SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.1.8

SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of July 27, 2017 is entered into by and among:

AT HOME HOLDING III INC. (formerly known as GRD Holding III Corporation), a Delaware corporation, and AT HOME STORES LLC (successor in interest to Garden Ridge, L.P.), a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”);

the GUARANTORS party hereto;

the LENDERS party hereto; and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”);

in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and benefits to be derived herefrom.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders, and the Agent, among others, have entered into a certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 5, 2011, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 9, 2012, as further amended by the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 23, 2013, as further amended by the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 28, 2014, as further amended by the Assumption and Ratification Agreement dated as of September 29, 2014, as further amended by the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 5, 2015, as further amended by Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 15, 2016, further amended by Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 2, 2017 and as further amended by certain Joinder Agreements (as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness hereof, (i) the Revolving Credit Loans owing to UBS Loan Finance LLC (the “Exiting Lender”) will be assumed by the other Lenders and the Commitments of the Exiting Lender will be terminated, in each case, as set forth herein and without additional action required on the part of any Person, and (ii) the Exiting Lender will receive payment of all interest, fees and other obligations payable or accrued in favor of it under the Credit Agreement (as in effect immediately prior to the date hereof) on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, the parties to the Credit Agreement desire to modify certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as provided herein.

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

1. Incorporation of Terms and Conditions of the Credit Agreement. All of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, all definitions set forth therein) are specifically incorporated herein by reference. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

2. Amendments to Credit Agreement.

a. Composite Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the date hereof, 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 reflected in the modifications identified in the document annexed hereto as Annex A attached to this Amendment.

b. Amendments to Exhibits to Credit Agreement. Exhibit I (Form of Mortgage) to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

c. Amendments to Schedules to the Credit Agreement.

i. Each of the following schedules to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the corresponding schedules set forth in Annex B attached to this Amendment: Schedule 2.01 (Commitments and Pro Rata Shares), Schedule 5.12 (Subsidiaries and other Equity Investments), Schedule 5.16 (Intellectual Property Matters), Schedule 5.17(b) (Credit Card Arrangements), and Schedule 5.20 (Labor Matters).

ii. Schedule 6.14(b) (Mortgaged Properties) to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall not be effective until the date that each of the following conditions precedent has been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Agent (such date the “Seventh Amendment Effective Date”):

a. This Amendment shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers, the Guarantors and the Lenders.

b. The Borrowers shall have paid all fees required to paid pursuant to that certain fee letter agreement dated as of July 6, 2017, among the Borrowers, the Agent and MLPFS (the “Seventh Amendment Fee Letter”).

c. The Agent shall have received (i) reasonable and customary opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties, and (ii) such customary corporate resolutions, certificates, lien searches and other customary corporate documents as the Agent shall reasonably request.

d. The Borrowers shall have reimbursed the Agent for all reasonable out of pocket fees, costs and expenses, including, reasonable attorneys’ fees, in connection with or relating to this Amendment.

e. On the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, Availability shall be not less than $50,000,000. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate dated as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date for the end of the fiscal month completed immediately prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers.

f. The Agent shall have administered such reallocations, sales, assignments, transfers or other relevant actions to insure that the amount of Revolving Credit Loans made by each Lender shall equal such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (after giving effect to the increase in Commitments contemplated hereby and the making of the Seventh Amendment Settlement Payments (as defined below) by the New Lenders (as defined below)) of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date.

g. The Agent shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, true and complete copies of all necessary consents and amendments required under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, including, without limitation, (x) an amendment to the First Lien Credit Agreement increasing the “ABL Cap” (under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), and (y) an amendment to the Intercreditor Agreement clarifying that Credit Card Receivables constituting “payment intangibles” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) are ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) (in the form attached hereto as Annex C, the “Intercreditor Amendment”), and all such consents and amendments shall be duly executed by the parties thereto and effective contemporaneously herewith.

h. The Agent and the Lenders shall have received financial projections for the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ending January 2018 through 2020.

i. There shall not have occurred since January 28, 2017 any event or condition that has had or could be reasonably expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

j. The Agent shall have received a duly executed termination letter with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and Commitments of the Exiting Lender, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (the “Exiting Lender Termination Letter”).

k. After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

4. Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants that as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date:

a. (i) No Default or Event of Default exists under the Credit Agreement or under any other Loan Document, and (ii) all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects except that (x) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and (y) in the case of any representation and warranty qualified by materiality, they are true and correct in all respects.

b. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties. This Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

5. Ratification of Loan Documents. The Credit Agreement, as hereby amended, and all other Loan Documents, are hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. The Collateral Documents continue to secure the Obligations, as modified pursuant to this Amendment, to the same extent as prior to giving effect to this Amendment (except in the case of any Collateral Documents being terminated contemporaneously herewith).

6. Exiting Lender; New Lenders; Settlement.

a. From and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the Exiting Lender shall cease to be a Lender under the Credit Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lenders hereby consent to the re-allocation of the Commitments as set forth on Schedule 2.01 (Commitments and Pro Rata Shares) of the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby). On the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Commitments held by each Lender shall be re-allocated among the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares (after giving effect to this Amendment) pursuant to procedures reasonably determined by the Agent.

b. As of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that, by executing this Amendment, each of U.S. Bank National Association, Regions Bank and Compass Bank (individually, a “New Lender”, and collectively, the “New Lenders”) shall become a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents with a Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.01 of the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby). Each New Lender (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of its Commitment and all other related rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement, shall have the obligations of a Lender

thereunder, (iii) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment and become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, and (iv) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment and become a Lender under the Credit Agreement; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on any of the Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

c. On the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, each Lender (including each New Lender) agrees to pay to the Agent, for the account of each Lender, the amount necessary to insure that the amount of Revolving Credit Loans made by each Lender shall equal such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (after giving effect to the increase in Commitments contemplated hereby) of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding as of such Settlement Date (such payments, the “Seventh Amendment Settlement Payment”).

7. Consent to Amendment to Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender party hereto hereby (i) consents to the Intercreditor Amendment and (ii) authorizes the Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Amendment.

8. Binding Effect. The terms and provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, representatives, successors and assigns.

9. Multiple Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and together which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif” via e-mail) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

10. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, BUT INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

[THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

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

BORROWERS:	AT HOME HOLDING III INC.

	By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer


	AT HOME STORES LLC

	By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

GUARANTORS:	AT HOME COMPANIES LLC
	AT HOME HOLDING II INC.

	By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

	AT HOME PROPERTIES LLC
	0000 XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX, LLC
	0000 XXXX XXXXXXXXXX 20, LLC
	00000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX LLC
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	000 XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX LLC
	00000 XXXXXXXX XXXX LLC
	000 X. XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX (1031), LLC
	0000 X. XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX (1031), LLC
	3003 WEST VINE, LLC
	0000 XXXXX XXXX XXXX 1604, LLC
	000 XXXXXXX XXXXX, LLC
	0000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXX, LLC
	0000 XXXXXXXXX XXXX, LLC
	0000 XXXXXX XXX, LLC
	0000 XXXXXXX XXXX XX, LLC
	4801 000X XXXX XXXX, LLC
	00000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XX, LLC
	0000 XXXXX XXXX, LLC
	0000 X. XXXXX XXXXXX, LLC
	0000 XXXXX XX, LLC
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	0000 XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX LLC
	0000 XXXXXX XXXXX XX LLC
	0000 X. XXXXX XX LLC
	000 X XXXX XXXX XXXX XX LLC
	000 XX 00XX XXXXXX LLC
	0000 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX LLC
	0000 XXXXXXXX XXXXX XX LLC
	0000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XX LLC

	By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

AT HOME RMS INC.
AT HOME PROCUREMENT INC.
AT HOME GIFT CARD LLC
0000 X. 00XX XXXXXX LLC
00 XXXX XXXX LLC
0000 XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX LLC
X. XXXXXXXX FIELD RD LLC
0000 XXXXX XXXXX LLC
0000 X 00XX XXXXXX LLC
0000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XX LLC
10800 ASSEMBLY PARK DR LLC

By:	/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer

By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
	Title:	Managing Director


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender

By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx
	Title:	Managing Director

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
	Title:	Vice President

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

REGIONS BANK, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X Xxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X Xxxx
	Title:	Managing Director

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Authorized Officer

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

COMPASS BANK, as a Lender

By:	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
	Title:	Senior Vice President

Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

ANNEX A

COMPOSITE CREDIT AGREEMENT

[see attached]

Composite Credit Agreement reflecting changes pursuant to
First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 9, 2012,
Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 23, 2013

Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 28, 2014,

Assumption and Ratification Agreement dated as of September 29, 0000,

Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx to Credit Agreement dated as of June 5, 2015,

Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 16, 2016 ~~and~~,
Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 2, 2017,

and Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 27, 2017

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 5, 2011,
among

AT HOME HOLDING III INC.

(formerly known as GRD Holding III Corporation),

AT HOME STORES LLC

(as successor in interest to Garden Ridge, L.P.),
as Borrowers,

AT HOME HOLDING II INC.,
as Holdings,

The GUARANTORS party hereto,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and L/C Issuer

The Other Lenders Party Hereto,

XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED

and

~~UBS SECURITIES LLC,~~XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners~~UBS SECURITIES LLC and~~,

and

XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Syndication ~~Agents~~Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS		2

Section 1.01.	Defined Terms	2
Section 1.02.	Other Interpretive Provisions	548
Section 1.03.	Accounting Terms	559
Section 1.04.	Rounding	559
Section 1.05.	References to Agreements and Laws	559
Section 1.06.	Times of Day	559
Section 1.07.	Timing of Payment or Performance	559
Section 1.08.	Currency Equivalents Generally	5660
Section 1.09.	Letter of Credit Amounts	5660

ARTICLE 2 THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS		5660

Section 2.01.	The Revolving Credit Borrowings	5660
Section 2.02.	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans	5761
Section 2.03.	Letters of Credit	5963
Section 2.04.	Swing Line Loans	6772
Section 2.05.	Prepayments	705
Section 2.06.	Termination or Reduction of Commitments	726
Section 2.07.	Repayment of Loans	727
Section 2.08.	Interest	727
Section 2.09.	Fees	737
Section 2.10.	Computation of Interest and Fees	738
Section 2.11.	Evidence of Indebtedness	748
Section 2.12.	Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback	759
Section 2.13.	Sharing of Payments	7781
Section 2.14.	Increase in Revolving Credit Facility	7782
Section 2.15.	Cash Collateral	7983
Section 2.16.	Defaulting Lenders	804
Section 2.17.	Settlement Amongst Lenders	826

ARTICLE 3 TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY		827

Section 3.01.	Taxes	827
Section 3.02.	Illegality	859
Section 3.03.	Inability To Determine Rates	8590
Section 3.04.	Increased Cost And Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy	8690
Section 3.05.	Funding Losses	8791
Section 3.06.	Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation	8792
Section 3.07.	Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances	8893
Section 3.08.	Survival	894
Section 3.09.	Designation of At Home III as Borrower’s Agent	894

ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL CREDIT EXTENSIONS		905

Section 4.01.	Conditions to Initial Credit Extensions	905
Section 4.02.	Conditions to All Credit Extensions	959

ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES		96100

Section 5.01.	Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws	96100
Section 5.02.	Authorization; No Contravention	96101
Section 5.03.	Governmental Authorization; other Consents	96101
Section 5.04.	Binding Effect	97101
Section 5.05.	Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect	97101
Section 5.06.	Litigation	97102
Section 5.07.	No Default	98102
Section 5.08.	Ownership of Property; Liens	98103
Section 5.09.	Environmental Compliance	98103
Section 5.10.	Taxes	99104
Section 5.11.	ERISA Compliance	99104
Section 5.12.	Subsidiaries; Equity Interests	1005
Section 5.13.	Margin Regulations; Investment Company Xxx	0000
Section 5.14.	Disclosure	1016
Section 5.15.	Compliance with Laws	1016
Section 5.16.	Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.	1026
Section 5.17.	~~[Reserved]~~Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions	1027
Section 5.18.	Solvency	1027
Section 5.19.	[Reserved]	1027
Section 5.20.	Labor Matters	1027
Section 5.21.	Perfection, Etc.	1027
Section 5.22.	Tax Shelter Regulations	1028
Section 5.23.	PATRIOT Xxx	0000

ARTICLE 6 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS		1038

Section 6.01.	Financial Statements	1038
Section 6.02.	Certificates; other Information	10410
Section 6.03.	Notices	10813
Section 6.04.	Payment of Obligations	10814
Section 6.05.	Preservation of Existence, Etc.	10914
Section 6.06.	Maintenance of Properties	10914
Section 6.07.	Maintenance of Insurance	10914
Section 6.08.	Compliance with Laws	1105
Section 6.09.	Books and Records	1105
Section 6.10.	Inspection Rights	1105
Section 6.11.	Use of Proceeds	1116
Section 6.12.	Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security	1117
Section 6.13.	Compliance with Environmental Laws	1149
Section 6.14.	Further Assurances	1149
Section 6.15.	Cash Management	11622

Section 6.16.	Physical Inventories	11823

ARTICLE 7 NEGATIVE COVENANTS		124

Section 7.01.	Liens	11924
Section 7.02.	Investments	1227
Section 7.03.	Indebtedness	12530
Section 7.04.	Fundamental Changes	12833
Section 7.05.	Dispositions	12934
Section 7.06.	Restricted Payments	1305
Section 7.07.	Change in Nature of Business	138
Section 7.08.	Transactions with Affiliates	138
Section 7.09.	Burdensome Agreements	1339
Section 7.10.	Use of Proceeds	1349
Section 7.11.	Financial Covenants	13440
Section 7.12.	Amendments of Organization Documents	13440
Section 7.13.	Accounting Changes	13440
Section 7.14.	Prepayments, Etc. of Indebtedness	140
Section 7.15.	Holding Company	13540
Section 7.16.	Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Processors	13541

ARTICLE 8 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES		141

Section 8.01.	Events of Default	141
Section 8.02.	Remedies upon Event of Default	13844
Section 8.03.	Right to Cure	144
Section 8.04.	Application of Funds	145

ARTICLE 9 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS		147

Section 9.01.	Appointment and Authorization of Agents	147
Section 9.02.	Delegation of Duties	149
Section 9.03.	Liability of Agents	149
Section 9.04.	Reliance by Agents	1439
Section 9.05.	Notice of Default	150
Section 9.06.	Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents	14350
Section 9.07.	Indemnification of Agents	151
Section 9.08.	Agents in their Individual Capacities	14551
Section 9.09.	Successor Agent	151
Section 9.10.	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim	152
Section 9.11.	Collateral and Guaranty Matters	14753
Section 9.12.	Secured Bank Product Agreements, Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements	14854
Section 9.13.	Other Agents; Arranger and Managers	155
Section 9.14.	Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents	14955

ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS		15056

Section 10.01.	Amendments, Etc.	15056
Section 10.02.	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications	158

Section 10.03.	Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement	160
Section 10.04.	Expenses and Taxes	15461
Section 10.05.	Indemnification by the Borrower	15561
Section 10.06.	Payments Set Aside	15662
Section 10.07.	Successors And Assigns	163
Section 10.08.	Confidentiality	1607
Section 10.09.	Setoff	1618
Section 10.10.	Interest Rate Limitation	1628
Section 10.11.	Counterparts	1629
Section 10.12.	Integration; Effectiveness	169
Section 10.13.	Survival of Representations and Warranties	1639
Section 10.14.	Severability	1639
Section 10.15.	Tax Forms	16370
Section 10.16.	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.	16672
Section 10.17.	WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY	16773
Section 10.18.	Binding Effect	174
Section 10.19.	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility	174
Section 10.20.	Affiliate Activities	16875
Section 10.21.	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain other Documents	16975
Section 10.22.	USA XXXXXXX XXX	00000
Section 10.23.	Press Releases	1676
Section 10.24.	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions	176
Section 10.25.	Keepwell	177

SCHEDULES

I Guarantors

E-1 Excluded Subsidiaries

2.1 Commitments and Pro Rata Shares

2.03 Existing Letters of Credit

5.05 Supplement to Interim Financial Statements

5.08(b) Owned Real Property

5.08(c) Leased Real Property

5.08(d) Other Locations of Tangible Personal Property

5.09 Environmental Matters

5.11(a) ERISA Compliance

5.11(d) Pension Plans

5.12 Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments

5.16 Intellectual Property Matters

5.17(b) Credit Card Arrangements

5.20 Labor Matters

6.02 Collateral Reports

~~6.14(b)~~ ~~Mortgaged Properties~~

7.1 Existing Liens

7.2 Existing Investments

7.3 Permitted Surviving Debt

7.08 Transactions with Affiliates

10.02 Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

Form of

A Committed Loan Notice

B Swing Line Loan Notice

C Note

D Compliance Certificate

E-1 Assignment and Assumption

E-2 Administrative Questionnaire

F Borrowing Base Certificate

G-1 Holdings Guaranty

G-2 Subsidiary Guaranty

H Security Agreement

I ~~Form of Mortgage~~[Reserved]

J Intellectual Property Security Agreement

K-1 Opinion Matters — Counsel to Loan Parties

K-2 Opinion Matters — Local Counsel to Loan Parties

L Credit Card Notification

CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on October 5, 2011 among AT HOME HOLDING III INC. (formerly known as GRD Holding III Corporation), a Delaware corporation, and AT HOME STORES LLC (as successor in interest to Garden Ridge, L.P.), a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Borrower” and each individually, a “Borrower”), AT HOME HOLDING II INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each Guarantor from time to time party hereto, the each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED and ~~UBS SECURITIES LLC~~WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, ~~UBS SECURITIES LLC and~~ XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

A. Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2011 (the “Acquisition Agreement”), among Garden Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the sellers named therein (the “Sellers”), and the Borrower, the Borrower will acquire (in part directly and in part through an indirect contribution of rollover equity by the Sellers to the Borrower, as contemplated by the contribution agreement referred to in the Acquisition Agreement) 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company (the “Acquisition”) in accordance with the terms thereof.

B. The Borrower will enter into the Term Loan Facility(1).

C. Holdings or the Borrower will obtain $85 million of junior financing pursuant to the Mezzanine Facility.(2)

D. Borrower has requested that, immediately upon the satisfaction in full of the conditions precedent set forth in Article 4 below, the Lenders make available to the Borrower a revolving credit facility for the making of revolving loans and the issuance of letters of credit for the account of the Borrower, from time to time.

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

(1) As defined in this Agreement prior to giving effect to the Fourth Amendment.

(2) As defined in this Agreement prior to giving effect to the First Amendment.

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.01. Defined Terms.

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

“ABL Priority Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Acceptable Credit Card Processor” means any major credit or debit card processor (including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, and other processors reasonably acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion).

“Acceptable Document of Title” means, with respect to any Inventory, a xxxx of lading or other Document (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) that (a) is issued by a common carrier which is not an Affiliate of any Loan Party which is in actual possession of such Inventory, (b) is issued to the order of the Borrower or Procurement Company, as applicable, or, if so requested by the Administrative Agent, to the order of the Administrative Agent, (c) names the Administrative Agent as a notify party and bears a conspicuous notation on its face of the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein, (d) is not subject to any Lien (other than in favor of the Administrative Agent or a Term Loan Agent), and (e) is on terms otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

“Account” means “accounts” or “payment intangibles” (each as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), and also means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (a) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered or (c) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.

“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.

“Acquisition” as defined in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.

“Acquisition Agreement” as defined in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.

~~“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.~~

“Adjustment Date” means the first day of each ~~Fiscal Quarter~~fiscal quarter, commencing at the end of the first full ~~Fiscal Quarter~~fiscal quarter after the Closing Date.

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

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

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit E-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control

with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

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

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

“Agents” means, collectively, Bank of America, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent.

“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders. The Aggregate Commitment of all Lenders shall be $21350,000,000 on the ~~Fifth~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.

“Anticipated Cure Deadline” has the meaning specified in Section 8.03(c).

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (b) the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, as amended; and (c) any other anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, regulations or ordinances in any jurisdiction in which a Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof is located or doing business.

“Applicable Rate” means:

(a) From and after the ~~Third~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date until the first Adjustment Date occurring after the first full fiscal quarter following the ~~Third~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the percentages set forth in Level III of the pricing grid below; and

(b) From and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after the first full fiscal quarter following the ~~Third~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date and on each Adjustment Date thereafter, the Applicable Rate shall be determined from the following pricing grid based upon the Average Daily Availability for the most recent fiscal quarter ended immediately preceding such Adjustment Date; provided that, until the first Adjustment Date occurring after first full fiscal quarter ending after the ~~Third~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the Applicable Rate shall be established at Level III (even if the Average Daily Availability for Level III has been met); provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, immediately increase the Applicable Rate to that set forth in Level I (even if the Average Daily Availability requirements for a different Level have been met); provided further that, if any Borrowing Base Certificates are at any time restated or otherwise revised (including as a result of an audit) or if the information set forth in any Borrowing Base

Certificates otherwise proves to be false or incorrect such that the Applicable Rate would have been higher than was otherwise in effect during any period, without constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default arising as a result thereof, interest due under this Agreement shall be immediately recalculated at such higher rate for any applicable periods and shall be due and payable on demand.

Applicable Rate

Pricing Level	Average Daily Availability	Eurodollar Rate and Letters of Credit		Base Rate
I	Less than or equal to $35100,000,000	1.75	%	0.75	%
II	Greater than $35100,000,000 but less than or equal to $8150,000,000	1.50	%	0.50	%
III	Greater than $8150,000,000	1.25	%	0.25	%

“Appraisal Percentage” means 90%; provided during the period beginning August 15 and ending on November 30 of each year, Appraisal Percentage shall mean 92.5%.

“Appraised Value” means the appraised orderly liquidation value, net of costs and expenses to be incurred in connection with any such liquidation, which value is expressed as a percentage of Cost of Eligible Inventory as set forth in the Inventory stock ledger of the Borrower or Procurement Company, as applicable, which value shall be determined from time to time by reference to the most recent appraisal undertaken by an independent appraiser engaged by the Administrative Agent.

“Approved Domestic Bank” has the meaning specified in clause (b) of the definition of “Cash Equivalents”.

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

“Arrangers” means each of Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, and ~~UBS Securities~~Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in their capacities as exclusive lead arrangers and bookrunners.

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

“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1.

“At Home III” means At Home Holding III Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2012 and the related consolidated statement of income or operations and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

“Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).

“Availability” means, as of any date of determination thereof by the Administrative Agent, the result, if a positive number, of:

(a) the Loan Cap

minus

(b) the Total Outstandings.

In calculating Availability at any time and for any purpose under this Agreement, the Borrower shall certify to the Administrative Agent that all accounts payable and Taxes are being paid on a timely basis.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the Commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.

“Availability Reserves” means, without duplication of any other Reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria or in the determination of Appraised Value, such Reserves as the Administrative Agent from time to time determines in its Permitted Discretion as being appropriate (a) to reflect the impediments to the Agents’ ability to realize upon the Collateral, (b) to reflect claims and liabilities that the Administrative Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon the Collateral, (c) to reflect criteria, events, conditions, contingencies or risks which adversely affect any component of the Borrowing Base or the assets, business, financial performance or financial condition of any Loan Party, (d) to reflect that a Default or an Event of Default then exists or (e) to reflect any restrictions in the Term Loan Documents on the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Loan Parties, but only to the extent that such restrictions reduce, or with the passage of time could reduce, the amounts available to be borrowed hereunder in order for the Loan Parties to comply with the Term Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Availability Reserves

may include, in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion, (but are not limited to) Reserves based on: (i~~) (A~~) rent (not to exceed two months rent for each location plus any past due rent) (A) for any Store locations and (B) for each distribution center leased by a Loan Party unless, in each case, the applicable lessor has delivered to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, a Collateral Access Agreement; (ii) customs duties, and other costs to release Inventory which is being imported into the United States; (iii) outstanding Taxes and other governmental charges, including, without limitation, ad valorem, real estate, personal property, sales, claims of the PBGC and other Taxes which may have priority over the interests of the Administrative Agent in any Collateral; (iv) salaries, wages, vacation pay and benefits due and owing to employees of any Loan Party, (v) Customer Credit Liabilities, (vi) customer deposits, (~~viii~~vii) Reserves for reasonably anticipated changes in the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory between appraisals, (viii) warehousemen’s, carrier’s or bailee’s charges ~~and other Permitted Encumbrances~~ which may have priority over the interests of the Administrative Agent in any Collateral, (ix) amounts due to vendors on account of consigned goods, and (x) at any time that Availability is less than 25.0% of the Loan Cap, Reserves to reflect the reasonably anticipated liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to any Secured Bank Product Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement then provided or outstanding. The amount of any Reserve established by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter which is the basis for such Reserve.

“Average Daily Availability” means the average daily Availability for the immediately preceding ~~Fiscal Quarter~~fiscal quarter.

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

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

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

“Bank Product Agreement” means any agreement relating to services of facilities provided on account of (a) purchase cards, (b) leasing, (c) factoring, and (d) supply chain finance services (including, without limitation, trade payable services and supplier accounts receivable purchases), but excluding any Cash Management Agreement.

“Bank Product Provider” means any Person that (i) at the time it enters into a Bank Product Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) is, as of the Closing Date, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Bank Product Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Bank Product Agreement.

“Bankers’ Acceptance” means a time draft or xxxx of exchange or other deferred payment obligation relating to a commercial Letter of Credit which has been accepted by the L/C Issuer.

“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds 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”, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1%. 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.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

“Blocked Account” has the meaning provided in Section 6.15(b).

“Blocked Account Agreement” means, with respect to an account established by a Loan Party, an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, establishing control (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) of such Blocked Account by the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of itself and the other Secured Parties) and whereby the bank maintaining such account agrees, during a Cash Dominion Trigger Period, to comply only with the instructions originated by the Administrative Agent without the further consent of any Loan Party.

“Blocked Account Bank” means each bank with whom deposit accounts are maintained in which any funds of any of the Loan Parties from one or more DDAs are concentrated and with whom a Blocked Account Agreement has been, or is required to be, executed in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

~~“Borrower Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14(b)(iii).~~

“Borrower Parties” means the collective reference to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and “Borrower Party” means any one of them.

“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Borrowing Base” means, at any time of calculation, an amount equal to:

(a) the face amount of Eligible Credit Card Receivables multiplied by the Credit Card Advance Rate;

plus

(b) the Cost of Eligible Inventory, net of Inventory Reserves, multiplied by the product of Appraisal Percentage multiplied by the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory;

plus

(c) at any time other than during a Cash Dominion Trigger Period, the lesser of (x) 100% of Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral and (y) $20,000,000;

minus

(d) without duplication, the then amount of all Availability Reserves.

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto (with such changes therein as may be required by the Agent to reflect the components of and reserves against the Borrowing Base as provided for hereunder from time to time), executed and certified as accurate and complete by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower which shall include appropriate exhibits, schedules, supporting documentation, and additional reports as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

“Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral” means cash that is unrestricted and in the Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral Account.

“Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral Account” means a segregated deposit account in the name of the Borrower subject to a Blocked Account Agreement, in which only Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral shall be deposited.

“Borrowing Base Reporting Recovery Event” shall mean Availability is at least the greater of (i) $18,750,000 and (ii) 12.5% of the Loan Cap for thirty (30) consecutive days and no Event of Default is outstanding during such thirty (30) day period.

“Borrowing Base Reporting Trigger Event” means either (i) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (ii) the failure of the Borrower to maintain Availability of at least the greater of (x) $18,750,000, and (y) 12.5% of the Loan Cap for five (5) consecutive days.

“Borrowing Base Reporting Trigger Period” shall mean the period after a Borrowing Base Reporting Trigger Event and prior to a Borrowing Base Reporting Recovery Event.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.

“Capital Expenditures” means, as of any date for the applicable period then ended, all capital expenditures of the Borrower Parties on a consolidated basis for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

“Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked, non-interest bearing deposit account at Bank of America in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Obligations in

respect of Swing Line Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender (as applicable). “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“Cash Dominion Recovery Event” shall mean Availability is at least the greater of (i) $15,000,000 and (ii) 10.0% of the Loan Cap for thirty (30) consecutive days and no Event of Default is outstanding during such thirty (30) day period; provided that for the purposes of Section 6.15 a Cash Dominion Trigger Event may be discontinued only two (2) times in any twelve (12) month period, and the termination of a Cash Dominion Trigger Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Cash Dominion Trigger Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Cash Dominion Trigger Event” means either (i) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (ii) the failure of the Borrower to maintain Availability of at least the greater of (x) $105,000,000, and (y) 120.50% of the Loan Cap for five (5) consecutive ~~days, or (iii) Availability is less than $7,500,000 at any time~~Business Days.

“Cash Dominion Recovery Event” shall mean Availability is at least the greater of (i) $10,000,000 and (ii) 12.5% of the Loan Cap for thirty (30) consecutive days and no default is outstanding during such thirty (30) day period; provided that for the purposes of Section 6.15 a Cash Dominion Trigger Event may be discontinued only two (2) times in any twelve month period, and the termination of a Cash Dominion Trigger Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Cash Dominion Trigger Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Cash Dominion Trigger Period” shall mean the period after a Cash Dominion Trigger Event and prior to a Cash Dominion Recovery Event.

“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

(a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than twenty four months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided, that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof;

(b) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated at least P-1 (or the then equivalent grade) by Xxxxx’x or

at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade by S&P), and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000 (any such bank being an “Approved Domestic Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than three hundred and sixty (360) days from the date of acquisition thereof;

(c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Domestic Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate note issued by, or guaranteed by a domestic corporation rated A -1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P -1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Xxxxx’x, in each case with maturities of not more than three hundred and sixty (360) days from the date of acquisition thereof;

(d) marketable short-term money market and similar funds (including such funds investing a portion of their assets in municipal securities) having a rating of at least P-1 or A-1 from either Xxxxx’x or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Xxxxx’x nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower);

(e) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations;

(f) 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, which are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000, and the portfolios of which are limited such that at least 95% of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), through (e) of this definition;

(g) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types (including as to credit quality and maturity) described in clauses (a) through (f) above; and

(h) solely with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary, (x) such local currencies in those countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary transacts business from time to time in the ordinary course of business and (y) investments of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (g) customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates for short term cash management purposes.

“Cash Interest Charges” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Borrower Parties on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Interest Charges that have been paid or are payable in cash during such period net of cash interest income.

“Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements to any Loan Party.

“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that (i) at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) is, as of the Closing Date, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Cash Management Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any casualty insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any asset, including but not limited to Inventory, equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon).

“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of:

(a) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Security Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than the Permitted Holders, shall have the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings or, after a Consolidating Merger, the Consolidated Entity; or

(b) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) other than one or more Permitted Holders; or

(c) any “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) in any document pertaining to the Term Loan Facilities or any Senior Secured Debt in each case with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or

(d) other than in the case of a Consolidating Merger, At Home III shall cease to be a wholly owned Subsidiary of Holdings.

“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Article 4 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Article 4.

“Closing Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(e).

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Collateral” means all of the “Collateral” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property and assets that are or are required under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“Collateral Access Agreement” means an agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent executed by (a) a bailee or other Person in possession of Collateral, and (b) any landlord of real property leased by any Loan Party, pursuant to which such Person (i) acknowledges the Administrative Agent’s Lien on the Collateral, (ii) releases or subordinates such Person’s Liens in the Collateral held by such Person or located on such real property, (iii) provides the Administrative Agent with access to the Collateral held by such bailee or other Person or located in or on such real property, (iv) as to any landlord, provides the Administrative Agent with a reasonable time to sell and dispose of the Collateral from such real property, and (v) makes such other agreements with the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, ~~the Mortgages,~~ each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, IP Security Agreement Supplements, the Blocked Account Agreements, the Credit Card Notifications, security agreements, pledge agreements, control agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.12, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Commitment Fee” means 0.25% per annum.

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

~~“Commitment Fee” means 0.25% per annum~~

“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.

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements.

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

“Concentration Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.15(d).

“Consolidated Cash EBITDA” has the meaning specified in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

“Consolidated Cash Taxes” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Borrower Parties on a consolidated basis, the aggregate of all income, franchise and similar taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent the same are payable in cash with respect to such period.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Consolidated Net Income, plus (b) an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been deducted for, without duplication,

(i) total interest expense determined in accordance with GAAP (including, to the extent deducted and not added back in computing Consolidated Net Income, (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments, (d) the interest component of Capitalized Leases, (e) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received) pursuant to interest rate Swap Contracts with respect to Indebtedness, (f) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, and (g) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees) and, to the extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging obligations,

(ii) provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, federal, state, franchise and similar taxes (such as Delaware franchise tax, Pennsylvania capital tax or Texas margin tax) and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations,

(iii) depreciation and amortization expense (including amortization of intangible assets),

(iv) non-cash expenses resulting from any employee benefit or management compensation plan or the grant of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs to employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a written plan or agreement or the treatment of such options under variable plan accounting,

(v) any costs or expenses incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Holdings or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings (other than Disqualified Equity Interests),

(vi) all extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual charges,

(vii) costs and expenses in connection with store openings; provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (vii) ~~when added to the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to clauses (ix), (xix) and (xxi) below,~~ shall not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (vii) ~~or clauses (ix), (xix) and (xxi) below~~),

(viii) cash expenses and employee bonuses incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of, the Transaction,

(ix) cash restructuring charges or reserves and business optimization expense, including any restructuring costs and integration costs incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions after the Closing Date, project start-up costs, costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, retention charges, contract termination costs, recruiting, retention, relocation, severance and signing bonuses and expenses, transaction fees and expenses (including those in connection with, to the extent permitted hereunder, any Investment, any Debt Issuance, any Equity Issuance, any Disposition, or any Casualty Event, in each case, whether or not consummated), systems establishment costs, conversion costs and excess pension charges, consulting fees and any one-time expense relating to enhanced accounting function, or costs associated with becoming a public company or any other costs (including legal services costs) incurred in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (ix) when added to the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to clause (~~vii) above and clause (~~xix) below, shall not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (ix) ~~or clause (vii) above~~ or clause (xix) below);

(x) any losses (or minus any gains) realized upon the disposition of property outside of the ordinary course of business,

(xi) any (x) expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment, Permitted Acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement or (y) expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption covered by insurance, in each case to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that reasonable evidence exists that such indemnification or reimbursement will be made, and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable indemnifying party, obligor or insurer in writing and (B) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within eighteen (18) months of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such eighteen (18) months),

(xii) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied in writing by the applicable insurer and (B) in fact reimbursed within ~~365~~three hundred and sixty-five (365) days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such ~~365~~three hundred and sixty-five (365) days), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption,

(xiii) management fees permitted under Section 7.08(d),

(xiv) any non-cash purchase accounting adjustment and any step-ups with respect to re-valuing assets and liabilities in connection with the Transaction or any Investment permitted under Section 7.02,

(xv) non cash-losses from Joint Ventures and non-cash minority interest reductions,

(xvi) fees and expenses in connection with the exchanges or refinancings permitted by Section 7.14,

(xvii) expenses representing the implied principal component under Synthetic Lease Obligations,

(xviii) other expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period,

(xix) the amount of net cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and acquisition synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized during such period (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such items had been realized on the first day of such period) as a result of actions taken or to be taken in connection with the Transaction, any acquisition or disposition by the

Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any operational changes (including, without limitation, operational changes arising out of the modification of contractual arrangements (including, without limitation, renegotiation of lease agreements, utilities and logistics contracts and insurance policies, as well as purchases of leased real properties)) or headcount reductions, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period that are otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA from such actions, provided that (A) a duly completed certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent together with the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02, certifying that (x) such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are reasonably expected and factually supportable as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and (y) such actions are to be taken within (I) in the case of any such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies in connection with the Transaction, twelve (12) months after the Closing Date and (II) in all other cases, within twelve (12) months after the consummation of the acquisition or disposition, which is expected to result in such cost savings, expense reductions or synergies, (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (xix) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added to Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period, (C) to the extent that any cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are not associated with the Transaction, all steps shall have been taken for realizing such savings, (D) projected amounts (and not yet realized) may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (xix) to the extent occurring more than four (4) full fiscal quarters after the specified action taken in order to realize such projected cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies and (E) the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (xix), when added to the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to ~~clauses (vii) and~~clause (ix) above, shall not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (xix) or ~~clauses (vii) or~~clause (ix) above),

(xx) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (xx) shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any four (4) fiscal quarter period, and

(xxi) costs of surety bonds incurred in such period in connection with financing activities; provided that the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to this clause (xxi) when added to the aggregate amount of add backs made pursuant to ~~clauses (vii),~~clause (ix) and (xix) above, shall not exceed an amount equal to 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently

ended prior to the determination date (without giving effect to any adjustments pursuant to this clause (xxi) or clauses ~~(vii),~~ (ix) and (xix) above), minus

(i) all extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains and non cash income during such period, and

(ii) any gains realized upon the disposition of property outside of the ordinary course of business, plus/minus

(d) unrealized losses/gains in respect of Swap Contracts, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, minus

(e) the amount of Restricted Payments made in reliance on Sections 7.06(e)(i), 7.06(e)(ii), Section 7.06(e)(vii) or 7.06(h) (except to the extent that (x) the amount paid with such Restricted Payments by Holdings would not, if the respective expense or other item had been incurred directly by the Borrower, have reduced Consolidated EBITDA determined in accordance with this definition or (y) such Restricted Payment is paid by the Borrower in respect of an expense or other item that has resulted in, or will result in, a reduction of Consolidated EBITDA, as calculated pursuant to this definition).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Swap Contracts or (iii) other derivative instruments.

“Consolidated Entity” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidating Merger.”

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus (ii) all Consolidated Cash Taxes, minus (iii) Unfinanced Capital Expenditures made during such period to (b) the sum of all Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments of the Borrower Parties for the most recently completed Measurement Period, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but (x) excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition and (y) any Indebtedness that is issued at a discount to its initial principal amount shall be calculated based on the entire principal amount thereof), excluding (i) net obligations under any Swap Contract, (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of the applicable Person and is expected to be paid in a fiscal quarter immediately following the date of

determination of the Consolidated Funded Indebtedness, (iii) any deferred compensation arrangements, or (iv) any non-compete or consulting obligations incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, or (v) obligations in respect of letters of credit, except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts thereunder; provided that any unreimbursed amount under commercial letters of credit shall not be counted as Consolidated Funded Indebtedness until three (3) Business Days after such amount is drawn. The amount of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness for which recourse is limited either to a specified amount or to an identified asset of such Person shall be deemed to be equal to such specified amount (or, if less, the fair market value of such identified asset).

“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, interest expense (including the amortization of debt discount and premium, the interest component under Capitalized Leases and the implied interest component under Synthetic Lease Obligations, but excluding, to the extent included in interest expense, (i) fees and expenses associated with the consummation of the Transaction, (ii) annual agency fees paid to the Administrative Agent or to a Term Loan Agent, (iii) costs associated with obtaining Swap Contracts and (iv) fees and expenses associated with any Investment permitted under Section 7.02, Equity Issuance or Debt Issuance (whether or not consummated)), as determined in accordance with GAAP, to the extent the same are payable in cash with respect to such period.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, net income (excluding, without duplication, (i) extraordinary items, (ii) any amounts attributable to Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture to the extent that either (x) such amounts have not been distributed in cash to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the applicable period, (y) such amounts were not earned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture during the applicable period or (z) there exists in respect of any future period any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture to pay dividends or make any other distributions in cash on the Equity Interests of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) the cumulative effect of foreign currency translations during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (iv) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent required for any calculation of Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis) and (v) net income of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party) for any period to the extent that, during such period, there exists any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of such Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distributions in cash on the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent that such net income is distributed in cash during such period to such Person or to a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not itself subject to any such encumbrance or restriction) as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means, as of any date for the applicable period ending on such date with respect to the Borrower Parties on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Cash Interest Charges during such period plus (b) all scheduled payments of

principal (and with respect to any Term Loan, as such payments may be adjusted in accordance with the applicable Term Loan Documents as a result of any prepayment of the Term Loans) during such period on Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that constitutes Funded Debt (including the implied principal component of payments due on Capitalized Leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations during such period), as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidating Merger” means a merger of any combination of At Home III, Holdings, and At Home Group Inc. (formerly known as GRD Holding I Corporation), a Delaware corporation, into a single entity (the “Consolidated Entity”) in contemplation of an issuance by the Consolidated Entity of its common Equity Interests in a public offering; provided that (i) upon any Consolidating Merger involving (x) At Home III, references to the “Borrower” in this Agreement shall mean the Consolidated Entity and/or At Home Stores LLC, as applicable, and (y) Holdings, references to “Holdings” in this Agreement shall, to the extent applicable, mean the Consolidated Entity, and to the extent not applicable, be disregarded; (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Article 5, to the extent applicable, shall be true with respect to the Consolidated Entity; (iii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Consolidating Merger, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iv) upon request by the Administrative Agent, At Home III and Holdings shall deliver such certifications, certificates, joinders, agreements, financial information, or opinions of counsel, that the Administrative Agent deems necessary to confirm (x) the continuing validity and perfection of the Secured Parties’ security interests in the Collateral and (y) the enforceability of the Loan Documents.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

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

“Cost” means the lower of cost or market value of Inventory, based upon the Borrower’s accounting practices, known to the Administrative Agent, which practices are in effect on the Closing Date as such calculated cost is determined from invoices received by the Borrower or Procurement Company, as applicable, the Borrower’s or Procurement Company’s purchase journals or the Borrower’s or Procurement Company’s stock ledger. “Cost” does not include Inventory capitalization costs, other non- purchase price charges (such as freight) used in the Borrower’s calculation of cost of goods sold or any costs related to the transfer of Inventory between Procurement Company and the Borrower.

“Covenant Recovery Event” shall mean Availability is at least the greater of (i) $15,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the Loan Cap for thirty (30) consecutive days and no Event of Default is outstanding during such thirty (30) day period.

“Covenant Trigger Event” means either (i) the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default, or (ii) the failure of the Borrower to maintain Availability of at least the greater of (x) $105,000,000, and (y) 10% of the Loan Cap.

“Covenant Recovery Event” shall mean Availability is at least the greater of (i) $10,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the Loan Cap for thirty (30) consecutive days and no Default is outstanding during such thirty (30) day period.

“Covenant Trigger Period” shall mean the period after a Covenant Trigger Event and prior to a Covenant Recovery Event.

“Credit Card Advance Rate” means 90%.

“Credit Card Notifications” has the meaning provided in Section 6.15(a).

“Credit Card Receivables” means each ~~Account~~”payment intangible” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), together with all income, payments and proceeds thereof, owed by an Acceptable Credit Card Processor to the Borrower resulting from charges by a customer of the Borrower on credit or debit cards issued by such Acceptable Credit Card Processor in connection with the sale of goods by the Borrower, or services performed by the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of its business.

“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

“Cure Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 8.03.

“Cure Right” has the meaning provided in Section 8.03.

“Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person, all assets of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as current assets on the balance sheet of a company conducting a business the same as or similar to that of such Person, after deducting appropriate and adequate reserves therefrom in each case in which a reserve is proper in accordance with GAAP.

“Customer Credit Liabilities” means at any time, the aggregate remaining value at such time of (a) outstanding gift certificates and gift cards of the Borrower or Procurement Company entitling the holder thereof to use all or a portion of the certificate or gift card to pay all or a portion of the purchase price for any Inventory, and (b) outstanding merchandise credits of the Borrower or Procurement Company.

“Customs Broker/Carrier Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent among the Borrower (or Procurement Company, as applicable), a customs broker, freight forwarder, consolidator, or carrier, and the Administrative Agent, in which the customs broker, freight forwarder, consolidator, or carrier acknowledges that it has control over and holds the documents evidencing ownership of the subject Inventory for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and agrees, upon notice from the Administrative Agent, to hold and dispose of the subject Inventory solely as directed by the Administrative Agent.

“DDA” means each checking, savings or other demand deposit account maintained by any of the Loan Parties, other than any such account used solely for payroll, taxes, pension, medical and other ERISA benefit funds. All funds in each DDA shall be conclusively presumed to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral and the Agents and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to the source of the amounts on deposit in any DDA.

“Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness for borrowed money.

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

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

“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder plus (c) 2.0% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16, any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans within ~~three~~two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements generally in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within ~~three~~two (2) Business Days after reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action, (iii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (~~iii~~iv) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall

not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of any property by any Person (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of such 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; provided, however, that “Disposition” and “Dispose” shall not be deemed to include any issuance by Holdings of any of its Equity Interests to another Person.

“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, 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 Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligations or otherwise (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 Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety -one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or if its Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

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

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any other Subsidiary that is not a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code.

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

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

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.07(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.07(b)(iii)); provided that, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any natural person, any Permitted Holder or any Affiliate of a Permitted Investor.

“Eligible Credit Card Receivables” means at the time of any determination thereof, each Credit Card Receivable that satisfies the following criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet the same at the time of such determination: such Credit Card Receivable (i) has been earned by performance and represents the bona fide amounts due to the Borrower from an Acceptable Credit Card Processor or a credit card payment processor, and in each case originated in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, and (ii) is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through (ji) below. Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an Eligible Credit Card Receivable, an Account shall indicate no Person other than the Borrower as payee or remittance party. In determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of an Account shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that the Borrower may be obligated to rebate to a customer, a credit card payment processor, or Acceptable Credit Card Processor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the Borrower to reduce the amount of such Credit Card Receivable. Except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, any Credit Card Receivable included within any of the following categories shall not constitute an Eligible Credit Card Receivable:

(a) Credit Card Receivables which do not constitute an Account;

(b) Credit Card Receivables that have been outstanding for more than five (5) Business Days from the date of sale;

(c) Credit Card Receivables (i) that are not subject to a perfected first-priority security interest and Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, or (ii) with respect to which the Borrower does not have good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any Lien (other than Liens granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and Permitted Liens);

(d) Credit Card Receivables which are disputed, are with recourse, or with respect to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted (to the extent of such claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback);

(e) Credit Card Receivables with respect to which the Acceptable Credit Card Processor has recourse to the Borrower in the event of non-payment by the holder of the applicable credit card;

(f) Credit Card Receivables due from an issuer or payment processor of the applicable Credit Card which is the subject of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;

(g) Credit Card Receivables which are not a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the applicable credit card issuer with respect thereto;

(h) Credit Card Receivables which do not conform in all material respects to all representations, warranties or other provisions in the Loan Documents relating to Credit Card Receivables; or

(i) ~~(j)~~ ) Credit Card Receivables which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion to be uncertain of collection or which do not meet such other reasonable eligibility criteria for Credit Card Receivables as the Administrative Agent may determine; provided that, the Administrative Agent may not change any of the eligibility criteria for Eligible Credit Card Receivables unless the Borrower is given at least three (3) days prior written notice of the implementation of such change and, upon delivery of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed change with the Borrower to afford the Borrower an opportunity to take such action as may be required so that the event condition or circumstance that is a basis for such Reserve no longer exists in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

“Eligible In-Transit Inventory” means, as of any date of determination thereof, without duplication of other Eligible Inventory, In-Transit Inventory:

(a) Which has been shipped from a foreign location for receipt by the Borrower or Procurement Company, but which has not yet been delivered to the Borrower or Procurement Company, which In-Transit Inventory has been in transit for forty-five (45) days or less from the date of shipment of such Inventory;

(b) For which the purchase order is in the name of the Borrower or Procurement Company and title and risk of loss has passed to the Borrower or Procurement Company;

(c) For which an Acceptable Document of Title has been issued, and as to which the Administrative Agent has control (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) over the documents of title which evidence ownership of the subject Inventory;

(d) For which, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent has received a Customs Broker/Carrier Agreement;

(e) Which is insured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent (including, without limitation, marine cargo insurance);

(f) For which payment of the purchase price has been made by the Borrower or Procurement Company or the purchase price is supported by a ~~Commercial~~commercial Letter of Credit, unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees; and

(g) Which otherwise would constitute Eligible Inventory (except with respect to the requirements in clause (c) of the definition thereof);

provided that, the Administrative Agent may, in its Permitted Discretion, exclude any particular Inventory from the definition of “Eligible In-Transit Inventory” in the event (i) the Administrative Agent determines that such Inventory is subject to any Person’s right of reclamation, repudiation, stoppage in transit or (ii) any event has occurred or is reasonably anticipated by the Agent to arise which may otherwise adversely impact the value of such Inventory or the ability of the Administrative Agent to realize upon such Inventory; provided further that, in the case of clause (ii) hereof, the Administrative Agent shall give at least three (3) days prior written notice of the implementation of the exclusion of any particular Inventory from the definition of “Eligible In-Transit Inventory” (and, upon delivery of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed change with the Borrower to

afford the Borrower an opportunity to take such action as may be required so that the event condition or circumstance that is a basis for such exclusion no longer exists in the manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion).

“Eligible Inventory” means, as of the date of determination thereof, without duplication, (i) Eligible In-Transit Inventory (provided that, in no event shall Eligible In-Transit Inventory included in Eligible Inventory exceed 20% of the Eligible Inventory included in the Borrowing Base), and (ii) items of Inventory of the Borrower and Procurement Company that are finished goods, merchantable and readily saleable to the public in the ordinary course of business, in each case that, (A) comply in all material respects with each of the representations and warranties respecting Inventory made by the Borrower and Procurement Company in the Loan Documents, and (B) are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the criteria set forth below. The following items of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory:

(a) Inventory that is not solely owned by the Borrower or Procurement Company or the Borrower or Procurement Company does not have good, marketable and valid title thereto;

(b) Inventory that is leased by or is on consignment to the Borrower or Procurement Company or which is consigned by the Borrower or Procurement Company to a Person which is not a Loan Party;

(c) Inventory that is not located in the United States of America (excluding territories or possessions of the United States) either (i) at a location that is owned or leased by the Borrower or Procurement Company, except Inventory in transit between such owned or leased locations or (ii) in-transit from a domestic location for receipt by the Borrower or Procurement Company at a domestic location that is owned or leased by the Borrower or Procurement Company within twenty-one (21) days of the date of shipment, which Inventory is fully insured (as required by this Agreement) for Cost of such Inventory and with respect to which the title has passed to the Borrower or Procurement Company;

(d) Inventory that is comprised of goods which (i) are damaged, defective, “seconds,” or otherwise unmerchantable, (ii) are to be returned to the vendor, (iii) are obsolete or slow moving, or custom items, work-in-process, raw materials, or that constitute, spare parts, promotional, marketing, packaging and shipping materials or supplies used or consumed in the Borrower’s or Procurement Company’s business, (iv) are seasonal in nature and which have been packed away for sale in the subsequent season, (v) are not in compliance with all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Inventory, its use or sale, or (vi) are xxxx and hold goods;

(e) Inventory that is not subject to a perfected first-priority security interest and Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;

(f) Inventory that consists of samples, labels, bags, and other similar non-merchandise categories;

(g) Inventory that is not insured in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.07 hereof;

(h) Inventory that has been sold but not yet delivered;

(i) Inventory that is subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreement with any third party which would require the payment of fees or royalties to, or the consent of, the licensor under such agreement for any sale or other disposition of such Inventory by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have determined in

its Permitted Discretion that it cannot sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory in accordance with Article 8 without violating any such licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreement;

(j) [reserved];

(k) Inventory acquired in a Permitted Acquisition and which is not of the type usually sold in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s and Procurement Company’s business, unless and until the Administrative Agent has completed or received (A) an appraisal of such Inventory from appraisers satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and establishes Inventory Reserves (if applicable) therefor, and otherwise agrees that such Inventory shall be deemed Eligible Inventory, and (B) such other due diligence as the Administrative Agent may require, all of the results of the foregoing to be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; or

(l) Inventory which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion does not meet such other reasonable eligibility criteria for Inventory as the Administrative Agent may determine; provided that, the Administrative Agent may not change any of the eligibility criteria for Eligible Inventory unless the Borrower is given at least three (3) days prior written notice of the implementation of such change and, upon delivery of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed change with the Borrower to afford the Borrower an opportunity to take such action as may be required so that the event condition or circumstance that is a basis for such Reserve no longer exists in the manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Laws, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, licenses, or governmental restrictions, in each case relating to pollution or the protection of the environment or the release into the environment of, or exposure to, any pollutant, contaminant or toxic or hazardous substance or waste, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, (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 action, suit, investigation or proceeding, or contract, agreement or other binding consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

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

“Equity Contribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(l).

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities).

“Equity Issuance” means any issuance for cash by any Person to any other Person of (a) its Equity Interests, (b) any of its Equity Interests pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants, (c)

any of its Equity Interests pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity or (d) any options or warrants relating to its Equity Interests.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code).

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan or the receipt by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice relating to the intent to terminate such plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is or is reasonably expected to be considered an “at-risk plan” or a plan in “endangered status” or “critical status” within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA, as applicable; (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; (i) the conditions for the imposition of a lien under Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been or are reasonably expected to be met with respect to any Pension Plan; (j) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) with respect to a Pension Plan, whether or not waived; (k) the filing pursuant to Section 431 of the Code or Section 304(d) of ERISA of an application for the extension of any amortization period; (l) the failure to timely make a contribution required to be made with respect to any Pension Plan; (m) the filing pursuant to Section 302(c) of ERISA or Section 412(c) of the Code of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan or (n) the occurrence of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” with respect to which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates is a “disqualified person” (each within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code).

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

“Eurodollar Rate” means:

(a) ~~(f)~~ for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

Eurodollar Rate =		Eurodollar Base Rate
Eurodollar Rate =		1.00 – Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

where,

“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to (i) the Ice Benchmark Administration Limited LIBOR Rate (“LIBOR”) or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as 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) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, or (ii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and

(b) ~~(g)~~ for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

Eurodollar Rate =		Eurodollar Base Rate
Eurodollar Rate =		1.00 – Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

where,

“Eurodollar Base Rate” means the rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, determined two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one (1) month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one (1) month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.

In no event shall the Eurodollar Rate be less than zero.

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

“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the

FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental, marginal or other reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

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

~~“Evidence of Flood Insurance” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14(b)(iii).~~

“Excluded Real Property” means (a) any real property subject to a Lien listed on Schedule 7.01, (b) any other Material Real Property subject to a (w) capital lease, (x) purchase money mortgage or other Lien in accordance with Section 7.01(i), (y) Liens incurred in accordance with Section 7.01(ee), or, (z) in the case of any after-acquired Material Real Property, pre-existing secured Indebtedness, in each case permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.01 and Section 7.03 of this Agreement or (c) any other Material Real Property subject to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction or reasonably anticipated to be subject to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction within 90 days after either (A) the Fourth Amendment Effective Date or (B), in the case of after-acquired Material Real Property, the date such real property was acquired; provided that (x) the Borrower is in good faith intending to effect such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction and (y) if any such real property that was anticipated to be subject to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is not actually subject to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction by the date that is 360 days after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date or the date such real property was acquired, as applicable, such real property shall no longer be deemed to be Excluded Real Property.

“Excluded Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (a) that is (i) a Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) an Immaterial Subsidiary, (iv) prohibited by applicable Laws, regulation or by any Contractual Obligation existing on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date as set forth on Schedule E-1 or on the date after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date such Person becomes a Subsidiary (as long as such Contractual Obligation was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary) from granting a Subsidiary Guaranty or that would require a governmental (including regulatory) or third party consent, approval, license or authorization in order to grant such Subsidiary Guaranty (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received or to the extent that the Borrower has used commercially reasonable efforts (not involving spending money in excess of de minimis amounts) to obtain such consent, approval, license or authorization), (v) a direct or indirect ~~Domestic~~ Subsidiary if substantially all of its assets consist of Equity Interests of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries, (vi) a not-for-profit Subsidiary, or (vii) not wholly owned directly by the Borrower or one or more of its wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries, or (b) to the extent that the burden or cost (including any material adverse tax consequences) of obtaining a Subsidiary Guaranty therefrom outweighs the benefit afforded thereby (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation in respect of a Secured Hedge Agreement if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guaranty

of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a Lien to secure, such obligation arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement (or any guaranty 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 Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in 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) (determined after giving effect to Section 10.25 and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s obligations in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements by any Borrower or other Loan Party) at the time the guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such Lien becomes effective with respect to such obligation under any Secured Hedge Agreement. If any obligation under any Secured Hedge Agreement arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.

“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(c).

“Existing Letters of Credit” means the Letters of Credit described on Schedule 2.03 under the heading “Existing Letters of Credit”.

“FATCA” ~~has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).~~means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Letter” means, collectively, the Fee Letter, dated July 12, 2011, among the Borrower, Bank of America, MLPFS, ~~UBS Securities and UBS Loan Finance and~~and the other parties thereto, the “Second Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the Second Amendment, the “Third Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the Third Amendment, the “Fifth Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the Fifth Amendment, and the “Seventh Amendment Fee Letter” referred to in the Seventh Amendment.

“Fifth Amendment” means Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2016.

~~“Fifth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fifth Amendment.~~

“First Amendment” means First Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2012.

~~“First Amendment Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions to the effectiveness of the First Amendment set forth in Section 4 of the First Amendment have been satisfied.~~

“First Lien Administrative Agent” means the “Administrative Agent” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Collateral Agent” means the “Collateral Agent” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Credit Agreement” means the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and with the terms hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the First Lien Lenders, the First Lien Administrative Agent and the First Lien Collateral Agent, including any replacement thereof entered into in connection with one or more Permitted Refinancings thereof.

“First Lien Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement and (ii) any “Loan Documents” (or alternative definition serving an equivalent purpose) in respect of any Incremental First Lien Term Loan or Permitted Other First Lien Indebtedness (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement).

“First Lien Loans” means the “Term Loans” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include Incremental First Lien Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement).

~~“Flood Determination Form” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14(b)(iii).~~

~~“Flood Documents” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14(b)(iii).~~

~~“Flood Laws” means the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and related legislation (including the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).~~

“Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.15(a)(i).

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Foreign Vendor” means a Person whose place of business is outside of the United States that sells In-Transit Inventory to the Borrower or Procurement Company.

“Fourth Amendment” means Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015.

“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Fourth Amendment.

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

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share 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 the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

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

“Funded Debt” of any Person means Indebtedness of such Person that by its terms matures more than one (1) year after the date of its creation or matures within one (1) year from any date of determination but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one (1) year after such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one (1) year after such date.

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

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

administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or Disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantors” means, collectively, Holdings and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule I and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall be required to execute and deliver a guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Guaranty” means, collectively, the Holdings Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty.

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

“Hedge Bank” means any Person that (i) at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) is, as of the Closing Date, a Lender or

an Affiliate of a Lender and a party to a Secured Hedge Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Secured Hedge Agreement.

“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Holdings Guaranty” means the Holdings Guaranty made by Holdings in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.

“Honor Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

“ICC” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary designated as such by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing that meets all of the following criteria as of the date of the most recent balance sheet required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01: (a) the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of such date do not exceed an amount equal to 2.5.0% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; and (b) the revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for the fiscal quarter ending on such date do not exceed an amount equal to 2.5.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that (x) the aggregate assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries and their Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) as of such date may not exceed an amount equal to 510.0% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; and (y) the aggregate revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries and their Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for the fiscal quarter ending on such date may not exceed an amount equal to 510.0% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

“Impositions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

“Increased Inspection Trigger Event” has the meaning provided in Section 6.10(b).

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

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

(b) ~~(i)~~ the maximum amount of all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;

(d) ~~(k)~~ all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (w) any purchase price adjustment pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, (x) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business, (y) any earn-out obligation until

such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (z) expenses accrued in the ordinary course of business);

(e) ~~(l)~~ indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f) ~~(m)~~ all Attributable Indebtedness;

(g) ~~(n)~~ all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and

(h) ~~(o)~~ all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing;

provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include Attributable Indebtedness, if any, arising out of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 7.05(e).

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person that is non-recourse to such Person, for purposes of clause (e), shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

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

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

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.08.

“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means, collectively, the intellectual property security agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto together with each intellectual property security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means the ABL/Term Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, between the Administrative Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and acknowledged and agreed to by the Borrower, Holdings and the other Guarantors, as it may be further amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, replaced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the first (1st) day after the end of calendar month and the Maturity Date.

“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or to the extent consented to by all Lenders, nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided, that:

(a) ~~(p)~~ 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;

(b) ~~(q)~~ any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

“In-Transit Inventory” means Inventory of the Borrower or Procurement Company which is in the possession of a common carrier and is in transit from a Foreign Vendor of the Borrower or Procurement Company from a location outside of the continental United States to a location of the Borrower or Procurement Company that is within the continental United States.

“Inventory” has the meaning given that term in the Uniform Commercial Code, and shall also include, without limitation, all: (a) goods which (i) are leased by a Person as lessor, (ii) are held by a Person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, (iii) are furnished by a Person under a contract of service, or (iv) consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business; (b) goods of said description in transit; (c) goods of said description which are returned, repossessed or rejected; and (d) packaging, advertising, and shipping materials related to any of the foregoing.

“Inventory Reserves” means, without duplication of any other Reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria or in the determination of Appraised Value, such Reserves as may be established from time to time by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion with respect to the determination of the saleability, at retail, of the Eligible Inventory, or which reflect such other factors as affect the market value of the Eligible Inventory or which reflect claims and liabilities that the Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon the Inventory. Without limiting the generality of the

foregoing, Inventory Reserves may, in the Administrative Agent’s Permitted Discretion, include (but are not limited to) Reserves based on:

(a) obsolescence;

(b) b) seasonality;

(d) imbalance;

(e) change in Inventory character;

(f) change in Inventory composition;

(g) change in Inventory mix;

(h) xxxx-xxxxx (both permanent and point of sale);

(i) retail xxxx-ons and xxxx-ups inconsistent with prior period practice and performance, industry standards, current business plans or advertising calendar and planned advertising events; ~~and~~

(j) out-of-date and/or expired Inventory; and

(k) seller’s reclamation or repossession rights under any Debtor Relief Laws.

The amount of any Reserve established by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter which is the basis for such Reserve.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor incurs debt of the type referred to in clause (h) of the definition of “Indebtedness” set forth in this Section 1.01 in respect of such Person, (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person, or (d) the Disposition of any property for less than the fair market value thereof (other than Dispositions under Sections 7.05(d), (g) and (i)). For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16.

“IP Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“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 the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

“Joint Venture” means (a) any Person which would constitute an “equity method investee” of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (b) any Person in whom the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries beneficially owns any Equity Interest that is not a Subsidiary.

“Junior Financing” has the meaning specified in Section 7.14.

“Junior Financing Documentation” means the documentation governing any Junior Financing.

“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Commitment hereunder at such time.

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

“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.

“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 Revolving Credit Borrowing.

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

“L/C Issuer” means ~~(a) with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit and until such Existing Letters of Credit expire or are return undrawn, and (b)~~ Bank of America and each other Lender reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that agrees to issue Letters of Credit pursuant hereto, in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. 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 Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.

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

“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit (including, without limitation, Bankers’ Acceptances) or a standby letter of credit.

“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 Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $250,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.

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

“Liquidation” means the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent of those rights and remedies accorded to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and applicable Laws as a creditor of the Loan Parties with respect to the realization on the Collateral, including (after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default) the conduct by the Loan Parties acting with the consent of the Administrative Agent, of any public, private or “going-out-of-business”, “store closing” or other similar sale or any other disposition of the Collateral for the purpose of liquidating the Collateral. Derivations of the word “Liquidation” (such as “Liquidate”) are used with like meaning in this Agreement.

“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article 2 in the form of a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

“Loan Cap” means, at any time of determination, the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Commitments and (ii) the Borrowing Base, as reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 6.02(c).

“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (a) for purposes of this Agreement and the Notes and any amendment, supplement or other modification hereof or thereof and for all other purposes other than for purposes of the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) the Fee Letter, (vi) the Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) all Borrowing Base Certificates and (viii) the Credit Card Notifications and (b) for purposes of the Guaranty and the Collateral Documents, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Guaranty, (iv) the Collateral Documents, (v) the Fee Letter, (vi) each Secured Bank Product Agreement, (vii) each Secured Cash Management Agreement, (viii) each Secured Hedge Agreement, (ix) the Intercreditor Agreement, (x) all Borrowing Base Certificates and (xi) the Credit Card Notifications.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

“Management Agreement” means that certain Management Agreement, dated as October 5, 2011, by and among GRD Holding I Corporation, AEA Investors LP, Three Cities Research, Inc. and Xxxxxxx Holdings LLC, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, but only to the extent that such amendment, supplement or modification (i) does not increase the obligations of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to make payments thereunder and (ii) is otherwise permitted under the terms of the Loan Documents.

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

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective payment obligations under any Loan Document to which the Borrower or any of the Loan Parties is a party or (c) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Lenders under any Loan Document.

“Material Real Property” means any parcel of real property (other than a parcel with a fair market value of less than $7,500,000) owned in fee by the Borrower or a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary.

“Maturity Date” means the earliest of (ia) July 287, 20~~19 and~~22, (iib) the date of termination in whole of the Commitments, the Letter of Credit Commitments, and the Swing Line Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(a) or Section 8.02, and (c) the date that is ninety-one (91) days prior to the maturity date (as such date may be extended) of the First Lien Loans unless the First Lien Loans have been defeased, repaid, repurchased, or refinanced pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing prior to such date (and as a result of such Permitted Refinancing, the maturity date of the First Lien Loans is at least ninety-one (91) days after July 27, 2022).

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.10.

“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) of the Borrower Parties for which financial statements have been or, if a Default under Section 6.01 then exists, were required to have been, delivered.

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

“MLPFS” means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and its successors.

“Mortgage” means, collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds and mortgages made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit I (with such changes as may be customary to account for local law matters) and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

~~“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14(b)(ii).~~

~~“Mortgaged Property” means each property which becomes subject to a Mortgage pursuant to Section 6.12 or Section 6.14.~~

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA and to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two (2) or more contributing sponsors (including a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates) at least two (2) of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA.

~~“NFIP” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14(b)(iii).~~

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(d).

“Nonrenewal Notice Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(b)(iii).

“Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to ~~the order of any~~a Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made or held by such Lender.

“NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.

“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, Letter of Credit, Secured Bank Product Agreement, Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, 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, expense reimbursement, indemnities and other charges that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees, expense reimbursement, indemnities and other charges are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, L/C Borrowings, 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 any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, the Obligations of any Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligation.

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

“Other Equity” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(l).

“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).

“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans ((including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line 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 after 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 of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.

“Overadvance” means a Credit Extension to the extent that, immediately after its having been made, Availability is less than zero.

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

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

“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.22.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as amended.

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

“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained, sponsored or contributed to by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (or to which any such party would be deemed to be a “contributing sponsor” or “employer” if such plan were terminated) and which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(i).

“Permitted Discretion” means the commercially reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions. In exercising such judgment, the Administrative Agent may consider any factors which it reasonably determines: (a) with respect to any Collateral issues, will or reasonably could be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the value of the Collateral, the enforceability or priority of the Administrative Agent’s Liens thereon or the amount which the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any Issuing Lender would be likely to receive (after giving consideration to delays in payment and costs of enforcement) in the liquidation of such Collateral, or (b) is evidence that any collateral report or financial information delivered to the Administrative Agent by any Person on behalf of the applicable Borrower is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect, or (c) creates or reasonably could be expected to create a Default or Event of Default. In exercising such judgment, the Administrative Agent may also consider, without duplication, such factors already included in or tested by the ~~definition~~definitions of Eligible Inventory or Eligible ~~Accounts~~Credit Card Receivables, as well as any of the following: (i) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in demand for, pricing of, or product mix of Inventory; (ii) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in any concentration of risk with respect to Accounts or Credit Card Receivables; (iii) any other factors or circumstances that will or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) any other factors arising after the Closing Date that change in any material respect the credit risk of lending to the Borrowers on the security of the Collateral.

~~“Permitted Encumbrances” with respect to each Mortgaged Property, has the meaning specified in the applicable Mortgage.~~

“Permitted Equity Issuance” means any sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings, the proceeds of which are contributed to the common equity of the Borrower.

“Permitted Holders” means the Sponsor, Three Cities and the management of the Company; provided that in no event shall management of the Company, when taken together, be treated as Permitted Holders with respect to more than fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of Holdings or with respect to their ability to designate, or to vote or direct the voting of securities having the power to elect, more than fifteen percent (15%) of the board of directors of Holdings.

“Permitted Investors” means the Sponsor and Three Cities.

“Permitted Liens” means those Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01.

“Permitted Overadvance” means an Overadvance made by the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, which:

(a) is made to maintain, protect or preserve the Collateral and/or the Secured Parties’ rights under the Loan Documents or which is otherwise for the benefit of the Secured Parties; or

(b) is made to enhance the likelihood of, or to maximize the amount of, repayment of any Obligation;

(d) together with all other Permitted Overadvances then outstanding, shall not (i) exceed five percent (5%) of the Borrowing Base at any time or (ii) unless a Liquidation is occurring, remain outstanding for more than forty-five (45) consecutive Business Days, unless in each case, the Required Lenders otherwise agree.

provided that, the foregoing shall not (i) modify or abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2.03 regarding the Lenders’ obligations with respect to Letters of Credit or Section 2.04 regarding the Lenders’ obligations with respect to Swing Line Loans, or (ii) result in any claim or liability against the Agent (regardless of the amount of any Overadvance) for Unintentional Overadvances, and such Unintentional Overadvances shall not reduce the amount of Permitted Overadvances allowed hereunder, and further provided that in no event shall the Agent make an Overadvance, if after giving effect thereto, the principal amount of the Credit Extensions would exceed the Aggregate Commitments (as in effect prior to any termination of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof).

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to accrued and

unpaid interest and a reasonable premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; (b) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; (c) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms as favorable in all material respects to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; (d) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended Indebtedness are either (i) customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions or (ii) not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set out in the foregoing clause (d), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); provided that, in all events (including in the event such Permitted Refinancing pertains to Senior Secured Debt) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended Indebtedness, are not more restrictive as to the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and other Secured Parties hereunder and thereunder, or as to the ABL Priority Collateral, than those set forth in the Term Loan Facilities; (e) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended; and (f) at the time thereof, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

“Permitted Store Closings” means sales or other dispositions of the Inventory not in the ordinary course of business in connection with Store closures (a) which Store closures do not exceed (i) in any fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, ten percent (10%) of the number of the Loan Parties’ Stores as of the beginning of such fiscal year (net of Store relocations and new Store openings) and (ii) in the aggregate from and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, twenty-five percent (25%) of the greater of (x) the number of the Loan Parties’ Stores in existence as of the Third Amendment Effective Date (net of Store relocations and new Store openings) and (y) the number of the Loan Parties’ Stores as of the beginning of any fiscal year beginning after the Third Amendment Effective Date (net of Store relocations and new Store openings) and (b) which sales of Inventory in connection with such

Store closures shall, to the extent the Cost of such Inventory being sold (in any one transaction or series of related transactions) is in excess of $10,000,000, be in accordance with liquidation agreements and with professional liquidators reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

“Permitted Surviving Debt” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(c).

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

“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or any such plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates on behalf of any of its employees.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Pledged Debt” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Pledged Interests” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Procurement Company” means At Home Procurement Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Pro Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro Forma Effect” means, in respect of a Specified Transaction or incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions, that such Specified Transaction or incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions and the following transactions in connection therewith (to the extent applicable) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person, if any, subject to such Specified Transaction or incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of any Person, or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests in a Person, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination.

“Pro Forma Excess Availability” shall mean, as of any date of calculation, after giving Pro Forma Effect to the transaction then to be consummated or payment to be made, Availability as of the date of such transaction or payment and ~~projected as of the end of each fiscal month~~

~~during the subsequent projected period of not less than one hundred eighty (180) consecutive~~for each of the sixty (60) days prior thereto.

“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth (9th) decimal place, and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments at such time; provided, that if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means in respect of any obligation under any Secured Hedge Agreement, each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guaranty, keepwell, or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such obligation under such Secured Hedge Agreement or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” 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) 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.

“Qualified IPO” means the issuance by the Borrower, Holdings, or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent proceeds of such Qualified IPO are contributed to the Borrower, of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).

“Refinancing” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(c).

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

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

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

“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, at least two unaffiliated Lenders (if there is more than one Lender) having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) unless terminated, the aggregate unused Commitments; provided, that the unused Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

“Required Supermajority Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, at least two unaffiliated Lenders (if there is more than one Lender) having more than 662/3% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) unless terminated, the aggregate unused Commitments; provided, that the unused Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Supermajority Lenders.

“Reserves” means all (if any) Inventory Reserves and Availability Reserves.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, any vice president, secretary or assistant secretary. 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.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of any Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof).

“Restricted Payment Conditions” means, at the time of determination with respect to any specified payment, that (a) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of the making of such payment, (b) after giving effect to such payment, (i) Pro Forma Excess Availability shall be equal to or greater than 15.0% of the Loan Cap and (ii) if the Pro Forma Excess Availability is less than 20.0% of the Loan Cap, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as projected on a Pro-Forma Basis for the twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only

quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) preceding such payment, is equal to or greater than 1.0:1.0. Prior to undertaking any payment which is subject to the Restricted Payment Conditions, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Agent a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower evidencing satisfaction of the conditions contained in clause (b) above, if applicable, on a basis (including, without limitation, giving due consideration to results for prior periods) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in good faith (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the revolving credit facility provided in this Agreement for the making of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount equal to the Aggregate Commitments at such time.

“Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).

“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.

“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.

“Sanctioned Country” means at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

“Sanctioned Person” means at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person majority-owned or otherwise controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

“Sanctions” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or

the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.

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

“Second Amendment” means Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 24, 2013.

~~“Second Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Second Amendment.~~

“Second Lien Administrative Agent” means the “Administrative Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Second Lien Collateral Agent” means the “Collateral Agent” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and with the terms hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Second Lien Lenders, the Second Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, including any replacement thereof entered into in connection with one or more Permitted Refinancings thereof.

“Second Lien Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (ii) any “Loan Documents” (or alternative definition serving an equivalent purpose) in respect of any Incremental Second Lien Term Loan or Permitted Other Second Lien Indebtedness (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).

“Second Lien Loans” means the “Term Loans” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include Incremental Second Lien Term Loans (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).

“Secured Bank Product Agreement” means any Bank Product Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Bank Product Provider.

“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank.

“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Article 7 that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.

“Secured Net Leverage Ratio” has the meaning specified in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.

“Secured Obligations” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Hedge Banks, the Bank Product Providers, the Cash Management Banks and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.01(d).

“Security Agreement” means, collectively, the Security Agreement dated the date hereof executed by the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, together with each other security agreement supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

“Senior Facilities” means the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility(3).

“Senior Secured Debt” means Indebtedness that is either unsecured or secured by Senior Secured Debt Liens; provided that (A) (1) unless such Senior Secured Debt is incurred in the form of secured term loans on terms customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions, the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Latest Maturity Date (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (2) the covenants, events of default, guarantees, collateral and other terms of such Indebtedness are customary for similar senior secured debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions (it being understood that, unless such Senior Secured Debt is incurred in the form of secured term loans on terms customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions, such Indebtedness shall not include any financial maintenance covenants that are more restrictive than the provisions of this Agreement) and in any event, when taken as a whole (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), (x) are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those set forth in the Term Loan Facility (unless such Senior Secured Debt is incurred in the form of secured term loans on terms customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions) and (y) are not more restrictive as to the terms of this Agreement (except, in the case of Senior Secured Debt that is incurred in the form of secured term loans, financial maintenance covenants customary for similar debt in light of then-prevailing market conditions) and the other Loan Documents and the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and other Secured Parties hereunder and thereunder, or as to the ABL Priority Collateral, than those set forth in the Term Loan Facility (provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence

(3) As defined in this Agreement prior to giving effect to the Fourth Amendment.

of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement set out in the foregoing clause (2), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent provides notice to the Borrower of its objection during such five (5) Business Day period); and (CB) immediately before and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

“Senior Secured Debt Liens” means Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness that constitutes Senior Secured Debt, which Liens are either junior or pari passu to the Lien of the First Lien Administrative Agent on the Collateral (and which are junior and subordinate to the Lien of the Administrative Agent with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral), provided that such Liens are granted under security documents to a collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of such indebtedness and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or another customary intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and that is entered into between the Administrative Agent (as collateral agent for the Lenders), such other collateral agent and the Loan Parties and which provides for lien sharing and for the junior or pari passu treatment of such Liens with the Liens securing the Obligations, as applicable.

“Settlement Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

“Seventh Amendment” means Seventh Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2017.

“Seventh Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Seventh Amendment.

“Shrink” means Inventory which has been lost, misplaced, stolen, or is otherwise unaccounted for.

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. 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 or matured liability.

“Specified Incurrence Conditions” means, at the time of determination with respect to any incurrence of Indebtedness subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions, that (a) no

Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (b) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (i) Pro Forma Excess Availability shall be equal to or greater than 12.5% of the Loan Cap and (ii) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as projected on a Pro-Forma Basis for the twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) preceding such transaction or payment, is equal to or greater than 1.0:1.0. Prior to undertaking any incurrence of Indebtedness which is subject to the Specified Incurrence Conditions, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Agent a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower evidencing satisfaction of the conditions contained in clause (b) above, if applicable, on a basis (including, without limitation, giving due consideration to results for prior periods) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in good faith (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

“Specified Transaction” means any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (other than for working capital purposes) or Investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, any Permitted Acquisition or any Disposition that results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Investment constituting an acquisition of assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of another Person or any Disposition of a business unit, line of business or division of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise or any material restructuring of the Borrower or implementation of initiative not in the ordinary course of business and described in reasonable detail in the officer’s certificate of the Borrower.

“Specified Transaction Conditions” means, at the time of determination with respect to any specified transaction or payment, that (a) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of entering into such transaction or the making of such payment, and (b) after giving effect to such transaction or payment, (i) Pro Forma Excess Availability shall be equal to or greater than 12.5% of the Loan Cap and (ii) if the Pro Forma Excess Availability is less than 17.5% of the Loan Cap, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as projected on a Pro-Forma Basis for the twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) preceding such transaction or payment, is equal to or greater than 1.0:1.0. Prior to undertaking any transaction or payment which is subject to the Specified Transaction Conditions, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Agent a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower evidencing satisfaction of the conditions contained in clause (b) above, if applicable, on a basis (including, without limitation, giving due consideration to results for prior periods) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in good faith (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

“Sponsor” means, collectively, (i) AEA Investors LP, and affiliates and associated funds of each such Person listed in this clause (i), (ii) Starr Investment Fund II, LLC, and affiliates and associated funds of each such Person listed in this clause (ii), and (iii) SPH GRD Holdings, LLC, and affiliates and associated funds of each such Person listed in this clause (iii), other than (x) any portfolio company of any of the foregoing or (y) any Debt Fund Affiliate (as defined in the Term Loan Facilities as in effect on the date hereof) of any of the foregoing.

“Store” means any retail Store (which may include any real property, fixtures, equipment, Inventory and other property related thereto) operated, or to be operated, by any Loan Party.

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

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means, collectively, the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Guarantors.

“Subsidiary Guaranty” means, collectively, the Subsidiary Guaranty made by the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2, together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.12.

“Supplemental Administrative Agent” has the meaning provided in Section 9.14(a).

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined in accordance with such Swap Contracts based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any

recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

“Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $120,000,000 and (b) the Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Commitments.

“Syndication ~~Agents~~Agent” means ~~UBS Securities LLC and~~ Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Syndication ~~Agents~~Agent under the Loan Documents.

“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease.

“Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).

“Term Loan Agents” means, collectively, the First Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, each individually, a “Term Loan Agent”.

“Term Loan Documents” means, collectively, the First Lien Loan Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents, or any documents governing the Permitted Refinancing of a Term Loan Facility, and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any obligations in connection therewith, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any such obligations, together with any amendments, replacements, modifications, extensions, renewals or supplements to, or restatements of, any of the foregoing in accordance with the terms hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Term Loan Facilities” means, collectively, the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement, each individually, a “Term Loan Facility”.

“Term Loans” means, collectively, the First Lien Loans and the Second Lien Loans, each individually, a “Term Loan”.

evidencing any obligations in connection therewith, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any such obligations, together with any amendments, replacements, modifications, extensions, renewals or supplements to, or restatements of, any of the foregoing in accordance with the terms hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Third Amendment” means Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2014.

“Third Amendment Effective Date” has the meaning specified in the Third Amendment.

“Three Cities” means Three Cities Research, Inc., and its affiliates and associated funds.

“Threshold Amount” means $120,000,000.

“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

“Transaction” means, collectively, (i) the Acquisition, (ii) the Equity Contribution, (iii) the Refinancing and (iv) the payment of all fees, premiums and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

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

~~“UBS Loan Finance” means UBS Loan Finance LLC and its successors.~~

~~“UBS Securities” means UBS Securities LLC and its successors.~~

“Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” means Capital Expenditures other than those made, as permitted hereunder, through (i) any purchase money financing or other financing secured by real properties (other than from Credit Extensions hereunder), (ii) capital lease transactions, (iii) equity contributions, (iv) the proceeds of any casualty insurance, condemnation or eminent domain, (v) the proceeds of any sale of assets (in the case of each of (iv) and (v), other than Inventory ~~and~~, Accounts and Credit Card Receivables), or (vi) the proceeds of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction; provided that, in the case of (iv) through (vi), such proceeds are applied within twelve (12) months after the receipt thereof.

“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.

“Unintentional Overadvance” means an Overadvance which, to the Administrative Agent’s knowledge, did not constitute an Overadvance when made but which has become an Overadvance resulting from changed circumstances beyond the control of the Administrative

Agent, including, without limitation, a reduction in the Appraised Value of property or assets included in the Borrowing Base or misrepresentation by the Loan Parties.

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

“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and so long as (a) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11, (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 7.02, (d) without duplication of clause (c), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 7.02, (e) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under the Term Loan Facilities and all Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof and (f) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (a) through (e), and containing the calculations and information required by the preceding clause (b), and (2) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”); provided, that (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such Subsidiary Redesignation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.11 and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) and (ii), and containing the calculations and information required by the preceding clause (ii); provided, further, that no Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Subsidiary Redesignation may again be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“U.S. Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(b).

“U.S. Tax Law Change” means, as applied in respect of any Lender or Agent, as the case may be, the occurrence after the date it first became a party to this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by means of assignment) of the enactment of any applicable United States federal tax law or promulgation of any United States Treasury regulation or the entry into force, revocation or change or modification of any income tax convention to which the United States is a party, or change in the administrative application or administrative or judicial interpretation of any of the foregoing.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

“wholly owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section 1.03. Accounting Terms.

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

(b) If at any time any change in GAAP or the application thereof would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or the application thereof (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided, that (A) no such amendment may be requested by the Required Lenders in connection with the adoption or issuance of any accounting standards after the Closing Date that may result in the reclassification, in whole or in part, of leases that were treated as operating leases on the Closing Date into Capitalized Leases and (B) until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP or the application thereof prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP or the application thereof.

Section 1.04. Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one (1) place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

Section 1.05. References to Agreements and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

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

Section 1.07. Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as specifically provided in Section 2.12 or as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

Section 1.08. Currency Equivalents Generally. Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles 2, 9 and 10) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount to be determined at the rate of exchange quoted by Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding any date of determination thereof, to prime banks in New York, New York for the spot purchase in the New York foreign exchange market of such amount in Dollars with such other currency.

Section 1.09. 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 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 (1) 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.

ARTICLE 2
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Section 2.01. The Revolving Credit Borrowings.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the lesser of (x) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment, or (y) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing Base; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Loan Cap, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Revolving Credit Loans shall be made on the Closing Date, except to fund any additional original issue discount or upfront fees pursuant to the provisions of the Fee Letter, provided that, Letters of Credit may be issued and outstanding on the Closing Date.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date in its Permitted Discretion to establish, modify or eliminate Reserves upon three (3) days’ prior notice to the Borrowers, (during which period the Administrative Agent shall be available to discuss any such proposed Reserve with the Borrowers to afford the Borrowers an opportunity to take such action as may be required so that the event condition or circumstance that is a basis for such Reserve no longer exists in the manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion); provided that no such prior notice shall be required for (1) changes to any Reserves resulting solely by virtue of

mathematical calculations of the amount of the Reserve in accordance with the methodology of calculation previously utilized (such as, but not limited to, Rent and Customer Credit Liabilities), or (2) any changes to Reserves during the continuance of any Event of Default, and provided, further, that the Administrative Agent may not implement Reserves with respect to matters which are already specifically reflected as ineligible Credit Card Receivables or ineligible Inventory or criteria deducted in computing the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory.

Section 2.02. Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a) Each Borrowing, each conversion of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion of Base Rate Loans to, or continuation of, Eurodollar Rate Loans, or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the day of any requested Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 11:00 a.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) three (3) Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all Lenders. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.03(c) and Section 2.04(c), each Borrowing of, or conversion to, Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $50,000 or a whole multiple of $10,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed

Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swing Line Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than (i) with respect to any Base Rate Loans, 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice and (ii) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, to the Borrower as provided above.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

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

(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ~~six~~ten (610) Interest Periods in effect.

(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Credit Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Revolving Credit Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be

responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Revolving Credit Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.

(g) The Administrative Agent, without the request of the Borrower, may advance any interest, fee, service charge, expenses, or other payment to which any Secured Party is entitled from the Loan Parties pursuant hereto or any other Loan Document and may charge the same to the account of the Borrower referenced in Section 2.11(a), notwithstanding that an Overadvance may result thereby. The Administrative Agent shall advise the Borrower of any such advance or charge promptly after the making thereof. Such action on the part of the Administrative Agent shall not constitute a waiver of the Administrative Agent’s rights and the Borrower’s obligations under Section 2.05(b)(ii). Any amount which is added to the principal balance of the account of the Borrower as provided in this Section 2.02(g) shall bear interest at the interest rate then and thereafter applicable to Base Rate Loans.

(h) The Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer shall have no obligation to make any Loan or to provide any Letter of Credit if an Overadvance would result. The Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, make Permitted Overadvances without the consent of the Borrower, the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer and the Borrower and each Lender shall be bound thereby. Any Permitted Overadvance may constitute a Swing Line Loan. A Permitted Overadvance is for the account of the Borrowers and shall constitute a Base Rate Loan and an Obligation and shall be repaid by the Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05(b)(ii). The making of any such Permitted Overadvance on any one occasion shall not obligate the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make or permit any Permitted Overadvance on any other occasion or to permit such Permitted Overadvances to remain outstanding. The making by the Administrative Agent of a Permitted Overadvance shall not modify or abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2.03 regarding the Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations with respect to Letter of Credits or of Section 2.04 regarding the Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations with respect to Swing Line Loans. The Administrative Agent shall have no liability for, and no Loan Party or Secured Party shall have the right to, or shall, bring any claim of any kind whatsoever against the Administrative Agent with respect to Unintentional Overadvances regardless of the amount of any such Overadvance(s).

Section 2.03. Letters of Credit.

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties and any drawings thereunder; provided, that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Total Outstandings would exceed the Loan Cap, (y) the

aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans would exceed such Lender’s Commitment, or (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

(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 such 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 such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such 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, in each case, such L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;

(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than (x) in the case of commercial letters of credit, one hundred and eighty (180) days and (y) in the case of standby Letters of Credit, twelve (12) months, in each case, after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless the L/C Issuer of such Letter of Credit has approved such expiry date;

(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless at the time of issuance, such Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof;

(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one (1) or more policies of such L/C Issuer; or

(E) any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) 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 the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

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

(iii) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the 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 9 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 9 included each L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to each L/C Issuer.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Renewal Letters of Credit.

(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent 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. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the applicable L/C Issuer may reasonably request.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a

copy thereof. Upon receipt by such L/C Issuer of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a standby Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an “Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit”); provided, that any such Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve- (12) 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 “Nonrenewal Notice Date”) in each such twelve- (12) month period to be agreed upon 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 renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such renewal if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Nonrenewal Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such renewal or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrower that one (1) or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.

(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also (A) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, and (B) notify each Lender of such issuance or amendment and the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share therein, and upon a specific request by any Lender, furnish to such Lender a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Within one (1) Business Day after the L/C Issuer

notifies the Borrower of any payment by such L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such payment date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) 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.

(ii) Each Lender (including each Lender acting as an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

(iv) Until each Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and

shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice ). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and a rate reasonably determined by such L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the L/C Issuer (or the Administrative Agent, for the account of such L/C Issuer) receives any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered

into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower 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), the applicable 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 such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein 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;

(iv) any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the applicable 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;

(v) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit; or

(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower.

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 promptly notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against any L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the applicable L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the applicable L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the applicable L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of such L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against such L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the applicable L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and such L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

(g) Applicability of ISP98 and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate then in effect for Eurodollar Rate Loans with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility times the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit); provided, however, that any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Shares allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account. Such letter of credit fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such letter of credit fees shall be due and payable on the first (1st) day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first (1st) such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.

(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to an L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee (i) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, at a rate to be separately agreed between the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (but in any event not to exceed 0.125% per annum), computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit, and payable upon the issuance thereof, (ii) with respect to any amendment of a commercial Letter of Credit increasing the stated amount of such Letter of Credit, at a rate to be separately agreed between the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer (but in any event not to exceed 0.125% per annum), computed on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment, and (iii) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, at a rate to be separately agreed between the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (but in any event not to exceed 0.125% per annum), computed on 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 on the first (1st) 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 Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. 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 1.09. 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 within five (5) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.

(j) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.

Section 2.04. Swing Line Loans.

(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may in its sole discretion make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Loan Cap, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans at such time shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment; provided, further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest only at a rate based on the Base Rate. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one (1) or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article 4 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.

(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request may be made telephonically, so long as promptly followed by writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(iii) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect and a rate reasonably determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s committed Loan included in the relevant committed Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent)

with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

Section 2.05. Prepayments.

(a) Optional.

(i) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty (subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.05(a)(i)); provided, that (1) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; and (2) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of 500,000 in excess thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Pro Rata Share). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.

(ii) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided, that (A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.05(a)(i) or Section 2.05(a)(ii) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of the Revolving Credit Facility, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.

(b) Mandatory.

(i) If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the Loan Cap then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans and Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans the Total Outstandings exceed the Loan Cap then in effect.

(ii) During a Cash Dominion Trigger Period, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans and Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.15.

(c) Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be made together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurodollar Rate Loan pursuant to Section 3.05. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of Section 2.05(b), so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans is required to be made under Section 2.05(b), other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder into a Cash Collateral Account until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b).

Section 2.06. Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments; provided, that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction and (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $2,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility.

(b) Mandatory. If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of unused Commitments under this Section 2.06, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Commitments at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.

(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the unused portions of the Commitments under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments, the Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which the Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in Section 3.07). All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

Section 2.07. Repayment of Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such date.

Section 2.08. Interest.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b) and Section 2.08(c), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, plus (B) the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate, plus (B) the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate plus (B) the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility.

(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all overdue Obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, following the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(f)) at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c) During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent upon instruction by the Required Lenders, pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

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

Section 2.09. Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Section 2.03(h) and Section 2.03(i):

(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, the Commitment Fee times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Commitments exceed the average Total Outstandings (excluding the principal amount of Swing Line Loans) for the immediately preceding quarter, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16. The commitment fee shall accrue at all times from the date hereof until the Maturity Date, including at any time during which one (1) or more of the conditions in Article 4 is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the on the first (1st) day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first (1st) such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears.

(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

Section 2.10. Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) or three hundred and sixty -six (366) days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided, that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Section 2.11. Evidence of Indebtedness.

(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one (1) or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one (1) or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103 1(c), as agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note payable to ~~the order of~~ such Lender, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto. Upon receipt of an affidavit of a Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Lender’s Note and upon cancellation of such Note, the Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, upon receipt of an indemnity bond or a satisfactory indemnity agreement, a replacement Note in favor of such Lender, in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.

(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, entries in the Register, evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative

Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and (b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and (b), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 2.12. Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of

a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any reasonable administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or an L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, 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 Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer 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 Rate and a rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article 2, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article 2 are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender on demand, without interest.

(d) Obligations of the Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 9.07 are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 9.07 on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure

of any other Lender to so make its Loan, or to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 9.07.

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

(f) Insufficient Funds. 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.

(g) Unallocated Funds. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Advances outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.

Section 2.13. Sharing of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans funded by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans funded by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to

Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.15 or to the assignments and participations described in Section 10.07.

Section 2.14. Increase in Revolving Credit Facility.

(a) Upon notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may from time to time after the ~~FifthAmendment~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date, request an increase in the Commitments by an amount not exceeding $75,000,000; provided that any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) the entire remaining amount of increases available under this Section 2.14. At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender or proposed Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).

(b) Any proposed increase in the Commitments may be requested from the existing Lenders and new prospective Lenders who are Eligible Assignees (which additional Eligible Assignees shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld and each of whom shall execute a customary joinder agreement) or a combination thereof, as selected by, and with such allocations of committed amounts as may be determined by, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (regardless of a Pro Rata Share of any individual Lender); provided that, any such request shall be made concurrently to the existing Lenders and such new prospective Lenders. Any Lender approached to provide all or any portion of the increased Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such an increase. Any Lender not responding within the time period set forth in Section 2.14(a) shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment.

(c) If the Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section 2.14, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date. In connection with any increase in the Commitments, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be amended in a writing (executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each Lender participating in such increased Commitments) to reflect any technical changes necessary to give effect to such Commitment increases in accordance with the terms as set forth herein.

(d) As conditions precedent to such increase, (i) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Revolving Credit Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party, certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and certifying that the conditions precedent set out in the following subclauses (ii) through (iv) have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01, (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such increase, (iii) before and after giving effect to such increase, the representations and warranties contained in Article 5 and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) on and as of the Revolving Credit 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 (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this subclause (iii), the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.05(a) and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and (b), respectively, (iv) after giving effect to such increase, the Borrower would be in Pro Forma Compliance with the financial covenant set out in Section 7.11 (regardless of whether a Covenant Trigger Period then exists), in each case for the twelve (12) month (or, as applicable, four- (4) quarter) period to which the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b) relates, and (v) clause (i) of the ABL Cap (as defined in the Term Loan Facilities) shall have been amended to reflect an amount equal to the amount of the Aggregate Commitments (after giving effect to the increase in Commitments contemplated hereby). The amendment to this Agreement providing for the increase if the Commitments shall contain provisions that may be necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, L/C Advances or Swing Line Loans (to the extent participated to Lenders), as the case may be, ratable with any revised Pro Rata Share of a Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section 2.14, including, without limitation, provisions providing for the reallocation of the Commitments and Loans among Lenders.

Section 2.15. Cash Collateral.

(a) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, in any amount not less than 100% of the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations unless an Event of Default exists, in which case the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations in any amount not less than 103% of the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b) All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.15(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.15 or Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.16 or Section 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

(d) Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.15 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.034), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

Section 2.16. Defaulting Lenders.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i) That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.

(ii) Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article 8 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, 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 that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans, participations in Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that 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 or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings 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, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. 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 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii) That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).

(iv) During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire,

refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.03 and Section 2.04, the “Pro Rata Share” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of that Lender.

(b) If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine to be necessary to cause the Committed Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

Section 2.17. Settlement Amongst Lenders.

(a) The amount of each Lender’s Pro Rata Share of outstanding Loans (including outstanding Swing Line Loans) shall be computed weekly (or more frequently in the Administrative Agent’s discretion) and shall be adjusted upward or downward based on all Loans (including Swing Line Loans) and repayments of Loans (including Swing Line Loans) received by the Administrative Agent as of 3:00 p.m. on the first (1st) Business Day (such date, the “Settlement Date”) following the end of the period specified by the Administrative Agent.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall deliver to each of the Lenders promptly after a Settlement Date a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans for the period and the amount of repayments received for the period. As reflected on the summary statement, (i) the Administrative Agent shall transfer to each Lender its Pro Rata Share of repayments of Revolving Credit Loans, and (ii) each Lender shall transfer to the Administrative Agent (as provided below) or the Administrative Agent shall transfer to each Lender, such amounts as are necessary to insure that, after giving effect to all such transfers, the amount of Revolving Credit Loans made by each Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding as of such Settlement Date. If the summary statement requires transfers to be made to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and

is received prior to 1:00 p.m. on a Business Day, such transfers shall be made in immediately available funds no later than 3:00 p.m. that day; and, if received after 1:00 p.m., then no later than 3:00 p.m. on the next Business Day. The obligation of each Lender to transfer such funds is irrevocable, unconditional and without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent. If and to the extent any Lender shall not have so made its transfer to the Administrative Agent, such Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, equal to the greater of the Federal Funds 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.

ARTICLE 3
TAXES, INCREASED COSTS PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

Section 3.01. Taxes.

(a) Except as provided in this Section 3.01, any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, and all liabilities (including additions to tax, penalties and interest) with respect thereto (collectively, “Impositions”), excluding, in the case of each Agent and each Lender, any Impositions (xw) imposed on or measured by its overall net income or overall gross income, branch profits, taxes imposed on it, and franchise (and similar) taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, in each case, by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized, in which its principal office is located or in which it maintains its Lending Office, (yx) that are United States Federal withholding taxes and any penalties and interest with respect thereto (including, without limitation, taxes imposed under Section 881 of the Code subject to withholding pursuant to Section 1442 of the Code, whether or not in any such case withheld from any payment) other than as to any Lender or Agent, United States Federal withholding taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment under this Agreement to such Lender or Agent as a result of a U.S. Tax Law Change, except as provided in subclause (zy), ~~and~~ (zy) that are ~~United States federal~~ withholding taxes and any penalties and interest with respect thereto and that are imposed under FATCA, and (z) that are imposed as a result of such Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of ~~Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder (“FATCA”) to establish an exemption from withholding thereunder~~Section 10.15 (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”); provided, however, that, if at the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which a Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled to payments under this ~~clause~~ Section 3.01(a) in respect of United States withholding tax with respect to payments at such date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes shall include (in addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the future or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes) United States withholding tax, if any, imposed under applicable Laws with respect to the

Lender assignee on such date. Subject to Section 10.15, if the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after all such required deductions of Taxes are made (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01), each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower or Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall make such deductions, (iii) the Borrower or Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) if the Borrower is required to make such deductions, within thirty (30) days after the date of such payment, the Borrower shall furnish to such Agent or Lender (as the case may be) the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof to the extent such a receipt is issued therefor, or other written proof of payment thereof that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(b) In addition but without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise, property, intangible, mortgage or mortgage recording taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or perfection of a security interest with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

(c) The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any Governmental Authority on amounts payable under this Section 3.01) paid by such Agent and such Lender, and (ii) any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, provides the Borrower with a written statement thereof setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts. Payment under this Section 3.01(c) shall be made within thirty (30) days after the date such Lender or such Agent makes a written demand therefor.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower shall not be required pursuant to this Section 3.01 to pay any additional amount to, or to indemnify, any Lender or Agent, as the case may be, to the extent that such Lender or such Agent becomes subject to Taxes subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date such Lender or Agent becomes a party to this Agreement) solely as a result of a change in the place of organization of such Lender or Agent, a change in the Lending Office of such Lender, or a change in the principal office of such Lender or Agent, except to the extent that any such change is requested or required by the Borrower or to the extent that such Lender or Agent was entitled, at the time of the change in place of organization or the change in Lending Office, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.01(a) and (c) (and provided, that nothing in this clause (d) shall be construed as relieving the Borrower from any obligation to make such payments or indemnification in the event of a change that is a change in Law).

(e) If any Lender or Agent determines that it has received a refund in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest included in such refund paid by the relevant taxation authority) to the Borrower, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, agrees promptly to return such refund to such party in the event such party is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrower’s request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided, that such Lender or Agent may delete any information therein that such Lender or Agent deems confidential). Nothing herein contained shall interfere with the right of a Lender or Agent to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Lender or Agent to claim any tax refund or to disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof or require any Lender or Agent to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled.

(f) Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 3.01(a) or (c) with respect to such Lender it will, if requested by the Borrower and at the Borrower’s cost and expense, use commercially reasonable efforts (subject to such Lender’s overall internal policies of general application and legal and regulatory restrictions) to avoid or reduce to the greatest extent possible any indemnification or additional amounts being due under this Section 3.01, including to designate another Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event; provided, that such efforts are made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section 3.01(f) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.01(a) and (c).

Section 3.02. Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the 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. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),

prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

Section 3.03. Inability To Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

Section 3.04. Increased Cost And Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy.

(a) If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any Law, in each case after the date hereof, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan (or, as the case may be, issuing or participating in Letters of Credit) the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate or (in the case of a change in or in the interpretation of any Law relating to taxes) any other Loan or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this Section 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes, Impositions expressly excluded from Taxes, and Other Taxes (in which

case Section 3.01 shall govern), (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income (including branch profits), and franchise (and similar) taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes, by any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof under the Laws of which such Lender is organized or maintains a Lending Office, and (iii) reserve requirements reflected in the Eurodollar Rate), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.

(b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, in each case after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the charge and the calculation of such reduced rate of return (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.

(c) The Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or (b) for any such increased cost or reduction incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender demands, or notifies the Borrower of its intention to demand, compensation therefor; provided, that, if the circumstance giving rise to such increased cost or reduction is retroactive, then such 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a change in Law after the date of this Agreement, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

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

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

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

including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.

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

Section 3.06. Matters Applicable to all Requests for Compensation.

(a) A certificate of any Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article 3 and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

(b) With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation under Section 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim. If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrower under Section 3.04, the Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans if such suspension would reduce the compensation by the Borrower under Section 3.04, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided, that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.

(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another any Eurodollar Rate Loan, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.06(b) hereof, such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:

(i) to the extent that such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and

(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.

(d) If any Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 3.06 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurodollar Rate Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurodollar Rate Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.

Section 3.07. Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.

(a) If at any time (i) the Borrower becomes obligated to pay additional amounts or indemnity payments described in Section 3.01 or 3.04 as a result of any condition described in such Sections or any Lender ceases to make Eurodollar Rate Loans as a result of any condition described in Section 3.02 or Section 3.03, (ii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or (iii) any Lender becomes a “Non-Consenting Lender” (as defined below in this Section 3.07), then the Borrower may, on ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, either (i) replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 10.07(b) (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided, that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person or (ii) terminate the Commitment of such Lender (if still in existence) and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Lender relating to the Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date.

(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant to Section 3.017(a) above shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lender’s Commitment or outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, and (ii) deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or Administrative Agent. Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (A) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, (B) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and assumption and (C) upon such payment (regardless of whether such replaced Lender has executed an Assignment and Assumption or delivered its Notes to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, delivery to the assignee Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans, Commitments and participations, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, (i) any Lender that acts as an L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time that it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (including the furnishing of a back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer) have been made with respect to such outstanding Letter of Credit and (ii) the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 9.09.

(d) In the event that (i) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has requested the Lenders to consent to a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or to agree to any amendment thereto, (ii) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 or all the Lenders with respect to a certain class of the Loans and (iii) the Required Lenders have agreed to such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender.”

Section 3.08. Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article 3 shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, the assignment of rights by or the replacement of a Lender, and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

Section 3.09. Designation of At Home III as Borrower’s Agent.

(a) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and appoints At Home III as such Borrower’s agent to obtain Credit Extensions, the proceeds of which shall be available to each Borrower for such uses as are permitted under this Agreement. As the disclosed principal for its agent, each Borrower shall be obligated to each Credit Party on account of Credit Extensions so made as if made directly by the applicable Credit Party to such Borrower, notwithstanding the manner by which such Credit Extensions are recorded on the books and records of the Borrower. In addition, each Loan Party other than the Borrowers hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the At Home III as such Loan Party’s agent to represent such Loan Party in all respects under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(b) Each Borrower recognizes that credit available to it hereunder is in excess of and on better terms than it otherwise could obtain on and for its own account and that one of the reasons therefor is its joining in the credit facility contemplated herein with all other Borrowers. Consequently, each Borrower hereby assumes and agrees to discharge all Obligations of each of the other Borrowers.

(c) At Home III shall act as a conduit for each Borrower (including itself, as a “Borrower”) on whose behalf At Home III has requested a Credit Extension. Neither the Agent nor any other Credit Party shall have any obligation to see to the application of such proceeds therefrom.

(d) Any and all notices, requests, consents or other communications given to the Borrower (or, as applicable, from the Borrower) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be effective if given to (or, as applicable, from) At Home III for itself and on behalf of each other Borrower.

ARTICLE 4
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Section 4.01. Conditions to Initial Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

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

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and a Guaranty from each Guarantor, as applicable;

(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

(iii) the Security Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party, together with (subject to the last paragraph of this Section 4.01):

(A) certificates representing the Pledged Interests referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt indorsed in blank,

(B) copies of proper financing statements, filed or duly prepared for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code in all jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary in order to perfect and protect the Liens created under the Security Agreement, covering the Collateral described in the Security Agreement,

(C) evidence that all other actions, recordings and filings of or with respect to the Security Agreement that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect and protect the Liens created thereby shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, receipt of duly executed payoff letters and UCC-3 termination statements);

(iv) the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party, together with (subject to the last paragraph of this Section 4.01) evidence that all

action that the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect and protect the Liens created under the Intellectual Property Security Agreement has been taken;

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

(vi) such documents and certifications (including, without limitation, Organizational Documents and good standing certificates) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each of the Borrower and the Guarantors is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(vii) an opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to each Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit K-1;

(viii) opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties, addressed to each Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit K-2;

(ix) a customary certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings, certifying that Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transaction and the other transactions contemplated hereby, are Solvent;

(x) unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for each interim quarterly period subsequent to January 29, 2011 ended at least forty-five (45) days before the Closing Date, and (B) a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma consolidated statement of income of the Borrower as of and for the four- (4) quarter period ending on the last day of the most recently completed four- (4) fiscal quarter period ended at least ninety (90) days prior to the Closing Date (if such period is a fiscal year end) or at least forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing Date (if such period is a fiscal quarter end), prepared after giving effect to the Transaction as if the Transaction had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of the statement of income);

(xi) a Committed Loan Notice and/or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, relating to the initial Credit Extension; and

(xii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate dated the Closing Date, relating to the month ended on September 30, 2011, and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

(b) Holdings shall have received the Equity Contribution and the Other Equity in the manner described in the definition of the “Transaction”, and shall have contributed the proceeds of the Equity Contribution and the Mezzanine Facility to the Borrower. The Sponsor shall hold, directly or indirectly, a majority of the economic interests in the Company upon the closing of the Acquisition.

(c) On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Refinancing, neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any outstanding Indebtedness for borrowed money other than the Revolving Credit Facility, the Term Loan Facility, the Mezzanine Facility, certain real estate financings, capital leases and other Indebtedness set forth in Schedule 7.03 (collectively, the “Permitted Surviving Debt”) (and, not in limitation of the foregoing, concurrently with the initial funding of the Revolving Credit Facility, all Indebtedness under the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2005, as amended (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), will be refinanced, terminated or discharged and satisfied (the “Refinancing”) shall have been repaid, all guarantees thereof shall have been terminated and all Liens in connection therewith shall have been released).

(d) The Acquisition shall be consummated pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, substantially concurrently with the initial funding of the ~~Senior Credit Facilities~~senior credit facilities and the issuance of notes under the Mezzanine Facility, without giving effect to any amendments thereto or waivers thereof that are materially adverse to the Lenders in their capacity as Lenders, without the consent of each Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being understood and agreed that any change in the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” shall be deemed to be a modification which is materially adverse to the Lenders.

(e) Since January 29, 2011, there shall have not occurred any “Closing Material Adverse Effect” (defined as any event, change, effect or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate, is or would reasonably be likely to be materially adverse to the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided that no event, change, effect or circumstance resulting from any of the following shall be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) changes in general economic, financial market or business conditions, (ii) general changes or developments in any of the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate, (iii) the announcement of the Acquisition Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including any termination of, reduction in or similar negative impact on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with any customers, suppliers, distributors, partners or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to or arising out of the announcement and performance of the Acquisition Agreement or the identity of Parent or its Affiliates, (iv) any action or omission taken at the written request of Purchaser and with the consent of the Lenders (it being understood that no such consent shall be required in connection with actions taken pursuant to the express requirements of the Acquisition Agreement), (v) changes in any

applicable Laws or applicable accounting regulations or principles or interpretations thereof after the date hereof, (vi) global, national or regional political conditions, including any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or war (whether or not declared), sabotage, military actions or any act of terrorism or any earthquakes, floods, natural disasters or other acts of nature, (vii) any failure by the Company to meet its internal or published projections, budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, in and of itself (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of a “Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect) or (viii) any negative change in the credit rating of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, in and of itself (it being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to such change that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect) , except, in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (v) and (vi) above, to the extent that any such event, change, effect or circumstance has a disproportionate and adverse effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries relative to other businesses in the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate. The capitalized terms used in this definition (other than Acquisition Agreement) shall have the meanings set forth in the Acquisition Agreement.

(f) The Closing Date shall have occurred on or before November 15, 2011.

(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least five (5) days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

(h) All fees and expenses required to be paid on the Closing Date shall have been paid in full in cash from the proceeds of the initial funding under the Revolving Credit Facility.

(i) All actions necessary to establish that the Administrative Agent will have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral shall have been taken, in each case, to the extent such Collateral (including the creation or perfection of any security interest) is required to be provided on the Closing Date pursuant to the last paragraph of this Section 4.01.

(j) The condition in Section 7.01(a)(i) of the Acquisition Agreement (but only with respect to the representations that are material to the interests of the Lenders, and only to the extent that Holdings has the right to terminate its obligations under the Acquisition Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in the Acquisition Agreement) shall have been satisfied.

(k) The accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties made in Section 5.01(a) and (b)(ii), Section 5.02(a), 5.04, 5.13, 5.18, 5.21, and 5.23; provided, that to the extent any of the foregoing are qualified or subject to “Material Adverse Effect”, the definition thereof for purposes of this clause (k) shall be “Material Adverse Effect” as defined in the Merger Agreement.

(l) Common equity contributions shall have been made in cash directly or indirectly to Holdings by the Sponsor (the “Equity Contribution”) (and Holdings will contribute such Equity Contribution to the Borrower) in an aggregate amount that (i) equals or exceeds $185 ~~million~~,000,000 and (ii) when taken together with all common equity rolled over or directly or indirectly invested in common equity of Holdings and all common equity of Holdings issued to, or otherwise directly or indirectly acquired by, any existing shareholders and management of the Company (collectively, the “Other Equity”), is not less than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of the Senior Facilities and the Mezzanine Facility funded on the Closing Date and (ii) the Equity Contribution and the Other Equity, it being understood and agreed that the Other Equity shall include at least $10 ~~million~~,000,000 of common equity rolled over by the current Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Sponsor will hold, directly or indirectly, a majority of the economic interests in the Company upon the closing of the Acquisition.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, it is understood that, to the extent any Lien search or Collateral (including the creation or perfection of any security interest) is not or cannot be provided on the Closing Date (other than (i) Uniform Commercial Code lien searches, (ii) the pledge and perfection of Collateral with respect to which a Lien may be perfected solely by the filing of financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code, and (iii) the pledge and perfection of security interests in the capital stock of the Borrower and its material wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by the delivery of a stock certificate) after the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so or without undue burden or expense, then the provision of any such Lien search and/or Collateral shall not constitute a condition precedent to the availability of Letters of Credit under the Revolving Credit Facility on the Closing Date ~~(or, in the case of Flood Documents, such earlier date as set forth in Section 6.14(b)(iii)~~, but may instead be provided within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, subject to such extensions as are reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to arrangements to be mutually agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

Section 4.02. Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than on the Closing Date, and other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article 5 or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, 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 (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.05(a) and Section 5.05(c) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.01(a)~~, (b)~~ and (b), respectively.

(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.

(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

(d) After giving effect to such proposed Credit Extension, Availability shall be not less than $1.00.

Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension. The conditions set forth in this Section 4.02 are for the sole benefit of the Secured Parties but until the Required Lenders otherwise direct the Administrative Agent to cease making Committed Loans, the Lenders will fund their Pro Rata Share of all Loans and L/C Advances and participate in all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit whenever made or issued, which are requested by the Borrower and which, notwithstanding the failure of the Loan Parties to comply with the provisions of this Article 4, agreed to by the Administrative Agent, provided, however, the making of any such Loans or the issuance of any Letters of Credit shall not be deemed a modification or waiver by any Secured Party of the provisions of this Article 4 on any future occasion or a waiver of any rights or the Secured Parties as a result of any such failure to comply.

ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:

Section 5.01. Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (~~iii~~c) is duly qualified and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (cd) is in compliance with all Laws and (de) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted;

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except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) (other than with respect to the Borrower), (c), (d) or (e), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.02. Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party, and the consummation of the Transaction, are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than as permitted by Section 7.01), or require any payment (except for Indebtedness to be repaid on the Closing Date in connection with the Transaction) to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach, contravention or payment (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (b)(i), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.03. Governmental Authorization; other Consents. No material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the consummation of the Transaction, (b) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents (including the priority thereof) or (d) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, except for the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.04. Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

Section 5.05. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a) The Audited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently

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applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein. During the period from January 29, 2011 to and including the Closing Date, there has been (i) no sale, transfer or other disposition by the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries of any material part of the business or property of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and (ii) no purchase or other acquisition by any of them of any business or property (including any Equity Interests of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial condition of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, which is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto or has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date.

(b) After giving effect to the Refinancing, as of the Closing Date (and thereafter, except as notified in writing to the Administrative Agent), Holdings does not have any material Indebtedness or other liabilities, direct or contingent, other than in connection with the Transaction and Permitted Surviving Debt; and from January 29, 2011 to the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.05, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred any material Indebtedness or other liabilities, direct or contingent, that, in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be disclosed in such financial statements, other than in connection with the Transaction.

(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) The consolidated forecasted balance sheets, statements of income and statements of cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 5.05 were prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were reasonable in light of the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts; it being understood that actual results may vary from such forecasts and that such variations may be material.

Section 5.06. Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or, as of the Closing Date, the consummation of the Transaction, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.07. No Default. Neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower is in default under or with respect to, or a party to, any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 5.08. Ownership of Property; Liens.

(a) Each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has good record and indefeasible title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except for minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes and Permitted Liens.

(b) Set forth on Schedule 5.08(b) hereto is a complete and accurate list of all real property owned by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, showing as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date the street address (to the extent available), county or other relevant jurisdiction, state and record owner~~; and as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, no Loan Party owns any Material Real Property except as listed on Schedule 5.08(b).~~.

(c) Set forth on Schedule 5.08(c) hereto is a complete and accurate list of all leases and subleases of real property under which any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is the lessee or sublessee, as applicable, as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, showing as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date the street address (to the extent available), county or other relevant jurisdiction, state, lessor and lessee.

(d) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.08(b), 5.08(c) and 5.08(d), there are no other locations where any tangible personal property of any of the Loan Parties is or may be located (other than vehicles and assets temporarily in transit or sent for repair).

Section 5.09. Environmental Compliance. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.09:

(a) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened or contemplated claims or notices against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries alleging potential liability under, or responsibility for violation of, any Environmental Law relating to their respective businesses, operations and properties that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Borrower, (i) none of the properties currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is listed or proposed for listing on the NPL or any analogous foreign, state or local list or is adjacent to any such property; (ii) there are no and never have been any underground or aboveground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or on any property formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries requiring investigation, remediation, mitigation, removal, or assessment, or other response, remedial or corrective action, pursuant to Environmental Law; and (iv) Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries except for such releases, discharges or disposal that were in compliance with Environmental Laws.

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(c) The Properties do not contain any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which (i) constitute a violation of, (ii) require remedial action under, or (iii) could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws, which violations, remedial actions and liabilities, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is undertaking, and has not completed, either individually or together with other potentially responsible parties, any investigation, remediation, mitigation, removal, assessment or remedial, response or corrective action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site, location or operation, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any Environmental Law except for such investigation or remediation or mitigation or removal or assessment or remedial, response or corrective action that, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) All Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored at, or transported to or from, any property currently or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries have been disposed of in a manner not reasonably expected to result in liability to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.10. Taxes. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal and state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal and state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those (a) which are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or (b) which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (c) with respect to which the failure to make such filing or payment could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.11. ERISA Compliance.

(a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.11(d), each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state laws. Each Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service. To the knowledge of the Borrower and Holdings, nothing has occurred that would prevent, or cause the loss of, such tax-qualified status.

(b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower and Holdings, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no non-exempt prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with

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respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) No ERISA Event has occurred and neither any Loan Party or any Subsidiary nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) each Loan Party and each Subsidiary and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan; (iii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan), the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is 60% or higher; (iv) neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 60% as of the most recent valuation date; (v) neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (vi) neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA and (vii) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan, except with respect to each of the foregoing clauses of this Section 5.11(c), as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to, or has any unsatisfied obligation to contribute to, or liability under, any active or terminated Pension Plan other than on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, those listed on Schedule 5.11(d) hereto.

(e) None of the assets of any of the Loan Parties constitutes “plan assets” within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(f) For the avoidance of doubt, until and through the date of the consummation of the Acquisition, references to Borrower in this Section 5.11 shall also be read to include the Company and any acquired Subsidiaries of the Company.

Section 5.12. Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. As of the ~~Fourth~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date, each Loan Party has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.12, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non assessable and are owned by a Loan Party free and clear of all Liens except (a) those created under the Collateral Documents and (b) any nonconsensual Lien that is permitted under Section 7.01.

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Section 5.13. Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

(a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock and no proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit 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.

(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Neither the making of any Loan, nor the issuance of any Letter of Credit, nor the application of the proceeds or repayment thereof by the Borrower, nor the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, will violate any provision of any such Act or any rule, regulation or order of the SEC thereunder.

Section 5.14. Disclosure. The Borrower has disclosed to the Agents and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Loan Party is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party (other than projected financial information, pro forma financial information and information of a general economic or industry nature) to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), when taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (when taken as a whole), in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided, that, with respect to projected and pro forma financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation; it being understood that such projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material.

Section 5.15. Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.16. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person, except to the extent such conflicts, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Set forth on Schedule 5.16 is a complete and accurate list of all registered or applications to register IP Rights

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owned or exclusively licensed by each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries as of the ~~Fourth~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other Person except for such infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.17. ~~[Reserved].~~Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Each Loan Party has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by such Loan Party, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and such Loan Party, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors and, to the knowledge of such Loan Party, its employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) any Loan Party, any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of any such Loan Party or Subsidiary, any agent of such Loan Party or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Loan or the use of proceeds thereof will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.

Section 5.18. Solvency. The Loan Parties, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

Section 5.19. [Reserved].

Section 5.20. Labor Matters. There are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans or other labor agreements with any union, labor organization or employee association to which a Loan Party or any Subsidiary is a party, other than those listed on Schedule 5.20, covering the employees of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary as of the ~~Fourth~~Seventh Amendment Effective Date. None of the Loan Parties nor any Subsidiary is suffering or has suffered any disputes, strikes, walkouts, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts or other material labor difficulty within the last five (5) years and there are none pending, or to the knowledge of the Borrower and Holdings, threatened. The consummation of the Acquisition will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is bound.

Section 5.21. Perfection, Etc. Subject to Section 4.01 and Section 6.14, all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect the Lien in the Collateral created under the applicable Collateral Documents have been duly made or taken or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and are in full force and effect, and the applicable Collateral Documents create in favor of the Administrative Agent (as collateral agent) for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid and, together with such filings and other actions, perfected first priority Lien in the Collateral, securing the payment of the Secured Obligations,

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subject to Permitted Liens. The Loan Parties are the legal and beneficial owners of the Collateral free and clear of any Lien, except for the Liens created or permitted under the Loan Documents.

Section 5.22. Tax Shelter Regulations. The Borrower does not intend to treat the Loans and/or Letters of Credit and related transactions as being a “reportable transaction” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4). In the event the Borrower determines to take any action inconsistent with such intention, it will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof. If the Borrower so notifies the Administrative Agent, the Borrower acknowledges that one or more of the Lenders may treat its Loans and/or its interest in Swing Line Loans and/or Letters of Credit as part of a transaction that is subject to Treasury Regulation Section 301.6112 1, and such Lender or Lenders, as applicable, will maintain the lists and other records required by such Treasury Regulation.

Section 5.23. PATRIOT Act. To the extent applicable, Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with (a) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (b) the PATRIOT Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

ARTICLE 6
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized or a backstop letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer is in place), the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 6.03) cause each Restricted Subsidiary to:

Section 6.01. Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including a balance sheet, statement of income or operations and statement of cash flows) as at the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not

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be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;

(b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including a balance sheet, statement of income or operations and statement of cash flows) as at the end of such fiscal quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);

(c) at all times that Availability is less than ~~twenty five~~twelve and one half of one percent (12.5%) of the Loan Cap, as soon as available, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal month, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal month and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal month of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes); and

(d) as soon as available, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year, forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, of Availability (on a monthly basis) and consolidated balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a quarterly basis for the remaining portion of the fiscal year following such fiscal year then ended.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower or a direct or indirect parent thereof files reports with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (i) the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of Borrower and the Subsidiaries by furnishing Borrower’s (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as applicable, Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that (x) to the extent such information relates to a direct or indirect parent of Borrower, such information is accompanied by a reconciliation that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand and (y) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of Ernst & Young LLP or any other independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized

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standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, and (ii) references to the Borrower, for purposes of the reporting requirements under Section 6.01 and 6.02, shall, at the election of the Borrower, refer to such reporting entity.

Section 6.02. Certificates; other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) no later than five (5) days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a), a certificate of its independent certified public accountants certifying such financial statements and stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Event of Default under Section 7.11 or, if any such Event of Default shall exist, stating the nature and status of such event;

(b) no later than five (5) days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), and, when applicable Section 6.01(c), (i) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (which delivery may, unless the Administrative Agent or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes; and which Compliance Certificate need not include financial covenant calculations unless a Covenant Trigger Event has occurred), and (ii) a copy of management’s discussion and analysis with respect to such financial statements and performance as compared to the prior fiscal period;

(c) Within fifteen (15) days after the end of each fiscal month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), a Borrowing Base Certificate showing the Borrowing Base as of the close of business as of the last day of the immediately preceding ~~Fiscal Month~~fiscal month, each Borrowing Base Certificate to be certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; provided that during a ~~Cash Dominion~~Borrowing Base Reporting Trigger Period, such Borrowing Base Certificate shall be delivered on Tuesday of each week (or, if Tuesday is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Saturday; provided further that, in addition to the foregoing, the Borrower shall (x) provide notice (which may be by electronic mail) to the Administrative Agent prior to making any withdrawal from the Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral Account and (y) deliver an updated Borrowing Base Certificate within two (2) Business Days of making any withdrawal from the Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral Account reflecting the Borrowing Base immediately after giving effect to such withdrawal; provided that, notwithstanding any provision herein or in any Loan Document to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall have the right without notice to any Loan Party to immediately impose a Reserve in the amount of such withdrawal until such updated Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered;

(d) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower,

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and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file, copies of any report, filing or communication with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor, or with any national securities exchange, and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;

(e) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any requests or notices received by any Loan Party (other than in the ordinary course of business), statement or report furnished to any holder of debt securities of any Loan Party or of any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any Term Loan Facility or Junior Financing Documentation in a principal amount greater than the Threshold Amount and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;

(f) promptly after the receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any material investigation or other material inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;

(g) promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, notice of any action arising under any Environmental Law against or of any noncompliance or liability of by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with or under any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(h) together with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(b), (i) a report supplementing Schedule 5.16 and Schedules 5.08(b), 5.08(c) and 5.08(d) hereto, including, in the case of supplements to Schedules 5.08(b), 5.08(c) and 5.08(d), an identification of all owned and leased real property disposed of by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries since the delivery of the last supplements and a list and description of all real property acquired or leased since the delivery of the last supplements (including the street address (if available), county or other relevant jurisdiction, state, and (A) in the case of the owned real property, the record owner and (B) in the case of leases of property, lessor and lessee), and (ii) a description of each event, condition or circumstance during the last fiscal quarter covered by such Compliance Certificate requiring a mandatory prepayment under Section 2.05(b);

(i) within one (1) Business Day after the occurrence of a Covenant Trigger Event, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for (i) the fiscal month for which financial statements have been prepared or were required to have been prepared ended immediately preceding the first date that such ratio is required to be tested, and (ii) thereafter, as long as the Covenant Trigger Period exists is, on the tenth (10th) Business Day after the end of each fiscal month, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the fiscal month most recently ended;

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(j) The financial and collateral reports described on Schedule 6.02 hereto, at the times set forth in such Schedule;

(k) together with the annual financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a), but only if requested in writing by the Administrative Agent, a report summarizing the insurance coverage (specifying type, amount and carrier) in effect for each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and containing such additional information as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably specify in such written request;

(l) promptly after the Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent of any intention by the Borrower to treat the Loans and/or Letters of Credit and related transactions as being a “reportable transaction” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4), a duly completed copy of IRS Form 8886 or any successor form; and

(m) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a), (b) or (e) or Section 6.02(e) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant 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); provided, that: (i) upon request of any Lender, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to such Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper 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 by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will 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 IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “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 the Borrower or its

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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 it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials 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 L/C Issuers, the Arrangers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.078); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.”

Section 6.03. Notices. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) of the occurrence of any Default;

(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including arising out of or resulting from (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority, (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws and or in respect of IP Rights, or (iv) the occurrence of any ERISA Event or occurrence of conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in an ERISA Event, such notice to set forth the details of such ERISA Event and the action, if any, that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto;

(c) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof;

(d) of any failure by any Loan Party to pay rent at (i) any of the Loan Parties’ distribution centers or warehouses; (ii) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of such Loan Party’s Store locations or (iii) any of such Loan Party’s locations if such failure continues for more than ten (10) days following the day on which such rent first came due and such failure would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

(e) of the filing of any Lien for unpaid Taxes against any Loan Party in excess of $3,000,000.

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Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

Section 6.04. Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property; (c) all payments and all obligations in respect of all Leases to which any Loan Party is a party; and (d) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness except, in each case, to the extent the failure to pay or discharge the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.05. Preservation of Existence, Etc.

(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05, (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges (including its good standing), permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.06. Maintenance of Properties. (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted, (b) make all necessary renewals, replacements, modifications, improvements, upgrades, extensions and additions thereof or thereto in accordance with prudent industry practice, and (c) keep all material Leases to which any Loan Party is a party in full force and effect (provided that nothing in the foregoing clause (c) shall prevent any Loan Party to terminate or not to renew any Lease in connection with the relocation or closure of the leased premises or otherwise in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices).

Section 6.07. Maintenance of Insurance.

(a) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) as are

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customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons and providing for not less than thirty (30) days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent of termination, lapse or cancellation of such insurance.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each Mortgaged Property, if at any time the area in which the buildings and other improvements (as described in the applicable Mortgage) are located is designated a “special flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), obtain flood insurance in such total amount as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably require, and otherwise to ensure compliance with the NFIP as set forth in the Flood Laws. Following the Closing Date, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent annual renewals of each flood insurance policy or annual renewals of each force-placed flood insurance policy, as applicable. In connection with any amendment to this Agreement pursuant to which any increase, extension, or renewal of Loans is contemplated, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent for any Mortgaged Property, a Flood Determination Form, Borrower Notice and Evidence of Flood Insurance, as applicable.[Reserved].

(c) Use commercially reasonable efforts to cause commercial general liability, property and casualty policies to (i) be endorsed to name the Administrative Agent or the Term Loan Agents (as may be required by the Intercreditor Agreement) as an additional insured, mortgagee or loss payee, as its interests may appear, and (ii) include a lenders’ loss payable clause (regarding personal property).

Section 6.08. Compliance with Laws. Comply with the requirements of all Laws, including, without limitation, ERISA and the Code, and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except if the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.09. Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.

Section 6.10. Inspection Rights.

(a) Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, the rights under this Section 6.10 may be exercised only by a group of Lenders coordinated by the Administrative Agent and not more often than two (2) times during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and only one (1) such time shall be at the Borrower’s expense; and, provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any

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Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s accountants.

(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent after reasonable prior notice, permit the Administrative Agent or professionals (including investment bankers, consultants, accountants, and lawyers) retained by the Administrative Agent to conduct commercial finance examinations and other evaluations, including, without limitation, of (i) the Borrower’s practices in the computation of the Borrowing Base, (ii) the assets included in the Borrowing Base and related financial information such as, but not limited to, sales, gross margins, payables, accruals and reserves, and (iii) the Loan Parties’ business plan, forecasts and cash flows. Except as otherwise provided below, all such costs, fees and expenses of such professionals shall be at the expense of the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall undertake one (1) commercial finance examination in each twelve (12) month period at the Loan Parties’ expense; provided that if ~~Excess~~ Availability is less than 250% of the Loan Cap at any time (the “Increased Inspection Trigger Event”), the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, undertake up to two (2) commercial finance examinations in the twelve (12) month period after the occurrence of any Increased Inspection Trigger Event, at the Loan Parties’ expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may cause additional commercial finance examinations to be undertaken (i) as it in its discretion deems necessary or appropriate, but not more than one (1) additional time during any twelve (12) month period, and at its own expense, or (ii) if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at the expense of the Loan Parties.

(c) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent after reasonable prior notice, permit the Administrative Agent or professionals (including appraisers) retained by the Administrative Agent to conduct appraisals of the Collateral, including, without limitation, the assets included in the Borrowing Base. Except as otherwise provided below, all such costs, fees and expenses of such professionals shall be at the expense of the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall each undertake one (1) Inventory appraisal in each twelve (12) month period at the Loan Parties’ expense; provided that if an Increased Inspection Trigger Event has occurred, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, undertake up to two (2) Inventory appraisals in the twelve (12) month period after the occurrence of any Increased Inspection Trigger Event, at the Loan Parties’ expense; provided further that during any Cash Dominion Trigger Period, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, each undertake up to three (3) Inventory appraisals in the twelve (12) month period after the commencement of the Cash Dominion Trigger Period, at the Loan Parties’ expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may cause additional appraisals to be undertaken (i) as it in its discretion deems necessary or appropriate, but not more than one (1) additional time during any twelve (12) month period, and at its own expense, or (ii) if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at the expense of the Loan Parties.

Section 6.11. Use of Proceeds. Subject to Section 2.01(a), use the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans to refinance the Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement, to fund any additional original issue discount or upfront fees pursuant to the provisions of the Fee

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Letter (but not to fund the Acquisition), and for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.

Section 6.12. Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security.

(a) Upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Subsidiaries by any Loan Party (provided that each of (i) any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary but remaining a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Restricted Subsidiary for all purposes of this Section 6.12), or upon the acquisition of any personal property (other than “Excluded Property” as defined in the Security Agreement) ~~or any Material Real Property (other than any Excluded Real Property) by any Loan Party, which real or~~, which personal property, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, is not already subject to a perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, then the Borrower shall, in each case at the Borrower’s expense:

(i) in connection with the formation or acquisition of a Subsidiary, within forty-five (45) days after such formation or acquisition or such longer period, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion, (A) cause each such Subsidiary that is neither an Excluded Subsidiary nor a ~~Domestic~~ Subsidiary that is owned directly or indirectly by a Foreign Subsidiary, to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty or guaranty supplement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, guaranteeing the other Loan Parties’ obligations under the Loan Documents, and (B) (if not already so delivered) deliver certificates representing the Pledged Interests of such Subsidiary accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt of such Subsidiary indorsed in blank to the Administrative Agent, together with, if requested by the Administrative Agent, supplements to the Security Agreement with respect to the pledge of any Equity Interests or Indebtedness; provided, that only 65% of voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary (or any direct or indirect ~~Domestic~~ Subsidiary if substantially all of its assets consist of Equity Interests of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries) shall be required to be pledged as Collateral and no such restriction shall apply to non-voting Equity Interests of such Subsidiaries; provided, further, that, (x) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no assets of any Foreign Subsidiary (including Equity Interests owned by such Foreign Subsidiary in a ~~Domestic~~ Subsidiary) shall be required to be pledged as Collateral and (y) no Loan Party will transfer or permit a transfer of a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary.

(ii) within fifteen (15) days after such request, formation or acquisition, or such longer period, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, as the Administrative Agent may agree, furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal properties of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx,

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(xxx) within (a) ninety (90) days or (b) three hundred and sixty (360) days solely with respect to the execution and delivery of Mortgages (provided, however, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the time limitation in subclause (a) shall apply),ninety (90) days after such request, formation or acquisition, or such longer period, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion, duly execute and deliver, and cause each such Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver, to the Administrative Agent ~~Mortgages (with respect only to Material Real Properties that are not Excluded Real Properties),~~ Security Agreement Supplements, IP Security Agreement Supplements and other security agreements, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Security Agreement, and IP Security Agreement ~~and the Mortgages to be delivered with respect to the Material Real Properties (other than Excluded Real Properties) owned~~delivered on the Closing Date), securing payment of all the Obligations of the applicable Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, under the Loan Documents and constituting Liens on all such properties,

(iv) within (a) ninety (90) days or (b) three hundred and sixty (360) days solely with respect to the recording of Mortgages (provided, however, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the time limitation in subclause (a) shall apply),ninety (90) days after such request, formation or acquisition, or such longer period, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion, take, and cause such Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary to take, whatever action (including, without limitation, ~~the recording of Mortgages (with respect only to Material Real Properties that are not Excluded Real Properties)),~~ the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement of notices on title documents and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) may be necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens, on the properties purported to be subject to the ~~Mortgages,~~ Security Agreement Supplements, IP Security Agreement Supplements and security agreements delivered pursuant to this Section 6.12, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms,

(v) within forty-five (45) days after the request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent, a signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request,

(vi) as promptly as practicable after the request of the Administrative Agent (but in any event on or before the delivery of the applicable Mortgage delivered pursuant to this Section 6.12(a) (and, in the case of Flood Documents, three (3) Business Days before the delivery of such Mortgage)), deliver to the Administrative Agent with respect to each Material Real Property (that is not an Excluded Real Property) owned in fee by a Subsidiary that is the subject of such request, each in scope, form and substance

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reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, title reports fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies or the equivalent or other form available in the applicable jurisdiction (not to exceed the value of the Material Real Properties covered thereby) American Land Title Association/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping form surveys and environmental assessment reports, appraisals and Flood Documents,[reserved],

(vii) at any time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver any and all further instruments and documents and take all such other action as the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment may deem necessary or desirable in obtaining the full benefits of, or in perfecting and preserving the Liens of, such guaranties, ~~Mortgages,~~ Security Agreement Supplements, IP Security Agreement Supplements and security agreements; and

(viii) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence that all fees, costs and expenses have been paid in connection with the preparation, execution, filing, recordation and completion, as applicable, of any instrument, document or action required by this Section 6.12(a)~~, including, without limitation, those fees, costs and expenses more specifically set forth in Section 6.12(b)~~.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not require a pledge of, nor take a security interest in those assets as to which the Administrative Agent shall determine, in its reasonable discretion, that the cost of obtaining such a Lien (including any mortgage, stamp, intangibles or other tax) are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security afforded thereby. In addition, from and after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall not take a mortgage or security interest in the real property of any Loan Party.

Section 6.13. 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, comply, and make all reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other Persons operating or occupying its properties to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; obtain and renew all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties; and conduct any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any cleanup, removal or remedial, corrective or other action necessary to remove and clean up all Hazardous Materials from any of its properties, in accordance with the requirements of all Environmental Laws; provided, however, that none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to undertake any remedial action required by Environmental Laws to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP.

Section 6.14. Further Assurances.

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execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Loan Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents.

(b) By the date that is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, as such time period may be extended in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, deliver to the Administrative Agent:

(b) (i) a Mortgage with respect to each property listed on Schedule 6.14(b) (other than any Excluded Real Property), together with evidence each such Mortgage has been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each party thereto on or before such date and is in form suitable for filing and recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien, excepting only Permitted Liens, on the property described therein in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;[Reserved];

(ii) fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies (the “Mortgage Policies”) in form and substance, with endorsements (including zoning endorsements) and in amounts acceptable to the Administrative Agent, issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring the Mortgages to be valid first and subsisting perfected Liens on the property described therein, free and clear of all Liens (including, but not limited to, mechanics’ and materialmen’s Liens), excepting only Permitted Encumbrances and providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for future advances under the Loan Documents, for mechanics’ and materialmen’s Liens) and such coinsurance and direct access reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable and, with respect to any property located in a state in which a zoning endorsement is not available or for which a zoning endorsement is not available (or for which a zoning endorsement is not available at a premium that is not excessive), if requested by the Administrative Agent, a zoning compliance letter from the applicable municipality or a zoning report from Planning and Zoning Resource Corporation (or another person acceptable to the Administrative Agent), in each case satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(iii) no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 6.14(b), in order to comply with the Flood Laws, the Administrative Agent shall have received the following documents (collectively, the “Flood Documents”): (A) a completed standard “life of loan” flood hazard determination form (a “Flood Determination Form”), (B) if the improvement(s) to the applicable improved real property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notification to the Borrower (“Borrower Notice”) and (if applicable)

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notification to the Borrower that flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) is not available because the community does not participate in the NFIP, (C) documentation evidencing the Borrower’s receipt of the Borrower Notice (e.g., countersigned Borrower Notice, return receipt of certified U.S. Mail, or overnight delivery), and (D) if the Borrower Notice is required to be given and flood insurance is available in the community in which the property is located, a copy of one of the following: the flood insurance policy, the borrower’s application for a flood insurance policy plus proof of premium payment, a declaration page confirming that flood insurance has been issued, or such other evidence of flood insurance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (any of the foregoing being “Evidence of Flood Insurance”).

(iv) American Land Title Association/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping form surveys, for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid, and dated no more than 30 days before the day of the initial Credit Extension, certified to the Administrative Agent and the issuer of the Mortgage Policies in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent by a land surveyor duly registered and licensed in the States in which the property described in such surveys is located and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, showing all buildings and other improvements, any off-site improvements, the location of any easements, parking spaces, rights of way, building set-back lines and other dimensional regulations and the absence of encroachments, either by such improvements or on to such property, and other defects, other than encroachments and other defects acceptable to the Administrative Agent; new or updated surveys will not be required if an existing survey is available and survey coverage is available for Agent’s title insurance policies without the need for such new or updated surveys;

(v) favorable opinions of local counsel to the Loan Parties in states in which the Mortgaged Property is located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(vi) favorable opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties in the states in which the Loan Parties party to the Mortgages are organized or formed, with respect to the validly existence, corporate power and authority of such Loan Parties in the granting of the Mortgages, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(vii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an appraisal of each of the properties described in the Mortgages complying with the requirements of the Federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989;

(viii) evidence that all other actions or documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, that are necessary or desirable in order to create valid and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgage, have been taken or delivered, as applicable; and

~~(ix) evidence that all fees, costs and expenses have been paid in connection with the preparation, execution, filing and recordation of the Mortgages, including,~~

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without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, filing and recording fees, title insurance company coordination fees, documentary stamp, mortgage and intangible taxes and title search charges and other charges incurred in connection with the recordation of the Mortgages and the other matters described in this Section 6.14 and as otherwise required to be paid in connection therewith under Section 10.04.

Section 6.15. Cash Management.

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, deliver to the Agent copies of notifications (each, a “Credit Card Notification”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L which have been executed on behalf of such Loan Party and delivered to such Loan Party’s credit card clearinghouses and processors listed on Schedule 5.17(b).

(b) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in writing), enter into a Blocked Account Agreement satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent with each Blocked Account Bank with respect to each DDA maintained with such Blocked Account Bank having funds on deposit in excess of $500,000 in any such DDA, and $2,000,000 (or $4,000,000 during the months of November and December of each year) in all such DDAs (collectively, the “Blocked Accounts”).

(c) To the extent the balance on deposit in any DDA exceeds $7,500, cause the ACH or wire transfer no less frequently than the morning of the Business Day following the Business Day on which the balance in any such DDA exceeds $7,500 (and whether or not there are then any outstanding Obligations) to a Blocked Account all amounts on deposit in each such DDA (other than a DDA which is a Blocked Account) in excess of $500,000 in any such DDA and $2,000,000 in all such DDAs (net of any minimum balance, not to exceed $7,500.00, as may be required to be kept in the subject DDA by the depository institution at which such DDA is maintained) and all payments due from credit card processors and credit card issuers.

(d) During a Cash Dominion Trigger Period, cause the ACH or wire transfer to the concentration account maintained by the Agent at Bank of America (the “Concentration Account”), no less frequently than daily or in cause of clauses (iv) and (v) below, the morning of the Business Day following the Business Day on which the balance in any DDA referred to therein exceeds $7,500 (and whether or not there are then any outstanding Obligations), all cash receipts and collections received by each Loan Party from all sources, including, without limitation, the following:

(i) all available cash receipts from the sale of Inventory (including without limitation, proceeds of credit card charges) and other assets (whether or not constituting Collateral);

(ii) all proceeds of collections of Accounts;

(iii) all net cash proceeds, and all other cash payments received by a Loan Party from any Person or from any source or on account of any Disposition or other transaction or event;

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(iv) the then contents of each DDA (net of any minimum balance, not to exceed $7,500.00, as the Borrower may be required to be kept in the subject DDA by the depository institution at which such DDA is maintained); and

(v) the then entire ledger balance of each Blocked Account (net of any minimum balance, not to exceed $7,500.00, as may be required to be kept in the subject Blocked Account by the Blocked Account Bank).

(e) The Concentration Account shall at all times during a Cash Dominion Trigger Period, be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) the Loan Parties have no right of withdrawal from the Concentration Account, without the consent of the Administrative Agent, (ii) the funds on deposit in the Concentration Account shall at all times be collateral security for all of the Obligations, (iii) the funds on deposit in the Concentration Account shall be applied to the Obligations as provided in this Agreement and (iv) any funds remaining on deposit in the Concentration Account after payment in full of the Obligations that are then due and payable shall be promptly (and in any event not later than the next Business Day after the receipt thereof) remitted to the Loan Parties to be used for any purpose not inconsistent with this Agreement. In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6.15, any Loan Party receives or otherwise has dominion and control of any such cash receipts or collections, such receipts and collections shall be held in trust by such Loan Party for the Agent, shall not be commingled with any of such Loan Party’s other funds or deposited in any account of such Loan Party and shall, not later than the Business Day following the receipt thereof, be deposited into the Concentration Account or dealt with in such other fashion as such Loan Party may be instructed by the Agent.

(f) Upon the request of the Agent, cause bank statements and/or other reports to be delivered to the Agent not less often than monthly, accurately setting forth all amounts deposited in each Blocked Account to ensure the proper transfer of funds as set forth above.

(g) Maintain the Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral Account at all times that Borrowing Base Eligible Cash Collateral is included in the Borrowing Base. Borrower agrees that it shall have no rights of withdrawal from such account (i) during a Cash Dominion Trigger Period and (ii) unless Borrower has delivered notice and an updated Borrowing Base Certificate in accordance with Section 6.02(c) (it being understood and agreed that only the cash position in the previously delivered Borrowing Base Certificate needs to be updated) reflecting that no Overadvance shall exist immediately after giving effect to such withdrawal.

Section 6.16. Physical Inventories.

(a) Cause not less than one (1) physical inventories to be undertaken, at the expense of the Loan Parties, in each ~~Fiscal Year~~fiscal year and periodic cycle counts, in each case consistent with past practices, conducted by such inventory takers as are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and following such methodology as is consistent with the methodology used in the immediately preceding inventory or as otherwise may be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent, at the expense of the Loan Parties, may participate in and/or observe each scheduled physical count of Inventory which is undertaken on

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behalf of any Loan Party. The Borrower, within thirty (30) days following the completion of such inventory, shall provide the Administrative Agent with a reconciliation of the results of such inventory (as well as of any other physical inventory or cycle counts undertaken by a Loan Party) and shall post such results to the Loan Parties’ stock ledgers and general ledgers, as applicable.

(b) Permit the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, if any Default or Event of Default exists, to cause additional such inventories to be taken as the Administrative Agent determines (each, at the expense of the Loan Parties).

ARTICLE 7
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (unless the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized or a backstop letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer is in place), (A) (except with respect to Section 7.15) the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly and (B) (with respect to Section 7.15) Holdings shall not:

Section 7.01. Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

(a) Liens pursuant to (i) any Loan Document or (ii) any Term Loan Document pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(i)(y); provided, that Liens pursuant to any Term Loan Document shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

(b) Liens existing on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03, and (B) proceeds and products thereof and (ii) the renewal, extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by Section 7.03;

(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or if more than thirty (30) days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings

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diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of bank guarantees issued for the account of Foreign Subsidiaries for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including (i) those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations and (ii) those required or requested by any Governmental Authority other than letters of credit) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property which, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h);

(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(b)(v); provided, that (i) such Liens attach concurrently with or within three hundred and sixty (360) days after the acquisition, repair, replacement or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens (it being understood that until such Liens attach, the underlying property, unless such property is real property, shall be subject to a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent), (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property (except for replacements, additions and accessions to such property) other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds and the products thereof and (iii) with respect to Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Leases and the proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;

(j) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries);

(k) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties not overdue for a period of more than sixty (60) days in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

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(l) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4 210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(m) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Sections 7.02(i) or (o) to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, or (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under Section 7.05, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

(n) Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary to the extent permitted under Section 7.03(b)(vi) or Section 7.03(b)(vii);

(o) Liens in favor of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(b)(iv);

(p) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (other than Liens on the Equity Interests of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary); provided, that (i) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof), and (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Section 7.03(b)(v) or (x);

(q) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding leases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(r) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensee, sublicensee, licensor or sublicensor under any lease or license agreement in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement;

(s) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement;

(t) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under Section 7.02;

(u) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

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(v) ~~With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the applicable Permitted Encumbrances;~~ [Reserved];

(w) Senior Secured Debt Liens;

(x) Liens arising or deemed to have arisen in connection with the Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted pursuant to Section 7.05(e);

(y) Liens that are customary contractual rights of setoff (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(z) zoning, building, entitlement and other land use regulations by Governmental Authorities with which the normal operation of the business complies, and (ii) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries);

(aa) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

(bb) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

(cc) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other Obligations outstanding in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000;

(dd) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(xviii); and

(ee) Liens on already owned or hereinafter acquired real property, related assets, proceeds and products thereof and accessions thereto securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(b)(xix).

Section 7.02. Investments. Make or hold any Investments, except:

(a) Investments held by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of Cash Equivalents;

(b) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries (i) ~~in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 at any time~~

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~~outstanding,~~ for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes (including payroll payments in the ordinary course of business), and (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof in an aggregate amount for loans and advances described in clauses (i) and (ii) not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(c) Investments (i) by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Loan Party (excluding Holdings but including any new Restricted Subsidiary which becomes a Loan Party), and (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party in any other such Restricted Subsidiary that is also not a Loan Party;

(d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors, and Investments consisting of prepayments to suppliers in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

(e) Investments arising out of transactions permitted under Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06; and 7.14.

(f) Investments existing on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 7.02 and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof; provided, that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.02;

(g) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03;

(h) promissory notes and other non-cash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05;

(i) the purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of, any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or of all of the Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary that is wholly owned directly by the Borrower or one or more of its wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, as a result of a merger or consolidation); provided, that, with respect to each purchase or other acquisition made pursuant to this Section 7.02(i) (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”):

(i) each applicable Loan Party and any such newly created or acquired Restricted Subsidiary shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.12;

(ii) if proceeds of any Credit Extension are used to fund any such purchase or other acquisition, (x) such purchase or other acquisition shall have been approved by the Board of Directors of the Person (or similar governing body if such Person is not a corporation) which is the subject of such purchase or other acquisition and such Person shall not have announced that it will oppose such purchase or other acquisition or shall not have commenced any action which alleges that such purchase or other acquisition shall

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violate applicable Law and (y) the legal structure of such purchase or other acquisition shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its discretion;

(iii) the total cash and noncash consideration (including, without limitation, the fair market value of all Equity Interests issued or transferred to the sellers thereof, earnouts and other contingent payment obligations to such sellers and all assumptions of Indebtedness in connection therewith) paid by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any such purchase or other acquisition of an entity that does not become a Guarantor or of assets that do not become Collateral, when aggregated with the total cash and noncash consideration paid by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for all other purchases and other acquisitions made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of entities that do not become Guarantors or of assets that do not become Collateral, pursuant to this Section 7.02(i) after the Third Amendment Effective Date, shall not exceed $15,000,000;

(iv) either (A) the Specified Transaction Conditions have been satisfied or (B) (1) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise as a result of entering into such purchase or other acquisition and (2) the total cash and noncash consideration (including, without limitation, the fair market value of all Equity Interests issued or transferred to the sellers thereof, earnouts and other contingent payment obligations to such sellers and all assumptions of Indebtedness in connection therewith) paid by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any such purchase or other acquisition, when aggregated with the total cash and noncash consideration paid by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for all other purchases and other acquisitions made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall not exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year; and

(v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is to be consummated, a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this clause (i) have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition;

(j) Investments in Joint Ventures, such Investments not to exceed $210,5000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; provided that the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as projected on a Pro-Forma Basis for the twelve (12) fiscal months (or, if only quarterly financial statements are then required to be delivered, on a rolling four (4) quarter basis) preceding such Investment is equal to or greater than 1.0:1.0;

(k) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of (i) endorsements for collection or deposit and (ii) customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

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delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business and upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

(m) the licensing, sublicensing or contribution of IP Rights pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with Persons other than Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(n) loans and advances to Holdings in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to Holdings in accordance with Section 7.06;

(o) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such Investment, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Investments after the Third Amendment Effective Date not exceeding $230,000,000 in the aggregate; provided, however, that, such amount may be increased by the net cash proceeds of Permitted Equity Issuances;

(p) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely by the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) to the seller of such Investments; ~~and~~

(q) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary that is acquired after the Closing Date or of a company merged or amalgamated or consolidated into the Borrower or merged, amalgamated or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with Section 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, do not constitute a material portion of the aggregate assets acquired by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such transaction and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation; and

(r) Investments not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.02; provided that the Specified Transaction Conditions have been satisfied.

Section 7.03. Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) in the case of the Borrower:

(i) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with prudent business practice and not for speculative purposes; and

(ii) [Reserved];

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(i) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents and (y) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under the Term Loan Documents in an unlimited amount; provided that the Specified Incurrence Conditions have been satisfied; provided further that if the Specified Incurrence Conditions have not been satisfied, the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Term Loan Documents shall at no time exceed $480,000,000;

(ii) Permitted Surviving Debt and other Indebtedness outstanding or committed to be incurred on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.03 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(iii) Guarantees of any Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder;

(iv) Indebtedness of (A) any Loan Party owing to any other Loan Party (other than Holdings), (B) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owed to (1) any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or (2) any Loan Party (other than Holdings) in respect of an Investment permitted under Section 7.02(c) or Section 7.02(o), and (C) of any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party; provided, that all such Indebtedness of any Loan Party in this clause (iv)(C) must be expressly subordinated to the Obligations;

(v) Indebtedness (including Attributable Indebtedness and purchase money obligations (including obligations in respect of mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings)) incurred to finance or refinance the purchase, repair, replacement, construction or improvement of fixed or capital assets, including capital lease obligations (or, subject to the requirements of the third proviso below, real property in operations (including stores and distribution centers)) within the limitations set forth in Section 7.01(b)(i) in an unlimited amount provided that the Specified Incurrence Conditions have been satisfied; provided, however, that if the Specified Incurrence Conditions have not been satisfied, the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 7.03(b)(v) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed the greater of (1) $50,000,000 and (2) 45.00% of Consolidated Cash EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), including all Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided further that, (x) if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00, Indebtedness under this Section 7.03(b)(v) may be used to finance mortgages on real property in operations (including stores and distribution centers) in an amount not to exceed 50% of the amount set forth in sub clause (1) or (2) above and (y) if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.00:1.00, Indebtedness under this Section 7.03(b)(v) may be used to finance mortgages on real property in operations (including stores and distribution centers) in an amount not to exceed 100% of the amount set forth in sub clause (1) or (2) above;

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(vi) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(vii) Indebtedness (other than for borrowed money) secured by Liens permitted under Section 7.01 (other than Section 7.01(y));

(viii) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(ix) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by any Loan Party to current or former officers, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings or its direct or indirect parent permitted by Section 7.06;

(x) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition or Disposition under agreements providing for the adjustment of the purchase price or similar adjustments;

(xi) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred consideration or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with Permitted Acquisitions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at anytime outstanding;

(xii) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts;

(xiii) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding;

(xiv) Indebtedness consisting of (1) the financing of insurance premiums or (2) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in the case of the foregoing clauses (a1) and (b2) in the ordinary course of business and (B) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of bank guarantees issued for the account of Foreign Subsidiaries, warehouse receipts or similar instruments (other than letters of credit) issued or created 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 other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations (other than obligations in respect of letters of credit) regarding workers compensation claims; provided that any reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are reimbursed within thirty (30) days following the due date thereof;

(xv) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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(xvi) Indebtedness incurred by a Loan Party constituting Senior Secured Debt in an unlimited amount; provided that the Specified Incurrence Conditions have been satisfied; provided further that if the Specified Incurrence Conditions have not been satisfied, the aggregate principal amount of all Senior Secured Debt shall at no time exceed $100,000,000;

(xvii) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.03; provided, that the Specified Transaction Conditions have been satisfied;

(xviii) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that after giving Pro Forma Effect to such incurrence, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Senior Notes Indenture(4)) would be at least 2.00 to 1.00; and

(xix) Indebtedness secured by already owned or hereinafter acquired real property in operations (including stores and distribution centers), related assets, proceeds and products thereof, and accessions thereto in an unlimited amount; provided that the Specified Incurrence Conditions have been satisfied; provided, however, that if the Specified Incurrence Conditions have not been satisfied, the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness incurred in reliance of this Section 7.03(b)(xix) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed the greater of (1) $75,000,000 and (2) 65.00% of Consolidated Cash EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable; provided further that, such amount shall be increased to the greater of: (a) (1) $112,500,000 and (2) 100.00% of Consolidated Cash EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00 or (b) (1) $150,000,000 and (2) 130.00% of Consolidated Cash EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), as applicable, if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.00:1.00.

Section 7.04. Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, other than a Consolidating Merger, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower into a new jurisdiction), provided, that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the surviving Person shall expressly assume the obligations of the Borrower pursuant to documents reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, or (ii) any one (1) or more other Restricted Subsidiaries, provided, that

(4) As defined in this Agreement prior to giving effect to the Fourth Amendment.

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when any Guarantor is merging with another Restricted Subsidiary, (A) the Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Sections 7.02 and 7.03;

(b) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (ii) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary may (if the perfection and priority of the Liens securing the Obligations is not adversely affected thereby) change its legal form if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interest of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being understood that in the case of any dissolution of a Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, such Subsidiary shall at or before the time of such dissolution transfer its assets to another Subsidiary that is a Guarantor; and in the case of any change in legal form, a Subsidiary that is a Guarantor will remain a Guarantor unless such Guarantor is otherwise permitted to cease being a Guarantor hereunder);

(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Guarantor, then (i) the transferee must either be the Borrower or a Guarantor or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Sections 7.02 and 7.03, respectively;

(d) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02; provided, that (i) the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which together with each of its Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.12 or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in accordance with Section 7.02; and

(e) a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05 (other than Section 7.05(d)(i)).

Section 7.05. Dispositions. Make any Disposition, except:

(a) Dispositions of obsolete, surplus or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any immaterial intellectual property to lapse or go abandoned);

(b) Dispositions of inventory and goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business;

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(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(d) (i) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.04, (ii) Investments permitted by Section 7.02, and (iii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.06;

(e) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations permitted or not prohibited by this Agreement;

(f) Dispositions of Cash Equivalents;

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