CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 14, 2012 among FLAG INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, METALS USA, INC., as Borrower, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO and CREDIT SUISSE AG, as Administrative Agent CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC as...

CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 14, 2012 among FLAG INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, METALS USA, INC., as Borrower, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO and CREDIT SUISSE AG, as Administrative Agent CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC as...

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Exhibit 10.1

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of December 14, 2012

among

FLAG INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,

METALS USA, INC.,

as Borrower,

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

and

CREDIT SUISSE AG,

as Administrative Agent

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

as Lead Arranger

and

X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC

as Co-Lead Arranger

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,

X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.

and

XXXXX FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

as Joint Bookrunners

MOELIS & COMPANY LLC

and

APOLLO GLOBAL SECURITIES LLC,

as Co-Managers

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01	Defined Terms		1
Section 1.02	Terms Generally		41
Section 1.03	Effectuation of Transactions		42

ARTICLE II THE CREDITS
Section 2.01	Commitments		42
Section 2.02	Loans and Borrowings		42
Section 2.03	Requests for Borrowings		43
Section 2.04	Funding of Borrowings		43
Section 2.05	Interest Elections		43
Section 2.06	Agreement to Repay Loans; Evidence of Debt		45
Section 2.07	Repayment of Term Loans		45
Section 2.08	Prepayment of Loans		47
Section 2.09	Fees		51
Section 2.10	Interest		51
Section 2.11	Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set offs		52
Section 2.12	Incremental Commitments		54
Section 2.13	Defaulting Lenders		55

ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
Section 3.01	Taxes		56
Section 3.02	Illegality		61
Section 3.03	Inability to Determine Rates		61
Section 3.04	Increased Costs		62
Section 3.05	Compensation for Losses		63
Section 3.06	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders		63
Section 3.07	Survival		64

ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.01	Organization; Powers		64
Section 4.02	Authorization		64
Section 4.03	Enforceability		65
Section 4.04	Governmental Approvals		65
Section 4.05	Financial Statements		65
Section 4.06	No Material Adverse Effect		65
Section 4.07	Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases		65
Section 4.08	Subsidiaries		66
Section 4.09	Litigation; Compliance with Laws		66

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Section 4.10	Federal Reserve Regulations		66
Section 4.11	Investment Company Act		67
Section 4.12	Use of Proceeds		67
Section 4.13	Taxes		67
Section 4.14	No Material Misstatements		67
Section 4.15	Employee Benefit Plans		68
Section 4.16	Environmental Matters		68
Section 4.17	Security Documents		69
Section 4.18	Location of Real Property and Leased Premises		69
Section 4.19	Solvency		70
Section 4.20	Labor Matters		70
Section 4.21	Insurance		70
Section 4.22	No Default		70
Section 4.23	Intellectual Property; Licenses, etc.		71
Section 4.24	Senior Debt		71
Section 4.25	OFAC		71
Section 4.26	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act		71
Section 4.27	Anti-Terrorism Law		71

ARTICLE V CONDITIONS OF LENDING
Section 5.01	All Credit Events		72
Section 5.02	First Credit Event		72

ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Section 6.01	Existence; Businesses and Properties		75
Section 6.02	Insurance		75
Section 6.03	Taxes		76
Section 6.04	Financial Statements, Reports, etc.		76
Section 6.05	Litigation and Other Notices		78
Section 6.06	Compliance with Laws		79
Section 6.07	Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections		79
Section 6.08	Use of Proceeds		79
Section 6.09	Compliance with Environmental Laws		79
Section 6.10	Further Assurances; Additional Security		79
Section 6.11	Rating		82

ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Section 7.01	Indebtedness		82
Section 7.02	Liens		85
Section 7.03	Sale and Lease Back Transactions		89
Section 7.04	Investments, Loans and Advances		89
Section 7.05	Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions		93
Section 7.06	Dividends and Distributions		96
Section 7.07	Transactions with Affiliates		98

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Section 7.08	Business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries		101
Section 7.09	Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.		101
Section 7.10	[Reserved]		103
Section 7.11	Holdings Covenants		103

ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 8.01	Events of Default		104
Section 8.02	Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries		106
Section 8.03	Application of Funds		107

ARTICLE IX THE AGENCY PROVISIONS
Section 9.01	Appointment and Authority		107
Section 9.02	Rights as a Lender		108
Section 9.03	Exculpatory Provisions		108
Section 9.04	Reliance by Administrative Agent		108
Section 9.05	Delegation of Duties		109
Section 9.06	Resignation of Administrative Agent		109
Section 9.07	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders		109
Section 9.08	No Other Duties, Etc.		109
Section 9.09	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim		110
Section 9.10	Collateral and Guaranty Matters		110
Section 9.11	Secured Hedge Agreements		111

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01	Amendments, Etc.		112
Section 10.02	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication		114
Section 10.03	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement		116
Section 10.04	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver		116
Section 10.05	Payments Set Aside		119
Section 10.06	Successors and Assigns		119
Section 10.07	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality		124
Section 10.08	Platform; Borrower Materials		125
Section 10.09	Right of Setoff		126
Section 10.10	Interest Rate Limitation		126
Section 10.11	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness		127
Section 10.12	Survival of Representations and Warranties		127
Section 10.13	Severability		127
Section 10.14	Replacement of Lenders		127
Section 10.15	Governing Law; Jurisdiction Etc.		128
Section 10.16	Waiver of Jury Trial		129
Section 10.17	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility		129
Section 10.18	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents		130
Section 10.19	USA Patriot Act Notice		130

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Exhibits:


Exhibit A-1	–	Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit A-2	–	Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit A-3	–	Form of Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B	–	Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit C	–	Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit D	–	Form of Mortgage
Exhibit E	–	Form of Collateral Agreement
Exhibit F	–	Form of Discounted Prepayment Option Notice
Exhibit G	–	Form of Lender Participation Notice
Exhibit H	–	Form of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice
Exhibit I-1	–	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit I-2	–	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit I-3	–	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit I-4	–	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit J	–	Form of Guaranty Agreement

Schedules:


Schedule 1.01(a)	–	Certain U.S. Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(b)	–	Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 1.01(c)	–	Immaterial Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(d)	–	Pro Forma Adjustments
Schedule 1.01(e)	–	Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Schedule 2.01	–	Commitments
Schedule 4.01	–	Organization and Good Standing
Schedule 4.04	–	Governmental Approvals
Schedule 4.07(b)	–	Leased Properties
Schedule 4.08(a)	–	Subsidiaries
Schedule 4.08(b)	–	Subscriptions
Schedule 4.13	–	Taxes
Schedule 4.16	–	Environmental Matters
Schedule 4.21	–	Insurance
Schedule 4.23	–	Intellectual Property
Schedule 5.02(b)	–	Local Counsel
Schedule 5.02(d)	–	Post-Closing Interest Deliveries
Schedule 7.01	–	Indebtedness
Schedule 7.02(a)	–	Liens
Schedule 7.04	–	Investments
Schedule 7.07	–	Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 10.02	–	Notice Information

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of December 14, 2012 (this “Agreement”), among FLAG INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), METALS USA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the LENDERS party hereto from time to time, CREDIT SUISSE AG, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders.

WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent, are parties to that certain Indenture dated as of November 30, 2005, pursuant to which the Borrower issued 11-1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the “Existing Notes”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit in the form of term loans on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $225,000,000 to be used by the Borrower (i) to redeem or repurchase all of its outstanding Existing Notes, (ii) to make a prepayment in respect of ABL Loans, (iii) to pay the Transaction Expenses and (iv) for general corporate purposes, including working capital;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

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

“ABL Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Secured Parties under (and as defined in) the ABL Credit Agreement, and its successors and assigns in such capacity.

“ABL Bank Products” means any one or more of the following types of services or facilities extended to any ABL Borrower by any ABL Lender or Affiliate (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) thereof, to the extent secured under the ABL Loan Documents: (a) commercial credit card, purchase card and merchant services; (b) ACH Transactions (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement); (c) Hedge Agreements (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement); (d) treasury management and Cash Management Services (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement); (e) foreign exchange contracts; and (f) other banking products or services as may be requested by any Borrower, other than Letters of Credit (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement).

“ABL Borrower” means a Borrower under (and as defined in) the ABL Credit Agreement, and “ABL Borrowers” means any two or more of them, collectively.

“ABL Collateral Agent” means Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the benefit of the ABL Finance Parties, and its successor or successors in such capacity.

“ABL Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 among Holdings, the Borrower, the guarantors and other borrowers party thereto, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time, the ABL Administrative Agent, the ABL Collateral Agent, the letter of credit issuers party thereto from time to time, and any other agents named therein, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“ABL Credit Obligations” means, with respect to each ABL Loan Party, without duplication:

(i) in the case of the ABL Borrowers, all principal of and interest on any Revolving Loans or obligations in respect of Letters of Credit under, or any Revolving Note issued pursuant to, and all as defined in, the ABL Credit Agreement or any other ABL Loan Document;

(ii) all fees, expenses, indemnification obligations and other amounts of whatever nature now or hereafter payable by such ABL Loan Party pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement or any other ABL Loan Document;

(iii) all expenses of the ABL Administrative Agent, the ABL Collateral Agent or any other agent under any ABL Loan Document as to which one or more of such agents have a right to reimbursement by such ABL Loan Party pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement or any other ABL Loan Document;

(iv) all amounts paid by any Indemnified Person (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) as to which such Indemnified Person has the right to reimbursement by such ABL Loan Party under the ABL Credit Agreement or under any other ABL Loan Document; and

(v) in the case of each guarantor under the ABL Credit Agreement, all amounts now or hereafter payable by such guarantor under its guaranty of all obligations of the ABL Borrowers under the ABL Credit Agreement and any other ABL Loan Document;

together in each case with all renewals, modifications, consolidations or extensions thereof.

“ABL Finance Document” means (i) each ABL Loan Document and (ii) ABL Bank Products, and “ABL Finance Documents” means any two or more of them, collectively.

“ABL Finance Obligations” means all obligations of any ABL Loan Party outstanding under (i) the ABL Credit Agreement and the other ABL Loan Documents (including all ABL Credit Obligations) and (ii) ABL Bank Products.

“ABL Finance Party” means each ABL Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer under (and as defined in) the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Administrative Agent, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the ABL Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agent and each Indemnified Person (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), and “ABL Finance Parties” means any two or more of them, collectively.

“ABL Guaranty” means each guaranty made by an ABL Loan Party in favor of the ABL Finance Parties.

“ABL Lenders” means the “Lenders” under and as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement, and their respective successors and assigns.

“ABL Loan Documents” means the ABL Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any other ABL Credit Obligation, and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any ABL Credit Obligations, including any intercreditor, accession or joinder agreement among holders of ABL Credit Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time.

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“ABL Loans” has the meaning given to the term “Revolving Loans” in the ABL Credit Agreement.

“ABL Loan Party” means Holdings, the Borrower, each other ABL Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower which is a guarantor of the ABL Finance Obligations, and “ABL Loan Parties” means all of them, collectively.

“ABL Priority Collateral” means the Revolving Facility First Lien Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

“Acceptable Discount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(iii).

“Acceptance Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(ii).

“Accepting Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.

“Additional Mortgage” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.10(c).

“Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the Eurodollar Base Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (ii) Statutory Reserves.

“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Administrative Agent Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(a).

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

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

“Affected Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.

“Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a specified 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.

“Affiliated Lender” means, at any time, a Lender that is Apollo Management V, L.P. or any Affiliate of Apollo Management V, L.P., other than (i) Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings or the Borrower or (ii) any natural person.

“Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(f).

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“Affiliated Loan Fund” means any Affiliated Lender that is a bona fide debt fund or an investment vehicle that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and with respect to which neither Apollo Management V, L.P. nor any other private equity, real estate or alternative investment funds or vehicles that are Affiliates of Apollo Management V, L.P., directly or indirectly, possesses the power to direct or cause the direction of the investment policies of such entity.

“Agents” means the Administrative Agent and any syndication agents and documentation agents named on the cover page hereof.

“Agreement” means, on any date, this Agreement as originally in effect on the Effective Date and as thereafter amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time and in effect on such date.

“Applicable Discount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(iii).

“Applicable Margin” means, in respect of the Term B Facility, 4.00 per annum for Base Rate Loans and 5.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans.

“Applicable Period” means an Excess Cash Flow Period or an Excess Cash Flow Interim Period, as the case may be.

“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (i) with respect to the Term B Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to the Term B Facility at such time and (ii) with respect to any Incremental Term Facility, an Incremental Term Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Incremental Term Facility at such time.

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

“Asset Sale” means any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by such assignment and acceptance), in the form of Exhibit A-1 or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

“Base Rate” means for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided that, for the purpose of clause (c), the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for any day shall be based on the rate determined on such day at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as an authorized vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates). If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be.

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“Base Rate Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Loans.

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

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

“Board of Directors” means, as to any person, the board of directors or other governing body of such person, or if such person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity.

“Borrower” has the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble to this Agreement; provided that the term “Borrower” shall be deemed to mean any Successor Borrower determined in accordance with Section 7.05(b)(i).

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.08.

“Borrowing” means a group of Loans of a single Type under a single Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

“Borrowing Minimum” means $5,000,000.

“Borrowing Multiple” means $1,000,000.

“Borrowing Request” means a request by a Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

“Budget” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(e).

“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, except that if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, such day shall also be a London Banking Day.

“Capital Expenditures” means, for any person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person; provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not include:

(i) expenditures to the extent they are made with proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity after the Closing Date or funds that would have constituted any Net Proceeds under clause (i) of the definition of the term “Net Proceeds” (but for the application of the first proviso to such clause (i));

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(ii) expenditures with proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries within 15 months of receipt of such proceeds (or, if not made within such period of 15 months, are committed to be made during such period);

(iii) interest capitalized during such period;

(iv) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof) and for which neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period);

(v) the book value of any asset owned by such person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided, that (A) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure actually is made and (B) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired;

(vi) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (A) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (B) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(vii) Investments in respect of a Permitted Business Acquisition; or

(viii) the purchase of property, plant or equipment made or contractually committed to be made within 15 months of the sale of any asset (other than inventory) to the extent purchased with the proceeds of such sale.

“Capital Lease Obligations” of any person means the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other similar arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of, without duplication, (i) pay in kind Consolidated Interest Expense or other non-cash Consolidated Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting), (ii) to the extent included in Consolidated Interest Expense, the amortization of any debt issuance costs or financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions or upon entering into a Permitted Receivables Financing, (iii) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap Contracts and (iv) cash interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided, that Cash Interest Expense shall exclude any one time financing fees, including those paid in connection with the Transactions or upon entering into a Permitted Receivables Financing or any amendment of this Agreement.

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

“Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur if:

(i) at any time (A) Ultimate Parent shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings, (B) Holdings shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, (C) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of Ultimate Parent shall at any time be occupied by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the Board of Directors of Ultimate Parent or a Permitted Holder, (ii) appointed by directors so nominated nor (iii) appointed by a Permitted Holder, or (C) a “change of control” (or similar event) shall occur under the ABL Finance Documents any Material Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing or any Disqualified Stock (to the extent the aggregate amount of the applicable Disqualified Stock exceeds $35,000,000); or

(ii) any person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any combination of the Permitted Holders or any “group” including any Permitted Holders, shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in Ultimate Parent’s Equity Interests and the Permitted Holders shall own, directly or indirectly, less than such person or “group” on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in Ultimate Parent’s Equity Interests.

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

“Closing Date” means the first date on or after the Effective Date when all the conditions precedent in Section 5.02 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.

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

“Collateral” means all the “Collateral” as defined in any Security Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties and all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or any Subagent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to any Security Document.

“Collateral Agent” means the party acting as collateral agent for the Secured Parties under the Security Documents. On the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent is the same person as the Administrative Agent. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Administrative Agent” as used herein shall include the Collateral Agent, notwithstanding various specific references to the Collateral Agent herein.

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“Collateral Agreement” means the Collateral Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, in the form of Exhibit E, among Holdings, the Borrower, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means the requirement that, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement:

(i) on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received from Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party, counterparts of the Collateral Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person;

(ii) on the Closing Date, (A) the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a pledge of all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (x) the Borrower and (y) each Domestic Subsidiary (other than Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01(a)) and referred to in clause (ii)(2) of this sentence owned on the Closing Date directly by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and (ii) a pledge of 100% of the outstanding nonvoting Equity Interests and of 65% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of (1) each “first tier” Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by any Loan Party and (2) each Domestic Subsidiary that owns no material assets (directly or through subsidiaries) other than Equity Interests of one or more “controlled foreign corporations” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and (B) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(iii) (A) all Indebtedness of the Borrower and each Subsidiary (other than (i) intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries or (ii) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) that is owing to any Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (or other applicable Security Document as reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), and (B) the Collateral Agent shall, if any such Indebtedness is evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument, have received all such promissory notes or instruments, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(iv) in the case of any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received a supplement to the Collateral Agreement and to the Guaranty Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary Loan Party;

(v) after the Closing Date, (A) all the outstanding Equity Interests of (i) any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date (and which are owned by a Loan Party) and (ii) subject to Section 6.10(g), any other person that are acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Equity Interests of any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary established after the Closing Date) (other than to the extent that a pledge of such Equity Interest would violate applicable law or regulation) shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement; provided, that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary be pledged to secure Term Credit Obligations, and in no event shall any of the issued and outstanding Equity

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Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party or any Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party that owns no material assets (directly or through subsidiaries) other than Equity Interests of one or more “controlled foreign corporations” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code be pledged to secure Term Credit Obligations, and (B) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;

(vi) except as otherwise contemplated by any Security Document and subject to Section 5.02(d), all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;

(vii) within 90 days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall determine in its sole discretion) of the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of each Mortgage to be entered into with respect to each Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property and suitable for recording or filing and, if such Mortgaged Property is an improved Real Property, (A)(i) no later than 15 days prior to the execution and delivery of such Mortgage (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall determine in its sole discretion), address and other identifying information with respect to such Mortgaged Property reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (ii) if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located within any area designated by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a “special flood hazard” area (as may be established by a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to such Mortgaged Property), no later than 5 days prior to the execution and delivery of such Mortgage (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall determine in its sole discretion), evidence of a flood insurance policy (if such insurance is required by Law and commercially reasonably available) from a company and in an amount satisfactory to the Collateral Agent for the applicable portion of the premises, naming the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as mortgagee, or (B) a certification from a registered engineer or land surveyor in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that none of the improvements on such Mortgaged Property is located within any area designated by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a “special flood hazard” area; provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph (vii) shall not apply with respect to Real Property if the Collateral Agent shall reasonably determine that the costs of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest or adhering to the provisions of this paragraph (vii) are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby;

(viii) within 90 days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall determine in its sole discretion) of the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (A) a policy or policies or marked-up unconditional binder of title insurance, as applicable, paid for by the Borrower, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company, insuring the Lien of each Mortgage in respect of the Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) as a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except Permitted Liens, together with such customary endorsements (including zoning endorsements where reasonably appropriate and available), coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may

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reasonably request, including with respect to any such property located in a state in which a zoning endorsement is not available, a zoning compliance letter from the applicable municipality in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and (B) a survey of each Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) (including all improvements, easements and other customary matters thereon reasonably required by the Collateral Agent (taking account of whether such survey is an aerial or on-ground survey)), for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid, which is either (i)(w) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred within six months prior to such date of delivery any exterior construction on the site of such Mortgaged Property, in which event such survey shall be dated (or redated) after the completion of such construction or if such construction shall not have been completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than 20 days prior to such date of delivery; provided that delivery of a survey dated earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof shall be sufficient if accompanied by an executed “no change” affidavit with respect thereto, certifying that no material changes have occurred with respect to the matters shown on such survey since the date thereof, or, if there have been any material changes, that all such material changes are wholly contained within the boundaries of the applicable Mortgaged Property and do not encroach upon any other property or any applicable building setbacks, easements or rights of way, (x) certified by the surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the Collateral Agent and the title insurance company insuring the Mortgage, (y) complying in all respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title Association and American Congress of Surveying and Mapping as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey and (z) sufficient for such title insurance company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy relating to such Mortgaged Property or (ii) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent; provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph (viii) shall not apply with respect to the Real Property if the Collateral Agent shall reasonably determine that the cost of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in such Real Property or adhering to the provisions of this paragraph (viii) are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby;

(ix) upon or prior to the delivery of the Mortgages, the Collateral Agent shall have received evidence of the insurance required by the terms of the Mortgages;

(x) except as otherwise contemplated by any Security Document, each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with (A) the execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder and (B) the performance of its obligations thereunder; and

(xi) after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (A) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.10, and (B) upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Section 6.10.

“Co-Managers” means Moelis & Company LLC and Apollo Global Securities LLC.

“Commitments” means with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment and Incremental Term Loan Commitment.

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“Consolidated Debt” at any date means the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit, bank guarantees, the ABL Credit Agreement or other revolving facilities, in each case, to the extent undrawn) consisting of Capital Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money, Disqualified Stock and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services, in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any person (the “Specified Person”) for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) consolidated interest expense solely with respect to Indebtedness of the Specified Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Swap Obligations and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees and expensing of any bridge or other financing fees);

(ii) consolidated capitalized interest of the Specified Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued;

(iii) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred for such period in connection with any receivables financing of the Specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries which are payable to persons other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(iv) dividends accrued for such period in respect of all Disqualified Stock of the Specified Person and any of its Subsidiaries and all preferred stock of any such Subsidiaries, in each case held by persons other than the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (in each such case other than dividends payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower); and

(v) interest accruing for such period on any Indebtedness of any other person to the extent such Indebtedness is guaranteed by (or secured by the assets of) the Specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries;

less, interest income of the Specified Person and its Subsidiaries for such period.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such person and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that, without duplication, the following items shall be excluded:

(i) any net after-tax extraordinary or nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income or expenses or charges, including any severance expenses and fees, expenses or charges relating to any equity offering, investment, acquisition or Indebtedness permitted hereunder (in each case, whether or not successful);

(ii) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any one-time non-cash charges (such as purchased in-process research and development or capitalized manufacturing profit in inventory) resulting from purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date;

(iii) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;

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(iv) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of discontinued operations;

(v) any net after-tax gains or losses, or any subsequent charges or expenses, attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions having occurred at any time other than in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower;

(vi) any net after-tax gains or losses attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness;

(vii) the Net Income for such period of any person (other than the referent person) that is not a Subsidiary of such person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided, however, there shall be included the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments in respect of capital paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;

(viii) any non-cash impairment charges or asset write-off or write-down resulting from the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142;

(ix) any non-cash expense realized or resulting from any employee benefit plans, post-employment benefit plans, deferred stock compensation plan or grants of stock appreciation rights or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights to officers, directors and employees of such person or any of its Subsidiaries;

(x) non-cash gains, losses income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by FASB Accounting Standards Codification Section 815 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133); and

(xi) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances.

“Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses or other non-cash items of such person and its Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any such charge which consists of or requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period.

“Consolidated Taxes” means provisions for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including state, franchise and similar taxes taken into account in calculating Consolidated Net Income.

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

“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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Credit Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article V.

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“Current Assets” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of (i) all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, and (ii) in the event that a Permitted Receivables Financing is accounted for off balance sheet, (x) gross accounts receivable comprising part of the Receivables Assets subject to such Permitted Receivables Financing less (y) collections against the amounts sold pursuant to clause (x).

“Current Liabilities” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (i) Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement or other revolving loans and the current portion of any other Indebtedness, (ii) accruals of Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding Consolidated Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (iii) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (iv) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (v) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post retirement benefit obligations, and (vi) accruals for add backs to EBITDA included in clauses (iv) through (viii) of the definition of such term.

“Debt Service” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Debt for such period.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, 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.

“Declining Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(e).

“Default” means any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (i) has failed (A) to fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (B) to pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (ii) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (iii) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iii) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (iv) has, or has a direct or indirect parent

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company that has (A) become insolvent, or become generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (B) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (C) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; 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 so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (i) through (iv) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and, to the extent permitted by law, each other Lender promptly following such determination.

“Default Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c).

“Deposit Account” means a “deposit account” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) and also means and includes all demand, time, savings, passbook or similar accounts maintained by a Loan Party with a bank or other financial institution, whether or not evidenced by an instrument, all cash and other funds held therein and all passbooks related thereto and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing, evidencing or deposited into such deposit accounts.

“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means a deposit account control agreement among the Collateral Agent, the Borrower or other Loan Party maintaining a Deposit Account at any bank or financial institution (an “Account Bank”) and such Account Bank, which agreement shall be on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.

“Discount Range” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(ii).

“Discounted Prepayment Option Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(ii).

“Discounted Voluntary Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(i).

“Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(v).

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“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any person, any Equity Interests of such person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation 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 Term Credit Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (iii) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (iv) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the earlier of (x) the Term B Facility Maturity Date and (y) the date on which the Loans and all other Term Credit Obligations that are accrued and payable are repaid in full and the Commitments are terminated; provided, however, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Equity Interests are issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided, further; however, that any class of Equity Interests of such person that by its terms authorizes such person to satisfy its obligations by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary or a subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(a).

“EBITDA” means, with respect any person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such person for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:

(i) Consolidated Taxes; plus

(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus

(iii) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus

(iv) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses, if any, paid to Apollo Management V, L.P. or any of its Affiliates (or any accruals relating to such fees and related expenses) during such period not to exceed the amounts permitted by Section 7.07; plus

(v) facility closure and severance costs and charges; plus

(vi) impairment charges, including the write-down of investments; plus

(vii) non-operating expenses; plus

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(viii) restructuring expenses and charges including retention, severance, system establishment or excess pension costs; plus

(ix) the non-cash portion of straight-line rent expenses;

minus, without duplication, to the extent the same was used to increase Consolidated Net Income during such period:

(i) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period, including the amortization of employee benefit plan prior service costs); and

(ii) non-operating income.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, solely for purposes of determining EBITDA for any period, Metals USA Building Products Canada, Inc. (the “Canadian Subsidiary”) shall be considered a Subsidiary for such period (i) so long as the Borrower owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Canadian Subsidiary during such period and (ii) the amount of the total EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries represented by the EBITDA of the Canadian Subsidiary shall be limited to 2.5%.

“Effective Date” means the date this Agreement becomes effective in accordance with Section 10.11.

“Engagement Letter” means that certain Engagement Letter dated as of October 24, 2012 by and among the Borrower and the Engagement Parties.

“Engagement Parties” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, Moelis & Company LLC and Apollo Global Securities LLC, collectively.

“environment” means ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.

“Environmental Laws” means all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to occupational health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous Materials).

“Equity Interests” of any person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.

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“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“ERISA Event” means (i) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standards of Sections 412 and 430 of the Code and Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA; (iii) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iv) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (v) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (vi) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (vii) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (viii) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; or (ix) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA.

“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered for such relevant Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank market in London, England by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.

“Eurodollar Rate Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.

“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means at any date a Loan which bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01.

“Excess Cash Flow” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Applicable Period, EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Applicable Period, minus, without duplication:

(i) Debt Service for such Applicable Period;

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(ii) the amount of any voluntary prepayment or purchase of Indebtedness during such Applicable Period, other than (x) any voluntary prepayments or purchases that are deducted from the calculation in Section 2.08(d), (y) any voluntary prepayment or cancellation of the Loans pursuant to Sections 2.08(f) or 10.06(g) and (z) any voluntary prepayments that are already reflected in Debt Service; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any voluntary prepayment or purchase of Indebtedness at a discount, the amount deducted pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be equal to the cash expended in such payment or purchase rather than the face amount of the Indebtedness paid or purchased;

(iii) Capital Expenditures by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period that are paid in cash (to the extent permitted under this Agreement) and (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during the Applicable Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder less any amounts received in respect thereof as a return of capital;

(iv) Capital Expenditures or Permitted Business Acquisitions that the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall, during such Applicable Period, become obligated to make but that are not made during such Applicable Period (to the extent permitted under this Agreement); provided, that (i) the Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the end of such Applicable Period, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and certifying that such Capital Expenditures and the delivery of the related equipment or Permitted Business Acquisitions will be made in the following Applicable Period, and (ii) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period;

(v) Taxes paid in cash by the Borrower (and Restricted Payments paid in cash pursuant to Section 7.06(b)(v) hereof) and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Applicable Period; provided, that with respect to any such amounts to be paid after the close of such Applicable Period, (i) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period, and (ii) appropriate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP;

(vi) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital for such Applicable Period;

(vii) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Contracts during such Applicable Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Consolidated Interest Expense;

(viii) permitted Restricted Payments made in cash by the Borrower during such Applicable Period and permitted Restricted Payments made by any Subsidiary to any person other than Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such Applicable Period, in each case in accordance with Section 7.06);

(ix) amounts paid in cash during such Applicable Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of Net Income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as non-cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in a prior Applicable Period and (B) reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting;

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(x) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith; and

(xi) the aggregate amount of items that were added to or not deducted from Net Income in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment (which had not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Applicable Period), or an accrual for a cash payment, by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or did not represent cash received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period;

plus, without duplication:

(i) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital of the Borrower for such Applicable Period;

(ii) all amounts referred to in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and (viii) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance or the incurrence of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, but excluding, solely as relating to Capital Expenditures, proceeds of ABL Loans or any replacement revolving credit facility therefor), the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including any capital contributions) and any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above;

(iii) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures or Permitted Business Acquisitions referred to in clause (iv) above and the delivery of the related equipment do not occur in the following Applicable Period of the Borrower specified in the certificate of the Borrower provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, the amount of such Capital Expenditures or Permitted Business Acquisitions that were not so made in such following Applicable Period;

(iv) cash payments received in respect of Swap Contracts during such Applicable Period to the extent such payments (A) were not included in the computation of EBITDA or (B) do not reduce Cash Interest Expense;

(v) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Applicable Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.08(c));

(vi) to the extent deducted in the computation of EBITDA, cash interest income; and

(vii) the aggregate amount of items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (A) such items represented cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (B) such items do not represent cash paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period.

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“Excess Cash Flow Interim Period” means (i) during any Excess Cash Flow Period, any one-, two-, or three-quarter period (A) commencing on the later of (x) the end of the immediately preceding Excess Cash Flow Period and (y) if applicable, the end of any prior Excess Cash Flow Interim Period occurring during the same Excess Cash Flow Period and (B) ending on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter (other than the last day of the fiscal year) during such Excess Cash Flow Period for which financial statements are available and (ii) during the period from the Closing Date until the beginning of the first Excess Cash Flow Period, any period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.

“Excess Cash Flow Period” means each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year of the Borrower ending on December 31, 2013.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (A) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (B) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) in the case of a Foreign Lender, Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Foreign Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (A) such Foreign Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 10.14) or (B) such Foreign Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii) or Section 3.01(c), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Foreign Lender’s assignor immediately before such Foreign Lender became a party hereto or to such Foreign Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (iv) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

“Exempt Deposit Accounts” means (i) Deposit Accounts the balance of which consists exclusively of (A) withheld income taxes and federal, state or local employment taxes in such amounts as are required in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service or state or local government agencies with respect to employees of any of the Loan Parties, (B) amounts required to be paid over to an employee benefit plan pursuant to DOL Reg. Sec. 2510.3-102 on behalf of or for the benefit of employees of one or more Loan Parties and (ii) all segregated Deposit Accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside in connection with) taxes accounts, payroll accounts, trust or similar accounts and (C) other non-concentration accounts containing less than $1,000,000 individually and in the aggregate for all such other non-concentration accounts.

“Existing Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereof.

“Facility” means the respective facility and commitments utilized in making Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement there is one Facility, i.e. the Term B Facility (and no Incremental Term Facility), and thereafter, may include the Incremental Term Facility.

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

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“Fees” means the Administrative Agent Fees.

“Finance Obligations” means, at any date, (i) all Term Credit Obligations and (ii) all Swap Obligations of a Loan Party then owing under any Secured Hedge Agreement to any Hedge Bank (other than any Swap Obligations that constitute an ABL Finance Obligation).

“Financial Officer” of any person means the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such person.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (i) EBITDA to (ii) Fixed Charges for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that, EBITDA shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.

“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) Consolidated Interest Expense of such person for such period, and

(ii) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock of such person and its Subsidiaries.

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

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Funds” means affiliates of Apollo Management V, L.P.

“Fund Affiliates” means (i) each Affiliate of a Fund, and (ii) any individual who is a partner or employee of Apollo Management, L.P., Apollo Management V, L.P. or any Fund.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Closing Date. For purposes herein, the term “consolidated” means such person consolidated with the Subsidiaries and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an Investment.

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“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.

“Guarantee” of or by any person (the “guarantor”) means (i) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (A) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (B) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (C) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (D) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (E) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit, bank guarantee or other letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (ii) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection 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 by 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 Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.

“guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”

“Guarantor” means any of Holdings and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and “Guarantors” means two or more of them, collectively.

“Guaranty” means, collectively, the guaranty made by Holdings and the Subsidiary Loan Parties under the Guaranty Agreement in favor of the Secured Parties, together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.10.

“Guaranty Agreement” means the Guaranty Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, in the form of Exhibit E, among Holdings, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

“Hazardous Materials” means all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, of any nature subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

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“Hedge Bank” means, in its capacity as a party to a Swap Contract, (i) the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Managers or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing or (ii) any person that, at the time it enters into a Swap Contract permitted under Article VII, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.

“Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement; provided that the terms “Holdings” shall be deemed to mean any Successor Holdings determined in accordance with Section 7.11.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended, (i) did not have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date and (ii) when taken together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries as of such date, did not have assets with a value in excess of 10.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 10.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date. Each Immaterial Subsidiary as of the Closing Date shall be set forth in Schedule 1.01(c).

“Increased Amount Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).

“Incremental Amount” means, at any time, the greater of (i) the excess, if any, of (A) $85,000,000 over (B) the aggregate amount of outstanding Incremental Term Loan Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.12 and (ii) an amount such that at the time of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower shall have a Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of no greater than 4.00 to 1.00.

“Incremental Assumption Agreement” means an Incremental Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Term Lenders.

“Incremental Term Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Incremental Term Loans.

“Incremental Term Facility” means the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the Incremental Term Loans made hereunder.

“Incremental Term Facility Maturity Date” means, with respect to any series or tranche of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the maturity date for such Incremental Term Loans as set forth in such Incremental Assumption Agreement.

“Incremental Term Lender” means a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.

“Incremental Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.12, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.

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“Incremental Term Loan Installment Date” has, with respect to any series or tranche of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(a)(ii).

“Incremental Term Loans” means Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(ii). Incremental Term Loans may be made in the form of additional Term B Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.12 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Term Loans.

“Indebtedness” of any person means, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (iv) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, to the extent that the same would be required to be shown as a long term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (vi) all net payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Contracts, (vii) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and bank guarantees, (viii) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (ix) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (viii) above and (x) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset or (D) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect thereof. To the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness shall include the amount of any Receivables Net Investment.

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

“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(b).

“Ineligible Institution” means the persons identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date, and as may be identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower from time to time thereafter, with the written consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by delivery of a notice thereof to the Administrative Agent setting forth such person or persons (or the person or persons previously identified to the Administrative Agent that are to be no longer considered “Ineligible Institutions”).

“Information” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.07.

“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated October 25, 2012, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing Date.

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“Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.23.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain intercreditor agreement dated as of the date hereof among Holdings, the Borrower, the subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto, the Collateral Agent and the ABL Collateral Agent.

“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05.

“Interest Payment Date” means (i) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, the date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing of a different Type and (ii) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December.

“Interest Period” means, as to any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 9 or 12 months, if at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all relevant Lenders consent to such interest periods), as the Borrower may elect, or the date any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing is converted to a Base Rate Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05 or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.06, 2.07 or 2.08; provided, however, that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

“Investment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.04.

“Joint Book Running Managers” means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC.

“Junior Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.09(b)(i).

“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, directives, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of Law.

“Lender” means each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with Section 10.06), as well as any person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 10.06.

“Lead Arrangers” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC.

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“Lending Office” means with respect to any Lender and for each Type of Loan, the “Lending Office” of such Lender (or of an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for such Type of Loan in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire or in any applicable Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder or such other office of such Lender (or of an Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office by which its Loans of such Type are to be made and maintained.

“Lender Participation Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(iii).

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (i) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset or (ii) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset, provided, that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guaranty Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and any Note issued under Section 2.06(e), and solely for the purposes of Sections 5.02 and 8.01 hereof, Section 5 of the Engagement Letter.

“Loan Modification Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.

“Loan Modification Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.

“Loan Parties” means Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

“Loans” means the Term B Loans and the Incremental Term Loans (if any).

“Local Time” means New York City time.

“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 Group” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other key management personnel of the Borrower, Holdings, any Parent Entity and their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on the Closing Date together with (i) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Borrower, Holdings or Parent Entity, as the case may be, then still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (ii) executive officers and other key management personnel of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity and their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be.

“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the validity or enforceability of any of the material Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

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“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than Loans) of any one or more of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000.

“Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than an Immaterial Subsidiary.

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.10.

“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.

“Mortgaged Properties” means the Real Properties owned in fee by the Loan Parties that are set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) and each additional Real Property encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to Section 6.10.

“Mortgages” means, collectively, the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D (with such changes as are reasonably consented to by the Administrative Agent to account for local law matters), as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.

“Net Debt” at any date means (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding at such date, less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date.

“Net Income” means, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

“Net Proceeds” means:

(i) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale (other than those pursuant to Xxxxxxx 0.00(x), (x), (x), (x), (x), (x), (x), (x), (x) or (o)), net of (A) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer Taxes, deed or mortgage recording Taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents) on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (B) Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, and (C) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any Taxes deducted pursuant to clause (A) above) (x) related to any

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of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction); provided, that, if no Event of Default exists and the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the Borrower’s intention to use any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to make investments in Permitted Business Acquisitions, in each case within 15 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 15 months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 15-month period but within such 15-month period are contractually committed to be used, then, upon the termination of such contract, such remaining portion shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that (x) no proceeds realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such proceeds shall exceed $5,000,000, (y) no proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $10,000,000 and (z) at any time during the 15-month reinvestment period contemplated by the immediately preceding proviso above, if, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the Asset Sale and the application of the proceeds thereof, the Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00, up to $75,000,000 of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds; and

(ii) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 7.01), net of all Taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.

For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower shall be disregarded, except for financial advisory fees customary in type and amount paid to Affiliates of the Fund and otherwise not prohibited from being paid hereunder.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.

“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

“Note” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(e).

“Offered Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(iii).

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of such Recipient engaging or having engaged in a trade or business in the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or any other present or former connection between such Recipient and such jurisdiction; provided, that no such Recipient shall be deemed to be engaged in a trade or business in, or to have any other connection with, any jurisdiction solely as a result of such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 10.14.

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“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06). Other Taxes shall not include any Taxes imposed on, or measured by reference to, gross income, net income or gain.

“Other Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).

“Parent Entity” means any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, including Ultimate Holdings.

“Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(d).

“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(d).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

“Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

“Permitted Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.

“Permitted Business Acquisition” means any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or substantially all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in (or that results in the Borrower or its Subsidiaries owning all or substantially all the Equity Interests in), or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions pursuant thereto shall be consummated in accordance with material applicable laws; (iii) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01; (iv) to the extent required by Section 6.10, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary, shall be merged into the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party or become upon consummation of such acquisition a Subsidiary Loan Party, and (v) the aggregate amount of such acquisitions and investments in assets that are not owned by the Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Parties or in Equity Interests in persons that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties or persons that do not become Subsidiary Loan Parties upon consummation of such acquisition shall not exceed the greater of (x) 5.00% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such acquisition or investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable and (y) $50,000,000.

“Permitted Holder” means each of (i) the Funds and the Fund Affiliates, and (ii) the Management Group.

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“Permitted Investments” means:

(i) direct obligations of the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years;

(ii) bank deposits, checking accounts, time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250,000,000 and whose long term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));

(iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above;

(iv) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P 1 (or higher) according to Moody’s, or A 1 (or higher) according to S&P;

(v) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s;

(vi) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (i) through (v) above;

(vii) money market funds that (A) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (B) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (C) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000;

(viii) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits (in each case with or from a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above) in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 0.50% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of the Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal year; and

(ix) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (i) through (viii) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.

“Permitted Liens” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

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“Permitted Loan Purchases” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(g).

“Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender as an Assignor and the Borrower as an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A-3 or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

“Permitted Receivables Documents” means all documents and agreements evidencing, relating to or otherwise governing a Permitted Receivables Financing.

“Permitted Receivables Financing” means one or more transactions pursuant to which (i) Receivables Assets or interests therein are sold to or financed by one or more Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries finance their acquisition of such Receivables Assets or interests therein, or the financing thereof, by selling or borrowing against Receivables Assets; provided that (A) recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in connection with such transactions shall be limited to the extent customary for similar transactions in the applicable jurisdictions (including, to the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the delivery of a “true sale”/”absolute transfer” opinion with respect to any transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary)) and (B) the aggregate Receivables Net Investment outstanding at any one time shall not exceed the greater of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the net book value of the accounts receivable of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (determined by the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) delivered pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement).

“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses), (ii) except with respect to Section 7.01(i), the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the earlier of (x) the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (y) 90 days after the Term B Facility Maturity Date, (iii) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Term Credit Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Term Credit Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (iv) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors, or greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being Refinanced (provided that (x) Indebtedness (A) of any Loan Party may be Refinanced to add or substitute as an obligor another Loan Party that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B) of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may be Refinanced to add or substitute as an obligor another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (y) other guarantees and security may be added to the extent then independently permitted under Article VII) and (v) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral (including in respect of working capital facilities of Foreign Subsidiaries otherwise permitted under this Agreement only, any collateral pursuant to after acquired property clauses to the extent any such collateral secured the Indebtedness being Refinanced) on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided, further, that with respect to a Refinancing of subordinated

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Indebtedness permitted to be incurred herein, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall (x) be subordinated to the guarantee by Holdings and the Subsidiary Loan Parties of the Facilities, and (y) be otherwise on terms not materially less favorable to the Lenders than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced.

“person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) (i) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, (ii) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by Holdings, the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, or (iii) in respect of which Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

“Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.08.

“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum determined from time to time by Credit Suisse AG as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City and notified to the Borrower. The prime rate is a rate set by Credit Suisse AG based upon various factors including Credit Suisse AG’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 rate.

“Pro Forma Basis” means, as to any person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference Period”): (i) in making any determination of EBITDA, effect shall be given to any Asset Sale, any acquisition, Investment, capital expenditure, construction, repair, replacement, improvement, development, disposition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation (or any similar transaction or transactions not otherwise permitted under Sections 7.04 or 7.05 that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders and such waiver or consent has been obtained), any dividend, distribution or other similar payment, any designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Subsidiary Redesignation and any restructurings of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that are expected to have a continuing impact and are factually supportable, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and similar operational and other cost savings, which adjustments the Borrower determines are reasonable as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (the foregoing, together with any transactions related thereto or in connection therewith, the “relevant transactions”), in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Permitted Business Acquisition” or pursuant to Sections 2.08(c), 7.01(h), 7.01(r), 7.06(e) or 7.09(b), occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition or incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens or Asset Sale or dividend is consummated), (ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes and amounts outstanding under any Permitted Receivables

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Financing, in each case not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Permitted Business Acquisition” or pursuant to Sections 2.08(c), 7.01(r), 7.06(e) or 7.09(b), occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition or incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens or Asset Sale or dividend is consummated) shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period and (y) Consolidated Interest Expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x), (A) bearing floating interest rates, shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rate in effect on the date of such calculation had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any obligations pursuant to Swap Contracts applicable to such Indebtedness if such Swap Contract has a remaining term in excess of 12 months), and (B) in respect of a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP and (iii) (A) upon any Subsidiary Redesignation being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Redesignation and all other Subsidiary Redesignations after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, collectively, and (B) upon any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively.

Calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and may include adjustments to reflect (A) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies or cost savings reasonably expected to result from such relevant transaction, which adjustments are reasonably anticipated by the Borrower to be realizable in connection with such relevant transaction (or any similar transaction or transactions made in compliance with this Agreement or that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders), are estimated on a good faith basis by the Borrower, and are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B) all adjustments of the type set forth on Schedule 1.01(d) to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth such demonstrable or additional operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies or cost savings and information and calculations supporting them in reasonable detail.

“Pro Forma Compliance” means, at any date of determination, that the Borrower (together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) shall, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the relevant transactions (including the assumption, the issuance, incurrence and permanent repayment of Indebtedness), have a Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio not in excess of 4.00 to 1.00, recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for which the financial statements and certificates required pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable, have been delivered, and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to such effect, together with all relevant financial information.

“Projections” means the projections of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections and any forward looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.

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“Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(ii).

“Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.08.

“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests other than Disqualified Stock.

“Qualifying Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(iv).

“Qualifying Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(f)(iv).

“Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.

“Receivables Assets” means accounts receivable (including any bills of exchange) and related assets and property from time to time originated, acquired or otherwise owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

“Receivables Net Investment” means the aggregate cash amount paid by the lenders or purchasers under any Permitted Receivables Financing in connection with their purchase of, or the making of loans secured by, Receivables Assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such Receivables Assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Permitted Receivables Documents (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of items included in clause (iii) of the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense); provided, however, that if all or any part of such Receivables Net Investment shall have been reduced by application of any distribution and thereafter such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Receivables Net Investment shall be increased by the amount of such distribution, all as though such distribution had not been made.

“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder.

“Reference Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis.”

“Refinance” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” and “Refinanced” has a meaning correlative thereto.

“Refinancing” means the refinancing of the Existing Notes to occur on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(c).

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

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

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“Related Documents” means the ABL Financing Documents and any documents effectuating the Refinancing.

“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is advised or managed by (i) such Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of such Lender or (iii) an entity (or an Affiliate of such entity) that administers, advises or manages such Lender.

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

“Related Sections” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.04.

“Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the environment.

“Remaining Present Value” means, as of any date with respect to any lease, the present value as of such date of the scheduled future lease payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount rate equal to a market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such lease was entered into.

“Reportable Event” means any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Loans outstanding, that taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding at such time. The Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.

“Required Prepayment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(e).

“Required Percentage” means, with respect to an Applicable Period, 50%; provided, that (i) if on the last day of such Applicable Period the Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50 to 1.00 but less than or equal 3.50 to 1.00, the Required Percentage shall be 25%, and (ii) if on the last day of such Applicable Period the Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00, the Required Percentage shall be 0%.

“Responsible Officer” of any person means any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.

“Restricted Payments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.06.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc.

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“Sale and Lease Back Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03.

“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) an agency of the government of, (b) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by, or (c) a person resident in, a country that is subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained and published by OFAC and available at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxx, or as otherwise published from time to time as such program may be applicable to such agency, organization or person.

“Sanctioned Person” means a person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC available at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/xxx /index.html, or as otherwise published from time to time.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

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

“Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Security Documents” means the Mortgages, the Collateral Agreement and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 6.10.

“Senior Secured Net Debt” at any date means (i) the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding at such date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any amounts undrawn but available to be drawn under the ABL Credit Agreement or any other revolving credit facility) that consists of, without duplication, Indebtedness that in each case is then secured by Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby), less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date.

“Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing for the acquisition of Receivables Assets or interests therein, and which is organized in a manner intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in the event Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law).

“Statutory Reserves” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

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“subsidiary” means, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (i) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (ii) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

“Subsidiary” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of the Borrower, provided, that (except for purposes of Sections 4.09, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 6.03, 6.09 and 8.01(k), and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained herein), an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.

“Subsidiary Loan Party” means (i) each Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether existing on the Closing Date or formed or acquired thereafter, other than a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary, (ii) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether existing on the Closing Date or formed or acquired thereafter, that is a borrower under or a guarantor of the ABL Credit Obligations or any other Material Indebtedness in respect of the Borrower, and (iii) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that, in the sole discretion of the Borrower, becomes a party to the Collateral Agreement and the Guaranty Agreement (or comparable agreements mutually agreed, each in their sole discretion, by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the Closing Date.

“Subsidiary Redesignation” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in this Section 1.01.

“Successor Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.05(b)(i).

“Successor Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.11.

“Swap Contract” means (i) 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 (ii) 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; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Swap Obligations” of any person means all obligations (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such person, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law) of such person in respect of any Swap Contract.

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“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, (i) 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 (ii) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (i), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined 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).

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

“Term B Borrowing” means a Borrowing comprised of Term B Loans.

“Term B Facility” means the Term B Loan Commitments and the Term B Loans made hereunder.

“Term B Facility Maturity Date” means the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date.

“Term B Loan Commitment” means with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term B Loans as set forth in Section 2.01(i) or Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term B Loans as set forth in Section 2.01(ii). The initial amount of each Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance or Incremental Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term B Loan Commitment (or its Incremental Term Loan Commitment), as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Term B Loan Commitments on the Closing Date is $225,000,000.

“Term B Loan Installment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07(a)(i).

“Term B Loans” means the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(i) and any Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term B Loans made by the Incremental Term Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(ii).

“Term Borrowing” means any Term B Borrowing or any Incremental Term Borrowing.

“Term Credit Obligations” means, with respect to each Loan Party, without duplication:

(i) in the case of the Borrower, all principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including, without limitation, any interest which accrues after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to the Borrower, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on, any Loan under, or any Note issued pursuant to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

(ii) all fees, expenses, indemnification obligations and other amounts of whatever nature now or hereafter payable by such Loan Party (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to such Loan Party, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

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(iii) all expenses of the Agents as to which one or more of the Agents have a right to reimbursement by such Loan Party under Section 10.04(a) of this Agreement or under any other similar provision of any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any and all sums advanced by the Collateral Agent to preserve the Collateral or preserve its security interests in the Collateral to the extent permitted under any Loan Document or applicable Law;

(iv) all amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement by such Loan Party under Section 10.04(b) of this Agreement or under any other similar provision of any other Loan Document; and

(v) in the case of Holdings and each Subsidiary Loan Party, all amounts now or hereafter payable by Holdings or such Subsidiary Loan Party and all other obligations or liabilities now existing or hereafter arising or incurred (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to the Borrower, Holdings or such Subsidiary Loan Party, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on the part of Holdings or such Subsidiary Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Guaranty or any other Loan Document;

together in each case with all renewals, modifications, consolidations or extensions thereof.

“Term Facility Maturity Date” means the Term B Facility Maturity Date and/or any Incremental Term Facility Maturity Date, as the case may be.

“Term Loan Commitment” means any Term B Loan Commitment or any Incremental Term Loan Commitment.

“Term Loan Installment Date” means any Term B Loan Installment Date or any Incremental Term Loan Installment Date.

“Term Loans” means the Term B Loans and/or the Incremental Term Loans.

“Test Period” means, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period).

“Term Priority Collateral” means all Collateral other than ABL Priority Collateral.

“Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (i) Senior Secured Net Debt outstanding as of such date to (ii) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that, EBITDA shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.

“Transaction Documents” means the Related Documents and the Loan Documents.

“Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Funds, Ultimate Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

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“Transactions” means, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including (i) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, and the initial borrowings hereunder; (ii) the redemption or repurchase of all of the Existing Notes (whether by way of tender offer, satisfaction and discharge or otherwise); and (iii) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.

“Type” means, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate and the Base Rate.

“Ultimate Parent” means Metals USA Holdings Corp, a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.

“Ultimate Parent Loan Agreement” means that certain Loan Agreement dated as of July 26, 2009 between the Borrower and the Ultimate Parent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof).

“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” 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.

“Unrestricted Cash” means domestic cash or cash equivalents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) any subsidiary of the Borrower identified on Schedule 1.01(e) and (ii) any subsidiary of the Borrower that is acquired or created after the Closing Date and 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 new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (B) immediately after giving effect to such designation (as well as all other such designations theretofore consummated after the first day of such Reference Period), the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, (C) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 7.04(j), and any prior or concurrent Investments in such Subsidiary by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have been made under Section 7.04(j), (D) without duplication of clause (C) above, any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 7.04(j), and (E) such Subsidiary shall have been designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants and defaults) under any other applicable Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereby and all applicable Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing and all applicable Disqualified Stock. The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”); provided, that (i) such Unrestricted Subsidiary, both before and after giving effect to

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such designation, shall be a Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (iii) immediately after giving effect to such Subsidiary Redesignation (as well as all other Subsidiary Redesignations theretofore consummated after the first day of such Reference Period), the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (iv) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying to the best of such officer’s knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive, and containing the calculations and information required by the preceding clause (ii).

“U.S. Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

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

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(e)(ii)(B)(III).

“Waivable Mandatory Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(e).

“Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary” of any person means a subsidiary of such person that is both a Domestic Subsidiary and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

“Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiary” of any person means a subsidiary of such person that is both a Foreign Subsidiary and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any person means a subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person.

“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

“Working Capital” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided, that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (i) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (ii) the effects of purchase accounting.

Section 1.02 Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document

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shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements hereof and thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

Section 1.03 Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties of Holdings and the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

Section 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:

(i) each Lender having a Term B Loan Commitment on the Closing Date agrees to make Term B Loans to the Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Term B Loan Commitment, and after the funding of the Term B Loans on the Closing Date, the Term B Loan Commitment of each Lender shall terminate; and

(ii) each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan Commitment agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Term Loan Commitment, and after the funding of the applicable Incremental Term Loan Commitment, such Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall terminate.

Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the applicable Facility. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided, that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 3.03, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided, that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to any amounts payable under Section 3.01 or 3.04 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise.

(c) Borrowings of more than one Type and under more than one Facility may be outstanding at the same time; provided, that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 5 Eurodollar Rate Borrowings outstanding under the Term B Facility.

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

Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) whether such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Term B Loans or Other Term Loans;

(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

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

(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing;

(v) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.

If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Borrowing Request or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the Term 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 no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

Section 2.04 Funding of Borrowings. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower as specified in the Borrowing Request.

Section 2.05 Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to

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convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

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

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

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period.”

(v) If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

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

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

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Section 2.06 Agreement to Repay Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.07.

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

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

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 2.06 shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (a “Note”). In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.06) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

Section 2.07 Repayment of Term Loans.

(a) Subject to the other paragraphs of this Section,

(i) the Borrower shall repay Term B Borrowings on each date set forth below in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such date (each such date being referred to as a “Term B Loan Installment Date”) (if any such date is not a Business Day, then the applicable Term B Loan Installment Date shall be deemed to be the immediately preceding Business Day):


Date	Amount of Term B Borrowings to Be Repaid
March 31, 2013	$	562,500
June 30, 2013	$	562,500
September 30, 2013	$	562,500
December 31, 2013	$	562,500
March 31, 2014	$	562,500

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Date	Amount of Term B Borrowings to Be Repaid
June 30, 2014	$	562,500
September 30, 2014	$	562,500
December 31, 2014	$	562,500
March 31, 2015	$	562,500
June 30, 2015	$	562,500
September 30, 2015	$	562,500
December 31, 2015	$	562,500
March 31, 2016	$	562,500
June 30, 2016	$	562,500
September 30, 2016	$	562,500
December 31, 2016	$	562,500
March 31, 2017	$	562,500
June 30, 2017	$	562,500
September 30, 2017	$	562,500
December 31, 2017	$	562,500
March 31, 2018	$	562,500
June 30, 2018	$	562,500
September 30, 2018	$	562,500
December 31, 2018	$	562,500
March 31, 2019	$	562,500
June 30, 2019	$	562,500
September 30, 2019	$	562,500
Term B Facility Maturity Date	$	209,812,500 or remainder

(ii) in the event that any Incremental Term Loans are made on an Increased Amount Date, the Borrower shall repay such Incremental Term Loans on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement (each such date being referred to as an “Incremental Term Loan Installment Date”); and

(iii) to the extent not previously paid, outstanding Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term Facility Maturity Date.

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(b) Prepayment of the Term Loans from:

(i) all Net Proceeds pursuant to Section 2.08(c) and Excess Cash Flow pursuant to Section 2.08(d) shall be applied to the Term Loans pro rata among the Term Facilities, with the application thereof reducing in direct order the remaining installments thereof in forward order of maturity.

(ii) any optional prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(a) shall be applied as the Borrower may direct.

(iii) any Discounted Voluntary Prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(f) shall be applied in inverse order of maturity.

(c) Any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(c) or (d) shall be applied so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Term B Loans and Other Term Loans, if any, pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Term B Loans and Other Term Loans, if any (unless, with respect to Other Term Loans, the Incremental Assumption Agreement relating thereto does not so require), irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans; provided that if no Lenders exercise the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(e), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, prior to the repayment of any Term Loan, the Borrower may select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, (i) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, one Business Day before the scheduled date of such repayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. Repayments of Eurodollar Rate Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.

Section 2.08 Prepayment of Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (other than as set forth in Section 2.08(b), and subject to Section 3.05), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with the below, which notice shall be irrevocable except to the extent conditioned on a refinancing of all or any portion of the Facilities. Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.08(a) shall be made upon notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone (and if in writing shall be appropriately signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower), which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. Local Time (x) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, the applicable Facility and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans, and if such prepayment will be made in connection with a Change in Control. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.08(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written prepayment notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. 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 percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the applicable Facility). 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 under this Section 2.08 shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.

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(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that, on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower makes any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(a) hereof, the Borrower shall on the date of such prepayment pay to each Lender 1.00% of the principal amount of the Term Loans so prepaid; provided that any prepayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of any Term Loans made in connection with a Change in Control shall not require the payment of the 1.00% premium otherwise provided for in this Section 2.08(b).

(c) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Borrower shall apply all Net Proceeds (other than any Net Proceeds from the sale or disposition of any ABL Priority Collateral) promptly upon receipt thereof to prepay Term Loans in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 2.07. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may retain Net Proceeds pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof, provided, that the Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on the last day of the Borrower’s then most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available shall be less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00.

(d) Not later than 95 days after the end of each Excess Cash Flow Period, the Borrower shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period and shall apply an amount equal to (x) the Required Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow, minus (y) the sum of the amount of any voluntary prepayments during such Excess Cash Flow Period of Indebtedness of the Borrower secured by first priority Liens, including the Loans and the ABL Loans, on property or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (provided that, in the case of the prepayment of Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement or other revolving loans, as applicable, the amount of such prepayments in any Excess Cash Flow Period shall be measured in the aggregate by adding all borrowings and subtracting all prepayments under the ABL Credit Agreement or other revolving loans, as applicable, over the period commencing on the first day of such Excess Cash Flow Period and ending on the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period), to prepay Term Loans in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 2.07, provided that, for purposes of this Section 2.08(d), Discounted Voluntary Prepayments and Permitted Loan Purchases will not qualify as voluntary prepayments of Term Loans. Not later than the date on which the Borrower is required to deliver financial statements with respect to the end of each Excess Cash Flow Period under Section 6.04(a), the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth the amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail.

(e) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event the Borrower is required to make any mandatory prepayment (a “Waivable Mandatory Prepayment”) of the Term Loans, not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the “Required Prepayment Date”) on which the Borrower elects (or is otherwise required) to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Term Loan of the amount of such Lender’s pro rata share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lender’s option to refuse such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to the Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the second Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify the Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, which amount shall be applied (i) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option (each, a

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“Declining Lender”), to prepay the Term Loans of such Declining Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled Installments of principal of the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.07(b) and (c)), and (ii) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment otherwise payable to those Lenders that have elected to exercise such option, to the Borrower.

(f) (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.08(a), 2.11(c) or 3.04, the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Term Loans to the Lenders at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis (each, a “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment”) pursuant to the procedures described in this Section 2.08(f), provided that the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower stating (1) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (after giving effect to any related waivers or amendments obtained in connection with such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment), (2) that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this Section 2.08(f) has been satisfied and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans so prepaid pursuant to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.

(ii) To the extent the Borrower seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Borrower will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto (each, a “Discounted Prepayment Option Notice”) that the Borrower desires to prepay Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by the Borrower (each, a “Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount”), at a discount to the par value of such Term Loans as specified below. The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of Term Loans shall not be less than $5,000,000. The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment: (A) the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Term Loans, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the Borrower with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of Term Loans (the “Discount Range”), (C) the source of proceeds to be used to make such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and (D) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the “Acceptance Date”).

(iii) Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender thereof. On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each such Lender may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (each, a “Lender Participation Notice”) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the “Acceptable Discount”) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a purchase price of 80% of the par value of the Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of Term Loans held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (“Offered Loans”). Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of Term Loans specified by the Lenders in the applicable Lender Participation Notice, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, shall determine the applicable discount for Term Loans (the “Applicable Discount”), which Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the Borrower if the Borrower has selected a single percentage pursuant to Section 2.08(f)(ii)) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which the Borrower can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided, however,

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that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range. The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Voluntary Discounted Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans (as defined below). Any Lender with outstanding Loans whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of any of its Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.

(iv) The Borrower shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Term Loans (or the respective portions thereof) offered by the Lenders (“Qualifying Lenders”) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (“Qualifying Loans”) at the Applicable Discount, provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent). If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.

(v) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five Business Days of the Acceptance Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree, given the time required to calculate the Applicable Discount and determine the amount and holders of Qualifying Loans), without premium or penalty (except as set forth in Section 3.05), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto (each a “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice”), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 P.M. Local time, three Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to but not including such date on the amount prepaid.

(vi) On the date of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary (as applicable) shall represent and warrant to all Lenders participating in such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment that, as of such date, neither it nor any of its respective directors or officers has any material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective securities, that has not been disclosed to the Term Lenders generally (other than because such Term Lenders do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities) prior to such date to the extent such information could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon, or otherwise be material, to such Lender’s decision to participate in such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, provided that no such representation or warranty shall be required to be made to Affiliated Loan Funds participating Discounted Voluntary Prepayment;

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(vii) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with Section 2.08(f)(iii) above) established by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.

(viii) Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may withdraw its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice.

(ix) Lenders may not modify, revoke or terminate or cancel a Lender Participation Notice delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that a Lender may modify a Lender Participation Notice, at any time prior to the Acceptance Date, solely to increase the Acceptable Discount included in such Lender Participation Notice.

Section 2.09 Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, the agency fees set forth in Section 5 of the Engagement Letter, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times specified therein (the “Administrative Agent Fees”).

(b) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

Section 2.10 Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (x) the Base Rate and (y) 2.25% plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall bear interest for each Interest Period applicable thereto at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (x) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period and (y) 1.25% plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate (the “Default Rate”) per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.0% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.10 or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.0% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided, that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 10.01.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and (ii) on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date; provided, that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.10 shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year, and in each case, shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Base Rate, Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or Eurodollar Base Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

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Section 2.11 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set offs. (a) Unless otherwise specified, the Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees, or of amounts payable under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, except that payments pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 10.04 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under the Loan Documents shall be made in Dollars. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (i) Term Credit Obligations due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (x) the amount of such Term Credit Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (y) the aggregate amount of the Term Credit Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Term Credit Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time or (ii) Term Credit Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (x) the amount of such Term Credit Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (y) the aggregate amount of the Term Credit Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payment on account of the Term Credit Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (A) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (B) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Term Credit Obligations then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, provided that:

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(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment under Section 2.08(f) or to any other payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower unless, in the case of an assignment of Loans to the Borrower, such assignment is made in accordance with Section 10.06 hereof.

Borrower consents to the foregoing Section 2.11(c) and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against any Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

(d) 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 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 Appropriate Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender 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 determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(e) 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 Local Time on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with 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 determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by

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the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

Section 2.12 Incremental Commitments. (a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request Incremental Term Loan Commitments in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount from one or more Incremental Term Lenders (which may include any existing Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans in their own discretion. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $5,000,000 and a minimum amount of $25,000,000 or equal to the remaining Incremental Amount), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are requested to become effective (the “Increased Amount Date”), (iii) whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are to be Term B Loan Commitments or commitments to make term loans with pricing and/or amortization terms different from the Term B Loans (“Other Term Loans”).

(b) The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Incremental Term Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Incremental Term Loans; provided, that (i) the Other Term Loans shall rank pari passu or junior in right of payment and of security with the Term B Loans and, except as to pricing, amortization and final maturity date, shall have (x) the same terms as the Term B Loans, as applicable, or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that, only with respect to Other Term Loans incurred within eighteen months after the Closing Date, if the initial yield on the Other Term Loans (as determined by the Administrative Agent as set forth below) exceeds by more than 50 basis points (the amount of such excess above 50 basis points being herein referred to as the “Yield Differential”) the interest rate margins then in effect for outstanding Term Loans (which shall be calculated to be the sum of (A) the Applicable Margin then in effect for Eurodollar Rate Loans increased by the amount that any “Eurodollar floor” applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loans on such date would exceed the Eurodollar Base Rate that would be in effect for a three-month Interest Period commencing on such date plus (B) all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount paid by the Borrower generally to the Lenders who provided the outstanding Term Loans in the primary syndication thereof based on an assumed four-year life to maturity), then the Applicable Margin then in effect for outstanding Term Loans shall automatically be increased by the Yield Differential, effective upon the making of the Incremental Term Loans under the Incremental Term Loan Commitment, (ii) the final maturity date of any Other Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term B Facility Maturity Date, and (iii) the weighted average life to maturity of any Other Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term B Loans. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 10.01. Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto, it being understood that such Incremental Assumption Agreement may, without the consent of the other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement or any other Loan Document as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.12.

For purposes of clause (i) above, the initial yield on any Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall be determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the sum of (x) the interest rate margin above the Eurodollar Rate for loans under the Incremental Term Loan Commitment that bear

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interest based on the Eurodollar Rate (which shall be increased by the amount that any “Eurodollar floor” applicable to such Incremental Term Loans on the date such Incremental Term Loans are made would exceed the Eurodollar Rate that would be in effect for a three month Interest Period commencing on such date) and (y) if the Incremental Term Loan Commitment is originally advanced at a discount or the Lenders making the same receive a fee directly or indirectly from Holdings or the Borrower for doing so (the amount of such discount or fee, expressed as a percentage of the Incremental Term Loan Commitment, being referred to herein as “OID”), the amount of such OID divided by four).

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.12 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 5.01 shall be satisfied or waived and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received customary legal opinions, board resolutions and other customary closing certificates and documentation as required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement and, to the extent required by the Administrative Agent, consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 5.02 and such additional customary documents and filings (including amendments to the Mortgages and other Security Documents and title endorsement bringdowns) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to assure that the Incremental Term Loans are secured by the Collateral ratably with (or, to the extent agreed by the applicable Incremental Term Lenders in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, junior to) the existing Term B Loans, (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (iv) before and after giving effect to any Incremental Term Loans (including any Other Term Loan), the aggregate par principal amount directly held by all Affiliated Lenders shall not, collectively, exceed 25.0% of the aggregate par principal of the then outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans (including any Incremental Term Loans).

(d) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that all Incremental Term Loans (other than Other Term Loans) in the form of additional Term B Loans, when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term B Loans on a pro rata basis. The Borrower agrees that Section 3.05 shall apply to any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.

Section 2.13 Defaulting Lenders.

(a) Adjustments. 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) Waivers and Amendments. Such 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 the definition of “Required Lenders” and Section 10.01.

(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees, indemnity payments or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request, to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion

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thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro-rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, 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 such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.01 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro-rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder. 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 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in their sole discretion agree in writing that a Lender is no longer 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, 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 determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held on a pro-rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their percentages (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the applicable Facility, whereupon such 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 Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

ARTICLE III

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

Section 3.01 Taxes.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.

(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws. For purposes of this Section 3.01, the term “applicable Laws” includes FATCA. If any applicable Laws (as determined in the good faith discretion of the Administrative Agent or Loan Party) require the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party, then the Administrative Agent or such Loan Party shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

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(ii) If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding Taxes, from any payment, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions for Indemnified Taxes (including deductions for Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction of Indemnified Taxes been made.

(iii) If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws other than the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes from any payment, then (A) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as required by such Laws, shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by it to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the extent required by such Laws, shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with such Laws and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions for Indemnified Taxes (including deductions for Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction of Indemnified Taxes been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(i) Without duplication of any additional amounts paid pursuant to Section 3.01(a), each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability shall be delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender.

(ii) Each Lender shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after written demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and

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without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or a Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability shall be delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

(d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

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

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person (or, if such Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. Federal tax purposes, is owned by a U.S. Person) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender or such U.S. Person, as applicable, is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax;

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

(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. Federal tax purposes, the person treated as its owner for U.S. Federal tax purposes) eligible for the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(2) duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI with respect to such Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. Federal tax purposes, with respect to the person treated as its owner for U.S. Federal tax purposes);

(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. Federal tax purposes, the person treated as its owner for Federal tax purposes) entitled to the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or

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

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender

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becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

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

(iii) Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly (x) update such form or certification or (y) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(iv) Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower, Holdings and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower, Holdings or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for Taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender. If any Recipient receives a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to the Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by a Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Loan Party, upon the request of the Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the indemnified party

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in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other person.

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

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 Base Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Base 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 Base 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 Base 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 Base 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 Base Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Base Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Base Rate. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing promptly upon becoming aware that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Base Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders advise the Administrative Agent prior to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, or a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan that (i) 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, (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Base 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 (iii) the Eurodollar Base 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 as promptly as

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practicable so notify the Borrower (by telephone and/or facsimile) and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or the continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be ineffective, (y) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, then such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing and (z) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Base Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Base 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a 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 Costs.

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

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (or its applicable Lending Office) (except any reserve requirement which is reflected in the determination of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate hereunder); or

(ii) impose on any Lender (or its applicable Lending Office) or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender;

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

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

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

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(d) Delays in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

(e) The foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 shall not apply with respect to Taxes, which shall instead be governed by Section 3.01.

Section 3.05 Compensation for 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:

(i) 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);

(ii) 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 pursuant to this Agreement; or

(iii) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.14;

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. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Base 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 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any event gives rise to the operation of Section 3.02, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

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(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.06(a), the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.14.

Section 3.07 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive repayment of all other Term Credit Obligations hereunder and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

On the date of each Credit Event as provided in Section 5.01, each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:

Section 4.01 Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01, each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Material Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of organization outside the United States) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.

Section 4.02 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings hereunder and the transactions forming a part of the Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action required to be obtained by Holdings, the Borrower and such Subsidiary Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or by laws of Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, (B) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 4.02(b), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.

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Section 4.03 Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

Section 4.04 Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents or the exercise by any Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and equivalent filings, registrations or other notifications in foreign jurisdictions, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions, (c) recordation of the Mortgages, (d) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (e) such actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 4.04.

Section 4.05 Financial Statements. The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and comprehensive income, and cash flows for such fiscal years, reported on by and accompanied by a report from Deloitte & Touche LLP present fairly in all material respects the combined financial position of the Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the combined results of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the years then ended.

Section 4.06 No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2011, there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.07 Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. (a) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has valid fee simple title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all of its Real Properties (including all Mortgaged Properties) and has valid title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except for Permitted Liens and except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

(b) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.07(b), the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

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(c) As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has received any notice of any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any material portion of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Closing Date.

(d) None of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries is obligated on the Closing Date under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, except as permitted by Section 7.02 or 7.05.

Section 4.08 Subsidiaries. (a) Schedule 4.08(a) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each direct and indirect subsidiary of Holdings and, as to each such subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by Holdings or by any such subsidiary.

(b) As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 4.08(b).

Section 4.09 Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, investigations by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting Holdings or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) None of Holdings, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit, but excluding any Environmental Laws, which are subject to Section 4.16) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.10 Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) None of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.

(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation U or Regulation X.

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Section 4.11 Investment Company Act. None of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 4.12 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Term B Loans (a) to redeem or repurchase all of the Existing Notes, (b) to make a prepayment in respect of ABL Loans, (c) to pay the Transaction Expenses and (d) for general corporate purposes, including working capital.

Section 4.13 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13:

(i) except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and non U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it and (ii) each such Tax return is true and correct;

(ii) each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable by it on the returns referred to in clause (a)(i) above and all other Taxes or assessments (or made adequate provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all Taxes due) with respect to all periods or portions thereof ending on or before the Closing Date (except Taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section 6.03 and for which Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP), which Taxes, if not paid or adequately provided for, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(iii) other than as would not be, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect as of the Closing Date, with respect to each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, there are no claims being asserted in writing by any Governmental Authority with respect to any Taxes.

Section 4.14 No Material Misstatements. (a) All written information (other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic nature or general industry nature) (the “Information”) concerning Holdings, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated hereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and, if delivered prior to the Closing Date, as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.

(b) The Projections and estimates and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that actual results may vary materially from the Projections), as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) as of the Closing Date, have not been modified in any material respect by the Borrower.

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Section 4.15 Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which the Borrower, Holdings, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that have been filed; (iii) no Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability in excess of $5,000,000; (iv) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (v) none of Holdings, Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates (A) has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated or (B) has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any Withdrawal Liability to any Multiemployer Plan.

(b) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance (i) with all applicable provisions of law and all applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to any employee pension benefit plan or other employee benefit plan governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States and (ii) with the terms of any such plan, except, in each case, for such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Within the last five years, no Plan of Holdings, Borrower, any Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates has been terminated, whether or not in a “standard termination” as that term is used in Section 404(b)(1) of ERISA, that would reasonably be expected to result in liability to Holdings, Borrower, any Subsidiaries of the ERISA Affiliates in excess of $5,000,000, nor has any Plan of Holdings, Borrower, any Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates (determined at any time within the past five years) with Unfunded Pension Liabilities been transferred outside of the “controlled group” (with the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) of Holdings, Borrower, any Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates that has or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.16 Environmental Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16 and except as to matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no written notice, request for information, order, complaint or penalty has been received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has all environmental permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for its operations to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and is, and during the term of all applicable statutes of limitation, has been, in compliance with the terms of such permits, licenses and other approvals and with all other applicable Environmental Laws, (iii) to the Borrower’s knowledge, no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any property currently owned, operated or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, and no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned, treated, stored, handled or controlled by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and transported to or Released at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws and (iv) there are no agreements in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, which in any such case has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof.

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Section 4.17 Security Documents. (a) The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)), when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Finance Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person (other than the ABL Collateral Agent with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral and except for Permitted Liens).

(b) When the Collateral Agreement or a summary thereof is properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties thereunder in all domestic Intellectual Property, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person (except Permitted Liens), it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date.

(c) The Mortgages to be executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.10 shall be, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a valid Lien on all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, other than with respect to the rights of a person pursuant to Permitted Liens.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 4.17) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, or as to the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law.

Section 4.18 Location of Real Property and Leased Premises. (a) The Perfection Certificate correctly sets forth and identifies, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date all material Real Property owned by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties own in fee all the Real Property set forth as being owned by them on such schedules to the Perfection Certificate.

(b) The Perfection Certificate completely and correctly sets forth and identifies, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date, all material Real Property leased by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof and the leases pursuant to which the Real Property is leased.

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Section 4.19 Solvency. (a) Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower (individually) and Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower (individually) and Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower (individually) and Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower (individually) and Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrower (individually) and Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower (individually) and Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

(b) On the Closing Date, neither Holdings nor the Borrower intends to, and neither Holdings nor the Borrower believes that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such subsidiary.

Section 4.20 Labor Matters. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or threatened against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) the hours worked and payments made to employees of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective bargaining agreement to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.

Section 4.21 Insurance. Schedule 4.21 sets forth a true, complete and correct description, in all material respects, of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect.

Section 4.22 No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

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Section 4.23 Intellectual Property; Licenses, etc. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and as set forth in Schedule 4.23, (a) the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the patents, patent rights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, mask works, domain names, and any and all applications or registrations for any of the foregoing (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other person, (b) to the best knowledge of the Borrower, neither the Borrower nor its Subsidiaries nor any Intellectual Property Right, proprietary right, product, process, method, substance, part, or other material now employed, sold or offered by or contemplated to be employed, sold or offered by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries infringes upon Intellectual Property Rights of any other person, and (c) no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.

Section 4.24 Senior Debt. The Term Credit Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) and “Designated Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) under the documentation governing any outstanding Indebtedness, if any, permitted to be incurred hereunder constituting Indebtedness that, by its terms, is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Term Credit Obligations pursuant to written agreement.

Section 4.25 OFAC. No Loan Party (a) is a Sanctioned Person, (b) has any of its assets in Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives any of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities, in each case, that would constitute a violation of applicable Laws. No proceeds of any Loan will be used and none have been used to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, in each case, that would constitute a violation of applicable Laws.

Section 4.26 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Each of Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, agents, employees, and any person acting for or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiaries has complied with, and will comply with, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as amended from time to time, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, and it and they have not made, offered, promised, or authorized, and will not make, offer, promise, or authorize, whether directly or indirectly, any payment, of anything of value to: (i) an executive, official, employee or agent of a governmental department, agency or instrumentality, (ii) a director, officer, employee or agent of a wholly or partially government-owned or government-controlled company or business, (iii) a political party or official thereof, or candidate for political office or (iv) an executive, official, employee or agent of a public international organization (e.g., the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank) (“Government Official”), in each case while knowing or having a reasonable belief that all or some portion will be used for the purpose of: (a) influencing any act, decision or failure to act by a Government Official in his or her official capacity, (b) inducing a Government Official to use his or her influence with a government or instrumentality to affect any act or decision of such government or entity or (c) securing an improper advantage; in order to obtain, retain, or direct business.

Section 4.27 Anti-Terrorism Law. Neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any legal requirement relating to any laws with respect to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing effective September 24, 2001 and the USA PATRIOT Act.

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ARTICLE V

CONDITIONS OF LENDING

The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans (each, a “Credit Event”) are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (in accordance with Section 10.01 hereof) of the following conditions:

Section 5.01 All Credit Events. On the date of each Credit Event:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Borrowing Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.03).

(b) The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date, as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(c) At the time of and immediately after such Borrowing, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.

Each such Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Borrowing, issuance, amendment, extension or renewal as applicable, as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 5.01.

Section 5.02 First Credit Event. On or prior to the Closing Date.

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party thereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to be executed on or prior to the Closing Date, signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and such other applicable Loan Documents.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and the Lenders on the Closing Date, a favorable written opinion of (i) Wachtell, Lipton, Xxxxx & Xxxx, (ii) Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, P.A. (iii) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx XX, Esq., the General Counsel to the Borrower, and (iv) other counsel set forth on Schedule 5.02(b), in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and covering such matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of each Loan Party each of the items referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below:

(i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, (A) in the case of a corporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, and a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of each such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official) or (B) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Loan Party;

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(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying;

(A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below;

(B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date;

(C) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation of such Loan Party has not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto disclosed pursuant to clause (i) above;

(D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party; and

(E) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of such Loan Party;

(iii) a certificate of a director or another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above; and

(iv) such other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Closing Date may reasonably request (including without limitation, tax identification numbers and addresses).

(d) The elements of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement required to be satisfied on the Closing Date shall have been satisfied (other than in the case of any security interest in the intended Collateral or any deliverable related to the perfection of security interests in the intended Collateral (other than (i) any Collateral the security interest in which may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement, or the delivery of stock certificates, (ii) the security agreement giving rise to the security interest therein and (iii) results of recent lien searches in each relevant jurisdiction with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and such search results shall reveal no liens on any assets of the Companies and their subsidiaries except for Permitted Liens and liens to be discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) that is not provided on the Closing Date after the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so, which such security interest or deliverable shall be delivered within the time periods specified with respect thereto in Schedule 5.02(d)), and the Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower,

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together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are Permitted Liens or have been released.

(e) The Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B and signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower.

(f) The ABL Credit Agreement shall be in full force and effect.

(g) The Existing Notes shall have been redeemed, repurchased or satisfied and discharged.

(h) The Lenders shall have received the financial information referred to in Section 4.05.

(i) On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (x) Holdings shall have outstanding no Indebtedness and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness other than (i) the Loans and other extensions of credit under this Agreement, (ii) the extensions of credit under the ABL Credit Agreement and (iii) other Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.01.

(j) Since December 31, 2011 there has been no event, development or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate, has, had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(k) All fees and expenses due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, pursuant to the Engagement Letter or as may otherwise be agreed between the Company, the Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners and the Co-Managers shall have been paid (which amounts, at the option of the Company, may be offset against the proceeds of the Facility), including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out of pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder or under any Loan Document.

(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received all insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of Section 6.02 of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act to the extent requested not less than five Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

(m) [Reserved]

(n) The Term B Facility shall have received a debt rating from each of Xxxxx’x and S&P.

For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.02, each Lender 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 the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying its objection thereto and such Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of the initial Borrowing.

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ARTICLE VI

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that unless and until all Term Credit Obligations arising under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for unasserted claims) shall have been repaid, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Material Subsidiaries to:

Section 6.01 Existence; Businesses and Properties. (a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except, in the case of a Subsidiary of the Borrower, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 7.05, and except for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if the assets of such Subsidiaries, to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities, are acquired by the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution; provided, that Subsidiary Loan Parties may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and Domestic Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries.

(b) Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business and (ii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement).

Section 6.02 Insurance. (a) Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and cause, subject to the time periods set forth in clause (ix) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” or Schedule 5.02(d), if applicable, the Administrative Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies.

(b) With respect to any Mortgaged Properties, if at any time the area in which the Premises (as defined in the Mortgages) are located is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), maintain, subject to the time periods set forth in clause (vii) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” to the extent commercially reasonably available, flood insurance in amounts no less than that maintained by the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date or in such other total amount as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably require, and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from time to time.

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(i) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 6.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and behalf of each of its subsidiaries, hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agrees to cause each of their Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their agents and employees; and

(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Administrative Agent under this Section 6.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties.

Section 6.03 Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all material Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and Holdings, the Borrower or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto.

Section 6.04 Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):

(a) Within 95 days after the end of each fiscal year, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of its operations during such year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity shall be audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary as a going concern) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of annual reports on Form 10-K of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.04(a) to the extent such annual reports include the information specified herein);

(b) within 50 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2013, (i) a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of the Borrower and its

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Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of its operations during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, and (ii) management’s discussion and analysis of significant operational and financial developments during such quarterly period, all of which shall be in reasonable detail and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower on behalf of the Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.04(b) to the extent such quarterly reports include the information specified herein);

(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, (i) a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (A) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (B) setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of the Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, (C) certifying a list of names of all Immaterial Subsidiaries, that each Subsidiary set forth on such list individually qualifies as an Immaterial Subsidiary and that all such Subsidiaries in the aggregate do not exceed the limitation set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of the term Immaterial Subsidiary, (D) certifying a list of names of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, that each Subsidiary set forth on such list individually qualifies as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and (E) setting forth (1) the aggregate amount of Permitted Loan Purchases made during the fiscal period then ended and (2) the aggregate amount of Term Loans purchased and cancelled by the Borrower as of the date of such certificate and (ii) a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (A) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (B) certifying a list of names of all Immaterial Subsidiaries, that each Subsidiary set forth on such list individually qualifies as an Immaterial Subsidiary and that all such Subsidiaries in the aggregate do not exceed the limitation set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of the term Immaterial Subsidiary, (C) certifying a list of names of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, that each Subsidiary set forth on such list individually qualifies as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and (D) setting forth (1) the aggregate amount of Permitted Loan Purchases made during the fiscal period then ended and (2) the aggregate amount of Term Loans purchased and cancelled by the Borrower as of the date of such certificate, and (y) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, if the accounting firm is not restricted from providing such a certificate by the policies of its national office, a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations);

(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with the SEC, or distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable; provided, however, that such reports, proxy statements, filings and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (d) shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this Agreement when posted to the website of any Parent Entity, Holdings or the Borrower;

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(e) within 95 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, a reasonably detailed consolidated annual budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income), including a description of underlying assumptions with respect thereto (collectively, the “Budget”), which Budget shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that the Budget is based on assumptions believed by such Financial Officer to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;

(f) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this paragraph (f) or Section 6.10(f);

(g) (i) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or such consolidating financial statements as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) and (ii) prior written notice in the event that the Borrower changes its fiscal year end;

(h) in the event that (i) Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, is not engaged in any business or activity, and does not own any assets or have other liabilities, other than those incidental to its ownership directly or indirectly of the capital stock of the Borrower and the incurrence of Indebtedness for borrowed money (and, without limitation on the foregoing, does not have any subsidiaries other than the Borrower and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries and any direct or indirect parent companies of the Borrower that are not engaged in any other business or activity and do not hold any other assets or have any liabilities except as indicated above) or (ii) in connection with any reporting requirements described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.04 the Borrower delivers consolidating financial information that explains, at a level of detail reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the differences between the information relating to Holdings or such Parent Entity and their Subsidiaries other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand, then such consolidated reporting at such Parent Entity’s level in a manner consistent with that described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.04 for the Borrower will satisfy the requirements of such paragraphs;

(i) promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, copies of: (i) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to a Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for any Plan; (iii) all notices received from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a plan administrator or any governmental agency, or provided to any Multiemployer Plan by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, concerning an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; and

(j) promptly upon Holdings, Borrower or Subsidiaries becoming aware of any fact or condition which would reasonably be expected to result in an ERISA Event, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a summary of such facts and circumstances and any action it or Holdings or Subsidiaries intend to take regarding such facts or conditions.

Section 6.05 Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:

(i) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

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(ii) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(iii) any other development specific to Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and

(iv) the development of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have developed or occurred, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.06 Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided, that this Section 6.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 6.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 6.03.

Section 6.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to Holdings or the Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to Holdings or the Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract).

Section 6.08 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Term B Loans (a) to redeem or repurchase all of the Existing Notes, (b) to make a prepayment in respect of ABL Loans, (c) to pay the Transaction Expenses and (d) for general corporate purposes, including working capital.

Section 6.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 6.09, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.10 Further Assurances; Additional Security. (a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

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(b) If any asset (including any Real Property (other than Real Property covered by paragraph (c) below) or improvements thereto or any interest therein) that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in an amount greater than $5,000,000 is acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party after the Closing Date or owned by an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof and (y) assets that are not required to become subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 6.10(g) or the Security Documents) (i) notify the Collateral Agent thereof, and (ii) cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien securing the Term Credit Obligations (subject, as the case may be, to the Intercreditor Agreement and Permitted Liens) and take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, (subject, as the case may be, to the Intercreditor Agreement and Permitted Liens), including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section 6.10, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to paragraph (g) below.

(c) Promptly notify the Collateral Agent of the acquisition of, and grant and cause each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security interests and mortgages in, such Real Property of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Parties as are not covered by the original Mortgages, to the extent acquired after the Closing Date and having a value at the time of acquisition in excess of $5,000,000, and, to the extent requested by the Collateral Agent, pursuant to documentation substantially in the form of the Mortgages delivered to the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (each, an “Additional Mortgage”) and constituting valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens, at the time of perfection thereof, record or file, and cause each such Subsidiary to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to paragraph (g) below. Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (i) if such Real Property is an improved Real Property, prior to the execution and delivery of such Additional Mortgage, (x)(1) address and other identifying information with respect to such Real Property reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (2) if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located within any area designated by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a “special flood hazard” area (as may be established by a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to such Mortgaged Property), evidence of a flood insurance policy (if such insurance is required by applicable Law and commercially reasonably available) from a company and in an amount satisfactory to the Collateral Agent for the applicable portion of the premises, naming the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as mortgagee or (y) a certification from a registered engineer or land surveyor in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that none of the improvements on such Mortgaged Property is located within any area designated by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a “special flood hazard” area and (ii) contemporaneously therewith a title insurance policy and a copy of any survey obtained by the Borrower with respect to each Real Property subject to an Additional Mortgage.

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(d) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary), and if such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Loan Party, within ten Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Collateral Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to paragraph (g) below.

(e) If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary), and if such Subsidiary is a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary, within five Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Collateral Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interest in such Foreign Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to paragraph (g) below.

(f) (i) Furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party’s corporate or organization name, (B) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure or (C) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number; provided, that the Borrower shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) promptly notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.

(g) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 6.10 need not be satisfied with respect to (i) any Real Property held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a lessee under a lease or any Real Property owned in fee that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in an amount less than $3,500,000, (ii) any vehicle, (iii) Exempt Deposit Accounts and securities accounts, (iv) any Equity Interests issued or acquired after the Closing Date (other than Equity Interests in the Borrower or, in the case of any person which is a Subsidiary, Equity Interests in such person issued or acquired after such person became a Subsidiary) in accordance with this Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as (A) such Equity Interests constitute less than 100% of all applicable Equity Interests of such person and the person holding the remainder of such Equity Interests are not Affiliates, (B) doing so would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on or with respect to such Equity Interests or such Subsidiary and (C) with respect to such contractual obligations, such obligation existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on or with respect to such Equity Interests or such Subsidiary in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such Equity Interests or Subsidiary, (v) any assets acquired after the Closing Date, to the extent that, and for so long as, taking such actions would violate an enforceable contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets acquired with Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(i) that is secured by a Permitted Lien) or (vi) those assets as to which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably determine that the costs of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby.

(h) Within 90 days of the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its discretion), the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement (or take other arrangements to perfect liens in cash reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) with respect to each Deposit Account of the Borrower and the Loan Parties in existence as of the Closing Date, other than any Exempt Deposit Account.

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(i) Prior to any Loan Party establishing and funding a Deposit Account following the Closing Date, the Borrower shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to each such Deposit Account, other than any Exempt Deposit Account.

(j) Following the Closing Date (and subject to the time period provided for in Section 6.10(h)), the Loan Parties shall maintain effective Deposit Account Control Agreements (or other arrangements to perfect liens in cash reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) with respect to each Deposit Account, other than Exempt Deposit Accounts, of the Loan Parties, at all times unless and until the Security Interest (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) with respect to such Deposit Account is released in accordance with this Agreement.

Section 6.11 Rating. Exercise commercially reasonable efforts to maintain ratings from each of Xxxxx’x and S&P for the Term B Loans.

ARTICLE VII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that unless and until all Term Credit Obligations arising under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for unasserted claims) shall have been paid, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Material Subsidiaries to:

Section 7.01 Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.01 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a person not affiliated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary);

(b) Indebtedness (i) created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness and (ii) under revolving credit facilities, including the ABL Finance Documents, so long as the aggregate amount of the commitments of all applicable lenders to make revolving loans under such revolving credit facilities does not to exceed the greater of (A) $750,000,000 and (B) the sum of (x) 85% of the net book value of the inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (y) 90% of the net book value of the accounts receivable of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (in each case, determined by the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) delivered pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement);

(c) obligations (contingent or otherwise) arising under a Swap Contract if such obligations are (or were) entered into by such person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices or foreign exchange rates (or to allow any customer to do so);

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(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business; provided, that upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed not later than 30 days following such incurrence;

(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower to Holdings or any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that, except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations among Holdings and its subsidiaries, (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party owing to the Loan Parties shall be subject to Section 7.04(b) and (ii) Indebtedness of the Borrower to Holdings or any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any other Loan Party to Holdings or any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Term Credit Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided, that (x) such Indebtedness (other than credit or purchase cards) is extinguished within ten Business Days of notification to the Borrower of its incurrence and (y) such Indebtedness in respect of credit or purchase cards is extinguished within 60 days from its incurrence;

(h) (i) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of (A) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred to finance a Permitted Business Acquisition or (B) persons that are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or merged with or into the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Business Acquisition and otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, after giving effect to such Permitted Business Acquisition or the incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock in respect thereof, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis, (1) shall be no less than 2.00 to 1.00 or (2) shall be at least equal to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to the Permitted Business Acquisition or the incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock in respect thereof and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing;

(i) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property) permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the Remaining Present Value of outstanding leases permitted under Section 7.03, would not exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable;

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(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 7.03 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(k) other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, would not exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable;

(l) Indebtedness of the Borrower pursuant to the Ultimate Parent Loan Agreement, as amended from time to time in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in an aggregate principal amount equal to amounts outstanding on the Closing Date and additional in kind or other non-cash interest expense in respect thereof;

(m) Guarantees (i) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of Holdings or any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 7.04 (other than Section 7.04(w)), (iii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and (iv) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties incurred for working capital purposes in the ordinary course of business on ordinary course of business terms so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under Section 7.01(s) to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 7.04 (other than Section 7.04(w)); provided, that Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party under this Section 7.01(m) of any other Indebtedness of a person that is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such person shall be expressly subordinated to the Term Credit Obligations;

(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions and any Permitted Business Acquisition or the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

(o) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business;

(p) Indebtedness supported by Letters of Credit (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) in principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letters of Credit;

(q) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(r) (i) other Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, other than Indebtedness constituting Swap Obligations; provided, that (A) at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (B) immediately after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness that is unsecured, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis, shall be no less than 2.00 to 1.00 and (C) in the case of any such Indebtedness that is secured,

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immediately after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness, the Borrower shall, on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) if such Indebtedness is secured on a first lien basis and pari passu with the Term Credit Obligations, have a Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 or (y) if such secured Indebtedness by its terms is subordinated in lien priority to the Term Credit Obligations, have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of no less than 2.00 to 1.00 and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided, that, at the time of the incurrence of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(s) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (s), when aggregated with all other Indebtedness incurred and outstanding pursuant to this clause (s), shall not exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable;

(t) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided, that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms (which require that all such payments be made within 90 days after the incurrence of the related obligations) in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Swap Contracts;

(u) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees and directors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(v) Indebtedness in connection with Permitted Receivables Financings, provided that proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.08(c);

(w) [Reserved];

(x) Indebtedness incurred on behalf of, or representing Guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Borrower or any Subsidiary not in excess, at any one time outstanding, of the greater of $25,000,000 or 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable;

(y) Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary 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 any Parent Entity permitted by Section 7.06;

(z) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such person in connection with Permitted Business Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;

(aa) all premiums (if any), interest (including post petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (z) above.

Section 7.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person, including the Borrower and any Subsidiary) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):

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(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.02(a) or, to the extent not listed in such Schedule, where such property or assets have a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) that does not exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate, and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by Section 7.01(a)) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof;

(b) (i) Liens created under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Liens created under the Security Documents securing obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and obligations permitted under Section 7.01(c)) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage and (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(b)(ii) (including Liens securing obligations in respect of Swap Contracts and Cash Management Agreements secured under the documents governing such Indebtedness and otherwise permitted to be incurred hereunder), which Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement substantially consistent with and no less favorable to the Lenders in any material respect than the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) Liens on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(h)(ii) or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided, that such Lien (i) does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset (other than after acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and (iii) in the case of a Lien securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, subject to compliance with clause (v) of the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”;

(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet due or that are being contested in compliance with Section 6.03;

(e) Liens imposed by law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;

(f) (i) pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits and other Liens securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

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(g) deposits and other customary Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory and regulatory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(h) zoning restrictions, survey exceptions and such matters as an accurate survey would disclose, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights of way, covenants, conditions, restrictions and declaration on or with respect to the use of Real Property, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(i) (limited to the assets subject to such Indebtedness);

(j) Liens arising out of sale and lease-back transactions permitted under Section 7.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and related property;

(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.01(j) and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

(l) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered on or subsequent to the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 6.10 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided, that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;

(m) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Liens that are contractual rights of set off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(o) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set off or similar rights;

(p) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade related letters of credit or bank guarantees permitted under Section 7.01(f) or (o) and covering the goods (or the documents of title in respect of such goods) financed by such letters of credit or bank guarantees and the proceeds and products thereof;

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(q) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to intellectual property and software) granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(s) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;

(t) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(s);

(u) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) no such Lien shall secure any Swap Obligation, (ii) after giving effect to any such Lien and the incurrence of Indebtedness, if any, (x) secured by such Lien on a first lien basis and pari passu with the Term Credit Obligations, the Borrower, on a Pro Forma Basis, shall have a Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 or (y) secured by such Lien and by its terms such Lien is subordinated in priority to the Liens securing the Term Credit Obligations, the Borrower, on a Pro Forma Basis, shall have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of no less than 2.00 to 1.00, (iii) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (iv) the Indebtedness or other obligations secured by such Lien are otherwise permitted by this Agreement, and (v) to the extent such Liens are pari passu with or subordinated to the Liens granted hereunder, an intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall be entered into providing that such new liens will be secured equally and ratably with the Liens granted hereunder, or, as applicable, subordinated to the Liens granted hereunder, in each case, on customary terms;

(v) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(w) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or consignments entered into in connection with any transaction otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

(x) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures securing obligations of such joint venture;

(y) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted Investments under clause (iii) of the definition thereof;

(z) Liens in respect of Permitted Receivables Financings that extend only to the receivables subject thereto;

(aa) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit, bank guarantee or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit or bank guarantee to the extent permitted under Section 7.01;

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(bb) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements, provided, that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;

(cc) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party; provided that if any such Lien shall cover any Collateral, the holder of such Lien shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a subordination agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(dd) Liens on deposits securing Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.01(c) not to exceed $30,000,000; and

(ee) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 or 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable.

Section 7.03 Sale and Lease Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Lease Back Transaction”); provided, that a Sale and Lease Back Transaction shall be permitted with respect to any property owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower would have a Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of no greater than 4.00 to 1.00 or (ii) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, the Remaining Present Value of such lease, together with Indebtedness outstanding under Section 7.01(i) and the Remaining Present Value of outstanding leases previously entered into under this Section 7.03, shall not exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date the lease was entered into for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable; provided, further, that if such Sale and Lease Back Transaction is of property owned by the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary as of the Closing Date, the Net Proceeds therefrom are used to prepay the Term Loans to the extent required by Section 2.08(c).

Section 7.04 Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with a person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an “Investment”), any other person, except:

(a) the Transactions;

(b) (i) Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) intercompany loans from the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (iii) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, that the sum of (A) Investments (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) made after the Closing Date by the Loan Parties pursuant to clause (i) in Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties, plus (B) net intercompany loans made after the

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Closing Date by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to clause (ii), plus (C) Guarantees after the Closing Date by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to clause (iii), shall not exceed an aggregate net amount equal to the greater of (1) $50,000,000 and (2) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable (plus any return of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of Investments theretofore made by them after the Closing Date pursuant to this paragraph (b)); provided, further, that intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not be included in calculating the limitation in this paragraph at any time.

(d) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of non-cash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 7.05;

(e) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business not to exceed the greater of $20,000,000 and 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such loan or advance for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable, in the aggregate at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write downs or write offs thereof), (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity;

(f) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Swap Contracts permitted hereunder;

(h) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.04 and any extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (h) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing or contractually committed to on the Closing Date;

(i) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits under Sections 7.02(f), (g), (k), (r), (s) and (u);

(j) other Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) not to exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable (plus any returns of capital actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this paragraph (j)); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 7.04(j) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes

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a Subsidiary of the Borrower after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 7.04(b) and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this Section 7.04(j) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(k) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;

(l) intercompany loans between Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties and Guarantees by such Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Section 7.01(m);

(m) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business or Investments acquired by the Borrower as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(n) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of an entity merged into the Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, to the extent permitted under this Section 7.04 and, in the case of any acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in accordance with Section 7.05 to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

(o) acquisitions by the Borrower of obligations of one or more officers or other employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officer’s or employee’s acquisition of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

(p) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(q) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity);

(r) Investments in the Equity Interests of one or more newly formed persons that are received in consideration of the contribution by Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary of assets (including Equity Interests and cash) to such person or persons; provided, that (i) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of such assets, determined on an arms’-length basis, so contributed pursuant to this paragraph (r) shall not in the aggregate exceed $10,000,000 and (ii) in respect of each such contribution, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall certify (x) that after giving effect to such contribution, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (y) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the assets so contributed and (z) that the requirements of paragraph (i) of this proviso remain satisfied;

(s) Investments consisting of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06;

(t) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

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(u) Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties not to exceed the greater of $10,000,000 and 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable, in the aggregate (plus any return of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of Investments theretofore made by them pursuant to this paragraph (u)), as valued at the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of such Investment at the time such Investment is made;

(v) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property licenses pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other persons;

(w) Guarantees permitted under Section 7.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to Section 7.04);

(x) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;

(y) Investments by Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, if the Borrower or any other Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment in such amount (provided that the amount of any such Investment shall also be deemed to be a Restricted Payment under the appropriate clause of Section 7.06 for all purposes of this Agreement);

(z) Investments arising as a result of Permitted Receivables Financings;

(aa) Investments received substantially contemporaneously in exchange for Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity;

(bb) Investments in joint ventures not in excess of the greater of $50,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Investment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable, in the aggregate (plus any return of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of Investments theretofore made by them pursuant to this paragraph (bb)); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (bb) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 7.04(b) and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (bb) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower; and

(cc) additional Investments not otherwise permitted hereunder; provided, that (i) at the time of such Investment and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such Investment, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower shall have a Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of no greater than 2.75 to 1.00.

The amount of Investments that may be made at any time pursuant to Section 7.04(b) or 7.04(j) (such Sections, the “Related Sections”) may, at the election of the Borrower, be increased by the amount of Investments that could be made at such time under the other Related Section; provided, that the amount of each such increase in respect of one Related Section shall be treated as having been used under the other Related Section.

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Section 7.05 Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate or amalgamate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate or amalgamate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other person or any division, unit or business of any person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:

(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;

(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom,

(i) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary or any other person with or into the Borrower (x) in a transaction in which the Borrower is the survivor or (y) in a transaction in which the Borrower is not the survivor (such surviving person, the “Successor Borrower”); provided that (A) after giving effect to such transaction, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis, (1) shall be no less than 2.00 to 1.00 or (2) shall be at least equal to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction, (B) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (C) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (D) each guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, shall confirm that its guarantee shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) each guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, shall have by a supplement to the Collateral Agreement confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and/or its Guarantee thereof, as applicable, (F) each mortgagor of the Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and/or its Guarantee thereof, as applicable, and (G) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger, consolidation or amalgamation and such supplement to this Agreement or any Security Document comply with this Agreement; provided further that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement,

(ii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary with or into any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Subsidiary Loan Party, and no person other than the Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party receives any consideration,

(iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party into or with any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party,

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(iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, or

(v) any Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging, consolidating or amalgamating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.10;

(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided, that any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party in reliance on this paragraph (c) shall be made in compliance with Section 7.07 and the aggregate gross proceeds of any such sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the Borrower, the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable;

(d) Sale and Lease Back Transactions permitted by Section 7.03;

(e) Investments permitted by Section 7.04, Permitted Liens and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.06;

(f) the sale or other disposition of defaulted receivables and the compromise, settlement and collection of receivables in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or other proceedings concerning the other account party thereon and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;

(g) sales, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.05; provided, that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, and (ii) the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.08(c) and (iii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets in excess of $15,000,000 shall be permitted by this paragraph (g) unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided, that for purposes of clause (iii), (A) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b) or in the notes thereto) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Term Credit Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, (B) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the Borrower into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received) and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $30,000,000 and 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date such sale, disposition or transfer of assets was entered into for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration (with the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be cash;

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(h) Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided, that following any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation (i) involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving corporation or such merger, consolidation or amalgamation shall otherwise satisfy the requirements of subsection (b)(i) above and (ii) involving a Subsidiary Loan Party, the surviving or resulting entity shall be a Subsidiary Loan Party that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary;

(i) leases, licenses (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property), or subleases or sublicenses (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property) of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(j) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined by the management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(k) acquisitions and purchases made with the proceeds of any Asset Sale pursuant to the first proviso of paragraph (i) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”;

(l) the purchase and sale or other transfer (including by capital contribution) of Receivables Assets pursuant to Permitted Receivables Financings; provided that the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.08(c) (without duplication of any amounts applied in accordance with Section 2.08(c) pursuant to Section 7.01(v));

(m) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract tort or other claims of any kind to the extent that any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(n) any exchange of assets for services and/or other assets of comparable or greater value; provided, that (i) at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of assets that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder and (ii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $10,000,000, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower with respect to such fair market value; provided, that the Net Proceeds, if any, thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.08(c); provided, further, that (A) the aggregate gross consideration (including exchange assets, other non-cash consideration and cash proceeds) of any or all assets exchanged in reliance upon this paragraph (n) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the Borrower, the greater of $50,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom;

(o) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may enter into any agreement or arrangement involving, relating to or otherwise facilitating (i) requirements contracts, (ii) tolling arrangements or (iii) the reservation or presale of production capacity of the Borrower or a Subsidiary by one or more third parties; and

(p) any disposition of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a person (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) from whom such Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.05 above, no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this Section 7.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions to Loan Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 7.05) unless such disposition is for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), or if not fair market value, the shortfall is permitted as an Investment under Section 7.04. To the extent any Collateral is disposed of in a transaction expressly permitted by this Section 7.05 to any person other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent shall take, and shall be authorized by each Lender to take, any actions reasonably requested by the Borrower in order to evidence the foregoing.

Section 7.06 Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any of its Equity Interests or set aside any amount for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person redeeming, purchasing, retiring or acquiring such shares) (the foregoing, “Restricted Payments”); provided, however, that:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or, in the case of non Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests so long as any repurchase of its Equity Interests from a person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary is permitted under Section 7.04);

(b) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent Entity in respect of (i) overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of Holdings or any Parent Entity, (ii) fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of debt or equity securities of Holdings or any Parent Entity whether or not consummated, (iii) franchise Taxes or similar Taxes and fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of Holdings’ or any Parent Entity’s existence and Holdings’ (or any Parent Entity’s indirect) ownership of the Borrower, (iv) payments permitted by Section 7.07(b), (v) the portion (which shall be 100% for so long as Holdings or the applicable Parent Entity, as the case may be, owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in the Borrower, Holdings or another Parent Entity) of the tax liability to each relevant jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for the relevant jurisdiction of Holdings or any Parent Entity attributable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (vi) tax liabilities of Holdings or any Parent Entity incurred as a result of transactions occurring prior to the Closing Date, and (vii) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of Holdings or any Parent Entity, in each case in order to permit Holdings or any Parent Entity to make such payments; provided, that in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the portion of any amounts referred to in such clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) that are allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% for so long as Holdings or any Parent Entity owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in the Borrower, Holdings or another Parent Entity);

(c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent Entity the proceeds of which are used to purchase or redeem the Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of its

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Subsidiaries or by any Plan or shareholders’ agreement then in effect upon such person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided, that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (c) shall not exceed in any fiscal year $15,000,000 (plus the amount of net proceeds contributed to the Borrower that were (x) received by Holdings or any Parent Entity during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity to directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements and (y) of any key man life insurance policies received during such calendar year and (z) the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of management, directors or consultants of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests, which, in each case, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year; provided, further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary from members of management of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 7.06;

(d) non-cash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(e) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent Entity in an aggregate amount equal to any regularly scheduled quarterly dividends payable on Ultimate Parent’s or any other Parent Entity’s common stock; provided, that the aggregate amount of payments made under this paragraph (e) shall not exceed in any fiscal year $15,000,000;

(f) [Reserved];

(g) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to allow Holdings or any Parent Entity to make payments in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person;

(h) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent Entity, or repurchase or redeem shares from, its, Holdings’ or any Parent Entity’s equity holders in an amount equal to 6.0% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Borrower after the Closing Date from any public offering of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower;

(i) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent Entity to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.04; provided, that (i) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (ii) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary or (B) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation (to the extent permitted in Section 7.05) of the person formed or acquired into the Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Business Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.10;

(j) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent Entity in an amount necessary to fund payments to the Fund and the Fund Affiliates of the type and in amounts otherwise permitted pursuant to Sections 7.07(b)(ix) and (xiv); provided, that such payments are not otherwise made directly by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

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(k) Restricted Payments made within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have been permitted under (and was counted against any applicable basket under) this Agreement;

(l) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the greater of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such Restricted Payment for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable, over (B) the aggregate amount of payments or distributions made in respect of Junior Financing pursuant to Section 7.09(b)(i); and

(m) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent Entity; provided, that (A) at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower shall have a Total Net Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of no greater than 2.75 to 1.00.

Section 7.07 Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of capital stock of any Parent Entity, Holdings or the Borrower in a transaction involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise permitted (or required) under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate. For purposes of this Section 7.07, any transaction with any Affiliate or any such 10% holder shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence if such transaction is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower.

(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement,

(i) any issuance of securities, or other payments, loans (or cancellation of loans), awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity, Holdings or of the Borrower,

(ii) loans or advances to employees or consultants of Holdings (or any Parent Entity), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.04(e),

(iii) transactions among the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Loan Party as a result of such transaction (including via merger, consolidation or amalgamation in which a Subsidiary is the surviving entity),

(iv) the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of Holdings or any Parent Entity, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% for so long as Holdings, as the case may be, owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in the Borrower, Holdings or another Parent Entity and assets incidental to the ownership of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries)),

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(v) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.07(b)(xiv), if applicable, transactions pursuant to the Transaction Documents and permitted transactions, agreements and arrangements in existence on the Closing Date and to the extent involving aggregate consideration in excess of $500,000, set forth on Schedule 7.07 or any amendment thereto to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect and other transactions, agreements and arrangements described on Schedule 7.07 and any amendment thereto to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,

(vi) (A) any employment agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto,

(vii) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06, including payments to Holdings (and any Parent Entity),

(viii) any purchase by Holdings of the Equity Interests of the Borrower; provided, that any Equity Interests of the Borrower purchased by Holdings shall be pledged to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to the Collateral Agreement,

(ix) payments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Funds or any Fund Affiliates made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower, or a majority of disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower, in good faith,

(x) transactions with Wholly Owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with past practice,

(xi) any transaction in respect of which the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of the Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination of the Borrower qualified to render such letter and (B) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which letter states that such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate,

(xii) payments and transactions made under the Ultimate Parent Loan Agreement, as amended from time to time in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,

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(xiii) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business,

(xiv) any agreement to pay, and the payment of, monitoring, consulting, management, transaction, advisory or similar fees payable to the Funds or any Fund Affiliates as follows: (A) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the sum of (1) $2,000,000 for such fiscal year, plus reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods; plus (2) any deferred fees (to the extent such fees were within such amount in clause (A) (1) above originally); (B) 2.0% of the value of transactions with respect to which the Fund or any Fund Affiliate provides any transaction, advisory or other services; (C) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the present value of all future amounts payable pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (A)-(1) above in connection with the termination of such agreement with the Fund and its Fund Affiliates; provided, that if any such payment pursuant to clause (C) is not permitted to be paid as a result of an Event of Default, such payment shall accrue and may be payable when no Events of Default are continuing to the extent that no further Event of Default would result therefrom,

(xv) the issuance, sale or transfer of Equity Interests of Borrower to Holdings and capital contributions by Holdings to Borrower,

(xvi) without duplication of any amounts otherwise paid with respect to Taxes, payments by Holdings (and any Parent Entity), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among Holdings (and any such Parent Entity), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on customary terms that require each party to make payments when such Taxes are due or refunds received of amounts equal to the income tax liabilities and refunds generated by each such party calculated on a separate return basis and payments to the party generating tax benefits and credits of amounts equal to the value of such tax benefits and credits made available to the group by such party,

(xvii) transactions pursuant to any Permitted Receivables Financing,

(xviii) the issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings to the management of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions,

(xix) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees or consultants that are (i) approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Boards of Directors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) or the Borrower in good faith, (ii) made in compliance with applicable law and (iii) to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement,

(xx) transactions between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any person, a director of which is also a director of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Borrower or such direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other person,

(xxi) transactions with Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, Xxxxx Plastics Group, Inc., Constellium Holdco B.V., or any subsidiary of the foregoing on terms consistent with past practice prior to the Transactions,

(xxii) the provision to subsidiaries of cash management, accounting and other overhead services in the ordinary course of business undertaken in good faith (as certified in an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Agreement,

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(xxiii) [Reserved], or

(xxiv) intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified in an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Borrower and its subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Agreement.

Section 7.08 Business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than any business or business activity conducted by any of them on the Closing Date and any business or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, and in the case of a Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary, Permitted Receivables Financing.

Section 7.09 Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc. (a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower)), the articles or certificate of incorporation, by laws, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) (i) Make, or agree or offer to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness which by its terms is subordinated in right or payment to the Term Credit Obligations, any subordinated Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the foregoing, any preferred Equity Interests or any Disqualified Stock (each of the foregoing, a “Junior Financing”), or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination in respect of any Junior Financing unless, at the time of such payment or distribution and after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the Borrower shall have a Total Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio of no greater than 2.75 to 1.00; provided, the foregoing restriction shall not prohibit the Borrower or any Subsidiary from making any such payment or distribution to the extent constituting (A) Refinancings with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, (B) payments of (x) regularly scheduled interest of any Junior Financing and (y) other than with respect to any subordinated Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(k) or (r), principal on the scheduled maturity date of any Junior Financing, (C) payments or distributions in respect of all or any portion of the Junior Financing with the proceeds contributed to the Borrower by Holdings or any Parent Entity from the issuance, sale or exchange by Holdings (or any Parent Entity) of Equity Interests made within eighteen months prior thereto, (D) the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity and (E) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, payments or distributions in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the excess, if any of (A) the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such payment or other distribution for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 or 6.04, as applicable over (B) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(l); or

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(ii) (1) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of Junior Financing, or any agreement, document or instrument evidencing or relating thereto, other than amendments or modifications that (A) are not in any manner materially adverse to Lenders and that do not affect the subordination or payment provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Lenders and (B) otherwise comply with the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” or (2) amend or modify the ABL Credit Agreement other than amendments or modifications not prohibited by the Intercreditor Agreement.

(c) Permit any Material Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:

(i) restrictions imposed by applicable law;

(ii) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date under Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.01, the ABL Finance Documents or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness that does not expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction;

(iii) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

(iv) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(v) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

(vi) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(k) or Section 7.01(r) or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, to the extent such restrictions are not more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in the ABL Finance Documents;

(vii) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(viii) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;

(ix) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(x) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset permitted under Section 7.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;

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(xi) customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is a Permitted Lien and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien, and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 7.09;

(xii) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;

(xiii) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary other than Subsidiaries of such new Subsidiary;

(xiv) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01 of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party;

(xv) customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;

(xvi) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xvii) restrictions contained in any Permitted Receivables Document with respect to any Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary; or

(xviii) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Sections 7.09(c)(i) and 7.09(c)(ii) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (A) through (P) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

(d) Make, or agree or offer to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) (i) of or in respect of principal of or interest on the Ultimate Parent Loan Agreement or (ii) on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of the Ultimate Parent Loan Agreement, in either such case if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom. Nothing in this Section 7.09(d) shall restrict the payment of in kind or other non-cash interest expense in respect of the Ultimate Parent Loan Agreement.

Section 7.10 [Reserved]

Section 7.11 Holdings Covenants. Holdings covenants and agrees with each Lender that unless and until (i) all Commitments shall have been terminated and (ii) all Term Credit Obligations arising under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for unasserted claims) shall have been repaid, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, Holdings will not create,

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incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (other than Liens of a type described in Section 7.02(b), (d), (e) or (k)) on any of the Equity Interests issued by the Borrower other than the Liens created under the Loan Documents, provided, that, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, upon at least 10 Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, Holdings may transfer 100% of the Equity Interests in the Borrower to any Parent Entity, any other person Wholly Owned by Parent Entity or any other person the entire issued Equity Interests of whom are owned by the Permitted Holders (“Successor Holdings”) so long as Successor Holdings shall have assumed the obligations of Holdings under the Loan Documents on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Administrative Agent shall take all actions that it deems necessary to release Holdings from its obligations under the Loan Documents; provided further, that if the foregoing is satisfied, Successor Holdings will succeed to, and be substituted for, Holdings under this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 8.01 Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”):

(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made;

(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;

(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 6.01(a), 6.05(i), 6.08 or 6.10(h) or in Article VII;

(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days (or 60 days if such default results solely from a Foreign Subsidiary’s failure to duly observe or perform any such covenant, condition or agreement) after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;

(f) (i) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) and beyond any applicable grace period, regardless of amount, in respect of the ABL Credit Obligations or any Material Indebtedness (other than in respect of Swap Contracts), (B) fails to perform or observe any other condition or covenant, or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist, under any agreement or instrument relating to the ABL Credit Obligations or any Material Indebtedness, if the effect of such failure, event or condition (giving effect to any applicable grace period) is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of the ABL Credit Obligations or such Material

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Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, the ABL Credit Obligations or such Material Indebtedness to be declared to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity or (C) shall be required by the terms of the ABL Credit Obligations or such Material Indebtedness to offer to prepay or repurchase such ABL Credit Obligations or Material Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) prior to the stated maturity thereof; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract or Swap Obligation an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) and the Swap Termination Value owed by a Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof as a result thereof is greater than $25,000,000; provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due, or which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall be required to prepay or repurchase, as a result of the sale or transfer (including by way of condemnation or casualty) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness;

(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding up or liquidation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (except, in the case of any Subsidiary, in a transaction permitted by Section 7.05); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) become unable generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(j) the failure by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of $25,000,000 (to the extent not covered by insurance), which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of 45 consecutive days;

(k) (i) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Plan, (ii) an ERISA Event or ERISA Events shall have occurred with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any Plan or Plans, (iv) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (v) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

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(l) (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that are not immaterial to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by the Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or take the actions described on Schedule 4.04 and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer, or (iii) the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiary Loan Parties of any of the Term Credit Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by Holdings or the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations; or

(m) The Intercreditor Agreement or any provision thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect (except in accordance with its terms), or any of the Loan Parties party thereto shall deny or disaffirm their respective obligations thereunder or default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on their part to be performed or observed pursuant to the terms thereof;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) exercise all rights and remedies granted to it under any Loan Document and all of its rights under any other applicable law or in equity; and in any event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 8.02 Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for the purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred under clause (f), (h), (i), (j) or (l) of Section 8.01, any reference in any such clause to any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to include any Immaterial Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstance referred to in any such clause.

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Section 8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.01 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.01), any amounts received on account of the Finance Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.13, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

FIRST, to payment of that portion of the Finance Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

SECOND, to payment of that portion of the Finance Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders or any Hedge Bank (including amounts payable under Article III and fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders) arising under the Loan Documents or any Secured Hedge Agreement, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

THIRD, to payment of that portion of the Finance Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and other Term Credit Obligations and amounts then owing under Secured Hedge Agreements, ratably among the Lenders and the Hedge Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them; and

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Finance Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Hedge Bank. Each Hedge Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

ARTICLE IX

THE AGENCY PROVISIONS

Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (for purposes of this Article IX, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the “Agents”) its agent, and authorizes the Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article IX are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions (except as expressly provided in Section 9.06). It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “Agent” or “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to an Agent, is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between the contracting parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized to (i) execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the

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Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents, and (ii) negotiate, enforce or settle any claim, action or proceeding affecting the Lenders in their capacity as such, at the direction of the Required Lenders, which negotiation, enforcement or settlement will be binding upon each Lender.

Section 9.02 Rights as a Lender. The institution serving as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender, and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for, and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder.

Section 9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that such Agent is instructed in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.01), provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, neither Agent shall have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary or as such Agent shall in good faith believe to be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.01, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent.

Section 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have

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received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

Section 9.05 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such subagent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Facility as well as activities as Agent. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any subagents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such subagents.

Section 9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. If no successor Agent has been appointed pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence by the Resignation Effective Date, such Agent’s resignation shall become effective and the Required Lenders shall thereafter perform all the duties of such Agent hereunder and/or under any other Loan Document until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, as the case may be. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The Administrative Agent Fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article IX and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its subagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while acting as Agent.

Section 9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents 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 Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Section 9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each of the Engagement Parties are named as such for recognition purposes only, and in their respective capacities as such shall have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; it being understood and agreed that each of the Engagement Parties shall be entitled to all indemnification and

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reimbursement rights in favor of the Agents provided herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limitation of the foregoing, none of the Engagement Parties, in their respective capacities as such shall, by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender, Loan Party or any other person.

Section 9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, each Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Term Credit Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Term Credit Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and each Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and each Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and each Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding;

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

(iii) and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to such Agent and, in the event that such Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to such Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due such Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.

Section 9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. (a) The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion:

(i) to release any Lien on any property granted to, or held by, the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (x) on or after the date that the Term Credit Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations as to which no claim has been made) have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated, (y) with respect to any property that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition permitted under the Loan Documents or (z) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number of Lenders as shall be required hereunder);

(ii) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to, or held by, the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.02(a), (c), (i) or (j);

(iii) to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement, and any other intercreditor agreement necessary or desirable to permit the incurrence by the Loan Parties of secured indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder with the priority permitted hereunder, and perform its obligations and duties, and exercise its rights and remedies, thereunder; and

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(iv) to release any Subsidiary from its obligations under the Loan Documents if such person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents or otherwise is not required to remain a Loan Party.

In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Subsidiary Loan Party from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.10.

(b) Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing, the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Subsidiary from its obligations under the Loan Documents pursuant to this Section 9.10.

(c) The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for, or have a duty to, ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of any Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

Without limiting the foregoing, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Finance Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition (including any sale or disposition conducted under a plan of reorganization), any Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Hedge Bank in its or their respective individual capacities) shall be entitled, for purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Finance Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and the Guarantees of the Finance Obligations provided under the Guaranty Agreement, to have agreed to the foregoing provisions. The provisions of this paragraph are for the sole benefit of the Secured Parties and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.

Section 9.11 Secured Hedge Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, any Guaranty or any Security Document, no Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 8.01, the Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Finance Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Finance Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Hedge Bank.

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ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent or ratification of the Required Lenders or such other number or percentage of Lenders as may be specified herein) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that (x) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, with the consent of the other, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, omission, typographical error, mistake, defect or inconsistency if such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Agent or any Lender, to comply with local law or the advice of local counsel or to cause one or more Loan Documents to be consistent with other Loan Documents and (y) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(i) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.01) without the written consent of such Lender;

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

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

(iv) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

(v) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;

(vi) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;

(vii) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);

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and provided, further, that: (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent which would require the consent of a Lender but for the fact that it is a Defaulting Lender shall be enforced against it without its consent; and (iii) Section 5 of the Engagement Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately more adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional term loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, make one or more offers (each, a “Loan Modification Offer”) to all the Lenders under one or more of the Facilities (each Facility subject to such a Loan Modification Offer, an “Affected Facility”) to make one or more Permitted Amendments (as defined below) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Such notice shall set forth (i) the terms and conditions of the requested Permitted Amendment and (ii) the date on which such Permitted Amendment is requested to become effective (which shall not be less than 10 Business Days nor more than 30 Business Days after the date of such notice) (or such shorter periods as are acceptable to the Administrative Agent). Permitted Amendments shall become effective only with respect to the Loans of the Lenders under the Affected Facility that accept the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the “Accepting Lenders”) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with respect to such Lender’s Loans under such Affected Facility as to which such Lender’s acceptance has been made. The Borrower and each Accepting Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent giving effect to the Permitted Amendment (a “Loan Modification Agreement”) and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the acceptance of the Permitted Amendments and the terms and conditions thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Modification Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Loan Modification Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Permitted Amendment evidenced thereby and only with respect to the Loans and Commitments of the Accepting Lenders under the Affected Facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Permitted Amendment shall become effective under this paragraph unless the Administrative Agent shall have received any corporate documents, officers’ certificates or legal opinions consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 5.02 reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. As used in this paragraph, “Permitted Amendments” shall be limited to (i) an extension of the final maturity date of the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders (provided that such extension may not result in having more than two additional final maturity dates in any year, or more than

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three additional final maturity dates at any time, under this Agreement without the consent of the Administrative Agent), (ii) a reduction, elimination or extension, of the scheduled amortization of the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders, (iii) a change in rate of interest (including a change to the Applicable Rate and any provision establishing a minimum rate), premium, or other amount with respect to the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders and/or a change in the payment of fees to the Accepting Lenders (such change and/or payments to be in the form of cash, Equity Interests or other property to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement) and (iv) any other amendment to a Loan Document required to give effect to the Permitted Amendments described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this sentence.

If any Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent, release, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document that, pursuant to the terms of this Section 10.01, requires the consent of each Lender (or each affected Lender) and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.14.

Section 10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.

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

(i) if to the Borrower, Holdings or any other Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such person on Schedule 10.02; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).

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

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

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

(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES WARRANTS THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER OR NOT BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY AND INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LIABILITY OF ANY SUCH PERSON IS FOUND IN A FINAL RULING BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED FROM SUCH PERSON’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, “Agent Parties”) have any liability to Holdings, the Borrower, any Lender or any other person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet.

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.

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(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic or electronic Borrowing Request) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such person on any notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Administrative Agent in relying on any notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower, such Lender or Related Party, as applicable, as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

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

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, but subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.09 (subject to the terms of Section 2.11) or (iii) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (x) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01 and (y) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.11, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

Section 10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable and invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, as counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including expenses incurred in connection with due diligence and initial ongoing Collateral examination to the extent incurred with the

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reasonable prior approval of the Borrower) or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the reasonable and invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of any special counsel (limited to one firm for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders unless, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or any such Lender seeking reimbursement, such joint representation would be inappropriate due to the existence of any actual or potential conflict of interest, in which case the Administrative Agent or any such Lender, as the case may be, shall inform the Borrower of such conflict and the Borrower shall reimburse the legal fees and expenses of no more than such number of additional outside counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as is necessary to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest) and local counsel (limited to one firm for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in each relevant jurisdiction unless, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or any such Lender seeking reimbursement, such joint representation would be inappropriate due to the existence of any actual or potential conflict of interest, in which case the Administrative Agent or any such Lender, as the case may be, shall inform the Borrower of such conflict and the Borrower shall reimburse the legal fees and expenses of no more than such number of additional outside counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as is necessary to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest) for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

(b) Indemnification. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers, each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing persons (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements of not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel) unless, in the reasonable opinion of any such Indemnitee seeking indemnity, such joint representation would be inappropriate due to the existence of any actual or potential conflict of interest, in which case such Indemnitee or Indemnitees, as the case may be, shall inform the Borrower of such conflict and the Borrower shall reimburse the legal fees and expenses of no more than such number of additional outside counsel for the Indemnitees as is necessary to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01)), (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purposes of this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties, shall be treated as a single Indemnitee) or (y) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee. Subject to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing

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sentence, the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel or consultant fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (A) any claim related in any way to Environmental Laws and Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, or (B) any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at, under, on or from any Property; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the (1) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee (for purposes of this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Issuing Bank or any Lender shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties shall be treated as a single Indemnitee). None of the Indemnitees (or any of their respective Affiliates) shall be responsible or liable to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries, Affiliates or stockholders or any other person or entity for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, which may be alleged as a result of the Facilities or the Transactions. Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.01(c), this Section 10.04(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes (other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim). The provisions of this Section 10.04 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Term Credit Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that Holdings and the Borrower for any reason fail indefeasibly to pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it or them to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lenders’ percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Facility (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), provided that, the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.02(a).

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

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or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor; provided, however, any Indemnitee shall promptly refund an indemnification payment received hereunder to the extent that there is a final judicial determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such payment pursuant to this Section 10.04.

(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 10.02(e) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments of all the Lenders and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Term Credit Obligations.

Section 10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (i) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (ii) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Term Credit Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

Section 10.06 Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(d), or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.06(e). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer, shall be construed to confer, or shall confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (in each case with respect to any Facility) (x) any assignment of any Loans or Commitments to an Affiliated Lender shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 10.06(f) and (y) any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

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(i) Minimum Amounts.

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment under any Facility and/or the Loans at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any Facility) or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Acceptance, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $1,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 8.01(b), (c), (h) or (i), the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities and any facilities provided pursuant the second paragraph of Section 10.01 on a non-pro rata basis.

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

(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 8.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days after having received notice thereof; and provided, further, that the Borrower’s consent shall not be required during the primary syndication of the Term B Facility.

(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (i) any unfunded Term B Commitment if such assignment is to a person that is not a Lender with a Term B Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (ii) any Term B Loan to a person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund, the Borrower or an Affiliated Lender.

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

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) except in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.06(g), to any Loan Party, (B) except in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.06(f), to an Affiliated Lender, (C) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, (D) to any natural person or (E) absent the consent of the Borrower, to an Ineligible Institution.

(vi) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment); provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section 10.06.

(c) Register. (i) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for Tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each

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Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a material or other substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending, (i) any Lender may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register and (ii) upon request of the Administrative Agent and receipt of a list of the names of each person named as a Lender in the then current Register, the Borrowers and Holdings will identify to the Administrative Agent each such Lender which is an Affiliated Lender.

(ii) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), all applicable tax forms, the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section 10.06 (unless waived in accordance with such paragraph) and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)(iii) of this Section 10.06, the Administrative Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (c)(ii).

(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any person (other than a natural person, a known Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 10.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clause (y) of the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant and requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(e) shall be delivered to the Lender who sells the participation); provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 10.14 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05, with respect to any participation, than the Lender from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 to the extent such Participant fails to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate

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the provisions of Section 3.06 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.11 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments or Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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

(f) Affiliated Lender Assignments. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Term Loans to any Affiliated Lender in accordance with Section 10.06(b); provided that:

(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom;

(ii) the assigning Lender and the Affiliated Lender purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto (an “Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance”) in lieu of an Assignment and Acceptance; and

(iii) no Term Loan may be assigned to a Affiliated Lender pursuant to this Section 10.06(b)(i), if after giving effect to such assignment, Affiliated Lenders (other than Affiliated Loan Funds) in the aggregate would own in excess of 25.0 % of all Term Loans then outstanding.

Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (A) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (B) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, (C) directed or required the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document or (D) voted on any plan of reorganization pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code, that in any case does not require the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender or does not adversely affect such Affiliated Lender disproportionately in any material respect as compared to other Lenders, Affiliated Lenders will be deemed to have voted in the same proportion as Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders voting on such matter. Furthermore, each Affiliated Lender hereby acknowledges,

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agrees and consents that if, for any reason, its vote to accept or reject any plan pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code is not deemed to have been voted as set above, then such vote will be (x) deemed not to be in good faith and (y) “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of Title 11 of the United States Code such that the vote is not counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such plan in accordance with Section 1126(c) of Title 11 of the United States Code. Affiliated Loan Funds shall not be subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph, and shall be entitled to vote as any other Lender; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Affiliated Loan Funds may not in the aggregate account for more than 50.0% of the amounts set forth in the calculation of Required Lenders, and any amount in excess of 50.0% will be subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.

No Affiliated Lender will have any right (i) to attend (including by telephone) or receive notice of any meeting, conference call, correspondence or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Loan Parties are not invited or to have access to the Platform (including, without limitation, that portion of the Platform that has been designated for “private-side” Lenders), or (ii) to receive any information or material provided solely to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to any Loan Party or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of Borrowings, notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders), or (iii) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro-rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent under the Loan Documents.

(g) Permitted Loan Purchases. The Borrower may purchase by way of assignment and become an Assignee with respect to Term Loans at any time, from Lenders in accordance with Section 10.06(b) hereof (“Permitted Loan Purchases”) provided that (A) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower stating (1) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Permitted Loan Purchase, (2) that each of the conditions contained in this Section 10.06(g) has been satisfied and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans to be purchased (and the purchase price(s) paid therefore), (B) upon consummation of any such Permitted Loan Purchase, the Loans purchased pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately cancelled and extinguished in accordance with Section 10.06(h) and (C) in connection with any such Permitted Loan Purchase, the Borrower and such Lender that is the Assignor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance (and for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be required to execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to Section 10.06(b)) and shall otherwise comply with the conditions to Assignments under this Section 10.06.

(h) Each Permitted Loan Purchase shall, for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Term Loans and the Borrower shall, upon consummation of any Permitted Loan Purchase, notify the Administrative Agent that the Register should be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Loans.

Section 10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed: (i) to its Related Parties (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (ii) to the extent required or requested by any applicable regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such person or its Related Parties

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(including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (iii) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (iv) to any other party hereto; (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality provisions substantially the same (and at least as restrictive) as those of this Section, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a) or (B) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the obligations under this Agreement, (vii) (A) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder, (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder or (C) any settlement or administrative service providers, in each case on a confidential basis, (viii) with the consent of the Borrower or (ix) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Any person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such person would accord to its own confidential information. The Borrower agrees that the provisions of this Section 10.07 supersede the confidentiality provisions set forth in the second sentence of Section 11 of the Engagement Letter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Assignment and Acceptance, the provisions of this Section 10.07 shall survive with respect to the Administrative Agent and each Lender until the second anniversary of the Administrative Agent or Lender ceasing to be the Administrative Agent or a Lender, respectively.

Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledges that (i) the Information may include material non-public information concerning any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or one or more Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (iii) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Laws, including Federal and state securities Laws.

Section 10.08 Platform; Borrower Materials. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that (i) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of Holdings and the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (ii) 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 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. Each of Holdings and 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

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authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arranger 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 any Parent Entity’s 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 10.07); (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 Arranger 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.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Borrower Materials shall be deemed to be marked “PUBLIC” unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material non-public information: (A) the Loan Documents, (B) notifications of changes in the terms of this Agreement and (C) financial statements and accompanying information and certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 6.04(a) through (c), excluding the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c)(x)(i).

Section 10.09 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or such Affiliate, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Finance Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

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

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Section 10.11 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.02, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 10.12 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by any Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any Credit Event, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Term Credit Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

Section 10.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.13, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

Section 10.14 Replacement of Lenders. If the Borrower is entitled to replace a Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.06, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrower the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(i) unless waived, the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);

(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding par principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Sections 3.05 and (solely in the case of Non-Consenting Lenders) 2.08(b)) from such assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

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

(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent, as applicable, by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to this Section 10.14 may be effected pursuant to, and recorded on the Register after execution of, an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto. Each Lender agrees that, if the Borrower elects to replace such Lender in accordance with this Section, it shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent any Note (if Notes have been issued in respect of such Lender’s Loans) subject to such Assignment and Acceptance. Nothing in this Section 10.14 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender.

Section 10.15 Governing Law; Jurisdiction Etc.

(a) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER

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MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

(c) Waiver of Venue. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(d) Service of Process. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Section 10.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

Section 10.17 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Arrangers and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Book Running Managers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger, each Joint Book Running Manager and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Joint Book Running Manager nor any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those

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obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Book Running Managers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Joint Book Running Manager nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Book Running Managers or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

Section 10.18 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Acceptance or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Section 10.19 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Patriot Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into Law October 26, 2001) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.

Section 10.20 Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender understands, acknowledges and agrees that the provisions setting forth the priorities as between the ABL Finance Parties, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, are set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of such Lender and to take all actions (and execute all documents) required (or deemed advisable) by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.

The provisions of this Section 10.20 are not intended to summarize the relevant provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. Reference must be made to the Intercreditor Agreement itself to understand all terms and conditions thereof. Each Lender is responsible for making its own analysis and review of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms and provision thereof, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent or any of their respective affiliates, representatives, advisors, attorneys or other person makes any representation to any Lender as to the sufficiency or

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advisability of the provisions contained in the Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, this Agreement is subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of an inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall prevail.

Each Lender further agrees that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of any intercreditor agreement contemplated by Section 7.02(b) and (u) (each, a “Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement”). Each Lender authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into any Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of such Lender and to take all actions (and execute all documents) required (or deemed advisable) by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of such Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 10.21 Release of Liens and Guarantees. In the event that any Loan Party conveys, sells, leases, assigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of all or any portion of any of the Equity Interests or assets of any Subsidiary Loan Party to a person that is not (and is not required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by Section 7.05, any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Equity Interests or assets shall be automatically released and the Administrative Agent shall promptly (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by Holdings or the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense to release any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Equity Interests or assets, and, in the case of a disposition of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction permitted by Section 7.05 (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) and as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party would cease to be a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary Loan Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall be automatically terminated and the Administrative Agent shall promptly (and the Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to) take such action and execute such documents as may be reasonably requested by Holdings or the Borrower to terminate such Subsidiary Loan Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents. In addition, the Administrative Agent agrees (a) to take such actions as are reasonably requested by Holdings or the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense to terminate the Liens and security interests created by the Loan Documents when all the Term Credit Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) are paid in full and (b) to enter into any Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement (in the circumstances and on those terms contemplated by this Agreement and to take such actions (and execute all documents) as are reasonably requested by Holdings or the Borrower in connection with such Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 10.22 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

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


FLAG INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORPORATION

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx III
Name: Title:		Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx III Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

METALS USA, INC.

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx III
Name:		Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx III
Title:		Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Signature Page to the Credit Agreement


CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH as Administrative Agent

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
		Title: Managing Director

By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Associate

Signature Page to the Credit Agreement


CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH as Lender

By:		/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
		Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
		Title: Managing Director

By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
		Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title: Associate

Signature Page to the Credit Agreement

Section 10.20

Intercreditor Agreement

Section 10.21

Release of Liens and Guarantees

Section 10.22