Term Termination (a) This Agreement shall commence as of the date first set forth above and shall continue in force until the first of the following occurs: (i) the payment in full of the Notes and the termination of the Indenture in accordance with its terms; (ii) the liquidation of the Assets and the final distribution of the proceeds of such liquidation pursuant to the terms of the Indenture; or (iii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with clause (b) or (c) of this Section 12 or Section 14 of this Agreement. (b) This Agreement may be terminated without cause by the Collateral Manager, and the Collateral Manager may resign upon 90 days’ prior written notice (or such shorter notice as is acceptable to the Issuer) to the Issuer, the Trustee (who will forward such notice to each Holder), and the Rating Agency; provided, however, that the Collateral Manager shall have the right to resign immediately upon the effectiveness of any material change in applicable law or regulations which renders the performance by the Collateral Manager of its duties under the Collateral Management Agreement or under the Indenture to be a violation of such law or regulation. No such termination or resignation shall be effective until the date as of which a successor collateral manager shall have been appointed in accordance with this Agreement and delivered an instrument of acceptance to the Issuer and the resigned Collateral Manager and the successor collateral manager has effectively assumed all of the Collateral Manager’s duties and obligations pursuant to this Agreement. (c) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 12, such termination shall be without any further liability or obligation of either party to the other, except as provided in Sections 8(c), 10, 15 and 22 of this Agreement, which provisions shall survive the termination of this Agreement. (d) Promptly after notice of any removal for Cause pursuant to Section 14 hereof or resignation of the Collateral Manager pursuant to this Section 12 while any Securities are Outstanding, the Issuer shall: (i) transmit copies of such notice to the Trustee (who shall forward a copy of such notice to the Holders), the Fiscal Agent and the Rating Agency; and (ii) at the direction of a Majority of the Preferred Shares appoint as a successor collateral manager any institution that (A) has demonstrated an ability to professionally and competently perform duties similar to those imposed upon the Collateral Manager hereunder, (B) is legally qualified and has the capacity to assume all of the duties, responsibilities and obligations of the Collateral Manager hereunder and under the applicable terms of the Indenture, (C) does not cause the Issuer or the Co-Issuer or the pool of Assets to become required to register under the Investment Company Act, (D) has been approved by a Majority of the Controlling Class and a Majority of the Preferred Shares (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that if a Majority of the Controlling Class or a Majority of the Preferred Shares has nominated such successor, it shall be deemed to have approved of such successor) and (E) does not by its appointment cause the Issuer or the Co-Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or subject to U.S. federal, state or local income tax on a net income basis (including any tax liability imposed under Section 1446 of the Code). (e) If (i) a Majority of the Preferred Shares fails to nominate a successor within 30 days of initial notice of the resignation or removal of the Collateral Manager or (ii) a Majority of the Controlling Class does not approve the proposed successor nominated by the holders of the Preferred Shares within 10 days of the date of the notice of such nomination, then a Majority of the Controlling Class shall, within 60 days of the failure described in clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence, as the case may be, nominate a successor Collateral Manager that meets the criteria set forth in clause (d)(ii) above. If a Majority of the Preferred Shares approves such proposed successor nominated pursuant to the preceding sentence, such nominee shall become the Collateral Manager. If no successor Collateral Manager is appointed within 90 days (or, in the event of a change in applicable law or regulation which renders the performance by the resigning Collateral Manager of its duties under this Agreement or the Indenture to be a violation of such law or regulation, within 30 days) following the termination or resignation of the Collateral Manager, any of the Collateral Manager, a Majority of the Preferred Shares and the Majority of the Controlling Class shall have the right to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Collateral Manager, in either such case whose appointment shall become effective after such successor has accepted its appointment and without the consent of any Holder of any Securities. (f) Any successor Collateral Manager shall be entitled to the Base Management Fee and the Subordinated Management Fee accruing from the effective date of its appointment. No compensation payable to such successor Collateral Manager shall be greater than such components of the Management Fee without the prior written consent of 100% of the Holders of each Class of Securities, including Collateral Manager Securities. (g) The Issuer, the Trustee and the successor collateral manager shall take such action (or cause the outgoing Collateral Manager to take such action) consistent with this Agreement and the terms of the Indenture applicable to the Collateral Manager, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Promptly following the appointment of a successor collateral manager in accordance with the foregoing, the Issuer shall provide written notice thereof to the Rating Agency. (h) In the event of removal of the Collateral Manager pursuant to this Agreement by the Issuer, the Issuer shall have all of the rights and remedies available with respect thereto at law or equity, and, without limiting the foregoing, the Issuer may by notice in writing to the Collateral Manager as provided under this Agreement terminate all the rights and obligations of the Collateral Manager under this Agreement (except those that survive termination pursuant to Section 12(c) above). Upon expiration of the applicable notice period with respect to termination specified in this Section 12 or Section 14 of this Agreement, as applicable, all authority and power of the Collateral Manager under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Assets or otherwise, shall automatically and without further action by any person or entity pass to and be vested in the successor collateral manager upon the appointment thereof. Nevertheless, the Collateral Manager shall take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to transfer such authority and power.