第1号执行版本修正案本修正案第1号(本《协议》)于2023年5月3日由STERIS PLC(根据爱尔兰法律成立的公共有限公司)、STERIS Limited(根据英格兰和威尔士法律成立的私人有限公司)、STERIS Corporation、俄亥俄州的一家公司(STERIS Corporation)、STERIS爱尔兰金融有限公司、根据爱尔兰法律成立的上市无限公司(STERIS爱尔兰FinCo)、以及STERIS plc、STERIS Limited和STERIS Corporation签订每个都是借款人)，摩根大通银行，N.A.，作为行政代理(以该身份，“行政代理”)和每个实体作为贷款方(定义如下)。摘要鉴于借款人、不时的担保人、不时的贷款人(“贷款人”)和行政代理是截至2021年3月19日的定期贷款协议(在本协议日期前不时修订、修改、延长、重述、替换或补充的“信贷协议”和经本协议修订的“经修订的信贷协议”)的一方；鉴于信贷协议项下的若干贷款(“贷款”)产生或获准产生利息、手续费或其他金额，利息、费用或其他金额基于洲际交易所基准管理机构根据信贷协议的条款管理的伦敦银行间同业拆借利率；而根据第9节的规定。因此，现在，考虑到本协议所载的前提和相互契诺，并为了其他良好和有价值的代价，本协议各方同意如下：1.界定的术语。此处使用但未另有定义的大写术语应具有经修订的信贷协议中为此类术语提供的含义。2.对信贷协议的修订。(A)现对《信贷协议》进行修改，以删除删节文本(以与以下实例相同的方式在文本上表示：删节文本)，并增加双下划线文本(以与以下示例相同的方式在文本上表示：双下划线文本)，如本合同附件A所示。(B)在修订生效日期，现修订信贷协议附表二，将行政代理的通知信息替换为：摩根大通银行，N.A.131 S迪尔伯恩街，伊利诺伊州芝加哥04楼，60603-5506 2注意：贷款和代理服务电子邮件：jpm.agency.cri@jpmgan.com代理预扣税查询：电子邮件：Agency。Ax.reporting@jpmgan.com Agency Compliance/Financials/Intralinks：电子邮件：covenant.Compliance@jpmchee.com 3.先决条件。本协议的有效性取决于下列各项条件的满足(所有这些条件的满足日期，“修订生效日期”)：(A)行政代理(或其律师)应在本协议生效之日从每一借款人、每一担保人、每一行政代理和每一贷款人那里收到代表该当事各方签署的本协议副本(可包括通过传真或其他电子传输方式(例如，“pdf”)交付本协议的经签署的签名页)。(B)行政代理应在修订生效日期或之前收到根据修订信贷协议须由借款人偿还的所有费用的付款，且发票已在修订生效日期前至少两(2)个工作日提交给借款人(包括向行政代理支付所有合理和有据可查的律师费用)。4.申述及保证。贷款当事人向行政代理声明并保证，自修订生效之日起。5.重申；对贷款文件的引用和效力。(A)自修订生效日期起及之后，除文意另有所指外，信贷协议内凡提及“本协议”、“本协议”或类似含义的词语，以及其他贷款文件中提及的“信贷协议”、“其下”、“其”或类似含义的词语，均指经修订信贷协议。本协议是一份贷款文件。

3(B)贷款文件和借款人在贷款文件下的义务现予批准和确认，并应根据其条款保持完全效力和效力。(C)每一贷款方(I)承认并同意本协议的所有条款和条件，(Ii)确认其在贷款文件下的所有义务，(Iii)同意本协议和所有与本协议相关的文件不起到通知或履行其在贷款文件下的义务的作用。(D)除本协议明确规定外，本协议的执行、交付和效力不应视为放弃任何贷款人或行政代理在任何贷款文件下的任何权利、权力或补救措施，也不构成对任何贷款文件任何规定的放弃。(E)如果本协议的条款与信贷协议或其他贷款文件的条款有任何冲突，应以本协议的条款为准。6.适用法律；司法管辖权；同意送达法律程序文件；放弃陪审团审讯等(A)本协定应按照纽约州的法律解释并受其管辖，而不考虑该协定的法律冲突原则，只要该等原则会导致适用另一州的法律。(B)本合同各方在此同意信贷协议第9.15条所述的内容，如同该条已在本协议中详细说明一样。7.修订；标题；可分割性。除非根据行政代理签署的书面文件，否则不得修改本协议，也不得放弃本协议的任何规定。此处使用的章节标题仅供参考，不是本协议的一部分，不影响本协议的解释或在解释本协议时予以考虑。本协议的任何条款在任何司法管辖区被认定为无效、非法或不可执行，在该司法管辖区内，在该无效、非法或不可执行性范围内无效，而不影响本协议其余条款的有效性、合法性和可执行性，并且特定条款在特定司法管辖区的无效不应使该条款在任何其他司法管辖区失效。双方应努力通过善意谈判，将无效、非法或不可执行的规定替换为经济效果与无效、非法或不可执行的规定尽可能接近的有效规定。8.对应方的执行。本协议可一式两份签署，每份副本应视为正本，但所有副本一起构成同一份文书。通过传真、电子邮件PDF或任何其他电子方式交付本协议签署页的已签署副本，以复制实际已执行签名页的图像，应与交付手动签署的本协议副本一样有效。在与本协议和本协议拟进行的交易相关的任何文件中或与本协议相关的任何文件中或与本协议和本协议所拟进行的交易有关的词语中，“签立”、“签署”、“签署”、“交付”和“交付”一词应被视为包括电子签名、交付或以电子形式保存记录，在任何适用法律(包括《联邦全球和国家商业法》)所规定的范围和范围内，每一项都应与手动签署、实际交付或使用纸质记录保存系统具有相同的法律效力、有效性或可执行性。《纽约州电子签名和记录法案》，或基于《统一电子交易法案》的任何其他类似的州法律；但本条例的任何规定均不得要求行政机关在未经其事先书面同意的情况下接受任何形式或格式的电子签名。9.通知。本合同项下的所有通知应按照信贷协议第9.02节的规定发出。10.某些现有的伦敦银行同业拆息借款。为免生疑问及即使经修订信贷协议有任何相反规定，在任何情况下，根据信贷协议的条款(在本修订生效前)，在信贷协议下未偿还的欧洲货币利率垫款可继续未偿还，直至修订生效日期生效的适用利息期的最后一天为止，而该等欧洲货币利率垫款随后可于该利息期的最后一天转换为定期基准垫款(定义见经修订信贷协议)。[故意将页面的其余部分留空]

[第1号修正案的签名页]本协议的每一方均已使本协议的副本在上文第一次写明的日期正式签署和交付。借款人和担保人：/S/迈克尔·J.托基奇姓名：高级副总裁兼首席财务官斯特里斯有限公司，借款人和担保人：/S/迈克尔·J.托基奇名称：董事作为借款人和担保人/S/迈克尔·J·托基奇姓名：迈克尔·J·托基奇名称：高级副总裁和首席财务官斯特里斯爱尔兰金融有限公司，借款人和担保人：S/迈克尔·J·托维奇姓名：迈克尔·J·托维奇标题：董事[第1号修正案的签名页]姓名：爱德华多·洛佩兹·佩罗名称：爱德华多·洛佩兹·佩罗标题：副总裁

[第1号修正案的签名页]姓名：H.希望沃克姓名：H.希望沃克标题：高级副总裁PNC银行作为贷款人：S/约瑟夫·G·莫兰姓名：约瑟夫·G·莫兰标题：高级副总裁

作为贷款人的三井住友银行名称：S名称：辛迪·辉标题：董事美国银行协会作为贷款人：S/汤姆·普利德曼姓名：汤姆·普利德曼名称：高级副总裁

贷款人：S/Li姓名：Li标题：高级副总裁作者：S/布雷特·道格拉斯姓名：布雷特·道格拉斯标题：高级副总裁[第1号修正案的签名页]关键银行全国协会作为贷款人/S/艾丽莎·萨考姓名：艾丽莎·萨考标题：总裁副

[第1号修正案的签名页]作者：S/安德鲁·赖斯姓名：安德鲁·赖斯标题：副总裁[第1号修正案的签名页]Svenska Handelsbanken AB(Publ)，纽约分行，作为贷款人：/S/马克·埃米特姓名：马克·埃米特标题：副总裁作者：S/南希·德阿尔伯特姓名：南希·德阿尔伯特

第五第三银行，全国性协会，作为贷款人/S/纳撒尼尔·E·谢尔姓名：纳撒尼尔·E·谢尔标题：管理董事[第1号修正案的签名页]多伦多道明银行纽约分行作为贷款人/S/Mike姓名：Mike姓名：授权签字人

作为贷款人的富国银行N.A.作者：S/Andrea S姓名：Andrea S陈标题：管理董事[第1号修正案的签名页]贷款人：北方信托公司作者：S/安德鲁·D·霍尔茨姓名：安德鲁·D·霍尔茨

附件A(附后)执行版本执行本附件A第1号修正案的执行版本附件A截至2021年3月19日，STERIS PLC作为借款人，STERIS Limited作为借款人，STERIS Corporation作为借款人，STERIS爱尔兰金融有限公司作为借款人，STERIS爱尔兰金融有限公司作为借款人，各种金融机构作为贷款人，摩根大通大通银行作为行政代理，花旗银行，N.A.和PNC资本市场有限责任公司作为辛迪加代理桑坦德银行和三井住友银行作为联合文件代理美国银行全国协会、DNB Capital LLC和KeyBank National Association作为高级管理代理JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.、美国银行证券公司、花旗银行和PNC资本市场有限责任公司作为联合牵头安排人和联合簿记管理人

I目录第I页第I条定义和会计术语........................................................1第1.01节某些定义的术语...................................................................................1第1.02节时间段..................................................................的计算第1.03节会计术语....................................................................................第1.04节一般术语.......................................................................................3736第1.05条[已保留].................................................................................................第1.06节货币换算..............................................................................第3736条第1.07节...................................................................................................3736第1.08节利率；伦敦银行间同业拆借利率基准通知.....................................3836第II条垫款的数额和条款......第3937条第2.01条提升..................................................................................................第3937条第2.02条预付款...............................................................................3937第2.03条[已保留].................................................................................................4039第2.04条[已保留].................................................................................................4139第2.05条[已保留].................................................................................................4139第2.06条费用...........................................................................................................4139第2.07条[已保留]...............。。4139第2.08条垫款的偿还...............。。4139第2.09条垫款利息................4140第2.10条利率厘定..........。。4241第2.11条可选择地转换垫款.........................4544第2.12条可选择预付垫款.............4544第2.13条增加的费用..................。。4645第2.14条违法行为...........................4746第2.15条付款及计算...............。4746第2.16条税项...................4847第2.17条分担付款等................5756第2.18条收益的使用..................……5857第2.19条关于债项的证据................5857第2.20条违约贷款人...............……5857第2.21条减轻诉讼...................5958第2.22条增值税....................6059第三条生效和结束的条件.......6160第3.01节截止日期前的条件........6160第四条陈述和保证..................63第4.01条陈述及保证..........第六十三条第五条公约....................6867第5.01条肯定契诺.....................6867 II第5.02条负面公约............7271第5.03节金融契约.....................78第六条失责事件.......................7978第6.01条失责事件.................……第七十九条第七条代理人...................8180第7.01条授权及行动.................8180第7.02条个别管理代理人........81第7.03条行政代理人的职责；免责条款........8281第7.04条行政代理的信赖..........8382第7.05条职责的转授.................8382第7.06条政务代理的辞职................83第7.07节对行政代理和其他贷款人的不信赖；确认........................84第7.08条其他代理人..............……8685第7.09条某些ERISA事宜...........第八百六十八十五条保证...................87第8.01条保证..................……87第8.02条不得终止............8887第8.03条担保人的放弃。..........8887第8.04条代位权...............................................................................................8887第8.05条免责辩护......................................................................................88第8.06条不需要用尽其他补救办法......8988第8.07节加速.....................................................................................暂停期89第8.08节释放担保..................................................................................89第8.09节保证限制....................................................................................90第九条杂项..........................................................................................9190第9.01条修订等.....................................................................................9190第9.02条公告等...............................................................................................9291第9.03条没有放弃；补救措施...............................................................................9493第9.04节成本和费用..................................................................................9493第9.05条抵销权..............................................................................................96第9.06节具有约束力的..............................................................................................96第9.07节作业和参与....................................................................96第9.08节保密............................................................................................101第9.09条[已保留].............................................................................................102101第9.10节适用法律...........................................................................................第9.11节在对应..........................................................................中的执行第9.12条司法管辖权等..........................................................................................第103条第9.13条《爱国者法令公告》.......................................................................................第9.14节无咨询或受托责任...................................................第103节第9.15节放弃陪审团审判...................................................................................第9.16节货币兑换...........................................................................104第9.17条[已保留] 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第三节第9.18节承认和同意受影响金融机构的自救..................................................................................................104四附表一--承付款附表二--行政代理人办公室；通知的某些地址附表4.01(F)-法律诉讼附表5.01(I)-关联交易附表5.02(A)-留置权附表5.02(E)-附属债务附表A-借款通知书表格附件B-转让和承兑表格附件C-1-税务符合证明表格附件C-2-税务符合证明表格附件C-3-税务符合证明表格C-4-税务符合证明表格C-4-税务符合证明表格D-保证人加入协议表格

定期贷款协议本协议日期为2021年3月19日的定期贷款协议(“本协议”)是根据爱尔兰法律成立的公共有限公司STERIS plc(“STERIS plc”)作为借款人和担保人，STERIS Limited(根据英格兰和威尔士法律成立的私人有限公司，前称STERIS plc，根据英格兰和威尔士法律成立的公共有限公司)(“STERIS Limited”)作为借款人和担保人，作为借款人和担保人的俄亥俄州STERIS Corporation(“STERIS Corporation”)，作为借款人和担保人的STERIS Limited。根据爱尔兰法律成立的公共无限公司(“STERIS爱尔兰金融公司”)，作为借款人和担保人，不时作为本协议当事人的其他担保人(定义如下)，作为本协议当事人的贷款人(定义如下)，以及作为贷款人的行政代理(连同根据第七条指定的任何继任者)的北卡罗来纳州摩根大通银行，包括任何适用的指定附属公司(包括但不限于摩根大通股份公司，“行政代理”)。鉴于，STERIS plc，STERIS Limited，Synergy Health Limited，一家根据英格兰及威尔士法律成立的私人有限公司(“Synergy”)，以及STERIS Corporation(“现有定期贷款信贷协议借款人”)是该协议(经修订、补充或以其他方式修改)的订约方，而现有的定期贷款信贷协议借款人、担保人、贷款人和代理方以及作为行政代理的摩根大通银行(JPMorgan Chase Bank，N.A.)(“现有定期贷款信贷协议”)；鉴于，现有定期贷款信贷协议借款人希望全额偿还和终止现有定期贷款信贷协议；鉴于借款人、贷款人和行政代理希望订立本协议，根据该协议，贷款人将向借款人提供初始本金为550,000,000美元的定期贷款信贷安排，并受下文所述条款和条件的约束。考虑到这一点，双方同意如下：第一条定义和会计术语第1.01节某些定义的术语。在本协议中使用的下列术语应具有以下含义(这些含义同样适用于所定义术语的单数和复数形式)：“承认方”具有第9.18节中规定的含义。“收购”指STERIS plc根据收购协议直接或间接收购目标的所有股权。2“收购协议”指日期为2021年1月12日的STERIS plc、STERIS plc缔约方的某些子公司、目标公司以及目标方的某些子公司之间的某些合并协议和计划(由日期为2021年3月1日的协议和合并计划的某些修正案修订，以及由日期为2021年3月1日的合并协议和计划的某些合并项修订，并可能进一步修订、修改、补充或放弃)。“调整后每日简单RFR”指就任何RFR预付款而言，相当于(A)每日简单RFR加(B)0.10%的年利率；但如果如此确定的调整后每日简单RFR将低于下限，则该利率应被视为本协定的下限。“调整后期限SOFR利率”是指，就任何利息期间的任何期限基准预付款而言，相当于(A)该利息期间的期限SOFR利率加上(B)0.10%的年利率；但如果如此确定的调整后期限SOFR利率将低于下限，则该利率应被视为本协议的下限。“行政代理”具有本协议各方陈述中规定的含义。“行政代理人办公室”是指行政代理人的地址和(如适用)附表II所列的帐户，或行政代理人可能不时通知借款人和贷款人的其他地址或帐户。“行政调查问卷”是指行政代理提供的形式的行政调查问卷。“预付款”是指根据第2.01节支付的预付款。“受影响的金融机构”指(A)任何欧洲经济区金融机构或(B)任何英国金融机构。就任何人而言，“附属公司”是指直接或间接控制、由该人控制或与该人共同控制的任何其他人。就本定义而言，术语“控制”(包括术语“控制”、“控制”和“受共同控制”)是指直接或间接拥有直接或间接地指导或导致指导该人的管理层和政策的权力，无论是通过拥有表决权股票、合同还是其他方式。“代理方”具有第9.02(C)节规定的含义。“代理人”统称为行政代理人、联合牵头安排人、每个辛迪加代理人、每个共同文件代理人和每个高级管理代理人。“协议”具有本协议导言中规定的含义。“协议货币”的含义见第9.16节。

39根据本协定要求提交的财务数据(包括财务计算)应按照美国不时实行的公认会计原则(“公认会计原则”)编制；但在截止日期后的任何时间，借款人可选择采用IFRS会计原则代替GAAP，并且在任何此类选择后，本协议中对GAAP的提及此后应解释为指IFRS，但本协议中要求在借款人选择应用IFRS之前结束的财政季度内应用GAAP的任何计算或确定应保持先前根据GAAP计算或确定的方式(双方同意应解释本协议中使用的所有会计或财务性质的术语，并对本协议中提及的金额和比率进行所有计算)。在不实施(I)根据会计准则汇编825-10-25(以前称为财务会计准则第159号声明)(或具有类似结果或效果的任何其他会计准则编纂或财务会计准则)下的任何选择，将借款人或任何附属公司的任何债务或其他负债按其中定义的“公允价值”估值，以及(Ii)根据会计准则编纂470-20或2015-03(或具有类似结果或效果的任何其他会计准则编纂或财务会计准则)对可转换债务工具的任何处理，以其中所述的递减或分叉方式对任何此类债务进行估值，而该等债项的估值在任何时间均须为该债项的全数述明本金)。如果在任何时候，GAAP的任何变化(包括借款人选择适用IFRS的结果)将影响本文所述任何契约的计算，并且借款人或所需的贷款人提出要求，行政代理、贷款人和借款人应本着诚意进行谈判，以根据GAAP的这种变化修改该契约，以保留其原意(须经所需的贷款人批准)；但在作出上述修订前，(I)该契诺应继续按照该变更前的公认会计原则计算，及(Ii)借款人应在提交与该契诺有关的任何财务报表或报告的同时，向行政代理及贷款人提供一份报表，列明在实施该GAAP变更之前及之后对该契诺所作的计算之间的对账。尽管GAAP或IFRS有任何变更，或借款人选择应用IFRS会计准则来替代GAAP，但在2018年2月12日被或将被描述为根据GAAP的经营租赁债务的任何债务(不论该等经营租赁债务在该日期是否有效)，就本协议而言应继续被视为经营租赁债务，而不论GAAP或IFRS的任何变更，或借款人选择应用IFRS会计准则来替代GAAP。第1.04节一般术语。本协议中术语的定义应同样适用于所定义术语的单数和复数形式。只要上下文需要，任何代词都应包括相应的阳性、阴性和中性形式。“包括”、“包括”和“包括”应被视为后跟“但不限于”一词。“遗嘱”一词应被解释为与“应当”一词具有相同的含义和效力。除文意另有所指外，(A)本协议、文书或其他文件的任何定义或所指，须解释为指经不时修订、重述、补充或以其他方式修改的该等协议、文书或其他文件(但须受本条例所载对此等修订、重述、补充或修改的任何限制所规限)，(B)任何法规、规则或规例的任何定义或对其的任何提及，须解释为指不时经修订、补充或以其他方式修改(包括由一系列可比的继承法修订)的协议、文书或其他文件，(C)本协议中对任何人的任何提及应解释为包括此人的继任者和受让人(受本协议规定的任何转让限制的约束)和(D)“本协议”、“本协议”和“本协议之下”以及类似含义的词语应被解释为指本协议的全部内容，而不是本协议的任何特定条款。本文中提及的任何“书写”包括远程复印机或其他电子通信。第1.05节

已保留[。第1.06节货币换算。为确定是否符合第V条(第5.03节除外，应根据用于编制与该测试日期有关的适用财务报表的外汇汇率)和第VI条的规定，就美元以外的任何金额而言，金额应被视为在发生或处置该等金额或作出该等未能支付的判决或命令之日前三个工作日内，按该货币对美元的有效即期汇率确定的美元等值金额。第1.07节划分。就贷款文件下的所有目的而言，与特拉华州法律(或不同司法管辖区法律下的任何类似事件)下的任何分割或分割计划有关：(A)如果任何人的任何资产、权利、义务或债务成为另一人的资产、权利、义务或债务，则应被视为已从原始人转移到后继人，以及(B)如果有任何新人存在，该新人应被视为在其存在的第一天由当时其股权持有人组织和收购。第1.08节利率；LIBORBenchmark通知。欧洲货币利率垫款的利率是参考伦敦银行同业拆息(LIBOR)得出的LIBO利率而厘定的。伦敦银行间同业拆借利率旨在代表提供贷款的银行在伦敦银行间市场上相互获得短期借款的利率。2021年3月5日，英国金融市场行为监管局(FCA)公开宣布：(A)在2021年12月31日之后，立即公布所有7个欧元LIBOR设置，所有7个瑞士法郎LIBOR设置，下一个即期、1周、2个月和12个月日元LIBOR设置，隔夜、1周、2个月和12个月英镑LIBOR设置，以及1周和2个月美元LIBOR设置将永久停止；2023年6月30日之后，隔夜和12个月美元LIBOR设置的发布将永久停止；2021年12月31日之后，1个月、3个月和6个月日元LIBOR设置和1个月、3个月和6个月英镑LIBOR设置将停止提供，或在FCA咨询后，在改变方法(或“合成”)的基础上提供，不再代表它们打算衡量的基本市场和经济现实，代表性将不会恢复；2023年6月30日之后，将立即停止提供1个月、3个月和6个月美元LIBOR设定，或根据FCA对此案的考虑，在综合基础上提供，不再代表它们打算衡量的基础市场和经济现实，这种代表性将不会恢复。不能保证FCA宣布的日期不会改变，也不能保证LIBOR的管理人和/或监管机构不会采取可能影响可用性的进一步行动，]41伦敦银行同业拆借利率的构成或特征，或发布伦敦银行同业拆借利率的货币和/或期限。本协议的每一方应咨询其各自的顾问，以随时了解任何此类事态发展。目前，公共和私营部门的行业举措正在进行，以确定新的或替代参考利率，以取代伦敦银行间同业拆借利率。利率基准可能是或未来可能成为监管改革的主题。监管机构已经表示，需要对其中一些利率基准使用替代基准参考利率，因此，这些利率基准可能不再符合适用的法律和法规，可能永久停产，和/或计算基准可能会改变。在发生基准转换事件、期限SOFR转换事件或提前选择加入选举时，第2.10节为基准转换事件、期限转换事件或早期选择加入选举提供了确定替代利率的机制。行政代理将根据第2.10节的规定，及时通知借款人欧洲货币利率Term基准预付款利率所依据的参考利率的任何变化。然而，行政代理不保证、不承担任何责任，也不承担任何责任，也不承担任何与“LIBO利率”定义中的LIBOR或其他利率有关的管理、提交、履行或任何其他事宜，或本协议中使用的任何利率，或其任何替代利率或后续利率，或每日简单SOFR，或其替换利率(包括但不限于，(I)根据第2条实施的任何此类替代利率、后续利率或替换利率)。10)，包括但不限于，任何该等替代、继任或替代参考利率的组成或特征是否会与被取代的伦敦银行间同业拆息相似或产生相同的价值或经济等价性，或具有与伦敦银行同业拆息在任何现有利率停止或不可用之前提供的相同数量或流动性。行政代理及其附属公司和/或其他相关实体可参与影响本协议中使用的任何利率或任何替代、后续或替代利率(包括任何基准替代)和/或任何相关调整的计算的交易，在每种情况下，都可能以对借款人不利的方式进行。行政代理可根据本协议的条款选择合理的信息来源或服务，以确定本协议中使用的任何利率、其任何组成部分或其定义中引用的利率，并且不对借款人、任何贷款人或任何其他个人或实体承担任何类型的损害责任，包括直接或间接、特殊、惩罚性、附带或后果性损害、成本、损失或支出(无论是在侵权、合同或其他方面，也无论是在法律上还是在衡平法上)，对于任何此类信息来源或服务提供的任何此类利率(或其组成部分)的任何错误或计算，行政代理不承担任何责任。第二条垫款的数额和条款第2.01款垫款。只有在符合第3节规定的条件的情况下。贷款人一旦作出任何垫款，贷款人的承诺额将永久减去该项垫款的本金总额。根据本第2款借入的预付款。01且预付或偿还不得转借。第2.02节预付款。(A)每次借款应由借款人在(1)拟借款日期之前的第三个美国政府证券营业日(如借款由欧洲货币利率Term基准垫款或(2)拟借款日期(如借款由基本利率垫款组成))在上午11：30(纽约市时间)之前通知行政代理，行政代理应通过电传或其他电子通信将有关通知迅速通知各贷款人。每份借款通知(“借款通知”)均须以书面或电话发出，如以电话方式发出，则须立即以书面形式确认，包括以传真(或其他电子通讯)以实质上以附件A的形式签署，并由负责人员签署，并在其中指明适用借款人的身分及所要求的(I)借款日期(应为营业日)、(Ii)包括借款的预付款类型、(Iii)借款总额、(Iv)借款的初始利息期(如借款由欧洲货币利率期限基准垫款组成)，(V)将借款收益贷记贷方的指示(适用的账户细节应或已经以书面形式提供给行政代理)和(Vi)该通知是否以任何事件的发生为条件，如果该通知是有条件的，则对该事件的描述(有一项理解是，如果该条件不满足，则该借款人可撤销该通知)。每家贷款人应在下午1：30之前在行政代理收到此类资金并满足第三条规定的适用条件后，行政代理应在适用借款通知交付之日或之前(或行政代理同意的较晚时间)，以借款人指定的即时可用资金形式向行政代理提供此类资金，并向行政代理提交签署的书面文件。(B)尽管第2.02(A)节有任何相反规定，(I)如果贷款人根据第2.10或2.14节和欧洲货币利率暂停提供欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款的义务，则借款人不得选择欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款；(Ii)根据第2.10节的规定，垫款应被要求作为定期基准垫款或基准利率垫款维持，以及(Iii)定期基准垫款不得作为超过十笔单独借款的一部分未偿还。(C)每份借款通知对适用的借款人具有约束力。在相关借款通知规定的任何借款由欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款组成的情况下，适用的借款人应赔偿每一贷款人由于未能在借款通知中规定的日期或之前履行第3.01节规定的适用条件而发生的任何合理损失、成本或费用，包括但不限于因清算或重新使用贷款人为垫款而获得的存款或其他资金而发生的任何合理损失、成本或费用。

43如因上述不履行而导致该笔垫款不是在该日期作出，则该贷款人作为该借款的一部分而作出的贷款。(D)除非行政代理在任何借款发生前收到贷款人的通知，表示该贷款人将不会向行政代理提供该贷款人的应评税部分，否则行政代理可假定该贷款人已根据第2.02(A)条在借款之日向行政代理提供该部分，行政代理可根据这一假设，在该日期向适用的借款人提供相应的金额。如任何贷款人并未如此向行政代理人提供该应评税部分，则该贷款人及适用的借款人分别同意应要求立即向行政代理人支付或偿还该相应款额，并就自向该借款人提供该款额至该款额获支付或偿还给该行政代理人为止的每一天支付利息，以(I)就适用借款人而言，以(A)当时适用于包括该借款的垫款的利率及(B)该行政代理人就该款额而招致的资金成本，以较高者为准，以及(Ii)就此类贷款人而言，以联邦基金NYFRB利率和行政代理根据银行业同业薪酬规则确定的利率中的较大者为准。如果借款人和贷款人应向行政代理支付相同或重叠期间的利息，行政代理应立即将借款人在该期间支付的利息金额汇给该借款人。如果贷款人向行政代理支付相应的本金，则就本协议的所有目的而言，该金额应构成贷款人的预付款，作为借款的一部分。借款人的任何付款不应影响该借款人对贷款人未能向行政代理付款的任何索赔。(E)任何贷款人如没有提供作为借款一部分的垫款，并不解除任何其他贷款人根据本条例须在借款当日垫款的义务(如有的话)，但任何其他贷款人如没有在借款当日垫款，则无须对此负责。(F)如果任何出借人向行政代理机构提供资金，用于该出借人在本协议中规定的任何垫款，而行政代理机构由于借款条件未得到满足或根据本协议条款被免除而无法向适用的借款人提供此类资金，则行政代理机构应立即将此类资金(与从该出借人收到的资金相同)退还给该出借人，不计利息。第2.03节

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。第2.06条费用。报告实体应向行政代理、联合牵头安排人及贷款人支付或安排向其账户(或其44个适用联营公司的账户)支付综合集团任何成员与行政代理、联合牵头安排人及/或贷款人不时议定的费用，包括(为免生疑问)根据收费函件而厘定的费用。第2.07节

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。第2.08节垫款的偿还。为了贷款人的利益，每个借款人应在报告实体每个会计季度的最后一个营业日(从截止日期后结束的第一个完整的会计季度开始)，直至到期日(包括到期日)，偿还相当于(X)该借款人在截止日期未偿还的预付款本金金额和(Y)相对于每个适用会计季度的百分比的本金，如下所述：截至到期日应足额支付的预付款余额：截止日期后截止的报告实体的第一个完整会计季度至截止日期后截止的报告实体第四个完整会计季度(包括该季度)的百分比从截止日期后结束的报告实体的第五个完整会计季度至截止日期后的第十二个完整会计季度(包括该第12个完整会计季度)的百分比1.25%来自报告实体在截止日期后结束的第十三个完整会计季度的1.25%以及此后的1.875%2.09部分的预付款利息。(A)表列权益。每一借款人应就每笔垫款的未付本金支付利息，从垫款之日起至付清本金为止，按下列年利率计算：(1)基本利率垫款。在该等期间为基本利率垫款期间，年利率在任何时候均等于(A)不时生效的基本利率和(B)适用保证金的总和，在该等期间及该等垫款全额支付之日，于每年3月、6月、9月及12月的最后一个营业日每季度以欠款形式支付。(2)欧洲货币汇率Term基准预付款。在这样的期间内，这种垫付是欧洲货币利率术语的基准垫付，在这种垫付的每个利息期间的任何时候，年利率都等于(A)的总和

45欧洲货币该利息期间的调整期限SOFR利率，以及(B)适用的保证金，应在该利息期间的最后一天支付，如果该利息期间的持续时间超过三个月，则在该利息期间内的每三个月内发生的每一天，自该利息期间的第一天起每三个月支付一次，并在该欧洲货币利率期限基准垫款被转换或全额支付之日。(3)RFR预付款。每笔RFR预付款应按相当于调整后每日简单RFR加适用保证金的年利率计息，在该预付款的每个RFR利息支付日以拖欠形式支付。(B)违约利息。根据第6.01(A)节的规定，在违约事件发生并持续期间，行政代理应应所需贷款人的请求，要求每个借款人支付利息(“违约利息”)，该利息应自违约事件发生之日起累加：(I)借款人逾期未付的款项，应在第2.09(A)(I)节或第2.09(A)(Ii)或2.09(A)(Iii)节所指的日期支付；根据第2.09(A)(I)或2.09(A)(Ii)或2.09(A)(Ii)或2.09(A)(Iii)及(Ii)条规定须就该逾期款项支付的年利率，按年利率计算，在法律允许的最大范围内，该借款人根据本协议须支付的任何利息、手续费或其他款项到期时仍未支付的款额，自该款额到期之日起计算，直至该款额须全数支付为止，并于该款额应于要求时全数支付之日起支付。根据第2.09(A)(I)节的规定，根据第2.09(A)(I)节的规定，借款人账户的基本利率垫款的年利率在任何时候都高于2%的年利率，但在根据第6.01节加快向借款人账户支付垫款后，违约利息应在本协议项下产生并支付，无论行政代理以前是否要求如此。第2.10节利率决定。(A)除第2.10节(E)至(H)条款另有规定外，行政代理应立即将行政代理为第2.09(A)(I)或2.09(A)(Ii)或2.09(A)(Iii)节的目的而确定的适用利率通知适用的借款人和贷款人。(B)如果就任何欧洲货币利率期限基准预付款而言，(I)行政代理应已确定(该确定应是决定性的，且在没有可证明错误的情况下具有约束力)不存在确定调整后期限SOFR利率的足够和合理的手段(包括但不限于通过内插利率，或因为Libo ScreenTerm Sofr参考利率不可用或未在当前基础上公布)，不存在用于确定该利率期间的LiBO利率；但此时不会发生基准转换事件，或(Ii)被要求的贷款人通知管理代理：(X)在进行借款前的第二个营业日上午11点左右(伦敦时间)，他们无法在伦敦银行间市场获得匹配的存款，其数额足以在利息期间为各自的垫款提供资金，作为该借款的一部分，或(Y)任何一年的Libo利率该等垫款的调整后期限SOFR利率将不能充分和公平地反映所需贷款人的贷款成本，(A)在行政代理通知适用借款人和贷款人导致暂停的情况不再存在之前，借款人应在当时现有利息期间的最后一天(或如果该日不是营业日，则在下一个营业日)，(X)预付该预付款，或(Y)将该预付款转换为基本利率预付款，以及(B)贷款人有义务支付预付款或将其转换为：欧洲货币利率Term基准垫款将暂停，直到行政代理通知适用的借款人和贷款人导致暂停的情况不再存在。(C)如果借款人没有按照第1.01节“利息期”定义中的规定为向借款人提供的任何欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款选择任何利息期限，行政代理机构将立即通知借款人和贷款人，该欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款将在当时现有利息期限的最后一天自动继续，作为欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款的一个月的利息期限。(D)

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47就本协议和任何贷款文件项下与下午5：00或之后的任何基准设置有关的所有目的而言，(纽约市时间)在基准更换之日后的第五个(5)工作日，只要行政代理尚未收到由所需贷款人组成的贷款人发出的反对基准更换的书面通知，则在不对本协议或任何其他贷款文件进行任何修改、采取进一步行动或同意的情况下，将向贷款人提供通知。(F)在实施基准替换时，行政代理将有权不时进行符合更改的基准替换，并且，即使本协议或任何其他贷款文件中有任何相反规定，实施该基准替换符合更改的任何修订都将生效，而无需本协议或任何其他贷款文件的任何其他各方的进一步行动或同意。(G)行政代理将及时通知借款人和贷款人：(I)基准过渡事件、期限SOFR过渡事件或提前选择(视情况而定)及其相关基准更换日期的任何发生，(Ii)任何基准更换的实施，(Iii)任何符合变更的基准更换的有效性，(Iv)根据下文(I)段移除或恢复基准的任何期限，以及(V)任何基准不可用期间的开始或结束。行政代理或贷款人根据第2.10节可能作出的任何决定、决定或选择，包括关于期限、利率或调整、事件、情况或日期的发生或不发生的任何决定，以及采取或不采取任何行动的任何决定，将是决定性的和具有约束力的，且无明显错误，且可凭其合理酌情权作出，且无需征得本合同任何其他方的同意，但根据第2.10节明确要求的情况除外。(H)尽管本协议或任何其他贷款文件中有任何相反规定，并在符合本款下文但书的情况下，如果就当时现行基准的任何设定而言，期限SOFR过渡事件及其相关基准更换日期发生在参考时间之前，则适用的基准更换将为本协议项下或任何贷款文件项下关于该基准设定及随后的基准设定的所有目的取代当时的基准，而不对本协议或任何其他贷款文件作出任何修正，或对本协议或任何其他贷款文件采取进一步行动或同意；但除非行政代理已向出借人和借款人递交定期SOFR通知，否则(H)款无效。

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。(I)即使本协议或任何其他贷款文件有任何相反规定，在任何时候(包括在实施基准替代时)，(I)如果当时的基准是定期利率(包括经调整的期限SOFR或LIBO利率)，并且(A)该基准的任何基调没有显示在屏幕上或发布由行政代理以其合理的酌情决定权不时选择的该利率的其他信息服务，或(B)该基准的管理人的监管监管者已提供公开声明或信息发布，宣布该基准的任何基调具有或将不再具有代表性，则管理代理可以在该时间或之后将任何基准设置的定义修改为48删除这种不可用或不具有代表性的基调，以及(Ii)如果根据上述第(I)款被移除的基调随后被显示在屏幕或基准的信息服务上(包括基准替换)，或者(B)不再或不再受其代表基准(包括基准替换)的公告的约束，则管理代理可以在该时间或之后修改所有基准设置的“利息期限”的定义，以恢复该先前移除的期限。(J)在任何借款人收到基准不可用期间开始的通知后，(I)该借款人可撤销在任何基准不可用期间转换或延续欧洲货币利率Term基准垫款的任何请求，否则，该借款人将被视为已将任何此类请求转换为基准利率垫款的请求，且(Ii)该借款人可撤销在任何基准不可用期间转换、转换或延续RFR垫款的任何请求，该借款人将被视为已将任何此类请求转换为转换为基本利率预付款的请求。在任何基准不可用期间或在当时基准的基期不是可用的基期的任何时间，基于当时基准的基本利率的组成部分或该基准的该基期(视情况而定)将不会用于任何基本利率的确定。此外，如果在任何借款人收到关于该欧洲货币汇率的基准不可用期间开始的通知之日，任何欧洲货币期限基准预付款或RFR预付款仍未清偿，则在(A)对于任何期限基准预付款，在适用于该预付款的利息期的最后一天(或如果该日不是营业日的下一个营业日)，该预付款应由行政代理转换为基本利率预付款，并构成基准利率预付款和(B)对于任何RFR预付款，这类垫款应转换为基本利率垫款。(K)在任何违约事件发生和持续期间，在所需贷款人书面选择后，(I)每笔欧洲货币利率期限基准垫款将在当时现有利息期间的最后一天转换为基础利率垫款，以及(Ii)贷款人支付垫款或将垫款转换为欧洲货币利率期限基准垫款的义务应暂停。第2.11节预付款的可选转换。借款人可在任何营业日，在不迟于建议转换日期前第三个营业日上午10：00(纽约市时间)前(或如转换为基本利率垫款，则为提前一个营业日)通知行政代理，并在符合第2.02(B)(Ii)、2.10和2.14节的规定下，将向借款人作出的一种类型的垫款转换为另一种类型的垫款；然而，如果将欧洲货币利率期限基准垫款转换为基准利率垫款的日期不是在该欧洲货币利率期限基准垫款的利息期的最后一天，则应按照第9.04(C)节的规定缴纳任何欠款，将基准利率垫款转换为欧洲货币利率期限基准垫款的任何金额应为适用的最低金额，任何垫款的转换不得导致超过第2.02(B)节所允许的单独借款。在上述规定的限制范围内，每份此类转换通知应指明(I)转换日期(应为业务

49天)，(Ii)要转换的垫款，以及(Iii)如果此类转换为欧洲货币利率Term基准垫款，则每笔此类垫款的初始利息期限。每份转换通知都是不可撤销的，并对发出该通知的适用借款人具有约束力。第2.12节可选择预付预付款。(A)借款人在向行政代理人发出书面通知，述明建议的提前还款日期和本金总额后，(I)在不迟于建议提前还款的日期(该日期为营业日)上午10时(纽约市时间)内发出通知，如借款由基本利率垫款组成，及(Ii)在不迟于建议提前还款的日期(该日期为营业日)前两个营业日的上午10时(纽约市时间)发出通知，对于由欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款组成的借款，以及(Iii)在该提议的预付款日期(该日期应为营业日)之前至少五个营业日之前(纽约市时间)提供的借款，如果是由欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款组成的借款，并且如果发出了这样的通知，则借款人应全部或按比例提前偿还构成同一借款的一部分的垫款的未偿还本金，如果是任何欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款或RFR垫款，连同预付本金截至预付款之日的应计利息；但是，如果(I)每笔预付款的本金总额应为适用的最低金额，以及(Ii)如果任何欧洲货币利率术语基准预付款是在该欧洲货币利率术语基准预付款的利息期间的最后一天以外的日期支付的，则借款人也应根据第9.04(C)节支付任何欠款，以及(Iii)如果任何RFR预付款是在适用的RFR利息支付日期以外的日期支付的，则借款人还应根据第9.04(D)节支付任何欠款；并进一步规定，除紧接的但书第(Ii)款另有规定外，任何该等通知可述明该通知须以其他信贷安排的效力或某项特定交易的完成为条件，而在此情况下，如该条件不获符合，则该借款人可撤销该通知。(B)

已保留[。(C)根据第2.12节规定的所有预付款将不收取保险费或违约金，但对贷款人在欧洲货币汇率情况下发生的违约费用的补偿除外。第2.13节增加了成本。(A)如由于(I)任何法律或规例的引入或任何解释上的任何改变，或(Ii)任何中央银行或其他政府当局，包括但不限于任何欧洲联盟的任何机构或相类似的货币或跨国当局(不论是否具有法律效力)的任何指令、指引或要求的遵从，在本条例生效日期后的每一种情况下(或就任何贷款人(或行政代理人)而言，如较迟，则为该贷款人(或行政代理人)成为贷款人(或行政代理人，视何者适用而定)的日期，任何贷款人或行政代理人同意支付或支付、提供资金或维持垫款的成本应有任何增加(就本第2.13节而言，不包括因(I)该贷款人根据第50条第2.16条获得赔偿的税项，(Ii)不含税或(Iii)其他税项)而增加的任何此类费用，则报告实体应应该贷款人或行政代理人的要求(如适用，应向行政代理人提供此类要求的副本)，为贷款人的账户(或其自己的账户，如适用)向行政代理支付或导致支付足以补偿该贷款人或行政代理所增加的费用的额外金额。向报告实体提交的合理详细说明这种增加的费用的证书，在任何情况下都应是决定性的和具有约束力的，没有明显的错误。(B)如任何贷款人合理地裁定遵从任何法律或规例或任何中央银行或其他政府主管当局(包括但不限于欧洲联盟的任何机构或相类的货币或跨国主管当局(不论是否具有法律效力)的任何指示、指引或要求的遵从，在每一情况下均在本条例生效日期后(或就任何贷款人而言，如较迟，则为该贷款人成为贷款人的日期，则指该贷款人成为贷款人的日期)而影响或会影响该贷款人或控制该贷款人的任何法团所规定或预期须维持的资本、保险或流动资金的款额，保险或流动资金是由于或基于该贷款人在本合同项下的放贷承诺(或任何参与)以及其他此类承诺的存在而增加的，适用的借款人应应该贷款人的要求(连同该要求的副本给行政代理)，不时为该贷款人的账户向行政代理支付足以补偿该贷款人或该公司的额外金额，只要该贷款人合理地确定该增加的资本、保险或流动资金可分配给该贷款人的垫款、在本合同项下放贷的承诺。贷款人向借款人和行政代理提交的关于此类金额的证明，在任何情况下都是决定性的和具有约束力的，没有明显的错误。(C)即使本第2.13节有任何相反规定，就本第2.13节而言，(A)《多德-弗兰克华尔街改革和消费者保护法》和根据该法案发布的规则和条例，或与之相关或在其实施过程中发布的规则和条例，以及(B)国际清算银行、巴塞尔银行监管委员会(或任何类似或后续机构，或美国或外国监管机构，在每种情况下，根据巴塞尔协议III)发布的所有请求、规则、指导方针和指示，应被视为在本协议日期之后颁布(或关于任何贷款人，如果晚些时候，贷款人成为贷款人的日期)；但任何贷款人不得根据第2.13(C)节的规定要求赔偿，除非该贷款人在该贷款人为当事一方的类似信贷安排中对处境相似的借款人提出相应的要求。第2.14节违法。尽管本协议有任何其他规定，对于垫款，(A)如果任何贷款人应通知行政代理，任何法律或法规的引入或任何解释的任何变化使其违法，或任何中央银行或其他政府当局，包括但不限于欧盟的任何机构或类似的货币或跨国当局，声称该贷款人或其欧洲货币适用贷款办公室履行本协议项下的义务，使欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款或为本协议项下的欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款提供资金或维持，(I)该贷款人的每个欧洲货币利率Term基准垫款将自动在此类通知后，被转换为基本费率预付款]51和(Ii)贷款人提供欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款或将垫款转换为欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款的义务应暂停，直到行政代理通知借款人和贷款人导致暂停的情况不再存在，以及(B)如果第(A)款所述的情况已经发生，并且如果组成所需贷款人的贷款人通知行政代理，(I)每个贷款人的每个欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款将在接到通知后自动(Ii)每个贷款人提供欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款或将垫款转换为欧洲货币利率术语基准垫款的义务应暂停，直到行政代理通知借款人和每一贷款人导致暂停的情况不再存在为止。第2.15节付款和计算。(A)每一借款人应在不迟于当天下午3：00(纽约市时间)向行政代理人办公室的行政代理人以当天的资金以美元支付其根据本协议应支付的每笔款项。此后，行政代理应立即将与按比例向贷款人支付本金或利息或费用(根据第2.02(C)、2.13、2.14、2.16、2.17或9.04(C)或9.04(D)条应支付的金额除外)的类似资金分配到贷款人各自适用的放贷办事处的账户，以及与向贷款人支付任何其他应付给贷款人的任何其他款项有关的类似资金将根据本协议的条款分配给贷款人。07(F)条规定，自该转让和承兑规定的生效日期起及之后，行政代理应根据本协议向转让人支付在转让生效日期前但不包括在内的应计利息，并向受让人支付自该转让生效日期起及之后累计的所有款项。借款人支付的所有款项应无条件地用于任何反索赔、抗辩、补偿或抵销。(B)每名借款人现授权每名贷款人，如该借款人欠该贷款人的款项在根据本条例到期时仍未支付，则除非该借款人与该贷款人另有协议，否则可不时从该借款人在该贷款人的任何或所有账户中扣除任何如此到期应付的款额。(C)当基本利率以“最优惠利率”为基础时，所有以基本利率为基础的利息计算应由行政机构以365天或366天(视属何情况而定)的一年为基础进行，而所有其他以基本利率为基础的利息计算和所有基于Libo利率或期限SOFR、每日简单SOFR、联邦基金利率或NYFRB利率的利息计算应由行政机构以360天的一年为基础进行，在每种情况下，须支付该等利息或该等费用的期间内的实际日数(包括首日但不包括最后一天)。行政代理对本协议项下利率的每一次决定，在任何情况下都应是决定性的和具有约束力的，没有明显的错误。(D)凡本协议项下的任何付款须于下一个营业日以外的某一天支付，该付款须于下一个营业日支付，而在此情况下，有关时间的延长应计入支付利息或承诺费(视属何情况而定)的计算内；但如延期会导致须在下一个历月支付欧洲货币利率Term基准垫款的利息或本金，则该项付款应于紧接下一个营业日支付。(E)除非行政代理在根据本合同向贷款人支付任何款项的日期之前收到借款人的书面通知，表示该借款人将不会全额付款，否则行政代理可假定借款人已在该日期向行政代理全额付款，行政代理可根据这一假设，安排在该到期日向每一贷款人分发一笔相当于该贷款人当时到期的金额的款项。如果借款人没有向行政代理全额付款，则在收到通知后，每一贷款人应应要求立即向行政代理偿还该金额及其利息，自该金额分配给该贷款人之日起至该贷款人向该行政代理偿还该金额之日起的每一天，按联邦FundsNYFRB利率计算。第2.16节税项。(A)任何贷款方或代表贷款方根据任何贷款文件承担的任何义务所作的任何及所有付款，均须免收及清楚扣除任何及所有现有或将来的税项，但就每名贷款人及每名代理人而言，不包括(I)对其整体净收入(不论面额如何)、特许经营税及分行利得税征收(或以其计算)的税项，但每种情况只限於该贷款人或该代理人(视属何情况而定)所属的司法管辖区(或其任何政治分部)所施加的范围，由该贷款人的适用放款办事处或该贷款人或该代理人的主要办事处的司法管辖权(或其任何政治分部)，或由于该贷款人或该代理人与征收该税的司法管辖权之间现时或以前的联系所致(但因该贷款人或该代理人已签立、交付、成为当事人、根据任何贷款文件收取款项、收取或完善担保权益、根据任何贷款文件或强制执行任何其他交易、或出售或转让任何预付款或贷款文件的权益而产生的联系除外)，(Ii)美国对任何贷款方向任何贷款人付款征收的备用预扣税，(Iii)由于该受款人未能遵守第2.16(F)条而征收的任何税款，(Iv)任何美国16，以及(V)根据FATCA征收的任何税款，包括由于收款人未能遵守第2.16(F)(Iii)节(以下称为“除外税”)而征收的任何税款(与任何贷款文件下的付款有关的所有此等不包括的税)。如果适用法律要求适用的扣缴义务人从根据任何贷款文件应支付给任何贷款人或任何

53扣缴义务人，(A)适用扣缴义务人应作出该等扣减，及(B)适用扣缴义务人应根据适用法律向有关税务机关或其他机关缴足已扣减之款项。如果适用法律要求贷款方从根据任何贷款文件支付给任何贷款人或任何代理人的任何款项中或就该款项扣除任何税项(除(I)需要通过减税方式扣除的税款(在这种情况下，第2.16(G)节和第2.16(H)节的规定适用)或(Ii)不含税项)，则适用贷款方应支付的金额应按需要增加，以便在进行所有必要的扣除(包括适用于根据本第2.16节应支付的额外金额的扣除)后，该贷款人或该代理人(视情况而定)收到的数额相当于如果没有这样的扣除，它将收到的金额。(B)此外，在不重复本第2.16节规定的任何其他义务的情况下，报告实体应或应促使适用的借款方向有关政府当局支付因其根据任何贷款文件支付的任何款项，或由于任何贷款文件的签立、交付、履行或登记或其他方面而产生的任何现有或未来的印花、法院或单据、无形、记录、档案税和任何其他类似税项，但此类税项为就销售征收的其他关联税的范围除外。转让或指定新的适用放款办公室(根据第2.21条作出的转让或指定除外)(下称“其他税”)。(C)不与本第2款规定的任何其他义务重复。16(G)或本应得到如此补偿，但不完全是因为第2.16(G)(Iv)节中的一项排除适用，(Ii)爱尔兰立法征收的预扣税，可通过根据第2.16(H)条增加支付来补偿，或本应如此补偿，但不完全是因为第2.16(H)(Iv)条中的一项排除适用，(Iii)任何不包括的税或(Iv)为免生疑问，任何通过根据第2.16(A)条增加支付而补偿的税项，以及对以下项目征收的其他税项，由该贷款人或该代理人(视属何情况而定)就向任何贷款方作出的垫款而支付或支付，以及因此而产生或与之有关的任何法律责任(包括但不限于罚款、利息及开支)，不论该等税项是否由有关政府当局正确或合法地征收或声称。这项赔偿应在该贷款人或该代理人(视属何情况而定)提出书面要求之日起30天内作出。贷款人(向行政代理机构提供副本)或行政代理机构代表其本人或代表贷款人向报告实体提交的关于此种付款或负债数额的证明，应是确凿的，不存在可证明的错误。(D)每一贷款人应在提出要求后10天内，就(I)属于该贷款人的任何税款(但仅限于任何贷款方尚未就该等税款向该行政代理人作出赔偿，且不限制贷款方这样做的义务)和(Ii)因该贷款人未能遵守第9节的规定而应向该行政代理人作出的赔偿。由行政代理向任何贷款人提供的合理详细描述此类付款或债务金额的证书应是确凿的，没有可证明的错误。每一贷款人特此授权行政代理在任何时间抵销和运用根据任何贷款文件欠该贷款人的任何和所有款项，或行政代理从任何其他来源应付给贷款人的任何金额，抵销根据本(D)款应支付给行政代理的任何款项。(E)在任何借款方根据第2.16款负有责任的任何税款或其他税款的支付日期后，借款方应在实际可行的情况下尽快向行政代理提供证明其付款的收据的正本或经认证的副本，地址按照第9.02条的规定。(F)英国立法(适用第2.16(G)节的规定)或爱尔兰立法(适用于第2节的规定)征收的预扣税除外。此外，如果适用的借款人或行政代理人提出合理要求，任何贷款人应提供适用法律规定或该借款人或行政代理人合理要求的其他文件，以使该借款人或行政代理人能够确定该贷款人是否受到备用预扣税的约束，包括英国或爱尔兰法律征收的预扣税或信息报告要求。即使前两句中有任何相反的规定，如果贷款人合理判断，填写、签立和提交此类文件(以下第2.16(F)(Ii)和(Iii)节规定的文件除外)将使贷款人承担任何重大的未偿还成本或支出，或将对贷款人的法律或商业地位造成重大损害，则无需填写、签署和提交此类文件。(Ii)在不限制上述一般性的原则下：(X)任何非美国人的贷款人应在其根据本协议成为贷款人之日或之前(此后应该借款人或行政代理的合理要求不时)向适用的借款人和行政代理交付已签署的美国国税局W-9表格正本，证明该贷款人免除美国联邦预扣税；及(Y)任何非美国人的贷款人(“非美国贷款人”)应在其合法有权这样做的范围内，向适用的适用的借款人交付

55在该非美国贷款人成为本协议项下的贷款人之日或之前(以及在该借款人或该行政代理提出合理要求后不时地)，借款人和行政代理人(按受款人要求的份数)，以下列各项中适用者为准：(A)如非美国贷款人声称享有美国为当事一方的所得税条约的利益，(X)就任何贷款文件下的利息支付而言，美国国税局表格W-8BEN或美国国税局表格W-8BEN-E的签署原件，规定根据该税收条约的“利息”条款免除或减少美国联邦预扣税，以及(Y)对于任何贷款文件下的任何其他适用付款，根据该税收条约的“业务利润”或“其他收入”条款，规定免除或减少美国联邦预扣税的美国联邦预扣税；(B)美国国税局表格W-8ECI的签立原件；(C)如非美国贷款人声称享有《国税法》第881(C)条规定的投资组合利息豁免的好处，(X)实质上采用附件C-1形式的证明，表明该非美国贷款人不是《国税法》第881(C)(3)(A)条所指的“银行”，即《国税法》第881(C)(3)(B)条所指的适用借款人的“10%股东”，或《国税法》第881(C)(3)(C)节所述的“受控外国公司”(“美国税务合规证书”)和(Y)签署的美国国税表W-8BEN或W-8BEN-E的原件；或(D)在非美国贷款人的情况下，签署的IRS Form W-8IMY原件，连同IRS Form W-8ECI、IRS Form W-8BEN或IRS Form W-8BEN-E、实质上采用附件C-2或附件C-3、IRS Form W-9和/或每个受益者的其他证明文件形式的美国税务合规证书；如果非美国贷款人是合伙企业，并且该非美国贷款人的一个或多个直接或间接合伙人要求获得投资组合利息豁免，则该非美国贷款人可代表每个该等直接或间接合伙人以附件C-4的形式提供基本上符合美国税务规定的证书；(Iii)如果根据任何贷款文件向贷款人支付的款项将被FATCA征收美国联邦预扣税，而该贷款人未能遵守FATCA适用的报告要求(包括《国税法》第1471(B)或1472(B)条所载的要求，视情况而定)，则该贷款人应在法律规定的时间和该借款人或行政代理人合理要求的时间或时间交付给适用的借款人和行政代理人，适用法律规定的文件(包括《国税法》第1471(B)(3)(C)(I)条规定的文件)，以及借款人或行政代理合理要求的其他文件，以便借款人或行政代理履行其在FATCA下的义务56，以确定该贷款人已履行FATCA下的贷款人义务，或确定扣除和扣缴此类付款的金额。仅就本第2.16(F)(Iii)条而言，“FATCA”应包括在本协定日期后对FATCA所作的任何修订。(G)联合王国税收总额。(I)每一贷款方应支付其应支付的所有款项，不得有任何减税，除非法律要求减税。(2)报告实体在意识到贷款方必须作出减税(或减税比率或减税基础有任何变化)后，应立即通知行政代理机构。同样地，贷款人在知悉应付给贷款人的款项时，应通知行政代理。如果行政代理收到贷款人的通知，则应通知报告实体和借款方。(Iii)如果法律规定贷款方必须作出减税，则贷款方应支付的金额应增加到一个数额(在作出任何减税后)，其数额应等于如果不要求减税则应支付的金额。(4)在下列情况下，上述第(3)款下的付款不得因联合王国征收的税项扣减而增加，条件是：(A)如果有关贷款人是符合资格的贷款人，则有关贷款人本可以在没有扣税的情况下向有关贷款人付款，但在该日，该贷款人不是或不再是符合资格的贷款人，除非是由于在(或在解释、管理、管理或解释中)成为本协议下的贷款人的日期之后的任何变化，或适用)任何相关税务机关的任何法律或条约或任何已公布的惯例或已公布的特许权；或(B)有关出借人是条约出借人，且支付款项的贷款方能够证明，如果出借人遵守第2.16(G)(7)或(8)款规定的义务(视具体情况而定)，本可以在没有减税的情况下向出借人付款；或(C)有关贷款人纯粹凭藉合资格贷款人的定义第(I)(2)段而成为合资格贷款人，而：(1)税务及海关总署人员已根据《税务条例》第931条发出(并未撤销)与该项付款有关的指示(“指示”)，而该贷款人已从作出付款的借款人收到该指示的核证副本；及[57(2)如没有作出该指示，有关贷款人本可获支付款项而无须扣税；或。(D)有关贷款人纯粹凭借合资格贷款人的定义第(I)(2)段而成为合资格贷款人，而：。(1)贷款人没有向有关借款人发出税务确认书；。以及(2)如贷款人已向有关借款人发出税务确认书，而该税务确认书会使有关借款人有合理理由相信该项付款是就《国际贸易协议》第930条而言的“豁免付款”，则该笔款项本可在没有任何税务扣减的情况下支付予贷款人。(V)如果贷款方被要求进行税收减免，该贷款方应在法律允许的时间内以法律规定的最低金额进行该税收减免以及与该税收减免相关的任何付款。(Vi)在作出减税或与该减税有关的任何付款后30天内，作出该减税的贷款方应向有权获得付款的贷款方的行政代理提交一份根据《国际税务协议》第975条的声明或其他合理地令该贷款方满意的证据，证明该减税已经作出或(视情况而定)向相关税务机关支付了任何适当的款项。(7)(A)在符合以下(B)项的情况下，条约贷款人和支付该条约贷款人有权获得付款的每一贷款方应合作完成任何必要的程序手续，以便该贷款方获得授权支付此种款项而不扣税。(B)(1)在本协定订立之日作为贷款人的条约贷款人，如(X)持有英国税务总局条约护照计划下的护照，并且(Y)希望该计划适用于本协定，则应在附表一中其名称的相对位置确认其计划参考编号及其税务居住地管辖权；和(2)新贷款人如(X)是条约贷款人，持有英国税务总局条约护照计划下的护照，并且(Y)希望该计划适用于本协定，则应在其签立的转让和承兑中提供其计划参考编号及其税务居住地的管辖权，并且在这样做之后，该贷款人不应根据上文第2.16(F)节第(Vii)(A)段或为免生疑问而承担任何义务。58(Viii)如果贷款人已根据上文(G)(Vii)段确认其计划参考编号及其税务居住地的管辖权，并且：(A)向该贷款人付款的借款人没有就该贷款人提交借款人dTTP备案；或(B)向该贷款人付款的借款人已经就该贷款人提交了借款人dTTP备案，但：(1)该借款人的dTTP备案被英国税务和海关总署拒绝；或(2)英国税务海关总署没有授权借款人在借款人提交dTTP申请之日起60天内向贷款人付款而不扣税；在每种情况下，借款人都已书面通知贷款人上述(1)或(2)项，则贷款人和借款人应合作完成任何必要的额外程序手续，以便借款人获得授权进行付款而不扣税。(Ix)如果贷款人未按照上文(G)(Vii)段确认其计划参考编号和税务居住地管辖范围，除非贷款人另有同意，否则借款人不得就贷款人的承诺(S)或其参与的任何预付款向借款人提交dTTP文件或提交任何其他与该计划有关的表格。(X)借款人在提交借款人dTTP申请时，应立即将该借款人dTTP申请的副本交付管理代理，以便交付给相关贷款人。(Xi)在本协定日期后成为本协定当事方的每一贷款人应在其成为当事一方时签署的转让和承兑书中注明其属于下列哪一类：(A)非合格贷款人；(B)合格贷款人(条约贷款人除外)；或(C)条约贷款人。如果新贷款人未能按照第2.16(G)(Xi)节的规定表明其状态，则就本协议而言，该新贷款人(包括每一贷款方)应被视为不符合条件的贷款人，直至其通知行政代理适用的类别(行政代理在收到通知后，应]59通知借款方)。为免生疑问，出借人如不遵守第2.16(G)(Xi)条的规定，转让和承兑不应因此而失效。(Xii)在本协议签订之日成为当事一方的英国非银行贷款人通过签订本协议向相关借款人发出税务确认书。(Xiii)英国非银行贷款人应立即通知相关借款人和行政代理，如果情况与税务确认书中规定的情况有任何变化。(H)爱尔兰税收总额。(I)每一贷款方应支付其应支付的所有款项，不得有任何减税，除非法律要求减税。(2)报告实体在意识到贷款方必须作出减税(或减税比率或减税基础有任何变化)后，应立即通知行政代理机构。同样地，贷款人在知悉应付给贷款人的款项时，应通知行政代理。如果行政代理收到贷款人的通知，则应通知报告实体和借款方。(Iii)如果法律规定贷款方必须作出减税，则贷款方应支付的金额应增加到一个数额(在作出任何减税后)，其数额应等于如果不要求减税则应支付的金额。16(H)。(V)如果贷款方被要求进行税收减免，该贷款方应在法律允许的时间内以法律规定的最低金额进行该税收减免以及与该税收减免相关的任何付款。(Vi)在作出税项扣除或与该项税项扣除有关的任何付款后30天内，作出该项税项扣除的贷款方应向有权获得60英镑付款证明的贷款方行政代理提交该贷款方合理地令该贷款方满意的已作出税项扣除的证据，或(视情况而定)向相关税务机关支付的任何适当款项。(7)一名爱尔兰条约贷款人和每一提供该爱尔兰条约贷款人有权获得付款的借款方应合作完成任何必要的程序手续，以便该贷款方获得授权在不扣除爱尔兰税项的情况下付款。(Viii)在本协议签订之日成为本协议一方的每一贷款人确认在该日为爱尔兰合格贷款人。在本协议日期后成为本协议当事方的每一贷款人应在转让和承兑书中表明其在成为当事一方时签署的协议，并且为了行政代理的利益，不对任何贷款方承担责任，无论其是否为爱尔兰合格贷款人。如果新贷款人没有按照第二节的规定表明自己的状况。16(H)(Vii)则就本协议而言(包括由每一贷款方)，该新贷款人应被视为不是爱尔兰合格贷款人，直到它通知行政代理适用哪种类别(行政代理在收到通知后应通知贷款方)。为免生疑问，任何贷款人未能遵守本第2.16(H)(Vii)条规定，转让和承兑不得因此而失效。(I)(I)本协议每一方均可作出FATCA要求其作出的任何扣减，以及与该扣减有关的任何付款，本协议任何一方均无须增加其就其作出该扣减的任何付款，或以其他方式补偿该扣减的收款人；和(Ii)本协议的每一方在意识到它必须按照FATCA的要求进行扣除(或该扣除的比率或基础有任何变化)时，应立即通知向其付款的一方，此外，应通知报告实体，行政代理和行政代理应通知其他财务方。(J)在根据第2.16(A)或2条支付额外款项的情况下。第2.16(J)条所载的任何规定不得(I)干扰贷款人以其认为合适的方式安排其税务事务的权利，或(Ii)责令任何贷款人披露与其报税表、税务或与此有关的任何计算的任何资料，或(Iii)要求任何贷款人采取或不采取任何行动，以损害其从其可能有权获得的任何其他抵免、减免或偿还中获益的能力。[61(K)在本合同项下的任何承诺、预付款或贷款单据中享有权益的每一参与者应有权享受本第2.16条的利益(受本条款的要求和限制，包括第2.16(F)条的要求，(G)和(H)(不言而喻，第2.16(F)节要求的文件应交付给参与贷款人，2.16(G)和2.16(H)条要求的信息和文件应交付给适用的借款人和行政代理)，其程度与其是贷款人并根据本协议通过转让获得其权益的程度相同；但该参与者(A)同意遵守第2.21节的规定，就像它是本合同项下的受让人一样；以及(B)无权根据第2.16节就任何参与获得比其参与贷款人有权获得更多付款的任何付款，但因参与者获得适用的参与后发生的法律变更而有权获得更大付款的情况除外。(L)在行政代理人辞职或替换、贷款人转让或替换、承诺终止以及偿还、清偿或履行贷款文件项下的所有义务后，各方在第2.16款项下的义务应继续存在。(M)就本第2.16节而言，术语“适用法律”包括FATCA。第2.17节分担付款等在不遵守第2.20款的情况下，如果任何贷款人因其应得的垫款(不包括第2.02(C)、2.13、2.14(A)、2.16或9.04(C)或9.04(D)款)而获得任何付款(无论是自愿的、非自愿的，通过行使任何抵销权或其他方式)，则由于所有贷款人获得的垫款，该贷款人应立即从其他贷款人购买所欠他们的垫款中的必要部分，以使该购买贷款人按比例与他们各自分摊多付的款项；但如其后向该购房贷款人追讨全部或部分多付款项，则须撤销向每名贷款人作出的购买，而该贷款人须向购房贷款人偿还所收回的购货价，以及一笔相等於该贷款人的应课差饷租额的款额(按照(A)该贷款人须偿还的款额与(B)向购房贷款人收回的总款额的比例)，以及该购房贷款人就所收回的总款额所支付或应付的任何利息或其他款项。各方承认并同意，本第2.17节的前述条款仅反映贷款人(而不是任何借款人或任何贷款方)之间达成的协议，任何借款人或任何贷款方不需要征得任何借款人或任何贷款方的同意，才能使贷款人根据这些条款获得参与或贷款人或行政代理根据这些条款采取的任何行动生效。第2.17节的规定不得解释为适用于(A)借款人根据并按照本协议不时生效的明示条款支付的任何款项，或(B)贷款人因将其任何预付款的参与转让或出售给本协议允许的任何受让人或参与者而获得的任何付款。第2.18节收益的使用。预付款的收益应可用，且每个适用的借款人同意将这些收益用于为现有的62定期贷款信贷协议进行再融资，并支付STERIS plc或其任何子公司与此相关的全部或部分成本。第2.19节债务证据。(A)行政代理根据第9.07(G)节保存的登记册应包括(I)每个借款人根据本协议进行的每一次借款的日期、货币和金额、构成此类借款的垫款的类型以及适用的利息期限；(Ii)向其交付和接受的每项转让和承兑的条款；(Iii)每个借款人根据本协议应支付或将到期支付的任何本金或利息的金额；以及(Iv)行政代理根据本协议从每个借款人收到的任何款项的金额和每个贷款人在其中所占的份额。(B)行政代理人根据上文(A)项合理和真诚地在登记册上作出的记项，应为每一借款人根据本协议到期应付的本金和利息数额的表面证据，且无明显错误；但行政代理人未能在登记册或该等账户中作出记项，或发现某项记项有误，并不限制、扩大或以其他方式影响任何借款人在本协议项下的义务。第2.20节违约贷款人。(A)即使本协议有任何相反的规定，如果任何贷款人成为违约贷款人，则只要该贷款人是违约贷款人，下列规定就应适用(不言而喻，确定贷款人是否不再是违约贷款人应如第2.20(C)节所述)：]已保留[(Ii)]已保留[(3)在适用法律允许的最大范围内，此类贷款人将无权就本协议项下的修订和豁免进行表决，在确定所需贷款人或所有或所有受影响的贷款人是否已按要求批准任何此类修订或豁免时，将不考虑此类贷款人在本协议项下的承诺和未清偿垫款(“所需贷款人”的定义将自动被视为在该期间内作了相应修改)；但任何该等修订或豁免，如会增加或延长该违约贷款人的承诺、延迟根据本协议所定的本金或利息支付日期、降低该违约贷款人所欠任何款项的本金额或所述利率、或降低根据本协议计算须支付予该违约贷款人的任何费用的所述利率(在每种情况下，第9.01(A)(Iii)条所准许者除外)，或更改本但书的条款，均须征得该违约贷款人的同意；和(Iv)报告实体可或可促使适用的借款人自行承担费用和努力，要求违约贷款人根据第9.07节的规定转让和转授其在本协议项下的权益、权利和义务。]已保留

。(C)如果借款人和行政代理酌情以书面方式同意贷款人不再是违约贷款人，行政代理将以此方式通知双方当事人，自通知中规定的生效日期起，受通知中规定的任何条件的限制，该贷款人将不再是违约贷款人，而将成为非违约贷款人；但不得追溯调整借款人或其代表在借款人是违约贷款人期间的应计费用或付款；并进一步规定，除非受影响各方另有明确约定，否则本合同项下从违约贷款人变更为非违约贷款人，并不构成放弃或免除任何一方因该贷款人曾经是违约贷款人而提出的任何索赔。(D)行政代理根据本协议收到的有关违约贷款人账户的本金、利息、手续费或其他款项(无论是自愿的还是强制性的，在到期日根据第6.01条或其他规定)，或行政代理根据第9条从违约贷款人收到的任何款项。向违约贷款人支付或应付的任何款项、预付款或其他金额，如根据第2.20(D)条用于(或持有)偿付违约贷款人所欠款项或其他款项，应被视为已支付给违约贷款人并由该违约贷款人转寄，且每个贷款人均不可撤销地同意本协议。第2.21节减轻处罚。(A)每一贷款人应迅速通知适用的借款人和行政代理其所知道的任何事件，该事件将导致并将使用其可利用的合理商业努力(且在该贷款人的善意判断下，不会在其他方面对该贷款人不利)，以减轻或避免：(I)任何贷款方根据第2.13或2.16节支付任何金额的任何义务，或(Ii)第2.12节所述的任何情况的发生(和，如果任何贷款人已就第(I)或(Ii)款所述的任何此类事件发出通知，并且此后此类事件不复存在，则该贷款人应立即通知该借款方和行政代理)。为进一步说明上述情况，每一贷款人将(应贷款方的要求)指定不同的资金办公室，但根据贷款人的判断，这种指定将避免(或降低贷款方的成本)前一句第(I)或(Ii)款所述的任何事件，并且在贷款人的善意判断下，这种指定不会在其他方面对贷款人造成实质性不利。报告实体特此同意或促使适用的借款方支付任何贷款人因任何此类指定而产生的所有合理成本和开支。64(B)尽管本协议有任何其他规定，但如果任何贷款人未能将任何事件或情况通知适用的借款人，而该事件或情况将使该贷款人有权根据第2条获得赔偿。第2.22节增值税。尽管第2.16节有任何相反的规定：(A)任何贷款方根据贷款文件明示应支付给贷款方的所有金额(全部或部分)构成用于增值税目的的任何供应的对价，应被视为不包括对该供应应征收的任何增值税，因此，除以下(B)段另有规定外，如果任何贷款方根据贷款文件向任何贷款方提供的任何供应应征收增值税，且该贷款方被要求向有关税务机关交代增值税，贷款方必须向贷款方支付相当于增值税金额的金额(在支付此类供应的任何其他对价的同时，或在稍后出示有效的增值税发票时)(贷款方必须立即向贷款方提供适当的增值税发票)。(B)如果任何贷款方(“供应商”)根据贷款单据向任何其他贷款方(“接受方”)提供的任何货物需要或将被征收增值税，根据任何贷款文件的条款，除接收方以外的任何贷款方(“相关方”)必须向供应商支付相当于该供应的对价的金额(而不是被要求就该对价向接收方进行补偿或赔偿)：(I)(如果供应商是需要向有关税务机关交代增值税的人)，相关方还必须(在支付该金额的同时)向供应商支付相当于增值税金额的额外金额。(C)如果贷款单据要求任何贷款方偿还或赔偿贷款方的任何费用或支出，则贷款方应全额偿还或赔偿(视情况而定)贷款方的该等成本或支出，包括代表增值税的部分，除非贷款方合理地确定其有权从相关税务机关获得有关增值税的抵免或偿还。(D)本第2.22节中对任何借款方的任何提法，在该借款方为增值税目的被视为集团成员的任何时候，应包括(在适当的情况下[65除文意另有所指外，提及根据分组规则(根据理事会第2006/112/EC号指令第11条的规定或欧洲成员国实施的规则或任何其他司法管辖区的同等规定)被视为提供或(视情况而定)接受供应的人。(E)对于贷款方根据贷款文件向任何贷款方提供的任何供应，如果贷款方提出合理要求，该贷款方必须迅速向该贷款方提供该贷款方增值税登记的详细信息以及与该贷款方的增值税申报要求有关的合理要求的其他信息。第三条生效条件和结案条件第3.01条结案日之前的条件。本协议将生效，承诺应在仅满足下列先决条件的第一个日期(行政代理在评估是否已满足先决条件时采取合理行动)(或根据第9.01节免除)时可用：(A)行政代理(或其律师)应已从每一借款人和每一贷款人收到(I)代表该方签署的本协议副本或(Ii)令行政代理合理满意的书面证据(可包括.pdf或已签署签名的传真本协议的第页)，该当事各方已签署此类副本。(C)行政代理人(或其律师)应在截止日期当日或之前收到：(1)授权每个借款人理事机构订立和履行其所属贷款文件项下义务的决议(或其摘录)或类似授权文件的核证副本；(2)一份有效的证书或类似的证书，注明日期合理地接近每个借款人成立的司法管辖区的截止日期，但仅在这一概念适用的情况下(有一项理解是，STERIS爱尔兰金融公司、STERIS plc或根据英格兰和威尔士法律或根据爱尔兰法律组织的任何其他借款人将不提供此类证书)；66(Iii)STERIS plc、STERIS Corporation和每个其他借款人的习惯证书(I)附上STERIS plc、STERIS Corporation和每个其他借款人的章程、章程和/或其他组织文件，(Ii)证明STERIS plc、STERIS Corporation和每个其他借款人的高级职员和/或董事的姓名和真实签名，授权签署本协议和在本协议项下交付的其他文件，并在STERIS plc的情况下，满足第3节规定的条件。(D)贷款文件所列的贷款各方的申述及保证，在截止日期当日及截至该日为止，在各要项上均属真实和正确(但任何已就重要性或重大不利影响而有所保留的申述或保证，在各方面均为受限制的真实和正确的)，但如任何该等申述或保证明示与较早的日期有关，则不在此限，在此情况下，该等陈述及保证须于该较早日期在所有重要方面均属真实及正确(但任何已就重要性或重大不利影响作出保留的陈述或保证在各方面均属真实及正确)。(E)(I)只要在截止日期前不少于十个工作日提出要求，行政代理应已在截止日期当日或之前收到监管当局根据适用的“了解您的客户”和反洗钱规则和条例(包括《爱国者法》)要求的所有文件和其他信息，在每种情况下均与STERIS plc、STERIS Corporation和每个其他借款人有关；(Ii)如果借款人符合《实益所有权条例》规定的“法人客户”资格，则在截止日期前至少十个工作日向该借款人发出书面通知的任何贷款人，所要求的关于实益所有权或控制权的证明]67与该借款人有关的受益所有权条例(“受益所有权证明”)应在截止日期前至少三个工作日收到该受益所有权证明(但除非该贷款人在截止日期前至少三个工作日向行政代理和该借款人发出书面通知，指明该条件尚未得到满足并具体说明其细节，否则应视为就该贷款人而言已满足第(Ii)款中规定的条件)。(F)联合牵头安排人应已收到所需的财务报表；但STERIS plc向美国证券交易委员会提交有关STERIS plc及其子公司的任何(X)经审计的所需财务报表(表格10-K)或(Y)未经审计的所需财务报表(有关STERIS plc及其子公司的表格10-Q)，在每种情况下，均应满足(F)条款(F)关于(A)或(B)款(视情况适用)对所需财务报表定义的要求。联合牵头安排人特此确认，已收到STERIS plc截至2019年3月31日和2020年3月31日的财政年度以及截至2020年6月30日和2020年9月30日的财政季度的每一份财务报表。(G)在截止日期提供预付款之前或基本上同时，应终止现有定期贷款信贷协议，并全额偿还所有本金、利息以及根据该协议应计和未支付的发票费用及支出。(I)根据第2.02节的规定，行政代理应已收到借款通知。第四条陈述和保证第4.01节陈述和保证。每一借款方在截止日期的陈述和担保如下：(A)每一贷款方根据其组织或注册的管辖权法律有效地存在并处于良好的地位(只要存在该概念)，除非(对任何借款人除外，该例外不适用于任何借款人)，除非合理地预期这种违约不会产生实质性的不利影响。(B)每一借款方签署、交付和履行本协议及其所属的其他贷款文件，并据此完成拟进行的交易，(I)在借款方的组织权力范围内，(Ii)已得到所有必要的组织行动的正式授权，(Iii)不违反(A)借款方的章程或章程或其他组织文件或(B)任何法律，约束或影响借款方的法规或合同限制；及(Iv)不会导致或要求在综合集团的任何物业上或就综合集团的任何物业设定或施加任何留置权，除非在第(Iii)(B)及(Iv)条的情况下，合理地预期不会产生重大不利影响。(D)本协议和其他贷款文件已由借款方正式签署和交付。本协议和其他贷款文件是借款方每一方的合法、有效和具有约束力的义务，可根据其条款对每一贷款方强制执行，但受适用的破产、破产、重组、暂停或类似影响债权人权利的法律和衡平法的一般原则(无论是在衡平法诉讼中或在法律上考虑)以及诚信和公平交易默示契约的影响除外。(E)所需财务报表定义所载的每份财务报表，在所有重要方面均公平地列报报告实体及其综合附属公司截至该等日期及期间的综合财务状况及经营成果及现金流量，除非附注可能有所注明，并须受年终审计调整及未经审计财务报表的附注所规限。(F)并无任何诉讼、诉讼、调查、诉讼或法律程序(包括但不限于任何环境诉讼)影响综合集团待决或据借款人所知在任何法院、政府机构或仲裁员席前受到威胁，而该等诉讼、诉讼、调查、诉讼或法律程序会合理地预期会在任何法院、政府机构或仲裁员席前作出不利裁定，而如经裁定，(A)会合理地预期会对综合集团的整体财务状况或经营业绩产生重大不利影响(附表4.01(F)所载诉讼除外)，或(B)会对合法性造成不利影响，本协议任何实质性条款在任何实质性方面的有效性和可执行性。02(A)将是保证金股票(符合联邦储备系统理事会发布的U规则的含义)。(H)每一贷款方及其附属公司均已及时提交或安排提交所有须提交的报税表及报告，并已缴付或安排缴付其须缴付的所有税项，但下列税项除外：(A)正通过适当程序真诚地提出抗辩的税项，并已为该等税项拨出足够的储备金

69根据《公认会计原则》或(B)，如果不这样做，合理地预计不会造成实质性的不利影响。(I)对于任何计划，没有发生或合理预期会产生重大不利影响的ERISA事件。(J)除非合理预期会产生重大不利影响外，(I)于截止日期前最后一个年度精算估值日期，并无任何计划处于风险状态(定义见国税法第430(I)(4)节)，及(Ii)自该年度精算估值日期以来，任何计划的资金状况并无重大不利变化，以致合理预期会导致该计划处于风险状态(定义见国税法第430(I)(4)节)。(K)除非合理地预计不会产生重大不利影响，否则(I)借款人或任何ERISA关联公司(A)都不会对任何多雇主计划招致任何提款责任，或已招致任何尚未完全清偿的此类提款责任，或(B)多雇主计划的发起人已通知该多雇主计划破产(ERISA第4245条所指的计划)或已被确定为处于“危险”或“危急”状态(国税法第432节或ERISA第305节所指)，以及(2)多雇主计划不会破产或处于“危险”或“危急”状态。(M)(I)综合集团成员现时或以前拥有或经营的物业，并无在不良贷款表或CERCLIS或任何类似的外国、州或本地名单上上市或拟上市，或据借款人所知，与任何该等物业毗邻，但综合集团成员的物业，不论个别或整体，合理地预期不会产生重大不利影响的物业除外；(Ii)在综合集团任何成员现时拥有或经营的物业上，或据借款人所知，在综合集团任何成员以前拥有或经营的物业上，没有亦从未有任何地下或地上储油罐或任何地面蓄水池、化粪池、坑、坑或泻湖正在或已经处理、储存或处置有害物质，而该等个别或合乎合理地预期会对该综合集团的任何成员所拥有或经营的物业产生重大不良影响；(Iii)综合集团成员现时拥有或经营的任何物业上并无任何石棉或含石棉材料可合理预期会个别或合共产生重大不利影响；及(Iv)综合集团成员现时或以前拥有或经营的任何物业，或据借款人所知，任何毗邻物业的个别或合共合理预期会产生重大不利影响的物业，并无排放、排放或处置危险材料。(O)综合集团的任何成员均不是“投资公司”、“投资公司”的“关联人”、“发起人”或“主承销商”(均由1940年修订的“投资公司法”界定)。借款人支付任何预付款、运用其收益或偿还预付款，或完成本协议所设想的其他交易，均不违反该法案的任何规定或证券交易委员会在该法案下的任何规则、规定或命令。(P)贷款方在本协议项下的垫款和所有相关债务(包括担保)至少与贷款方的所有其他无担保债务具有同等地位，而这些债务的条款并不明确从属于本协议项下的贷款方的义务。(Q)垫款所得款项将根据第2.18节使用。综合集团(一)已通过并维持旨在确保遵守的政策和程序，并合理地预期将继续确保遵守联合国施加的任何制裁。[71个国家和(2)将作出商业上合理的努力，通过和维持旨在确保遵守除美国实施的制裁以外的任何适用制裁的政策和程序。(S)综合小组任何成员在任何实质性方面均未违反与反腐败有关的任何适用法律(包括《反腐败法》和联合王国2010年《反腐败法》)或反恐怖主义(包括2011年9月24日生效的美国关于资助恐怖主义的13224号行政命令、《爱国者法》、2000年《联合王国恐怖主义法》、2011年《联合王国反恐怖主义、犯罪和安全法》、2006年《联合王国恐怖主义(联合国措施)令》，2009年联合王国《恐怖主义(联合国措施)令》和2010年《联合王国冻结恐怖主义资产法》)。综合集团(I)已采纳并维持旨在确保遵守《反海外腐败法》的政策及程序，并有理由预期将继续确保遵守《反海外腐败法》；及(Ii)将采取及维持旨在确保遵守英国《2010年反贿赂法》的政策及程序。(T)]已保留

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_[摘要报告：文字比较for Word 11.2.0.54文档比较于2023年5月3日10：14：53 PM样式名称：机顶盒选项1智能表比较：活动原始dms：iw：//imanage.stblobal.com/active/52686038/1已修改dms：iw：//imanage.stblobal.com/active/52686038/6更改：添加244删除214从0移动到0表格插入0表格删除0表格从0移动到0嵌入图形(Visio、ChemDraw、Images等)0嵌入EXCEL 0格式更改0总更改：458]; (ii) [Reserved]; (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender will not be entitled to vote in respect of amendments and waivers hereunder, and the Commitment and the outstanding Advances of such Lender hereunder will not be taken into account in determining whether the Required Lenders or all or all affected Lenders, as required, have approved any such amendment or waiver (and the definition of “Required Lenders” will automatically be deemed modified accordingly for the duration of such period); provided that any such amendment or waiver that would increase or extend the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, postpone the date fixed for the payment of principal or interest owing to such Defaulting Lender hereunder, reduce the principal amount of, or stated rate of interest on, any amount owing to such Defaulting Lender or of the stated rate at which any fees payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder are calculated (in each case, other than as permitted by Section 9.01(a)(iii)), or alter the terms of this proviso, will require the consent of such Defaulting Lender; and (iv) the Reporting Entity may, or may cause the applicable Borrower to, at its sole expense and effort, require such Defaulting Lender to assign and delegate its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.07.

63 (b) [Reserved]. (c) If the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent agree in writing in their discretion 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, such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non- Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of a Borrower while such 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 such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. (d) Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 6.01 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.05 shall be applied at such time or times as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the funding of any Advance; third, as the Reporting Entity may request, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations 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, to the payment of any amounts owing to a Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such 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. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or otherwise pursuant to this Section 2.20(d) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto. SECTION 2.21 Mitigation. (a) Each Lender shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any event of which it has knowledge that will result in, and will use reasonable commercial efforts available to it (and not, in such Lender’s good faith judgment, otherwise materially disadvantageous to such Lender) to mitigate or avoid, (i) any obligation by any Loan Party to pay any amount pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.16 or (ii) the occurrence of any circumstance described in Section 2.12 (and, if any Lender has given notice of any such event described in clause (i) or (ii) and thereafter such event ceases to exist, such Lender shall promptly so notify such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent). In furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender will (at the request of such Loan Party) designate a different funding office if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to such Loan Party of) any event described in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in such Lender’s good faith judgment, be otherwise materially disadvantageous to such Lender. The Reporting Entity hereby agrees to, or to cause the applicable Loan Party to, pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation. 64 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender fails to notify the applicable Borrower of any event or circumstance which will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to Section 2.13 within 180 days after such Lender obtains knowledge of such event or circumstance, then such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation from such Borrower for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which such Lender notifies such Borrower of such event or circumstance. SECTION 2.22 VAT. Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.16 to the contrary: (a) All amounts expressed to be payable under a Loan Document by any Loan Party to a Lender Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply for VAT purposes are deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on that supply, and accordingly, subject to paragraph (b) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Lender Party to any Loan Party under a Loan Document and such Lender Party is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Loan Party must pay to such Lender Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply or, if later, on presentation of a valid VAT invoice) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and such Lender Party must promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to that Loan Party). (b) If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Lender Party (the “Supplier”) to any other Lender Party (the “Recipient”) under a Loan Document, and any Loan Party other than the Recipient (the “Relevant Party”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for that supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse or indemnify the Recipient in respect of that consideration): (i) (where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must also pay to the Supplier (at the same time as paying that amount) an additional amount equal to the amount of the VAT. The Recipient must (where this paragraph (i) applies) promptly pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment the Recipient receives from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and (ii) (where the Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT) the Relevant Party must promptly, following demand from the Recipient, pay to the Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT. (c) Where a Loan Document requires any Loan Party to reimburse or indemnify a Lender Party for any cost or expense, that Loan Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Lender Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Lender Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority. (d) Any reference in this Section 2.22 to any Loan Party shall, at any time when such Loan Party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate

65 and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the Person who is treated as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under the grouping rules (as provided for in Article 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC or as implemented by a European Member State, or equivalent provisions in any other jurisdiction). (e) In relation to any supply made by a Lender Party to any Loan Party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Lender Party, that Loan Party must promptly provide such Lender Party with details of that Loan Party’s VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Lender Party’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply. ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND CLOSING SECTION 3.01 Conditions Precedent to Closing Date. This Agreement shall become effective and the Commitments shall be available on and as of the first date on which only the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (with the Administrative Agent acting reasonably in assessing whether the conditions precedent have been satisfied) (or waived in accordance with Section 9.01): (a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each Borrower and each Lender either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include .pdf or facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed such a counterpart. (b) All fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arrangers and Lenders (including the invoiced fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) that are required to be reimbursed or paid on or prior to the Closing Date under the Fee Letter or the other Loan Documents effective on the Closing Date shall be paid, to the extent invoiced by the relevant person at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date. (c) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received on or before the Closing Date: (i) Certified copies of the resolutions (or extracts thereof) or similar authorizing documentation of the governing bodies of each Borrower authorizing such Person to enter into and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; (ii) A good standing certificate or similar certificate dated a date reasonably close to the Closing Date from the jurisdiction of formation of each Borrower, but only where such concept is applicable (it being understood that no such certificate will be provided by STERIS Irish FinCo, STERIS plc or any other Borrower that is an entity organized under the laws of England and Wales or under the laws of Ireland); 66 (iii) A customary certificate of STERIS plc, STERIS Corporation and each other Borrower (i) attaching the charter, by-laws and/or other organizational documents of STERIS plc, STERIS Corporation and each other Borrower and (ii) certifying the names and true signatures of the officers and/or directors of STERIS plc, STERIS Corporation and each other Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and, in the case of STERIS plc, to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.01(d); (iv) A favorable opinion letter of Jones Day and other legal counsel to STERIS plc, STERIS Corporation and each other Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (and covering STERIS plc, STERIS Corporation and each other Borrower); and (v) A customary solvency certificate in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent signed by the chief financial officer of STERIS plc confirming that as of the Closing Date (a) the fair value of the assets of the Reporting Entity and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of the Reporting Entity and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) the Reporting Entity and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) the Reporting Entity and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged, as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date. (d) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation or warranty which is already qualified as to materiality or by reference to Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation or warranty which is already qualified as to materiality or by reference to Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects as so qualified) as of such earlier date. (e) (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on or prior to the Closing Date, so long as requested no less than ten Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, in each case relating to STERIS plc, STERIS Corporation and each other Borrower and (ii) to the extent a Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to such Borrower at least ten Business Days prior to the Closing Date, a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the

67 Beneficial Ownership Regulation (a “Beneficial Ownership Certification”) in relation to such Borrower, shall have received at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date such Beneficial Ownership Certification (provided that, unless written notice is given to the Administrative Agent and such Borrower by such Lender at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date specifying that this condition has not been satisfied and specifying the details thereof, the condition set forth in this clause (ii) shall be deemed to be satisfied with respect to such Lender). (f) The Joint Lead Arrangers shall have received the Required Financial Statements; provided that STERIS plc’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of any (x) audited Required Financial Statements with respect to STERIS plc and its Subsidiaries on Form 10-K or (y) unaudited Required Financial Statements with respect to STERIS plc and its Subsidiaries on Form 10-Q, in each case, will satisfy the requirements of this clause (f) with respect to clauses (a) or (b), as applicable, of the definition of Required Financial Statements. The Joint Lead Arrangers hereby acknowledge receipt of each of the financial statements for STERIS plc for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019 and 2020 and the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020. (g) Prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the availability of the Advances on the Closing Date, the Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement shall be terminated with all principal, interest and accrued and unpaid invoiced fees and expenses thereunder then outstanding being repaid in full. (h) No Default shall have occurred and be continuing on and as of the Closing Date immediately after the consummation of the transactions to occur on the Closing Date, the making of each Advance to be made on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds of such Advances. (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02. ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SECTION 4.01 Representations and Warranties. Each Borrower represents and warrants on the Closing Date as follows: (a) Each Loan Party is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent that such concept exists) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, except (other than with respect to any Borrower, to which this exception shall not apply) to the extent such failure would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (b) The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (i) are within such Loan Party’s organizational 68 powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action and (iii) do not contravene (A) such Loan Party’s charter or by-laws or other organizational documents or (B) any law, regulation or contractual restriction binding on or affecting such Loan Party and (iv) will not result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of the properties of the Consolidated Group, except, in the case of clause (iii)(B) and (iv), as would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers and each Guarantor of this Agreement or, except as has been, or shall be, made or obtained or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. (d) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Loan Parties party thereto. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are legal, valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with their terms, except as affected by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. (e) Each of the financial statements set forth in the definition of Required Financial Statements presents fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Reporting Entity and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of unaudited financial statements. (f) There is no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, any Environmental Action), affecting the Consolidated Group pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that would reasonably be expected to be adversely determined, and if so determined, (a) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Consolidated Group taken as a whole (other than the litigation set forth on Schedule 4.01(f) attached hereto) or (b) would adversely affect the legality, validity and enforceability of any material provision of this Agreement in any material respect. (g) Following application of the proceeds of each Advance, not more than 25 percent of the value of the assets of the Borrowers and of the Consolidated Group, on a Consolidated basis, subject to the provisions of Section 5.02(a) will be margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). (h) Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by them, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in

69 accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (j) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) as of the last annual actuarial valuation date prior to the Closing Date, no Plan was in at-risk status (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code), and (ii) since such annual actuarial valuation date there has been no material adverse change in the funding status of any Plan that would reasonably be expected to cause such Plan to be in at-risk status (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code). (k) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) none of the Borrowers nor any ERISA Affiliate (A) is reasonably expected to incur any Withdrawal Liability to any Multiemployer Plan or has incurred any such Withdrawal Liability that has not been satisfied in full or (B) has been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA) or has been determined to be in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA), and (ii) no Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be insolvent or in “endangered” or “critical” status. (l) (i) The operations and properties of the Consolidated Group comply in all respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits except to the extent that the failure to so comply, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) all past non-compliance with such Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits has been resolved without any ongoing obligations or costs except to the extent that such non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) no circumstances exist that would be reasonably expected to (A) form the basis of an Environmental Action against a member of the Consolidated Group or any of its properties that, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) cause any such property to be subject to any restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any Environmental Law that, either individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. (m) (i) None of the properties currently or formerly owned or operated by a member of the Consolidated Group is listed or proposed for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous foreign, state or local list or, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, is adjacent to any such property other than such properties of a member of the Consolidated Group that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) there are no, and never have been any, underground or aboveground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed of on any property currently owned or operated by any member of the Consolidated Group or, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, on any property formerly owned or operated by a member of the Consolidated Group that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or 70 operated by a member of the Consolidated Group that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of on any property currently or formerly owned or operated by a member of the Consolidated Group or, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, on any adjoining property that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (n) No member of the Consolidated Group is undertaking, and no member of the Consolidated Group has completed, either individually or together with other potentially responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or response action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site, location or operation, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any governmental or regulatory authority or the requirements of any Environmental Law that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and all Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored at, or transported to or from, any property currently or formerly owned or operated by a member of the Consolidated Group have been disposed of in a manner that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (o) No member of the Consolidated Group is an “investment company,” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” (each as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended). Neither the making of any Advances nor the application of the proceeds or repayment thereof by the Borrowers, nor the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby, will violate any provision of such Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. (p) The Advances and all related obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement (including the Guaranty) rank at least pari passu with all other unsecured obligations of the Loan Parties that are not, by their terms, expressly subordinate to the obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder. (q) The proceeds of the Advances will be used in accordance with Section 2.18. (r) No member of the Consolidated Group or any of their respective officers or directors (a) has violated or is in violation of, in any material respect, or has engaged in any conduct or dealings that would be sanctionable under any applicable anti-money laundering law or Sanctions or (b) is an Embargoed Person; provided that if any member of the Consolidated Group (other than the Borrowers) becomes an Embargoed Person pursuant to clause (b)(iii) of the definition thereof as a result of a country or territory becoming subject to any applicable Sanctions program after the Closing Date, such Person shall not be an Embargoed Person so long as (x) the Borrowers are, as applicable, taking reasonable steps to either obtain an appropriate license for transacting business in such country or territory or to cause such Person to no longer reside, be organized or chartered or have a place of business in such country or territory and (y) such Person’s residing, being organized or chartered or having a place of business in such country or territory would not be reasonably expected to have Material Adverse Effect. The Consolidated Group (i) has adopted and maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance and are reasonably expected to continue to ensure compliance with any Sanction imposed by the United

71 States and (ii) will use commercially reasonable efforts to adopt and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with any applicable Sanction other than those imposed by the United States. (s) No member of the Consolidated Group is in violation, in any material respects, of any applicable law, relating to anti-corruption (including the FCPA and the United Kingdom Bribery Act of 2010 (“Anti-Corruption Laws”)) or counter-terrorism (including United States Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2011, the Patriot Act, the United Kingdom Terrorism Act of 2000, the United Kingdom Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act of 2011, the United Kingdom Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order of 2006, the United Kingdom Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order of 2009 and the United Kingdom Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act of 2010). The Consolidated Group (i) has adopted and maintains policies and procedures that are designed to ensure compliance and are reasonably expected to continue to ensure compliance with the FCPA and (ii) will use commercially reasonable efforts to adopt and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the United Kingdom Bribery Act of 2010. (t) [Reserved]. (u) [Reserved]. (v) [Reserved]. (w) Immediately after the consummation of the transactions to occur on the Closing Date, the making of each Advance to be made on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds of such Advances, (a) the fair value of the assets of the Reporting Entity and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of the Reporting Entity and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) the Reporting Entity and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) the Reporting Entity and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged, as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date. (x) Since March 31, 2020, there has been no Material Adverse Change. (y) [Reserved]. (z) No Borrower or Guarantor is an EEA Financial Institution. 72 ARTICLE V COVENANTS SECTION 5.01 Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid, the Reporting Entity will: (a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each member of the Consolidated Group to comply, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders (such compliance to include, without limitation, compliance with ERISA and Environmental Laws), except to the extent that the failure to so comply, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (b) Payment of Taxes, Etc. Pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all Taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon a member of the Consolidated Group or upon the income, profits or property of a member of the Consolidated Group, in each case except to the extent that (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings or (ii) the failure to pay such Taxes, assessments and charges, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (c) Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each member of the Consolidated Group to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (or pursuant to self-insurance arrangements) in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which any member of the Consolidated Group operates. (d) Preservation of Existence, Etc. Do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its and each other Loan Party’s (i) existence and (ii) rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that any Loan Party may consummate any merger or consolidation permitted under Section 5.02(b); and provided, further, that no Loan Party shall be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the management of the Borrowers shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Loan Party and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders. (e) Visitation Rights. At any reasonable time and from time to time during normal business hours (but not more than once annually if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), upon reasonable notice to the Borrowers, permit the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, or any agents or representatives thereof, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account, and visit the properties, of the Consolidated Group, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Consolidated Group with any of the members of the senior treasury staff of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party. (f) Keeping of Books. Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial

73 transactions and the assets and business of the Consolidated Group sufficient to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. (g) Maintenance of Properties, Etc. Cause all of its and the Consolidated Group’s properties that are used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any member of the Consolidated Group to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment, and cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Borrowers may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, except, in each case, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (h) Guaranties. (w) Subject to clause (y) below, cause any member of the Consolidated Group (other than any Loan Party) that becomes an obligor in respect of any Existing STERIS Notes, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Bridge Facility, the Securities or other Material Indebtedness, to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to a joinder hereto substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form agreed by the Administrative Agent, within 60 days thereof (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its discretion). (x) Upon the occurrence of a Guaranty Trigger Event, cause, within 60 days of the Guaranty Trigger Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its discretion), (i) subject to clause (y) below, Synergy and its wholly- owned Subsidiaries that are Material Subsidiaries organized in England and Wales, (ii) subject to clause (z) below, each other wholly-owned Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary of the Reporting Entity (other than Synergy and its Subsidiaries) that is or becomes a Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary), (iii) subject to clause (y) below, each Material Subsidiary of the Reporting Entity organized under the laws of Ireland or England and Wales (other than STERIS Dover) that is or becomes a direct or indirect parent of STERIS Corporation and (iv) any New PubCo, in each case, to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to a joinder hereto substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form agreed by the Administrative Agent (it being understood that any such joinder entered into pursuant to clause (iv) shall also join such New PubCo hereto as the “Reporting Entity”). (y) In no event shall Synergy or its Subsidiaries organized in England and Wales or any Subsidiary of the Reporting Entity organized under the laws of Ireland or England and Wales that is or becomes a direct or indirect parent of STERIS Corporation be required to provide a guaranty hereunder if the Reporting Entity is treated as a United States corporation for United States federal tax purposes. If the Reporting Entity is treated as a United States corporation for United States federal tax purposes, any guarantees from Synergy or its Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary of the Reporting Entity organized under the laws of Ireland or England and Wales that 74 is or becomes a direct or indirect parent of STERIS Corporation shall terminate automatically and each such guarantee will be void ab initio. (z) To the extent that a Guaranty Trigger Period is then in effect and the target or any subsidiary of the target in a Material Acquisition constitutes a wholly- owned Domestic Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary upon consummation of such Material Acquisition, use reasonable best efforts to cause such target and any such subsidiary of such target to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to a joinder hereto substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form agreed by the Administrative Agent within 60 days of the consummation of such Material Acquisition (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its discretion). (i) Transactions with Affiliates. Conduct, and cause each member of the Consolidated Group to conduct, all material transactions otherwise permitted under this Agreement with any of their Affiliates (excluding the members of the Consolidated Group) on terms that are fair and reasonable and no less favorable to the Reporting Entity or such Subsidiary than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate; provided that the restrictions of this Section 5.01(i) shall not apply to the following: (i) the payment of dividends or other distributions (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in a member of the Consolidated Group, or any payment (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 of any such Equity Interests in such Person or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in such Person; (ii) payment of, or other consideration in respect of, compensation to, the making of loans to and payment of fees and expenses of and indemnities to officers, directors, employees or consultants of a member of the Consolidated Group and payment, or other consideration in respect of, directors’ and officers’ indemnities; (iii) transactions pursuant to any agreement to which a member of the Consolidated Group is a party on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 5.01(i); (iv) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of property or other assets and services entered into in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practices; (v) [Reserved]; (vi) transactions approved by a majority of Disinterested Directors of the Borrowers or of the relevant member of the Consolidated Group in good faith; or (vii) any transaction in respect of which the Borrowers deliver to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the board of directors of the Borrowers (or the board of directors of the relevant member of the

75 Consolidated Group) from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm that is in the good faith determination of the Borrowers qualified to render such letter, which letter states that such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Borrowers or the relevant member of the Consolidated Group, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate. (j) Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to the Lenders: (i) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Reporting Entity, a Consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group as of the end of such quarter and Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Consolidated Group for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, duly certified by the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller or the Treasurer of the Reporting Entity as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnotes and year-end audit adjustments); (ii) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Reporting Entity, a copy of the annual audit report for such year for the Consolidated Group, containing a Consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group as of the end of such fiscal year and Consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Consolidated Group for such fiscal year, in each case accompanied by an unqualified opinion or an opinion reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing; (iii) simultaneously with each delivery of the financial statements referred to in subclauses (j)(i) and (j)(ii) of this Section 5.01, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller or the Treasurer of the Reporting Entity that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or if such event has occurred and is continuing the actions being taken by the Reporting Entity to cure such Default or Event of Default), including, if such covenant is tested at such time, setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations necessary to demonstrate compliance with Section 5.03; (iv) as soon as possible and in any event within five days after any Responsible Officer shall have obtained knowledge of the occurrence of each Default continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller or the Treasurer of the applicable Borrower setting forth details of such Default and the action that the Borrowers have taken and propose to take with respect thereto; (v) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports that the Reporting Entity sends to any of its securityholders, in their capacity as such, and copies of all reports and registration statements that members of the Consolidated Group file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange (excluding routine reports filed with the New York Stock Exchange and any reports filed with the Regulatory News Service to satisfy London Stock Exchange Requirements); 76 (vi) promptly after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge of the commencement thereof, notice of all actions, suits, investigations, litigations and proceedings before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator affecting the Consolidated Group of the type described in Section 4.01(f)(b); and (vii) such other information respecting the Consolidated Group as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request. (k) [Reserved]. (l) OFAC and FCPA. The Loan Parties shall ensure and shall cause each member of the Consolidated Group and their respective officers and directors (in their capacity as officers and directors, as applicable, of members of the Consolidated Group) to ensure that, to their knowledge, the proceeds of any Advances shall not be used by such Persons (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Embargoed Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of such funding is the target of any Sanctions, to the extent such activity or business is prohibited by Sanctions, (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by the Agents, Lenders, the Reporting Entity or any member of the Consolidated Group or (iii) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws. Information required to be delivered pursuant to subsections (i), (ii) and (v) of Section 5.01(j) above shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly or other reports or proxy statements containing such information, shall have been posted and available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov. Information required to be furnished pursuant to this Section 5.01 may also be furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar secure electronic system (the “Platform”). SECTION 5.02 Negative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid, the Reporting Entity will not and will not permit any member of the Consolidated Group to: (a) Liens, Etc. Create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock), whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided that this Section shall not apply to the following: (i) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (ii) other statutory, common law or contractual Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property and assets that (A) were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit, and (B) do

77 not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business; (iii) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA; (iv) pledges or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Debt), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (v) Liens on property or assets to secure obligations owing to any member of the Consolidated Group; (vi) (A) purchase money Liens on fixed or capital assets or for the deferred purchase price of property; provided that such Lien is limited to the purchase price and only attaches to the property being acquired, constructed or improved and, for the avoidance of doubt, proceeds thereof; provided further that purchase money Liens in favor of any lender may be cross-collateralized with respect to other obligations of such type owing to such lender and (B) capital or finance leases; (vii) easements, zoning restrictions or other minor defects or irregularities in title of real property not interfering in any material respect with the use of such property in the business of any member of the Consolidated Group; (viii) Liens existing on the Closing Date and, to the extent securing obligations in excess of $25,000,000, set forth on Schedule 5.02(a) hereto; (ix) any Lien granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders; (x) Liens on Receivables Related Assets of a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with the sale of such Receivables Related Assets pursuant to Section 5.02(f)(iii) hereof; (xi) in addition to the Liens permitted herein, additional Liens, so long as the aggregate principal amount of all Debt and other obligations secured by such Liens, when taken together with, without duplication, the principal amount of all Debt of Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors incurred pursuant to Section 5.02(e)(viii) below, does not exceed an amount equal to 10% of the Consolidated Total Assets at the time such Debt or other obligation is created or incurred; (xii) Permitted Encumbrances; (xiii) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by any member of the Consolidated Group or existing on any property or assets of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or 78 such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of any member of the Consolidated Group (other than Persons who become members of the Consolidated Group in connection with such acquisition); (xiv) Liens arising in connection with any margin posted related to Hedge Agreements entered other than for speculative purposes; (xv) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in clauses (vi), (viii), (xi) and (xiii) of this Section 5.02(a); provided that (x) the principal amount of the obligations secured thereby shall be limited to the principal amount of the obligations secured by the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (and, to the extent provided in such clauses, extensions, renewals and replacements thereof), (y) such Lien shall be limited to all or a part of the assets that secured the obligation so extended, renewed or replaced and (z) in the case of any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in clause (xi) of this Section 5.02(a) such extension, renewal or replacement (or successive renewals or replacements) shall utilize basket capacity under such clause (xi) prior to any excess amount not permitted thereunder being permitted under this clause (xv); (xvi) Liens on the products and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance condemnation and eminent domain proceeds) of and accessions to, and contract or other rights (including rights under insurance policies and product warranties) derivative of or relating to, property subject to Liens under any of the paragraphs of this Section 5.02(a); and (xvii) Liens on the proceeds of Specified Indebtedness deposited with a trustee or paying agent or otherwise segregated or held in trust or under an escrow or other funding arrangement with respect to a Pending Transaction prior to the consummation of such Pending Transaction. (b) Mergers, Etc. Merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (other than Unrestricted Margin Stock) (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person, except that: (i) any member of (x) the Consolidated Group other than the Borrowers may merge or consolidate with or into or (y) the Consolidated Group may convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets to, in each case of clause (x) and (y), any other member of the Consolidated Group; (ii) any Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into any other Person (including, but not limited to, any member of the Consolidated Group) so long as (A) such Borrower is the surviving entity or (B) the surviving entity shall succeed, by agreement, including an agreement where such succession occurs by operation of law, in any case

79 reasonably satisfactory in substance to the Administrative Agent (and such agreement shall be provided to the Administrative Agent prior to the closing of such merger or consolidation), to all of the businesses and operations of such Borrower and shall assume all of the rights and obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (iii) any member of the Consolidated Group (other than the Borrowers) may merge or consolidate with or into another Person, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets so long as (A) the consideration received in respect of such merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is at least equal to the fair market value of such assets as determined in good faith by the Reporting Entity and (B) no Material Adverse Effect would reasonably be expected to result from such merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition; and (iv) any member of the Consolidated Group (other than the Borrowers) may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets to another Person to effect (A) a transaction permitted by Section 5.02(f) (other than clause (vii)(ii) thereof) or (B) a merger or consolidation with or into such Person where such merger or consolidation results in such Person or the entity into which such Person is merged or consolidated becoming a member of the Consolidated Group; provided, in the cases of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom. (c) Accounting Changes. Change the Reporting Entity’s fiscal year-end from March 31 of each calendar year. (d) Change in Nature of Business. Make any material change in the nature of the business of the Consolidated Group, taken as a whole, from that carried out by STERIS plc and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date; it being understood that this Section 5.02(d) shall not prohibit (i) the Transactions or (ii) members of the Consolidated Group from conducting any business or business activities incidental or related to such business as carried on as of the Closing Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto. (e) Subsidiary Indebtedness. Permit any member of the Consolidated Group that is not a Borrower or a Guarantor to incur Debt of any kind; provided that this Section shall not apply to any of the following (without duplication): (i) Debt incurred under the Loan Documents; (ii) Debt of any member of the Consolidated Group to any member of the Consolidated Group; provided that such Debt shall not have been transferred to any other Person (other than to any member of the Consolidated Group); 80 (iii) Debt outstanding on the Closing Date and, to the extent in respect of obligations in excess of $25,000,000, set forth on Schedule 5.02(e) (it being understood that any Debt in excess of $25,000,000 outstanding on the Closing Date that is otherwise permitted under another clause of Section 5.02(e) need not be set forth on Schedule 5.02(e) in order to be so permitted under such other clause) and any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding, replacement or restructuring (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings, replacements or restructurings) of any such Debt from time to time (in whole or in part); provided that the outstanding principal amount of any such Debt may only be increased (x) to the extent of any accrued interest, premiums, fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding, replacement or restructuring of such Debt or (y) to the extent any such increase is permitted to be incurred under any other clause of this Section 5.02(e); (iv) (i) Debt of any member of the Consolidated Group incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including capital or finance leases and any Debt assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets (provided that such Debt is incurred or assumed prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and the principal amount of such Debt does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets) and (ii) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding, replacement or restructuring (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings, replacements or restructurings) of any such Debt from time to time (in whole or in part); provided that the aggregate principal amount of Debt permitted by this clause (iv) shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding; (v) Debt under or related to Hedge Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes; (vi) 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 Debt) in the ordinary course of business; (vii) Debt of Receivables Subsidiaries in respect of Permitted Receivables Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $250,000,000; (viii) (i) any other Debt (not otherwise permitted under this Agreement), and (ii) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding, replacement or restructuring (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings, replacements or restructurings) of Debt outstanding under this clause (viii), provided that, the aggregate principal amount of (1) all Debt incurred under this clause (viii) and (2) without duplication, all Debt and other obligations secured by Liens incurred under Section 5.02(a)(xi) shall not exceed 10% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time such Debt is incurred (except that Debt incurred in reliance on clause (ii) of this Section 5.02(e)(viii) will in any event be permitted (but will utilize basket capacity under this clause (viii)) so long as the principal amount of such Debt does not exceed the principal amount of the Debt extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded, replaced or restructured plus any accrued interest, premiums, fees, costs and expenses

81 incurred in connection with the extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding, replacement or restructuring of such Debt); (ix) Debt owed to any officers or employees of any member of the Consolidated Group; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Debt shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; (x) guarantees of any Debt permitted pursuant to this Section 5.02(e); (xi) Debt in respect of bid, performance, surety bonds or completion bonds issued for the account of any member of the Consolidated Group in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees or obligations of any member of the Consolidated Group with respect to letters of credit supporting such bid, performance, surety or completion obligations; (xii) Debt incurred or arising from or as a result of agreements providing for indemnification, deferred payment obligations, purchase price adjustments, earn-out payments or similar obligations; (xiii) Debt in connection with overdue accounts payable, which are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (xiv) Debt arising or incurred as a result of or from the adjudication or settlement of any litigation or from any arbitration or mediation award or settlement, in any case involving any member of the Consolidated Group; provided that the judgment, award(s) and/or settlements to which such Debt relates would not constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01(f); (xv) Debt in respect of netting services, automatic clearing house arrangements, employees’ credit or purchase cards, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (xvi) (i) Debt of any Person which becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date or is merged with or into or consolidated or amalgamated with any member of the Consolidated Group after the Closing Date and Debt expressly assumed in connection with the acquisition of an asset or assets from any other Person; provided that (A) such Debt existed at the time such Person became a Subsidiary or of such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or acquisition and was not created in anticipation thereof and (B) immediately after such Person becomes a Subsidiary or such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or acquisition, (x) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) the Reporting Entity shall be in compliance with Section 5.03 on a pro forma basis; and (ii) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding, replacement or restructuring (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings, replacements or restructurings) of any such Debt from time to time (in whole or in part), provided that the outstanding principal amount of any such Debt may only be increased (x) to the extent of any accrued interest, premiums, fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the extension, 82 renewal, refinancing, refunding, replacement or restructuring of such Debt or (y) to the extent any such increase is permitted to be incurred under any other clause of this Section 5.02(e). (f) Dispositions. Convey, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of (each, a “Disposition”) any of its property or assets outside the ordinary course of business, other than to any member of the Consolidated Group, except for: (i) Dispositions of assets and property that are (i) obsolete, worn, damaged, uneconomic or otherwise deemed by any member of the Consolidated Group to no longer be necessary or useful in the operation of such member of the Consolidated Group’s current or anticipated business or (ii) replaced by other assets or property of similar suitability and value; (ii) Dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents; (iii) Dispositions of accounts receivable (i) in connection with the compromise or collection thereof, (ii) deemed doubtful or uncollectible in the reasonable discretion of any member of the Consolidated Group, (iii) obtained by any member of the Consolidated Group in the settlement of joint interest billing accounts, (iv) granted to settle collection of accounts receivable or the sale of defaulted accounts arising in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not in connection with any financing transaction or (v) in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility; (iv) any other Disposition (not otherwise permitted under this Agreement) of any assets or property; provided that after giving effect thereto, the Reporting Entity would be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 5.03; (v) Dispositions by any member of the Consolidated Group of all or any portion of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary; (vi) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses by any member of the Consolidated Group of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business; (vii) Dispositions arising as a result of (i) the granting or incurrence of Liens permitted under Section 5.02(a) or (ii) transactions permitted under Section 5.02(b) (other than Section 5.02(b)(iii)) of this Agreement; (viii) any Disposition or series of related Dispositions that does not individually or in the aggregate exceed $10,000,000; (ix) Dispositions constituting terminations or expirations of leases, licenses and other agreements in the ordinary course of business; and (x) contributions of assets in the ordinary course of business to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business.

83 SECTION 5.03 Financial Covenants. As of the last day of the first fiscal quarter of the Reporting Entity ended on or after the Closing Date and on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Reporting Entity ending thereafter: (a) The Reporting Entity will not permit the ratio of (x) Consolidated Total Debt at such time to (y) Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ending as of such date to exceed 3.50 to 1.00; provided, that the ratio referenced in this Section 5.03(a) shall be increased by 0.25 to 1.00 after a Material Acquisition for a period of four fiscal quarters after the date of such Material Acquisition; and (b) The Reporting Entity will not permit the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for the period of four fiscal quarters ending on such date, to be less than 3.00:1.00. ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT SECTION 6.01 Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing: (a) any Loan Party, as applicable, shall fail (i) to pay any principal of any Advance when the same becomes due and payable or (ii) to pay any interest on any Advance or make any payment of fees or other amounts payable under this Agreement within five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or (b) any representation or warranty made by a Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or by a Loan Party (or any of its officers or directors) in connection with this Agreement or in any certificate or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, if any, in each case shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or (c) (i) a Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Sections 5.01(d)(i), 5.01(j)(iv), 5.02(a), 5.02(b), 5.02(d), 5.02(e), 5.02(f) or 5.03 or (ii) a Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(e) or clauses (i)-(iii) or (v)-(vii) of Section 5.01(j) if such failure shall remain unremedied for 10 Business Days after written notice thereof shall have been given to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (iii) a Borrower or any other Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in any Loan Document, if any, in each case on its part to be performed or observed if such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or (d) a Borrower, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any Material Indebtedness of such Borrower, or such Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary, respectively, when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and 84 such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or (e) any Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary seeking to adjudicate it as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this Section 6.01(e); or (f) any one or more judgments or orders for the payment of money in excess of the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) 3% of Consolidated Total Assets shall be rendered against a Loan Party or any Significant Subsidiary and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; provided, however, that, for purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred under this Section 6.01(f), the amount of any such judgment or order shall be reduced to the extent that (A) such judgment or order is covered by a valid and binding policy of insurance between the defendant and the insurer covering payment thereof and (B) such insurer, which shall be rated at least “A” by A.M. Best Company, has been notified of, and has not disputed the claim made for payment of, such judgment or order; or (g) (i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of the Reporting Entity (or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for such Voting Stock) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Stock of the Reporting Entity (on a fully diluted basis), unless such Reporting Entity becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company and the direct or indirect holders of Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Reporting Entity’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that event (such new holding company, a “New PubCo”); or (ii) during any period of up to 24 consecutive

85 months, a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Reporting Entity shall not be Continuing Directors; or (h) one or more of the following shall have occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, which in each case would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) any ERISA Event with respect to any Plan; (ii) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Reporting Entity or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the insolvency or termination of a Multiemployer Plan; or (i) this Agreement (including the Guaranty set forth in Article VIII) shall cease to be valid and enforceable against the Loan Parties (except to the extent it is terminated in accordance with its terms) or a Loan Party shall so assert in writing; then, and in any such event, the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the obligation of each Lender to make Advances to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers; provided, however, that in the event of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(e), (A) the Commitment of each Lender shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers. ARTICLE VII THE AGENTS SECTION 7.01 Authorization and Action. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and neither the Borrowers nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. SECTION 7.02 Administrative Agent Individually. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender, as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” as applicable, shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or 86 unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. SECTION 7.03 Duties of Administrative Agent; Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall have no duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and (c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 6.01 and 9.01) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers or a Lender. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement,

87 instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. Each of the Finance Parties hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Finance Party. A Finance Party which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable laws. SECTION 7.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person or Persons (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page). The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of an Advance that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Advance. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), 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 7.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub- agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. SECTION 7.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon 88 receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and only so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and consented to by the Borrowers and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative 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 Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders, with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date. (b) If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrowers and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and consented to by the Borrowers and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date. (c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than as provided in Section 2.16(l) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by each Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between such Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article VII and Section 9.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

89 SECTION 7.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders; Acknowledgments. (a) Each Lender represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender in the ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument (and each Lender agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing), (iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. (b) (i) Each Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this Section 7.07(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. (ii) Each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have 90 been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. (iii) The Borrowers and each other Loan Party from time to time party hereto hereby agree that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any obligations owed by a Borrower or any other Loan Party. (iv) Each party’s obligations under this Section 7.07(b) shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document. SECTION 7.08 Other Agents. None of the Lenders identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as an “arranger”, “book runner”, “syndication agent”, “co- documentation agent” or “senior managing agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder. SECTION 7.09 Certain ERISA Matters. (a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true: (i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more benefit plans in connection with the Advances or the Commitments; (ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84- 14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class

91 exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96- 23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Advances or the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions for exemptive relief thereunder are and will continue to be satisfied in connection therewith; (iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Advances or the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Advances or the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I or PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Advances or the Commitments and this Agreement, or; (iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender. (b) In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent or any Joint Lead Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto). ARTICLE VIII GUARANTY SECTION 8.01 Guaranty. Subject to Section 5.01(h)(y), each Guarantor, on a joint and several basis, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lender Parties (defined below) (the “Guaranty”), as a guarantee of payment and not merely as a guarantee of collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of all existing and future indebtedness and liabilities, whether for principal, interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, voluntary or involuntary, of the Reporting Entity and Borrowers to the Lenders and 92 the Administrative Agent (collectively, the “Lender Parties”) arising under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”). This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Guaranteed Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection or extent of any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Guaranteed Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty (other than payment in full in cash). SECTION 8.02 No Termination. Except as permitted under Section 8.08, this Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Guaranteed Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) and any other amounts payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid and performed in full and the Commitments have terminated. SECTION 8.03 Waiver by the Guarantors. Each Guarantor waives notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty and of the extension or continuation of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof. Each Guarantor further waives presentment, protest, notice, dishonor or default, demand for payment and any other notices to which the Guarantor might otherwise be entitled other than any notice required hereunder. SECTION 8.04 Subrogation. No Guarantor shall exercise any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification or contribution, any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Lender Parties or any similar right with respect to any payment it makes under this Guaranty with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations until all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments have terminated. If any amount is paid to the Guarantor in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Lender Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Lender Parties to reduce the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured. SECTION 8.05 Waiver of Defenses. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability against the Borrowers of this Agreement or any agreement or other instrument relating thereto; (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligation of the Borrowers under or in respect of this Agreement or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from this Agreement, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to the Borrowers or any other member of the Consolidated Group or otherwise;

93 (c) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (d) any manner of application of collateral, if any, or assets, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any collateral or other assets for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (e) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of a Borrower or other member of the Consolidated Group; (f) any failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to disclose to a Guarantor any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Borrowers now or hereafter known to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to disclose such information); (g) the release or reduction of liability of any other Guarantor or other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or (h) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, a Borrower, any Guarantor or any other guarantor or surety (other than defense of payment in full in cash). This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Lender Party or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of a Borrower or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. SECTION 8.06 Exhaustion of Other Remedies Not Required. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety. Each Guarantor waives diligence by the Lender Parties and action on delinquency in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, including, without limitation, any provision of law requiring the Lender Parties to exhaust any right or remedy or to take any action against a Borrower, any other guarantor or any other Person or property before enforcing this Guaranty against such Guarantor. SECTION 8.07 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed, upon any action or proceeding, of a Borrower or any other Person, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors immediately upon demand by the Administrative Agent as and to the extent that the Administrative Agent has the right to demand such amounts pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof. SECTION 8.08 Release of Guarantees. (a) Upon a Guaranty Termination Date, each Guarantor (other than STERIS Corporation, STERIS Limited, STERIS Irish FinCo and the Reporting Entity) shall automatically without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party be released from this 94 Guaranty (for so long as such ratings are maintained at such levels or higher), in each case except to the extent that any such entity remains an obligor in respect of any Existing STERIS Notes, the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement, the Bridge Facility, the Securities or other Material Indebtedness, in which case the Guaranty of such entity shall remain in effect until such indebtedness is repaid or such entity shall cease to be a guarantor thereof. (b) A Guarantor (other than STERIS Corporation, STERIS Limited, STERIS Irish FinCo and the Reporting Entity) that was required to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to Section 5.01(h)(w) shall automatically without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party be released from its obligations hereunder when the applicable indebtedness with respect to which such Guarantor was an obligor is repaid or such entity shall cease to be a guarantor thereof, in each case except to the extent a Guaranty Trigger Period is then in effect, in which case the Guaranty of such entity shall remain in effect until the Guaranty Termination Date. (c) A Guarantor (other than STERIS Corporation, STERIS Limited, STERIS Irish FinCo and the Reporting Entity) shall automatically without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party be released from its obligations hereunder (i) upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Reporting Entity, (ii) at such time that such Guarantor is no longer (x) a Material Subsidiary of STERIS Corporation that is a Domestic Subsidiary, (y) a Material Subsidiary of Synergy that is organized under the laws of England and Wales (or in the case of Synergy itself, no longer a Material Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of England and Wales) or (z) a Material Subsidiary of the Reporting Entity and a direct or indirect parent of STERIS Corporation that is organized under the laws of Ireland or England and Wales; provided that if the Reporting Entity desires such entity to remain a Guarantor, the Reporting Entity shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing and such entity shall remain a Guarantor, or (iii) upon the occurrence of the applicable circumstances set forth in Section 5.01(h)(y), in which case the applicable guarantee will be void ab initio as set forth therein. (d) In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 8.08, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Guarantor, at such Guarantor’s expense, all documents that such Guarantor shall reasonably request to evidence such release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 8.08 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent. SECTION 8.09 Guaranty Limitations. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable foreign, federal and state bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership laws, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this guarantee and each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. This Guaranty does not apply to any liability to the extent that it would result in this Guaranty constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of section 678 and 679 of the Companies Act 2006 or under section 82 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland (as the case may be) or constituting a breach of section 239 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland and, with respect to any Person that

95 becomes a Guarantor after the date of this Agreement, shall be subject to any limitations set forth in the joinder hereto pursuant to which such Person shall become a Guarantor. ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 9.01 Amendments, Etc. (a) Subject to Section 2.10(e) and (f), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor consent to any departure by a Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and the Loan Parties and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing, do any of the following: (i) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01 unless signed by each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; (ii) increase or extend the Commitments of any Lender or modify the currency in which a Lender is required to make extensions of credit under this Agreement, unless signed by such Lender; (iii) reduce the principal of, or stated rate of interest on, the Advances, the stated rate at which any fees hereunder are calculated, or any other amounts payable hereunder, unless signed by each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Interest” or to waive any obligation of a Borrower to pay Default Interest; (iv) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, unless signed by each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; (v) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances, or the number of Lenders, that, in each case, shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder, unless signed by all Lenders; (vi) amend this Section 9.01, unless signed by all Lenders; or (vii) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty (except as contemplated by Section 8.08) unless signed by all Lenders; and provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers may amend any Loan Document to correct any errors, mistakes, omissions, defects or inconsistencies, or to effect administrative changes that are not 96 adverse to any Lender, and such amendment shall become effective without any further consent of any other party to such Loan Document other than the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers. (b) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “all Lenders,” “each Lender” or “each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then the Borrowers may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement; provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity (which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent) shall agree, as of such date, to purchase at par for cash the Advances and other Guaranteed Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date, and (ii) each Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement all principal, interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non- Consenting Lender by such Borrower to and including the date of termination. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. SECTION 9.02 Notices, Etc. (a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier) and mailed (including email as permitted under Section 9.02(b)), telecopied or delivered, if to a Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, telecopier number or if applicable, electronic mail address, specified for such Person on Schedule II; or, as to a Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed or telecopied, be effective three Business Days after being deposited in the mails, postage prepaid, or upon confirmation of receipt (except that if electronic confirmation of receipt is received at a time that the recipient is not open for business, the applicable notice or communication shall be effective at the opening of business on the next Business Day of the recipient), respectively, except that notices and communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II, III or VII shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent. Delivery by telecopier or other electronic communication of an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of any Exhibit hereto to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. (b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Borrowers, any other Loan Party and 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 Reporting Entity (in the case of the Borrowers and other Loan Parties) and the Administrative Agent (in the case of the Lenders), 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 any Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other

97 communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor. (c) THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrowers, 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 a Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Platform, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrowers, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages). (d) Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that any communication has been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of such information, documents or other materials to such Lender for purposes of this Agreement. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Lender acknowledges that it will receive Borrower Materials that may contain material non-public information with respect to a Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal or state securities laws. 98 (e) If any notice required under this Agreement is permitted to be made, and is made, by telephone, actions taken or omitted to be taken in reliance thereon by the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be binding upon the Borrowers notwithstanding any inconsistency between the notice provided by telephone and any subsequent writing in confirmation thereof provided to the Administrative Agent or such Lender; provided that any such action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have been in good faith and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. (f) With respect to notices and other communications hereunder from a Borrower to any Lender, such Borrower shall provide such notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver such notices and other communications to any such Lender in accordance with subsection (b) above or otherwise. SECTION 9.03 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by applicable law. SECTION 9.04 Costs and Expenses. (a) The Reporting Entity agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, upon demand, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including (i) all due diligence, syndication (including printing and distribution), duplication and messenger costs and (ii) the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of a single primary counsel (and a local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agents as to their respective rights and responsibilities under this Agreement. The Reporting Entity further agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, upon demand, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agents and the Lenders, if any, in connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees and expenses of a single primary counsel and an additional single local counsel in any local jurisdictions for the Agents and the Lenders and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers of the existence of such conflict, one additional counsel, in connection with the enforcement of rights under this Agreement. (b) The Reporting Entity agrees to, and to cause the applicable Borrowers to, indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and Lender and each of their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, penalties, liabilities and expenses (provided that the obligations of each Borrower and the Reporting Entity to the Indemnified Parties in respect of fees and expenses of counsel shall be limited to the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel for all Indemnified Parties, taken together (and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) and, solely in the case of an actual or potential conflict of interest, of one additional counsel for all Indemnified Parties, taken together (and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) (all such claims, damages, losses, penalties, liabilities

99 and reasonable expenses being, collectively, the “Losses”)) that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of, or in connection with the preparation for a defense of, any investigation, litigation or proceeding arising out of, related to or in connection with (i) this Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances or (ii) the actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials on any property of the Consolidated Group or any Environmental Action relating in any way to the Consolidated Group, in each case whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrowers, their directors, shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other Person or any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, except to the extent Losses (A) are found in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates (including any material breach of its obligations under this Agreement), (B) result from any dispute between an Indemnified Party and one or more other Indemnified Parties (other than against an Agent or Joint Lead Arranger acting in such a role) or (C) result from the claims of one or more Lenders solely against one or more other Lenders (and not claims by one or more Lenders against any Agent acting in its capacity as such except, in the case of Losses incurred by any Agent or any Lender as a result of such claims, to the extent such Losses are found in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (including any material breach of its obligations under this Agreement)) not attributable to any actions of a member of the Consolidated Group and for which the members of the Consolidated Group otherwise have no liability. The Borrowers further agree that no Indemnified Party shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to the Borrowers or any of their shareholders or creditors for or in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances, except to the extent such liability is found in a final nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (including any material breach of its obligations under this Agreement). In no event, however, shall any Indemnified Party be liable on any theory of liability for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including, without limitation, any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9.04(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim. (c) IfWith respect to Term Benchmark Advances, if any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any Eurocurrency RateTerm Benchmark Advance is made by a Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance, as a result of (i) a payment or Conversion pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.10(e), 2.12 or 2.14, (ii) acceleration of the maturity of the Advances pursuant to Section 6.01, (iii) a payment by an assignee to any Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance upon an assignment of the rights and obligations of such Lender under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.07 as a result of a demand by such Borrower pursuant to Section 9.07(b) or (iv) for any other reason, such Borrower shall, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional reasonable losses, costs or 100 expenses that it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment or Conversion or as a result of any inability to Convert or exchange in the case of Section 2.10 or 2.14, including, without limitation, any reasonable loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Advance. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 9.04(c) shall be delivered to such Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. (d) With respect to RFR Advances, if any payment of principal of any RFR Advance is made by a Borrower to or for the account of a Lender other than on the RFR Interest Payment Date for such Advance, as a result of (i) a payment pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.10(e), 2.12 or 2.14, (ii) acceleration of the maturity of the Advances pursuant to Section 6.01, (iii) a payment by an assignee to any Lender other than on the RFR Interest Payment Date for such Advance upon an assignment of the rights and obligations of such Lender under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.07 as a result of a demand by such Borrower pursuant to Section 9.07(b) or (iv) for any other reason, such Borrower shall, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional reasonable losses, costs or expenses that it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment or as a result of any inability to exchange in the case of Section 2.10 or 2.14, including, without limitation, any reasonable loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Advance. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 9.04(d) shall be delivered to such Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. (de) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrowers hereunder, the agreements and obligations of each Borrower contained in Sections 2.13, 2.16 and 9.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and all other amounts payable hereunder. SECTION 9.05 Right of Setoff. Upon (a) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (b) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Administrative Agent to declare the Advances due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, each Lender and each of its 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) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the applicable Borrower against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement, whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify such Borrower after any such setoff and application is made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of each Lender and their Affiliates under this Section 9.05 are in

101 addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) that such Lender and their Affiliates may have. SECTION 9.06 Binding Effect. This Agreement became effective on the Closing Date and, thereafter, has been and shall continue to be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that the Loan Parties shall have no right to assign their rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of each Lender, and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void. SECTION 9.07 Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may, with the consent of (x) the Borrowers, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and (y) the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, assign to one or more Persons (other than natural persons, Defaulting Lenders, Disqualified Lenders or the Reporting Entity or its Affiliates) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment or the Advances owing to it); provided that (A) the consent of the Borrowers shall not be required while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (B) the consent of the Borrowers shall be deemed given if the Borrowers shall not have objected within 10 Business Days following receipt of written notice of such proposed assignment, and (C) in the case of an assignment to any other Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender, no such consent shall be required from (x) the Administrative Agent or (y) the Borrowers with respect to assignments by any Lender to its Affiliate or to another Lender; provided that in each such case prior notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent. (b) Upon demand by the Borrowers (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent) (w) any Defaulting Lender, (x) any Lender that has made a demand for payment pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.16, (y) any Lender that has asserted pursuant to Section 2.10(b) or 2.14 that it is impracticable or unlawful for such Lender to make Eurocurrency RateTerm Benchmark Advances or (z) any Lender that fails to consent to an amendment or waiver hereunder for which consent of all Lenders (or all affected Lenders) is required and as to which the Required Lenders shall have given their consent, will assign to one or more Persons designated by the Borrowers all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all of its Commitment or the Advances owing to it). (c) In each such case, (A) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement; (B) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Commitment or Advances of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $10,000,000 or an integral 102 multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise agreed by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent; (C) [Reserved]; (D) each such assignment made as a result of a demand by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 9.07(b) shall be arranged by the Borrowers with the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and shall be either an assignment of all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement or an assignment of a portion of such rights and obligations made concurrently with another such assignment or other such assignments that, in the aggregate, cover all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement; (E) no Lender shall be obligated to make any such assignment as a result of a demand by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 9.07(b), (1) unless and until such Lender shall have received one or more payments from one or more assignees in an aggregate amount at least equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances owing to such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon to the date of payment of such principal amount, and from the Reporting Entity or one or more assignees in an aggregate amount equal to all other amounts accrued to such Lender under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any amounts owing under Section 2.13, 2.16 or, 9.04(c) or 9.04(d)) and (2) unless and until the Reporting Entity shall have paid (or caused to be paid) to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee 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 (F) the parties to each such assignment (other than, except in the case of a demand by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 9.07(b), the Borrowers) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance and, if such assignment does not occur as a result of a demand by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 9.07(b) (in which case the Reporting Entity shall pay or cause to be paid the fee required by subclause (E)(3) of Section 9.07(c)), a processing and recordation fee 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. (d) Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its

103 rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement, except that such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of Sections 9.04(a) and (b) with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). (e) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrowers or the performance or observance by the Borrowers of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) [Reserved]; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender. (f) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrowers. 104 (g) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as the agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 9.02(a) a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitments and Advances of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Advances owing to, each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent demonstrable error, and the Borrowers, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (h) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, any Defaulting Lender, any Disqualified Lender or any natural person) in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment and the Advances owing to it) without the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers; provided, however, that: (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment) shall remain unchanged; (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; (iii) such Lender shall remain the Lender of any such Advance for all purposes of this Agreement; (iv) the Borrowers, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; and (v) no participant under any such participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or any consent to any departure by the Borrowers herefrom or therefrom, except as to matters requiring the approval of all the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.01. Each Lender shall promptly notify the Borrowers after any sale of a participation by such Lender pursuant to this Section 9.07(h); provided that the failure of such Lender to give notice to the Borrowers as provided herein shall not affect the validity of such participation or impose any obligations on such Lender or the applicable participant. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, 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 Advances 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

105 any commitments, loans, letters of credit 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, letter of credit 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 demonstrable 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. (i) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to the Borrowers furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrowers; provided that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Borrowers received by it from such Lender as more fully set forth in Section 9.08 and subject to the requirements of Section 9.08 (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in such agreement, the Borrowers shall be third party beneficiaries of such agreement). (j) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation and the Advances owing to it) to secure obligations of such Lender, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment to secure obligations in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender. (k) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions relating to Disqualified Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or participant or prospective Lender or participant is a Disqualified Lender or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to, or the restrictions on any exercise of rights or remedies of, any Disqualified Lender. The list of Disqualified Lenders may be provided on a confidential basis to Lenders and to potential assignees and participants. SECTION 9.08 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective managers, administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided that the Administrative Agent or Lender, as 106 applicable, agrees that it will, to the extent practicable and other than with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, notify the Borrowers promptly thereof, unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation), (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or participant in, or any prospective assignee of or participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its managers, administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives) to any swap or derivative or similar transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrowers and their obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (iii) any rating agency, or (iv) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar organization, (g) with the consent of the Borrowers, (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers or (i) with respect to the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement, to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments and Advances. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and all information received from the Consolidated Group relating to the Consolidated Group or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Consolidated Group. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information but in any case reasonable care. SECTION 9.09 [Reserved]. SECTION 9.10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. SECTION 9.11 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to (x) this Agreement, (y) any other Loan Document and/or (z) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.02), certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopier, facsimile or in a pdf or similar file shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable; provided, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any

107 Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party without further verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower and each Loan Party hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (ii) each other party hereto may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (iii) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (iv) waives any claim against any other party hereto or any Related Party of any such Person for any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages, penalties or liabilities of any kind arising solely from reliance by any party hereto on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages, penalties or liabilities of any kind arising as a result of the failure of any Borrower and/or any Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature. SECTION 9.12 Jurisdiction, Etc. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal court of the United States of the Southern District of New York sitting in the city of New York in the Borough of Manhattan (or in the event such courts lack subject matter jurisdiction, any New York State court sitting in the city of New York in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in any such court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. (b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to 108 the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. (c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The Loan Parties hereby appoint STERIS Corporation, 5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060-1834, or should it subsequently have its principal place of business in The City of New York, at such principal place of business notified to the Administrative Agent, as their agent for service of process, and agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by hand delivery or registered mail upon such agent shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referenced in Section 9.12(b). SECTION 9.13 Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act. The Loan Parties shall provide, to the extent commercially reasonable, such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lenders in order to assist the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act. SECTION 9.14 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In its capacity as an Agent or a Lender, (a) no Agent or Lender has any responsibility except as set forth herein and (b) no Agent or Lender shall be subject to any fiduciary duties or other implied duties (to the extent permitted by law to be waived). Each of the Borrowers agrees that it will not take any position or bring any claim against any Agent or any Lender that is contrary to the preceding sentence. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof), the Borrowers acknowledge and agree that: (i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Agents and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents and the Lenders, on the other hand; (ii) each Agent 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 or agent for the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, or any other Person; and (iii) the Agents, the Lenders and each of their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrowers and their Affiliates, and no Agent or Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrowers or their Affiliates. SECTION 9.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the actions of the parties hereto in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement thereof.

109 SECTION 9.16 Conversion of Currencies. If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the “Applicable Creditor”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, each Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss with respect to such Borrower. The obligations of each Borrower contained in this Section 9.16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder. SECTION 9.17 [Reserved]. SECTION 9.18 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any of the parties hereto, each party hereto (for purposes of this Section 9.18, the “Acknowledging Party”) acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority, and each Acknowledging Party agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by: (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to the Acknowledging Party by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to the Acknowledging Party or otherwise conferred on the Acknowledging Party, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by the Acknowledging Party in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or 110 (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority. [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

[Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written. STERIS PLC, as a Borrower and as a Guarantor By: Name: Title: STERIS LIMITED, as a Borrower and as a Guarantor By: Name: Title: STERIS CORPORATION, as a Borrower and as a Guarantor By: Name: Title: STERIS IRISH FINCO UNLIMITED COMPANY, as a Borrower and as a Guarantor By: Name: Title: [Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement] JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and a Lender By: Name: Title:

[Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement][], as a Lender By: Name: Title: [Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement][], as a Lender By: Name: Title:

[Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement][], as a Lender By: Name: Title: [Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement] _______________, as a Lender By: Name: Title:

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