii) reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that such Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is provided with the benefit of the applicable Loan Documents.
 
(e)         Effectiveness.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Permitted Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Permitted Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Permitted Refinancing Loans and/or Permitted Refinancing Commitments).
 
(f)          Necessary Amendments.  Any Permitted Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.24 and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.24  (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of interest, fees or premium in respect of any Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Permitted Refinancing Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.24).
 
(g)          Conflicting Provisions. This Section 2.24 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.18 or 9.02 to the contrary.
 
SECTION 2.25.    Designated Lenders.  Each of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Swingline Lender and each Lender at its option may make any Loan or otherwise perform its obligations hereunder through any lending office and each Term A Lender and each Revolving Lender may make any Revolving Loan, Term A Loan or otherwise perform its obligations hereunder in relation to the Revolving Credit Facility and Term A Loans through a domestic or foreign branch office or Affiliate of such Term A Lender or Revolving Lender, as applicable (such lending office, domestic or foreign branch office of Affiliate, a “Designated Lender”); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay any Borrowing in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Any Designated Lender who has funded any Borrowing shall be considered a Lender; provided that designation of a Designated Lender is for administrative convenience only and does not expand the scope of liabilities or obligations of any Lender or Designated Lender beyond those of the Lender designating such Person as a Designated Lender as provided in this Agreement.
 
SECTION 2.26.     [Reserved].
 
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SECTION 2.27.    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 Loans whose interest is determined by reference to a Relevant Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon a Relevant Rate or to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or maintain Alternative Currency Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans (or, following the replacement of Term SOFR with Daily SOFR, as set forth in Section 2.14(b), Daily SOFR Loans) or to convert ABR Loans to Term SOFR Loans (or, following the replacement of Term SOFR with Daily SOFR, as set forth in Section 2.14(b), Daily SOFR Loans) shall be, in each case, suspended, and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining ABR Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate, the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, at which time such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and such Lender’s obligation to make such Loans shall be reinstated.  Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), either prepay all Term SOFR Loans (or, following the replacement of Term SOFR with Daily SOFR, as set forth in Section 2.14(b), Daily SOFR Loans) or Alternative Currency Loans of such Lender, as applicable, in the affected currency or currencies or convert (x) all Term SOFR Loans (or, following the replacement of Term SOFR with Daily SOFR, as set forth in Section 2.14(b), Daily SOFR Loans) of such Lender to ABR Loans  (the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate) or (y) all Alternative Currency Loans of such Lender, as applicable, in the affected currency or currencies to ABR Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Amount of such outstanding Alternative Currency Loan, in each case, immediately, or, in the case of Term SOFR Loans or Alternative Currency Term Rate Loans, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans to such day or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Alternate Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, at which time such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent shall return to computing interest rates based upon Term SOFR for such Lender.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.16.  If the obligation of any Lender to make or maintain any Loans has been terminated or suspended pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Borrower may elect, by giving notice to such Lender through the Administrative Agent, that all Loans which would otherwise be made or maintained by such Lender based upon SOFR, as applicable, instead be made or maintained as ABR Loans (the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate) made to or maintained for, as applicable, the Borrower.

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ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties
 
The Loan Parties represent and warrant as of the Closing Date (and as of each date as and to the extent required under Section 4.02) to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
 
SECTION 3.01.   Existence, Qualification and Power.  Each Loan Party (a) is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (as applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) is duly qualified in every jurisdiction in which such qualification is required and (c) has all requisite power and authority (including, without limitation, all material Governmental Authorizations, which Governmental Authorizations are current and valid) to (i) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and consummate the transactions contemplated herein and therein and (ii) own or lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except in the case of clauses (b) and (c)(ii) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.02.   Authorization; No Contravention.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, are within such Loan Party’s corporate (or other) powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other) action, and do not (a) contravene such Loan Party’s Organization Documents, (b) violate any law, rule, regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation X of the Board), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any payment to be made under, any material contract, loan agreement, indenture, or other instrument binding on or affecting any Loan Party, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their properties the effect of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the properties of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Lien created pursuant to the Loan Documents or Permitted Liens on Collateral which secure pari passu Indebtedness permitted hereunder).  No Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in violation of any such law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award or in breach of any such contract, loan agreement, indenture, or other instrument, the violation or breach of which could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.03.    Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.  No Governmental Authorization, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required to be made or obtained by any Loan Party for the due execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party, except (a) those that have been obtained and remain in effect and disclosure filings that are required to be made with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and (b) for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents.
 
SECTION 3.04.     Binding Effect.  This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document when delivered will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party.  This Agreement is, and each other Loan Document when delivered will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally, and subject to the effects of general principles of equity (regardless whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
 
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SECTION 3.05.     Litigation.  There is no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding against any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, threatened in writing before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.
 
SECTION 3.06.     Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
 
(a)          The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the Audited Financial Statements.  Such financial statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their results of operations and cash flows for the period covered thereby.
 
(b)          The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the Unaudited Financial Statements. The Unaudited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their results of operations and cash flows for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.
 
(c)         Since the date of the most recent Audited Financial Statements, there has been no change in the operations, business, assets, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that has had a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.07.    Disclosure.  No written information, exhibit or report (other than forward looking statements, projections or information of a general economic nature) furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation and syndication of the Loan Documents or pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished from time to time, including updates reflected in SEC filings), taken as a whole, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading (when taken as a whole), in each case, as of the date stated therein; provided that with respect to projected financial information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was proposed in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time, it being understood that projections are subject to uncertainties and contingencies beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and that no assurances can be given that such projections will be realized. As of the Closing Date, the information included in each Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all material respects.
 
SECTION 3.08.     Margin Regulations.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries are engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowing will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, in each case, in violation of Regulation U.
 
SECTION 3.09.     Investment Company Act.  No Loan Party is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
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SECTION 3.10.    Solvency.  Immediately before and upon giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date and the making of each Loan on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds of such Loans on the Closing Date,  Borrower is, together with its Restricted Subsidiaries, Solvent.
 
SECTION 3.11.     ERISA Compliance.
 
(a)         Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have complied with their obligations under the Pension Funding Rules with respect to each Plan subject to Pension Funding Rules, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Pension Funding Rules has been made with respect to any Plan.
 
(b)          There are no pending or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, threatened (in writing) claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
 
(c)          (i) No ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event likely to result in a material liability for any Loan Party has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) none of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any material liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; (iv) none of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could reasonably be expected to be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; and (v) no Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof pursuant to Section 4041(c) of ERISA.
 
SECTION 3.12.     Environmental Compliance.  There are no facts, circumstances or conditions in any way relating to the past or present business or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, any of their respective predecessors (including with respect to the Release of any wastes, Hazardous Materials or other materials), or to any past or present property of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any, or that have given rise to any, Environmental Liability or to any claim, proceeding or other liability under or relating to any Environmental Law, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 3.13.    Taxes.  Except for failures that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) has timely filed all Tax returns that were required to have been filed by it, taking into account any valid extension thereof and (b) has paid all Taxes that were required to have been paid by it (including in its capacity as a withholding agent) to the extent due and payable, except, in each case, for any such Tax that is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.
 
SECTION 3.14.     Use of Proceeds.
 
(a)          All proceeds of the Term Loans made on the Closing Date will be used only to finance the Special Payment and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions.
 
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(b)          All proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans will be used only to finance the Special Payment, for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions; provided that the amount of Revolving Loans drawn on the Closing Date shall not exceed $75,000,000.  All Letters of Credit will be issued only to support working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
 
SECTION 3.15.     Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws; OFAC.
 
(a)        The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions Laws and Regulations in all material respects.
 
(b)          The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof, their respective officers and employees, and, to the knowledge of an executive officer of the Borrower, their respective directors and agents acting or directly benefiting in any capacity in connection with any credit facility under this Agreement are in compliance in all material respects with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations.
 
(c)        None of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof nor, to the knowledge of an executive officer of the Borrower, their respective directors, officers, employees or agents acting or directly benefiting in any capacity in connection with any credit facility under this Agreement is a Designated Person (other than any Person domiciled, organized or resident in any Sanctioned Country or the Government of Venezuela not in violation of Sanctions Laws and Regulations or any other Person 50% or more owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person).
 
SECTION 3.16.     Affected Financial Institutions.  No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
 
SECTION 3.17.    Security Interest in Collateral.  The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents create legal and valid perfected Liens on all the Collateral to the extent required thereby in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and such Liens constitute perfected and continuing Liens on the Collateral to the extent required thereby, securing the Secured Obligations, enforceable against the applicable Loan Party and all third parties, and having priority over all other Liens on the Collateral to the extent required thereby except in the case of (a) Permitted Liens and (b) Liens perfected only by possession (including possession of any certificate of title) to the extent the Administrative Agent is not required to have possession pursuant to the Loan Documents and has not obtained or does not maintain possession of such Collateral.
 
ARTICLE IV

Conditions
 
SECTION 4.01.     Closing Date.  The effectiveness of this Agreement and the initial extension of credit hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions:
 
(a)          Executed Counterparts.  The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received:
 
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(i)           from each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (B) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;
 
(ii)         Counterpart, duly executed by each party thereto, of (A) the Security Agreement, (B) each required Intellectual Property Security Agreement (as defined in the Security Agreement) and (C) the Perfection Certificate;
 
(iii)        duly executed copies of the other Loan Documents to the extent required to be executed on or prior to the Closing Date and such other legal opinions, certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the effectiveness of this Agreement, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit B.
 
(b)         Opinion of Counsel to the Loan Parties.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of the Closing Date and dated as of the Closing Date) of Foley & Lardner LLP, special counsel to the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, this Agreement and the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request (and the Borrower hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinion to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent).
 
(c)          Organizational Documents.  The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing (as applicable) of the Loan Parties, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents (to the extent required to be executed on or prior to the Closing Date) or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
 
(d)          Registration Statement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the Registration Statement, and all amendments, supplements and modifications thereto from time to time, filed with the SEC with respect to the Spin-Off, including audited combined carve-out financial statements of the Borrower that satisfy the rules and requirements of the SEC (the “Audited Financial Statements”) and are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
 
(e)          Third Party Debt.  On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have any third party Debt other than any such Debt permitted by this Agreement to remain outstanding on the Closing Date.
 
(f)          Closing Date Transactions.  The Transactions shall have been consummated on the Closing Date or shall be consummated substantially concurrently with the funding of the Term Loans on the Closing Date.
 
(g)         Officer’s Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in Sections 4.01(e), 4.01(f), 4.02(a) and 4.02(b).  The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such certificate in making a determination of the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.01(e), 4.01(f), 4.02(a) and 4.02(b).
 
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(h)          Fees and Expenses.  All fees and expenses due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates and required to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been paid or shall have been authorized to be deducted from the proceeds of the initial Loans, so long as any such fees or expenses not expressly set forth in the fee letters related to this Agreement or one or more of the credit facilities hereunder entered into by the Company (or the Borrower) and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and/or their respective Affiliates in connection with the Transactions have been invoiced not less than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date (except as otherwise agreed by the Borrower).
 
(i)          Information.  To the extent reasonably requested at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (x) the Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent and each requesting Lender, and the Administrative Agent and such Lender shall be reasonably satisfied with, the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act, in each case at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and (y) any Loan Party that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that so requests a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Loan Party at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
 
(j)          Solvency Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower.
 
(k)         Security Interest. Each Loan Party shall cause all of the owned property (whether personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, but excluding the Excluded Assets) of such Loan Party to be subject to first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Secured Obligations to the extent required by and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, subject in any case to Liens permitted by Section 6.01 and to post-closing actions permitted by Section 5.16, including (x) delivery to the Administrative Agent to be held in its possession of all Collateral consisting of intercompany notes, stock certificates and instruments, in each case to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and (y) with respect to each Loan Party, delivery to the Administrative Agent of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in a form appropriate for filing in the state of organization of such Loan Party.
 
(l)         Unaudited Financial Statements. Unaudited condensed combined statements of operations of the Borrower for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, condensed combined statements of comprehensive income (loss) of the Borrower for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, condensed combined balance sheet of the Borrower as of March 31, 2023 and condensed combined statements of cash flows of the Borrower for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (such financial statements, collectively, the “Unaudited Financial Statements”).
 
(m)       Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code, tax, judgment and other customary lien searches, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated are Permitted Liens or have been, or will be simultaneously or substantially concurrently with the Closing Date, released (or arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for such release shall have been made).
 
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
 
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SECTION 4.02.    Each Borrowing.  The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of each L/C Issuer to issue, increase or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the occurrence of the Closing Date and the satisfaction of the following conditions:
 
(a)         Except as set for in Section 1.04 in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date.
 
(b)         Except as set for in Section 1.04 in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, increase or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
 
(c)          If applicable, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request.
 
Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
 
ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants
 
Commencing on the Closing Date and until the Termination Date Conditions have been satisfied, each Loan Party will:
 
SECTION 5.01.    Compliance with Laws.  (i) Comply, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with all applicable Laws and (ii) comply, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to comply, with their obligations under the Pension Funding Rules with respect to each Plan subject to Pension Funding Rules, in each case, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by itself, each of its Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations in all material respects.
 
SECTION 5.02.     Payment of Obligations.  Except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, pay and discharge, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all Taxes imposed upon it or upon its property and (ii) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, could reasonably be expected by law to become a Lien upon its property (other than Liens permitted under Section 6.01); provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge any such Tax, assessment, charge or claim that is being contested in good faith and by appropriate action and as to which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.
 
SECTION 5.03.     Compliance with Environmental Laws.  Except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) comply, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits and (ii) obtain and renew, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to obtain and renew, all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties.
 
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SECTION 5.04.     Maintenance of Insurance.  Maintain with carriers (that are not Affiliates of the Borrower) reasonably believed by the Borrower to be financially sound and reputable at the time the insurance is procured, insurance with respect to its and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may self-insure against such risks and in such amounts customary in the industry of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided further that, subject to Section 5.16, all such insurance shall (a) provide for not less than 30 days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent of termination, lapse or cancellation of such insurance (or 10 days’ prior notice for non-payment) and (b) name the Administrative Agent as mortgagee (in the case of property insurance) or additional insured on behalf of the Secured Parties (in the case of liability insurance) or loss payee (in the case of property insurance), as applicable.
 
SECTION 5.05.     Preservation of Existence, Etc.  Except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, preserve and maintain, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain (a) its existence and (b) its rights, permits, licenses, approvals, privileges and franchises; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to preserve any right, permit, license, approval, privilege or franchise if the preservation thereof is no longer necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of the business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and if the loss thereof could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 5.06.     Inspection Rights.  At any reasonable time and from time to time during normal business hours and following reasonable prior notice, permit the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, or any agents or representatives of the Administrative Agent, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than materials protected by attorney-client privilege or that a Restricted Subsidiary may not disclose without violation of a confidentiality obligation binding on it or subject to any other data protection laws) and visit the properties of the Borrower and any other Restricted Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary with any of their officers, directors and/or, in the presence of the Borrower if the Borrower shall so request, independent public accountants, all at the expense of such Lender or, if applicable, the Administrative Agent and at such reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower and on only one occasion during any Fiscal Year; provided that, when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours, as often as may be reasonably desired and without advance notice.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document none of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to disclose or discuss, or permit the inspection, examination or making of extracts of, any records, books, information or account or other matter (x) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or their agents or representatives is then prohibited by applicable law or any agreement binding on the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, (y) that is protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine or (z) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information (collectively, the “Disclosure Exceptions”).
 
SECTION 5.07.    Books and Records.  Keep, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to keep, books of record and account sufficient to permit the preparation of Consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP.
 
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SECTION 5.08.     Maintenance of Properties.  Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement, maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties that are useful and necessary in the normal conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
SECTION 5.09.    Transactions with Affiliates.  Conduct, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct, all transactions otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents with any of its Affiliates on terms that are fair and reasonable and, when taken as a whole, substantially no less favorable to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than they would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, other than the following:
 
(a)          transactions between or among the Borrower and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction);
 
(b)         transfer pricing transactions in the ordinary course of business on terms providing for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to recover, in the aggregate, their costs (plus any arm’s length profit mark-up) in respect of any transferred product;
 
(c)          transactions permitted under this Agreement, including, without limitation, any transactions permitted under Section 6.04, Dispositions permitted under Section 6.05, Investments permitted under Section 6.06, Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.07 and voluntary or optional prepayments or redemptions, purchases, defeasements of Junior Financing permitted under Section 6.11;
 
(d)          customary transactions with (including any Investment in or relating to) any Receivables Subsidiary as part of any Receivables Facility;
 
(e)          transactions with Affiliates for the purchase, sale, or lease of goods in the ordinary course of business for less than fair market value, but for not less than cost;
 
(f)          any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the board of directors of the Borrower;
 
(g)         the payment of fees, advances, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
 
(h)         the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make equity contributions, and/or intercompany loans that have below market interest rates, to any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as any such intercompany loan is payable upon demand and this Agreement does not otherwise prohibit any such equity contribution or intercompany loan;
 
(i)          (A) any employment agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto;
 
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(j)         transactions between the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, however, that (i) such director abstains from voting as a director of the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary on any matter involving such other Person and (ii) such Person is not an Affiliate of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for any reason other than such director’s acting in such capacity;
 
(k)          transactions, agreements and arrangements in existence or committed, as set forth on Schedule 5.09, and, in each case, any amendment thereto or replacement thereof or similar arrangement to the extent such amendment, replacement or arrangement is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined by the Borrower in good faith);
 
(l)           transactions for cash management and other management services for Subsidiaries on customary terms;
 
(m)        transactions in which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized standing stating that such transaction is (i) fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or (ii) on terms that are fair and reasonable and, when taken as a whole, substantially no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate;
 
(n)          any payments or other transaction pursuant to any tax sharing agreement between the Borrower and any other Person with which the Borrower files a consolidated tax return or with which the Borrower is part of a consolidated group for tax purposes; provided that (i) such payments shall not exceed the amount of any such taxes that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated basis as if the Borrower had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated group of which it were the common parent and of which the includable Subsidiaries were members for all applicable tax periods, (ii) payments with respect to the taxable income of Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted only to the extent that cash distributions were made by any Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for such purpose and (iii) any such payments shall only be permitted to the extent they relate to Taxes that are paid after the Closing Date (“Consolidated Tax Payments”); and
 
(o)         the Spin-Off Transactions entered on or before the Closing Date to the extent (i) described in the Registration Statement, (ii) otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Closing Date and (x) filed by the Borrower with the SEC and/or (y) obtained by the Company or the Borrower from the IRS or (iii) not materially adverse to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
 
Nothing in this Section 5.09 shall impair or prevent any allocation of expenses among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such allocation is made on a reasonable basis.
 
SECTION 5.10.     Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Provide Security.
 
(a)          The Borrower shall cause all of the owned property (whether personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, but excluding the Excluded Assets) of the Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) to be subject to first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Secured Obligations to the extent required by and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, subject in any case to Liens permitted by Section 6.01, including Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties encumbering the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Pledge Subsidiary; provided that in the case of a Pledge Subsidiary that is a CFC Holding Company or a CFC, such Liens shall be limited to 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)).
 
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(b)         In respect of any Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or acquired after the Closing Date, on or prior to the 60th day following the formation or acquisition of such Restricted Subsidiary (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its reasonable discretion), cause:
 
(i)          each such Person to deliver to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty Supplement and a joinder to the Security Agreement (in the form contemplated thereby) pursuant to which such Person agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, such Guaranty Supplement and joinder to the Security Agreement to be accompanied by a supplement to the Perfection Certificate (to be supplemented in respect of each such Person only), appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate documentation and legal opinions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel; and
 
(ii)         all of the owned property (whether personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, but excluding the Excluded Assets) of each such Person to be subject at all times to first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Secured Obligations to the extent required by and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, subject in any case to Liens permitted by Section 6.01.
 
(c)          Execute and deliver, and cause each Restricted Subsidiary to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including actions or deliveries of the type required by Section 4.01, as applicable), which may be required by law or which the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Collateral Documents, all at the expense of the Borrower.
 
(d)         If any assets are acquired by a Loan Party on or after the Closing Date with an aggregate value in excess of $5,000,000 (other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under any Collateral Document that become subject to the Lien under such Collateral Document upon acquisition thereof and (y) Excluded Assets), the Borrower will notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, such Loan Party will (i) cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Secured Obligations and (ii) take such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (c) of this Section, all at the expense of the Borrower.
 
(e)          If and when a Domestic Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, cause such Domestic Subsidiary to comply with the provisions and requirements of this Section 5.10 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 5.10(b)) as set forth above within 60 days of such cessation (or by such later date as the Administrative Agent may permit in its discretion).
 
(f)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, (1) no Loan Party shall be required, nor shall the Administrative Agent be authorized, (i) to perfect any Liens in the Collateral by any means other than by (A) filings pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the office of the secretary of state (or similar central filing office) of the relevant jurisdiction, (B) filings in United States government offices with respect to intellectual property to the extent required by the Collateral Documents, (C) delivery to the Administrative Agent to be held in its possession of all Collateral consisting of intercompany notes, stock certificates and instruments, in each case to the extent required by the Collateral Documents or (D) necessary perfection steps with respect to commercial tort claims and letter of credit rights that constitute Collateral or (ii) to take any action (other than the actions listed in clauses (i)(A) and (C) above) with respect to any assets located outside of the United States; and (2) none of the Loan Parties shall be required to enter into any control agreement with respect to any deposit account, securities account, commodity account or other account.
 
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(g)          This Section 5.10 is subject in all respects to the terms of Section 9.20.
 
SECTION 5.11.     Use of Proceeds.  Use the proceeds of the Loans only as provided in Section 3.14.
 
SECTION 5.12.     Reporting Requirements.  Furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
 
(a)          Default Notices.  As soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default which is continuing, a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such Default or Event of Default and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
 
(b)         Annual Financials.  As soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2023), (i) a copy of the annual audit report for such Fiscal Year for the Borrower, including Consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and Consolidated statements of income and a Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, in each case accompanied by a report and opinion of independent public accountants of recognized standing, which shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph or any qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph as to the scope of such audit (other than such a qualification or exception that is solely with respect to, or resulting solely from, the upcoming maturity date of any of the Loans hereunder being scheduled to occur within twelve months from the time such report is delivered) to the effect that such Consolidated financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, if the independent auditor’s report with respect to such Consolidated financial statements is a combined report (that is, one report containing both an opinion on such consolidated financial statements and an opinion on internal controls over financial reporting), then such report may include a qualification or limitation relating to the Borrower’s system of internal controls over financial reporting due to the exclusion of any acquired business from the management report on internal controls over financial reporting made pursuant to Item 308 of Regulation S-K of the SEC, to the extent such exclusion is permitted under provisions published by the SEC; provided further that, if applicable, the independent auditor’s report may contain references to independent audits performed by other independent public accountants of recognized national standing as contemplated by AU Section 543, Part of Audit Performed by Other Independent Auditors, or any successor standard under GAAP; (ii) a Compliance Certificate, which shall include a statement from a Financial Officer of the Borrower stating that no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and (iii) customary management discussion and analysis of operating results.
 
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(c)          Quarterly Financials.  As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2023), (i) Consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter, Consolidated statements of income and a Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Quarter and ending with the end of such Fiscal Quarter and Consolidated statements of income and a Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such quarter, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and (ii) a Compliance Certificate, which shall include a statement from a Financial Officer of the Borrower stating that no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and (iii) customary management discussion and analysis of operating results.
 
(d)         Necessary Adjustments. In the event that any Unrestricted Subsidiaries exist at such time, then simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in clauses (b) and (c) above, a summary statement, prepared in good faith by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, reflecting adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries from such consolidated financial statements.
 
(e)       Litigation.  Promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has knowledge of the commencement thereof, notice of all actions, suits, investigations, litigation and proceedings before any Governmental Authority against any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.
 
(f)         ERISA.  Promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days of any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event or the incurrence of a Withdrawal Liability to a Multiemployer Plan, in each case that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower describing such ERISA Event, Foreign Plan Event or Withdrawal Liability and the action, if any, that the applicable Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
 
(g)        Other Information.  (i) Documentation and other information in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may from time to time reasonably request and (ii) subject to the Disclosure Exceptions, such other information respecting the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance or properties of any Loan Party as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may from time to time reasonably request.
 
(h)          Important Events.  Within five Business Days of any Responsible Officer of the Borrower acquiring knowledge of any event that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, notice of such event.
 
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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.12(b) or (c) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC), including related management discussion and analysis of operating results, may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on the Internet in the investors’ relations section of the Borrower’s website; (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet 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) or (iii) on which such documents are posted on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov (or any successor website); provided that (A) upon request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or such Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, and (B) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by facsimile, electronic mail or otherwise) of the posting of any such documents under the foregoing clause (i) or (ii).  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.  Notwithstanding the above, if any report, certificate or other information required under this Section is due on a day that is not a Business Day, then such report, certificate or other information shall be required to be delivered on the first day after such day that is a Business Day.
 
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent, the Bookrunners and/or the Arrangers may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on an Approved Electronic Platform and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to any of the Borrower or its respective Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities.  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 Bookrunners, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or their respective 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 9.12); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of an Approved Electronic Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent, each Bookrunner and each Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of an Approved Electronic Platform not designated “Public Side Information”.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Loan Party shall be under any obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC”.  The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the DQ List does not constitute material non-public information and shall be posted promptly to all Lenders by the Administrative Agent (including any updates thereto from time to time).
 
SECTION 5.13.    Maintenance of Ratings.  For so long as any of the Incremental Term B Loans and a term B loan tranche of Permitted Refinancing Term Loans are outstanding, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the outstanding Incremental Term B Loans, term B loan tranche of Permitted Refinancing Term Loans and the Borrower to become and continue to be rated by at least two of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch; provided, however, that, in each case, no Loan Party shall be required to obtain or maintain any specific rating.
 
SECTION 5.14.    Lender Calls.  At the written request of the Administrative Agent, host quarterly conference calls (at a time mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent but, in any event, no earlier than the Business Day following the delivery of the applicable financial information pursuant Sections 5.12(b) and (c)) with Lenders who choose to attend such conference calls to discuss the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the previous fiscal quarter (it being agreed that the Borrower’s quarterly and annual “earnings” calls or other calls with public equity holders of the Borrower that are open to the Lenders are deemed to satisfy this requirement).
 
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SECTION 5.15.    Designation of Unrestricted and Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Borrower may designate (such designation, a “Subsidiary Designation”), at any time, any Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary that was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by delivering to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower specifying such designation; provided that:
 
(a)          both immediately before and immediately after any such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
 
(b)          the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance, upon giving effect to such designation, with the Financial Covenants as of the last day of the most recently ended Measurement Period;
 
(c)          in the case of a designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary directly or indirectly owns any Equity Interests of, or holds a Lien on, any property of, the Borrower, any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary to be so designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
 
(d)         no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or continue as an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries is also designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 5.15; and
 
(e)          the designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower (or its Subsidiaries) in such Subsidiary, at the time of such designation, in an amount equal to the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary, and such Investment must at such time be permitted under Section 6.06, and no such designation shall be permitted unless such Investment is permitted by Section 6.06.
 
(f)          The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence, at the time of such designation, of any Investment, Debt or Liens of such re-designated Restricted Subsidiary existing at such time.
 
(g)         Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if any Restricted Subsidiary owns or holds any Material Intellectual Property, such Restricted Subsidiary or Loan Party may not be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (ii) neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall make any Investment in, Restricted Payment to or otherwise Dispose of any Material Intellectual Property to, any Unrestricted Subsidiary (in each case, without regard to whether the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has the right to continue to utilize any such intellectual property after such transfer); for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that such restriction shall not restrict any non-exclusive licenses, sublicenses or cross licenses of rights in intellectual property or any rights in intellectual property that become Material Intellectual Property subsequent to the acquisition by an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
 
SECTION 5.16.    Post-Closing Actions.  Within the time periods specified on Schedule 5.16 hereto (as each may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), complete such undertakings as are set forth on Schedule 5.16 hereto.
 
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ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants
 
Commencing on the Closing Date and until the Termination Date Conditions have been satisfied, the Loan Parties shall not:
 
SECTION 6.01.     Liens.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties of any character (including, without limitation, accounts) whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):
 
(a)          Permitted Encumbrances;
 
(b)          Liens existing, or applicable to committed obligations, on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01, and Liens securing any Permitted Refinancing of any obligations secured by a Lien described in this clause (b);
 
(c)          any Lien on any asset securing Debt permitted under Section 6.02(e)(i) and Permitted Refinancing thereof permitted under Section 6.02(e)(iii); provided that such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property acquired, developed, purchased, leased, constructed, repaired, restored, replaced, maintained, upgraded, expanded or improved with the proceeds of such Debt, except for accessions and additions to such property, replacements or improvements thereof, customary security deposits with respect thereto, related contract rights and payment intangibles, and the proceeds and the products thereof, and any lease of such property (including accessions thereto) and the proceeds and products thereof; provided further that individual financings provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such lender or its affiliates;
 
(d)         Liens arising in connection with Capitalized Leases permitted under Section 6.02(e)(ii) and Permitted Refinancing thereof permitted under Section 6.02(e)(iii); provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets (except for accessions and additions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits, related contracts rights and payment intangibles, and the proceeds and products of such assets) other than the property financed by such Debt; provided further that individual financings provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such lender or its affiliates;
 
(e)          to the extent such transactions create a Lien thereunder, liens in favor of lessors securing Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under this Agreement on the asset subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transactions;
 
(f)           Liens securing (i) Debt permitted by Section 6.02(j)(ii) existing on property at the time of acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Closing Date; provided that (x) such Lien was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and (y) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and after acquired property subject to a Lien pursuant to terms existing at the time of such acquisition, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing of Debt secured by a Lien permitted under this clause (f);
 
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(g)         Liens securing Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 6.02(g)(ii), provided that any Liens on the Collateral incurred pursuant to this clause (g) shall be either pari passu with or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations; provided further that (x) any Debt secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations shall be subject to the applicable terms and conditions that apply to Incremental Equivalent Debt hereunder and (y) any Debt secured by the Collateral on a junior basis to the Liens securing the Obligations shall be subject to a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
 
(h)          Liens securing Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 6.02(i); provided that Liens securing Debt permitted under Section 6.02(i) do not encumber any assets or property of any Loan Party;
 
(i)          (i) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document or otherwise securing any Secured Obligations and (ii) Liens securing Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that is secured on a junior basis to, or on a pari passu basis with, the Loans and, except with respect to the Permitted Refinancing Loans, that is subject to a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that no such Liens shall be incurred or exist pursuant to this clause (i)(ii) during an Investment Grade Period;
 
(j)         pledges and deposits and other Liens securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
 
(k)         Liens securing obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar obligations permitted under this Agreement and incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices and not supporting obligations in respect of Debt for borrowed money;
 
(l)          Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;
 
(m)        Liens on any amounts held by a trustee or other escrow agent under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions;
 
(n)         Liens on Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and joint ventures that are not Restricted Subsidiaries (i) securing obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture, as applicable or (ii) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement;
 
(o)          Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Investments permitted under Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(n));
 
(p)          subordination, non-disturbance and/or attornment agreements with any ground lessor, lessor or any mortgagor of any of the foregoing, with respect to any ground lease or other lease or sublease entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(q)          Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements; provided that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;
 
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(r)          Liens in favor of a Receivables Subsidiary or a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower on Receivables Assets or the Equity Interests of a Receivables Subsidiary, in each case granted in connection with a Receivables Facility solely to secure obligations owing to such Receivables Subsidiary or other Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower under such Receivables Facility;
 
(s)           Liens securing Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 6.02(v); provided that no such Liens shall be incurred or exist pursuant to this clause (s) during an Investment Grade Period; and
 
(t)         Liens on Collateral securing Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 6.02(f), provided that any Liens incurred pursuant to this clause (t) shall be (x) either pari passu with or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and (y) subject to a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
 
Any Lien permitted above on any property or assets may extend to the identifiable proceeds thereof.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 6.01 may, at any time, attach to (A) any real property located within the United States and owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Permitted Encumbrances or (B) any property or assets of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, other than Permitted Encumbrances and Liens permitted under Section 6.01(h).
 
SECTION 6.02.     Debt.  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Debt, except:
 
(a)          Debt in respect of Hedge Agreements not prohibited by Section 6.09;
 
(b)          intercompany Debt of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries owing to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent not prohibited by Section 6.06;
 
(c)          (i) the Secured Obligations and (ii) Permitted Refinancing of Debt permitted by this clause (c);
 
(d)          Debt existing, or applicable to committed obligations, on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.02, and any Permitted Refinancing of Debt permitted by this clause (d);
 
(e)          (i) Debt incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing the acquisition, development, purchase, lease, construction, repair, restoration, installation, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement of fixed or capital assets or other property (whether real or personal) (whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any Person owning such assets or property); provided that (x) such Debt is incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after the applicable acquisition, purchase or lease (or, if applicable, the completion of development, construction, repair, restoration, installation, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement or the commencement of operation of the applicable property, whichever occurs later) and (y) such Debt does not exceed the cost of such acquisition, development, purchase, lease, construction, repair, restoration, installation, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement, (ii) Debt under Capitalized Leases (including Debt under Sale and Leaseback Transactions) and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Debt outstanding under this clause (e) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, together with any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the greater of (x) $315,000,000 and (y) 10% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
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(f)         (i) the Existing 2029 Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $525,000,000 and (ii) Permitted Refinancing of Debt permitted by this clause (f); provided that any secured Debt incurred pursuant to this clause (f) shall be subject to a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
 
(g)         (i) (A) additional unsecured Debt of the Loan Parties in an unlimited amount subject to pro forma compliance, at the time of incurrence thereof, with Section 6.12 as of the last day of the most recently ended Measurement Period, provided that (x) no Debt comprising any term A loan tranche (as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, taking into account maturity, amortization and applicable rates with respect thereto), other than, at the option of the Borrower, Permitted Bridge Indebtedness, that is permitted under this Section 6.02(g)(i) shall mature earlier than the latest maturity date of any Incremental Term A Loan Maturity Datefacility then in effect (if any) or have a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the longest remaining weighted average life to maturity of theany Incremental Term A Loans then outstanding (if any) and (y) no Debt (other than Debt comprising any term A loan tranche and, at the option of the Borrower, Permitted Bridge Indebtedness) that is permitted under this Section 6.02(g)(i) shall mature earlier than the Latest Maturity Date then in effect or have a shorter weighted average life to maturity than the longest remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans and (B) any Permitted Refinancing of the Debt permitted under clause (i)(A); (ii) additional Debt of the Loan Parties in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, together with any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the greater of (A) $190,000,000 and (B) 6% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets minus the amount of Incremental Facilities, Incremental Equivalent Debt and Permitted Refinancings thereof incurred in reliance upon clause (b) of the definition of Incremental Fixed Amount; and (iii) Debt consisting of the accretion of original issue discount with respect to any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness not prohibited under this Section 6.02;
 
(h)         Debt of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection with any Receivables Facility in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, together with any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the greater of (x) $315,000,000 and (y) 10% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
(i)          Debt of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower and Debt of non-Loan Parties in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, together with any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the greater of (x) $205,000,000 and (y) 6.5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
(j)          (i) unsecured Debt assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition in an unlimited amount subject to pro forma compliance, at the time of incurrence thereof, with Section 6.12 as of the last day of the most recently ended Measurement Period (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof), and (ii) subject to pro forma compliance, at the time of incurrence thereof, with Section 6.12 as of the last day of the most recently ended Measurement Period, secured Debt assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition in an outstanding principal amount not to exceed, at the time of assumption thereof, the greater of (A) $125,000,000 and (B) 4% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), the Lien securing such Debt does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and after acquired property subject to a Lien pursuant to terms existing at the time of such acquisition, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition)) (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof); provided that, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), such Debt was not incurred or issued in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and was in existence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition;
 
(k)          [reserved];
 
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(l)         Debt owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any Person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
 
(m)        Debt in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, completion guarantees, performance guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
 
(n)          Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
 
(o)          Debt arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with any Investments or the Disposition of any business, assets or any Restricted Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement;
 
(p)        Debt in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices and not supporting obligations in respect of Debt for borrowed money;
 
(q)         Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;
 
(r)           Debt representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;
 
(s)          Debt (and any Permitted Refinancing thereof) issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower permitted by Section 6.07, in an aggregate outstanding amount not exceeding, together with outstanding Investments permitted by Section 6.06(c)(iii), $15,000,000;
 
(t)          Debt consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums, (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements or (iii) surety bonds and similar instruments, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
 
(u)         Guarantees of Debt of the Borrower and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Debt being guaranteed is permitted by any of clauses (a) through (c), (e), (h), (l) through (r), (t), and (v) of this Section 6.02 to the extent such Guarantees are permitted under Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(o));
 
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(v)          (i) Incremental Equivalent Debt and (ii) Permitted Refinancing of Debt permitted by this clause (v); and
 
(w)         Guarantees of foreign pension obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary.
 
SECTION 6.03.    Change in Nature of Business.  Conduct, transact or engage, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to conduct, transact or engage, in any business or operation other than those conducted on the Closing Date or any activities or business that is reasonably similar, ancillary, incidental, complementary or related thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof.
 
SECTION 6.04.    Fundamental Changes.  Merge, wind up, dissolve or liquidate into or consolidate with (or any local law equivalent thereof) any Person or permit any Person to merge, liquidate into it, or consummate a Division as the Dividing Person, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to do so, except that:
 
(a)         any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary may merge, wind up, dissolve or liquidate into or consolidate with (i) the Borrower; provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person of such transaction or (ii) any one or more other Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, if the merger, wind up, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation involves a Guarantor, the continuing or surviving Person of such transaction shall either be such Guarantor or become a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of Section 5.10;
 
(b)        any Foreign Subsidiary may merge, wind up, dissolve or liquidate into or consolidate with (i) any one or more other Foreign Subsidiaries or (ii) with any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary (provided that such Domestic Subsidiary is the continuing or surviving Person of such transaction);
 
(c)          any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge, wind up, dissolve or liquidate into or consolidate with any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
 
(d)        any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, wind up, dissolve or liquidate into or consolidate with another Person to effectuate an Investment permitted under Section 6.06 (including any merger, windup, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation to effectuate a Permitted Acquisition) or any Disposition permitted under Section 6.05 (other than clause (b) thereof);
 
(e)          any Restricted Subsidiary that is an LLC may consummate a Division as the Dividing Person if, immediately upon the consummation of the Division, the assets of the applicable Dividing Person are held by one or more Loan Parties at such time, or, with respect to assets not so held by one or more Loan Parties, such Division, in the aggregate, would otherwise result in a Disposition permitted by Section 6.05 (other than clause (b) thereof); and
 
(f)          the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may effectuate the Spin-Off Transactions on the Closing Date to the extent (i) described in the Registration Statement or (ii) otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Closing Date and (x) filed by the Borrower with the SEC and/or (y) obtained by the Company or the Borrower from the IRS.
 
SECTION 6.05.     Dispositions.  Dispose of, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to Dispose of, any assets, except:
 
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(a)          Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of its business;
 
(b)          transactions permitted by Section 6.04, Investments permitted by Section 6.06 and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.07;
 
(c)          (i) Dispositions of assets by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Loan Party; (ii) Dispositions of assets by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary; and (iii) Dispositions by the Borrower and any other Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in an aggregate amount not to exceed, together with the aggregate amount of outstanding Investments made pursuant to Section 6.06(h)(iii), the greater of (x) $155,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
(d)        Dispositions by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.05; provided that (i) in the case of Dispositions involving aggregate consideration of at least $40,000,000, at least 75% of such proceeds consist of cash or Cash Equivalents (it being agreed that the following shall be considered “cash” for purposes hereof: (w) liabilities (other than liabilities expressly subordinated to the Obligations and intragroup liabilities) assumed by the transferee or that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the Disposition; (x) securities, notes or other obligations or assets received from the transferee that are converted into cash or Cash Equivalents within 180 days of the Disposition; (y) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (y) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of the greater of (x) $125,000,000 and (y) 4.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets) and (z) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary that ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Disposition, so long as there is no recourse to any Loan Party in connection with such Debt), (ii) such Dispositions are for fair market value (other than minority interests in Restricted Subsidiaries) and (iii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Dispositions;
 
(e)          Dispositions of obsolete or surplus assets or other assets no longer used or useful in the conduct of such Person’s business;
 
(f)           Dispositions consisting of the licensing of intangible assets in the ordinary course between Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower or between the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(g)          Dispositions of Receivables Assets to a Receivables Subsidiary or a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with any Receivables Facility;
 
(h)          in addition to Dispositions otherwise permitted under this Section 6.05 (the other exceptions not limiting the ability of Dispositions to be made under this subsection), Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed in any Fiscal Year the greater of the (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 2% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
(i)          Dispositions of assets acquired as part of any Permitted Acquisition that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Disposes (x) as part of its integration efforts relating to such Permitted Acquisition or (y) in connection with the approval of any antitrust authority or otherwise necessary or advisable in the good faith determination of the Borrower to consummate a Permitted Acquisition;
 
(j)           any Disposition of property or assets subject to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction not prohibited by this Agreement;
 
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(k)          any exchange or swap of property or assets (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) for other assets (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), determined in good faith by the Borrower;
 
(l)           leases, licenses, subleases and sublicenses of any property or assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
 
(m)          Dispositions of any intellectual property rights of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary determined in good faith by the Borrower to be no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
(n)          any issuance or Disposition by the Borrower of its own Equity Interests;
 
(o)          any Disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities in the ordinary course of business;
 
(p)          any Disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents as consideration for, and in accordance with the requirements of, any Permitted Acquisition or any other transaction not prohibited by this Agreement;
 
(q)          [reserved];
 
(r)          any casualty loss, governmental taking or other involuntary Disposition;
 
(s)          (i) the discount or write-off of accounts receivable for the purpose of collection to any collection agency, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Dispositions of receivables (including defaulted receivables), notes receivable, rights to payment or other current assets or, in each case, participations therein, in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable or other dispositions of accounts receivable or rights to payment in connection with the settlement of delinquent accounts receivable, the collection or compromise thereof or as part of any bankruptcy or reorganization process of suppliers, customers or other commercial counterparties (including any discount or forgiveness in connection with the foregoing);
 
(t)          Dispositions (i) in connection with any casualty event or any eminent domain, condemnation or similar proceeding, (ii) by reason of the exercise of termination rights under any lease, sublease, license, sublicense, concession or other agreement or (iii) pursuant to buy/sell arrangements under any joint venture or similar agreement or arrangement;
 
(u)          the unwinding of any Hedge Agreement pursuant to its terms;
 
(v)          any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
 
(w)         the Disposition of any Investment acquired by virtue of any Bail-in Action with respect to any Lender;
 
(x)          Dispositions required to be made to comply with the order of any Governmental Authority or applicable Law;
 
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(y)          any Disposition of any interest in any bank acceptance draft or similar instrument delivered by a customer in the ordinary course of business;
 
(z)          any Disposition to effectuate the Spin-Off Transactions to the extent (i) described in the Registration Statement or (ii) otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Closing Date and (x) filed by the Borrower with the SEC and/or (y) obtained by the Company or the Borrower from the IRS; and
 
(aa)         any Disposition of Equity Interests in, or Debt or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents).
 
SECTION 6.06.     Investments.  Make, hold or acquire, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to so make, hold or acquire, any Investment in any Person, except:
 
(a)          Investments existing, or applicable to committed obligations, on the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 6.06, and any extensions, renewals, replacements or reinvestments of Investments permitted by this clause (a), so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (a) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing or committed as of the Closing Date (other than pursuant to an increase as required by the terms of any such Investment as in existence as of the Closing Date, or as otherwise permitted by this Section 6.06);
 
(b)         Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed, at the time of the making thereof, the greater of (x) $60,000,000 and (y) 2.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
(c)         loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries (i) in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $5,000,000, (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business or (iii) in connection with any such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower in an aggregate outstanding amount not exceeding, together with outstanding Debt permitted by Section 6.02(s), $15,000,000;
 
(d)          deposits required by government agencies or public utilities;
 
(e)           accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments, trade credit and bank acceptance drafts and similar instruments delivered by customers, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
 
(f)           Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Cash Equivalents;
 
(g)           Investments in Hedge Agreements not prohibited by Section 6.09;
 
(h)         intercompany Investments (i) by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Loan Party; (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary; and (iii) by the Borrower and any other Loan Party in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in an aggregate amount of such Investments that are made and remain outstanding not to exceed, at the time of the making thereof, together with the aggregate amount of Dispositions made pursuant to Section 6.05(c)(iii), the greater of (x) $155,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
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(i)          Investments (i) in accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent that the Borrower or relevant Restricted Subsidiary was a creditor of such customer or supplier at the time of filing of such bankruptcy, reorganization or at the time such obligation became delinquent or such dispute arose, as the case may be;
 
(j)           Investments arising out of the receipt of non-cash consideration for the Disposition of any property or assets permitted under Section 6.05;
 
(k)        Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed, at the time of the making thereof, the greater of (x) $155,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
(l)          other Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of the purchase or other acquisition of all of the Equity Interests of another Person or the assets comprising a division or business unit or a substantial part or all of the business or assets of another Person; provided that (i) immediately after giving effect to such purchase or other acquisition, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with Section 6.12, such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered (or required to have been delivered) to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as though such Investment had been consummated as of the first day of the fiscal period covered thereby and (ii) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, the Loan Parties are in compliance with Section 6.03; provided further that, if such acquisition is a Limited Condition Transaction, the condition in clause (i) above may be satisfied as of the date of the entering into of the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction; and provided further that the aggregate amount of purchases or other acquisitions of Equity Interests in Persons who do not become Loan Parties upon consummation of such acquisitions, when taken together with the  aggregate amount of purchases or other acquisitions of assets comprising a division or business unit or a substantial part or all of the business or assets of another Person where such assets do not become Collateral upon consummation of such acquisitions, in each case, made by Loan Parties pursuant to this clause (l), shall not exceed, at the time of the making thereof, the greater of (x) $315,000,000 and (y) 10% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;
 
(m)       Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in joint venture entities that are not Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed, at the time of the making thereof, $75,000,000 (in each case, net of cash repayments of principal in the case of Investments consisting of loans, sale proceeds in the case of Investments consisting of debt instruments and cash equity returns (whether as a distribution, dividend, redemption or sale) in the case of Investments consisting of equity investments);
 
(n)          Investments resulting from pledges and deposits permitted under Section 6.01 (other than Section 6.01(r));
 
(o)          transactions permitted by Section 6.02 (other than Section 6.02(b), (h) or (u)), including the issuance by the Borrower and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any permitted Guarantees;
 
(p)          (i) Guarantees by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of operating leases or of other obligations that do not constitute Debt, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Guarantees by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the lease obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
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(q)          the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s entry into (including payments of premiums in connection therewith), and the performance of obligations under, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions and Permitted Warrant Transactions in accordance with their terms;
 
(r)          Investments in connection with any Receivables Facility permitted under Section 6.02, the contribution, sale or other transfer of Receivables Assets, cash or Cash Equivalents made in connection with a Receivables Facility permitted under Section 6.02 or repurchases in connection with the foregoing (including the contribution or lending of cash and/or Cash Equivalents to Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of Receivables Assets from the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or to otherwise fund required reserves, the contribution of replacement or substitute assets to a Receivables Subsidiary and Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Receivables Facility or any related Debt);
 
(s)          Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a Person merged into the Borrower or merged into or consolidated with any Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, in each case, (i) to the extent such acquisition, merger, or consolidation is permitted under this Section 6.06 and Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(d)) and (ii) to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, or consolidation;
 
(t)         acquisitions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of one or more directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such director’s, officer’s, employee’s or consultant’s acquisition of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to such directors, officers, employees or consultants in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
 
(u)          Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with the Borrower’s common Equity Interests;
 
(v)          Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;
 
(w)         any Investment acquired by virtue of any Bail-in Action with respect to any Lender;
 
(x)          additional Investments not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.06; provided that, (i) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such Investments, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the Borrower, calculated on a pro forma basis for the most recent Measurement Period, shall not exceed 2.50 to 1.00 and provided further, that Investments of Loan Parties in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall not be permitted to be made pursuant to this Section 6.06(x);
 
(y)         any Investment in respect of the Spin-Off Transactions to the extent (i) described in the Registration Statement or (ii) otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Closing Date and (x) filed by the Borrower with the SEC and/or (y) obtained by the Company or the Borrower from the IRS; and
 
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(z)          any Investment related to cash pooling, cash management and similar arrangements of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries consistent with past practice; provided that the aggregate outstanding Investments by the Loan Parties in any Persons other than Loan Parties under this clause (z) shall not exceed $75,000,000 at any time.
 
SECTION 6.07.    Restricted Payments.  Declare or pay any dividends, purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its Equity Interests (other than, with respect to the Borrower, any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions or any Permitted Warrant Transactions) now or hereafter outstanding, return any capital to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof) or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing (collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any action described below or would result therefrom:
 
(a)          the Borrower may (i) declare and pay dividends and distributions payable in its common stock and purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire shares of its Equity Interests with the proceeds received contemporaneously from the issue of new shares of its Equity Interests with equal or inferior voting powers, designations, preferences and rights, and (ii) declare and pay dividends and distributions in cash and purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire Equity Interests with cash and notes in an aggregate amount not to exceed in any Fiscal Year $75,000,000 (in each case, with 50.0% of unused amounts in any Fiscal Year thereafter being permitted to be carried over to the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year);
 
(b)          any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may (i) declare and make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and (ii) declare and make Restricted Payments to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower of which it is a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, if such Restricted Subsidiary declaring and making Restricted Payments is not Wholly-Owned, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which owns Equity Interests in the Restricted Subsidiary making such Restricted Payments shall receive at least its proportionate share thereof (based upon its relative holding of the Equity Interests in the Restricted Subsidiary making such Restricted Payments) unless its then shareholders, members or partners are required under applicable Law to receive a greater proportionate share thereof;
 
(c)          the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary;
 
(d)          Restricted Payments made to purchase, redeem or settle the Equity Interests of the Borrower (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by present or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries upon any such Person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any benefit plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 in any Fiscal Year;
 
(e)          non-cash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise or settlement of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities or other Equity Interests if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of, or withholding obligation with respect to, such options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities or other Equity Interests;
 
(f)           Restricted Payments to make payments, in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such Person;
 
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(g)         withholding tax payments made on behalf of present or former directors, officers, employees or consultants, or any beneficiary thereof following the death of any such Person, in connection with the exercise by such Persons of stock options or other rights to purchase Equity Interests or the vesting of restricted Equity Interests (including any repurchase of restricted Equity Interests representing the holder’s tax liability in connection with the vesting thereof);
 
(h)         additional Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.07 in an aggregate amount not to exceed in the aggregate, at the time of the making thereof, the sum of (A) the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 1.5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and (B) 50.0% of the amount (if positive) of Consolidated Net Income for the cumulative period from the first day of the Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower during which the Closing Date occurred to and including the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower prior to such date for which Consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.12(b) or (c) have been delivered (treated as one accounting period);
 
(i)           the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Consolidated Tax Payments;
 
(j)           any Restricted Payments in respect of the Spin-Off Transactions to the extent (i) described in the Registration Statement or (ii) otherwise disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Closing Date and (x) filed by the Borrower with the SEC and/or (y) obtained by the Company or the Borrower from the IRS; and
 
(k)         additional Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.07; provided that, (i) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payments, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the Borrower, calculated on a pro forma basis for the most recent Measurement Period, shall not exceed 1.251.50 to 1.00.
 
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.07 will not prohibit any Restricted Payment within sixty (60) days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of notice with respect thereto, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such Restricted Payment would have complied with the provisions of this Section 6.07 (it being understood that such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made on the date of declaration or notice for purposes of such provision).
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the conversion by holders of (including any cash payment upon conversion), or required payment of any principal or premium on, or required payment of any interest with respect to, any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the indenture or other instrument governing such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, shall not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided that, to the extent both (a) the aggregate amount of cash payable upon conversion or payment of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (excluding any required payment of interest with respect to such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and excluding any payment of cash in lieu of a fractional share due upon conversion thereof) exceeds the aggregate principal amount thereof and (b) such conversion or payment does not trigger or correspond to an exercise or early unwind or settlement of a corresponding portion of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions relating to such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the case where there is no Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction relating to such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness), the payment of such excess cash shall constitute a Restricted Payment notwithstanding this clause (i); and (ii) any required payment with respect to, or required early unwind or settlement of, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the agreement governing such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction shall not constitute a Restricted Payment; provided that, to the extent cash is required to be paid under a Permitted Warrant Transaction as a result of the election of “cash settlement” (or substantially equivalent term) as the “settlement method” (or substantially equivalent term) thereunder by the Borrower (or its Affiliate) (including in connection with the exercise and/or early unwind or settlement thereof), the payment of such cash shall constitute a Restricted Payment notwithstanding this clause (ii).
 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may repurchase, exchange or induce the conversion of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness by delivery of shares of the Borrower’s common stock and/or a different series of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (which series (x) matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the analogous date under the indenture or other instrument governing the Permitted Convertible Indebtedness that is so repurchased, exchanged or converted and (y) has terms, conditions and covenants that are no less favorable to the Borrower than the Permitted Convertible Indebtedness that is so repurchased, exchanged or converted (as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower, or a committee thereof, in good faith)) (any such series of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, “Refinancing Convertible Notes”) and/or by payment of cash (in an amount that does not exceed the proceeds received by the Borrower from the substantially concurrent issuance of shares of the Borrower’s common stock and/or Refinancing Convertible Notes plus the net cash proceeds, if any, received by the Borrower pursuant to the related exercise or early unwind or termination of the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions and Permitted Warrant Transactions, if any, pursuant to the immediately following proviso); provided that, substantially concurrently with, or a commercially reasonable period of time before or after, the related settlement date for the Permitted Convertible Indebtedness that is so repurchased, exchanged or converted, the Borrower shall (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be permitted under this Section 6.07 to) exercise or unwind or terminate early (whether in cash, shares or any combination thereof) the portion of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions and Permitted Warrant Transactions, if any, corresponding to such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness that is so repurchased, exchanged or converted.
 
SECTION 6.08.     Accounting Changes.  Make or permit any change in the Fiscal Year of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries without (a) providing the Administrative Agent with prior written notice of such change; and (b) executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent, prior to such change, such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as the Required Lenders may reasonably deem necessary and appropriate as a result of such change in Fiscal Year.
 
SECTION 6.09.    Speculative Transactions.  Enter into, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to enter into, any Hedge Agreement unless such Hedge Agreement is incurred to hedge bona fide business risks and not for speculative purposes.
 
SECTION 6.10.     Anti-Corruption; Anti-Money Laundering; Sanctions Laws and Regulations.
 
(a)          Engage in any transaction, or knowingly permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to engage in any transaction, that violates applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations.
 
(b)          Use any funding or proceeds from this Agreement (or lend, contribute or otherwise make any such funding or proceeds available to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person):
 
(i)         in connection with any transaction relating directly or indirectly to any Designated Person or in a Sanctioned Country, in each case to the extent such transaction would violate Sanctions Laws and Regulations; or
 
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(ii)         in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations, or in a manner that causes any Lender to violate any applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations.
 
(c)          Permit any of the funds or assets of the Borrower that are used to repay or prepay any credit facility under this Agreement to constitute property of, or to be beneficially owned by, any Designated Person, or be directly obtained or derived from transactions with or relating to countries subject to U.S., EU or United Kingdom economic sanctions, in each case in any manner that would result in a violation of applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations or that violate any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
 
SECTION 6.11.     Prepayments, Etc. of Junior Financing; Amendments.
 
(a)         Make any voluntary or optional prepayment or redemption, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any Junior Financing (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest and principal shall be permitted), or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Junior Financing documentation, except:
 
(i)        any prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction of Junior Financing made so long as (A) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) the Total Net Leverage Ratio of the Borrower, calculated on a pro forma basis for the most recent Measurement Period, shall not exceed 2.50 to 1.00;
 
(ii)        the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (that do not constitute Debt) of the Borrower or any  prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction of any Junior Financing made with the proceeds of any issuance of any Equity Interests (that do not constitute Debt) of the Borrower;
 
(iii)         indemnity and expense reimbursement payments;
 
(iv)         the refinancing of any Junior Financing with any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
 
(v)         the payment and prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction prior to the scheduled maturity of any Junior Financing, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (A) $155,000,000 and (B) 5.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; provided that immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such payment, prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasement or other satisfaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
 
(vi)         payments of the minimum amount needed to prevent any Junior Financing from being treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation”; and
 
(vii)        payments of Junior Financing payable to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Spin-Off Transactions.
 
(b)         Amend or modify any term or condition of any documentation related to Junior Financing with an outstanding principal amount in excess of $75,000,000 in any manner that is, taken as a whole, materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
 
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SECTION 6.12.     Financial Covenants.
 
(a)          Total Net Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Total Net Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date, for each Measurement Period ended as of such Fiscal Quarter, to exceed 3.25:1.00; provided that, with respect to any period occurring on or after the second full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date, to the extent that (i) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consummates, during any period of four Fiscal Quarters for which financial statements are available, one or more acquisitions for which the aggregate consideration, including assumed Debt, for all such acquisitions, is $100,000,000 or more and (ii) within 30 days of consummating such acquisition or acquisitions referred to in clause (i) of this proviso, the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower elects to increase the maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio threshold as a result thereof, then the maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio threshold for the Fiscal Quarter in which such election is made by the Borrower and the immediately following three Fiscal Quarters (unless earlier terminated by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent) shall be increased to 3.75:1.00 (such period of four Fiscal Quarters, subject to any such earlier termination, an “Acquisition Holiday Period”).  The Borrower may not make such election unless at least one full Fiscal Quarter has ended following the end of the most recently completed Acquisition Holiday Period (if any) and the Borrower may not make more than two such elections during the term of this Agreement.
 
(b)         Interest Coverage Ratio.  Permit the Interest Coverage Ratio, as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date, for each Measurement Period ended as of such Fiscal Quarter, to be less than 3.00:1.00.
 
(c)          The provisions of this Section 6.12 are for the benefit of the Lenders under the Financial Covenant Facilities only, as provided in Section 7.01(c).
 
ARTICLE VII

Events of Default
 
SECTION 7.01.     Events of Default.  If any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
 
(a)          (i) the Borrower shall fail to pay, in the currency required hereunder, any principal of any Loan when the same shall become due and payable or (ii) the Borrower shall fail to pay, in the currency required hereunder, any interest on any Loan, or any Loan Party shall fail to make any other payment, in the currency required hereunder, under any Loan Document, in each case under this clause (ii), within three Business Days after the same shall become due and payable; or
 
(b)          any representation or warranty made by any Loan Party (or any of its Responsible Officers) herein or in any other Loan Document, or contained in any certificate, document or other written statement by any Loan Party (or any of its Responsible Officers), furnished at any time pursuant to this Agreement or in or under any other Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
 
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(c)          any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.05 (with respect to the continued legal existence of the Borrower), Section 5.09, Section 5.11, Section 5.12(a) or Article VI (provided that, notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, a breach of a Financial Covenant shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans, unless the Borrower shall agree that such Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans shall have the benefit of the Financial Covenants hereunder in the documentation in respect thereof, Incremental Term B Loans or Permitted Refinancing Term Loans, unless and until the Required Financial Covenant Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on their behalf) have declared all amounts outstanding under the Financial Covenant Facilities to be due and payable and all outstanding Commitments under the Financial Covenant Facilities to be terminated, in each case in accordance with this Agreement as a result of such breach, and such declaration has not been rescinded) (any such Event of Default with respect to a Financial Covenant, a “Financial Covenant Event of Default”); or
 
(d)          any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed if such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of the date upon which (i) a Responsible Officer becomes aware of such failure or (ii) written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
 
(e)         any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of, premium or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of any Debt of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary (as the case may be) that is outstanding in a principal amount (or, in the case of any Hedge Agreement, an Agreement Value) of at least $75,000,000 either individually or in the aggregate for all such Loan Parties and Restricted Subsidiaries (but excluding Debt outstanding hereunder), when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt or otherwise to cause, or to permit the holder thereof to cause, such Debt to mature; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that none of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default under this clause (e): (A) secured Debt that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale, or a transfer of the property or assets securing such Debt, or a casualty, condemnation or similar event, in each case so long as such Debt is repaid in accordance with its terms, (B) any change of control offer made within 60 days after a Permitted Acquisition with respect to Debt assumed in connection with such Permitted Acquisition unless such event results in the acceleration of such Debt, (C) any default under Debt of an acquired business assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition if such default is cured, or such Debt is repaid, within 60 days after consummation of such Permitted Acquisition so long as no other creditor accelerates or commences any kind of enforcement action in respect of such Debt, (D) any mandatory prepayment requirement in any agreement arising from the receipt of net cash proceeds from Debt, dispositions (including casualty losses, governmental takings and other involuntary dispositions), equity issuances or excess cash flow so long as, in each case, no default or event of default occurs under such agreement in connection with such mandatory prepayment requirement, (E) prepayments required by the terms of applicable Debt as a result of customary provisions in respect of illegality, replacement of lenders and gross-up provisions for Taxes, increased costs, capital adequacy and other similar customary requirements (in each case, to the extent any such circumstance would not give rise to an Event of Default), (F) any voluntary prepayment, redemption or other satisfaction of Debt that becomes mandatory in accordance with the terms of such Debt solely as the result of the delivery by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of a prepayment, redemption or similar notice with respect to such prepayment, redemption or other satisfaction and (G) any redemption, exchange, repurchase, conversion or settlement with respect to any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, or satisfaction of any condition giving rise to or permitting the foregoing, pursuant to their terms unless such redemption, repurchase, conversion or settlement results from a default thereunder or an event of the type that constitutes an Event of Default; or
 
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(f)          any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due (subject to applicable grace periods), or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking the liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors (including any Debtor Relief Laws), or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it) that is being diligently contested by it in good faith, either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or any substantial part of its property) shall occur; or any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth in this clause (f); or
 
(g)         any judgments or orders, either individually or in the aggregate, for the payment of money in excess of $75,000,000 shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
 
(h)          any nonmonetary judgment or order shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) that could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
 
(i)           a Change of Control shall occur; or
 
(j)           any ERISA Event or Foreign Plan Event shall have occurred with respect to a Plan or Foreign Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
 
(k)         (i) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an amount that, when aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans by the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates as Withdrawal Liability (determined as of the date of such notification), could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its Withdrawal Liability which could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate in an amount which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
 
(l)           any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, and as a result of such insolvency or termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates to all Multiemployer Plans that are then insolvent or being terminated have been or will be increased over the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the plan years of such Multiemployer Plans immediately preceding the plan year in which such insolvency or termination occurs by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
 
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(m)         any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (other than, in each case, the termination or expiration of any Loan Documents in accordance with their terms); or
 
(n)         any Collateral Document shall for any reason (except to the extent any loss of perfection or priority results solely from (i) the Administrative Agent no longer having possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing equity interests pledged under any Loan Document or (ii) a UCC filing having lapsed because a UCC continuation statement was not filed in a timely manner) fail to create a valid and perfected first priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except as permitted by the terms of any Loan Document; provided that, if any provision of any Collateral Document fails to be in full force and effect or ceases to create a valid and perfected lien, with the priority set forth in the Loan Documents, on a material portion of the Collateral covered thereby resulting solely from the circumstances described in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), no Event of Default shall result until the Borrower becomes aware of such failure and such failure continues for fifteen (15) days after the Borrower’s knowledge of such failure.
 
SECTION 7.02.     Remedies Upon an Event of Default.
 
(a)          If an Event of Default occurs (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in Section 7.01(f) and other than a Financial Covenant Event of Default), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the Required Lenders, and shall at the request of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:
 
(i)           terminate the Commitments and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately;
 
(ii)         declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Secured Obligations of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind (except as otherwise required by the Loan Documents), all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower;
 
(iii)         require that the Borrower provide Cash Collateral as required in Section 2.06(o); and
 
(iv)         exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under the Loan Documents and applicable Law.
 
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(b)          If an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(f) occurs with respect to the Borrower, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding and cash collateral for the L/C Obligations, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Secured Obligations accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as provided in Section 7.02(a)(iii) above shall automatically become effective, in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
 
(c)          If any Financial Covenant Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Financial Covenant Lenders (take any of the actions specified under Sections 7.02(a)(i) through (iv) above, but solely with respect to the Financial Covenant Facilities.
 
SECTION 7.03.     Application of Payments.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and notice thereof to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or the Required Lenders:
 
(a)          all payments received on account of the Secured Obligations shall, subject to Section 2.22, be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:
 
(i)          first, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Administrative Agent payable under Section 9.03 and amounts pursuant to Section 2.12(b) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such);
 
(ii)         second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, reimbursement obligations in respect of L/C Disbursements, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the other Secured Parties (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers payable under Section 9.03) arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (ii) payable to them;
 
(iii)        third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and charges and interest on the Loans and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (iii) payable to them;
 
(iv)        fourth, (A) to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, (B) to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprising the undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise cash collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.06 or 2.22; provided that (x) any such amounts applied pursuant to subclause (B) above shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers to Cash Collateralize Secured Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, (y) subject to Section 2.06 or 2.22, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be used to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur and (z) upon the expiration of any Letter of Credit (without any pending drawings), the pro rata share of cash collateral shall be distributed to the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth in this Section 7.03 and (C) to any other amounts owing with respect to Banking Services Obligations and Swap Obligations, in each case, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuers and any other applicable Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (iv) payable to them;
 
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(v)         fifth, to the payment in full of all other Secured Obligations, in each case ratably among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the other Secured Parties based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Secured Obligations owing to them in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and payable; and
 
(vi)         finally, the balance, if any, after all Secured Obligations have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by law; and
 
(b)          if any amount remains on deposit as cash collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired (without any pending drawings), such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than with respect to any such Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations held by the Lender acting as Administrative Agent (or any Affiliate thereof), Secured Obligations arising under Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the holder of the Swap Obligations or Banking Services Obligations, as the case may be.  Each holder of Swap Obligations or Banking Services Obligations not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article VIII for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
The Administrative Agent
 
SECTION 8.01.     Authorization and Action.
 
(a)        Each Lender and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors and permitted assigns to serve as the administrative agent and collateral under the Loan Documents and each Lender and each L/C Issuer authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender and each L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such Loan Documents.
 
(b)         The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as potential holders of Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations) and each of the L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto.  In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.01 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.04, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
 
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(c)          As to any matters not expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, pursuant to the terms in the Loan Documents), and, unless and until revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon each Lender and each L/C Issuer; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that (i) the Administrative Agent in good faith believes exposes it to liability unless the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification and is exculpated in a manner satisfactory to it from the Lenders and the L/C Issuers with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable Law, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided further that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from the Required Lenders prior to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction has been provided.  Except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
 
(d)        In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties are entirely mechanical and administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
 
(i)           the Administrative Agent does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Secured Party other than as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties); additionally, each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby;
 
(ii)          [reserved];
 
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(iii)       nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent to account to any Lender or L/C Issuer for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by the Administrative Agent for its own account; and
 
(iv)        the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions of this Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions (and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or prospective Lender is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution).
 
(e)         The Administrative Agent may perform any 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 of their respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article VIII 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 pursuant to this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent 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-agent.
 
(f)         None of the Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation Agent, any Bookrunner or any Arranger shall have obligations or duties whatsoever in such capacity under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall incur no liability hereunder or thereunder in such capacity, but all such persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.
 
(g)       In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, 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 any Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
 
(i)          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 Secured 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, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.06, 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.17 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
 
(ii)          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 proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each L/C Issuer and each other Secured Party 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, the L/C Issuer or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03). 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 or L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or L/C Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.
 
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(h)          Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into one or more intercreditor agreements acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion with parties to any Receivables Facility permitted by this Agreement.  Such intercreditor agreements may provide for, among other things, (i) the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ forbearance of, and other limitations on, any exercise of remedies in respect of any equity interests in any Receivables Subsidiary and/or any notes issued by any Receivables Subsidiary to any Receivables Seller in connection with any such Receivables Facility, in any case, that have been pledged to secure the Secured Obligations and/or (ii) disclaimers of interests on, and releases of security interests in, any Receivables Assets.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into one or more intercreditor agreements acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion in connection with incurrence of secured Incremental Equivalent Debt, Permitted Refinancing thereof or Permitted Credit Agreement Refinancing Debt.
 
(i)          The provisions of this Article VIII are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and, except solely to the extent of the Borrower’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article VIII, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Affiliates, shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary under any such provisions.  Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article VIII.
 
SECTION 8.02.     Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc.
 
(a)          Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by such party, the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (x) with the consent of 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 to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (y) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by facsimile, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page) or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
 
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(b)          The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an L/C Issuer and 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such items) expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (vi) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any claim, liability, loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Lender or any L/C Issuer as a result of, any determination of the Credit Exposure, any of the component amounts thereof or any portion thereof attributable to each Lender or L/C Issuer or any Dollar Amount thereof.
 
(c)          Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory note has been assigned in accordance with Section 9.04, (ii) shall rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 9.04(b), (iii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it in its commercially reasonable judgment, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender or L/C Issuer and shall not be responsible to any Lender or L/C Issuer for any statements, warranties or representations made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (v) in determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or L/C Issuer sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit and (vi) shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and reasonably and in good faith believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper party or parties (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).
 
SECTION 8.03.     Posting of Communications.
 
(a)        The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers by posting the Communications on IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other similar electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent reasonably and in good faith to be its electronic transmission system and used by it for such purpose with respect to its credit facilities generally (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).
 
(b)          Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrower acknowledge and agree that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender or L/C Issuers that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution.  Each of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution, other than risks arising from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any of the foregoing parties (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment).
 
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(c)          THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”.  THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY BOOKRUNNER, ANY ARRANGER, THE SYNDICATION AGENT, ANY CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY L/C ISSUER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, OTHER THAN DIRECT OR ACTUAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BAD FAITH OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF ANY APPLICABLE PARTY (AS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT).
 
(d)         Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender or L/C Issuer for purposes of the Loan Documents.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.
 
(e)          Each of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable Law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.
 
(f)         Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
 
SECTION 8.04.    The Administrative Agent Individually.  With respect to its Commitment and Loans, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender or L/C Issuer.  The terms “L/C Issuers”, “Lenders”, “Required Lenders”, “Required Financial Covenant Lenders”, “Required Term A Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders” and any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender or an L/C Issuer or as one of the Required Lenders, the Required Financial Covenant Lenders, the Required Term A Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable.  The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing as if such Person was not acting as the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the L/C Issuers.
 
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SECTION 8.05.     Successor Administrative Agent.
 
(a)         The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrower, whether or not a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent.  If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or an Affiliate of any such bank.  In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Borrower (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing).  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent.  Upon the acceptance of appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  Prior to any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.
 
(b)         Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall directly be given or made to each Lender and each L/C Issuer.  Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, 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 and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (i) above.
 
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SECTION 8.06.     Acknowledgements of Lenders and L/C Issuers.
 
(a)          Each Lender and L/C Issuer represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or L/C Issuer, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument (and each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing), (iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Bookrunner, any Arranger, the Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation Agent or any other Lender or L/C Issuer, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder and (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or L/C Issuer, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Bookrunner, any Arranger, the Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation Agent or any other Lender or L/C Issuer, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) 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.
 
(b)          Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the Closing Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date.
 
SECTION 8.07.     Recovery of Erroneous Payment.
 
Without limitation of any other provision in this Agreement, if at any time the Administrative Agent makes a payment hereunder in error to any Lender Recipient Party, whether or not in respect of an Obligation due and owing by the Borrower at such time, where such payment is a Rescindable Amount, then in any such event, each Lender Recipient Party receiving a Rescindable Amount severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount received by such Lender Recipient Party in immediately available funds in the currency so received, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such Rescindable Amount is received by it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.  Each Lender Recipient Party irrevocably waives any and all defenses, including any “discharge for value” (under which a creditor might otherwise claim a right to retain funds mistakenly paid by a third party in respect of a debt owed by another) or similar defense to its obligation to return any Rescindable Amount.  The Administrative Agent shall inform each Lender Recipient Party promptly upon determining that any payment made to such Lender Recipient Party comprised, in whole or in part, a Rescindable Amount.
 
SECTION 8.08.     Collateral and Guaranty Matters.  Each Secured Party irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion:
 
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(a)         to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon the satisfaction of the Termination Date Conditions, (ii) that is sold or otherwise Disposed of or to be sold or otherwise Disposed of to any Person that is not and is not required to be a Loan Party as part of or in connection with any sale or other Disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) that constitutes Excluded Assets or that is owned by an Excluded Subsidiary, (iv) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 9.02, or (v) pursuant to Section 9.20;
 
(b)         to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty  (i) upon the satisfaction of the Termination Date Conditions, (ii) if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents, (iii) if such Subsidiary constitutes an Excluded Subsidiary or is otherwise no longer obligated to be a Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.10 hereof, provided that an existing Guarantor shall not be released from its Guaranty and shall not be considered an Excluded Subsidiary solely as a result of such Guarantor becoming a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary if as a result of (A) a Disposition or issuance of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, in either case, to a person that is an Affiliate of the Borrower or (B) any transaction entered into primarily for the purpose of such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Guarantor; (iv) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 9.02, or (v) pursuant to Section 9.20; and
 
(c)           to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.01(c).
 
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 8.08.  In each case as specified in this Section 8.08, the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, promptly execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 8.08.
 
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
 
SECTION 8.09.     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 and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,

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(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 Letters of Credit, 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 Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, 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 Letters of Credit, 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 either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with 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 and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

SECTION 8.10.     Withholding Taxes.  To the extent required by any applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold in respect of any payment to any Lender the amount of any applicable withholding Tax.  Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.17, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, all Taxes and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax in respect of any amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate documentation was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective), whether or not such Taxes are correctly or legally asserted.  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 all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 8.10.  The agreements in this Section 8.10 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Secured Obligations.  For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 8.10, the term “Lender” shall include any L/C Issuer and any Swingline Lender.
 
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SECTION 8.11.     Credit Bidding.  The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Secured Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Secured Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar Laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable Law.  In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Secured Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Secured Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase).  In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity Interests thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 9.02), (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Secured Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Secured Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action and (iv) to the extent that Secured Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Secured Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Secured Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Secured Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.
 
SECTION 8.12.     Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations.  No Lender or Affiliate thereof in its capacity as a holder of Swap Obligations or Banking Services Obligations that obtains the benefits of Section 7.03, the Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty or any Collateral Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VIII to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Swap Obligations or Banking Services Obligations, as applicable, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Lender or Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.
 
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ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous
 
SECTION 9.01.     Notices.
 
(a)          Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (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 facsimile or email, as follows:
 
(i)          if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, to it at:
 
PHINIA Inc.
3000 University Drive
Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326
Attention:  Gordon Muir, Vice President and Treasurer
Telephone: (248) 754-9200
Electronic Mail:  gmuir@phinia.com

(ii)          if to the Administrative Agent:
 
Administrative Agent’s Office
(for payments, Borrowing Requests and Interest Election Requests):

Bank of America, N.A.
Dedicated Servicing
Dallas Infomart – 1950 N Stemmons Fwy Ste 6053
Mail Code: TX1-160-06-02
Dallas, TX 75207
Attention: Kesha Martinez
Telephone: +1.469.201.8836
Electronic Mail: kesha.martinez@bofa.com
Account No.: 1366072250600
Ref: Wire Clearing Acct for Syn Loans – LIQ
ABA# 026009593

Revolving Loan Assignment Consents
(for approving assignments of Revolving Loans):

Bank of America, N.A.
Enterprise Credit
Bank of America Tower Chicago, 110 N Wacker Dr
Mail Code: IL4-110-14-10
Chicago, IL 60606-1511
Attention: Brian Lukehart
Telephone: +1.312.828.6883
Facsimile: +1.312.828.5140
Electronic Mail: brian.lukehart@bofa.com

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Other Notices as Administrative Agent:

Bank of America, N.A.
Agency Management
Gateway Village – 900 Building, 900 W Trade St
Mail Code: NC1-026-06-03
Charlotte, NC 28255-0001
Attention: Erik Truette
Telephone: +1.980.387.5451
Electronic Mail:  erik.m.truette@bofa.com

(iii)          if to Bank of America as an L/C Issuer:
 
Bank of America, N.A.
Trade Operations
1 Fleet Way
Mail Code: PA6-580-02-30
Scranton, PA 18507
Attention: Trade Client Service Team
Telephone: +1.570.496.9619
Facsimile: +1.800.755.8740
Electronic Mail: tradeclientserviceteamus@bofa.com

(iv)          if to Bank of America as the Swingline Lender:
 
Bank of America, N.A.
Dedicated Servicing
Dallas Infomart – 1950 N Stemmons Fwy Ste 6053
Mail Code: TX1-160-06-02
Dallas, TX 75207
Attention: Kesha Martinez
Telephone: +1.469.201.8836
Electronic Mail: kesha.martinez@bofa.com
Account No.: 1366072250600
Ref: Wire Clearing Acct for Syn Loans – LIQ
ABA# 026009593

(v)          if to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as an L/C Issuer:
 
          JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
131 S Dearborn St, Floor 04
Chicago, IL, 60603-5506
Attention: LC Agency Team
Tel: 800-364-1969
Fax: 856-294-5267
Email: chicago.lc.agency.activity.team@jpmchase.com

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With a copy to:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
131 S Dearborn St, Floor 04
Chicago, IL, 60603-5506
Attention: Loan and Agency Servicing
Email: jpm.agency.cri@jpmorgan.com
 
(vi)         if to PNC Bank, National Association as an L/C Issuer:
 
PNC Bank, National Association
755 W. Big Beaver Road, Ste 2500
Troy, MI 48084
Mail Code: R1-YB94-25-1
Attn: Scott Neiderheide
Tel: 248-729-8580
Fax: 248-729-8820
 
(vii)        if to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as an L/C Issuer
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Telephone: (800) 776-3862, OPTION 2
Facsimile: (844) 879-2898
Attention: STANDBY LC OPERATIONS
Email: STANDBYCUSTOMERCASE@WELLSFARGO.COM and STANDBYLC@WELLSFARGO.COM

(viii)       if to U.S. Bank National Association as an L/C Issuer
 
U.S. Bank National Association
400 City Center
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901
Telephone: 920-237-7601
Facsimile: 920-237-7993
Email: CLSSyndicationServicesTeam@usbank.com

(ix)          if to Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as an L/C Issuer
 
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
Attention: Leveraged Debt Capital Markets Standby Letters of Credit
One Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
Email: LDCM.SBLCS@db.com

(x)          if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
 
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Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient).  Notices delivered through Approved Electronic Platforms, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
 
(b)         Notices and other communications to the Borrower, any other Loan Party, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Approved Electronic Platforms pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.  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.
 
(c)          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), 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; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email 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.
 
(d)          Any party hereto may change its address, email address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
 
SECTION 9.02.     Waivers; Amendments.
 
(a)         No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
 
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(b)          Except as provided in Section 2.20 with respect to an Incremental Amendment, or as provided in Section 2.23 with respect to the extension of any Applicable Maturity Date, or as provided in Section 2.24 with respect to the Permitted Refinancing Loans, or as provided in Section 2.14, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (provided that an amendment, modification, waiver or consent with respect to any condition precedent, covenant, mandatory prepayment, Event of Default or Default shall not constitute an increase in the Commitment of any Lender), (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (except that (x) neither (A) any amendment or modification of the Financial Covenants in this Agreement (or defined terms used in the Financial Covenants in this Agreement) nor (B) any amendment entered into pursuant to the terms of Section 2.14(b) shall constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (ii) even if the effect of such amendment or modification would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder and (y) only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to reduce or waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or any other amount at the applicable default rate set forth in Section 2.13(c) or to amend Section 2.13(c)), (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood and agreed that no amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any condition precedent, covenant, Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment, in any such case, shall be considered a postponement or delay of any date fixed for payment by this Agreement or any other Loan Document), (iv) change Section 2.09(e) or 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter the ratable reduction of Commitments or the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change the payment waterfall provisions of Section 2.22(b) or 7.03 without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 in respect of the making of a Revolving Loan without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders (it being understood and agreed that any amendment or waiver of, or any consent with respect to, any provision of this Agreement (other than any waiver expressly relating to Section 4.02) or any other Loan Document, including any amendment of any affirmative or negative covenant set forth herein or in any other Loan Document or any waiver of a Default or an Event of Default, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of a condition set forth in Section 4.02 for purposes of this Section 9.02), (vii) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders”, “Required Financial Covenant Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders”, “Required Term A Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood that, solely with the consent of the parties prescribed by Section 2.20 to be parties to an Incremental Amendment or Permitted Refinancing Amendment may be included in the determination of Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Commitments and the Loans are included on the Closing Date), (viii) (x) release the Borrower from its obligations under Article X, (y) [reserved] or (z) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under the Guaranty (other than in accordance with the terms of Section 8.08, 9.14 or 9.20), in each case, without the written consent of each Lender, (ix) [reserved], (x) except as provided in Section 8.08, 9.14 or 9.20 or in any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral, without the written consent of each Lender, (xi) except as provided in Section 8.08, (x) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating the Obligations to any other Debt or other obligation or (y) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Liens securing the Obligations to Liens securing any other Debt or other obligation, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender or (xii) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Agreed Currencies”, “Alternative Currency Daily Rate” or “Alternative Currency Term Rate” without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of (x) the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Swingline Lender, as the case may be (it being understood that any change to Section 2.22 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Swingline Lender) or (y) an L/C Issuer under any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it without the prior written consent of such L/C Issuer.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly and adversely affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification in a non-ratable manner; (B) as to any amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification otherwise approved in accordance with this Section, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent or approval of any Lender that, upon giving effect to such amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification, would have no Commitment or outstanding Loans, so long as such Lender receives payment in full of the principal of and interest on each Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification becomes effective and (C) any amendment, waiver or consent that changes the provisions of Section 6.12 (or any defined term used therein or in the definition of such defined terms) or waives an Event of Default with respect thereto, in each case, shall require only the written consent of the Required Financial Covenant Lenders.
 
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(c)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (x) to add one or more credit facilities (in addition to the Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an Incremental Amendment) to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans, the initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders (it being understood and agreed that any such amendment (i) in connection with new Commitments or increases to the Commitments and/or Incremental Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.20, (ii) in connection with any extension in accordance with Section 2.23 or (iii) in connection with Permitted Refinancing Commitments or Permitted Refinancing Loans in accordance with Section 2.24 shall, in any such case, require solely the consent of the parties prescribed by such Sections and shall not require the consent of the Required Lenders).
 
(d)          [Reserved].
 
(e)          If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the Borrower may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement; provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, (ii) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in Same Day Funds on the day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender and (iii) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received the outstanding principal amount of its Loans.  Each party hereto agrees that (a) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (b) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender; provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.
 
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(f)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
 
(g)          [Reserved];
 
(h)          Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Appropriate Lenders directly affected thereby to amend the definition of “Alternative Currency”, “Alternative Currency Daily Rate” or “Alternative Currency Term Rate” or Section 1.06 solely to add additional currency options and the applicable interest rate with respect thereto, in each case solely to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 1.06.
 
SECTION 9.03.     Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
 
(a)          The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (which shall be limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel and, if necessary, one firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction, in each case, for the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates), in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as IntraLinks™) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the L/C Issuers in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender (which shall be limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel for the Administrative Agent (and, to the extent reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, one firm of local counsel for the Administrative Agent in each applicable jurisdiction) and one counsel for all of the other Lenders and L/C Issuers (and, to the extent reasonably required by the Lenders, up to one firm of local counsel for all of the other Lenders and L/C Issuers in each applicable jurisdiction), unless a Lender or its counsel reasonably determines that it would create actual or potential conflicts of interests to not have individual counsel, in which case similarly affected Lenders may have one additional firm of counsel) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made, including all such out-of-pocket expenses (subject to the foregoing limitations with respect to legal fees and expenses) incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
 
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(b)         The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Bookrunner, each Arranger, the Syndication Agent, each Co-Documentation Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing (limited, in the case of legal expenses, to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel as primary counsel and, to the extent reasonably required, a single firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, in the event of an actual or reasonably perceived conflict of interest (as reasonably determined in good faith by the applicable Indemnitee), one additional firm of counsel to each group of similarly affected Indemnitees) incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or proceeding is brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or its or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (i) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (x) the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Indemnified Persons or (y) a material breach of such Indemnitee’s or any of its Related Indemnified Persons’ obligations under the applicable Loan Documents or (ii) have resulted from any dispute solely among Indemnitees (not arising as a result of any act or omission by any Loan Party or any Subsidiaries or Affiliates), other than any dispute involving claims against any Credit Party in its capacity as, or in fulfilling its role as, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer, a Swingline Lender, an Arranger, a Bookrunner, agent or any similar role under or in connection with this Agreement.  This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc.  arising from any non-Tax claim.  For purposes of this Section 9.03(b), a “Related Indemnified Person” of an Indemnitee means (1) any controlled Affiliate of such Indemnitee, (2) the respective directors, managers, officers and employees of such Indemnitee and of its controlled Affiliates and (3) the respective agents of such Indemnitee and its controlled Affiliates, in the case of this clause (3), acting at the express instructions of such Indemnitee or such controlled Affiliate; provided that each reference to a controlled affiliate, director, manager, officer or employee in this sentence pertains to a controlled affiliate, director, manager, officer or employee involved in the structuring, arrangement, negotiation or syndication of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement and/or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
 
(c)          To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, and each Revolving Lender severally agrees to pay to the applicable L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood that the Borrower’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.
 
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(d)         To the extent permitted by applicable Law, and subject to the last sentence of this Section 9.03(d), no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), other than damages that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such party.  To the extent permitted by applicable Law, no Indemnitee shall assert against any Loan Party and no Loan Party shall assert against any Indemnitee, and each Indemnitee and Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto, 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 contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan, any Letter of Credit or the use of proceeds thereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 9.03(d) shall limit the Borrower’s indemnity obligations to the extent set forth in Section 9.03(b).
 
(e)        All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than thirty (30) days after written demand therefor accompanied by a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount demanded.
 
SECTION 9.04.     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 (including any Affiliate of any L/C Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and the Administrative Agent (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  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 (including any Affiliate of any L/C Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
 
(b)         (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution or any Disqualified Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, it being understood that in the case of any assignment that requires the Borrower’s consent, without limiting any other factors that may be reasonable, it shall be reasonable for the Borrower to consider a proposed assignee’s right to require reimbursement for increased costs when determining whether to consent to such an assignment) of:
 
(A)          the Borrower (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 notice thereof); provided further that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (but notice to the Borrower, either prior to or promptly after such assignment, shall be required) (1) for an assignment of a Term A Loan, a Revolving Loan or the respective Commitments to a Term A Lender or an Affiliate thereof, Revolving Lender or an Affiliate thereof, or an Approved Fund, (2) [reserved] or (3) if a Specified Default has occurred and is continuing, for an assignment to any assignee;
 
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(B)           the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required (1) for an assignment of a Term A Loan, a Revolving Loan or the respective Commitments to a Term A Lender or an Affiliate thereof, Revolving Lender or an Affiliate thereof, or an Approved Fund or (2) [reserved];
 
(C)           each L/C Issuer; provided that no consent of any L/C Issuer shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan; and
 
(D)           each Swingline Lender; provided that no consent of any Swingline Lender shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.
 
(ii)          Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
 
(A)          except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the 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) shall not be less than $5,000,000 (in the case of Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans) or $1,000,000 (in the case of a Term Loan) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if a Specified Default has occurred and is continuing;
 
(B)          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; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
 
(C)         the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders; and
 
(D)          the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable Laws, including federal and state securities laws.
 
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For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the terms “Approved Fund” and “Ineligible Institution” have the following meanings:
 
Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and 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.
 
Ineligible Institution” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) the Company, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any of its Affiliates, or (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof.
 
(iii)       Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto 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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 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 paragraph (c) of this Section.
 
(iv)        The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and interest amounts) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers 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, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any L/C Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
 
(v)        Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that, if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
 
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(c)         Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”), other than an Ineligible Institution or a Disqualified Institution, 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 (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers 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.  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 may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.  Each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, at the Borrower’s request and expense, use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant shall be subject to Section 2.18(d) 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 interest amounts) 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 Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c) and Proposed Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(b) (or any amended or successor version).  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.
 
(d)         Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
 
(e)          Disqualified Institutions.
 
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(i)         No assignment or participation shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the applicable Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or grant a participation in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment or participation in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment or participation).  For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or Participant that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee or Participant shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender or Participant with respect to the assignment or participation effectuated on such Trade Date and (y) the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution.  Any assignment or participation in violation of this clause (e)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (e) shall apply.
 
(ii)       If any assignment or participation is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower’s prior written consent in violation of clause (i) above, or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, (A) terminate any Revolving Commitment of such Disqualified Institution and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Disqualified Institution in connection with such Revolving Commitment, (B) in the case of outstanding Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions, prepay such Term Loan by paying the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such Term Loans, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and/or (C) require such Disqualified Institution to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 9.04), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement and related Loan Documents to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution or other Disqualified Institution) that shall assume such obligations at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and other the other Loan Documents; provided that (I) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 9.04(b), (II) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws and (III) in the case of clause (B), the Borrower shall not use the proceeds from any Loans to prepay Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions.
 
(iii)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions (A) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders (or any of them) and the Administrative Agent or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter and (y) for purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws (“Plan of Reorganization”), each Disqualified Institution party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such Plan of Reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Institution does vote on such Plan of Reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such Plan of Reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by a bankruptcy court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).
 
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(iv)        The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent promptly shall, (A) post the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by any Loan Party and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on the Approved Electronic Platform, including that portion of the Approved Electronic Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender or potential Lender requesting the same.
 
SECTION 9.05.     Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
 
SECTION 9.06.     Electronic Execution; Electronic Records; Counterparts; Effectiveness.This Agreement, any Loan Document and any other Ancillary Document, including Ancillary Documents required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures.  Each of the Loan Parties and each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender Party agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any Ancillary Document shall be valid and binding on such Person to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Ancillary Document entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered.  Any Ancillary Document may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Ancillary Document.  For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance of a manually signed paper Ancillary Document which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Ancillary Document converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The Administrative Agent and each of the Lender Parties may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (“Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document.  All Ancillary Document in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer nor Swingline Lender is under any obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Person pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided further that, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and/or Swingline Lender has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lender Parties shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party and/or any Lender Party without further verification and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart.
 
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Neither the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer nor Swingline Lender shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s, L/C Issuer’s or Swingline Lender’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means). The Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any Ancillary Document (which writing may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution or signed using an Electronic Signature) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).

Each of the Loan Parties and each Lender Party hereby waives (i) any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document, and (ii) waives any claim against the Administrative Agent, each Lender Party and each Related Party for any liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender Party’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures, including any liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Loan Parties to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.
 
Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
 
SECTION 9.07.    Severability Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
 
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SECTION 9.08.     Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each L/C Issuer, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to setoff and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, but excluding deposits held in a trustee, fiduciary, agency or similar capacity or otherwise for the benefit of a third party) at any time held, and other obligations at any time owing, by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the Obligations held by such Lender or L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, L/C Issuer or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Lender or L/C Issuer different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so setoff shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.22 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Secured Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  The rights of each Lender, each L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
 
SECTION 9.09.     Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
 
(a)          THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCLUDING CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES PROVIDING FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
 
(b)          Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law provisions of any applicable Loan Document, any claims brought against the Administrative Agent by any Secured Party relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Collateral or the consummation or administration of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
 
(c)          Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or New York State court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
 
(d)         Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (c) of this Section.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
 
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(e)          Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Law.
 
SECTION 9.10.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
 
SECTION 9.11.     Headings.Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
 
SECTION 9.12.     Confidentiality.Each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers 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 on a need-to-know basis (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 to the same extent as if they were parties hereto and the disclosing Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Lender shall be responsible for any violation of the provisions of this Section 9.12 by any such Person), (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided that the applicable disclosing Person shall, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable Law, rule or regulation, (x) notify the Borrower in writing in advance of such required disclosure and (y) in the case of such a disclosure pursuant to legal process, to cooperate with the Borrower (at the Borrower’s expense) in obtaining an appropriate protective order), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as (or no less restrictive than) those of this Section, to (1) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (2) any actual or prospective direct or indirect counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) to the extent required by a potential or actual insurer or reinsurer in connection with providing insurance, reinsurance or credit risk mitigation coverage under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to this Agreement, (h) on a confidential basis to (1) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein or (2) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of identification numbers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein, (i) with the prior written consent of the Borrower or (j) to the extent such Information (1) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (2) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender, as applicable, reasonably believes is not prohibited from disclosing such information to such party in violation of a duty or contractual obligation of confidentiality to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from or on behalf of the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or their respective businesses, other than, after the Borrower has publicly filed this Agreement with the SEC, information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry.  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 but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care.
 
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EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
 
ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BORROWER, ANY SUBSIDIARIES OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES.  ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
 
SECTION 9.13.    USA PATRIOT Act.Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot Act and the requirements of the Beneficial Ownership Regulation hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and other applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations.
 
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SECTION 9.14.     Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors and Collateral.
 
(a)        A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents (i) pursuant to the terms of Section 9.20 and (ii) upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of clause (ii) above, if so required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent shall not have provided otherwise.  In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section (including pursuant to clause (b) below), the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) promptly execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent except as may otherwise be expressly agreed in writing by the Administrative Agent and such Loan Party.
 
(b)        Further, the Administrative Agent may (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to), upon the request of the Borrower, release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary or is otherwise not required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to provide the Guaranty, provided that an existing Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be released from its Guaranty and shall not be considered an Excluded Subsidiary solely as a result of such Subsidiary Guarantor becoming a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary if as a result of (A) a Disposition or issuance of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Guarantor, in either case, to a person that is an Affiliate of the Borrower or (B) any transaction entered into primarily for the purpose of such Subsidiary Guarantor ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary Guarantor.
 
(c)         Upon (i) any Disposition by any Loan Party (other than to any Loan Party) of any Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement (including, without limitation, by virtue of any merger or consolidation permitted under this Agreement) or (ii) any release of the Lien created under any Collateral Document in any Collateral pursuant to Sections 8.08, 9.14 or 9.20 or as otherwise provided in any Collateral Document, the Liens in such Collateral created by the Collateral Documents shall be automatically and immediately released.  In connection with any such termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Secured Party to) promptly execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of such sale or disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
 
SECTION 9.15.     Appointment for Perfection.Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable Law can be perfected only by possession or control.  Should any Lender (other than the Administrative Agent) obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly thereafter shall deliver such Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions.
 
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SECTION 9.16.    Interest Rate Limitation.Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable Law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Overnight Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
 
SECTION 9.17.     No Fiduciary Duty, etc.
 
(a)        The Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that no Credit Party will have any obligations except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and each Credit Party is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Loan Parties with respect to the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated herein and therein and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, any Loan Party or any other person.  The Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Credit Party based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Credit Party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Additionally, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Credit Party is advising the Loan Parties as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the credit facilities evidenced hereby.  The Borrower shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Loan Documents, and the Credit Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to the Loan Parties with respect thereto.
 
(b)         Each of the Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party, together with its Affiliates, is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services.  In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and other companies with which the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have commercial or other relationships.  With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Credit Party or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.
 
(c)         In addition, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party and its Affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise.  No Credit Party will use Information obtained from or on behalf of the Loan Parties by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with the Loan Parties in connection with the performance by such Credit Party of services for other companies, and no Credit Party will furnish any such Information to other companies.  The Borrower also acknowledges that no Credit Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, confidential information obtained from other companies.
 
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SECTION 9.18.   Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected 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 Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable 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 the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
 
(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 Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, 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 the applicable Resolution Authority.
 
To the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, each Lender shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent if it has become the subject of a Bail-In Action (or any case or other proceeding in which a Bail-In Action may occur).
 
SECTION 9.19.     Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
 
In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.  In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.  Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
 
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SECTION 9.20.     Investment Grade Fallaway Provision.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon evidence being provided by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent confirming that (a) the Borrower has obtained, after the Closing Date, a corporate rating with a stable outlook from at least two of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch of BBB-, Baa3 or BBB-, as applicable and (b) all Pari Passu Debt has been repaid in full and all outstanding commitments thereunder have been terminated (any period when the requirements set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above are satisfied, an “Investment Grade Period”), the Borrower may elect, in its sole discretion, by delivery of a written notice to the Administrative Agent of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower that certifies to the satisfaction or concurrent satisfaction of the foregoing and includes the election, to have the Guarantee of the Subsidiary Guarantors contained in Article X and the security interests in the Collateral released, and such release will occur immediately following the delivery of such notice to the Administrative Agent; following such release each reference to the Guarantee of the Subsidiary Guarantors contained in Article X shall, so long as no Default is in existence and continuing at such time, be deemed to be of no further force and effect; provided that, if the Borrower shall at any time after the initial achievement of such investment grade rating fail to maintain such corporate rating with a stable outlook from at least two of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, all Guarantees and all security interests in the Collateral released pursuant to this Section 9.20 as described above shall be automatically reinstated on the same terms and within 60 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (i) each Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty Supplement and (ii) the Borrower and each Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent the Security Agreement (or a joinder thereto) and each other Collateral Document reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in each case on substantially the same terms as the Guaranty or Guaranty Supplement and Collateral Documents, as applicable, previously delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary, and together with any certificates, filings, corporate authorizations, legal opinions and other documentation reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and each Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) shall take all steps necessary to create and perfect the Liens of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the date any such guarantees and collateral documentation become effective, a “Reversion Date”).  The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to enter into any Collateral Documents in connection with any Reversion Date.  No Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred on the Reversion Date as a result of any actions taken by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during the Investment Grade Period, or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligations arising during the Investment Grade Period (provided that such contractual obligations were not entered into in contemplation of, or with awareness of, the cessation or expected cessation of an Investment Grade Period), in each case that were permitted under the Loan Documents as in effect at the time such actions were taken or such contractual obligations arose, regardless of whether such actions would have been permitted in the absence of the related Investment Grade Period.  It is hereby understood and agreed that this Section 9.20 shall not, in any event, effect the release of the Guaranty of the Borrower contained in Article X, which shall remain in effect during the entire term of this Agreement.
 
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ARTICLE X
 
Guaranty
 
SECTION 10.01.   Guaranty, Limitation of Liability.
 
(a)        Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Secured Obligations now or hereafter existing (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing Secured Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Secured Obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”).  Each Guarantor agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, and subject to the limitations in Section 9.03, reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party in enforcing any rights against such Guarantor under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case that would be owed by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, respectively, to any Lender Party but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Borrower or other Loan Party.
 
(b)        Each Guarantor and each Lender Party hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that the Secured Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Debtor Relief Laws, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law or other applicable Law to the extent applicable to the Guaranty and the Secured Obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.  To effectuate the foregoing intention, each Lender Party and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Secured Obligations of each Guarantor with respect to the Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Secured Obligations of such Guarantor under the Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
 
(c)         Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to any Lender Party with respect to the Guaranty, such Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Lender Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents.
 
(d)         The Guaranty contained herein is a guarantee of payment and not of collection.
 
SECTION 10.02.   Guaranty Absolute.
 
To the fullest extent permitted pursuant to applicable Law, each Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed by it will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Lender Party with respect thereto.  The Secured Obligations of each Guarantor under or in respect of the Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Secured Obligations of any other Loan Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce the Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or whether the Borrower or any other Loan Party is joined in any such action or actions.  The liability of each Guarantor under the Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:
 
(a)          any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;
 
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(b)         any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Secured Obligations of any other Loan Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
 
(c)          any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
 
(d)          any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
 
(e)         the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver any Guaranty Supplement or any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any Guarantor or other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
 
(f)          to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by any Lender Party that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party or any other guarantor or surety.
 
The Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Lender Party or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
 
SECTION 10.03.   Waivers and Acknowledgments.
 
(a)          Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents, each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and the Guaranty and any requirement that the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender exhaust any right or take any action against any Loan Party or any other Person.
 
(b)         Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke its Secured Obligations with respect to the Guaranty and acknowledges that such Secured Obligations are continuing in nature and apply to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
 
(c)         Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of such Guarantor or other rights of such Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Loan Parties, any other guarantor or any other Person and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Secured Obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
 
(d)         Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender to disclose to such Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender.
 
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(e)         Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents and that the waivers set forth in Section 10.02 and this Section 10.03 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
 
SECTION 10.04.  Subrogation.Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s Secured Obligations under or in respect of the Guaranty or any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the Lenders against the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated; provided that each Guarantor may make any necessary filings solely to preserve its claims against the Borrower, other Loan Party or other insider guarantor.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Guaranty and (b) the date on which the Commitments shall have been terminated in whole, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.  If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment to any of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers or the Lenders of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Commitments shall have been terminated in whole, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by such Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty.
 
SECTION 10.05.   Guaranty Supplements.
 
(a)        The Borrower may at any time have additional Restricted Subsidiaries joined as Guarantors by execution and delivery of a Guaranty Supplement, together with such customary certificates, evidences of authority and opinions of counsel as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection therewith.
 
(b)        Upon the execution and delivery by any Person of a Guaranty Supplement, (a) such Person shall be referred to as an “Additional Guarantor” and shall become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a “Guarantor,” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Guarantor and (b) each reference herein to “the Guaranty,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Guaranty under this Article X, and each reference in any Loan Document to the “Guaranty,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to the Guaranty as supplemented by such Guaranty Supplement.
 
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SECTION 10.06.  Subordination.Each Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other obligations owed to such Guarantor by each other Loan Party arising from the Guaranty (the “Subordinated Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 10.06:
 
(a)          Prohibited Payments, Etc.  Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Guarantor may receive regularly scheduled payments from any other Loan Party on account of the Subordinated Obligations.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, however, unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, no Guarantor shall demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.
 
(b)         Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations.  Each Guarantor agrees that in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relating to any other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding (“Post-Petition Interest”)) before such Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.
 
(c)         Turn-Over.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Guarantor shall, if the Administrative Agent so requests, collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Lenders and deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post-Petition Interest), together with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other provisions of the Guaranty.
 
(d)         Administrative Agent Authorization.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of each Guarantor, to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and to apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post-Petition Interest), and (ii) to require each Guarantor (A) to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and (B) to pay any amounts received on such obligations to the Administrative Agent for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post--Petition Interest).
 
SECTION 10.07.   Continuing Guaranty; Assignments.Subject to Sections 8.08, 9.14 and 9.20, the Guaranty under this Article X is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in full force and effect until satisfaction of the Termination Date Conditions.
 
SECTION 10.08.  Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under the Guaranty in respect of a Swap Obligation (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 10.08 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 10.08 or otherwise under the Guaranty under this Article X voidable under applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount).  Except as otherwise provided herein (including Section 10.07), the obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 10.08 shall remain in full force and effect until the termination of all Swap Obligations.  Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 10.08 constitute, and this Section 10.08 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
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ANNEX B

SCHEDULE 2.01

COMMITMENTS
Revolving Commitments
 
Lender
 
Revolving Commitment
 
Bank of America, N.A.
 
$
77,187,500.00
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 
$
77,187,500.00
 
PNC Bank, National Association
 
$
75,000,000.00
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
 
$
75,000,000.00
 
U.S. Bank National Association
 
$
75,000,000.00
 
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
 
$
43,750,000.00
 
Bank of China, New York Branch
 
$
31,250,000.00
 
Citibank, N.A.
 
$
28,125,000.00
 
The Northern Trust Company
 
$
17,500,000.00
 
TOTAL
 
$
500,000,000.00
 
 
L/C Commitments
 
L/C Issuer
 
L/C Commitment
 
Bank of America, N.A.
 
$
8,333,333.34
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 
$
8,333,333.33
 
PNC Bank, National Association
 
$
8,333,333.33
 
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
 
$
8,333,333.33
 
U.S. Bank National Association
 
$
8,333,333.33
 
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
 
$
8,333,333.33
 
TOTAL
 
$
50,000,000.00
 



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