在Vail Holdco Sub LLC、特拉华州一家有限责任公司(“控股”)、Avantor Funding,Inc.、一家特拉华州公司(“借款人”)、本协议的每一担保方、高盛美国银行作为贷款人(如下所述的信贷协议中定义的)、摆动额度贷款人和L/信用证发行人的行政代理和抵押品代理(以该身份并包括任何允许的继承人或受让人,“行政代理”)之间的信贷协议第12号执行版本修正案(本“修正案”)(本“修正案”)。本合同的贷款方和高盛美国银行作为额外的增量B-6美元定期贷款机构(以这种身份,称为“额外的增量B-6美元定期贷款机构”)。W I T N E S S E T H:鉴于,控股公司、借款人、贷款人、行政代理和某些其他当事人订立了日期为2017年11月21日的信贷协议(经日期为2018年11月27日的信贷协议修正案1修订,经日期为2019年6月18日的信贷协议修正案2修订,经日期为2020年1月24日的信贷协议修正案3修订,经日期为2020年7月14日的信贷协议修正案4修订,经信贷协议第5号修正案修订),日期为2020年11月6日,经日期为2021年6月10日的信贷协议修正案第6号修订,经日期为2021年7月7日的信贷协议修正案第7号修订,经日期为2021年11月1日的信贷协议修正案第8号修订,经日期为2022年4月7日的信贷协议修正案第9号修订,经日期为2023年3月17日的信贷协议修正案第10号修订,经日期为2023年6月29日的信贷协议第11号修正案修订,并经进一步修订,重述,在本合同日期前对《信贷协议》进行修订、重述、补充或其他修改;此处使用但未另有定义的资本化术语应具有《信贷协议》(经本修正案修订)中赋予该条款的含义;鉴于控股公司和借款人已请求对信贷协议进行修订,据此,信贷协议的某些条款将按本协议的规定进行修订;而信贷协议第10.01条允许在行政代理、控股公司、借款人和提供相关替代定期贷款的贷款人书面同意下进行修改,以允许对任何类别的未偿还定期贷款的全部或部分进行再融资,并提供相应的替代期限贷款;鉴于借款人希望根据《信贷协议》第10.01条授权的修订创建一种新的增量B-6美元定期贷款类别(定义见本合同附件A),其条款与增量B-5美元定期贷款的条款相同,但不包括适用利率、基本利率和下限的定义,且本修订另有规定,此类增量B-6美元定期贷款的本金总额为772,396,875.00美元,其收益连同手头现金,将用于为紧接第12号修正案生效日期(定义如下)之前未偿还的所有增量B-5美元定期贷款提供再融资,并支付与此相关的费用和支出,所有这些都在附件A中有更全面的说明;鉴于,在本修正案生效后,额外的增量B-6美元定期贷款机构和根据“增量B-5美元定期贷款-无现金结算选项”签署和交付同意本修正案的每一家贷款机构(每个此类贷款机构,即“持续增量B-6美元定期贷款机构”)将向


-2-本金总额相当于772,396,875.00美元的美元借款人,其收益连同手头的现金将由借款人用于全额偿还紧接第12号修正案生效日期之前未偿还的增量B-5美元定期贷款的未偿还本金,并支付与此相关的费用和开支;借款人应向持有增量B-5美元定期贷款的每个贷款人支付增量B-5美元定期贷款的所有应计利息和未付利息,至但不包括本修正案生效之日;鉴于,高盛美国银行是这项修正案和增量B-6美元定期贷款(“第12号修正案”)的唯一牵头安排人和唯一簿记管理人;因此,现在,考虑到上述情况,并出于其他良好和有价值的代价,在此确认收到和充分的信用协议,双方同意如下:第一条修正案,以第12号修正案生效日期为准:(A)信贷协议自第12号修正案生效之日起生效,特此修改,删除删除的文本(文本表示方式与以下示例相同:删除文本),并添加下划线文本(文本表示方式与以下示例相同:带下划线的文本),如本合同附件A所示的信贷协议各页所述。(B)信贷协议附表1.01a自第12号修正案生效之日起生效,现将其全部替换为本协议附件A所附的表格。为免生疑问,根据本修订对信贷协议附表1.01A所作的任何更改,如附件A所示,仅与实施增量B-6美元定期贷款有关。第二条根据《信贷协议》第10.01条,在第12号修正案生效之日,新增的增量B-6美元定期贷款机构和持续递增的B-6美元定期贷款机构将按照《信贷协议》(经本修订)第2.01节的规定向借款人发放增量B-6美元定期贷款,该增量B-6美元定期贷款的条款与增量B-5美元定期贷款的条款相同,但本修正案另有规定。借款人应将增量B-6美元定期贷款的收益用于全额预付所有增量B-5美元定期贷款。


--第三条生效的条件3.1节。本修正案将于下列日期(“第12号修正案生效日期”)生效:(A)行政代理(或其律师)应已从(I)行政代理、(Ii)额外的增量B-6美元定期贷款人、(Iii)持续递增的B-6美元定期贷款人和(Iv)每一贷款方,(X)代表该方签署的本修正案的副本或(Y)令行政代理满意的书面证据(可包括本修正案签名页的传真或其他电子传输),证明该缔约方已签署本修正案的副本。(B)[已保留]。(C)行政代理人应已从每一借款方的适用组织国务秘书处收到该等良好信誉证书(如有此概念的话)、决议或其他行动的证书、任职证书(或声称该等负责人员与其签署及任职证书在截止日期送交行政代理人的人员相同)、公司注册证书(或该等证书自截止日期以来未曾修改的陈述)及/或行政代理人合理地要求证明其身份的其他负责人员证书,受权担任与本修正案及该借款方在第12号修正案生效日期为当事一方或将为当事一方的其他贷款文件有关的负责人的权力和能力。(D)借款人应在第12号修正案生效日期向行政代理人支付单独书面商定的应付给行政代理人和第12号修正案安排人的所有费用和开支,只要该等费用和/或开支是在第12号修正案生效日期前至少一个工作日开具发票的。行政代理和第12号修正案的所有合理费用和开支(包括但不限于行政代理和第12号修正案的律师的合理费用、收费和支出)与本修正案和本修正案拟进行的交易相关,应按照书面另行商定的方式支付,但须在第12号修正案生效日期前至少一个工作日开具发票。(E)信贷协议第五条及其他贷款文件所载各贷款方的陈述及保证,在本修订日期当日及截至该日期在各重要方面均属真实及正确,并具有犹如在该日期及该日期所作的相同效力,但如该等陈述及保证明确与较早日期有关,则在此情况下,该等陈述及保证在该较早日期在所有重要方面均属真实及正确;但任何有关“重要性”、“重大不利影响”或类似措辞的陈述和保证,在本修正案的日期或较早的日期(视属何情况而定),在各方面均应真实和正确。(F)在本修订生效时及紧接本修订生效后,本修订或其所得收益的运用不会或不会因本修订或其收益的运用而导致失责或失责事件。


-4-(G)行政代理应已收到由借款人的负责官员签署的、日期为第12号修正案生效日期的证书,确认符合本3.1节(E)和(F)段规定的条件。(H)行政代理应在第12号修订生效日期前至少三(3)个工作日(或在每种情况下,由行政代理以其合理的酌情决定权批准的较短时间的通知)前三(3)个工作日在行政代理办公室收到关于将于第12号修订生效日期发放的增量B-6美元定期贷款的承诺贷款通知,该已承诺贷款通知应在其他方面满足信贷协议第2.02节所述的要求。(I)行政代理应在第12号修订生效日期前至少三个工作日(或在每种情况下,由行政代理以其合理的酌情决定权批准的较短时间的通知)前三个工作日在行政代理办公室收到关于将于第12号修订生效日期发放的增量B-5美元定期贷款的预付款通知,并且该预付通知应在其他方面满足信贷协议第2.05节的要求。(J)借款人应已向行政代理支付增量B-5美元定期贷款的所有应计和未付利息,直至(但不包括)第12号修正案生效日期。(K)行政代理应在不迟于第12号修正案生效日期前三个工作日收到:(I)监管机构根据适用的“了解您的客户”和反洗钱规则和条例(包括但不限于《爱国者法》)所要求的关于贷款方的所有文件和其他信息,以及(Ii)如果借款人符合《联邦法规》第31条第1010.230款规定的“法人客户”资格,则在每种情况下,与借款人有关的受益所有权证明,在第12号修正案生效日期前至少7个工作日,额外的增量B-6美元定期贷款人通过行政代理提出合理的书面要求(但在该贷款人签署并交付本修正案的签字页后,应视为满足本修正案第(K)款规定的条件)。(L)行政代理应已收到最近在每个司法管辖区进行的留置权查询结果,在这些司法管辖区内,应作出统一商业法典融资声明、或其他备案或记录,以证明抵押品或完善的担保权益,且此类查询不得显示任何抵押品的留置权,但信贷协议第7.01节所允许的留置权,或在第12号修正案生效日期或之前解除的留置权,根据行政代理合理满意的文件,除外。第四条陈述和保证。第4.1节。为了促使额外的增量B-6美元定期贷款人和持续递增的B-6美元定期贷款人签订本修正案,各贷款方声明并保证:(A)组织;权力。每一借款方(一)是正式组织或注册的,有效存在,并且在该概念适用于相应司法管辖区的范围内,根据其组织或注册的管辖权的法律具有良好的信誉,(二)具有所有


-5-必要的组织或宪法权力和权力,以执行和交付本修正案,并履行经本修正案修订的信贷协议及其所属其他贷款文件项下的义务,但第(I)款(对控股和借款人除外)的情况除外,如果未能个别或整体执行,合理地预计不会导致重大不利影响。(B)授权;可执行性。本修正案已由每一贷款方采取所有必要的公司、股东或其他组织行动正式授权,并构成该贷款方的法律、有效和有约束力的义务(如适用),可根据其条款强制执行,但可执行性可能受到强制执行资格的限制。(C)贷款文件陈述和担保。在本修正案生效前及生效后,借款人及其他贷款方在信贷协议第V条或任何其他贷款文件中所作的陈述及保证,在第12号修正案生效日期当日及截至该日为止,在所有重要方面均属真实及正确,但按其条款于较早日期作出的陈述及保证仅在该指定日期在所有重要方面均属真实及正确;但任何有关“重要性”、“重大不利影响”或类似措辞的陈述和保证,在本修正案的日期或较早的日期(视属何情况而定),在各方面均应真实和正确。(D)没有失责或失责事件。在本修正案生效之时及之后,未发生任何违约或违约事件,且仍在继续。第五条杂项5.1节。修订的效力。(A)在本修订日期及以后,信贷协议中凡提及“本协议”、“本协议下”、“本协议”或类似含义的字眼均指信贷协议,而其他贷款文件中凡提及“信贷协议”、“本协议下”、“本协议”或信贷协议中类似含义的词语,均指经本修订修改后的信贷协议。本修正案是根据信贷协议签署的贷款文件,应根据其中的条款和规定进行解释、管理和应用。(B)经本修订特别修订的信贷协议及其他每份贷款文件,现正并将继续具有十足效力及效力,并于此在各方面予以批准及确认。在不限制上述一般性的原则下,抵押品文件及文中所述的所有抵押品确实并将继续保证支付Holdings、借款人及其他贷款方在贷款文件项下的所有债务,在每种情况下,信贷协议均由本修订修订。(C)除本修正案明确规定外,本修正案的执行、交付和效力不构成对任何贷款文件下任何贷款人或行政代理的任何权利、权力或补救措施的放弃,也不构成对任何贷款文件任何规定的放弃。本修正案不构成信贷协议或任何其他贷款文件的更新。


-6-第5.2节。对应者。本修正案可以执行副本(以及由本合同的不同当事人执行不同的副本),每个副本应构成一份正本,但当所有副本合并在一起时,将构成一份单一合同。本修正案构成了双方当事人之间与本合同标的有关的整个合同,并取代了以往任何和所有与本合同标的有关的口头或书面协议和谅解。本修正案对本合同双方和其他贷款文件及其各自的继承人和受让人的利益具有约束力和约束力。以传真或电子传输方式交付本修正案签字页的签字件,应与交付本修正案的签字件原件一样有效。任何贷款文件中的“签立”、“签署”、“签署”以及类似含义的词语应被视为包括电子签名或以电子形式保存记录,在法律要求的范围内,每一项应与手动签署或使用纸质记录保存系统(视情况而定)具有相同的法律效力、有效性或可执行性,包括《联邦全球和国家商业法电子签名法》、《纽约州电子签名和记录法》或基于《统一电子交易法》的任何其他类似的州法律。第5.3条。管治法律等。本修正案受纽约州法律管辖,并根据纽约州法律解释。信贷协议第10.15(B)节和第10.16节的规定在此并入,经必要修改后适用于本修正案。第5.4节。标题。此处使用的条款和章节标题仅供参考,不是本修正案的一部分,不影响本修正案的解释或在解释本修正案时被考虑在内。第5.5条。重申。每一贷款方在此明确承认本修正案的条款,并重申,截至本修正案之日,(I)其作为一方的每份贷款文件中包含的契诺和协议,在每一种情况下,包括在本修正案生效后立即生效的契诺和协议,以及(Ii)其先前对每一担保项下的义务的担保(视情况而定),以及其先前授予抵押品的留置权,以确保根据抵押品文件承担适用的义务。[签名页面如下]


[第12号修正案的签名页]兹证明,本修正案由双方正式授权的官员在上述日期签署并交付,特此声明。借款人:/S/马丁·A·高盛名称:马丁·A·高盛名称:高级副总裁-全球税务公司控股子公司:/S/马丁·A·高盛名称:马丁·A·高盛名称:副总裁总裁VWR化学品,有限责任公司EPL病理档案,埃文特流体处理有限责任公司,有限责任公司THERAPAK,有限责任公司VWR全球控股,Inc.Nusil收购公司。Nusil Technology LLC Nusil Investments LLC应用硅胶公司Morehouse-Cowles,LLC SITECH Nusil,LLC Puritan Products,Inc.Avantor性能材料国际,LLC Avantor性能材料,LLC VWR Corporation VWR Funding,Inc.VWR国际,VWR管理服务有限责任公司VWR国际控股有限公司。2.可靠生物制药公司,各自作为担保人:S/马丁·A·高盛姓名:马丁·A·高盛职务:副总裁


[第12号修正案的签名页]接受和承认:高盛美国银行,作为行政代理:/S/托马斯·曼宁姓名:托马斯·曼宁标题:授权签字人


[第12号修正案的签名页]高盛美国银行,作为额外的增量B-6美元定期贷款人:/S/托马斯·曼宁姓名:托马斯·曼宁标题:授权签字人


持续递增的B-6美元定期贷款人同意已向行政代理备案


附件A附表1.01a承担额[向管理代理提交的计划]


附件A[请参阅附件].


附件A标记的版本反映了根据信贷协议第1112号修正案所做的更改,添加了加下划线的文本,显示了删除的文本,显示了日期为2017年11月21日的删除文本,经日期为2018年11月27日的修正案1修正,经日期为2019年6月18日的修正案2进一步修正,经日期为2020年1月24日的修正案3进一步修正,经日期为2020年7月14日的修正案4进一步修正,经日期为2020年11月6日的修正案5进一步修正,经日期为2021年6月10日的第6号修正案进一步修订、经日期为2021年7月7日的第7号修正案进一步修订、经日期为2021年11月1日的第8号修正案进一步修订、经日期为2022年4月7日的第9号修正案进一步修订、经日期为2023年3月17日的第10号修正案进一步修订、经日期为2023年6月29日的第11号修正案进一步修订、并经日期为4月2日的第12号修正案进一步修订,在Vail Holdco Sub LLC中,As Holdings,Avantor Funding,Inc.作为借款人,不时作为本合同的其他担保人,高盛美国银行作为行政代理和抵押品代理,高盛贷款伙伴有限责任公司作为摆动额度贷款人和L/C发行人,贷款人和L/C发行人不时作为本合同的发行人,美国银行证券公司,高盛美国银行作为第712号修正案的牵头安排人和簿记管理人


-I-目录第I页第I条定义和会计术语第1.01节。定义的术语..................................................................................................................................1第1.02节。其他解释条款..........................................................................................................69第1.03节。会计术语.......................................................................................................................6970第1.04节。舍入........................................................................................................................70第1.05节。对协议、法律等的提述........................................................................................7071第1.06节。一天中的时间...............................................................................................................................7071第1.07节。付款时间或绩效............................................................................................7071第1.08节。有限条件交易..................................................................................................7071第1.09节。预计计算...............................................................................................................7172第1.10节。信用证..........................................................................................................................7273第1.11节。认证...............................................................................................................................7273第1.12节。某些决定...............................................................................................................7273第1.13节。Rates........................................................................................................................73第1.14节。部门........................................................................................................................7374第二条承诺和信贷展期第2.01节。The Loans.......................................................................................................................7374第2.02节。借款、转换和续期贷款...............................................................7576第2.03节。信用证..........................................................................................................................7778第2.04节。摆动额度贷款.......................................................................................................................8485第2.05节。预付款................................................................................................................................8788第2.06条。终止或减少承付款...............................................................................9798第2.07节。偿还贷款...................................................................................................................9899第2.08节。利息........................................................................................................................99100第2.09节。费用........................................................................................................................100101第2.10节。利息和费用的计算...........................................................................................100102第2.11节。负债的证据........................................................................................................101102第2.12节。Payments通常为................................................................................................................101102第2.13节。付款共享...............................................................................................................103104第2.14节。递增学分延期................................................................................................103105第2.15节。再融资修正案.......................................................................................................109110第2.16节。延长定期贷款的期限;延长循环信贷贷款的期限109111第2.17节。违约贷款人..................................................................................................................113114第三条税收、增加的费用保护和违法性第3.01节。Tax........................................................................................................................114115第3.02节。非法性..................................................................................................................................117118第3.03节。无法确定利率...................................................................................................117118第3.04节。成本增加而回报减少;资本充足率;定期基准贷款和索尼娅利率贷款Reserves....................................................................................................119121第3.05节。资金损失.......................................................................................................................120121第3.06节。适用于所有赔偿要求的事项...........................................................121122


第II页--第3.07节。在某些情况下更换贷款人...........................................................121123第3.08节。生存...................................................................................................................................122123第四条信贷延期的先决条件第4.01节。初始信用延期.....................................................................................的条件122124第4.02节。截止日期后所有信用延期的条件....................................................124126第五条陈述和保证第5.01节。存在、资格和权力;遵守法律.................................................125126第5.02节。授权;无冲突............................................................................................125127第5.03节。政府授权...................................................................................................126127第5.04节。结合效应.........................................................................................................................126127第5.05节。财务报表;无实质性不利影响.................................................................126127第5.06节。诉讼.................................................................................................................................126128第5.07节。财产所有权;留置权.................................................................................................126128第5.08节。环境事务............................................................................................................127128第5.09节。Tax........................................................................................................................127128第5.10节。ERISA合规性.................................................................................................................127129第5.11节。使用收益.......................................................................................................................128129第5.12节。保证金法规;投资公司法......................................................................128130第5.13节。Display...............................................................................................................................129130第5.14节。劳工事务..........................................................................................................................129130第5.15节。知识产权;许可证等........................................................................................129130第5.16节。偿付能力..................................................................................................................................129131第5.17节。《美国爱国者法案》;OFAC;《反海外腐败法》.............................................................................................129131第5.18节。安全文档................................................................................................................130131第5.19节。高级负债................................................................................................................130131第5.20节。子公司.............................................................................................................................130132第六条平权公约第6.01节。财务报表...............................................................................................................131132第6.02节。证书;其他信息...............................................................................................133134第6.03节。通知........................................................................................................................134135第6.04节。缴税....................................................................................................................134135第6.05节。保留存在等................................................................................................134135第6.06节。[已保留]...............................................................................................................................134136第6.07节。保险.......................................................................................................的维护134136第6.08节。遵纪守法............................................................................................................135136第6.09节。书籍和Records..................................................................................................................135136第6.10节。检查权....................................................................................................................135136第6.11节。额外抵押品;额外担保人.........................................................................135137第6.12节。环境法规合规性...................................................................................137138第6.13节。进一步保证;收盘后Obligations........................................................................137138第6.14节。Subsidiaries.....................................................................................................的命名137138第6.15节。评级..........................................................................................................的维护137139第6.16节。使用收益.......................................................................................................................138139


第III页--第6.17节。与附属公司的交易。...................................................................................................138139第七条消极公约第7.01节。留置权........................................................................................................................140141第7.02节。投资.............................................................................................................................144145第7.03节。负债............................................................................................................................147148第7.04节。从根本上改变.............................................................................................................152153第7.05节。Dispositions.............................................................................................................................153154第7.06节。受限支付................................................................................................................155156第7.07节。业务线的变化...................................................................................................158159第7.08节。[已保留]...............................................................................................................................158159第7.09节。繁重的协议........................................................................................................158159第7.10节。[已保留]...............................................................................................................................160161第7.11节。合并第一留置权净杠杆率...........................................................................160161第7.12节。财年..............................................................................................................................160161第7.13节。提前还款等次级债务...................................................................160161第7.14节。允许的Activities.................................................................................................................161162第八条违约事件和补救办法第8.01节。默认....................................................................................................................的事件161162第8.02节。...........................................................................................违约时的补救措施163164第8.03节。Funds...............................................................................................................的应用164165第8.04节。借款人有权治愈...........................................................................................................165166第九条行政代理和其他代理第9.01节。任命和授权....................................................................................................166167第9.02节。作为贷款人的权利...................................................................................................................167168第9.03节。免责条款...........................................................................................................167168第9.04节。管理代理..........................................................................................的依赖168169第9.05节。职责委派...............................................................................................................168169第9.06节。行政代理......................................................................................辞职168169第9.07节。不依赖管理代理和其他贷款人...................................................169170第9.08节。无其他职责等..............................................................................................................169170第9.09节。行政代理人可提交申索....................................................................的证明169170第9.10节。抵押品和担保事项.............................................................................................170171第9.11节。现金管理债务及有担保的对冲协议......171172第9.12节。预缴税金赔偿....................................................................................................171172第十条杂项第10.01节。修订等...................................................................................................................172173第10.02节。通知和其他通信.......................................................................................175176第10.03节。无豁免;累积补救..........................................................................................176177第10.04节。律师费和费用..................................................................................................177178


第-IV页--第10.05节。借款人的赔偿............................................................................................177178第10.06节。预留付款.................................................................................................................179180第10.07节。继任者和分配...........................................................................................................179180第10.08节。机密性........................................................................................................................186187第10.09节。抵销........................................................................................................................187188第10.10节。利率限制..........................................................................................................187188第10.11节。对等品............................................................................................................................187188第10.12节。集成...............................................................................................................................188189第10.13节。陈述和保证的存续...........................................................................188189第10.14节。可分割性.............................................................................................................................188189第10.15节。管治法律...............................................................................................................188189第10.16节。放弃由陪审团.........................................................................进行审讯的权利189190第10.17节。结合效应.........................................................................................................................189190第10.18节。美国爱国者法案......................................................................................................................189190第10.19节。无咨询或受托责任...............................................................................189190第10.20节。债权人间协议........................................................................................................190191第10.21节。承认和同意受影响的金融机构的自救.....................190191第10.22节。关于任何支持的QFCs..............................................................的确认190191条xi担保第11.01条。The Guarantion.........................................................................................................................191192第11.02节。无条件债务......................................................................................................191192第11.03节。恢复..........................................................................................................................192193第11.04节。代位权;从属....................................................................................................192193第11.05节。补救措施.................................................................................................................................192193第11.06节。[已保留]...............................................................................................................................193194第11.07节。持续担保.............................................................................................................193194第11.08节。关于担保义务的一般限制........................................................................193194第11.09节。释放担保人.............................................................................................................193194第11.10节。供款权..............................................................................................................193194第11.11节。Keepwell.................................................................................................................................193194


-v-附表1.01A承诺1.01B截止日期文件1.01C现有信用证5.06诉讼5.08环境事项5.20子公司6.13(B)成交后事项6.17关联交易7.01(B)现有留置权7.02(F)现有投资7.03(B)现有负债7.09繁重协议10.02行政代理办公室,通知的某些地址展示形式A承诺贷款通知B合规证书C-1定期票据C-2循环信用票据C-3周转额度票据D偿付能力证书E-1承兑和提前付款通知E-2折扣范围提前付款通知E-3折扣范围提前付款报价E-4请求折扣提前付款通知E-5请求折扣提前付款报价E-6指定折扣提前付款通知E-7指定折扣提前付款回应[已保留]G公司间附注H-1至H-4税务证明书I[已保留]J-1分配和假设J-2关联贷款机构分配和假设J-3关联贷款机构通知


-1-信贷协议本信贷协议于2017年11月21日签订,经日期为2018年11月27日的第1号修正案修订,经日期为2019年6月18日的第2号修正案进一步修订,经日期为2020年1月24日的第3号修正案进一步修订,经日期为2020年7月14日的第4号修正案进一步修订,经日期为2020年11月6日的第5号修正案进一步修订,经日期为2021年6月10日的第6号修正案进一步修订,经第7号修正案进一步修订,日期为2021年7月7日,经日期为2021年11月1日的第8号修正案进一步修订,经日期为2022年4月7日的第9号修正案进一步修订,经日期为2023年3月17日的第10号修正案进一步修订,经日期为2023年6月29日的第11号修正案进一步修订,并经日期为2024年4月2日的第12号修正案进一步修订,该12号修正案是特拉华州有限责任公司(“控股”)、Avan-Tor Funding,Inc.,特拉华州的一家公司(“借款人”),其他担保人包括高盛美国银行(作为行政代理和抵押品代理)、高盛贷款合作伙伴有限责任公司(作为摆动额度贷款机构)和L/C发行人,以及每一家贷款机构(统称为“贷款人”及个别为“贷款人”)。根据第1112号修正案的初步声明,在满足其中规定的条件后,原信贷协议将以本协议的形式进行修订。考虑到本协议所载的相互契约和协议,本协议双方约定并同意如下:第一条定义和会计术语第1.01节。定义的术语。如本协议所使用的(包括在本协议的序言和初步声明中),下列术语的含义如下:“2021年增量B-5美元定期贷款”的含义与第8号修正案赋予的含义相同。“2021年增量B-5美元定期贷款机构”的含义与第8号修正案赋予的含义相同。“2021年增量B-5美元定期贷款”的含义与第8号修正案赋予的含义相同。“可接受折扣”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(2)节中规定的含义。“可接受的预付款金额”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(3)节规定的含义。“承兑及预付款通知”是指借款人实质上以附件E-1的形式接受可接受折扣的通知。“验收日期”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(2)节规定的含义。“收购”是指借款人在截止日期对本公司及其子公司进行的收购。“收购协议”是指借款人、本公司和合并子公司之间于2017年5月4日签署的合并协议和计划。“额外贷款人”具有第2.14(C)节规定的含义。


-2-“额外再融资贷款人”是指任何银行、金融机构或其他机构贷款人或投资者(当时作为贷款人的任何此类银行、金融机构或其他机构贷款人或投资者除外),该银行、金融机构或其他机构贷款人或投资者同意根据第2.15节的再融资修正案提供信贷协议再融资债务的任何部分;但每个额外的再融资贷款人须经行政代理批准,且不得无理扣留、附加条件或拖延批准,只要每个该等额外再融资贷款人不是当时已存在的贷款人或核准基金的联营公司,(Ii)借款人及(Iii)如属循环信贷贷款的再融资修正案,则为每一L/C发行人及周转贷款机构。“调整后的CDOR利率”是指,就任何利息期间以加拿大元计价的任何期限基准借款而言,等于CDOR屏幕利率的年利率;但如果如此确定的调整后的CDOR利率将低于下限,则就本协议而言,该利率应被视为等于下限。“调整后期限SOFR利率”是指,就任何利息期间以美元计价的任何期限基准借款而言,年利率等于(A)该利率期间的期限SOFR利率加上(B)0.10%;但如果如此确定的调整后期限SOFR利率将低于下限,则就本协议而言,该利率应被视为等于下限。“行政代理人”是指高盛美国银行,以任何贷款文件下行政代理人的身份,或任何后续的行政代理人。“行政代理办公室”是指附表10.02中规定的行政代理的地址和帐户,或行政代理可能不时通知Hold-Ings和贷款人的其他地址或帐户。“行政调查问卷”是指行政代理人提供的形式的行政调查问卷。“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。对于任何人来说,“附属公司”是指直接或间接通过一个或多个中间人控制或受指定人员控制或受其共同控制的另一人。“控制”是指直接或间接地拥有通过行使投票权、合同或其他方式,直接或间接地指导或导致某人的管理或政策的权力。“控制”和“被控制”具有相互关联的含义。就本协议和其他贷款文件而言,Jefferies LLC及其附属公司应被视为Jefferies Finance LLC及其附属公司的附属公司。“关联贷款人”是指在任何时候作为保荐人的任何贷款人(除控股、借款人或其任何子公司及其任何附属公司外,也指任何债务基金关联公司)或非债务基金关联公司。“关联贷款人的转让和假设”具有第10.07(K)(I)节所规定的含义。“代理人相关人士”是指代理人及其各自的关联公司,以及上述每一人各自的高级职员、董事、雇员、合伙人、代理人、顾问和其他代表。“代理人”统称为行政代理人和附属代理人。“总承诺额”指所有贷款人的承诺额。“协议”是指本信贷协议,其可能会不时被修改、重述、修改和重述、补充或以其他方式修改。“第1号修正案”系指本协定的第1号修正案,日期为2018年11月27日。


--《第1号修正案生效日期》系指2018年11月27日。“第2号修正案”系指本协议的第2号修正案,日期为2019年6月18日。《修正案2号生效日期》系指2019年6月18日。“第3号修正案”系指本协定的第3号修正案,日期为2020年1月24日。“第3号修正案生效日期”系指2020年1月24日。“第4号修正案”系指本协定的第4号修正案,日期为2020年7月14日。“第4号修正案生效日期”系指2020年7月14日。“第5号修正案”系指本协定的第5号修正案,日期为2020年11月6日。“第五号修正案生效日期”系指2020年11月6日。“第6号修正案”系指本协议的第6号修正案,日期为2021年6月10日。第六号修正案生效日期是指2021年6月10日。“第7号修正案”系指本协定的第7号修正案,日期为2021年7月7日。《修正案第7号生效日期》系指2021年7月7日。“第8号修正案”系指本协定的第8号修正案,日期为2021年11月1日。“第8号修正案生效日期”系指2021年11月1日。“第9号修正案”系指本协定的第9号修正案,日期为2022年4月7日。“第9号修正案生效日期”系指2022年4月7日。“第10号修正案”是指本协议的第10号修正案,日期为2023年3月17日。“第10号修正案生效日期”系指2023年3月17日。“第11号修正案”系指本协定的第11号修正案,日期为2023年6月29日。“第11号修正案生效日期”系指2023年6月29日。“第12号修正案”系指本协定的第12号修正案,日期为2024年4月2日。“第12号修正案生效日期”系指2024年4月2日。“年度财务报表”是指借款人和公司各自于2015年12月31日和2016年12月31日的经审计的综合资产负债表,以及借款人和公司于2014年12月31日、2015年12月31日和2016年12月31日的相关经审计的综合经营报表、股东权益和现金流量的变化。“反腐败法”具有第5.17(A)节规定的含义。“适用折扣”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(2)节规定的含义。


-4-“适用资产出售百分比”是指:(A)在财务报表可供内部使用的连续四个会计季度的最近结束期间的最后一天,如果合并的第一留置权净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按形式确定)大于4.50:1.00,则为100%;(B)50.0%的综合第一留置权净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按形式确定),如果截至财务报表可供内部使用的连续四个会计季度的最后一天的合并第一留置权净杠杆率小于或等于4.50:1.00,则大于3.75:1.00;及(C)如果截至最后一天的综合第一留置权净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按预计确定)小于或等于3.75:1.00,则为0.0%最近结束的连续四个财务季度的财务报表)小于或等于3.75:1.00。“适用ECF百分比”是指,在任何财政年度,(A)50%,如果截至该财政年度最后一天的综合第一留置权净额比率(根据第1.09节按形式确定)大于4.50:1.00,(B)25%,如果截至本会计年度最后一天的综合第一留置权净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按备考基准确定)小于或等于4.50:1.00,且大于3.75:1.00和(C)0%,且截至本会计年度最后一天的综合第一留置权净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按备考基准确定)小于或等于3.75:1.00。“适用费率”是指每年的百分比等于:(A)预留]; (b) [保留区](C)关于增量B-5-6美元定期贷款,(I)对于SOFR利率贷款,为2.252.00%,对于基本利率贷款,为1.251.00%;(D)对于增量B-4欧元定期贷款,(I)截至根据第6.01节第6号修正案生效日期结束的第一个完整财政季度的财务报表,对于EURIBO利率贷款,为2.75%;(Ii)此后,根据行政代理根据第6.02(A)节收到的最近一份合规证书中规定的综合第一留置权净杠杆率,每年下列百分比:适用利率定价水平综合第一留置权净杠杆率1>1.90:1.00 2.75%2≤1.90:1.00 2.50%(E)关于增量B-5欧元定期贷款,(I)直至交付根据第6.01节第6号修正案生效日期后结束的第一个完整财政季度的财务报表,对于EURIBO利率贷款,为2.25%;(Ii)此后,根据行政代理根据第6.02(A)节收到的最新合规证书中规定的综合第一留置权净杠杆率,每年下列百分比:


-5-适用利率定价水平合并第一留置权净杠杆率1>1.90:1.00 2.25%2≤1.90:1.00 2.00%(F)关于未使用的循环信贷承诺的承诺费:(X)行政代理根据第6.02(A)节收到的最新合规证书中规定的合并第一留置权净杠杆率大于2.50:1.00的任何时间,每年等于0.375%的百分比和(Y)如果行政代理根据第6.02(A)节收到的最新合规证书中规定的综合第一留置权净杠杆率小于或等于2.5:1.00,则每年百分比等于0.25%;(G)对于循环信用贷款和周转额度贷款,根据行政代理根据第6.02(A)节收到的最近一份合规证书中规定的综合第一留置权净杠杆率,每年下列百分比:适用利率定价水平综合第一留置权净杠杆率定期软利率贷款、EURIBO利率贷款、SONIA利率贷款、CDOR利率贷款和信用证费用循环信用贷款1>3.00:1.00 2.50%1.50%2≤3.00:1.00和>2.50:1.00 2.25%1.25%3≤2.50:1.00和>2.00:1.00 2.00%1.00%4≤2.00:1.00和>1.50:1.00 1.75%0.75%5≤1.50:1.00 1.50%0.50%因综合第一留置权净杠杆率变化而导致的适用利率的任何增加或减少,应自根据第6.02(A)节交付合规证书之日后的第一个营业日起生效;但在(I)行政代理或所需循环贷款人的情况下,在循环信用贷款适用利率的情况下,适用最高定价水平(例如,定价级别1),以及(Ii)行政代理或所需贷款的定期贷款的最高定价水平(例如,定价水平1)在适用定期贷款利率的情况下,应适用(X)自要求交付合规证书但未交付的日期后的第一个营业日,(Y)在第8.01(A)款下的违约事件发生后的第一个营业日起继续适用,并应继续适用于(但不包括治愈或免除违约事件的日期)(此后,根据此定义确定的定价水平应适用)。因借款人的公共企业信用评级或企业家族评级的变化而导致的适用利率的任何增加或降低,应在自该变化生效之日起至紧接该变化生效日期前一日止的期间内适用。尽管有上述规定,(V)任何类别的延期循环信贷承诺或根据任何延期再循环信贷承诺发放的任何延期定期贷款或循环信贷贷款的适用利率应为相关延期中规定的年利率适用百分比


-6-修正案,(W)任何循环承诺增加、任何类别的新循环信贷承诺、任何类别的增量定期贷款或任何类别的增量循环贷款的适用利率,应为相关增量修正案中规定的每年适用百分比;(X)任何类别重置定期贷款的适用利率应为相关协议中规定的每年适用百分比;(Y)任何类别再融资循环信贷承诺的适用利率;任何类别的再融资循环信贷贷款或任何类别的再融资定期贷款应为适用的再融资修正案中规定的每年适用百分比,以及(Z)在初始定期贷款、增量B-5-6美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款或增量B-5欧元定期贷款的情况下,应视需要提高适用利率,并在必要的程度上遵守第2.14节的规定。“适用的要求”是指,就任何债务而言,这种债务满足下列要求:(A)除较早到期的债务例外情况外,这种债务不得早于产生这种债务时未偿还的增量B-4欧元定期贷款的到期日;但如果这种债务是无担保的或以有担保债务的次级留置权为担保的,则这种债务不得早于发生这种债务时未偿还的增量B-4欧元定期贷款到期日后91天到期;此外,本条(A)所载的规定不适用于由惯常过桥贷款组成的任何债项,只要该等惯常过桥贷款须转换为的长期债务符合本条(A)所载的规定;(B)(I)就任何非循环性质的债务而言,该等债务的摊销或强制性提前还款额并不大于初始定期贷款、增量B-5-6美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款或增量B-5欧元定期贷款;及(Ii)就任何循环性质的债务而言,此类债务不得早于循环信贷安排的到期日到期,或有摊销或预定的强制性还款减免(到期日除外);但(B)(I)款所列规定不适用于由习惯过桥贷款组成的任何债务,只要该习惯过桥贷款要转换成的长期债务满足本条(B)项的要求;(C)除较早到期的债务例外外,此类债务的加权平均到期寿命不得短于发生此类债务时未偿还的增量B-4欧元定期贷款的剩余加权平均到期寿命;规定,本条(C)所列规定不适用于由习惯过桥贷款组成的任何债务,只要该习惯过桥贷款将转换成的长期债务满足本条(C)所述要求;(D)如果这种债务是由抵押品担保的,则代表这种债务的持有人行事的一名高级代表应已成为债权人间协议的当事方(或任何债权人间协议应以债权人和行政代理人合理接受的方式进行修订或替换,从而使该高级代表有权在同等基础上或在担保债务的初级留置权基础上(视情况而定)分享抵押品);(E)这种债务的持有人可以按比例或低于按比例(但不得高于按比例)参与当时尚未偿还的任何自愿或强制的定期贷款;。(F)在这种债务有担保的情况下,它不是由除抵押品以外的控股公司、借款人或任何附属公司的任何财产或资产担保的(双方商定,这种债务不需要以所有抵押品作担保);。(G)这种债务不得由任何借款方以外的任何人担保,也不得有任何贷款方以外的任何债务人;及。


-7-(H)这种债务的其他条款和条件应由借款人和提供这种债务的贷款人商定;但借款人的一名负责人员在该债务发生前至少五个工作日送交行政代理人(并提供给贷款人)的证书,连同关于该债务的实质性条款和条件的合理详细描述或与该债务有关的单据草案,说明借款人已真诚地确定该等条款和条件满足本定义的要求,即为该等条款和条件满足本定义要求的确凿证据,除非该行政代理人或被要求的贷款人在该五个工作日内通知借款人该行政代理人或所要求的贷款人(视情况而定)不同意这种决定(包括对其不同意的依据的合理描述)。“适当贷款人”在任何时候指(A)就任何类别的贷款而言,(B)就信用证而言,(I)有关的L/C发行人及(Ii)循环信贷贷款人,及(C)就循环额度贷款而言,(I)循环额度贷款人,及(Ii)如根据第2.04(A)节有任何未偿还的循环额度贷款,则为循环信贷贷款人。“认可银行”具有“现金等价物”定义第(C)款规定的含义。“核准货币”指(一)美元、(二)欧元、(三)英镑和(四)加元中的每一种。“批准的外币”是指除美元以外的任何批准的货币。“核准基金”就任何贷款人而言,指由(A)贷款人、(B)贷款人的关联公司或(C)管理、建议或管理贷款人的实体的实体或其关联公司管理、建议或管理的任何基金。“受让人”具有第10.07(B)节规定的含义。“转让和假定”系指实质上以本合同附件J-1的形式进行的转让和假定。“律师费”是指并包括任何律师事务所或其他外部法律顾问的所有合理和有文件记录的费用、开支和支出。“应占负债”是指在任何日期,就任何每个儿子的任何融资租赁债务而言,其资本化金额将出现在该人根据公认会计准则于该日期编制的资产负债表上。“拍卖代理人”系指(A)行政代理人或(B)折扣买方(不论是否行政代理人的附属公司)根据第2.05(A)(Vi)条聘用的任何其他金融机构或顾问,以担任任何贴现定期贷款预付款的安排人;但未经行政代理人书面同意,不得指定行政代理人为拍卖代理人(应理解行政代理人无同意担任拍卖代理人的义务)。“自动续期信用证”具有第2.03(B)(Iii)节规定的含义。“可用不包括出资金额”是指借款人在截止日期后收到的现金或现金等价物,但不包括任何补偿金额,这些现金或现金等价物包括:(1)有关合格股权的出资;以及


-8-(2)出售(借款人的任何附属公司或任何管理层股权计划、股票期权计划或任何其他管理层或雇员福利计划除外)借款人的合资格股权,在每种情况下,该等权益均根据借款人负责财务人员的证明书于作出该等出资或收取收益(视属何情况而定)当日或之后立即指定为可供扣除的供款金额,而该等权益不包括在累积信贷的计算范围内。“可用期限”指,在任何确定日期,就当时的基准(如适用)而言,该基准(或其组成部分)的任何期限或参照该基准(或其组成部分)计算的利息付款期(如适用),用于或可用于确定任何期限利率或其他利率的利息期长度,用于确定支付根据本协议计算的截至该日期的利息的任何频率,但为免生疑问,不包括:根据第3.03(E)节从“利息期”的定义中删除的该基准的任何基准期。“自救行动”是指适用的清算机构对受影响的金融机构的任何负债行使任何减记和转换权力。“自救立法”系指(A)就执行欧洲议会和欧洲联盟理事会指令2014/59/EU第55条的任何欧洲经济区成员国而言,欧盟自救立法附表中不时描述的针对该欧洲经济区成员国的实施法律、法规或要求;(B)就英国而言,指英国《2009年联合王国银行法》(经不时修订)以及与解决不健全或破产银行有关而适用于联合王国的任何其他法律、法规或规则。投资公司或其他金融机构或其关联公司(通过清算、管理或其他破产程序以外)。“基本利率”是指任何一天的年浮动利率,等于(A)NYFRB利率加0.50%,(B)在该日生效的最优惠利率,(C)在该日之前两个美国政府证券营业日公布的为期一个(1)个月的调整后定期SOFR利率加1.00%(如果该日不是美国政府证券营业日,则为紧接前一个美国政府证券营业日),(D)仅就最初的B-3欧元定期贷款而言,2.00%;及(E)仅就最初的B-4美元定期贷款而言,1.50%;及(F)仅就递增的B-5-6美元定期贷款而言,为1.50%。由于NYFRB利率、最优惠利率或调整后期限SOFR利率的变化而导致的基本利率的任何变化,应分别自NYFRB利率、最优惠利率或调整后期限SOFR利率变化的生效日期起生效并包括在内。“基准”最初指的是,对于任何(I)以任何核准货币表示的定期基准贷款,该核准货币的相关利率或(Ii)SONIA利率贷款,SONIA利率;前提是,如果就SOFR期限利率或当时适用的基准发生了基准转换事件和相关的基准替换日期,则“基准”是指适用的基准替换,只要该基准替换已经根据美国证券交易委员会3.03(B)条取代了该先前的基准利率。“基准利率替代”,对于任何可用的期限,是指:(A)由行政机构和借款人选择的替代基准利率,作为当时基准利率的替代基准利率,同时适当考虑(1)任何替代基准利率的选择或建议,或有关政府机构确定该利率的机制,或(2)为确定基准利率以取代以适用的核准货币计价的银团信贷安排的当前基准利率而制定的任何不断演变或当时盛行的市场惯例的总和;以及(B)相关的基准替代调整;但此种调整不得以提高适用税率的形式进行。如果根据上述规定确定的基准替换将低于最低限额,则就本协定而言,基准替换将被视为最低限额。


-9-“基准替代调整”是指,对于每个适用的利息期、利差调整或用于计算或确定该利差调整的方法(可以是正值、负值或零),对于用未调整的基准替代当时的基准的任何替代,由管理代理和借款人为适用的相应期限选择的(可以是正值、负值或零),并适当考虑(I)对利差调整的任何选择或建议,或用于计算或确定该利差调整的方法,有关政府机构于适用基准更换日期以适用的未经调整基准取代该基准,及/或(Ii)厘定利差调整或计算或厘定该利差调整的方法的任何演变中或当时盛行的市场惯例,以适用当时以适用货币计值的银团信贷安排的适用未经调整基准取代该基准。对于任何基准替换,“符合基准替换的更改”是指任何技术、行政或操作更改(包括对“基本利率”的定义、“营业日”的定义、“美国政府证券营业日”的定义、“利息期”的定义、确定利率和支付利息的时间和频率、借款请求或预付款的时间和频率、转换或继续通知、回顾期限的适用性和长度、第3.04节的适用性以及其他技术上的变更,行政或操作事项),行政代理和借款人决定可能是适当的,以反映该基准的采用和实施,并允许行政代理以与市场惯例基本一致的方式进行管理(或者,如果行政代理决定采用该市场惯例的任何部分在行政上是不可行的,或者如果行政代理确定不存在用于管理该基准的市场惯例,则以行政代理认为与本协议和其他贷款文件的管理相关的合理必要的其他行政方式)。“基准更换日期”就任何基准而言,是指与当时的基准有关的后续事件中最早发生的事件:(A)在“基准过渡事件”的定义(A)或(B)条款的情况下,(I)其中提及的公开声明或信息发布的日期和(Ii)该基准的管理人永久或无限期停止提供该基准(或其上述组成部分)的所有可用期限的日期;或(B)在“基准过渡事件”定义(C)条款的情况下,监管监管机构已确定并宣布该基准(或其计算中使用的已公布部分)的管理人不再具有代表性的该基准(或其已公布部分)的第一个日期;但条件是,该不具代表性将通过参考该(C)条中提及的最新声明或出版物来确定,即使该基准(或其部分)的任何可用主旨在该日期继续提供。为免生疑问,在第(A)或(B)款的情况下,就任何基准而言,当(A)或(B)款所述的适用事件发生时,将被视为已发生“基准更换日期”,该事件涉及该基准的所有当时可用的承租人(或用于计算该基准的已公布组成部分)。“基准过渡事件”就任何基准而言,是指与当时的基准有关的下列一项或多项事件的发生:(A)由该基准的管理人或代表该基准的管理人(或在计算其时使用的已公布的部分)发表的公开声明或发布的信息,宣布该管理人已经停止或将永久或无限期地停止提供该基准(或其部分)的所有可用男高音,条件是在该声明或发布时,没有继任管理人将继续提供该基准(或其部分)的任何可用主旨;


-10-(B)该基准(或其计算中使用的已公布部分)管理人、联邦储备委员会、NYFRB、CME Term Sofr管理人、适用于该基准的经批准货币的中央银行、对该基准(或该部分)管理人有管辖权的破产官员、对该基准(或该部分)管理人具有管辖权的解决机构、或对该基准(或该部分)管理人具有类似破产或解决权限的法院或实体的公开声明或信息发布,在每一种情况下,声明该基准(或其组成部分)的管理人已经停止或将永久或无限期地停止提供该基准(或其组成部分)的所有可用承诺书;但在该声明或公布之时,没有继任管理人将继续提供该基准(或其组成部分)的任何可用期限;或(C)监管主管为该基准(或其计算中使用的已公布组成部分)的管理人发表的公开声明或发布的信息,宣布该基准(或其组成部分)的所有可用期限不再具有代表性,或自指定的未来日期起将不再具有代表性。为免生疑问,就任何基准而言,仅在上述公开声明或信息发布已对该基准的当时可用基调(或用于计算该基准的已公布组成部分)产生影响的情况下,才将该基准视为已经发生。“基准不可用期间”对于任何基准,是指(A)在基准更换日期发生之时开始的期间(如果此时没有基准替换就本协议项下的所有目的和根据第3.03(B)节的任何贷款文件而言)和(B)截至基准替换就本协议项下的所有目的和根据第3.03(B)节的任何贷款文件替换该当时的基准之时为止的期间。“实益所有权认证”系指《实益所有权条例》要求的有关实益所有权的认证,在任何情况下,在形式和实质上与贷款辛迪加和交易协会以及证券业和金融市场协会于2018年5月联合发布的关于法人客户实益所有人的认证形式基本相似。“实益所有权条例”系指“美国联邦判例汇编”第31编1010.230节。“善意债务基金”是指在正常业务过程中从事商业贷款和类似信贷延伸业务的任何人,其管理、赞助或建议由控制、控制或在共同控制下的任何人管理、赞助或提供建议,(A)借款人的任何竞争对手和/或其任何子公司或(B)该竞争对手的任何关联公司,但个人不参与该竞争对手或关联公司的任何投资;有权就该人作出任何投资决定或与他人一起参与作出任何投资决定,或(Ii)有权获得与借款人或其附属公司或构成借款人或其任何附属公司业务一部分的任何实体有关的任何资料(可公开获得的资料除外)。“借款人”的含义与本协议导言段中的含义相同。“借款人材料”的含义如第6.01节所述。“借款人特定折扣预付款要约”是指任何折扣买方根据第2.05(A)(Vi)(B)节的规定,以特定折扣按面值自愿预付定期贷款的要约。“借款人征集折扣范围预付款要约”是指任何折扣买方根据第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)节的规定,以指定折扣范围对面值自愿预付定期贷款的要约,并相应地由贷款人接受。


-11-“借款人征求折扣预付款要约”是指任何贷款方按照第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)节的规定,以折扣价征求并随后接受贷款人自愿预付定期贷款的要约(如果有的话)。“借款”是指循环信用借款、周转额度借款或特定类别的定期借款,视情况而定。“营业日”是指除星期六、星期日或其他根据纽约州法律授权商业银行关闭或实际上在纽约州关闭的其他日子以外的任何日子;但除上述规定外,营业日应为(A)与SONIA利率贷款和任何此类SONIA利率贷款的任何利率设置、资金、支出、结算或付款,或银行在伦敦营业的任何其他英镑交易有关;(B)与参考调整后期限SOFR利率的贷款和参考调整后期限SOFR利率的任何此类贷款的利率设置、资金、支出、结算或付款有关,或与参考调整后期限SOFR利率的此类贷款的任何其他交易有关,任何该等为美国政府证券营业日的日子及(C)与参考经调整的CDOR利率的贷款及参考经调整的CDOR利率的任何该等贷款的任何利率设定、资金、支出、结算或付款有关,或与参考经调整的CDOR利率的该等贷款的任何其他交易有关,或(C)在加拿大多伦多的银行开放一般业务的任何日期。“资本支出”指借款人及其受限制附属公司在任何期间的所有支出(包括与内部开发软件有关的支出)(无论是以现金支付还是应计为负债,并在所有情况下包括在融资租赁债务项下支出或资本化的所有金额),按照公认会计准则,在借款人及其受限制附属公司的综合现金流量表上被或必须作为资本支出计入。“资本化软件支出”是指在任何期间,借款人及其受限制子公司在该期间与授权或购买的软件或内部开发的软件和软件增强有关的所有支出(无论是以现金支付还是作为负债应计)的总和,根据公认会计准则,这些支出在借款人及其受限制子公司的综合资产负债表上反映为资本化成本。“现金抵押品”的含义见第2.03(G)节。“现金抵押品账户”是指由行政代理人选择的商业银行的冻结账户,以有关借款人的名义,在行政代理人的独家管辖和“控制”(UCC意义内)下,并以行政代理人合理满意的其他方式设立。“现金抵押”具有第2.03(G)节规定的含义。“现金等价物”是指下列任何类型的投资,只要投资对象或任何受限制的子公司拥有:(A)美元;(B)由政府或美国的任何机构或机构或任何欧盟成员国发行、或直接、充分担保或担保的、平均到期日不超过24个月的可随时出售的债券;但须保证该国政府的全部信用和信用予以支持;(C)任何商业银行的定期存款或欧洲美元定期存款、有保险的存单、银行承兑汇票或隔夜银行存款,而该商业银行(I)是贷款人或(Ii)(A)是根据美国、其任何州、哥伦比亚特区或经济合作与发展组织的任何成员国的法律组织的,或是


-12-根据美国、其任何州、共伦比亚地区或经济合作与发展组织任何成员国的法律组成的银行控股公司,并且是联邦储备系统的成员,以及(B)对于任何非美国银行(前述第(1)或(2)款中的任何此类银行为“批准银行”),拥有至少250,000,000美元或100,000,000美元的综合资本和盈余,每种情况下的到期日均不超过自收购之日起24个月;(D)由核准银行(或其母公司)发行的商业票据及浮动或固定利率票据,或由法团(结构性投资工具及在结构性融资交易中使用的公司除外)发行或担保的任何浮动或固定利率票据,而在每种情况下,该等票据均获S或P-2(或同等评级)或更佳评级,或获穆迪评级更佳,平均到期日由取得该等票据之日起计不超过24个月;(E)穆迪或S分别给予P-2或A-2评级的有市场的短期货币市场及类似基金(或如在任何时间穆迪或S均未对该等债务评级,则由控股选定的另一家国家认可统计评级机构给予同等评级);。(F)与任何核准银行订立的上述(B)、(D)及(E)类标的证券的回购义务;。(G)由取得日期起计平均到期日为24个月或以下的证券,由美国任何州、英联邦或领地发行或全面担保,或由该等州、英联邦或领地的任何政治分割或税务当局发行或担保,或由任何获S或穆迪(或其同等评级)的投资级评级的外国政府发行或完全担保;(H)由S评级为“A”或穆迪评级为“A2”或以上的人士所发行的债务或优先股(或如穆迪及S在任何时间均不对该等债券评级,则由另一评级机构给予同等评级),由收购日期起计平均期限为36个月或以下;(I)自收购之日起计平均到期日不超过12个月的投资(结构性投资工具及结构性融资交易除外)获S或Aaa3(或其同等评级)或更佳评级的货币市场基金;。(J)由任何核准银行签发的备用信用证支持的自收购日期起计12个月或以下的证券;。(K)(I)等同于上文(A)至(J)款所述的票据,以欧元、英镑或加元或在信用质量和期限上与上述相当的任何其他外币计价,并通常被美国以外的任何法域的公司用于现金管理目的,但范围合理地需要与在该司法管辖区内组织的任何受限制子公司开展的任何业务有关;及(Ii)就任何外国子公司而言,为该外国子公司在正常业务过程中不时进行业务的那些国家的当地货币;(L)根据公认会计准则归类为借款人或任何受限制附属公司的流动资产的对根据1940年《投资公司法》登记的或由资本至少为250,000,000美元的金融机构管理的货币市场投资计划的投资,且在上述任何一种情况下,其投资组合均受到限制,以致基本上所有此类投资均具有上文(A)至(K)款所述的性质、质量和期限;以及


-13-(M)投资基金将至少90%的资产投资于上文(A)至(L)款所述类型的证券。尽管有上述规定,现金等价物应包括以上述(A)和(K)款以外的货币计价的金额;只要该等金额在实际可行的情况下尽快兑换成(A)或(K)款所列的任何货币,且无论如何在收到该等金额后的十个工作日内。为免生疑问,根据本定义被确定为现金等价物的任何项目在所有目的下都将被视为现金等价物,无论此类项目在公认会计准则下如何处理。“现金管理义务”是指借款人或任何受限制的附属公司对任何对冲银行的任何透支和相关负债所欠的债务,这些债务是由金库、存管、信用卡、借记卡和现金管理服务或任何结算所自动转移资金产生的,在每种情况下,只要借款人和该对冲银行以书面形式向行政代理指定的“现金管理义务”的范围内;但就构成代理人或其联营公司的任何该等对冲银行而言,该项指定须视为自动作出,且借款人或该等对冲银行并无采取任何行动。任何现金管理义务的指定不得为该对冲银行创造与管理或转租任何抵押品或任何担保人在贷款文件下的义务有关的任何权利。“意外事故”是指任何导致借款人或任何受限制附属机构收到任何设备、固定资产或不动产(包括其任何改进)的保险收益或报废赔偿金以更换或修理该等设备、固定资产或不动产的任何事件。“CDOR屏幕利率”是指在相关利息期间的任何一天,相当于汤森路透屏幕CDOR页面上显示的适用期间适用于加元加拿大银行承兑汇票的平均利率的年利率(或者,如果该利率没有出现在该页面或屏幕上,则显示该利率的任何后续或替代页面或屏幕上,或在该其他信息服务机构不时发布该利率的适当页面上,由行政代理以其合理的酌情决定权选择,并经借款人同意)。四舍五入至1%的最接近的1/100位(其中0.005%被四舍五入),于安大略省多伦多时间上午10:15左右,即利益期间开始前两个工作日(由行政代理在上午10:00后调整)。安大略省多伦多时间,反映公布的利率或公布的平均年利率中的任何错误)。如果CDOR筛选比率应低于0.00%,则就本协议而言,CDOR筛选比率应被视为0.00%。“CDOR利率贷款”用于任何贷款或借款时,是指该贷款或构成此类借款的贷款是否按调整后的CDOR利率确定的利率计息。“氟氯化碳”系指“守则”第957条所指的任何“受控外国公司”。在下列情况下,“控制权变更”应被视为发生:(A)任何“个人”或“集团”(在交易日生效的《交易法》第13d-3和13d-5条所指的范围内),但不包括(X)该人及其子公司的任何员工福利计划,以及以任何此类计划的受托人、代理人或其他受信人或管理人的身份行事的任何个人或实体,以及(Y)许可持有人的任何组合,应直接或间接地,取得的权益实益所有权相当于借款人已发行和未偿还股权所代表的总投票权的35%或更多,允许持有者直接或间接拥有少于借款人已发行和未偿还股权所代表的总投票权的“个人”或“组”,除非允许持有人在此时有权利或能力通过投票权、合同或其他方式选举或指定至少过半数的借款人董事会成员参加选举;


-14-(B)控股公司将不再直接或间接拥有借款人100%的股权;或(C)高级票据或任何其他与借款人及其受限制子公司的债务有关的“控制权变更”或类似事件将发生,而借款人及其受限制子公司的未偿还本金金额超过门槛金额。尽管有前述规定或《交易法》第13d-3条(或任何后续规定)的任何规定,(I)在符合股权或资产购买协议、合并协议或类似协议(或与之相关的投票权或期权或类似协议)的前提下,任何个人或集团不得被视为实益拥有证券,直到该协议所设想的交易完成,(Ii)如果任何集团包括一个或多个许可持有人,则借款人直接或间接实益拥有的已发行和未偿还的有表决权的股权,为确定控制权是否发生变化,属于该集团的任何获准持有人不得被视为由该集团的任何其他成员实益拥有;及(Iii)每个儿子或集团不会因其拥有另一人的母公司实体(或相关合同权利)的股权或其他证券的所有权而被视为实益拥有该另一人的股权,除非它拥有有权投票选举该母公司董事的股权总投票权的50%或更多董事会(或类似机构)的总投票数的多数。为免生疑问,本定义中使用的术语“借款人”包括根据第7.04(D)节承担借款人义务的任何继任公司。“类别”(A)在用于任何贷款人时,指的是该贷款人是否对特定类别的贷款或承诺有贷款或承诺;(B)当用于承诺时,指此类承诺是否是循环信贷承诺、新的循环信贷承诺、给定延期系列的扩展循环信贷承诺、给定再融资系列的再融资循环信贷承诺、初始增量B-4-6美元期限承诺、初始B-3欧元期限承诺、增量B-5美元期限承诺、增量B-4欧元期限贷款承诺、增量B-5欧元定期贷款承诺、增量定期承诺、特定再融资系列的再融资期限承诺或与替代期限贷款有关的承诺;以及(C)当用于贷款或借款时,指此类贷款或包括此类借款的贷款是否为循环信用贷款、特定延期系列的延长循环信贷承诺项下的循环信贷贷款、创新循环贷款、再融资循环信用承诺项下的循环信贷贷款、初始增量B-4-6美元定期贷款、初始B-3欧元定期贷款、增量B-5美元贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款、增量B-5欧元定期贷款、给定延期系列的延期定期贷款、增量定期贷款、给定再融资系列的再融资定期贷款或再安置定期贷款。具有不同条款和条件的承诺(以及在每一种情况下,根据此类承诺作出的贷款)应被解释为不同类别。具有相同条款和条件的承诺(以及在每一种情况下,根据此类承诺作出的贷款)应被解释为同一类别。尽管本协议有任何相反规定,2021年增量B-5美元定期贷款应被视为与增量B-5美元定期贷款属于同一类别。“截止日期”是指2017年11月21日。“结算日债权人间协议”是指抵押品代理人和抵押品代理人之间关于高级担保票据文件的债权人间协议,截止日期为结算日,并得到贷款各方的承认。“结算日转账上限”是指根据第5.11节的要求,在结算日可借入的回转信用贷款本金总额不得超过50,000,000美元,该金额不包括在结算日签发的任何信用证的面额。“CME Term Sofr管理人”指CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited作为前瞻性期限担保隔夜融资利率(SOFR)的管理人(或继任管理人)。


--“法规”系指经不时修订的1986年美国国税法。“抵押品”是指“担保协议”中定义的“抵押品”,以及任何其他抵押品文件中定义的所有“抵押品”或“质押资产”(或类似术语),以及根据任何抵押品文件质押或授予留置权的任何其他资产(但无论如何不包括被排除的资产)。“抵押品代理”是指高盛美国银行在任何贷款文件下作为抵押品代理的身份,或任何后续的抵押品代理。“抵押品和担保要求”是指在任何时候:(A)行政代理应在任何时候收到根据第4.01(A)(Iv)和(V)节要求交付的每份抵押品文件,以及(Ii)在根据抵押品文件、第4.01(A)节或第6.11或6.13节的但书指定的时间,行政代理应已收到要求交付的每份抵押品文件,但在每种情况下,均须遵守本协议的限制和例外,并由每一贷款方正式签署;(B)所有担保债务应已由Holdings以及作为直接或间接全资国内子公司(任何被排除的子公司除外)的Holdings现有和随后收购或组建的每个受限制子公司(连同借款人各为“担保人”)担保;(C)担保债务和担保应以(I)借款人和每一附属担保人的所有股权、(Ii)由控股公司、借款人或任何附属担保人直接拥有的国内子公司(以下第(Iii)款所述的境内子公司除外)的所有股权中的优先担保权益(受第7.01节允许的留置权的约束)作为担保。(Iii)由控股公司、借款人或任何附属公司担保人直接拥有的每个受限制附属公司已发行及未偿还的有表决权权益的65%及已发行及未偿还的无投票权权益的100%,及(Iv)各受限制附属公司(由控股公司、借款人或任何附属公司担保人直接拥有)已发行及未偿还的已发行及未偿还的有表决权权益的65%及已发行及未偿还的无投票权权益的100%(在每种情况下均不包括任何除外资产);(D)除非本协议另有规定,包括第7.01节允许的留置权或任何抵押品文件允许的留置权的限制,否则担保债务和担保应以贷款方的几乎所有有形和无形资产以及除除外资产以外的重大不动产的完善的优先担保权益为担保,在每种情况下,(I)具有抵押品文件所要求的优先权,以及(Ii)受本协议(为免生疑问,包括美国证券交易委员会第4.01条所述的限制和例外)和抵押品文件中另有规定的例外和限制的约束;以及(E)行政代理人应已收到(I)根据第6.11节或第6.13节规定须交付的每一重大不动产(“抵押财产”)的按揭等价物,由适用贷款方正式签署和交付;(Ii)关于每一抵押财产的完整的贷款年限联邦紧急事务管理署标准洪水灾害确定;(Iii)一份或多份所有权保险(或标明无条件承诺出具此类保单或保单)的保单,金额不低于该等抵押财产公平市场价值的100.0;由借款人出于善意合理确定,由一家国家认可的产权保险公司签发,该公司将每一种抵押的留置权作为其中描述的抵押财产的第一优先权留置权,不受任何其他留置权的影响,但允许留置权除外,连同在适用司法管辖区内以商业合理费率提供的此类惯例背书、共同保险和再保险;(Iv)产权保险公司惯常要求的誓章、赔偿文书(包括所谓的“缺口”赔偿),以诱使所有权公司发行上述所有权保单和背书,(四)所有业权保单保费、查册及审查费、代管费及有关收费、按揭记录税、费用、收费、费用及记录按揭所需开支的证明


-16-和上述业权保单的签发,(V)以业权公司要求的形式对每个抵押财产进行调查,以签发所谓的全面和其他与测量有关的担保,并从上述业权保单和背书中删除标准测量例外情况(然而,只要适用所有权保险单的发行者提供合理和习惯的与测量有关的保险范围,则不需要进行测量(包括但不限于,根据现有调查和/或所有权保险人可能合理满意的其他文件,在适用的所有权保险单中提供)和(Vi)通常就任何此类抵押提供的法律意见,包括(X)有关贷款方对抵押的适当授权、执行和交付的意见,以及(Y)有关重大不动产所在州该贷款方的当地律师关于抵押的可执行性的意见;但(I)上述定义不得规定,贷款文件亦不得载有关于以下事项的任何规定:(A)设立或完善任何除外资产的质押、抵押权益、按揭或取得业权保险、勘测、摘要或估价或采取其他行动,(B)完善汽车的质押或抵押权益,受所有权证书约束的飞机和其他资产,其上的留置权不能通过提交统一商法典融资状态(或同等条件)来完善,或(C)获得任何房东豁免、禁止反言或抵押品访问信函,以及(Ii)根据抵押品和担保要求需要不时授予的留置权应受本协议和抵押品文件中规定的例外和限制的约束。行政代理可以延长履行特定资产的担保权益或交付特定资产的抵押和交付资产的时间(包括延长截止日期之后以完善贷款方资产上的担保权益)或任何其他符合本定义要求的时间,前提是行政代理与业主协商后合理地确定,在本协议要求抵押品文件或任何其他贷款文件的时间或时间之前,在没有不当努力或费用的情况下,不可能实现完善或遵守。不得要求在任何非美国司法管辖区内或任何非美国司法管辖区的法律所要求的任何行动,以在美国境外的资产上设立任何担保权益或完善该等担保权益(不言而喻,任何非美国司法管辖区的法律不得管辖任何担保协议或质押协议)。上述定义不要求达成控制协议、根据《统一成本法》通过“控制”来完善或根据《统一成本法》拥有或交付任何抵押品,但以下抵押品除外:(X)借款人的经证明的股权,以及(在构成抵押品的范围内,构成抵押品的所有受限制附属公司和(Y)担保协议第2.02(B)节所述的公司间票据和其他工具)。即使本协议或任何其他贷款文件中有任何相反的规定,如果外国子公司成为担保人,该贷款方应根据行政代理和借款人之间合理商定的安排,对其几乎所有资产授予完善的留置权,但受行政代理和借款人可能合理商定的司法管辖范围内的习惯限制的限制,且本协议中“除外资产”的定义或其他任何限制不得以任何方式限制或限制作为担保人的任何外国子公司对资产和财产的质押,或任何其他持有此类股权的借款方对该外国子公司股权的质押。“抵押品文件”统称为“担保协议”、每一份债权人间协议、知识产权担保协议、抵押、抵押品转让、担保协议补充、担保协议、质押协议或根据第4.01(A)(Iv)和(V)、6.11或6.13节交付给行政代理的其他类似协议,以及为担保当事人的利益而设立或声称设立抵押品代理留置权的任何其他协议、文书或文件。“承诺”是指循环信贷承诺、给定延期系列的延长循环信贷承诺、循环承诺增加、新的循环信贷承诺、给定再融资系列的再融资再循环信贷承诺、初始B-4美元期限承诺、初始B-3欧元期限承诺、增量B-5-6美元期限承诺、2021年增量B-5美元期限承诺。


-17-增量B-4欧元定期贷款承诺、增量B-5欧元定期贷款承诺、增量定期承诺、给定再融资系列的再融资期限承诺或与重新安置定期贷款有关的承诺,视情况而定。“已承诺贷款通知”是指关于(A)借款、(B)将贷款从一种类型转换为另一种类型或(C)根据第2.02(A)节继续提供定期基准贷款或索尼娅利率贷款的书面通知,该通知基本上应采用本合同附件A的形式。“商品交易法”系指不时修订的“商品交易法”(“美国联邦法典”第7编第1节及其后)和任何后续法规。“公司”指VWR公司,特拉华州的一家公司。“补偿期”具有第2.12(C)(Ii)节规定的含义。“符合性证书”是指基本上采用本合同附件B形式的证书。“合规日期”是指任何财政季度的最后一天,所有循环信用贷款和信用证的本金总额(不包括高达(I)100,000,000美元的信用证和(Ii)其他信用证,以适用的L/信用证发行人合理满意的信用证作抵押或支持)超过当时循环信贷承诺总额的35%。《保密信息备忘录》是指借款人截至2017年9月5日的保密信息备忘录。“综合EBITDA”就借款人及其受限制附属公司而言,就任何期间而言,指借款人在该期间的综合净收入,另加:(A)在计算该综合净收入时,在不重复的情况下,并在计算该综合净收入时已扣除(及不拨回)的数额的总和:(I)借款人在该期间的固定收费,以及(在没有反映在固定收费的范围内)为对冲利率风险而订立的对冲债务或其他衍生工具的任何亏损,扣除利息收入及该等对冲债务或该等衍生工具的收益后的净额,以及与融资活动有关的银行和信用证费用以及担保债券的成本,加上根据(A)至(F)款“综合利息支出”的定义所不包括的项目,加上(2)以收入、利润、收入或资本为基础的税项,包括以收入、利润、收入或资本为基础的食品税、外国收入和国家收入、特许经营权、消费税、增值税和类似税款,以及在此期间支付或累积的外国预扣税(包括关于汇回的资金,包括与这些税收有关或因任何税务审查而产生的任何罚款和利息),和(不重复)根据第7.06(H)节向控股公司或控股公司的任何直接或间接母公司支付的任何款项,加上(Iii)借款人及其受限制子公司在该期间的折旧和摊销费用总额(包括根据公认会计原则确定的综合基础上和以其他方式确定的递延融资费或成本、内部人工成本、债务发行成本、佣金、费用和支出、资本化支出(包括资本化软件支出)、客户获取成本和奖励支付、转换成本和合同获取成本的摊销),加上(Iv)任何其他非现金费用(与奖金有关的应计费用除外),包括任何撇账、撇账、费用、损失或项目(但在每种情况下,如任何非现金费用代表任何未来期间潜在现金项目的应计项目或储备金,(A)


-18-借款人可选择不在当期重新计入此类非现金费用,以及(B)如果借款人选择在当期重新计入此类非现金费用,则未来期间与此相关的现金支付应从综合EBITDA中减去,但不包括在前一期间支付的预付现金项目的摊销),加上(V)在计算综合净收入时扣除(但未加回)任何非全资附属公司的第三方非控股权益的收入的数额,不包括与此有关的现金分配;加上(Vi)(I)在该期间支付或应计给投资者(或其代表)的管理费、监察费、咨询费、咨询费和相关费用的数额(包括因提前终止管理和监督协议而应付的任何终止费),(Ii)支付给期权的金额;借款人或其任何母实体的影子股权或利润权益持有人与向借款人或其母实体的股东作出的任何分配有关或由于向借款人或其母实体的股东作出的任何分配而支付的款项,以补偿该等期权、影子股权或利润权益持有人,犹如他们在分配时是股东并有权分享一样,包括任何股权回购的任何现金代价,在每一种情况下,在契约允许的范围内(包括因应用FASB会计准则编纂主题718-补偿-股票补偿而向借款人的股权持有人及其任何相关实体进行分配的费用),以及(Iii)支付给控股公司董事或控股公司的任何直接或间接母公司的费用、开支和赔偿金额,加上(Vii)与任何合格证券化工具相关的应收账款和相关资产的销售损失或折扣,加上(Viii)在计算任何期间的综合净收入时未包括在综合净收入内的现金收入(或导致现金支出减少的任何净额安排),但与该等收入有关的非现金收益在计算下文(C)段所述的任何过往期间的综合EBITDA时已扣除且未加回,加上(Ix)该人士或其任何受限制附属公司根据任何管理层股权计划或股票认购计划或虚拟股权或任何其他管理层或雇员福利计划或协议、任何遣散费协议或任何股票认购或股东协议而招致的任何成本或开支,该等成本或支出为非现金或以其他方式提供资金,而现金收益或该人士发行股权(不合格股票除外)的净收益,加上(X)表示摊销未确认先前服务成本的任何退休金或其他离职后福利成本、精算损失,包括摊销在先前期间产生的此类金额、摊销首次采用FASB会计准则之日存在的未确认债务净额(及损失或成本)主题715-补偿-退休利益及任何其他类似性质的项目,(Xi)就不是受限子公司的任何合资企业而言,相当于上文(B)和(C)款所述与该人及其受限子公司在该合资企业的综合净收入中的比例相对应的项目所占比例的数额,加上(B)不重复的“运行率”成本节省额;与交易或任何其他特定事件(定义见下文)有关的经营费用减少和协同效应,该交易或任何其他特定事件(定义见下文)由该人真诚地预计由于(该人真诚地决定)已经采取或发起或预期采取的行动而实现,包括任何成本节约、费用和收费


-19-与发行人或其任何受限制附属公司的任何合营企业有关,或由发行人或其任何受限制附属公司或代其招致的(不论是在任何该等合营企业或该人的财务状况上入账的)(X)在截止日期后36个月或之前的交易(包括在截止日期前发起的行动)及(Y)任何投资、出售、转让或其他资产处置、产生或偿还债务、限制性付款、指定附属公司、重组、节支举措或其他举措(统称为“特定事件”),不论是在结束日期之前、当日或之后发起的,在该特定事件后24个月内(节余费用应计入综合EBITDA,直至完全实现,并按预估计算,如同节支是在有关期间的第一天实现的一样),净额为此类行动实现的实际收益;但条件是:(I)此类成本节约是可合理量化的,且事实是可以支持的,(Ii)不得根据本条(Y)增加成本节约、运营费用削减或协同效应,范围与上文第(X)款所列与此类成本节约、运营费用削减或协同作用有关的任何费用或费用重复(应理解并同意,“运行率”应指与所采取的任何行动有关的全部经常性收益)和(Iii)不节省成本。与任何特定事件相关的运营费用削减或协同效应应根据第(B)款增加,除非机密信息备忘录中所述交易的成本节约、运营费用削减和协同效应已根据第(B)款实现或不再可用或允许增加,在这种情况下,应在根据第(B)款允许的范围内将已实现或不再可用或允许的金额添加到综合EBITDA中;此外,根据第(X)及(Y)条就截止日期后的任何交易所作的任何调整,其总额不得超过该期间(在实施任何该等调整前)综合EBITDA的30%;此外,根据证券法下的S-X条例进行的其他加拨不得计入上述综合EBITDA的30%的上限,减去(C)无重复地减去(C)在得出该综合净收入时包括的下列金额的总和:(1)非现金收益(不包括任何非现金收益,其范围是对减少综合净收入或综合EBITDA的潜在现金项目的应计或准备金的冲销),及(Ii)由第三方于任何非全资附属公司的非控股权益应占亏损组成的任何非控股权益的金额,于有关期间从综合净收入中扣除(及未扣除),按该人士及其受限制附属公司的综合基准按公认会计原则厘定。“综合第一留置权债务”是指在任何确定日期,以借款人及其受限制的子公司的资产的留置权作为担保的、以第一优先权为基础的综合未偿债务本金总额。“综合第一留置权净杠杆率”指,就任何测试期而言,(A)截至该测试期最后一天的综合第一留置权债务减去相当于该日的非限制性现金金额的金额与(B)该测试期的综合EBITDA的比率。“综合利息覆盖比率”指,就任何四个季度期间而言,(A)借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间的综合EBITDA与(B)借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间的综合利息支出的比率。


-20--“综合利息支出”是指在任何期间内:(1)借款人及其受限制子公司在该期间的综合利息支出,只要在计算综合净收入时扣除(而不是加回)此类支出(包括:(A)因以低于面值发行债务而摊销OID,(B)与信用证或银行接受有关的所有佣金、折扣和其他费用和收费),(C)非现金利息支付(但不包括可归因于掉期债务或其他衍生工具按照公认会计原则按市值计价的任何非现金利息支出),(D)融资租赁债务的利息部分,以及(E)根据债务利率掉期债务支付的净付款(减去已收到的净付款),但不包括(O)根据本协议支付给行政代理人和抵押品代理人的年度代理费或其他信贷安排;(P)因未能遵守与优先票据或其他证券有关的任何登记权协议而产生的任何额外利息,(Q)与取得互换义务有关的成本,(R)因应用资本重组会计或与交易或任何收购有关的购买会计(如适用)而对任何债务进行贴现而产生的任何开支,(S)与税务有关的罚款及利息,(T)因未能及时履行登记权义务而就其他证券而产生的任何“额外利益”或“违约金”,(U)递延融资费、修改费及同意费、债务发行成本、佣金、费用、开支及贴现负债及任何其他非现金利息的摊销或支出;。(V)任何过渡性、承诺性及其他融资费的支出,以及与成交日期后的交易或任何收购有关的任何其他费用;。(W)佣金、折扣、收益率及与任何合资格证券化安排有关的其他费用及收费(包括任何利息支出);。(X)贴现负债累积利息及任何预付溢价或罚款。(Y)因下推会计产生的可归因于母公司的利息支出,以及(Z)与非融资租赁债务有关的任何租赁、租金或其他支出);加上(2)借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间的合并资本化利息,不论是已支付或应计;减去(3)借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间的利息收入。就此定义而言,融资租赁债务的利息应被视为按借款人合理厘定的利率计提,该利率为根据公认会计原则(或如非隐含,则根据公认会计原则以其他方式厘定)于该融资租赁豁免中隐含的利率。“综合净收入”是指借款人及其受限制的子公司在任何期间按照公认会计原则在综合基础上确定的该期间的净收益(亏损);然而,在不重复的情况下:(A)为计算超额现金流量以外的所有目的,该期间非常、非常或非经常性项目(包括损益和与此有关的所有费用和支出)的任何税后影响应不包括在内,(B)在该期间内会计原则的变化对借款人及其受限制附属公司净收入(亏损)所包括的范围的累积影响应不包括在内,(C)构成一项投资的收购完成后12个月内设立或调整的应计项目及储备,如因按照公认会计原则进行该项收购而须如此设立或调整,或因按照公认会计原则采纳或修改会计政策而有所改变,则不包括在内;。(D)借款人真诚地厘定可归因于资产处置或放弃,或出售或以其他方式处置任何人的任何股权权益的任何税后净收益或亏损(减去所有与此有关的费用、开支及收费),但在通常业务运作中除外。应被排除在外,


-21-(E)任何人如不是划船公司的附属公司、不受限制的附属公司或按权益会计方法核算,则该期间的净收益(亏损)应不包括在内;但借款人的综合净收入应增加在该期间以现金或现金等价物(或随后转换为现金或现金等价物)实际支付给借款人或其受限制附属公司的股息或分派的数额;(F)任何减值费用或资产冲销或冲销,包括与无形资产、长期资产、债务和收益证券投资有关的减值费用或资产冲销或冲销,或因法律或法规根据公认会计准则的变化而产生的股息或分派,以及根据公认会计原则产生的无形资产摊销应不包括在内;(G)任何非现金补偿费用或支出,包括授予股票增值或类似权利、股票期权、限制性股票或其他权利或股权激励计划或任何其他基于股权的补偿所产生的任何此类费用或支出应不包括在内,并应不包括与股东或其任何直接或间接母公司与交易或合格IPO有关的与股权展期、加速或支付相关的任何现金费用,(H)任何支出,与本协议允许的任何投资、许可收购或任何出售、转让、转让或其他资产处置相关的赔偿或其他补偿条款所涵盖的费用或损失,但以实际报销的范围为限,或只要借款人已确定存在合理的赔偿或偿付基础,且仅限于下列情况:(I)适用的承运人或弥偿人没有在该事件发生后180天内以书面拒绝赔偿或偿付,以及(Ii)事实上在作出该决定后365天内得到赔偿或偿付(在适用的未来期间内扣除任何如此加回的数额,但在该365天期间内未如此赔偿或偿付的数额),(I)除计算超额现金流以外的所有目的,保险所涵盖并实际偿付的数额,或,只要借款人已确定有合理证据证明该款额事实上会由保险人偿还,且只限於以下情况:(I)适用的承运人或弥偿人没有在该事故发生后180天内以书面拒绝支付该款额,及(Ii)事实上在该裁定的日期起计365天内获偿还(并在适用的未来期间扣除任何如此加回的款额,但在该365天内仍未获如此偿还),则与法律责任或意外事故或业务中断有关的开支、收费或损失均不包括在内,(J)任何人在成为借款人的受限制附属公司或与借款人或其任何附属公司合并或合并的日期前应累算的收入(或亏损),或该人的资产由借款人或其任何受限制附属公司取得的收入(或亏损),均不得计算在内(按预计方式计算综合EBITDA所需的范围除外);。(K)仅为依据综合贷方的定义(B)条厘定累积贷方的目的。借款人的任何不是担保人的受限制附属公司的收入,只要该受限制附属公司宣布或支付股息或类似分配的收入,在其章程条款或适用于该受限制附属公司的任何协议、指令、判决、法令、命令、法规、规则或政府规章(未被免除)的实施期间是不允许的,则应被排除在外。除非(仅在允许支付的范围内)借款人或其任何受限制的子公司在该期间实际支付给借款人或其作为担保人的任何受限制的子公司的股息或其他分派的金额,(L)公认会计准则要求或允许的组成部分金额调整(包括在其库存、财产和设备、商誉、无形资产、正在进行的研究和开发、递延收入和债务额度项目中)和相关权威声明(包括向借款人及其受限的此类调整的影响)的购买会计影响


-22-子公司),由于构成本协议允许的投资的交易或任何收购在截止日期之前或之后完成,或其任何金额的摊销或注销应不包括在内,(M)除计算超额现金流量外,只要符合公司及其子公司过去的做法(无论根据GAAP处理),应计收入的变化应不包括在内,(N)(1)从雇员福利计划或其他离职后福利计划变现的任何非现金利润利息或非现金补偿支出,或从授予高级管理人员、董事、经理或雇员的股票增值或类似权利、影子股权、股票期权、限制性股票或其他权利以及管理薪酬计划或股权激励计划或根据可变计划会计处理这类期权而记录的任何非现金利润利息或非现金补偿支出,应不包括在内;(2)可归因于递延补偿计划或信托的非现金收入(亏损),以及(O)用于为支付给任何股权持有人以支付与该股权持有人对借款人的所有权有关的税款而支付的任何款项,以及如果由借款人支付会减少综合净收入的任何金额,应计入减少综合净收入以避免产生疑问,(除计算超额现金流量的目的外)应根据第1.09节计算综合净收入,包括形式上的调整。“合并担保债务”是指截至任何确定日期,通过对借款人及其受严格限制的子公司的资产的留置权担保的、在该日期未偿还的合并总债务的本金总额。“综合担保净杠杆率”指,就任何测试期而言,(A)截至该测试期最后一天的综合担保债务减去相当于该日的无限制现金金额的金额与(B)该测试期的综合EBITDA的比率。“综合总资产”指于任何厘定日期,在控股公司及受限制附属公司最近一份合并资产负债表上,与公认会计准则相符的列示于“总资产”(或任何类似项目)的金额。“综合债务总额”是指截至任何确定日期,借款人及其受限制子公司在该日未偿还的第三方债务本金总额,按公认会计原则按合并基础确定,仅包括借款的第三方债务、信用证项下已提取但未偿还的债务、融资租赁债务方面的债务以及由本票或类似票据证明的债务;但综合债务总额应不包括与非融资租赁债务有关的所有债务。为免生疑问,(I)掉期合约下的债务及(Ii)不受限制的附属公司所欠的债务不构成综合总债务。“综合总净杠杆率”指,就任何测试期而言,(A)截至该测试期最后一天的综合总负债减去该日的非限制性现金金额与(B)该测试期的综合EBITDA的比率。“综合营运资金”,就借款人及其受限制附属公司在任何确定日期的合并基础而言,是指在该确定日期的流动资产减去该确定日期的流动负债;但综合营运资本的增加或减少应(A)在计算时不考虑因(I)根据公认会计原则对资产或负债(视何者适用而在流动与非流动之间)作出的任何重新分类、(Ii)购买会计的影响、(Iii)掉期合约项下应计或或有债务、资产或负债金额波动的影响或(Iv)外汇换算的任何影响而导致的流动资产或流动负债的任何变化,及(B)作出调整以消除在适用期间内因合并、收购及处置而产生的任何扭曲。


--“合同对价”具有“超额现金流”定义中的含义。“合同义务”对任何人来说,是指该人出具的任何担保的任何规定,或该人作为当事一方的任何协议、文书或其他承诺的任何规定,或该人或其任何财产受其约束的任何协议、文书或其他承诺的任何规定。“控制”的含义与“附属公司”的定义相同。就任何可用期限而言,“相应期限”指期限(包括隔夜)或与该可用期限大致相同(不计营业日调整)的付息期。“被保险方”具有第10.22节规定的含义。“信贷协议再融资债务”系指(A)允许优先再融资债务,(B)允许次级优先再融资债务,(C)允许无担保再融资债务或(D)在每种情况下发行、发生或以其他方式获得的其他债务(包括通过延长或更新现有债务),或全部或部分延长、延长、更换、回购、偿还或再融资现有定期贷款或现有循环信贷贷款(或未使用的循环信贷承诺),或任何当时已存在的信贷协议再融资债务(“再融资债务”);但(I)该信贷协议再融资债务不得在该再融资债务到期日之前到期(或要求减少承诺),而就任何定期贷款再融资而言,该信贷协议再融资债务的加权平均到期日应等于或大于该再融资债务(但本条第(I)款所述要求不适用于任何由惯常过渡性融资组成的信贷协议再融资债务,只要该惯常过渡性融资将转换成的长期债务满足本条第(I)款所述要求),(Ii)该信贷协议再融资债务的本金总额(包括任何未用承诺)不得超过再融资债务的本金总额(包括任何未用承诺),加上应计利息、手续费、保费(如有)及其罚款和与再融资有关的费用和开支;(Iii)循环信贷安排和任何信贷协议以循环贷款或循环承诺的形式进行的任何付款和借款,应分别按照循环贷款或循环承诺的总本金按比例进行,(4)此类信贷协议对债务进行再融资的条款和条件(本定义另有规定的除外)应由借款人与提供此类信贷协议对债务进行再融资的融资来源商定,(V)[保留区],(Vi)该等再融资债务须予偿还、回购、注销、作废或清偿及清偿,而与此相关的所有应计利息、手续费、保费(如有)及罚款均须于该信贷协议发出、产生或取得之日支付,(Vii)该等信贷协议再融资债务不得由任何贷款方以外的任何人担保,亦不得有任何贷款方以外的任何债务人担保,(Viii)就该信贷协议再融资债务而言,该债务并非由Holdings的任何财产或资产作抵押,借款人或抵押品以外的任何受限制附属公司(双方商定该信贷协议再融资债务无须以所有抵押品作担保),(Ix)如该信贷协议再融资债务是由抵押品担保的,则代表该信贷协议持有人对债务进行再融资的高级代表应已成为债权人间协议的一方(或任何债权人间协议应已以借款人和行政代理人合理可接受的方式修订或替换,从而使该高级代表有权在同等基础上或在担保债务的初级留置权基础上分享抵押品),(X)如果再融资债务的偿还权或担保债务的留置权从属于再融资债务,则再融资债务的任何信贷协议在偿还权或担保债务的留置权方面应排在行政代理(Xi)合理满意的惯常从属协议或规定的次要地位,如果适用,则再融资债务的偿还权或担保留置权应排在次要地位,如果有担保,在循环信贷安排和定期贷款的同等或初级基础上进行担保(如果该信贷协议对债务进行再融资(不包括任何此类具有循环性质的债务的再融资协议)是对偿还权和对初始定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款和B-5欧元定期增量贷款的担保,则初始期限贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款和增量B-5欧元定期贷款应遵守第2.14(E)(Iii)节的但书中规定的“最惠国”定价调整(如果适用),如同该信贷协议一样。


-24-再融资债务是根据第2.14条发生的增量定期贷款)和(Xii)任何信贷协议再融资债务与初始期限贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款和增量B-5欧元定期贷款可以按比例或低于比例(但不大于比例)参与,任何其他信贷协议再融资债务可按低于比例(但不高于按比例)的比例参与本协议项下的任何自愿或强制性预付款,并且除本协议项下的贷款外,不要求任何强制性预付款;此外,在确定是否满足本但书中的前述条件时,借款人的一名负责人员须在上述修改、再融资、退款、续期或延期至少五个工作日前向行政代理提交(并提供给贷款人)一份证明,连同对由此产生的债务的实质性条款和条件的合理详细描述或与此有关的文件草案,说明借款人已真诚地确定该等条款和条件满足上述要求,除非行政代理或被要求的贷款人在五个营业日内通知借款人,行政代理或被要求的贷款人(视情况而定)不同意该决定(包括对其不同意的依据的合理描述),否则该等条款和条件应为符合上述要求的确凿证据。“信用展期”指以下每一项:(A)借款和(B)L/信用证信用展期。“累计贷方”是指在任何确定日期,在累计基础上确定的一笔不少于零的金额,该金额在没有重复的基础上等于:(A)最近完成的已交付财务报表的测试期的合并EBITDA的25.0%和250,000,000美元之间的较大者(根据第1.09节以备考形式确定),加上(B)从截至12月31日的财政季度开始的期间(作为一个会计期间)综合净收入的50%,截至根据美国证券交易委员会第6.01(A)或(B)条已交付(或须交付)财务报表的最近一次完成测试期末,加上(C)从(I)出售借款人的合格股权或借款人的任何直接或间接母公司的股权(包括在行使认股权证或期权时)所得的现金及现金等值收益的累积金额(指定为补救金额的任何金额除外,(2)借款人的合格股权权益(或借款人的任何直接或间接母公司的股权权益)(指定为补偿金额、可用不含出资金额或用于股权员工计划成本的任何金额),这些收益已作为普通股贡献给借款人的资本,以及(Ii)借款人或借款人的任何受限制附属公司对贷款方或受限制的子公司以外的人的债务(合同上从属于债务的债务除外)转换后发行的合格股权。加上(D)借款人普通资本出资总额的100%或发行控股公司(或任何直接或间接母公司)合格股权的净收益,在成交日期后以现金和现金等价物形式收到(指定为补偿金额或可用除外出资金额或用于股权融资员工计划成本的任何金额除外),加上(E)借款人或借款人的任何受限制子公司从以下方面收到的现金和现金等价物总额的100%:(I)销售,转让或以其他方式处置(借款人或任何该等受限制附属公司除外)非受限制附属公司或任何少数股权投资或其他合营企业(不属受限制附属公司)的股权或任何资产;或


-25-(Ii)不受限制的子公司的任何股息或其他分配,或就少数股投资或其他合资企业(不是受限制的子公司)收到的任何股息或其他分派,或(Iii)就该不受限制的子公司或任何少数股投资收到的任何回报;在每种情况下,仅限于本条款(E)第(I)至(Iii)款所述的投资最初是使用累积信贷进行的,且仅限于该等原始投资的范围;(F)如任何非受限制附属公司已被重新指定为受限制附属公司,或已被合并、合并或与借款人或受限制附属公司合并、合并或合并,或将其资产转让或转让予借款人或受限制附属公司,或被清算为借款人或受限制附属公司,则相等于(I)借款人及其受限制附属公司在重新指定、合并或转让时利用累积信贷对该非受限制附属公司所作投资的公平市值(或已转让或转让的资产)的公平市值,)及(Ii)借款人及其受限制附属公司原先从累积信贷中投资于该非受限制附属公司的金额,加上(G)相等于借款人或任何受限制附属公司就依据第7.02(V)(I)节作出的任何投资而实际收到的任何现金回报及现金等价物的款额,加(H)[保留区],加上(I)相等于下降收益的数额,减去(J)在截止日期之后但在该时间之前用于根据美国证券交易委员会7.02(V)进行投资的任何金额,减去(K)在修订第5号生效日期之后但在该时间之前根据美国证券交易委员会7.03(Bb)用于产生债务的任何累积信用金额,减去(L)在截止日期之后但在该时间之前根据第7.06条用于支付股息或分派或其他受限制付款的任何金额(L),减去(M)在截止日期之后和该时间之前,用于根据第7.13节支付或分配初级融资的累计贷方的任何金额。“治愈金额”具有第8.04(A)节规定的含义。“治愈失效日期”具有第8.04(A)节规定的含义。“居里夫人交易”具有第8号修正案赋予的含义。“流动资产”是指在任何确定日期,借款人及其受限制附属公司在综合基础上的所有资产(现金和现金等价物除外),根据公认会计原则,在确定日期应在借款人及其受限制附属公司的综合资产负债表上分类为流动资产,但不包括根据收入或利润与流动或递延税项有关的金额(但不包括持有以待出售的资产、向第三方提供的贷款、养老金资产、递延银行手续费和衍生金融工具)。“流动负债”是指借款人及其受限制附属公司在任何确定日期的合并基础上,根据公认会计原则,在借款人及其受限制附属公司的综合资产负债表上归类为流动负债的所有负债,不包括(A)任何负债的当前部分,(B)资本支出应计项目,(C)应计项目


-26--限制性付款(第7.06(H)节规定的限制性付款除外);(D)根据收入或利润计算的当期或递延税款的应计项目;(E)与重组准备金有关的任何费用或支出的应计项目;(F)任何再循环信贷风险敞口或循环信贷贷款;(G)任何赚取债务或递延购买价格债务;以及(H)养恤金负债的当前部分。“债务基金联营公司”是指保荐人(控股或其任何附属公司除外)的任何联营公司,该联营公司是一个真正的债务基金或投资工具,在正常过程中从事进行、购买、持有或以其他方式投资、获得或交易商业贷款、债券或类似的信用延伸,其管理人对该基金的投资者负有受托责任,独立于其对保荐人的职责,或除了对保荐人的责任外。“债务人救济法”系指美国的破产法和美国或其他适用司法管辖区不时生效并一般影响债权人权利的所有其他清算、托管、破产、债权人利益转让、暂停、重组、接管、破产、重组或类似的债务人救济法。“递减收益”具有第2.05(B)(Viii)节规定的含义。“违约”是指构成违约事件的任何事件或条件,或在发出任何通知后,时间的流逝,或两者兼而有之,而没有根据本协议规定的补救或豁免,则将成为违约事件。“违约利率”是指等于(A)基本利率加(B)适用于基本利率贷款的利率加(C)年利率2.0%的适用利率;但就任何期限基准贷款或索尼娅利率贷款而言,违约利率应等于适用于此类贷款的利率(包括任何适用利率)加2.0%的年利率,在每种情况下,均应达到适用于适用电缆法所允许的最大限度。“违约贷款人”除第2.17(B)款另有规定外,是指任何贷款人(A)未能在本协议规定的出资日期的一个营业日内履行其在本协议项下的任何出资义务,包括与L/丙类债务有关的贷款或参与义务,除非该贷款人以书面形式通知行政代理和借款人,该违约是由于该贷款人认定一个或多个出资先决条件(每个先决条件连同任何适用的违约情况应在书面中明确指出)未得到满足的结果。(B)已通知行政代理人其不打算履行其出资义务,或已就其根据本协议或根据其承诺提供信贷的其他协议所承担的出资义务作出公开声明(除非该令状或公开声明与该贷款人为本协议项下的贷款提供资金的义务有关,并说明该立场是基于该贷款人确定不能满足提供资金的先决条件(该条件的先例以及任何适用的违约应在该书面或公开声明中明确指出)),(C)在行政代理人提出请求后三个工作日内失败,以令行政代理满意的方式向行政代理确认它将履行其资金义务,(D)在行政代理提出请求后两个工作日内未能支付欠行政代理或其他贷款人的任何款项,或(E)有或拥有直接或间接的母公司,该母公司在关闭日期后除通过未披露的管理外,(I)根据任何债务救济法成为诉讼的标的,(Ii)有接收人、保管人、受托人、管理人,为债权人或负责重组或清算其业务的类似人或为其指定的托管人的利益而采取任何行动,或表示同意、批准或默许任何此类程序或任命的受让人,或(Iv)成为自救诉讼的标的;但贷款人不得纯粹因政府当局拥有或取得该贷款人或其任何直接或间接母公司的任何股本权益而成为失责贷款人。行政代理根据上述(A)至(E)条作出的任何关于贷款人是违约贷款人的决定,在没有明显错误的情况下应是决定性的和具有约束力的,并且在向贷款人、L/信用证出票人和每个贷款人发出书面通知后,该贷款人应被视为违约贷款人(在第2.17(B)节的约束下)。就这一定义而言,“未披露的行政管理”是指就贷款人或其直接或间接母公司而言,由监管当局或监管机构根据或依据贷款人或母公司受本国司法管辖的国家的法律任命的接管人、管理人、受托人、管理人、托管人或其他类似官员,如果适用法律要求不披露此类任命的话。


-27-“贴现预付款接受贷款人”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(B)(2)节中规定的含义。“折扣范围”的含义见第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(1)节。“折扣幅度预付金额”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(1)节中规定的含义。“折扣幅度预付款通知”是指借款人根据第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)节基本上以附件E-2的形式征集折扣幅度预付款报价的书面通知。“折扣幅度预付款要约”是指贷款人在拍卖代理人收到折扣幅度预付款通知后,为回应提交报价的邀请而提交的不可撤销的书面要约,基本上以附件E-3的形式提出。“折扣范围预付款响应日期”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(1)节中规定的含义。“折价幅度分摊”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(3)节规定的含义。“贴现预付款确定日期”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(3)节中规定的含义。“折扣预付款生效日期”是指借款人根据第2.05(A)(Vi)(B)(1)、2.05(A)(Vi)(B)(1)、2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(1)或2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(1)节的规定,在指定折扣预付款响应日、折扣范围预付款响应日或请求折扣预付款响应日(视情况而定)后五个工作日内,借款人提供指定折扣预付款、借款人征求折扣范围预付款报价或借款人征求折扣预付款报价的情况下,除非适用的折扣买家与拍卖代理人之间约定了较短的期限。“折扣购买者”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)节中规定的含义。“贴现定期贷款提前还款”的含义见第2.05(A)(Vi)(A)节。“处置”或“处置”指任何人士对任何财产的出售、转让、许可、租赁或其他处置(包括任何售后回租交易和任何出售或发行股权(适用法律规定的董事合资格股份或其他股份除外)),包括任何票据或应收账款或与之相关的任何权利和债权的任何出售、转让、转让或其他处置,不论是否有追索权。“不合格股权”是指根据其条款(或根据其可转换或可交换的任何担保或其他股权的条款),或在任何事件或条件发生时(A)到期或可强制赎回的任何股权(仅限于合格股权和代替零碎股份的现金),依据偿债基金义务或其他(但因控制权变更、资产出售或类似事件的结果除外),只要其持有人在控制权变更时有任何权利,资产出售或类似事件应优先全额偿还应计和应付的贷款和所有其他债务,并终止承诺和终止所有未偿信用证(除非与此相关的L/信用证债务的未偿还金额已以现金抵押品,并以对适用的L/信用证发行人合理满意的信用证作后盾,或视为根据适用的L/信用证发行人合理接受的另一协议重新发行)。(B)可由持有人选择赎回(但以下情况除外):(I)只赎回合资格股权及现金以代替零碎股份,或(Ii)因控制权变更、资产出售或类似事件而赎回,只要持有人在控制权变更、资产出售或类似事件发生时的任何权利须优先全数偿还应计及应付的贷款及所有其他债务,并终止承诺及终止所有未偿还信用证(除非与该等债务有关的L/C债务的未偿还金额已现金偿还,则属例外),(C)(C)规定计划全部或部分以现金支付股息,或(D)可转换为或可交换为债务或任何其他股权,在每种情况下,构成不合格的股权,在每种情况下,将构成不合格股权


-发行该等股权的最后到期日后28-91天;倘若该等股权是(X)根据一项为Holdings或借款人(或其任何直接或间接母公司)或任何受限制附属公司的雇员的利益而发行的,或(Y)由任何该等计划发行予任何该等雇员,则该等股权不应仅因借款人或任何受限制附属公司为履行适用的法定或监管义务而被要求进行声誉抵押而构成不符合资格的股权。“不合格的贷款人”是指(I)借款人或保荐人在2017年5月4日或之前以书面向行政代理指明的任何人,(Ii)在2017年5月4日之后以书面向行政代理指认的任何其他人,只要该人是或成为借款人或其附属机构的竞争对手,以及(Iii)上文第(I)或(Ii)款所指的任何人的任何附属公司,根据其名称可以清楚地识别;但上述第(I)或(Ii)款所述任何人的“竞争者”或其关联人,不应包括在正常业务过程中从事进行商业贷款、债券和类似信用延伸的作出、购买、持有或以其他方式投资的任何善意债务基金或投资工具,该基金或投资工具由任何控制、控制或与该竞争者或关联者共同控制的人(视情况而定)管理、赞助或提供建议,且不参与该竞争者或其关联者的投资。(1)作出任何投资决定或(2)可获得与贷款方或构成贷款方业务一部分的任何实体(包括其子公司)有关的任何信息(可公开获得的信息除外);此外,只要(X)初始贷款人的任何关联公司不得被指定为不合格贷款人,(Y)行政代理不承担任何责任,以监督本协议关于不合格贷款人的任何规定的遵守情况,以及(Z)对不合格贷款人名单的更新不得追溯无效或以其他方式影响任何(A)转让或参与,(B)在被指定为不合格贷款人之前与任何人达成的任何交易或(C)提供给任何人的信息。借款人承认并同意,行政代理应被允许在任何贷款人的请求下向该贷款人披露任何潜在的受让人或参与者是否为不合格的贷款人。“美元”和“美元”指的是美国的合法货币。“美元等值”是指,就美元以外的核准货币数额而言,由行政代理或适用的L汇票发行人在当时根据以该核准货币购买美元的即期汇率(根据最近的重估日期或其他有关确定日期而厘定)而厘定的美元等值数额。“美元定期贷款机构”是指在任何时候拥有(I)初始B-4美元定期贷款承诺或初始B-4美元定期贷款或(Ii)增量B-5-6美元定期贷款或增量B-5-6美元定期贷款的任何贷款人。“国内子公司”是指根据美国、其任何州或哥伦比亚特区的法律成立的任何子公司。“较早到期债务例外”是指,对于任何增量定期贷款、信贷协议再融资债务、允许比率债务和根据第7.03(G)、(V)或(Z)节允许发生的任何债务,在最近完成的测试期内,财务报表已交付(根据第1.09节按形式确定),最高可达综合息税折旧摊销前利润的1,100,000,000美元和100.0之间的较大者,在每种情况下,这些债务在发生此类债务时确定。(“指定债务”)的到期日可能早于指定债务的到期日,而加权平均到期日则短于该债务的到期日。“欧洲经济区金融机构”是指(A)在任何欧洲经济区成员国设立的、受欧洲经济区决议机构监管的任何信贷机构或投资公司,(B)在欧洲经济区成员国设立的、作为本定义(A)款(A)项所述机构的母公司的任何实体,或(C)在欧洲经济区成员国设立的任何金融机构,该金融机构是本定义(A)或(B)款所述机构的子公司,并受与其母公司的合并监管。


-29--“欧洲经济区成员国”是指欧盟、冰岛、列支敦士登和挪威的任何成员国。“欧洲经济区决议机关”是指任何欧洲经济区成员国(包括任何受权人)的任何公共行政当局或受托对任何欧洲经济区金融机构的决议负责的任何人。“有效收益率”指,就截至任何确定日期的任何债务而言,(1)(A)期限为1个月的美元存款在该日期的期限SOFR利率和(B)截至该日期的期限SOFR利率下限(如有)、(2)截至该日期的利差之和,两者中较高者为准。(Iii)借款人就此类债务向贷款人支付或应付的OID和预付费用(OID和预付或类似费用相当于基于四年平均年限直线计算的利率,且没有任何现值折扣)(应理解,“有效收益率”不包括修改费、安排费、结构费、承诺费、承销费及应付予任何主要安排人或账簿管理人(或其联营公司)的任何类似费用,以承担或应付该等债务、支付或应付予同意贷款人的同意费、未提取承诺的勾算费或一般并未支付或应付予该等债务的主要银团或配售中的所有贷款人的任何其他费用)。“合格受让人”具有第10.07(A)(I)节规定的含义。“强制执行资格”具有第5.04节规定的含义。“环境”是指室内空气、环境空气、地表水、地下水、饮用水、地表、地下地层或沉积物,以及湿地、动植物等自然资源。“环境法”系指与防止污染或保护环境、保护工人健康和安全有关的任何适用法律,包括《综合环境反应、补偿和责任法》[美国法典》第42编第9601节及其后、《危险材料运输法》第49篇第5101节及以下、《资源保护和回收法》[美国法典第42篇第6901节及以下各节]、《清洁水法》第33篇《美国联邦法典》第1251节及以下各节的任何适用条款。《美国法典》第42编,第7401节及以后,《有毒物质控制法》,第15篇,第2601节及以后,《职业安全与健康法》,第29篇,第651节及以后。因为它与危险材料有关,以及1990年《石油污染法》,《美国法典》第33编第2701节及其后,以及所有类似的州或地方法规,以及根据其颁布的条例。“环境责任”是指贷款方或任何附属公司的或有或有责任(包括损害、调查和补救费用、罚款、罚款或赔偿的任何责任),其直接或间接原因或基于以下原因:(A)实际或据称不遵守任何环境法,包括未能获得、维护或遵守任何环境许可证;(B)产生、使用、搬运、运输、储存或处理任何危险材料;(C)暴露于任何危险材料;(D)释放或威胁释放任何危险材料,或(E)任何合同或协议,只要是对上述任何行为承担或施加责任的合同或协议。“环境许可证”是指任何环境法所要求的任何许可证、批准、识别号、许可证或其他授权。“股权出资”是指保荐人和某些其他投资者(包括管理层投资者)对控股公司的直接或间接股权投资,当这些股权与管理层投资者的股权(如有)结合在一起时,将不低于交易生效后成交日控股及其子公司的合并预计债务和股权总额的25.0%(但不包括在成交日前借入的任何循环信贷贷款,以满足任何营运资金需求)。


-30-“股权员工计划成本”是指根据任何管理层股权计划或股票期权计划或任何其他管理层或员工福利计划或协议或任何股票认购或股东协议而发生的现金成本或支出,其资金来源为提供给股东资本的现金收益或发行借款人的合格股权的现金收益净额或借款人的任何直接或间接母公司的股权,这些现金收益已作为普通股贡献给借款人的资本(指定为补偿金额的任何金额除外)。可用不包括的供款金额或累计贷方中使用的任何金额)。“股权”就任何人士而言,指该人士的所有股份、权益、权利、参与或其他等价物(不论如何指定),以及用以向该人士购买、收购或交换(包括透过可转换证券)任何前述各项的所有认股权证、期权或其他权利;但任何证明负债可兑换或可交换为股权的工具不得被视为股权,除非及直至该等工具如此转换或交换。“雇员退休收入保障法”指经不时修订的1974年雇员退休收入保障法。“ERISA关联方”是指与贷款方或任何受限制的子公司处于共同控制之下的任何贸易或业务(无论是否合并),或被视为守则第414(B)或(C)条或ERISA第4001节(以及就守则第412节相关规定而言,以及守则第414(M)和(O)节)所指的单一雇主的任何贸易或业务。“ERISA事件”是指:(A)与养老金计划有关的可报告事件;(B)贷款方、任何受限子公司或任何ERISA附属公司在其是主要雇主的计划年度(如ERISA第4001(A)(2)条所界定)期间从受ERISA第4063条约束的养老金计划中退出,或根据ERISA第4062(E)条被视为此类退出的业务停止;(C)贷款方、任何受限子公司或任何ERISA关联公司完全或部分退出多雇主计划,或通知多雇主计划破产(ERISA第4245节所指的)或处于“濒危”、“危急”或“危急和衰退”状态(《守则》第432节或ERISA第305节所指);(D)确定任何养恤金计划处于“风险”状态(《守则》第430节或ERISA第303节所指);(E)提交终止意向通知,根据《雇员退休保障条例》第4041或4041a条将养恤金计划或多雇主计划修正案视为终止,或PBGC启动终止养恤金计划或多雇主计划的诉讼程序;。(F)根据《雇员退休保障条例》第4042条构成任何养恤金计划或多雇主计划的理由并可合理预期会导致受托人终止或委任受托人管理任何养恤金计划或多雇主计划的事件或条件;。(G)就养恤金计划而言,未能满足《守则》第412或430条或《雇员退休保障条例》第302或303条的最低筹资标准,不论是否放弃,或根据《守则》第412(C)节或《雇员退休保障条例》第302(C)条申请豁免任何养恤金计划的最低筹资标准;。(H)贷款方、任何受限制的附属公司或雇员补偿办法附属公司未能为多雇主计划提供所需的供款;。(I)发生可合理预期会导致对贷款方或任何受限制附属公司承担责任的非豁免禁止交易(守则第4975节或ERISA第406条所指);(J)根据ERISA第IV章施加任何责任,但根据ERISA第4007节到期但未被扣除的PBGC保费除外;或(K)根据守则第430(K)节或根据ERISA第303(K)条就任何退休金计划施加留置权。“欧盟自救立法时间表”是指贷款市场协会(或任何继承人)公布的、不时生效的欧盟自救立法时间表。“EURIBO利率”是指,对于任何利息期内以欧元计价的任何期限基准借款,指在伦敦时间上午11点左右,即该利息期开始前两个工作日的欧元存款(在该利息期的第一天交割)的EURIBO筛选利率;但如果EURIBO筛选利率应小于零,则就本协定而言,该利率应被视为零;此外,如果根据本定义的前述规定,在该利息期内此时无法获得EURIBO利率,则该利息期的EURIBO利率应为内插利率;前提是,如果有内插利率


-31-税率应小于零,就本协议而言,该税率应视为零。尽管如此,EURIBO利率(在法定准备金的任何调整生效前)在任何时候均应被视为不低于年利率;此外,如果无法计算EURIBO贷款的利率,则年利率由行政代理在其合理酌情权下(在与借款人磋商后)(包括参考任何适用的公布市场数据)选择作为EURIBO的可比后续利率,在伦敦时间上午11点左右,即该利息期开始前两(2)个伦敦银行日。“EURIBO利率贷款”用于任何贷款或借款时,指的是此类贷款或构成此类借款的贷款是否按参考EURIBO利率确定的利率计息。“EURIBO筛选利率”是指在任何一天、任何时间和任何利息期间,等于路透社公布的欧洲货币市场协会EURIBO利率(“EMMI EURIBOR”)的年利率(或提供行政代理不时指定的EMMI EURIBOR报价的其他商业来源)。“欧元定期贷款机构”是指在任何时候拥有(I)初始B-3欧元期限承诺或欧元期限贷款、(Ii)增量B-4欧元期限承诺或增量B-4欧元期限贷款或(Iii)增量B-5欧元期限承诺或增量B-5欧元期限贷款的任何贷款人。“欧元定期贷款”系指任何初始B-3欧元定期贷款、任何增量B-4欧元定期贷款、任何增量B-5欧元定期贷款或任何增量定期贷款、再融资定期贷款或指定为“欧元定期贷款”的延期贷款,视情况而定。“欧元”是指欧盟的合法货币。“违约事件”的含义如第8.01节所述。“超额现金流量”是指在任何财政年度内,下列各项的总和:(A)无重复的:(1)该期间的综合净收入;(2)在计算综合净收入时扣除的所有非现金费用(包括折旧和摊销)的数额;(Iii)借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间的综合营运资金及长期应收账款的减少(借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间完成的收购或处置,或因采用购买会计制度而导致的任何此等减少除外),。(Iv)相等于借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间处置的合计非现金亏损净额(在正常业务运作中的销售除外)在计算该综合净收益时扣除的款额。(V)根据下文(B)(Xi)、(Xii)、(Xiii)、(Xiii)、(Xv)或(Xvi)条从该期间的超额现金流量中扣除的支出,从该期间的综合净收入中扣除的支出;及(Vi)在根据其定义计算该期间的综合净收入时不包括的现金收入或收益(实际以现金形式收到),减去


-32-(B)下列各项之和,但不重复:(1)相当于计算该综合净收入所包括的所有非现金贷方的数额,以及“综合净收入”定义(A)至(O)条所列的现金费用,(2)[保留区],(Iii)借款人或其受限制附属公司所有债务本金偿付的总额(在内部产生现金的范围内)(包括(A)与融资租赁义务有关的付款的主要部分,以及(B)根据第2.07节,延长定期贷款、再融资定期贷款、根据第2.05(B)(Ii)节规定的增量定期贷款或替代定期贷款和任何强制性预付定期贷款,但不包括(X)所有其他定期贷款预付款和(Y)与任何循环信贷安排有关的所有预付款),(V)借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间(借款人及其受限制附属公司在该期间收购或处置或采用购买会计方法而产生的收购或处置所产生的任何此等增加除外)在该期间的综合营运资金及长期应收账款增加,(Vi)借款人及其受限制附属公司在上述期间就借款人及其受限制附属公司的长期负债或长期资产(负债除外)所作的现金付款,但以该等付款在该期间内并未在计算综合净收入时扣除或在计算综合净收入时未予扣除及以内部产生的现金支付为限,(Vii)[保留区]、(Viii)[保留区],(九)在计算综合净收入时,在计算综合净收入时未支出或未扣除此类付款的部分,以及在使用内部生成现金提供资金的范围内,就收益和递延收购价格债务支付的现金;(X)[保留区],(Xi)在不重复从前期超额现金流量中扣除金额的情况下,借款人及其受限子公司根据在与待完成或作出的许可收购、投资或资本支出有关的期间之前或期间订立的具有约束力的合同或已签署的意向书(“合同对价”)要求以现金支付的总对价,加上根据上文(A)(2)款的规定已添加到超额现金流量中的当时到期和应付的任何重组现金支出、手续费或税收或或有付款。在每一种情况下,借款人在该期间结束后的四个连续财政季度内;条件是,实际用于资助该等收购的内部产生的现金总额-


-33-该期间的投资或资本支出少于合同考虑的,该差额应计入下一会计年度超额现金流量的计算,(十二)[保留区](十三)在该期间内与掉期合约有关的现金支出,但不得在取得该等综合净收入时扣除;(十四)将在未来期间摊销或支出并作为长期资产记录的任何现金付款;(十五)在该财政年度内发生的可偿还或投保的开支,但该等偿还尚未收到,且在达到该综合净收入时未予扣除;及(十六)与收购或投资有关的成本及开支的现金支出,出售及发行股权或债务,在计算该等综合净收入时不得减除。即使在“超额现金流量”的定义中使用的任何术语的定义中有任何相反的规定,超额现金流量的所有组成部分都应在综合基础上为借款人及其受限制的子公司计算。“超额现金流动期”是指借款人从截至2018年12月31日的财政年度开始(包括该财政年度)的每个财政年度。“交易法”系指修订后的1934年证券交易法。“除外资产”系指(I)任何收费拥有的不动产(实质性不动产除外)、不动产的任何租赁持有权利和权益(应理解为不要求获得任何地主豁免、禁止反言或抵押品使用权书),(Ii)受所有权证书约束的机动车辆和其他资产,其担保权益的完善程度不能通过提交UCC融资报表(或同等资产)来实现,(Iii)任何租约、许可证或其他协议或受购款担保权益、资本租赁义务或类似安排约束的任何财产,在每一种情况下,在贷款文件允许的范围内,只要授予其中的担保权益将违反或使该租赁、许可或协议、购买资金、资本租赁或类似安排无效,或产生有利于任何其他当事人(控股或其任何子公司除外)的终止权,在每种情况下,在UCC或其他适用法律的适用反转让条款生效后,但不包括其收益和应收款,其转让根据适用法律明确视为有效,尽管有这种禁止。(4)下列情况下的资产:(A)此类资产的担保权益的授予受到收购时对此类资产具有约束力的合同(包括租赁和许可)的禁止,且不是在考虑到此类收购、适用法律或任何政府许可证或州或地方特许经营、特许经营和授权时订立的,或(B)在(A)和(B)条款的每一种情况下,在实施UCC和其他适用法律的适用的反转让条款后,根据适用法律要求的尚未获得的政府同意,但不包括其收益,其转让在适用法律下被明确视为有效,尽管有这种禁止,(V)保证金股票,以及在实施UCC或其他适用法律的适用的反转让条款后,该人的组织或合资文件的条款不允许的范围,在任何人(全资子公司除外)中的股权,但不包括其收益,其转让根据适用法律明确地被视为有效,尽管有这种禁止,(Vi)[重新发球],(Vii)受第7.01(U)或(Aa)节允许的留置权限制的任何财产(在与最初根据第7.01(U)节产生的留置权有关的范围内),只要在考虑到在适用的反转让条款生效后获得此类财产时,对该财产授予担保权益的条款将被禁止,则该财产的担保权益将被禁止。


-34-UCC的收益和应收款除外,其转让在UCC下被明确视为有效,尽管有这种禁止或限制,(Viii)在接受提交“使用说明书”和颁发“注册证书”或接受提交的“声称使用的修正案”之前的任何使用意向商标申请,仅在下述情况下和在期间内(如果有),即授予使用意向商标申请的担保权益将损害这种意向使用商标申请或根据适用的联邦法律可能从中发出的任何注册无效,(Ix)经行政代理和借款人书面合理同意的资产,即设立或完善此类资产的质押或担保权益,或就此类资产获得所有权保险、勘测、摘要或评估的成本相对于贷款人将从中获得的实际利益而言过高,(X)专属自保保险子公司的股权,(Xi)不受限制的子公司的股权和资产,(十二)[保留区](十三)(十三)超过(A)合营公司或(B)合营公司的每一间附属公司尚未行使表决权的股权的65%的股权;(十四)非担保人的非重要附属公司、非牟利附属公司、任何证券化附属公司的股权;(十五)直接或间接附属公司的任何直接或间接附属公司的合股权益,而该等附属公司是(A)合营公司或(B)合营公司;及(十六)信用证权利及商业侵权索偿,每宗案件的金额均少于1,000,000元,除非其中的担保权益可以通过提交统一商业代码融资声明来完善,并且(Xvii)在以下范围内分开并专门用于为非关联第三方的利益以信托方式持有资金:(A)工资、医疗保健和其他员工工资和福利账户,(B)税务账户,包括但不限于销售税账户,(C)代管、失效和赎回账户和(D)受托或信托账户,以及在(A)至(D)条款的情况下,在任何此类账户中持有或主要持有的资金或其他财产;但除外资产不得包括第(I)至(Xvii)款所指的任何除外资产的任何收益、替代或替代(除非该等收益、替代或替代将独立构成第(I)至(Xvii)款所指的除外资产。“排除信息”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(F)节规定的含义。“被排除的子公司”系指(A)不是控股公司全资拥有的直接或间接国内子公司的任何子公司,(B)在收购该子公司时被适用法律或本协议所允许的合同所禁止或限制但未经考虑订立的任何子公司,或如果担保该义务需要政府(包括监管部门)同意、批准、许可或授权,除非已收到此类同意、批准、许可或授权,或(C)借款人和行政代理人的合理判断认为,提供担保的负担或费用过高的任何其他子公司;(D)任何非营利性子公司或专属保险子公司,(E)任何不受限制的子公司,(F)任何证券化子公司,(G)控股的直接或间接境外附属公司的任何直接或间接境内附属公司,而该附属公司是氟氯化碳;。(H)控股公司的任何直接或间接境内附属公司,即FSHCO;。(I)[保留区](J)专属自保保险附属公司、(K)并非重大附属公司的任何附属公司及(L)任何根据许可收购或其他投资收购而收购的受限制附属公司,而该等附属公司已承担第7.03(G)(I)条所准许而并非因考虑该等许可收购或其他投资而招致的债务,则在任何情况下,只要该等担保债务禁止该附属公司成为担保人(只要该禁止并非在考虑该等许可收购或其他投资时产生)。为免生疑问,借款人不应构成被排除的子公司。“被排除的互换义务”是指,对于任何担保人而言,在构成《商品交易法》第1a(47)款所指“互换”的任何协议、合同或交易项下的任何付款或履行义务(“互换义务”),如果该担保人的全部或部分担保,或该担保人授予担保该互换义务(或其任何担保人)的全部或部分担保,或在该担保的范围内,根据《商品交易法》或任何规则,是或变得非法或非法的,商品期货交易委员会的规例或命令(或其中任何条文的适用或官方解释),因该担保人因任何理由而没有构成《商品交易法》及其下的规例所界定的“合资格合约参与者”,而该担保人的担保或该项证券权益的授予若非因上述担保人或证券权益的授予,本会对有关的掉期义务生效-


-35-Antor当时未成为“有资格的合同参与者”。如果一项互换义务是根据管理一项以上互换的协议产生的,则这种排除仅适用于可归因于根据《商品交易法》或商品期货交易委员会的任何规则、法规或命令(或其任何适用或官方解释)属于或成为非法或非法的互换担保或担保权益的掉期义务部分。“现有信贷安排”是指(A)VWR Funding Inc.、每一外国子公司借款人、作为行政代理和抵押品代理的北卡罗来纳州花旗银行以及不时作为贷款人的贷款人之间于2015年9月28日达成的某些信贷协议;(B)截至2017年3月10日在Avantor Performance Material Holdings,LLC、Nusil Invest-ments LLC、Avantor Holdings Sub,L.P.、Jefferies Finance LLC、(C)作为行政代理及抵押品代理的Avantor Holdings,LLC,Nusil Investments LLC,Avantor Holdings Sub,L.P.,作为行政代理及抵押品代理的Avantor Holdings Sub,L.P.及不时与贷款人订立的于2017年3月10日订立的若干第二留置权信贷协议。“现有信用证”是指以前根据现有信贷安排为借款人、本公司或其任何附属公司的账户出具(或被视为已出具)的每份信用证,且(A)在成交日期仍未结清且(B)列于附表1.01C。“现有应收账款融资”指该特定应收账款购买协议项下的应收账款融资,日期为2020年3月27日,由Avantor Receivables Funding,LLC(作为卖方)、VWR International,LLC(作为服务商)、PNC Bank、National Association(作为管理人和LC Bank)以及其他各方不时修订、重述、补充、放弃、续订或以其他方式修改。“现有的转轨部分”具有第2.16(B)节规定的含义。“现有优先票据”指本公司于2022年到期的4.625高级担保票据,日期为2015年3月25日,由本公司某些联营公司、作为受托人的纽约法律债券信托公司及其其他各方发行。“现有高级担保票据”是指借款人2024年到期的6.000%优先第一留置权票据的本金总额为15亿美元,以及借款人2024年到期的4.750%优先第一留置权票据的本金总额为5亿欧元,每种情况下都是根据现有的高级担保票据契约在截止日期发行的。“现有高级担保票据文件”是指现有的高级担保票据契约和其中所指的其他交易文件(包括相关担保、票据和票据购买协议)。“现有高级担保票据契约”是指借款人作为发行人、该契约中所列的担保人和该契约所指的受托人之间的契约,根据该契约,现有的高级担保票据可被不时修订或补充。“现有定期贷款部分”具有第2.16(A)节规定的含义。“延长循环信贷承诺”具有第2.16(B)节规定的含义。“扩大循环信贷贷款人”的含义见第2.16(C)节。“延期循环信用贷款”是指因延期修正案而产生的一种或多种循环信用贷款。“延长期限贷款”具有第2.16(A)节规定的含义。


-36--“延长定期贷款人”的含义见第2.16(C)节。“延期”是指根据第2.16节的条款和适用的延期修正案,通过修改贷款来建立延期系列。“延期修正案”具有第2.16(D)节规定的含义。“延期选举”具有第2.16(C)节规定的含义。“延期请求”是指任何定期贷款延期请求或转盘延期请求,视具体情况而定。“展期系列”指任何定期贷款展期系列或转盘展期系列,视情况而定。“贷款”系指循环信贷安排、任何一系列新的循环信贷承诺、给定的延长循环信贷承诺系列、给定的再融资循环信贷贷款系列、任何期限安排、给定的延期定期贷款系列、给定类别的增量定期贷款或给定的再融资定期贷款系列,视情况而定。“FATCA”系指截至本协议之日的守则第1471至1474条(或实质上具有可比性且遵守起来并不更为繁琐的任何修订或后续版本)、任何现行或未来的财政部条例或其其他官方解释、截至本协议之日与守则第1471(B)(1)条达成的任何协议(或上文所述的任何修订或后续版本)以及美国或美国财政部与外国政府或其一个或多个机构之间为实施上述和任何财政或保守党立法而达成的任何协议或安排。根据此类已公布的政府间协议通过的规则或官方做法、实施上述规定的任何政府间协议以及非美国司法管辖区为实施上述规定或任何类似规定而通过的任何法律、财政或监管立法、规则、指导说明和做法。“反海外腐败法”具有第5.17(A)节规定的含义。“联邦基金利率”是指,在任何一天,由NYFRB根据存款机构当日的联邦基金交易计算的年利率(由NYFRB不时在其公共网站上公布的方式确定),并在下一个营业日由NYFRB公布为联邦基金有效利率;但如果联邦基金有效利率应小于零,则就本协议而言,该利率应被视为零。“纽约联邦储备银行的网站”是指纽约联邦储备银行的网站http://www.newyorkfed.org,或任何后续来源。“费用函”是指借款人、高盛美国银行、巴克莱银行、Jefferies Finance LLC和摩根大通银行之间修订和重订的费用函,日期为2017年5月6日。“财务契约违约事件”具有第8.02(E)节规定的含义。“融资租赁义务”是指根据公认会计原则,要求在资产负债表和损益表上同时计入融资租赁(为免生疑问,不是直线或经营租赁)以进行财务报告的债务。在作出任何厘定时,与融资或资本租赁有关的负债额将为根据公认会计原则须在该资产负债表(不包括附注)上作为负债反映的金额。“FIRREA”系指修订后的1989年金融机构改革、恢复和执行法。


-37-“惠誉”指惠誉评级公司及其任何继任者。“洪水灾害财产”是指(A)在联邦紧急事务管理署(或任何后续机构)指定的地区内的任何不动产或不动产的一部分,以及(B)在该特别洪水危险地区内包含“改进的不动产”或“活动房屋”(根据洪水保险法的定义)。“洪水保险法”统称为(I)现在或以后生效的1968年《国家洪水保险法》或其任何后续法规,(Ii)现在或以后有效的1973年《洪水灾害保护法》或其任何后续法规,(Iii)现在或以后有效的1994年《全国洪水保险改革法》或其任何后续法规,(Iv)现在或以后有效的2004年《洪水保险改革法》或其任何后续法规,以及(V)现在或以后有效的2012年《比格特-沃特斯洪水保险改革法》或其任何后续法规。“下限”仅指(X)增量B-5-6美元定期贷款,年利率为0.50%,(Y)否则,年利率为0.00%。“境外子公司”是指借款人不是境内子公司的任何直接或间接受限制的子公司。“提前偿付风险”是指,在任何时候发生违约的贷款人,(A)对于L/信用证发行人,该违约贷款人在除L/C债务以外的未偿还L/信用证债务中的比例份额,该违约贷款人的参与债务已被重新分配给其他贷款人或根据本合同条款质押的现金,以及(B)对于摆动额度贷款人,该违约贷款人在除该违约贷款人的参与义务已被重新分配给其他贷款人或根据本协议条款抵押的现金以外的摆动额度贷款中按比例分配的份额。“FSHCO”是指除一个或多个属于氟氯化碳的直接或间接子公司的股权外,没有其他实质性资产的任何国内子公司。“基金”是指在正常过程中从事商业贷款和类似信贷扩展的任何人(自然人除外)。“公认会计原则”系指在美利坚合众国不时生效的公认会计原则;但在符合第1.03节的规定下,如果借款人通知行政代理它请求修改本条款的任何规定,以消除在GAAP截止日期之后或在其应用中发生的任何变更(包括通过与IFRS一致的变更)对该条款的运行的影响(或者如果如果行政代理通知借款人所需的贷款人为此目的要求对本条款的任何条款进行修改),无论任何此类通知是在GAAP变更之前或之后或在其应用中发出的(包括通过与IFRS一致的变更),则该等规定应以生效并立即适用的公认会计原则为基础予以解释,直至该通知已被撤回或该等规定已根据本条例修订为止。“政府当局”是指任何国家或政府、任何国家或其其他政治区、任何机构、当局、机构、监管机构、法院、行政法庭、中央银行或行使政府的行政、立法、司法、税务、监管或行政权力或职能的其他实体(包括行使这些权力或职能的任何超国家机构,如欧洲联盟或欧洲中央银行)。“授予贷款人”具有第10.07(H)节规定的含义。“担保”对任何人而言,不重复地指该人以任何方式直接或间接担保另一人(“原债务人”)的任何债务,或具有担保另一人(“原债务人”)任何债务的经济效果的任何或有义务,包括该人直接或间接的任何义务。


-38--间接,(1)购买或支付(或为购买或支付)购买或提供资金,(2)购买或租赁财产、证券或服务,以向债权人保证支付或履行此类债务,(3)维持营运资金,股权资本或任何其他财务报表状况或流动资金,或主要债务人的收入水平或现金流,以使主要债务人能够偿还该等债务,或(Iv)为以任何其他方式就该等债务向债权人保证偿付或履行该等债务或保障该债权人免受(全部或部分)损失而订立的协议。任何担保的金额,应被视为相关联的主要债务或其部分的已陈述或可确定的金额,或者,如果不是已陈述或可确定的,则相当于担保人善意确定的与此有关的合理预期的最高责任。“担保”一词作为动词也有相应的含义。“担保债务”具有第11.01节规定的含义。“担保人”具有“抵押品和担保要求”定义中的含义,应包括控股公司、借款人和根据第6.11节应成为担保人的每一家受限制子公司。为免生疑问,借款人可自行决定促使任何非担保人的受限制附属公司以行政代理合理满意的形式和实质签署本协议,从而担保债务,且任何该等受限制附属公司应为所有目的的担保人、贷款方及本协议项下的附属担保人;但如果该受限制附属公司并非在美国成立,则(A)该受限制附属公司的组织管辖权应合理地令行政代理及抵押品代理满意,以及(B)该受限制附属公司应已遵守抵押品及担保要求。“保证”是指担保人根据本协议对义务所作的保证。“危险材料”是指所有危险、危险或有毒的材料、物质或废物,以及任何形式的污染物或污染物,包括石油或石油蒸馏物、石棉或含石棉材料、多氯联苯、氡气和有毒霉菌,它们根据环境法受到管制,或可能导致根据环境法承担责任。“对冲银行”是指在订立有担保对冲协议或金库服务协议(即使该等对冲银行在订立有担保对冲协议或金库服务协议后,可能不再是上述任何协议的贷款人、代理人或关联方)时,作为上述任何一项的贷款人、代理人或关联方的任何人士,借款人在给管理代理人的一封信中,以当事人的身份和(在签订该有担保对冲协议时是代理人或其关联方的任何人除外)就该有担保的对冲协议或金库服务协议(视情况而定)被明确指定为“对冲银行”的人,和(作为贷款人或代理人或在订立该担保对冲协议时代理人的关联方的任何人除外)向行政代理人交付一份令其合理满意的函件协议(I)根据适用的贷款文件指定行政代理人为其代理人,以及(Ii)同意受条款10.05、10.15和10.16以及条款IX的约束,如同其是贷款人一样。“控股”的含义与本协议导言段落中的含义相同。“荣誉日期”具有第2.03(C)(I)节规定的含义。“确定的参与贷款人”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(3)节规定的含义。“经确认的合格贷款人”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(3)节规定的含义。“国际财务报告准则”是指由国际会计标准委员会颁布的国际会计准则。


-39-“非重大附属公司”指于任何厘定日期,Holdings的任何附属公司并非重大附属公司。“渐进式修正”具有第2.14(F)节规定的含义。“增量B-4美元定期贷款承诺”对每个美元定期贷款人来说,是指其根据第2.01(A)(Vi)节向借款人提供增量B-4美元定期贷款的义务,额度不得超过附表1.01a“增量B-4美元定期贷款承诺”标题下与该美元定期贷款人名称相对的金额,或在该美元定期贷款机构成为本协议一方的转让和假设中,视情况适用,该金额可根据本协议不时调整(包括第2.14节)。在增量B-4美元定期贷款修正案生效日,增量B-4美元定期贷款承诺总额为11,750,000,000美元。“增量B-4美元定期贷款修正案生效日期”应为增量修正案生效日期(如修正案第5号所定义)。“增量B-4美元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Vi)节规定在增量B-4美元定期贷款修正案生效日向借款人提供的增量B-4美元定期贷款。“增量B-4欧元期限承诺”对每个欧元期限贷款人来说,是指其根据第2.01(A)(Xii)节向借款人提供增量B-4欧元期限贷款的义务,总额不得超过在附表1.01a“增量B-4欧元期限承诺”项下与该欧元期限贷款人名称相对的金额,或在该欧元期限贷款人成为本协议一方的转让和假设中(视情况而定),该金额可根据本协议不时进行调整(包括第2.14节)。在第6号修正案生效之日增加的B-4欧元期间承诺总额为6.05亿欧元。“增量B-4欧元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Xii)节的规定,在第6号修正案生效之日按照其增量B-4欧元定期承诺向借款人发放的欧元计价定期贷款。“增量B-5美元定期贷款承诺”是指(I)贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Vii)条在修正案第7号生效日期向借款人提供的增量B-5美元定期贷款,以及(Ii)2021年首期B-5定期贷款人根据修正案第8号生效日期向借款人提供的2021年增量B-5美元定期贷款。截至修正案第8号生效日期,增量B-5美元定期贷款总额为2,069,125,000美元。“增量B-5美元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Vii)节的规定,在第7号修正案生效日根据其增量B-5美元定期承诺向划船者发放的以美元计价的贷款。“增量B-6美元定期贷款承诺”是指对每个美元定期贷款人而言,其根据第2.01(A)(Xiv)节向借款人提供增量B-6美元定期贷款的义务,累计金额不得超过“增量B-6美元定期贷款承诺”标题下附表1.01a中与该美元定期贷款人名称相对的金额,或该美元定期贷款人成为本协议一方所依据的转让和假设中所述的金额(如适用),该金额可根据本协议不时调整(包括第2.14节)。12号修正案生效日增量B-6美元定期承诺总额为772,396,875.00美元。“增量B-6美元定期贷款”是指贷款人在第12号修正案生效日根据第2.01(A)(Xiv)条向借款人发放的美元定期贷款。


-40-“增量B-5欧元期限承诺”对每个欧元期限贷款人来说,是指其根据第2.01(A)(Xiii)节向借款人提供增量B-5欧元期限贷款的义务,总额不得超过在“增量B-5欧元期限承诺”标题下的附表1.01a中与该欧元期限贷款人名称相对的金额,或根据该欧元期限贷款机构成为本协议一方的转让和假设,此金额可根据本协议(包括第2.14节)随时调整。在第6号修正案生效之日,增量B-5欧元长期承诺的总额为3.25亿欧元。“增量B-5欧元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Xiii)节的规定,在第6号修正案生效之日按照其增量B-5欧元定期承诺向借款人发放的以欧元计价的定期贷款。“递增承诺”具有第2.14(A)节规定的含义。“递增等值债务”具有第7.03(Z)节规定的含义。“递增设施关闭日期”具有第2.14(D)节规定的含义。“增量贷款人”的含义见第2.14(C)节。“增量贷款”的含义见第2.14(B)节。“增量请求”的含义如第2.14(A)节所述。“增量循环信贷贷款人”的含义见第2.14(C)节。“增量循环贷款”的含义见第2.14(B)节。“增量循环贷款承诺”的含义见第2.14(A)节。“递增期限承诺”具有第2.14(A)节规定的含义。“增额定期贷款人”的含义见第2.14(C)节。“增量定期贷款”的含义见第2.14(B)节。“负债”指在某一特定时间对任何人而言,不重复的以下所有事项:(A)该人对借款的所有债务,以及该人以债券、债权证、票据、贷款协议或其他类似票据承担的所有债务;(B)由该人或为该人的账户签发或开立的所有未偿还信用证(包括备用信用证和商业信用证)、银行收据、银行担保、担保保证金、履约保证金和类似票据的最高金额;(B)所有未偿还信用证(包括备用信用证和商业信用证)、银行承兑汇票、银行担保、担保保证金和类似票据的最高金额;(C)该人在任何掉期合约下的净债务;。(D)该人支付物业或服务的递延买价的所有义务;。(E)由该人拥有或购买的财产的留置权所担保的债务(不包括该债务的预付利息)(包括根据有条件出售或其他所有权保留协议及按揭、工业收益债券、工业发展债券及类似融资而产生的债务),不论该等债务是否已由该人承担或在重行过程中是有限的;。


-41-(F)所有应占负债;(G)如果或对于上述将构成债务或根据公认会计原则的负债,该人就不合格股权所承担的所有债务;但借款人的任何直接或间接母公司仅由于根据公认会计原则向下会计而出现在借款人的资产负债表上的债务应不包括在内;及(H)在上文未包括的范围内,该人就(A)至(G)款所述债务提供的所有担保。就本协议的所有目的而言,任何人的债务须(A)包括该人为普通合伙人的任何合伙企业或合营企业(本身为公司或有限责任公司的合营企业除外)的债务,但如该人对该等债务的责任在其他方面是有限的,则属例外;(B)就控股公司及其受限制附属公司而言,不包括所有期限不超过364天的公司间负债(包括任何展期或延长期限)及在正常业务过程中作出的所有负债(就控股及其受限制附属公司的负债而言除外),(C)不包括(I)在正常业务过程中应付的贸易账目及应计开支;(Ii)任何与任何准许收购或准许投资有关的收益债务、递延收购价格债务、或有收购价格调整或赔偿付款;任何收购或投资于截止日期前完成的收购或投资或任何准许处置,除非该等债务在到期及应付后仍未支付;(Iii)在正常业务过程中累积的工资及其他负债的应计开支;(Iv)任何证券化安排项下的债务;(V)非融资租赁债务、直线租赁和经营租赁以及(Vi)就资产购买价格的一部分进行价格扣留,以履行各自卖方的担保或其他未履行义务。在任何日期,任何掉期合同项下的任何净债务的金额,应被视为截至该日期的掉期终止价值。就上文(E)项而言,每名儿子的债务数额须视为相等于(X)该等债务的未清偿总额及(Y)该人真诚厘定的该财产的公平市价,两者以较小者为准。“保证税”是指对任何代理人、贷款人或任何其他将由贷款方根据本协议或根据任何其他贷款单据的义务或因借款方的任何义务而支付的款项而征收的所有税款,但不包括(I)对其净收入、净利润或分支机构利润征收或以其净利润、净利润或分行利润衡量的任何税款,不论其面额如何,(为免生疑问,还包括根据《守则》第3406条或任何类似的州、地方或外国法律规定对其征收的任何预扣税款);以及在每一案件中由司法管辖区征收的特许经营税(及类似的)税,这是由于该收款人在该司法管辖区的主要办事处或适用的贷款办事处成立,或由于该贷款人或代理人与该司法管辖区现时或以前有任何联系,但不包括纯粹因签立、交付、作为当事人、履行其义务、根据任何贷款文件收取付款、收取或完成任何贷款文件下的担保权益,或出售或签署任何贷款或贷款文件中的权益而产生的任何联系,(Ii)可归因于该代理人或贷款人未能交付根据第3.01(D)条规定交付的文件的任何税款;(Iii)就贷款人(借款人根据第3.07(A)条提出的请求而提出的受让人除外)而言,任何有效的美国联邦预扣税,该税款将适用于根据当时适用的法律应支付的金额,除非该贷款人是本协议的一方或在贷款中获得了适用的权益,或指定了新的贷款办公室,除非该贷款人(或其转让人,如果有)有权在指定新的贷款办公室(或转让)之前从借款人或任何担保人那里获得额外的金额,并根据第3.01节重新缴纳此类预扣税,以及(Iv)根据FATCA征收的任何预扣税。为免生疑问,本定义中的“出借人”一词应包括L/信用证发行人和摆动额度出借人。“受赔者”的含义如第10.05节所述。“信息”具有第10.08节中规定的含义。


-42-“初始B-1美元定期贷款承诺”是指初始B-1美元定期贷款人截至修正案第1号生效日期的定期承诺。“初始B-1美元定期贷款机构”是指在任何时候,拥有初始B-1美元定期贷款承诺或初始B-1美元定期贷款的任何贷款人。“初始B-1美元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Ii)节的规定,在第1号修正案生效之日向借款人发放的美元定期贷款。“初始B-1欧元期限承诺”是指初始B-1欧元期限贷款人在修正案第1号生效之日的期限承诺。“初始B-1欧元定期贷款机构”是指在任何时候拥有初始B-1欧元定期贷款或初始B-1欧元定期贷款的任何贷款机构。“初始B-1欧元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Ix)节的规定,在第1号修正案生效日向借款人发放的以欧元计价的定期贷款。“初始B-2美元期限承诺”是指初始B-2美元期限贷款人在第2号修正案生效之日的期限承诺。“初始B-2美元定期贷款机构”是指在任何时候,拥有初始B-2美元定期贷款承诺或初始B-2美元定期贷款的任何贷款人。“初始B-2美元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Iii)条在第2号修正案生效日向借款人发放的美元定期贷款。“初始B-2欧元期限承诺”是指自第2号修正案生效之日起,初始B-2欧元期限出借人的期限承诺。“初始B-2欧元定期贷款机构”是指在任何时候拥有初始B-2欧元定期贷款或初始B-2欧元定期贷款的任何贷款机构。“初始B-2欧元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(X)条在第2号修正案生效日向借款人发放的以欧元计价的定期贷款。“初始B-3美元定期贷款承诺”对每个美元定期贷款人来说,是指其根据第2.01(A)(Iv)节向借款人提供初始B-3美元定期贷款的义务,总额不得超过附表1.01a“初始B-3美元定期贷款承诺”标题下与该美元定期贷款人名称相对的金额,或该美元定期贷款人成为本协议一方所依据的转让和假设中所述的金额(如适用),该金额可根据本协议不时调整(包括第2.14节)。在第3号修正案生效日期,最初的B-3美元定期承诺总额为677,213,077.84美元。“初始B-3美元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Iv)条在第3号修正案生效日向借款人发放的美元定期贷款。“初始B-3欧元期限承诺”是指每一欧元期限贷款人根据第2.01(A)条(Xi)向借款人提供初始B-3欧元期限贷款的义务,总额不得超过附表1.01a“初始B-3欧元期限承诺”项下与该欧元期限贷款人名称相对的金额,或该欧元期限贷款人作为本协议一方的转让和假设中所载的金额,视适用情况而定,该金额可根据本协议不时调整(包括第2.14节)。在第3号修正案生效之日,最初的B-3欧元期间承诺总额为349,142,621.51欧元。


-43-“初始B-3欧元定期贷款”是指贷款人在第3号修正案生效日根据第2.01(A)节(Xi)向借款人发放的欧元计价定期贷款。“初始B-4美元定期贷款承诺”是指对于每个美元定期贷款人,其根据第2.01(A)(V)节向借款人提供初始B-4美元定期贷款的义务,其总额不得超过附表1.01a“初始B-4美元定期贷款承诺”标题下与该美元定期贷款人名称相对的金额,或该美元定期贷款人根据其成为本协议一方的转让和假设(视情况适用),该金额可根据本协议不时调整(包括第2.14节)。在第7号修正案生效日期,最初的B-4美元定期承诺总额为357,287,457.18美元。“初始B-4美元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(V)条在第7号修正案生效日向借款人发放的美元定期贷款。“初始美元定期贷款承诺”是指初始美元定期贷款机构截至截止日期的定期承诺。“初始美元定期贷款机构”是指在任何时候拥有初始美元定期贷款承诺或初始美元定期贷款的任何贷款机构。“初始美元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(I)节在结算日向借款人发放的美元定期贷款。“初始欧元期限承诺”是指初始欧元期限贷款人截至截止日期的期限承诺。“初始欧元定期贷款机构”是指在任何时候拥有初始欧元期限承诺或初始欧元定期贷款的任何贷款机构。“初始欧元定期贷款”是指贷款人根据第2.01(A)(Viii)节在结算日向借款人发放的欧元计价定期贷款。“初始贷款人”是指高盛美国银行、巴克莱银行、杰富瑞金融有限责任公司和摩根大通银行。“初始期限承诺”统称为初始B-4美元期限承诺和初始B-3欧元期限承诺。“初始定期贷款”统称为初始B-4美元定期贷款和初始B-3欧元定期贷款。“知识产权担保协议”具有“担保协议”中规定的含义。“公司间本票”是指实质上采用附件G形式的本票。“债权人间协议”系指债权人间协议的截止日期,以及与根据本协议条款要求签署的任何交易有关的任何其他债权人间协议,包括抵押品代理人、行政代理人、借款人、担保人和一名或多名根据第2.14节或第7.03节产生的债务的高级代表或任何其他当事人(视属何情况而定),按行政代理人和抵押品代理人合理满意的习惯条款,在每一种情况下,经修订、重述,经代理人同意,不时进行补充或以其他方式修改(或根据第7.03节就再融资、修订或产生债务而更换)(此类同意不得被无理扣留或延迟)。


-44--“付息日期”是指:(A)就任何期限基准贷款而言,适用于该贷款的每一利息期的最后一天以及提供该贷款的贷款的到期日;但如果定期基准贷款的任何利息期超过三个月,则在该利息期开始后每三个月的相应日期也应为付息日期:(B)对于任何SONIA利率贷款,适用于该贷款的SONIA利息期的最后一天和适用于该贷款的贷款的到期日;(C)对于任何基本利率贷款(包括周转额度贷款),则为每年3月、6月、9月和12月的最后一个营业日以及该贷款的到期日。“利息期”是指,对于每一笔(A)定期基准贷款(以加元指定的定期基准贷款除外),自该定期基准贷款被支付、转换为或继续作为定期基准贷款之日起至此后1个月、3个月或6个月结束的期间;(B)以加元计价的定期基准贷款,自该定期基准贷款被支付、转换为或继续作为定期基准贷款之日起至此后1个月、2个月或3个月止的期间;以及(C)对于每一笔SONIA利率贷款,自索尼娅利率借款发生或继续之日(但不包括)之后一个月的日期(或如在该月中没有在数字上对应的日子,则为该月的最后一天)开始(并包括)的期间(“利息期间”的定义(C)条款,即“索尼亚利息期间”);但:(A)本应在非营业日结束的任何利息期,须延展至下一个营业日,但如该营业日适逢另一个公历月,则属例外,而在该情况下,该利息期须在前一个营业日结束;。(B)在公历月的最后一个营业日(或在该利息期结束时该历月并无在数字上相对应的日期)开始的任何利息期,须在该公历月的最后一个营业日结束时终止;。(C)任何利息期限不得超过适用的到期日;及(D)根据第3.03(E)节从本定义中删除的任何期限不得在任何已承诺的贷款通知中予以说明。“内部产生现金”指,就任何人士而言,该人士及其附属公司的资金并不构成(X)该人士的股权发行(或与该等权益有关的供款)的收益、(Y)该人士或其任何附属公司(任何转拨信贷安排或信贷额度下的除外)产生债务的收益或(Z)处置及意外事故的收益。“内插汇率”是指,在任何时候,行政代理机构确定的年利率(该确定应是决定性的,且在没有明显错误的情况下具有约束力)等于在以下两种情况下的线性内插所产生的利率:(A)短于利息期的最长期间(适用货币的EURIBO筛选汇率)的EURIBO筛选利率和(B)长于利息期间的最短期间(适用货币的EURIBO筛选利率)的EURIBO筛选利率,在每种情况下,截至上午11点左右,伦敦时间,该利息期开始前两个工作日;但如果内插汇率应小于零,则就本协定而言,该汇率应被视为零。“投资”对任何人而言,指该人直接或间接取得或投资,不论是透过(A)购买或以其他方式取得另一人的股权或债务或其他证券,(B)贷款、垫款或出资、担保或承担债务,或购买或以其他方式取得另一人的任何其他债务或参与或权益,包括在该另一人中的任何合伙或合营权益(就Holdings而言,不包括借款人及其受限制附属公司、公司间贷款、垫款或债务(在每种情况下均是由于Holdings,借款人或受限制的附属公司),期限不超过364天(包括任何展期或延期),并在正常业务过程中进行)或(C)购买或以其他方式获取(在一次或一系列交易中)任何人或任何业务单位、业务或部门的全部或几乎所有资产


-45-或(Ii)任何人或任何业务部门、业务线或其分部的全部或几乎所有客户名单(为免生疑问,包括“塞进”收购)。为遵守《公约》的目的,任何投资的金额在任何时候都应为实际投资金额(在作出时衡量),不对此类投资价值随后的增加或减少进行调整。“知识产权”的含义如第5.15节所述。“互联网服务供应商”指,就任何信用证而言,由国际银行法与惯例协会出版的“1998年国际备用惯例”(或在签发时有效的较新版本)。“初级融资”具有第7.13(A)节规定的含义。“初级融资文件”是指管理任何初级融资的任何文件。“L/信用证垫款”指的是,对于每个循环信贷贷款人,该贷款人按照其比例份额或本协议规定的其他适用份额参与L/信用证借款的资金。“L/信用证借款”是指从任何信用证项下提取的、在作为循环信用借款或再融资之日仍未偿还的信用证的展期。“L信用证展期”是指信用证的签发、有效期的延长、金额的恢复或增加。“L/信用证发行人”是指高盛贷款合伙有限责任公司、花旗银行、巴克莱银行、摩根大通银行、美国银行、PNC银行、全国同业公会,以及根据第2.03(K)或10.07(J)节规定成为L/信用证发行人的任何其他人士,无论是以信用证发行人的身份,还是以信用证的任何后续发行人的身份。“L/信用证债务”是指在任何确定日期,所有未偿还信用证项下可提取的总金额加上所有未偿还金额的总和,包括所有L/信用证借款。为了计算任何信用证项下可提取的金额,该信用证的金额应按照第1.10节的规定确定。就本协议的所有目的而言,如果在任何确定日期,信用证已按其条款失效,但仍有任何金额可根据信用证规则3.13或3.14的实施或信用证或信用证所适用的规则或法律中所述的任何类似条款而被提取,或者如果存在未提取的信用证,则该信用证应被视为“未清偿”的可供提取的剩余金额。“最新到期日”是指,在任何确定日期,适用于本合同项下任何贷款或承诺的最新到期日,包括任何初始定期贷款、增量B-5美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款、增量B-5欧元定期贷款、增量B-6美元定期贷款、增量循环贷款承诺、延期循环信贷承诺、再融资循环信贷承诺、延期定期贷款、增量定期贷款、再融资定期贷款、重置定期贷款和再融资定期承诺的最新到期日。“法律”统称为所有国际、外国、联邦、州和地方法规、条约、规则、具有法律约束力的指导方针、条例、条例、法典和行政或司法判例或当局,包括由负责执行、解释或管理的任何政府当局对其进行的具有法律约束力的解释或管理,以及所有适用的行政命令、指示的职责、具有法律约束力的请求、许可证、授权和许可以及与任何政府当局的协议。“长期选举”具有第1.08节规定的含义。


-46-“LCT测试日期”的含义如第1.08节所述。“牵头行”是指高盛美国银行、巴克莱银行、杰富瑞金融有限责任公司和北卡罗来纳州摩根大通银行,根据本协议,他们各自是联合牵头行和联合簿记行。关于第1号修正案,牵头安排人应为高盛美国银行。重新修订第2号修正案后,牵头安排人应为高盛贷款伙伴有限责任公司。关于第3号修正案,牵头安排人应为高盛贷款合伙人有限责任公司。关于第4号修正案,牵头安排人应为高盛贷款合伙人有限责任公司和花旗银行。关于第5号修正案,牵头安排人应为高盛贷款合伙人有限责任公司、花旗银行、巴克莱银行、摩根大通银行和美国银行证券公司。关于第6号修正案,牵头安排人应为花旗银行、高盛贷款合伙人有限责任公司、巴克莱银行、摩根大通银行、美国银行证券公司。PNC Capital Markets LLC和HSBC Securities(USA)Inc.关于第7号修正案,牵头安排人应为美国银行证券公司。关于第12号修正案,牵头安排人应为高盛银行美国分行。“出借人”具有本协议导言段落中所给出的含义,根据上下文需要,包括L信用证发行人和摆动额度出借人,以及本协议允许的他们各自的继承人和受让人,其中每一个人在本文中被称为“出借人”。对于任何贷款人来说,“贷款办公室”是指贷款人可以不时通知借款人和行政代理的一个或多个办公室。“信用证”指在本合同项下开立的任何信用证。信用证可以是商业信用证或备用信用证,并可以以任何经批准的货币开具;但(I)高盛贷款合伙有限责任公司以L/信用证发行人的身份,只须开立备用信用证,而无须开立商业信用证;(Ii)(X)杰富瑞金融有限公司以L/信用证发行人的身份,只需开具以美元计价的备用信用证,而无需开具商业信用证,且(Y)Jefferies Finance LLC将促使未设立分支机构的金融机构开具信用证,该等信用证在贷款文件项下应视为由Jefferies Finance LLC出具;(Iii)巴克莱银行以L/信用证发行人的身份,仅需开具以美元计价的备用信用证,且无需开具商业信用证。“信用证申请”是指开立或修改信用证的申请和协议,其格式为有关L信用证发行人不时使用的格式。“信用证到期日”是指在适用的循环信贷安排生效的预定到期日之前五个工作日(如果该日不是营业日,则为前一个营业日)。“信用证承诺”对任何L/信用证出票人来说,是指在附表1.01a中与该L/信用证出票人姓名相对的金额,如果是在截止日期后成为L/信用证出票人的L/信用证出票人,则指借款人和该L/C出票人以书面形式通知行政代理的金额;但如果经发票人和该L/C出票人(各自自行决定)以书面方式商定,可增加或减少对任何L/信用证出票人的信用证承诺,并通知行政代理。“升华信用证”是指等于(A)100,000,000美元和(B)循环信贷承诺本金总额两者中较小者的金额。信用证升华是循环信贷安排的一部分,而不是补充。“留置权”指任何按揭、信托契据、质押、抵押、抵押品转让、保证金安排、产权负担、留置权(法定或其他)、押记或任何性质的其他担保权益(包括任何有条件出售或其他所有权保留协议、任何地役权、通行权或其他不动产所有权上的产权抵押,以及任何具有与上述任何一项实质相同经济效果的融资租赁义务)。为免生疑问,“留置权”不应被视为包括(I)任何许可或其他


-47-在第7.01节允许的范围内与任何知识产权有关的合同义务,或(Ii)任何非融资租赁义务。“有限条件交易”是指借款人或其一个或多个受限制的子公司根据本协议允许的任何收购,包括通过合并的方式,其完成不以是否获得或获得第三方融资为条件。“贷款”系指贷款人根据第二条以定期贷款或循环信用贷款或循环信用额度贷款的形式向借款人提供的信贷扩展(包括任何初始定期贷款、任何增量B-5美元定期贷款、任何增量B-6美元定期贷款、任何增量B-4欧元定期贷款、任何增量B-5欧元定期贷款、任何增量B-5欧元定期贷款、任何增量定期贷款和任何循环承诺增加项下的任何信贷扩展、任何新的循环信贷承诺项下的任何信贷扩展、任何延长的定期贷款和任何延长的循环信贷承诺项下的任何信贷扩展,任何再融资定期贷款和任何再融资循环信贷承诺项下的任何信贷扩展,以及任何替代定期贷款)。“贷款文件”统称为(I)本协议(包括本协议的附表)、(Ii)第1号修正案、(Iii)第2号修正案、(Iv)第3号修正案、(V)第4号修正案、(Vi)第5号修正案、(Vii)第6号修正案、(Viii)第7号修正案、(Ix)第8号修正案、(X)第9号修正案、(Xi)第9号修正案。10、(Xii)第11号通知修正案、(Xiii)第12号修正案、(Xiv)附注、(Xv)抵押品文件、(Xivxvi)任何再融资修正案、增量修正案或延期修正案、(Xvxvii)每份信用证申请、(Xvixviii)费用函、(Xviixix)交易费用函以及(Xviixxx)本协议的任何修正案或加入者。“贷款方”是指控股公司、借款人和各附属担保人。“伦敦银行日”是指伦敦银行间欧洲美元市场上银行之间进行美元存款交易的任何日子。“管理协议”是指保荐人与控股公司、借款人或任何受限制附属公司之间签订并于截止日期生效的管理协议,该协议可不时修订、重述、修订及重述、补充或以其他方式修改,而不会对贷款人不利。“管理投资者”是指控股公司(或任何母公司)及其子公司的高级管理人员、董事、员工和其他管理层成员,他们在截止日期时是控股公司或其任何直接或间接母公司的投资者。“市值”是指一个数额,等于(1)借款人或其任何母公司在限制付款宣布之日在证券交易所交易的普通股权益的已发行和流通股总数,乘以(2)在紧接该限制付款宣布日之前连续30个交易日在主要证券交易所交易的该等普通股权益的每股收市价的算术平均值。“保证金股票”应具有美国联邦储备系统理事会U规则或其任何继承者赋予该术语的含义。“主协议”应具有“掉期合同”定义中所给出的含义。“重大不利影响”是指(A)截止日期,重大不利影响(定义见收购协议),及(B)截止日期后,将或可合理地预期会对以下各项产生重大不利影响的情况或条件:(1)整体而言,该公司及其受限制附属公司的业务、物业、财务状况或营运;(2)借款人及其他贷款方(整体而言)履行贷款文件所规定的付款义务的能力;或(3)该等公司的重大权利及


-48-行政代理或贷款人根据贷款文件整体采取的补救措施,包括贷款文件的合法性、有效性、约束力或可执行性。“重大国内子公司”指,在任何确定日期,(A)作为借款人的直接或间接母公司的控股公司的每一家国内子公司,以及(B)控股公司的其他每一家受限制子公司(I)在最近一次测试期的最后一天其总资产等于或大于该日期总资产的2.5%(不包括不包括子公司的资产),或(Ii)其在该测试期内的毛收入等于或大于该期间借款人及其受限制子公司的综合毛收入的2.5%(不包括不包括子公司的收入)。每一种情况都是按照公认会计原则确定的;但如在截止日期后的任何时间及不时,仅因为不符合第(I)或(Ii)款规定的门槛而不是担保人的受限制子公司的国内补贴,在借款人根据第6.01节为其提供财务报表的最近一个会计季度结束时,合计占借款人总资产(不包括不包括子公司的资产)的7.5%以上,或超过(连同所有其他不是担保人的受限制子公司)借款人及其在该测试期内的受限子公司(不包括排除子公司的收入),则借款人应在根据本协议要求交付该季度财务报表之日起45天内(或行政代理根据其合理酌情决定权同意的较长期限内),(A)以书面形式向行政代理指定一家或多家此类国内子公司为“重要的国内子公司”,以使上述条件不再成立,以及(B)遵守适用于该子公司的第6.11节的规定。“重大外国子公司”是指,在任何确定日期,控股的每一家受限制子公司(A)在最近一次测试期最后一天的总资产等于或大于该日期总资产的2.5%(不包括被排除子公司的资产),或(B)其在该测试期的毛利率等于或大于该期间借款人及其受限制子公司的综合毛收入的2.5%(不包括被排除子公司的收入),在每种情况下都根据公认会计准则确定;但如在截止日期后的任何时间及不时,未达到第(A)或(B)款规定的门槛的外国子公司(连同所有其他不是担保人的受限子公司)占借款人最近一个会计季度末总资产(不包括被排除子公司的资产)的5.0%以上,或超过(连同所有其他不是担保人的受限子公司)该测试期内借款人及其受限子公司综合总收入的5.0%(不包括被排除子公司的收入),则控股公司应:在根据本协议规定必须提交该季度财务报表之日起45天内(或行政代理根据其合理酌情决定权同意的较长期限内),(I)以书面形式向行政代理指定一家或多家此类外国子公司为“重要外国子公司”,以使上述条件不再成立,以及(Ii)遵守“抵押品和担保要求”定义的规定。“重大非公开信息”是指(A)在合格IPO之后,(A)不可公开获得的信息,(B)关于控股公司及其子公司或其各自证券的材料,以供美国联邦和州证券法使用,以及(B)在合格IPO之前,(A)如果借款人或其任何子公司是一家公开报告公司,则不需要公开提供(且不能从公开可获得的信息中获得)的信息,以及(B)根据美国联邦或州证券法,有关Holdings及其子公司或其各自证券的材料。“实物不动产”是指任何贷款方所拥有的位于美国的任何收费不动产(菲利普斯堡不动产除外),其公平市场价值超过50,000,000美元(对于在截止日期之后取得的收费不动产,在每种情况下,均由借款人善意合理地估计)。“重大子公司”指在任何确定日期的任何重大国内子公司或任何重大外国子公司。


-49-“到期日”是指(一)关于初始定期贷款,截止日期的七周年;(二)关于增量B-5-6美元定期贷款,增量B-4美元定期贷款修正案生效日期的七周年;(三)关于增量B-4欧元定期贷款,修正案第6号生效日期的七周年;(四)关于增量B-5欧元定期贷款,第六号修正案生效日期的五周年,(V)就循环信贷安排而言,(X)如不适用弹性到期条件,则为第11号修正案生效日期的五周年,及(Y)如适用弹性到期条件,则为适用的弹性到期日;(Vi)就任何一批延长的定期贷款或延长的循环信贷承诺而言,为适用的延期修正案所指明的最终到期日;(Vii)就任何递增定期贷款或新的循环信贷承诺而言,为适用的递增修正案所指明的最终到期日;(Viii)就任何再融资定期贷款或再融资循环信贷承诺而言,适用的再融资修正案中规定的最终到期日,以及(Ix)就任何替代定期贷款而言,适用协议中规定的最终到期日;但在任何情况下,如该日不是营业日,则营业日为紧接该日之后的营业日。关于为产生新的债务或承诺而确定循环信贷安排的最低期限、到期日或加权平均到期日的任何规定,应假定(仅为确定而不是为任何其他目的)春季到期日条件不适用;但对于所有其他目的,包括但不限于确定信用证到期日和周转额度贷款的到期日,应适用春季到期日条件。“最高费率”的含义见第10.10节。“合并子公司”指的是位于特拉华州的Vail收购公司。“最惠国除外数额”具有第2.14(E)(3)节所给出的含义。“穆迪”指穆迪投资者服务公司及其任何继承者。“抵押财产”的含义与“抵押物和担保要求”的定义相同。“抵押”统称为信托契约、信托契约、债务担保契约、抵押、租赁和租金转让,以及由贷款当事人代表担保当事人为行政代理人的利益而作出的抵押,以行政代理人和借款人合理满意的形式和次级立场对抵押财产设立留置权并予以证明,并包括使该文件符合适用的当地法律所必需的规定,以及根据第6.11节签立和交付的任何其他抵押,在每一种情况下,均可不时进行修订、重述、补充的或以其他方式修饰的。如果任何抵押财产位于征收抵押记录税、不可转让税、文件印花税或其他类似费用、收费或征收的司法管辖区,适用的抵押不得超过该抵押财产截至截止日期的公平市场价值的100%,或对于在截止日期后获得的任何该等抵押财产,在每种情况下,均不得超过借款人合理确定的购买时间。“多雇主计划”是指在ERISA第4001(A)(3)节所述类型的任何雇员福利计划,贷款方、任何受限子公司或任何ERISA关联公司对该计划作出或有义务作出贡献或负有任何其他责任,或在前六个计划年度内作出或有义务作出贡献。“净收益”是指:(A)借款人或其任何受限制附属公司实际收到的现金收益的100%(包括根据应收票据或分期付款或应收或以其他方式延期支付本金而收到的任何现金付款,或应收或以其他方式收取的购价调整,包括意外伤害


-50-保险和解和赔偿,但在每种情况下,仅在收到任何离职或伤亡事件时),扣除(I)律师费、会计费、投资银行费、勘测费用、业权保险费和相关的搜索和记录费用、转让税、契据或抵押记录税、其他习惯费用和经纪费用、咨询费和其他与此相关的其他习惯费用和支出,(Ii)由留置权(附属于保证债务的留置权的留置权除外)对受该等产权处置或意外事故规限而须就该等产权处置或意外事故偿还的任何债务的本金款额(贷款文件所载的债务除外),连同任何适用的预付费用、罚款、利息及损失费;。(Iii)如属由非全资拥有的受限制附属公司进行的任何产权处置或意外事故,可归因于少数股东权益且因此而无法分配给借款人或全资限制附属公司或为借款人或全资有限责任附属公司的帐户而按比例分配的收益净额(在不考虑第(Iii)款的情况下计算)的按比例部分,(Iv)第7.06(H)(Iii)节所允许的已支付或合理估计应支付的税款和税收分配,或在没有重复的情况下允许支付的税款和税收分配,(V)根据公认会计准则建立的任何合理准备金的数额,以备对销售价格的任何调整或与任何适用资产有关的任何负债(根据上文第(I)款扣除的任何税项除外)(X)和(Y)由业主或其任何受限附属公司保留,包括但不限于养老金和其他离职后福利负债以及与环境问题或任何赔偿损失有关的负债(然而,该准备金随后的任何减少的数额(与任何此种负债的付款有关的除外),应被视为此种处置或意外事故的净收益)和(Vi)根据证明任何此种出售或处置的文件而设立的任何有资金的代管,以保证与任何此种出售或处置有关的任何赔偿义务或对购买价格的调整(但从此种托管中发放给借款人或受限制附属公司的任何数额,扣除任何相关费用后应构成净收益);但如借款人或其受限制附属公司将该等收益的任何部分用于(I)收购、维持、发展、建造、改善、提升或修理对借款人或其受限制附属公司的业务有用的资产,或作出准许收购或(Ii)购买或以其他方式收购(在一项交易或一系列相关交易中)(X)任何成为附属公司的人士的股权,(Y)任何人或其任何业务单位、部门或业务线的全部或实质所有资产,或(Z)任何人或任何业务单位的全部或实质所有客户名单,借款人或其受限制附属公司先前取得的任何个人、业务单位、部门、业务范围(或构成任何人或其任何业务单位、部门或业务范围的全部或实质所有资产或客户名单的资产),在每次收到后18个月内,上述收益部分不得构成净收益,除非在收到后18个月内,否则不得构成净收益。如此使用或合同允许如此使用(不言而喻,如果此种收益的任何部分在上述18个月期限内没有如此使用,但在该18个月期限内按合同承诺使用,则在该合同终止时,或如果该净收益在该18个月期限的较后时间内和自订立该合同承诺之日起180天内未如此使用,则该剩余部分应构成自该终止或期满之日起的净收益,而不执行本但书);此外,在单一交易或一系列关联交易中变现的任何收益不得构成净收益,除非该等净收益的总额不得超过最近完成的测试期的综合EBITDA的110000000美元和10.0%以上的较大者,该测试期的财务状况已在任何会计年度交付(根据第1.09节按形式确定)(此后,只有超过该金额的现金收益净额才构成本条(A)项下的净收益),以及(B)现金收益的100%。借款人或其任何受限制附属公司发行或出售任何债务,扣除因此而支付或合理估计可偿还的所有税款及费用(包括投资银行手续费及折扣)、佣金、成本及其他开支后,每宗均与该等发行或出售有关而招致。在计算净收益时,应付给借款人或任何受限制附属公司的手续费、佣金及其他成本和开支不得计算在内。


-51-“新的循环信贷承诺”具有第2.14(A)节规定的含义。“非同意贷款人”具有第3.07(D)节规定的含义。“非债务基金附属公司”指控股的任何附属公司,但不包括(A)控股及其附属公司、(B)任何债务基金附属公司及(C)任何自然人。“非违约贷款人”是指在任何时候不是违约贷款人的贷款人。“不延期通知日期”具有第2.03(B)(Iii)节规定的含义。“非融资租赁债务”是指在符合公认会计准则的财务报告中,不需要在资产负债表和损益表中作为融资租赁或资本租赁进行会计处理的租赁债务。为免生疑问,直线租赁或经营性租赁应被视为非转让租赁义务。“票据”系指术语票据、循环贷项票据或周转行票据,视情况而定。“意向治疗通知”具有第8.04(A)节规定的含义。“纽约联邦储备银行”指纽约联邦储备银行。“NYFRB利率”是指在任何一天,(A)在该日生效的联邦基金有效利率和(B)在该日(或任何非营业日的任何一天,在紧接的前一营业日)有效的隔夜银行资金利率中的较大者;但如果没有公布任何营业日的此类利率,则术语“NYFRB利率”是指行政代理人在纽约市时间上午11点从其选定的公认独立的联邦基金经纪人那里收到的联邦基金交易的利率;此外,如果上述任何一种税率小于零,则就本协定而言,该税率应被视为零。“债务”系指任何贷款方及其受限制附属公司根据任何贷款文件或与任何贷款或信用证出租人及任何有担保对冲协议(但在任何情况下不包括互换义务)而产生的所有垫款、债务、债务、义务、契诺和责任,不论是直接或间接(包括通过假设获得的)、绝对或或有、到期或将到期、现在存在或以后产生的,并包括任何借款方或受限制附属公司开始后根据任何债务人救济法在任何诉讼程序中将该人列为债务人而应计的利息和费用。无论这种利息和费用是否被允许在该诉讼中索赔。在不限制前述一般性的情况下,贷款当事人在贷款文件下的义务(以及其严格限制的子公司在贷款文件下有义务的范围内)包括:(A)支付本金、利息、信用证费用、保费、偿还义务、收费、费用、费用、律师费的义务(包括担保义务);任何贷款方根据任何贷款文件应支付的赔偿金和其他金额,以及(B)任何贷款方有义务偿还任何贷款人根据贷款文件的条款可选择代表该贷款方支付或垫付的上述任何款项。“OFAC”具有第5.17(A)节规定的含义。“要约金额”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(1)节中规定的含义。“已提供折扣”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(1)节中规定的含义。“OID”指的是原发折扣。


--“组织文件”系指:(A)就任何公司而言,公司章程及附例的证书或章程(或就任何非美国法理而言的同等或类似的组织文件);(B)就任何有限责任公司而言,指证书或章程或组织及经营协议或有限责任公司协议;和(C)就任何合伙企业、合资企业、信托或其他形式的商业实体而言,该合伙企业、合资企业或其他适用的组建或组织协议,以及与其成立或组织有关的任何协议、文书、备案或通知,以及(如适用)该实体的成立或组织管辖范围内适用的政府当局的任何证书或章程。“原信贷协议”指本协议在紧接第号修正案之前有效。712生效日期。“其他适用的债务”具有第2.05(B)(2)节中规定的含义。“其他关联税”是指,对于行政代理或任何贷款人、L/信用证出票人或其他收款人而言,由于该收款人目前或以前与征收此类税收的法理之间的关系而征收的税款(不包括因该收款人签立、交付、成为当事人、履行其义务、根据任何贷款文件接受付款、根据任何贷款文件接受或完善担保权益、根据或强制执行任何其他交易、或出售或转让任何贷款或贷款文件的权益而产生的联系)。“其他税”是指因根据本协议或任何其他贷款文件支付的任何款项,或因本协议或任何其他贷款文件项下的担保权益的接收或完善,或与本协议或任何其他贷款文件有关的担保权益的执行、履行、登记、交付或强制执行而产生的所有现有或未来的印花税、单据、记录、档案、财产税或类似税项,但对转让征收的其他关联税除外。“未清偿金额”是指(A)就任何日期的定期贷款、循环信用贷款和周转额度贷款而言,指在该日期发生的定期贷款、循环信用贷款(包括对信用证或L/C信贷延期项下未清偿提款的任何再融资)和周转额度贷款(视属何情况而定)的任何借款和预付或偿还后的未偿还本金;及(B)就任何日期的L/信用证债务而言,指在实施在该日期发生的L/C信用证延期及截至该日的任何其他变更后在该日期的未偿还金额,包括因偿还任何信用证项下未兑付的提款(包括作为循环信用借款对信用证或L/C信用证项下未兑付的提款进行再融资)或降低自该日起生效的信用证项下可支取的最高金额后的余额。“隔夜银行融资利率”是指任何一天由存款机构美国管理的银行办事处的隔夜联邦资金和隔夜欧洲美元借款组成的利率,因为该综合利率应由NYFRB不时在其公共网站上公布,并在下一个营业日由NYFRB公布为隔夜银行融资利率(自NYFRB开始公布该综合利率之日起及之后)。“隔夜利率”是指,在任何一天,联邦基金利率和由行政代理根据银行业关于银行同业薪酬的规定确定的隔夜利率中的较大者。“参与者”具有第10.07(E)节规定的含义。“参赛者名册”具有第10.07(E)节规定的含义。“参与贷款人”的含义见第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(2)节。“PBGC”是指养老金福利担保公司。


-53--“退休金计划”系指任何“雇员退休金福利计划”(如ERISA第3(2)节所界定),但受ERISA第四章规限并由任何贷款方、任何受限制附属公司或任何ERISA附属公司赞助或维持的、或任何贷款方、任何受限制附属公司或任何ERISA附属公司出资或有义务缴费或承担任何其他责任的“多雇主计划”除外,或就ERISA第4064(A)节所述计划而言,在紧接前五个计划年度的任何时间作出缴费。“完善证书”是指实质上以《安全协议》附件二的形式或行政代理合理批准的任何其他形式的证书,并应不时予以补充。“允许收购”具有第7.02(I)节规定的含义。“获准优先再融资债务”指借款人或任何其他贷款方以一系列或多项优先票据或贷款的形式产生的任何有担保债务(包括任何登记的等值票据);前提是(I)该等债务由抵押品以同等基础上的抵押品担保,抵押品上的留置权为该等债务提供担保,及(Ii)该等债务构成信贷协议再融资债务。“核准持有人”指(I)保荐人;(Ii)管理投资者;及(Iii)上述任何人士的任何核准受让人;但管理投资者及其核准受让人在任何时候不得占“核准持有人”总投票权的50%以上。“准许初始期限贷款再融资债务”指(I)不早于修订第4号生效日期五周年前到期及(Ii)加权平均年期至循环信贷安排的加权平均年期至到期日并不短于循环信贷安排的加权平均年期至到期日的信贷协议再融资债务(加权平均年期至到期日的加权平均年限不超过1%的常规摊销付款除外)。“允许次级优先再融资债务”是指借款人或任何其他贷款方以一系列或多个有担保票据或贷款的形式产生的有担保债务(包括任何登记的等值票据);前提是:(I)此类债务以抵押品上的抵押品为抵押,抵押品上的抵押品保证债务以及与任何允许的优先再融资债务有关的债务;(Ii)此类债务构成信贷协议再融资债务,以及(Iii)此类债务满足允许的其他债务条件。核准次级优先再融资债务将包括为交换该等债务而发行的任何登记等值票据。“允许留置权”的含义如第7.01节所述。“允许的其他债务条件”是指这种适用的债务,除先前的债务例外情况外,未到期或已按计划摊销本金或其他本金付款,不受强制赎回、回购、预付或偿债基金义务的约束(以下情况除外):(X)习惯资产出售、首次公开发行或控制权变更或类似的规定,规定优先全额偿还贷款和所有其他债务;(Y)到期付款和惯常过渡融资的曼达托利预付款,在符合习惯条件的情况下,规定自动转换或兑换为在其他方面符合本定义或(Z)AHYDO付款要求的债务,在每种情况下,均应在产生这种债务时的最后到期日之前。“允许再融资”是指对任何人在发生债务时根据第7.03节所允许的任何修改、再融资、再融资、续期、重组、替换或扩大债务;但(A)其本金款额(或增值(如适用的话)不超过经如此修改、再融资、重组、退款、续期、替换或延期的债项的本金额(或增值,如适用的话),但款额相等于未付的累算利息、费用及溢价加上(I)与该等债项有关的其他欠下或已支付的款额,以及与该等修改、再融资、退款、续期、重组、重置或延期有关的费用及开支,以及


-54-(Ii)相当于根据该条款未使用的任何现有承付款的数额;(B)除与根据第7.03(E)条允许的债务有关的允许再融资外,该等修改、再融资、再融资、续期、替换或延期的最终到期日等于或晚于最终到期日,且除非属循环性质,否则其加权平均到期日等于或大于被修改、再融资、再融资、续期的债务的加权平均到期日,(C)除根据第7.03(E)节允许的债务的许可再融资外,当时不应发生任何违约事件,且(D)如果此类债务被修改、再融资、退款、续期,被重新安置或延期的债务在偿付权上从属于债务,而该等修改、再融资、再融资、续期、更换或延期在偿付权利上从属于以下条款的义务:(I)至少与管理被修改、再融资、退款、续期、更换或延期债务的文件中所载的债务一样,对贷款人负有责任(作为整体)(由借款人合理确定),而该等修改、再融资、再融资、续期、更换或延期是由作为被修改、再融资、再融资、退款、续期、更换或延期债务的债务人的一人或多人引起的,替换或延长或(Ii)行政代理以其他合理方式接受。“允许重新定价修正案”具有第10.01节中规定的含义。“许可的指明再融资债务”系指信贷协议再融资债务(为免生疑问,就高级担保票据而言,应视为包括为交换或延长、续期、替换、回购而发行、产生或以其他方式获得(包括通过延长或更新现有债务)的债务,(I)(I)不早于修订第11号生效日期的五周年到期及(Ii)不具有短于循环信贷安排的加权平均年期至到期日的加权平均年期(不包括于加权平均年期至到期日的加权平均年限计算外),且(I)(I)不早于修订第11号生效日期的五周年而到期(不包括计算加权平均年限至到期日的一般摊销付款不得超过1%)。“获准受让人”,对于任何管理投资者来说,是指(A)其遗嘱执行人、遗产管理人、遗嘱受托人、受遗赠人或受益人,(B)其配偶、父母、兄弟姐妹、其直系亲属(包括养子女和继子女)和/或直系后裔,或(C)其受益人、公司或合伙企业的股权持有人或合伙人,其股权持有人或合伙人仅包括该管理投资者及其配偶、父母、兄弟姐妹、直系亲属成员(包括养子女)和/或直系后裔。“允许的无担保再融资债务”是指借款人或任何贷款方以一系列或多个优先无担保票据或贷款的形式产生的无担保债务(包括任何无担保的等值票据);前提是此类债务(A)构成信贷协议再融资债务,并且(B)满足允许的其他债务条件。“人”是指任何自然人、公司、有限责任公司、信托、合资企业、协会、公司、合伙企业、政府主管部门或者其他实体。“菲利普斯堡不动产”是指自第5号修正案生效之日起位于新泽西州菲利普斯堡的任何不动产。“计划”是指由任何贷款方或任何受限子公司建立或维护的任何“员工福利计划”(该术语在ERISA第3(3)节中定义),或者,就受《ERISA准则》第412条或《ERISA》第四章约束的任何此类计划而言,指任何ERISA关联公司。“平台”的含义如第6.01节所述。“质押债务”具有“担保协议”中规定的含义。


-55-“质押股权”具有《担保协议》中规定的含义。“最优惠利率”是指高盛美国银行不时公开宣布为其有效最优惠利率的年利率;最优惠利率的每一次变化均应自该变化被公开宣布生效之日起生效(包括当日)。“预计资产负债表”具有第5.05(B)节规定的含义。“形式基础”和“形式效果”是指根据第1.09节的规定,就遵守任何测试或契诺或计算本协议下的任何比率而言,确定或计算该等测试、契诺或比率(包括与指定交易有关的内容)。“形式合规”是指,就第7.11节中的公约而言,是指根据第1.09节在形式上遵守该公约。“预计财务报表”具有第5.05(B)节规定的含义。“按比例分摊”是指每个贷款人在任何时候的一小部分(以百分比表示,小数点后第九位),其分子是该贷款人当时在适用的一项或多项贷款下的承诺额,如适用且无重复,其分子是该贷款人当时在适用的一项或多项贷款下的总承诺额,以及(如适用且无重复)在适用的一项或多项贷款项下的贷款的总金额;但在循环信贷安排的情况下,如果此类承诺已经终止,则各贷款人的按比例份额应根据紧接终止之前和在根据本条款作出的任何后续转让生效后该贷款人的按比例份额来确定。“程序”的含义如第10.05节所述。“收益”具有“担保协议”中规定的含义。“预测”具有第6.01(C)节中规定的含义。“建议的新班级”具有第10.01节中所给出的含义。“公共贷款人”的含义如第6.01节所述。对于任何互换义务,“合格ECP担保人”是指在相关担保或授予对该互换义务生效时总资产超过10,000,000美元的每一贷款方,或根据商品交易法或根据其颁布的任何规定构成“合资格合同参与者”并可根据商品交易法第1A(18)(A)(V)(Ii)条订立维好协议而在此时使另一人有资格成为“合资格合同参与者”的其他人。“合格股权”是指不属于不合格股权的任何股权。“合格首次公开发行”是指控股公司、借款人或其任何直接或间接母公司根据证券法提交给美国证券交易委员会的有效登记声明(单独或与第二次公开募股相关),发行其在承销的第一次公开发行(根据S-8表格登记声明进行的公开发行除外)中的普通股权益,导致控股、借款人或控股的任何直接或间接母公司获得至少50,000,000美元的净预付款,由控股向借款人提供。“符合条件的证券化融资安排”是指(A)构成符合以下条件的证券化融资安排的任何证券化融资安排:(1)借款人的董事会或管理层应真诚地确定该证券化融资安排总体上在经济上是公平合理的。


-56-向借款人出售及(Ii)证券化资产及相关资产对适用证券化附属公司的所有出售及/或贡献均以公平市价(由借款人真诚厘定)或(B)提供应收账款或应付款项融资或保理融资。但不限于,“合格证券化工具”一词应包括现有的应收账款工具。“合格贷款人”的含义见第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(3)节。“季度财务报表”是指借款人和公司各自截至2017年3月31日、2017年6月30日和2017年9月30日的未经审计的综合资产负债表和相关的合并经营报表和现金流量。“QFC信用支持”的含义见第10.22节。“不动产”是指任何人以租赁、特许或其他方式拥有或租赁的任何或所有不动产的所有权利、所有权和权益(包括任何租赁权、矿产或其他地产),以及在每种情况下,与其所有权、租赁或经营权相关的所有地役权、可继承产和从属权、所有装修和附属固定装置和设备、所有一般无形资产和合同权利以及其他附带的财产和权利。就当时基准的任何设置而言,“参考时间”是指(1)如果该基准是术语SOFR汇率,则为凌晨5:00。(芝加哥时间)在设定日期的前两个美国政府证券营业日,(2)如果基准是EURIBO利率,上午11:00。设定日期前两个营业日的伦敦时间,(3)如果基准是SONIA汇率,则为设定前四个工作日;(4)如果基准是CDOR利率,则为安大略省多伦多时间上午10:15,设定日期前两个工作日;或(5)如果基准不是SOFR汇率、EURIBO汇率、SONIA汇率或CDOR利率中的任何一个,则为管理代理在其合理处置中确定的时间。“再融资债务”具有“信贷协议对负债进行再融资”定义中的含义。“再融资定期贷款”具有第10.01节规定的含义。“再融资”是指(I)全额偿还在现有信贷安排和现有优先票据项下尚未偿还的本金、应计利息和未付利息、费用、保费(如有)和其他金额(不包括(I)尚未到期和按其条款尚存的或有债务,以及(Ii)在现有信贷安排下将被视为(X)根据本协议签发的、(Y)由根据本协议签发的信用证支持的、或(Z)以其开证行合理满意的方式抵押的现金)。终止所有在其项下提供信贷的承诺,并终止及/或解除与此相关的所有担保权益及担保;及(Ii)全额偿还截至结算日的现有应收账款机制下尚未偿还的本金。“再融资修正案”是指根据第2.15节的规定,由(A)再融资机构、(B)行政代理机构、(C)每个额外的再融资贷款人和(D)同意提供任何部分再融资定期贷款、再融资循环信用承诺或再融资再融资信用贷款的每个贷款人签署的本协议修正案。“再融资循环信贷承诺”系指本协议项下因再融资修正案而产生的一种或多种循环信贷承诺。“再融资循环信用贷款”是指因再融资修正案而产生的一种或多种循环信用贷款。


-57-“再融资系列”指根据同一再融资修正案(或任何其后的再融资修正案,只要该等再融资修正案明确规定,其中所载的再融资定期贷款及再融资定期贷款及再融资循环信贷承诺或再融资循环信贷承诺旨在成为任何先前确立的再融资系列的一部分)而设立的所有再融资定期贷款及再融资循环信贷承诺或再融资循环信贷贷款及再融资循环信贷承诺,并提供相同的有效收益率(为此目的,任何原始发行的贴现或预付费用除外)及摊销时间表。“再融资定期承诺”是指本协议项下的一项或多项定期贷款承诺,用于根据再融资修正案对本协议适用的再融资系列的定期贷款进行再融资。“再融资定期贷款”是指由再融资修正案产生的一类或多类定期贷款。“登记册”具有第10.07(D)节规定的含义。“已登记等值票据”,就根据证券法第144A条规定的发行或根据证券法进行的其他私募交易最初发行的任何票据而言,是指根据在美国证券交易委员会登记的交换要约以美元对美元交换方式发行的实质相同的票据(具有相同担保)。“拒绝通知”具有第2.05(B)(Viii)节规定的含义。“关联方”对任何人而言,是指此人的关联方以及此人和此人的关联方的合伙人、董事、高级职员、雇员、代理人、受托人和顾问。“相关交易”指,就任何有限条件交易而言,(I)任何债务或留置权的产生,及(Ii)与该有限条件交易有关的任何限制性付款、处置、准许收购、其他投资或预付款、回购、赎回、亏损或任何次级融资的其他满足,在第(I)及(Ii)条的每种情况下,均与该等有限条件交易有关。“释放”是指任何泄漏、泄漏、泵送、倾倒、排放、排空、排放、注入、倾倒、浸出、迁移、倾倒或处置有害物质进入、进入或通过环境或任何设施或财产。“相关政府机构”是指(I)就以美元计价的贷款的基准替换,或适用的联邦储备委员会、NYFRB和/或CME Term Sofr署长,或由美联储和/或NYFRB正式认可或召集的委员会,或其任何继任者,(Ii)关于以英镑计价的贷款的基准替换,英格兰银行,或英格兰银行正式认可或召集的委员会,在每一种情况下,都是指,(Iii)关于以欧元计价的贷款的基准替换,欧洲中央银行,或由欧洲中央银行或其任何继承者正式认可或召集的委员会,以及(Iv)关于以加纳迪亚元计价的贷款的基准替换,加拿大银行,或由加拿大银行或其任何继承者正式认可或召集的委员会。“相关利率”是指(I)对于以美元计价的任何期限基准借款,调整后的期限SOFR利率;(Ii)对于以欧元计价的任何期限基准借款,欧盟-里博利率;(Iii)对于以加元计价的任何期限基准借款,调整后的CDOR利率;或(Iv)对于以英镑计价的任何借款,索尼亚利率。“相关筛选利率”是指(I)就以Dol-Lars计价的任何期限基准借款而言,是SOFR参考利率;(Ii)对于以欧元计价的任何期限基准借款而言,是EURIBO筛选利率;(Iii)对于以加元计价的任何期限基准借款而言,是指CDOR筛选利率;或(Iv)对于以索尼亚英镑计价的任何SONIA利率借款而言。


-58-“剩余班级”的含义如第10.01节所述。“置换定期贷款”的含义如第10.01节所述。“可报告事件”是指ERISA第4043(C)节或根据该条例提起诉讼的任何事件,但法规或PBGC已免除其适用的通知期的事件除外。“重新定价事件”是指对初始B-4美元定期贷款、增量B-5-6美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款或增量B-5欧元定期贷款的全部或部分进行预付款、再融资、替代或替换,在每种情况下,借款人或任何受限附属公司以类似期限B贷款的形式向银行和其他机构投资者广泛销售或辛迪加的信贷安排项下的任何债务,其有效收益率低于此类初始增量B-4-6美元定期贷款、增量B-5美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款或增量B-5欧元定期贷款的有效收益率(由行政代理在相同基础上确定),包括但不限于,如此偿还、再融资、替代或替换,本协议的修订或重述或其他修订涉及该等定期贷款的利率或加权平均收益率,或任何增量定期贷款或再融资定期贷款的产生,在每种情况下,其主要目的均为降低该等有效收益率,但与控制权变更、合资格首次公开发售或变革性收购有关的情况除外。“信用延期申请”是指(A)对于借款、续展或转换定期贷款或循环信用贷款而言,是指承诺贷款通知;(B)对于L信用证延期而言,是指信用证申请;以及(C)对于周转额度贷款而言,是指周转额度贷款通知。“所需贷款人”是指,在任何确定日期,贷款人拥有以下各项之和的50%以上:(A)未偿还贷款总额(就本定义而言,每个贷款人对L/C债务和周转额度贷款的风险参与和资金参与的总额被视为由该贷款人“持有”),(B)汇总未使用的定期承诺额和(C)未使用的循环信贷承诺额,以及未使用的再融资循环信贷承诺额和未使用的新的循环信贷承诺额;规定,任何违约贷款人的未使用定期承诺、循环信贷承诺、再融资循环信贷承诺和新的循环信贷承诺,以及其持有或被视为持有的未偿还贷款总额的部分,应不包括在内,以确定所需的贷款人;此外,如果按照第10.07(M)节关于确定所需贷款人的相同程度,任何关联贷款人的贷款在每种情况下均应排除,以确定所需的贷款人。“所需循环贷款人”是指,在任何确定日期,循环信贷贷款人拥有下列各项之和的50%以上:(A)所有循环信用贷款、循环额度贷款和L/C债务的未偿还金额(就本定义而言,每个贷款人对L/C债务的风险参与和出资参与的总额被视为由该贷款人“持有”)和(B)未使用的循环信贷承诺总额以及(无重复的)未使用的再融资循环信贷承诺和未使用的新的循环信贷承诺;但任何违约贷款人的循环信贷承诺、再融资循环信贷承诺和新的循环信贷承诺,以及其持有或被视为持有的未偿还贷款总额的部分,应不包括在内,以便确定所需的循环贷款人。“决议机构”指欧洲经济区决议机构,或就任何英国金融机构而言,指联合王国决议机构。“负责人”是指贷款方的首席执行官总裁、副总裁、首席财务官、首席行政官、秘书或助理秘书、财务主管或助理财务主管、财务总监或其他类似人员。根据本协议交付的任何文件,如由贷款方的负责人签署,应最终推定为已得到该贷款方所有必要的公司、合伙和/或其他行动的授权,该负责人应被最终推定为代表该贷款方行事。


-59-“受限制支付”指因购买、赎回、退回、失败、收购、注销或终止任何该等股权,或因向受限制附属公司的股权持有人、合伙人或成员(或其同等人士)返还资本而就借款人或任何受限制附属公司的任何股权作出的任何股息或其他分派(不论以现金、证券或其他形式),或任何付款(不论以现金、证券或其他财产),包括任何偿债基金或类似存款。“受限制附属公司”指控股的任何附属公司(包括借款人),但不受限制的附属公司除外。就任何投资而言,“回报”是指与该投资有关的任何股息、分配、利息、费用、溢价、资本回报、本金偿还、收入、利润(从处置或其他方面获得)和其他金额。“重估日期”是指(A)就以核准货币计价的任何贷款而言,下列各项中的每一项:(I)借款的每个日期,(Ii)根据本协议条款继续借款的每个日期,(Iii)借款人每个财政季度的最后一天,以及(Iv)在循环信贷贷款的情况下,根据第2.06(A)节自愿减少循环信贷承诺的日期;(B)就任何以核准货币计价的信用证而言,下列各项中的每一项:(I)该信用证的每个签发日期,(Ii)该信用证的任何修订的每个日期,以增加其面额,及(Iii)每个财政季度的最后一天;(C)在(I)违约事件已经发生且仍在继续或(Ii)所有循环信贷贷款人(为此,使用最近重估日期的有效美元等值)合计的循环信贷风险总额超过循环信贷承诺总额的90%时,由行政代理或各自的L/C发行人决定的额外日期,或规定的循环贷款人应询问的任何时间;及(D)每个财政季度的最后一天。“转盘延期请求”具有第2.16(B)节规定的含义。“旋转器延伸系列”具有第2.16(B)节中规定的含义。“循环增加承付款”的含义见第2.14(A)节。“循环信用借款”是指由相同类别和类型、相同核准货币的同时循环信用贷款组成的借款,以及(A)如果是定期基准贷款,由每个循环信用贷款人发放,具有相同的利息期;(B)如果是SONIA利率贷款,则由每个循环信用贷款人提供相同的SONIA利息期。“循环信贷承诺”是指,对于每个循环信贷贷款人,其有义务(A)向借款人提供循环信贷贷款,(B)购买参与L信用证方面的债务,以及(C)购买参与周转额度贷款,本金总额在任何时候均不得超过附表1.01a“转债信贷承诺”项下与该贷款人名称相对的金额,或在该贷款人成为本合同当事方所依据的转让和假设中列出的,视情况而定。此金额可根据本协议不时调整(包括第2.14和10.07(B)节)。在第4号修正案生效日,所有循环信贷贷款人的循环信贷承诺总额应为515,000,000美元,因为该金额可能会根据本协议的条款不时调整。“循环信用风险”指对每个循环信用贷款人而言,该循环信用贷款人的循环信用贷款余额与其按比例分摊或本协议规定的其他适用份额之和,即当时L/信用证债务和周转额度债务金额的总和。“循环信贷安排”是指循环信贷承诺,包括任何循环信贷承诺的增加、每个延期循环信贷承诺系列、每个再融资系列


-60-再融资循环信贷承诺、每一类新的循环信贷承诺和据此作出的信贷互换。“循环信贷贷款人”是指在任何时候有循环信贷承诺的任何贷款人,如果循环信贷承诺已经终止,则指循环信贷风险敞口。“循环信用贷款”的含义见第2.01(B)节。“循环信用票据”是指借款人向任何循环信用贷款人或其登记受让人支付的本票,实质上以本合同附件C-2的形式,证明借款人因该循环信用贷款人向借款人提供的循环信用贷款而产生的对该循环信用贷款人的债务总额。“S”系指标准普尔评级服务公司,麦格劳-希尔公司的一个部门,及其任何继任者。“当日资金”是指可立即使用的资金。“筛分速率”具有在“内插速率”的定义中所给出的含义。“美国证券交易委员会”系指美国证券交易委员会或继承其任何主要职能的任何政府机构。“有担保对冲协议”指借款人或任何受限制附属公司与任何对冲银行之间签订的任何掉期合同,范围由借款人和该对冲银行以书面形式指定为“有担保对冲协议”;但就订立该掉期合同时构成代理人或其关联方的任何此类对冲银行而言,此类转让应被视为自动进行,且借款人或该对冲银行没有采取任何行动。任何有担保对冲协议的指定不得为该对冲银行创造与管理或解除抵押品或任何担保人在贷款文件下的义务有关的任何权利。“有担保债务”是指根据任何有担保对冲协议,控股公司、借款人或任何受限制附属公司欠有担保当事人的债务、现金管理债务和所有债务(但无论如何不包括互换债务)。“担保方”统称为行政代理人、抵押品代理人、贷款人、L/信用证发行人、摆动额度贷款人、对冲银行以及行政代理人根据第9.05节不时指定的各协理或分代理人。“证券法”系指修订后的1933年证券法。“证券化资产”是指应收账款、特许权使用费或其他收入流和其他支付权,以及受合格证券化工具约束的任何其他资产及其收益。“证券化融资工具”指一种或多种经不时修订、补充、延长、续期、重述或退还的应收账款、保理或证券化融资工具,借款人或其任何受限附属公司(证券化附属公司除外)根据该等工具向借款人或其任何受限附属公司出售或授予其应收账款的担保权益,而该等应收账款、保理或证券化融资工具的债务是无追索权的(与该等工具有关的惯常陈述、保证、契诺及弥偿除外)。(A)非受限制附属公司的人士或(B)证券化附属公司,而证券化附属公司又将其应收账款、应付或证券化资产或与之相关的资产出售予非受限制附属公司的人士。


-61-“证券化费用”是指直接或以折扣的方式对与任何合格证券化融资相关的任何参与权益进行的分配或支付,以及向非证券化附属公司支付的其他费用。“证券化子公司”是指为以下目的而成立的子公司:仅从事一个或多个合格证券化设施及与之合理相关的其他活动的子公司。“担保协议”是指抵押品代理人和贷款方之间的担保协议,其日期为截止日期。“担保协议补编”具有“担保协议”中规定的含义。“高级票据”是指高级担保票据和高级无担保票据。“高级票据文件”是指高级担保票据文件和高级无担保票据文件。“高级代表”,就任何一系列获准优先再融资债务或获准次级优先再融资债务而言,是指发行、产生或以其他方式获得(视属何情况而定)债务的契约或协议下的受托人、管理代理人、抵押品代理人、担保代理人或类似代理人及其各自的继承人。“高级担保票据”是指借款人根据高级担保票据契约发行的2025年到期的2.625%优先第一留置权票据的本金总额为6.5亿欧元,于修正案第5号EF-生效日期到期。“高级担保票据文件”是指高级担保票据契约和其中所指的其他交易文件(包括相关担保、票据和票据购买协议)。“高级担保票据契约”是指借款人作为发行人、该契约中所列的担保人和该契约所指的受托人之间的契约,根据该契约发行高级担保票据,该契约可不时修订或补充。“高级无担保票据”是指借款人2028年到期的4.625%优先票据的本金总额为15.5亿美元,以及借款人2028年到期的3.875%优先票据的本金总额4亿欧元,两者均根据高级无担保票据契约发行。“高级无担保票据文件”是指高级无担保票据契约和其中所指的其他交易文件(包括相关担保、票据和票据购买协议)。“高级无担保票据契约”是指借款人作为发行人、该契约中所列的担保人和该契约所指的受托人之间的契约,根据该契约发行该优先无担保票据,该契约可不时修订或补充。“重要附属公司”是指根据证券法颁布的S-X法规第1条规则1-02所指的借款人的“重要附属公司”,因为该法规在成交之日生效。“SOFR”是指相当于SOFR管理人在SOFR管理人网站上公布的有担保隔夜融资利率的年利率。“SOFR管理人”指NYFRB(或有担保的隔夜融资利率的继任管理人)。


-62-“SOFR管理人网站”是指纽约联邦储备银行的网站,目前位于http://www.newyork-Fed.org,或SOFR管理人不时确定的担保隔夜融资利率的任何后续来源。“请求折扣分摊”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(3)节中规定的含义。“索要折扣预付款金额”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(1)节中所给出的含义。“索要折扣预付款通知”是指借款人根据第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)节基本上以附件E-4的形式发出的索要折扣预付款要约的书面通知。“请求折扣预付款报价”是指每个贷款人在行政代理收到请求折扣预付款通知后提交的不可撤销的书面报价,主要是以附件E-5的形式提交的。“请求折扣预付款响应日期”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(D)(1)节中规定的含义。“偿付能力”及“偿债能力”就任何人士而言,指于厘定任何时间(A)该人士及其附属公司的资产的公允价值及现公平出售价值中的每一项均超过其声明负债及已确认或有负债,(B)该人士及其附属公司整体而言并无不合理的小额资本,及(C)该人士及其附属公司作为整体将有能力于到期时偿付其声明负债及已确认或有负债。前述定义中定义的术语应具有根据第4.01(A)(Vii)节在截止日期交付的偿付能力证书中规定的含义。“SONIA”是指,就任何营业日而言,相当于该营业日的英镑隔夜指数平均值的年利率,由SONIA管理人在紧随其后的下一个营业日在其网站上公布。“索尼亚管理人”指英国央行(或英镑隔夜指数Average的任何继任管理人)。“SONIA管理人网站”是指英格兰银行的网站,目前位于http://www.bankofengland.co.uk,或由SONIA管理人不时确定的英镑隔夜指数平均指数的任何后续来源。“索尼娅决定日”的含义与“索尼娅汇率”的定义相同。“索尼娅利息日”的含义与“索尼娅利率”的定义相同。“索尼娅利息期”的含义与“利息期”的定义相同。“SONIA利率”指,对于任何一天(“SONIA利息日”),是指(A)如果SONIA利息日是营业日,该SONIA利率日;或(B)如果该SONIA利息日不是营业日,则紧接该SONIA利息日之前的第五个营业日之前的第五个营业日的日(该日,“SONIA确定日”);如果在紧接任何SONIA确定日之后的第二个营业日(伦敦时间)下午5:00之前,关于该SONIA确定日的SONIA汇率尚未在SONIA管理人的网站上公布,并且关于SONIA汇率的基准更换日期尚未出现,则该SONIA确定日的SONIA汇率将是在SONIA管理人的网站上公布了该SONIA汇率的前一个营业日的SONIA汇率;此外,根据本但书确定的SONIA汇率应用于计算SONIA汇率不超过连续三(3)个工作日;进一步规定,如果SONIA汇率低于0.00%,则SONIA汇率应被视为0.00%。任何


-63-由于SONIA的变化而引起的SONIA汇率的变化应从SONIA的这种变化的生效日期起生效,而不通知借款人。“索尼亚利率贷款”用于任何贷款或借款时,指的是此类贷款或构成此类借款的贷款是否按参照索尼亚利率确定的利率计息。“SPC”具有第10.07(H)节规定的含义。“特定收购协议陈述”指本公司及其附属公司在收购协议中作出或就收购协议作出的对贷款人利益具有重大意义的陈述及保证,但仅限于借款人或其关联公司有权因违反该等陈述及保证而有权终止其(或其)在收购协议下的责任,或拒绝根据收购协议的条款完成收购。“特定债务”的含义与“较早到期债务例外”的定义相同。“指定折扣”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(B)(1)节规定的含义。“指定折扣预付款金额”的含义见第2.05(A)(Vi)(B)(1)节。“指定折扣预付款通知”是指借款人根据第2.05(A)(Vi)(B)节基本上以附件E-6的形式提出的指定折扣预付款的书面通知。“指定贴现预付款响应”是指每个贷款人以附件E-7的形式对指定贴现预付款通知作出的不可撤销的书面响应。“指定折扣预付款响应日期”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(B)(1)节中规定的含义。“指定折扣分摊”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(B)(3)节中规定的含义。“特定陈述”系指第5.01(A)、5.01(B)(关于贷款文件的签署、交付和履行)、5.02(A)、5.02(B)(I)、5.02(B)(Iii)、5.04、5.12、5.16、5.17(仅限于在不违反第5.17条的情况下使用贷款收益)和第5.18条所述的陈述和保证。“指明交易”指导致某人成为受限制附属公司的任何投资、任何准许收购、任何指定附属公司为受限制附属公司或非受限制附属公司、任何出售、转让或以其他方式处置资产或财产,或出售借款人或受限制附属公司的全部或几乎所有资产或客户名单的业务单位、业务或部门,任何债务(根据任何现有循环信贷安排或信贷额度产生或偿还的债务除外)的产生、预付、赎回、回购、失败、收购、清偿、退休或偿还,任何受限制付款,任何循环承诺的增加、任何新的循环信贷承诺的产生、任何增量循环贷款的产生、任何增量定期贷款的产生、任何延期定期贷款的产生或延长循环信贷承诺的产生,或根据本协议的条款要求符合本协议项下的测试或契诺的任何其他事件,或要求测试或契诺以“形式基础”或在给予“形式效果”之后计算的任何其他事件。“保荐人”是指开曼群岛新山合伙公司(AIV-B),L.P.及其任何关联公司,以及由其中任何一家或其各自的任何关联公司管理或提供咨询的基金或合伙企业,但不包括上述任何投资组合公司。对于任何货币,“现货汇率”是指行政代理为在上午11点左右或大约上午11点左右在适用的彭博屏幕页面上公布的以另一种货币购买该货币而确定的汇率。(伦敦时间)在外汇计算截止日期的前两个工作日。如果该汇率没有出现在适用的Bloomberg屏幕页面上,


-64-关于以另一种货币购买这种货币,应参考行政代理和借款人可能商定的其他可用于显示汇率的公共服务来确定,或在没有达成协议的情况下,该“即期汇率”应改为由行政代理确定的汇率,即行政代理通过其在上午11:00左右通过其主要外汇交易办公室以另一种货币购买该货币时所报的即期汇率。(当地时间)在外汇计算截止日期的前两个工作日。“弹性到期条件”是指,就任何适用的定期贷款类别或高级担保票据(视何者适用而定)而言,在弹性到期日,本金总额超过4亿美元的此类或高级担保票据(视情况而定)的定期贷款尚未回购(并终止)、偿还或再融资,(V)允许的指定再融资债务,(W)向借款人的附属公司以外的人发行借款人的合格股权所得的现金净额,(X)内部产生的现金,(Y)借款人的附属公司以外的人对借款人的出资及/或(Z)根据循环信贷安排借款所得的收益。“弹性到期日”指(I)就增量B-5-6美元定期贷款而言,即增量B-4美元定期贷款修正案生效日期七周年前91天的日期;(Ii)就增量B-4欧元定期贷款而言,即第六号修正案生效日期七周年前91天的日期;(Iii)就增量B-5欧元定期贷款而言,即第六号修正案生效日期五周年前91天的日期;及(Iv)就高级担保票据而言,比2025年11月1日早91天的日期。“起始一篮子”是指最近完成的测试期的综合EBITDA的1,100,000,000美元和综合EBITDA的100.0%之间的较大者,该测试期的财务报表已交付(根据第1.09节的形式依据),在每种情况下均在发生时确定;减去根据第2.14(D)(V)(A)节预先使用的任何金额和作为替代产生的增量等值债务的金额。“法定准备金”是指一个分数(以小数表示),其分子是数字1,分母是数字1减去最高准备金百分比(包括任何边际准备金、特别准备金、紧急准备金或补充准备金)的总和,该百分比以小数形式表示,由美国联邦储备系统理事会和任何其他国内或国外银行当局,行政代理人或任何贷款人(包括任何分行、附属机构或其他负责发放或持有贷款的机构)承担欧洲货币债务(定义见理事会D规则)。EURIBO利率贷款应被视为构成欧洲货币负债(如董事会D规则所定义),并受该准备金要求的约束,而不享有行政代理或任何贷款人根据该D规则不时可获得的按比例分摊、豁免或抵消的利益或信用。法定准备金应在任何准备金百分比的任何变化生效之日起自动调整。“英镑”和“GB”是指联合王国可自由转让的合法货币(以英镑表示)。“提交的金额”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(1)节规定的含义。“已提交折扣”具有第2.05(A)(Vi)(C)(1)节规定的含义。“后续交易”具有第1.08节规定的含义。“附属公司”是指一个公司、合伙企业、合资企业、有限责任公司或其他商业实体,而该公司、合伙企业、合资企业、有限责任公司或其他商业实体的(I)在董事或其他管理机构的选举中具有普通投票权的证券或其他权益的大多数股份或其他权益(仅因尚未发生的意外事件发生而具有这种权力的证券或权益除外)当时是实益拥有的,(Ii)超过一半的已发行股本当时是实益拥有的,或(Iii)其管理是以其他方式控制的,


65--直接或间接地,通过一个或多个中间人,或两者兼而有之,由该人。除另有说明外,凡提及“附属公司”或“附属公司”,均指控股公司的一间或多间附属公司。为免生疑问,任何拥有50.0%或更低水平(如上所述)的实体不应成为本协议下的任何目的的“附属公司”,无论该实体是否合并在Holdings‘、Bor-rower’s或任何受限子公司的财务报表中。“附属担保人”是指除控股和借款人以外的任何担保人。“继承人公司”具有第7.04(D)节规定的含义。“支持的QFC”具有第10.22节中规定的含义。“掉期合约”指(A)任何及所有利率掉期交易、基差掉期、信用衍生交易、远期汇率交易、商品掉期、商品期权、远期商品合约、股票或股票指数掉期或期权、债券或债券价格或期权、远期债券或远期债券价格或远期债券指数交易、利率期权、远期外汇交易、上限交易、下限交易、领汇交易、货币掉期交易、交叉货币汇率掉期交易、货币期权、现货合约或任何其他类似交易或上述任何交易的任何组合(包括订立上述任何一项的任何期权)。(B)受国际掉期及衍生工具协会刊发的任何形式的主协议、任何国际外汇总协议或任何其他主协议(连同任何相关附表,“主协议”)的条款及条件所规限或所管限的任何种类的任何及所有交易及相关确认书,包括任何此等豁免或任何主协议项下的法律责任。“互换义务”的含义与“排除互换义务”的定义相同。“掉期终止价值”就任何一份或多份掉期合同而言,是指在计入与此类掉期合同有关的任何可依法强制执行的净额结算协议的效力后,(A)在此类掉期合同成交之日或之后的任何日期,据此确定的终止价值(S)--终止价值(S),以及(B)在(A)款所述日期之前的任何日期,确定为此类掉期合同的按市值计价的金额(S),根据任何认可交易商(可能包括贷款人或贷款人的任何关联公司)在此类掉期合约中提供的一个或多个中端市场报价或其他现成报价确定。“摆动额度借款”是指根据第2.04节的规定借入摆动额度贷款。“摆动额度贷款”指根据第2.04节的规定,由摆动额度贷款人提供的摆动额度贷款安排。“摆动额度贷款人”是指高盛贷款伙伴有限责任公司,其作为摆动额度贷款的提供者或本协议项下任何后续的摆动额度贷款人。“回旋额度贷款”的含义见第2.04(A)节。“转动线贷款通知”是指根据第2.04(B)节的规定,由借款人的负责人填写并签署的转动线借款通知。“摇摆线票据”是指借款人向摇摆线贷款人或其登记受让人支付的本票,基本上以本协议附件C-3的形式,证明划船者因摇摆线贷款而对摇摆线贷款人的债务总额。“回旋额度债务”是指在任何确定日期,所有未偿还回旋额度贷款的本金总额。


-66--“周转贷款升华”是指等于(A)37,500,000美元和(B)循环信贷承诺额总额中较小者的数额。摇摆线升华是重新转让信贷承诺的一部分,而不是补充。“税务集团”具有第7.06(H)(Iii)节规定的含义。“税”是指任何政府当局目前或将来征收的所有税、税、征、税、评税或扣缴,包括利息、罚金和附加税。“定期基准”用于任何贷款或借款时,是指该贷款或构成该借款的贷款是否按调整后的期限SOFR利率、EURIBO利率或调整后的CDOR利率确定的利率计息。“定期借款”是指由相同类别和类型的定期贷款组成的借款,如果是定期基准贷款,则由每个定期贷款人根据第2.01(A)节或根据任何递增修正案、延期修正案或再融资修正案进行的、具有相同利息期限的借款。“定期贷款承诺”对每个定期贷款人来说,是指其在本协议项下向借款人提供定期贷款的义务,以代表该定期贷款机构在本协议项下提供的定期贷款的最高本金金额表示,此类承诺可以(A)根据第2.06节不时减少,以及(B)根据(I)根据转让和假设由该定期贷款人转让或根据(Ii)递增修正案、(Iii)再融资修正案、(Iv)延期修正案或(V)重置定期贷款的产生而不时减少或增加。“定期贷款”系指(A)截止日期前的初始美元期限承诺和初始欧元期限承诺,(B)第一修正案生效日期之前的初始B-1美元期限承诺和初始B-1欧元期限承诺,(C)第二修正案生效日期之前的初始B-2美元期限承诺和初始B-2欧元期限承诺,(D)第三号修正案生效日期之前的初始B-3美元期限承诺和初始B-3欧元期限承诺,(E)在增量B-4美元定期贷款修正案生效日期之前,增量B-4美元期限承诺,(F)在修正案第6号生效日期之前,增量B-4欧元期限承诺和增量B-5欧元期限承诺,(G)在修正案第7号生效日期之前,初始B-4美元期限承诺,(H)在修正案第7号生效日期之前,增量B-5美元期限承诺,以及,(I)在第12号修正案生效日期之前,增量B-6美元定期承诺和(J)此后,每一类定期贷款和/或定期承诺。“定期贷款人”是指在任何时候拥有(A)初始增量B-4-6美元定期承诺、初始B-3欧元定期承诺、增量B-5美元定期承诺、增量B-4欧元定期承诺、增量B-5欧元定期承诺、定期承诺、增量定期承诺或再融资定期承诺或(B)此时提供定期贷款的任何贷款人。“定期贷款”指任何初始增量B-4-6美元定期贷款、初始B-3欧元定期贷款、增量B-5美元定期贷款、2021年增量B-5美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款、增量B-5欧元定期贷款、延期贷款、增量定期贷款、再融资定期贷款或置换定期贷款。“定期贷款延期请求”具有第2.16(A)节规定的含义。“定期贷款展期系列”的含义见第2.16(A)节。“增加定期贷款”的含义见第2.14(A)节。“定期票据”是指借款人向任何定期贷款人或其登记签字支付的本票,大体上以本协议附件C-1的形式,证明借款人因该定期贷款人提供的定期贷款而对该定期贷款人的债务总额。


-67--“术语SOFR确定日”的含义与“术语SOFR参考汇率”的定义相同。“SOFR期限利率”是指,对于以美元计价的任何期限基准借款和与适用利率期间相当的任何期限,SOFR期限参考利率为芝加哥时间上午5点左右,即该期限开始前两个美国政府证券营业日与适用利率期间相比的参考利率,该利率由芝加哥商品交易所SOFR期限管理人公布。“定期SOFR利率贷款”用于任何贷款或借款时,是指此类贷款或构成此类借款的贷款是否按调整后的SOFR利率确定的利率计息。“期限SOFR参考利率”指,在任何日期和时间(该日为“期限SOFR确定日”),对于以美元计价的任何期限基准借款以及与适用利息期间相当的任何期限,由芝加哥商品交易所期限SOFR管理人发布为基于SOFR的前瞻性期限利率的年利率。如果在该期限SOFR确定日的下午5:00(纽约市时间),CME期限SOFR管理人尚未公布适用期限SOFR参考利率,并且尚未出现关于期限SOFR利率的基准替换日期,则只要该日是美国政府证券营业日,则该期限SOFR确定日的期限SOFR参考利率将是针对CME期限SOFR管理人发布的第一个美国政府证券营业日发布的期限SOFR参考利率,只要美国政府证券营业日之前的第一个美国政府证券营业日不超过该条款确定日之前五(5)个美国政府证券营业日。对于本协议项下的任何确定日期,“试用期”是指借款人在确定日期最近结束的连续四个会计季度,其财务报表已根据第6.01(A)或(B)节交付或要求交付。“门槛金额”是指3亿美元。“滴答费用信函”是指Bor-rower、高盛银行(美国)、巴克莱银行(Barclays Bank PLC)、杰富瑞金融有限公司(Jefferies Finance LLC)和摩根大通银行(JPMorgan Chase Bank,N.A.)之间的某些信函协议,日期为2017年9月22日。“总资产”系指借款人及其受限制子公司根据公认会计准则在合并基础上的总资产,如借款人根据美国证券交易委员会第6.01(A)或(B)条交付的最近一份资产负债表所示,或在根据美国证券交易委员会第6.01(A)或(B)条如此交付任何此类报表之前的备考资产负债表中所示。“未偿还债务总额”是指所有贷款和所有L信用证债务的未偿还金额的总和。“交易费用”是指保荐人、控股公司、借款人或其各自子公司在交易结束日或之前发生或支付的与交易相关的任何费用或支出(包括(X)与套期保值交易有关的费用、任何OID或预付费用、向高级管理人员、雇员和董事支付的控制权变更付款、遣散费、特别或留任奖金、股票期权回购或展期或修改的费用,以及(Y)交易奖金和工资税的相关雇主部分)、本协议和其他贷款文件以及由此预期的交易。“交易”系指(A)将于成交日期订立的贷款文件的签署及交付,以及于成交日期为贷款提供资金,(B)完成收购,(C)完成股权出资,(D)完成再融资及(E)与此相关的费用及开支。“变革性收购”系指借款人或任何受限制的附属公司在紧接完成以下事项之前进行的任何收购或投资:(A)本协议条款不允许


-68-此类收购或投资,(B)如果在紧接此类收购或投资终止之前得到本协议条款的允许,将不会根据本协议为借款人及其受限子公司提供足够的灵活性,以便在此类收购或投资终止后继续和/或扩大其合并业务,具体取决于借款人的善意行为;或(C)导致对初始B-4美元定期贷款、增量B-5-6美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款或国际B-5欧元定期贷款进行再融资,视情况而定。并涉及与该等收购或投资相关的未偿还定期贷款总额的增加。“金库服务协议”是指借款人或任何受限制的附属机构与任何对冲银行之间关于金库、存管、信用卡、借记卡和现金管理服务或自动票据交换所资金转移或任何类似服务的任何协议。就贷款或借款而言,“类型”是指此类贷款或构成此类借款的贷款的利率是否参考基本利率、调整后的期限SOFR利率、EURIBO利率、调整后的CDOR利率或SONIA利率来确定。“美国政府证券营业日”指除(I)星期六、(Ii)星期日或(Iii)证券业和金融市场协会建议其会员的固定收益部门全天关闭以进行美国政府证券交易的任何日子。“美国特别决议制度”具有第10.22节规定的含义。“英国金融机构”指任何BRRD业务(根据英国审慎监管局颁布的PRA规则手册(经不时修订的形式)下的定义)或属于英国金融市场行为监管局颁布的FCA手册(经不时修订)IFPRU 11.6范围内的任何个人,包括某些信贷机构和投资公司,以及这些信贷机构或投资公司的某些附属公司。“英国清算机构”是指英格兰银行或任何其他公共行政机构,负责对任何英国金融机构进行清算。“未调整基准置换”是指不包括基准置换调整的基准置换。“无资金参与”对于L/信用证发行人而言,是指任何未偿还的L/信用证借款的偿付总额(如果有),该借款不应由循环信贷贷款人按照第2.03(C)节的规定提供资金。“统一商法典”或“UCC”是指(I)在纽约州不时生效的“统一商法典”,或(Ii)适用于任何一项或多项抵押品的另一司法管辖区的统一商法(或类似的法典或法规)。本协议和其他贷款文件中对《统一商法典》具体条款的引用以纽约州在本协议生效之日生效的《统一商法典》为基础。如果该《统一商法典》被修订或第(2)款所述的另一统一商法典适用,则该章节的引用应被视为指该经修订的或其他《统一商法典》中的可比章节。“United States”和“U.S.”指的是美利坚合众国。“美国纳税证明”具有第3.01(D)(Ii)(C)节规定的含义。“未报销金额”具有第2.03(C)(I)节规定的含义。“非限制性现金金额”是指,截至任何确定日期,相当于(1)借款人及其受限子公司的非限制性现金和现金等价物之和(根据


-69-符合GAAP),不论是否以质押给行政代理的帐户持有;及(Ii)以担保方为受益人的受限现金及现金等价物(亦可包括以抵押品留置权及贷款担保的其他债务担保的现金及现金等价物);但前述应包括借款人及以任何货币计价或在任何外国司法管辖区持有的受限附属公司的无限制现金及现金等价物。“非限制性附属公司”是指在截止日期后,借款人的董事会根据第6.14节将借款人的任何附属公司指定为非限制性附属公司。“美国爱国者法案”指的是通过提供拦截和阻挠恐怖主义所需的适当工具来团结和加强美国,公法107-56。“到到期的加权平均寿命”指在任何日期适用于任何债务的年数,除以:(1)乘以(A)每一项当时仍在偿还的分期付款、偿债基金、连续到期付款或其他所需的本金付款,包括最后到期付款的数额,乘以(B)该日期与偿还债务之间相隔的年数(计算至最接近的十二分之一);再乘以(Ii)该债务的当时尚未偿还的本金金额;但为确定任何正被延长、替换、退还、再融资、续期或失效的债务的加权平均到期日,在适用的延期、替换、退款、再融资、续期或失效之日之前的任何摊销或预付款的影响均不予考虑。“全资”指,就某人的附属公司而言,该人士的附属公司的所有已发行股权(除适用法律所规定的(X)董事合资格股份及(Y)向外国国民发行的股份外)均由该人士和/或该人士的一间或多间全资附属公司拥有。“扣缴义务人”是指任何贷款文件下的借款人或任何担保人、行政代理人,以及仅为美国联邦所得税目的的任何其他扣缴义务人。“减记和转换权力”是指:(A)就任何欧洲经济区决议机构而言,指在适用的欧洲经济区成员国的自救立法下,该欧洲经济区决议机构不时具有的减记和转换权力,其减记和转换权力在欧盟自救立法附表中有说明;(B)对于联合王国,适用的自救立法规定的任何决议机构在自救立法下取消、减少、修改或改变任何英国金融机构的负债或产生该负债的任何合同或文书的任何权力,将该法律责任的全部或部分转换为该人或任何其他人的股份、证券或义务,并规定任何该等合约或授予的权利须犹如已根据该合约或命令行使权利而具有效力,或暂时吊销与该等权力有关或附属于该等权力的任何法律责任或该自救法例所赋予的任何权力的任何义务。第1.02节。其他解释规定。关于本协议和其他贷款文件,除非本协议或其他贷款文件另有规定:(A)所定义术语的含义同样适用于所定义术语的单数形式和复数形式。(B)在任何贷款文件中使用的“本文件”、“本文件”、“本文件”和“本文件下”以及类似含义的词语应指该贷款文件作为一个整体,而不是其中的任何特定规定。(C)条款、节、表和附表中的提法是指出现这种提法的贷款文件。(D)“包括”一词是举例而非限制。


-70-(E)“或”一词并非排他性的。(F)“文件”一词包括任何和所有文书、文件、协议、证书、通知、报告、财务报表和其他书面形式,无论是实物形式还是电子形式。(G)在计算由某一指明日期至另一较后指明日期的期间时,“自”一词指“自并包括”;“至”及“至”等字均指“至但不包括”;而“通过”一词则指“至并包括”。(H)本协议和其他贷款文件中的章节标题仅为便于参考而列入,不应影响本协议或任何其他贷款文件的解释。(I)[保留区]。(J)凡提及任何贷款方或受限制附属公司的“知悉”,均指负责人员的实际知悉。(K)“资产”和“财产”应解释为具有相同的含义和效力,指任何和所有有形和无形资产和财产,包括现金、证券、账户和合同权利。(L)凡提及任何人士,均应包括此人的继任者及受让人(须受本条例所载的任何转让限制所规限),如属任何政府职位,则包括已继承其任何或全部职能的任何其他政府当局。第1.03节。会计术语。除本协议另有明确规定外,所有未在本协议中明确或完全定义的会计术语的解释应与本协议规定提交的所有财务数据(包括财务比率和其他财务计算)一致,且所有财务数据(包括财务比率和其他财务计算)应与GAAP一致。尽管本协议有任何其他规定,除非借款人另有选择,借款人向行政代理发出的书面通知证明,(A)根据2017年11月21日生效的美国公认会计原则(包括但不限于FASB会计准则编纂主题840-租赁)下的经营性租赁和融资或资本租赁的会计应适用于确定是否符合本协议的规定,包括“融资租赁义务”的定义和(B)本协议中使用的所有会计或财务性质的术语应予以解释,并应对本协议中提及的金额和比率进行所有计算。在不影响(I)财务会计准则第141R号或ASC 805(或具有类似结果或效果的任何其他财务会计准则)的情况下,(Ii)根据财务会计准则汇编第825-金融工具或其任何继承者(包括根据会计准则编纂)须(I)按其中定义的“公允价值”对Holdings、借款人或任何附属公司的任何债务进行估值,或(Iii)根据ASC 470-20(或具有类似结果或效果的任何其他财务会计准则)对可转换债务工具的债务进行任何处理,以按其中所述的减少或分拆方式对任何该等债务进行估值,且该等债务在任何时候均应按其全数陈述的本金进行估值。第1.04节。舍入。根据本协议,借款人必须维持的任何财务比率(或为了根据本协议允许的特定行动而必须满足的财务比率),应通过以下方式计算:将适当的部分除以其他部分,将结果进位到比本文所表示的该比率的位数多一位,并将结果向上或向下舍入到最接近的数字(如果没有最接近的数字,则向上舍入)。第1.05节。对协议、法律等的引用。除非本协议另有明确规定,(A)对组织文件、协议(包括贷款文件)和其他合同指令的引用应被视为包括对其的所有后续修订、再融资、重述、续订、重组、延期、补充和其他修改,但仅限于此类修订、再融资、重述、续订、重组、延期、补充和其他修改不受


-71--贷款文件;和(B)凡提及任何法律,应包括合并、修正、取代、补充或解释该法律的所有法规和规章规定。第1.06节。《时代周刊》。除另有说明外,本文中提及的所有时间均为东部时间(夏令时或标准时间,视情况而定)。第1.07节。付款或履行的时间。除本协议另有明文规定外,当任何债务或履行任何契诺、责任或义务被宣布于非营业日的一天到期或须予履行时,该等付款或履行的日期(“利息期间”的定义所述除外)或履行应延展至紧接的下一个营业日。第1.08节。有限条件交易。即使本协议或任何其他贷款文件中有任何相反的规定,当(A)测试本协议规定的任何篮子下的可用性时,(B)确定是否符合本协议中要求计算任何财务比率或测试(包括综合第一留置权净杠杆率、综合担保净杠杆率和综合总净杠杆率)的任何规定(第7.11节除外)(以及,为免生疑问,第2.14(D)节和第7.03(V)节规定的财务比率)或(C)确定是否遵守本协议中要求没有违约或违约事件发生、继续或将由此导致的任何规定),在每种情况下,与任何有限条件交易或与之有关的任何相关交易有关,决定日期应由借款人选择(借款人选择在与任何有限条件交易相关的情况下行使该选择权,即“长期选择”),应视为就该等有限条件交易订立最终协议的日期(“长期交易测试日期”),如在该有限条件交易及与之有关的任何相关交易生效后,按形式计算,犹如该等交易已发生在最近一次测试期开始时(或根据第6.01(A)或(B)节规定须交付的财务报表)(就损益表而言),或在最近一次测试期结束时(就资产负债表而言)。借款人将被允许在相关LCT测试日期完成该有限条件交易及其相关交易,符合该比率、测试、篮子或违约拨备,则该比率、测试、篮子或违约拨备应被视为已得到遵守。为免生疑问,如借款人已作出长期交易选择,而于长期交易测试日期已决定或测试合规的任何比率、测试、篮子或违约拨备因任何该等比率、测试或篮子或其他方面的波动(包括借款人或该有限条件交易标的人士的综合EBITDA或总资产在相关交易或行动完成时或之前的波动)而超出,则该等篮子、测试或比率不会被视为已因该等波动而超出。如果Bor-rower已就任何有限条件交易选择了LCT,则就任何比率、测试、篮子可用性或违约拨备的任何计算而言,涉及债务或留置权的产生、作出限制性付款、处置、允许收购、其他投资或预付款、声誉追逐、赎回、失败或其他满足任何初级融资、任何合并、解散、清算或合并,或任何指定子公司为受限制子公司或非受限制子公司(以上每一项,在相关LCT测试日期之后且在该有限条件交易完成日期或该有限条件交易的最终协议终止或到期而未完成该有限条件交易的日期之前,为确定该等后续交易是否在本协议下被允许,任何该等比率、测试、篮子或默认条款应被要求在假定该有限条件交易及其任何相关交易已完成的基础上按形式予以满足;但对于任何属于限制性付款的该等后续交易,任何该等比率、测试、篮子或违约拨备亦应按形式计算,并假设该有限条件交易及其任何相关交易尚未完成。第1.09节。形式计算。(A)尽管本协议有任何相反规定,财务比率和测试(包括总资产或综合EBITDA的计量),包括综合总杠杆率、综合有担保净杠杆率和综合第一留置权净杠杆率,应按第1.09节规定的方式计算。当一项财务比率或测试按形式计算时,为计算(I)该财务比率或测试而提及的“试用期”应视为


-72-参考并应以最近结束的测试期为基础,其中财务报表已交付或与之同时交付,以及(Ii)在第6.01(A)或6.01(B)节(视情况而定)和第6.02(A)节要求交付财务报表和证书的初始日期之前,合规性应按截至2017年9月30日的连续四个会计季度期间的形式计算。(B)就计算任何财务比率或测试而言,(I)在适用测试期内及(Ii)在该测试期之后及在计算任何该等比率的事件之前或同时进行的指明交易,应按备考基准计算,并假设所有该等指明交易(以及可归因于任何指明交易的综合EBITDA及其内使用的财务定义的任何增减)已于适用测试期的第一天(或如属总资产或不受限制现金金额的厘定,则为适用的最后一天)发生。如果自任何适用测试期开始以来,任何后来成为受限制附属公司或自测试期开始以来与借款人或其任何受限制附属公司合并、合并或合并的人进行了任何需要根据第1.09节进行调整的特定交易,则应根据第1.09节计算该财务比率或测试(或总资产的计算)以使其具有形式上的效力。(C)凡对一项特定交易作出备考效果或符合备考规定的决定时,备考计算应由借款人负责的财务或会计主管真诚地进行,并为免生疑问,包括借款人真诚地预计将因采取、承诺采取或预期采取的特定行动而实现的“运行率”成本节约、营运开支削减、其他营运改善及协同效应的数额(按备考基础计算,经营改进和协同效应是在该期间的第一天实现的,就好像这种成本节约、经营费用削减、经营改进和协同效应是在整个期间内实现的一样),“运行率”是指与采取、承诺采取或预期采取的任何行动有关的期间的全部经常性收益(包括预期因消除公众目标遵守上市公司要求的成本而产生的任何节省),扣除在该期间内通过此类行动实现的实际收益。任何该等调整应计入该等财务比率或测试的初步预计计算中,以及在预期与该指明交易有关的任何后续测试期内实现其影响的任何测试期内;只要(A)该等金额是可事实支持的、可合理识别的,并基于借款人真诚地认为在作出时是合理的假设,(B)借款人在不迟于该特定交易日期后24个月的善意判断中合理地预期会实现该等行动,(C)不得根据第1.09(C)节的规定增加任何金额,只要这些金额与在计算综合EBITDA时以其他方式加回的任何金额重复,无论是通过形式调整或其他方式。关于该期间和(D)根据第1.09(C)节在计算综合EBITDA时加回的任何金额应遵守综合EBITDA定义中规定的上限、篮子和门槛;(D)任何要求形式上符合第7.11节规定的规定,应假设在该时间之前的最近一次测试期内,要求符合该节规定的综合第一留置权净杠杆率。(E)尽管第1.09节有任何相反规定,在计算综合第一留置权净杠杆率、综合担保净杠杆率或综合总净杠杆率时,为了(I)“适用比率”的定义、(Ii)“适用ECF百分比”的定义和(Iii)实际(而非形式上)符合第7.11节的规定,在适用测试期结束后发生的第1.09节所述事件不应被赋予形式上的效力。(F)如任何固定“篮子”拟与单一交易或一系列相关交易中的任何基于汇兑的“篮子”一起使用(包括自由和清算增量金额的使用),(1)债务部分的任何适用财务比率或测试或任何其他适用交易或任何其他适用交易或行动的遵守或满足情况,应首先在不影响任何固定“篮子”所使用的金额的情况下计算。但对所有适用的和相关的交易(包括前述关于固定“篮子”、任何债务的产生和偿还)和所有其他交易给予形式上的全部效力


-73-允许备考调整(除非在紧接其之前或与之相关的循环信贷安排下的任何债务应不予计入),以及(Ii)此后,此类债务的部分或任何其他适用的交易或行动将在任何固定的“篮子”下产生,应计算在内。第1.10节。信用证。除非本合同另有规定,否则在任何时候,信用证的金额应被视为该信用证当时可提取的最高金额(无论该最高金额是否在该信用证下有效,如果该最高金额根据该信用证的条款定期增加)。第1.11节。证书。借款方的高级职员或代表在本合同项下作出的所有证明,应由该人仅以该借款方的高级职员或代表的身份,代表该借款方而不是以该人的个人身份作出。第1.12节。某些决定。(A)为确定第六条或第七条所列任何契约在产生或使用时是否得到遵守(包括与任何递增承诺有关),如果任何留置权、投资、债务、处置、限制付款或关联交易符合允许该等留置权、投资、负债、限制付款或关联交易(视属何情况而定)条款中的一项或一项以上的标准,借款人应自行酌情决定该留置权(与该设施有关的留置权除外)、投资、投资、债务(由贷款构成的债务除外)、处置、受限制付款或关联交易(或在每种情况下,其任何部分)(视情况而定)被分类,并可在以后(一次或多次)作出任何后续的重新确定和/或稍后根据一项或多项条款划分、分类或重新分类,该等留置权、投资、负债、处置、受限制支付或关联交易最初被确定为已发生或使用。为免生疑问,如果满足本协议或任何其他贷款文件规定的任何要求的适用日期不是营业日,则在该适用日期后的第一个营业日中午之前,不应要求遵守该要求。(B)即使本协议有任何相反规定,根据本协议中不要求遵守财务比率或测试(包括但不限于任何综合总净杠杆率、综合担保净杠杆率和/或综合第一留置权净杠杆率)的规定而发生(或完成)的任何金额或交易,(任何该等金额、“固定金额”)拟与依据本协议规定要求符合任何该等财务比率或测试(任何该等金额)的任何金额或交易一起使用或实质上与其同时使用,在计算适用于与该等实质同时发生有关的基于应收金额的财务比率或测试时,有一项理解及同意,即固定数额(及其任何现金收益)不应计算在内。第1.13节。差饷。对于基本利率、期限SOFR参考利率、经调整期限SOFR利率、期限SOFR利率、EURIBO利率、经调整CDOR利率、SONIA、SONIA利率或任何其他基准、或其定义中提及的任何组成定义或利率、或其任何替代、后续或替换利率(包括任何基准替换)的继续、管理、提交、计算或任何其他相关事宜,管理代理不保证或承担任何责任,也不承担任何责任。后续利率或替代利率(包括任何基准替代利率)将与基本利率、期限SOFR参考利率、经调整期限SOFR利率、期限SOFR利率、EURIBO利率、经调整CDOR利率、SONIA、SONIA利率、该基准或任何其他基准在其终止或不可用之前类似或产生相同的价值或经济等价性,或具有相同的数量或流动性。行政代理及其联属公司或其他相关实体可从事影响基本利率或基准、任何替代、后续或替换利率(包括任何基准替换)或任何相关调整的计算的交易,在每种情况下,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在每种情况下选择信息来源或服务,以确定基本利率、任何基准、其任何组成定义或其定义中提及的利率,并且不对借款人、任何贷款人或任何其他人承担任何责任


-74-或实体对任何(I)损失、索赔、损害赔偿、债务或费用(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),除非此类损失、索赔、损害赔偿、债务或费用由具有管辖权的法院通过最终和不可上诉的判决加以阻止,认为是由于行政代理的严重疏忽或故意不当行为所致,或(Ii)间接、特殊、惩罚性、附带或连带损害、费用、损失或费用(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),在每个情况下,任何此类信息源或服务提供的任何此类费率(或其组成部分)的任何错误或计算。第1.14节。组织。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:(I)如果任何人的任何资产、权利、义务或债务成为不同个人的资产、权利、义务或负债,则应被视为已从原始人转移到后继人,以及(Ii)如果有任何新的人存在,则该新的人应被视为在其存在的第一天由当时的股权持有人组成。第二条承诺和信贷展期第2.01节。贷款。(A)定期借款。在符合本协议明确规定的条款和条件的情况下,(I)每个具有初始美元期限承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在截止日期向借款人提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该期限贷款人最初的美元期限承诺的金额;(Ii)每个具有初始B-1美元期限承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第1号修正案生效日向借款人提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该期限贷款人最初的B-1美元承诺的金额,(Iii)每一具有初始B-2美元定期承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第2号修正案生效日期向贷款人提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人最初的B-2美元承诺的金额;。(Iv)每一具有初始B-3美元定期承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第3号修正案生效日期向借款人提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人最初的B-3美元承诺的金额,(V)每个具有初始B-4美元定期承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第7号修正案生效日期向借款人提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人最初B-4美元承诺的金额;(Vi)每个具有增量B-4美元定期承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在增加的B-4美元定期贷款修正案生效日向借款人提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人的增量B-4美元承诺的金额,(Vii)每个具有增量B-5美元定期承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第7号修正案生效日期向借款人提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人的增量B-5美元定期承诺的金额;(Vii)每个具有初始欧元期限承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在截止日期向借款人提供以欧元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人最初的欧元承诺的金额,(Ix)每个具有初始B-1欧元期限承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在修订第1号生效日期向借款人提供以欧元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该期限贷款人最初的B-1欧元期限承诺的金额;(X)每个具有初始B-2欧元期限承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在修订第2号生效日期向借款人提供以欧元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人最初的B-2欧元期限承诺的金额;(Xi)每个具有初始B-3欧元期限承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第3号修正案生效日向借款人提供以欧元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人最初B-3欧元期限承诺的金额,(十二)每个具有增量B-4欧元期限承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第6号修正案生效日向借款人提供以欧元计价的定期贷款,累计金额不超过该定期贷款人增量B-4欧元期限承诺的金额,(Xiii)每个具有增量B-5欧元期限承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第6号修正案生效日期以欧元向借款人提供取消指定的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款机构增量B-5欧元期限承诺的金额;和(Xiv)每个具有


-75-增量B-6美元定期贷款承诺各自同意在第12号修正案生效日期向Bor-rower提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总额不超过该定期贷款人增量B-6美元定期贷款承诺的金额。根据第2.01(A)条借入的、已偿还或预付的款项不得再借入。初始美元定期贷款可以是基本利率贷款或定期软利率贷款,如本文进一步规定的那样。初始欧元定期贷款将是EURIBO利率贷款,如本文进一步规定的那样。在每种情况下,划船人应向定期贷款人支付初始美元定期贷款和初始欧元定期贷款的所有应计和未付利息,直至(但不包括)该修正案第1号修正案的生效日期。1生效日期。除经修正案1修改外,初始B-1美元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的初始美元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务。初始B-1欧元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的初始欧元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务,但经第1号修正案修改除外。借款人应向定期贷款人支付初始B-1美元定期贷款和初始B-1欧元定期贷款的所有应计利息和未付利息,但不包括:第2号修正案在该第2号修正案的生效日期。除经第2号修正案修改外,初始B-2美元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的初始B-1美元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务。2.借款人应在第3号修正案生效日向定期贷款人支付初始B-2美元定期贷款和最初B-2欧元定期贷款的所有应计利息和未付利息,但不包括在内。除经第3号修正案修改外,初始B-3美元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的初始B-2美元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务。初始B-3欧元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的初始B-2欧元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务,但经第3号修正案修改除外。借款人应向定期贷款人支付初始B-3美元定期贷款的所有应计利息和未付利息,但不包括第7号修正案在该第7号修正案的生效日期。最初的B-4美元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的初始B-3美元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务,但经第7号修正案修改除外。借款人应在第7号修正案生效日期向定期贷款人支付增量B-4美元定期贷款的所有应计和未付利息,但不包括第7号修正案生效日期。增量B-5美元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的增量B-4美元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务,但经第7号修正案修改的除外。符合本协议和第7号修正案中规定的条款和条件。8、每个拥有2021年增量B-5美元定期承诺的定期贷款人各自同意在第8号修正案生效日期向借款人提供以美元计价的定期贷款,总金额不超过该定期贷款人2021年增量B-5美元定期承诺的金额。2021年增量B-5美元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的增量B-5美元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务,但经第8号修正案修改除外。借款人应在第12号修正案生效日向定期贷款人支付增量B-5美元定期贷款的所有应计和未付利息,但不包括第12号修正案生效日期。增量B-6美元定期贷款应与本协议和其他贷款文件中规定的增量B-5美元定期贷款具有相同的条款、权利和义务,除非经第12号修正案修改。(B)循环信贷借款。在本协议明文规定的条款及条件的规限下,于截止日期(以旋转上限的截止日期为准)及其后,各循环信贷贷款人各自同意根据美国证券交易委员会第2条向借款人提供以核准货币计值的循环信贷贷款。 在每个借款人的循环信贷承诺的限度内,并根据本协议的其他条款和条件,借款人可以根据本第2.01(b)条借款,根据


-76-第2.05节,并根据第2.01(B)节在每种情况下重新借款,无需溢价或罚款(受美国证券交易委员会-3.05条约束)。以美元计价的循环信用贷款(I)可以是基本利率贷款或定期软利率贷款,(Ii)以欧元计价的贷款应为EURIBO利率贷款,(Iii)以加元计价的贷款应为CDOR利率贷款,以及(Iv)以英镑计价的贷款应为SONIA利率贷款,如本文进一步规定。第2.02节。贷款的借款、转换和续展。(A)每次定期借款、每次循环信用借款、每次定期贷款或再转账信用贷款从一种类型转换为另一种类型、以及每次延续定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款时,借款人应向行政代理发出书面通知,并可通过电子邮件发出通知。行政代理必须在不迟于(1)下午1:00之前收到此类书面通知。东部时间任何定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款、任何初始定期贷款或增量B-5-6美元定期贷款作为基本利率贷款、任何增量B-4欧元定期贷款作为EURIBO利率贷款、任何增量B-5欧元定期贷款作为EURIBO利率贷款、任何延续定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款、或将基础利率贷款转换为定期SOFR贷款的请求日期前三个工作日,以及(2)上午9:00。在任何基本利率贷款(初始定期贷款或作为基本利率贷款的增量B-5-6美元定期贷款的任何借款除外)的请求日期的东部时间,任何将定期SOFR利率贷款转换为基本利率贷款的日期。根据第2.02(A)节的规定,单人划艇运动员发出的每份电子邮件通知必须包括一份书面的承诺贷款通知(并在得到确认之前不会生效),并由借款人的负责官员适当填写和签署。除第2.14节另有规定外,每次借款、转换为定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款或SONIA利率贷款的最低本金金额应为1,000,000美元,或超过500,000美元的整数倍。除本文规定外,每次借款或转换为基本利率贷款的最低本金金额应为500,000美元或超出本金100,000美元的整数倍。每份已承诺的贷款通知应指明(I)借款人是否请求定期借款、循环信用借款、将定期贷款或循环信用贷款从一种类型转换为另一种或继续定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款,(Ii)借款、转换或继续(视属何情况而定)的请求日期(应为营业日),(Iii)将借入、转换或继续的贷款的本金金额,(Iv)将借入的贷款类型或现有定期贷款或循环信用贷款将转换为何种类型,(V)如属循环信贷借款,则为循环信贷借贷的相关核准货币,(Vi)如适用,有关利息期间的持续时间及(Vii)将获拨付资金的账户(S)的电汇指示(为免生疑问,须向任何特定账户支付的金额可少于上文所述的最低或多个限制,只要根据该等借款须支付予所有该等账户的总金额符合该等最低限额及倍数)。借款人未在承诺贷款通知书中注明批准的贷款币种的,以美元计价。如果借款人未能在已承诺的贷款通知中指明贷款类型,或未及时发出通知要求转换或延续,则适用的定期贷款或循环信用贷款应作为或转换为(X)任何以美元计价的贷款、基本利率贷款或(Y)任何以批准的外币计价的贷款、以批准的货币计息的期限为一个月的定期基准贷款或适用的SONIA利率贷款。任何此类自动转换为基本利率贷款的做法,应自当时利息期的最后一天起对适用的SOFR利率贷款有效。如果借款人在任何此类承诺贷款通知中请求借用、转换为定期基准贷款或索尼娅利率贷款或索尼娅利率贷款,但没有指明利息期限,该请求应视为无效。任何贷款不得转换为或继续作为以另一种核定货币计价的贷款,但必须以原始核定货币预付或以另一种核定货币转借。(B)在收到承诺贷款通知后,行政代理应迅速将本协议规定的其按比例份额或其他适用份额的金额(和批准的货币)通知各贷款人适用的贷款类别,如果借款人没有及时通知转换或延续,行政代理应通知各贷款人第2.02(A)节所述的任何自动转换为基本利率贷款或延续的细节。在每次借款的情况下,每个适当的贷款人应在不迟于下午1点之前将其贷款金额以当天资金的形式提供给行政代理机构办公室的行政代理机构。在适用的承诺贷款通知中指定的营业日。行政代理应按照行政代理提供的指示,将收到的所有资金以与行政代理通过电汇收到的资金相同的资金提供给借款人。


-77-借款人向行政代理(并合理地接受);条件是,如果在借款人就任何循环信用借款发出承诺贷款通知之日,仍有L/C借款未偿还,则该循环信用借款的收益应首先用于全额偿付任何此类L/C借款,其次用于上述借款人。(C)除本文另有规定外,定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款只能在该定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款的利息期(或该SONIA利息期)的最后一天继续或转换,除非借款人支付第3.05节规定的与此相关的到期金额(如果有)。在违约事件发生和继续期间,行政代理或所需贷款人可以要求不得将任何贷款转换为或继续作为定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款。(D)行政代理应在确定定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款的利率后,立即通知借款人和贷款人适用于该利率期间的利率。在没有明显错误的情况下,行政代理对任何利率的确定应是决定性的。(E)在实施所有定期借款、所有循环信贷借款、所有定期贷款或循环信贷贷款从一种类型转换为另一种类型、以及所有相同类型的定期贷款或循环信贷贷款的延续后,有效的利息期不得超过八个(或行政代理可能同意的较大金额)。(F)任何贷款人如没有作出将由其作出的贷款作为任何借款的一部分,并不解除任何其他贷款人根据本条例须在借款当日作出贷款的义务(如有的话),但任何其他贷款人如没有作出将由该其他贷款人在借款当日作出的贷款,则无须对此负上责任。(G)除非行政代理在任何借款日期前已收到贷款人的通知,表示该贷款人将不会向行政代理提供该贷款人的按比例份额(或本协议规定的其他适用份额),否则行政代理可假定该贷款人已根据上文第2.02(B)节的规定在借款日期向行政代理提供该按比例份额(或本协议规定的其他适用份额),行政代理可根据这一假设在该日期向借款人提供相应的金额。如果行政代理人已如此提供资金,则在该贷款人不应向行政代理人提供该部分的范围内,该贷款人和借款人各自同意在提出书面要求后立即向行政代理人偿还相应的金额及其利息,从向借款人提供该款项之日起至向行政代理人偿还该款项之日止的每一天:(I)就借款人而言,指当时适用于构成该借款的贷款的利率;及(Ii)就该贷款人而言,为隔夜利率加任何行政费用,行政代理根据前述规定通常收取的加工费或类似费用。在没有明显错误的情况下,行政代理提交给任何贷款人的关于第2.02(G)节规定的任何欠款的证明应是决定性的。如果借款人和贷款人应向行政代理机构支付相同或重叠期限的利息,行政代理机构应立即将借款人在该期限内支付的利息金额汇给借款人。如果贷款人将其在适用借款中的份额支付给行政代理,则如此支付的金额应构成包括在该借款中的该贷款人的贷款。借款人的任何付款,对于借款人对贷款人未能向行政代理付款的任何索赔,不得有任何先决条件。第2.03节。信用证。(A)信用证承诺书。(I)在符合本合同明确规定的条款和条件的情况下,(A)各L信用证发行人根据本第2.03节规定的其他循环信贷贷款人的协议,不时同意:(1)


-78-在截止日期至信用证到期日期间的任何工作日,为借款人或任何受限制的子公司的账户开具以任何批准货币计价的即期付款信用证(前提是任何信用证可能是为了借款人的任何子公司的利益),并根据第2.03(B)节修改或延长其先前签发的信用证,以及(2)承兑信用证下的提款,以及(B)循环信贷贷款人各自同意参与根据第2.03节签发的信用证;但在下列情况下,开证人无义务就任何信用证进行L/C信用证展期,且条件是:(X)任何循环信用贷款人的循环信用风险将超过该贷款人的循环信用承诺,或(Y)L/C义务的未偿还金额将超过升华信用证;此外,即使本合同有任何相反规定,L/C出票人也没有义务开立贸易信用证或商业信用证。在上述限额内,在本协议条款和条件的约束下,借款人获得信用证的能力应完全循环,因此,在上述期间,借款人可以获得信用证,以取代已过期、已注销或已提取并已偿还的信用证。除非本协议有任何相反规定,在截止日期,现有信用证应被视为根据本协议签发的信用证。(Ii)借款人可自行决定向任何L/信用证发行人申请信用证,最多可达L/信用证发行人的信用证承诺额。(3)在下列情况下,L信用证出票人无义务开立任何信用证:(A)任何政府当局或仲裁员的任何命令、判决或法令按其条款禁止或约束该L信用证出票人出具该信用证,或适用于该L信用证出票人的任何法律或对该L信用证出票人具有管辖权的任何政府当局的任何指令(不论是否具有法律效力)应禁止或指示该L信用证出票人不得开立,开出一般信用证或特别是此类信用证,或对该L信用证出票人施加在截止日期未生效的任何实质性限制、准备金或资本要求(该L信用证出票人不因此而得到补偿),或对该L信用证出票人施加在成交日期不适用的任何重大未偿还损失、费用或开支(该L信用证出票人在此不作其他补偿);(B)除第2.03(B)(Iii)款另有规定外,所要求的信用证的到期日应在签发之日后12个月以上,除非(1)每家适当的贷款人已批准该到期日,或(2)与所要求的信用证有关的L/C债务的未偿还金额已被现金抵押,其金额相当于与之相关的L/C债务的未偿还金额的103%,或以令该L/C发行人合理满意的方式予以支持;(C)所要求的信用证的到期日将发生在信用证到期日之后,除非该信用证已被以相当于与其相关的L/信用证未偿还金额的103%的金额的现金抵押,或以合理的方式支持该L/信用证的出票人;(D)该信用证的开具违反了L/信用证出具银行适用于信用证的一项或多项政策;及(E)任何循环信贷贷款人当时是违约贷款人,除非该L/信用证发行人已作出安排,包括交付现金抵押品,在执行第2.17(A)(Iv)节后,L/信用证发行人(凭其全权酌情决定权)要求借款人或贷款人消除L/信用证发行人因当时建议开立的信用证或该信用证所产生的违约贷款人的实际或潜在垫付风险,以及L/信用证发行人在其唯一通知中选择的实际或潜在垫付风险的所有其他义务。


-115额度贷款不得超过(1)该非违约贷款人的循环信贷承诺减去(2)该非违约贷款人的循环信贷贷款未偿还总额的正差额(如果有)。本合同项下的任何再分配均不构成放弃或免除任何一方因违约贷款人成为违约贷款人而对该违约贷款人提出的任何索赔,包括非违约贷款人因该非违约贷款人在该再分配后增加了曝险而提出的任何索赔。如果第(Iv)款所述的分配不能或只能部分实现,借款人应在不损害其根据本条款或法律享有的任何权利或救济的情况下,(X)首先预付等同于摆动额度贷款人的额度的摆动额度贷款;(Y)其次,根据L/信用证发行人满意的程序(凭其全权酌情决定权)将L/信用证发行人的额度风险作为现金抵押。(B)违约贷款人补救办法。如果借款人和行政代理(仅在任何违约贷款人是循环信贷贷款人的情况下)、摆动额度贷款人和L/C发行人自行决定书面同意违约贷款人不再被视为违约贷款人,行政代理将如此通知各方,届时自通知中规定的生效日期起,并受通知中规定的任何条件(可能包括关于任何现金抵押品的安排)的限制,该贷款人将在适用的范围内,购买其他贷款人未偿还贷款的该部分,或采取行政代理认为必要的其他行动,以使贷款以及信用证和循环额度贷款中的有资金和无资金的参与由贷款人根据其按比例分摊的比例持有(不影响美国证券交易委员会第2.17(A)(Iv)条),届时该贷款人将不再是违约贷款人;但在借款人是违约贷款人期间,借款人或其代表所应收取的费用或支付的款项不得追溯调整;此外,除非受影响的当事人另有明确协议,否则本协议项下从违约贷款人变更为贷款人的任何变更,不构成放弃或免除任何一方因该贷款人是违约贷款人而产生的任何债权。第三条税收、增加成本保护和违法性第3.01节。税金。(A)借款人(第三条下的术语借款人被视为包括为其账户开立信用证的任何附属公司)或任何担保人在任何贷款文件项下支付的所有款项应免税且不扣除或扣缴任何税款,除非适用法律另有要求。如果任何适用法律(根据适用扣缴义务人的善意酌情决定权确定)要求扣缴义务人从任何此类付款中扣除或扣缴任何税款,(1)如果该税款是补偿税或其他税,则借款人或任何担保人应支付的金额应视需要增加,以便在扣除和扣缴所有必要的补偿税或其他税(包括适用于根据本美国证券交易委员会应支付的额外金额的补偿税或其他税的扣除和扣缴)后,如果借款人或任何担保人是适用的扣缴义务人,则适用的扣缴义务人应根据适用的法律向有关税务机关全额支付已扣除或扣缴的全部款项,以及(Iv)在付款之日后30天内(或,如果在30天内无法获得收据或证据,则应在此后可能的情况下尽快),它应向行政代理人提供证明其付款的收据的正本或副本,或行政代理人合理接受的其他证据。(B)此外,借款人同意支付,或在行政代理的选择下,及时支付所有其他税款)。(C)在不重复根据第3.01(A)或3.01(B)条支付的金额的情况下,借款人和每名担保人共同和各自同意在提出要求后10天内赔偿每名代理人和每名贷款人:(I)该代理人或该贷款人应支付的全部补偿税和其他税项(包括根据本


-116--第3.01节)和(Ii)由此产生的或与之相关的任何合理费用,无论这些税收是否由政府当局正确或合法地征收或申报。由该代理人或贷款人(或由该代理人代表该贷款人)真诚地准备并交付的关于该等付款或债务的数额的证明书,连同一份书面陈述,其中合理详细地列明该等款项的基础和计算方法,即为确凿证据,且无明显错误。(D)每一贷款人和代理人应在借款人或行政代理人合理要求的时间,向借款人和行政代理人提供法律规定的或借款人或行政代理人合理要求的任何文件,证明该贷款人有权就根据贷款文件向该贷款人或行政代理人支付的任何款项免除或减少预扣税。当时间流逝或环境变化导致此类文件在任何重要方面过时或不准确时,每一贷款人和代理人应在该文件过期、过时或对借款人和行政代理人更新或其他适当文件(包括借款人或行政代理人合理要求的任何新文件)的日期或之前迅速交付,或以书面形式迅速通知借款人和行政代理人其无法这样做。除非适用的扣缴义务人收到了令其满意的表格或其他文件,表明根据任何贷款文件向贷款人或为贷款人支付的款项不需要缴纳预扣税,否则适用的扣缴义务人应有权按适用的费率扣缴适用法律要求从此类付款中预扣的金额。尽管本第3.01(D)条有任何其他规定,代理人或贷款人不应被要求根据本第3.01(D)条交付该代理人或贷款人在法律上没有资格交付的任何表格。在不限制前述规定的情况下:(I)作为美国人的每个贷款人(如守则第7701(A)(30)条所界定)应在成为本协议一方之日或之前,向借款人和行政代理交付两份正确填写并签署的国内收入服务表W-9副本,证明该贷款人免于联邦支持扣缴,以及借款人或行政代理(视情况而定)根据适用法律规定或合理要求提供的其他文件或信息,以确定该贷款人是否受到后备扣留或信息报告要求的约束。(2)每个非美国人的贷款人(如《守则》第7701(A)(30)节所界定)应在成为本协议当事一方之日或之前(此后应借款人或行政代理的要求不时提出要求)向借款人和行政代理交付下列各项中适用的一项:(A)两份填妥并签署的国税局表格W-8BEN或W-8BEN-E(视适用情况而定)(或任何后续表格),声称有资格享受美国是其中一方的所得税条约的利益,及守则所规定的其他文件,(B)两份填妥及妥为签署的国税局表格W-8ECI(或任何后续表格),(C)如贷款人根据守则第881(C)条声称享有投资组合利息豁免的利益,(X)实质上采用附件H-1形式的证明书,表明该贷款人并非守则第881(C)(3)(A)条所指的“银行”,守则第881(C)(3)(B)节所指借款人的“10%股东”,或守则第881(C)(3)(C)节所述的“受控外国公司”(“美国税务合规证书”)和(Y)两份正确填写并正式签署的国税局表格W-8BEN或W-8BEN-E(视情况而定)(或任何后续表格),(D)贷款人不是实益所有人的情况(例如,贷款人是合伙企业),两份填妥并经正式签署的贷款人国税表W-8IMY(或任何后续表格)副本,并附上国税表


-117-服务表格W-8ECI、表格W-8BEN、表格W-8BEN-E、实质上采用附件H-2或附件H-3、表格W-9的形式的美国税务合规性证书,和/或每个受益所有人的其他证明文件(如果贷款人是合伙企业,且该贷款人的一个或多个直接或间接合作伙伴要求免除投资组合利息,则该贷款人可代表每个此类直接和间接合作伙伴提供实质上以附件H-4形式的美国税务合规证书),或(E)适用法律规定的任何其他形式的签署原件,作为申请免除或减少美国联邦预扣税的依据,以及适用法律可能规定的补充文件,以允许借款人或行政代理人确定需要进行的扣缴或扣除。(Iii)每名身为美国人的代理人(如《守则》第7701(A)(30)条所界定)应向借款人和行政代理人提交两份填妥并正式签署的关于代表其收取的费用的美国国税局W-9表格,以证明该代理人免于联邦支持扣缴。每名非美国人的代理人(如《守则》第7701(A)(30)节所界定)应向借款人和行政代理人提交两份填妥并正式签署的国税局W-8ECI表格副本,其中包括代表其收取的费用,以及将收取的任何其他费用,两份填妥并签署妥当的国税局表格W-8IMY,并附上所有所需的证明和文件。(4)如果根据任何贷款单据向贷款人支付的款项,在贷款人未能遵守FATCA的适用报告要求(包括守则第1471(B)或1472(B)节中所载的适用要求)的情况下,将被FATCA征收美国联邦预扣税,借款人应在法律规定的一个或多个时间以及借款人或行政代理人合理要求的一个或多个时间向借款人和行政代理人交付适用法律规定的文件(包括守则第1471(B)(3)(C)(I)条规定的文件)和借款人或行政代理人合理要求的其他文件,借款人和行政代理人可能需要这些文件以履行其在FATCA项下的义务,并确定贷款人是否已履行FATCA项下的贷款人义务,并在必要时确定扣除和扣缴的金额。仅就本第3.01(D)节而言,“FATCA”应包括在本协议日期之后对FATCA所作的任何修改。(V)每一贷款人和代理人同意,如果其以前交付的任何表格或证明过期、过时或在任何方面不准确,则应更新该表格或证明,或立即以书面形式通知借款人和行政代理人其法律上无法这样做。(Vi)各贷款人特此授权行政代理向贷款方和任何后续行政代理交付该贷款人根据本第3.01(D)节向行政代理提供的任何文件。(E)任何要求根据本第3.01节支付的任何额外金额的贷款人或代理人应尽其合理努力更改其贷款办公室的管辖权(或采取借款人合理要求的任何其他措施),前提是此类变更将减少任何此类额外金额(或此后可能产生的任何类似金额),且不会导致任何未偿还的成本或支出,或在其他方面对贷款人不利。借款人在此同意支付任何贷款人因任何此类指定或转让而产生的所有合理费用和开支。(F)如果任何贷款人或代理人根据其善意行使的完全酌情决定权确定,其已收到贷款方根据第3.01节向其支付的任何赔付税款或其他税款的退款,则应立即将此类退款退还给该借款人(但仅限于贷款人或代理人根据第3.01节就导致退款的赔付税款或其他税款支付的赔款或额外款项),视属何情况而定,且不计利息(除


-118-相关税务机关就退款支付的任何利息(扣除任何代理人或贷款人就该利息应缴纳的任何税款);但贷款各方应贷款人或代理人(视属何情况而定)的要求,同意迅速将该退款(加上有关税务机关施加的任何罚款、利息或其他收费)退还给该方,如果该当事人被要求向有关税务机关偿还该笔退款的话;此外,还规定,在任何情况下,贷款人或代理人都不会被要求根据本(F)段向贷款方支付任何金额,如果贷款人或代理人支付的款项会使贷款人或代理人处于比贷款人或代理人所处的税后净值更不利的位置,则贷款人或代理人的税后净额将低于贷款人或代理人的税后净值,而产生此类退款的税款没有被扣除、扣留或以其他方式征收,而且从未支付过赔偿款项或额外的应缴纳此类税款的金额。本第3.01(F)节不得解释为要求任何代理人或任何贷款人向借款人或任何其他人提供其纳税申报表(或任何其他与其认为保密的税收有关的信息)。(G)就本第3.01节而言,术语“贷款人”包括任何L/信用证发行人和摆动额度贷款人。第3.02节。是违法的。如果任何贷款人认定任何法律或准则将其定为非法或不允许的,或任何政府当局声称,根据任何此类准则,任何贷款人或其适用的贷款办公室发放、维持或资助定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款(无论以美元或任何其他经批准的货币计价),或根据调整后的期限SOFR利率、期限SOFR利率、EURIBO利率、调整后CDOR利率或SONIA利率确定利率或收取利率,在截止日期后的每一种情况下,则在该贷款人通过行政代理向借款人发出书面通知后,贷款人发放或继续发放或继续发放定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款或将基本利率贷款转换为定期基准贷款的任何义务应暂停,直到该贷款人通知行政代理和借款人导致终止的情况不再存在。在收到该通知后,借款人应立即按照该贷款人的书面要求(复印件给行政代理)自行决定预付或转换该贷款人的所有申请定期基准贷款为基本利率贷款,在每种情况下,如果该贷款人可以合法并按照指导方针继续维持该期限基准贷款到该日,或如果该贷款人不能合法或按照指导方针继续维持该等期限基准贷款,则应立即预付或转换为基本利率贷款。在任何这种预付款或转换时,借款人还应就如此预付或转换的金额支付应计利息。每个贷款人同意指定一个不同的贷款办公室,如果这样的指定将避免需要这样的通知,并且在该贷款人的善意判断下,不会在其他方面对该贷款人造成实质性的不利。第3.03节。无法确定费率。(A)除第3.03节第(B)、(C)、(D)、(E)和(F)款另有规定外,如果在任何利息期的第一天之前(就索尼亚利率贷款而言,在该贷款未偿还期间),行政代理合理地确定,由于任何与定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款的请求或转换为或继续该贷款的请求有关的原因,(I)在适用的离岸银行间欧元同业拆借市场中没有向银行提供欧元存款,以确定该EURIBO利率的适用金额和利息期,(Ii)没有足够和合理的手段来确定调整后的期限SOFR利率,即EURIBO利率,就建议的期限基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款或与现有或建议的基本利率贷款有关的适用核准货币的调整后CDOR利率或SONIA利率(包括因为相关筛选利率不可用或在当前基础上公布),或(Iii)任何请求利率期间的调整后期限SOFR利率、EURIBO利率、调整后CDOR利率或SONIA利率(或在SONIA利率贷款情况下,对于适用经批准的货币的拟议定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款),不能充分和公平地反映该贷款人为适用的批准货币的此类定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款提供资金的成本,


-119-行政代理将迅速通知借款人和每个贷款人,直到(X)行政代理通知借款人和贷款人,就相关基准而言,引起这种通知的情况不再存在,以及(Y)借款人根据第2.02节的条款交付新的承诺贷款通知,(A)对于以美元计价的贷款,(1)借款人可以撤销任何未决的已提交的贷款通知,该通知要求将任何借款转换为或继续作为定期SOFR利率借款,或者,如果不这样做,(B)对于以核准外币计价的贷款,要求将任何借款转换为EURIBO利率借款、CDOR利率借款或SONIA利率借款的任何承诺贷款通知,以及要求EURIBO利率借款、CDOR利率借款或SONIA利率借款的任何承诺贷款通知,以及要求EURIBO利率借款、CDOR利率借款或SONIA利率借款的任何承诺贷款通知,均应无效;但如引起该通知的情况只影响一种类型的借款,则所有其他类型的借款均须获准。此外,如果任何经批准的货币的任何定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款在借款人收到第3.03(A)节中所指的行政代理关于适用于该定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款的相关利率的通知之日仍未完成,则在(X)行政代理通知借款人和贷款人关于相关基准不再存在引起此类通知的情况之前,以及(Y)借款人根据第2.02节的条款交付新的承诺贷款通知,(A)对于以美元计价的贷款,任何期限SOFR利率贷款应在适用于此类贷款的利息期的最后一天由行政代理转换为基本利率贷款,并应构成基本利率贷款,以及(B)对于以批准外币计价的贷款,(1)任何欧盟-Ribo利率贷款应在借款人在该日之前的选择中:(A)由借款人在该日预付,或(B)仅用于计算适用于该EURIBO利率贷款的利率,此类EURIBO利率贷款应被视为以美元计价的定期基准贷款(金额相当于美元等值),并应按当时适用于以美元计价的定期基准贷款的相同利率计息,(2)任何CDOR利率贷款应在借款人在该日之前的选择中:(A)由借款人在该日预付,或(B)仅用于计算适用于该CDOR利率贷款的利率,此类CDOR利率贷款应被视为以美元计价的定期基准贷款,并应按当时适用于以美元计价的定期基准贷款(金额相当于美元等值)的相同利率计息,以及(3)借款人选择的任何SONIA利率贷款应(A)立即转换为以美元(等值美元)计价的基本利率贷款,或(B)立即全额偿还。(B)尽管本协议或任何其他贷款文件中有任何相反规定,如果基准转换事件及其相关基准更换日期在基准时间之前发生,则对于该基准更换日期的任何核准货币而言,该基准更换将在下午5:00或之后就本合同项下和任何贷款文件中的任何基准设定替换该基准。(纽约市时间)在基准置换之日后的第五个工作日(第5个工作日),只要行政代理尚未收到由每个此类类别的所需贷款人组成的贷款人发出的反对基准置换的书面通知,则在不对本协议或任何其他贷款文件进行任何修改、进一步行动或同意的情况下,将向贷款人提供通知。(C)即使本协议或任何其他贷款文件有任何相反规定,行政代理及借款人仍有权不时作出符合更改的基准替换,而即使本协议或任何其他贷款文件有任何相反规定,实施该等符合更改的基准替换的任何修订均将生效,而无需本协议或任何其他贷款文件的任何其他一方采取任何进一步行动或同意。(D)行政代理将及时通知借款人和适用的贷款人:(I)基准过渡事件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(F)条款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。行政代理或任何贷款人(如适用)根据第3.03节作出的任何决定、决定或选择,包括关于期限、利率或调整的任何决定,或发生或不发生


-120-事件、情况或日期,以及采取或不采取任何行动或任何选择的任何决定,在没有明显错误的情况下具有包容性和约束力,可自行决定,无需本协议或任何其他贷款文件的任何其他当事人的同意,但根据本第3.03节明确要求的除外。(E)即使本协议或任何其他贷款文件有任何相反的规定,在任何时间(包括与实施基准替换有关的情况下),(I)如果当时的基准是定期利率(包括期限SOFR利率,EURIBO利率或调整后的CDOR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管理代理以其合理的酌情决定权不时选择的利率的其他信息服务上,或者(B)该基准的管理人的监管主管已经提供了公开声明或信息发布,宣布该基准的任何基调是或将不再具有代表性的,则管理代理可以在该时间或之后修改任何基准设置的“利息期”的定义(或任何类似或类似的定义)以删除该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基准(包括基准替换)的屏幕或信息服务上,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,则行政代理可以在该时间或之后修改所有基准设置的“利息期”的定义(或任何类似或类似的定义),以恢复该先前被移除的基调。(F)在借款人收到基准不可用期间开始的通知后,借款人可撤销在任何基准不可用期间作出、转换或继续发放、转换或继续定期基准借款或定期基准借款、转换或继续定期基准借款的任何请求,否则,(X)借款人将被视为已将任何定期SOFR利率借款请求转换为基本利率借款请求或(Y)任何EURIBO利率借款、CDOR利率借款或SONIA利率借款将无效。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,如果任何批准货币的定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款在借款人收到关于适用于该期限基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款的相关利率的基准不可用期间开始的通知之日仍未偿还,则在根据第3.03节对该批准货币实施基准替换之前,(A)以美元计价的任何期限基准贷款应在适用于该贷款的利息期的最后一天由行政代理转换为基准利率贷款,并构成基本利率贷款。在该日和(B)对于以核准外币计价的贷款,(1)任何EURIBO利率贷款应在借款人在该日之前的选择中:(A)由借款人在该日预付,或(B)仅为计算适用于该EURIBO利率贷款的利率的目的,该EURIBO利率贷款应被视为以美元计价的定期基准贷款(金额相当于美元等值),并应按适用于当时以美元计价的定期基准贷款的相同利率计息,(2)任何CDOR利率贷款应:借款人在该日之前选择:(A)由借款人在该日预付,或(B)仅用于计算适用于该CDOR利率贷款的利率,该CDOR利率贷款应被视为以美元计价的定期基准贷款(金额等于美元等值),并应按适用于当时以美元计价的定期基准贷款的相同利率计息;(3)任何SONIA利率贷款应在借款人选择时,应(A)立即转换为以美元计价的基本利率贷款(金额相当于美元等值)或(B)立即全额预付。第3.04节。成本增加而回报减少;资本充足率;定期基准贷款和索尼娅利率贷款准备金。(A)如果任何贷款人(就本第3.04节而言,应包括L/C发行人)合理地确定,由于任何法律或指南的引入或任何更改或解释的任何更改,在截止日期之后的每一种情况下,或该贷款人遵守这些法律或指南的情况,为免生疑问,包括关于(A)《多德-弗兰克华尔街改革和消费者保护法》及其下或相关发布的所有请求、规则、法规、指南或指令的任何此类采纳、更改或遵守,以及(B)所有请求、规则、指南、要求、或国际清算银行颁布的指令,


-121-巴塞尔银行监管委员会(或任何继任者或类似机构),或美国或外国监管机构根据巴塞尔协议III,无论在通过或颁布之日的(A)和(B)条款中,该贷款人同意发放或发放、资助或维持任何定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款或(视情况而定)签发或参与信用证的成本应有任何增加,或该贷款人因上述任何一项而收到或应收金额的减少(就本第3.04(A)节而言,不包括因(I)根据第3.01条赔偿的税款或其他税款而增加的任何此类成本或减少的金额,或(Ii)第3.04(B)节规定的准备金要求除外的任何税种),以及上述任何一项的结果应是增加贷款人发放或维持定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款(或维持其发放任何贷款的义务)的成本,或减少贷款人已收到或可收回的任何金额,然后,借款人应在贷款人提出合理详细的书面要求后15个工作日内不时地(在法律禁止披露的范围内,不要求包括任何信息)此类增加的成本(连同根据第3.06节向行政代理提供的此类要求的副本),借款人应向贷款人支付用于补偿该增加的成本或减少的额外金额。(B)如任何贷款人决定在截止日期后引入任何关于资本充足率或流动资金规定的法律或指引,或该等法律或指引的任何更改或解释,或该贷款人(或其放款办事处)遵守该等法律或指引,会导致该贷款人或控制该贷款人的任何法团的资本回报率因该贷款人在本协议下的义务而下降(在顾及其有关资本充足率或流动资金的政策及该贷款人所需的资本回报率后),然后,借款人应在收到贷款人的书面要求后,不时立即向贷款人支付额外的金额,以补偿贷款人在收到该要求后15个工作日内对减少的费用进行补偿。(C)任何贷款人未能或延迟根据本第3.04条要求赔偿,并不构成放弃该贷款人要求赔偿的权利。(D)如果任何贷款人根据本第3.04条要求赔偿,则在借款人提出要求时,该贷款人将采取商业上合理的努力,为受该事件影响的任何贷款或信用证指定另一贷款办事处;但条件是,根据该贷款人的合理判断,该贷款办事处及其贷款办事处(S)不会遭受重大的经济、法律或监管上的不利;此外,第3.04(D)节的任何规定不得影响或推迟借款人根据第3.04(A)、(B)或(C)节所承担的任何义务或该贷款人的任何权利。第3.05节。资金损失。根据任何贷款人不时提出的书面要求(向行政代理提交副本),借款人应迅速赔偿贷款人,并使贷款人免受下列损失、成本或支出(不包括预期利润损失)的损害:(A)借款人的任何定期基准贷款或索尼娅利率贷款在利息期限最后一天以外的某一天继续、转换、支付或预付;或(B)借款人未能在借款人通知的日期或金额支付、预付、借入、继续或转换借款人的任何定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款(不包括预期利润损失)(原因不包括贷款人未能发放贷款),包括因清算或重新使用为维持此类贷款而获得的资金,或因终止获得该等资金的存款而须支付的费用。


-122-第3.06节。适用于所有赔偿请求的事项。(A)根据本条第三条要求赔偿的任何代理人或任何贷款人应向借款人交付一份证书,列出根据本条款应向其支付的一笔或多笔额外金额,在没有明显错误的情况下,该证书应为决定性的。在确定该金额时,该代理人或该贷款人可使用任何合理和惯常的平均和归属方法。(B)对于任何贷款人根据第3.02、3.03或3.04条提出的任何金额的赔偿要求,如果贷款人在该事件发生后180天以上将导致该索赔的事件通知借款人,则借款人不应被要求赔偿与该金额有关的利息和罚款;但如果引起该索赔的情况具有追溯力,则上述180天期限应延长至包括其追溯力的期限。如果任何贷款人根据第3.04款向借款人提出赔偿请求,借款人可以通知该贷款人(并向管理机构发送一份副本),暂停该贷款人从一个利息期向另一个适用期限基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款发放或继续发放的义务,或(如果适用)将基本利率贷款转换为定期基准贷款的义务,直至导致该请求的事件或条件停止生效(在这种情况下,应适用第3.06(C)节的规定);但此种暂停不影响该贷款人获得所要求的赔偿的权利。(C)如果任何贷款人发放或继续发放或延续任何定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款,或将基础利率贷款转换为定期基准贷款的义务应根据本条款第3.06(B)节暂停,则该贷款人适用的定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款应在该期限基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款的当时的当前利息期(S)的最后一天(S)自动转换为基础利率贷款(或,如果不可能转换,则在第3.02节要求立即转换的情况下,立即转换)。在法律或准则要求的较早日期),并且,除非并直到贷款人按以下规定通知,本合同第3.02、3.03或3.04节中规定的引起这种转换的情况不再存在:(I)在该贷款人的期限基准贷款已经如此转换的范围内,本应适用于该贷款人的适用期限基准贷款的所有偿付和预付本金应改为适用于其基本利率贷款;以及(Ii)贷款人在不同利息期之间发放或继续发放的所有贷款,如属定期基准贷款,应改为作为基本利率贷款(如有可能)发放或继续发放,而该贷款人的所有原本会转换为定期基准贷款的基本利率贷款,仍须作为基本利率贷款发放或延续。(D)如果任何贷款人向借款人发出通知(复印件给行政代理),在其他贷款人根据适用贷款机制提供的定期基准贷款未偿还时,本合同第3.02、3.03或3.04节规定的导致根据第3.06节转换任何该贷款人的定期基准贷款的情况不再存在(该贷款人同意在此类情况下不再存在时立即转换),则该贷款人的基本利率贷款应自动转换。对于该等未偿还的定期基准贷款,在下一个利息期间(S)的第一天(S),在必要的范围内,以便在生效后,持有该安排下的定期基准贷款的贷款人和该贷款人持有的所有贷款都按照各自对适用贷款的承诺按比例持有(本金金额、利率基准和利息期限)。第3.07节。在某些情况下更换贷款人。(A)如果在任何时候(I)借款人因第3.01或3.04节所述的任何条件而有义务支付第3.01或3.04节所述的额外金额或赔款,或任何贷款人因第3.02或3.04节所述的任何条件而停止发放任何定期基准贷款或索尼娅利率贷款,或因此而要求借款人支付额外金额,(Ii)任何贷款人成为违约贷款人,或(Iii)任何贷款人成为非同意贷款人,则借款人可在向行政代理和该贷款人发出书面通知的五个工作日内,按照第10.07(B)节的规定(只要转让费用是在


-123-实例)其在本协议项下的所有权利和义务;但行政代理或任何贷款人均不对借款人负有寻找替代贷款人或其他此类人的义务;此外,条件是:(A)在根据第3.04条提出赔偿要求或根据第3.01条规定必须支付款项的情况下,任何此类转让将导致补偿或付款的减少,以及(B)在任何此类转让因贷款人成为非同意贷款人而导致的情况下,适用的合格受让人应已同意,并应足以(与所有其他异议贷款人一起)促使采纳适用的背离、放弃或修改贷款文件。(B)根据上文第3.07(A)节被替换的任何贷款人应(I)签署并交付关于该贷款人的适用承诺以及L/C债务和周转额度贷款中的未偿还贷款和参与的签约和假设,并(Ii)向借款人或行政代理交付任何证明该等贷款的票据。根据该转让和假设,(A)受让人贷款人应取得转让贷款人的全部或部分承诺、未偿还贷款以及L/C债务和周转额度贷款的参与,(B)借款人对转让贷款人承担的与如此转让的贷款、承诺和参与有关的所有债务,应由受让人贷款人在进行该转让和承担的同时,向该转让贷款人全额偿付;(C)在付款后,如受让人贷款人提出要求,则向受让人贷款人交付借款人签立的一张或多张适当票据,受让人贷款人应成为本协议项下的贷款人,而受让人贷款人应不再就此类受让贷款、承诺和参与构成本协议项下的出借人,但本协议项下的赔偿条款除外,该条款对受让人贷款人仍然有效。就任何此类替换而言,如果任何此类贷款人未在受让人贷款人签署并向该贷款人交付该转让和假设之日起五个工作日内签署并向行政代理交付反映该替换的正式签立的转让和假设,则该贷款人应被视为已签署并交付该转让和假设,而贷款人方面没有采取任何行动。(C)尽管上文有任何相反规定,任何担任L/信用证出票人的贷款人不得在本合同项下任何时间被替换,除非已就该等未偿还信用证做出令L/C出票人合理满意的安排(包括在形式和实质上提供备用备用信用证,并由出证人出具令该L/开证人或现金抵押品合理满意的备用信用证),且担任行政代理的出借人不得在本合同项下被替换,除非符合第9.06节的规定。(D)如果(I)借款人或行政代理已请求贷款人同意偏离或放弃贷款文件的任何规定,或同意对贷款文件的任何条款进行任何修改,(Ii)有关同意、放弃或修改需要每一受影响的贷款人或某一类别的每一贷款人按照第10.01节的条款同意,以及(Iii)所需的出借人(或,(1)在要求每一受影响的贷款人同意的情况下,放弃或修改要求每一受影响的贷款人同意,持有此类贷款总额的50.0%以上和未使用承诺的贷款人或(2)在与允许重新定价修正案相关的任何同意、豁免或修订的情况下,持有定期贷款部分的定期贷款的所有贷款人(如贷款人就重新定价或修改后的定期贷款部分继续持有定期贷款)已同意该同意、豁免或修订,则任何不同意该同意、豁免或修订的贷款人应被视为“非同意贷款人”。第3.08节。生存。借款人在本条第三条项下的所有债务在总承诺额终止和偿还本条款项下的所有其他债务后仍继续有效。第四条信贷发放的先决条件第4.01节。初始信用延期的条件。除非借款人、初始贷款人和行政代理之间另有约定,否则每个贷款人在成交日期进行信贷延期的义务必须满足(或放弃)下列先决条件:


-124-(A)行政代理人收到下列材料,每一份应为原件、.pdf或传真副本,或通过其他电子方式交付,除非另有说明,每一份应由签署贷款方的一名负责官员妥善执行,每一份在形式和实质上都合理地满足行政代理人的要求:(I)根据本协议要求的承诺贷款通知;(Ii)本协议的已签署副本;(Iii)附表1.01B所列的每份抵押品文件及其他每份文件,均须在该附表所示的截止日期签立,并由每一贷款方妥为签立,连同(除第4.01节最后一段另有规定外):(A)如有,代表其中所指的质押股权的证书,构成以空白方式签立的未注明日期的股票权,以及以空白方式背书的证明质押债务的文书(如有);和(B)适当的知识产权担保协议和融资状况(表格UCC-1或同等形式),以便根据UCC或每个司法管辖区的其他适当填写机构进行备案,以完善上述担保协议所规定的担保权益;(Iv)行政代理人合理要求的、由适用的贷款方组织国务秘书出具的良好信誉或存在的证书(如果存在此类概念的话)、决议或其他公司或有限责任公司诉讼的副本、在位证书、公司注册证书和/或各贷款方负责人的其他证书,以证明受权担任与本协议有关的负责人的每名负责人的身份、权限和能力,以及该借款方在截止日期是当事一方或将成为当事一方的其他贷款文件;(V)(A)Simpson Thacher&Bartlett LLP担任贷款当事人的律师,(B)Faegre Baker Daniels LLP担任贷款当事人的明尼苏达州律师,(C)Lowenstein Sandler LLP担任贷款当事人的律师,(D)Williams Mullen担任贷款当事人的弗吉尼亚州律师,(E)Morgan,Lewis&Bockius LLP担任宾夕法尼亚州的贷款协议律师,以及(F)Vorys,Sater,Seymour and Pease LLP,担任贷款当事人的律师,每个形式和实质都令行政代理满意;和(Vi)借款人的首席财务官出具的偿付能力证书,该证书基本上采用作为附件D的格式;但上述第(Iii)(A)和(B)款所述的各项要求,包括交付满足抵押品和担保要求所需的文件和票据(以下情况除外):(X)可通过根据《统一商法典》提交财务报表来提供或完善此类抵押品的留置权,或(Y)可通过交付代表借款人及其构成抵押品的重要国内子公司的股权的股票,在某种程度上,持有该股票或其他证书完善了该股权的担保权益(前提是,只有在借款人采取商业上合理的努力才能在截止日期从公司收到的范围内,公司的重要国内子公司的经认证的股权才需要在截止日期交付),不应构成借款人在截止日期或之前使用商业上合理的努力提供该等项目后的任何信用延期的先决条件,如果借款人同意交付或促使交付该等文件和票据,则无需承担未尽的负担或费用。或采取或促使采取可能需要采取的其他行动,以完善此类担保权益在成交日期后90天内(以行政代理批准的延期为准)。


-125-(B)根据本协议和费用函要求支付的所有费用和开支(以至少在截止日期前三天开具发票的范围为限)(除非借款人另有合理约定)应从贷款项下初始资金的收益中支付。(C)再融资应已完成,或基本上应与本协议项下的初始借款同时完成。(D)该项收购须已按照收购协议的条款完成,或基本上与本协议项下的首次借款同时完成,而借款人(或控股公司)未经牵头安排人事先书面同意而作出对贷款人或牵头安排人有重大不利的任何修改、修订、豁免或同意并不产生效力(该等同意不得被无理扣留、延迟或附加条件)(谅解及同意:(A)任何降低收购价均不得对贷款人或牵头安排人造成重大不利,只要该等减幅是先分配的),(B)收购价格的任何增加将不会对贷款人或主要安排人构成重大不利,只要该增加完全由增加的股权出资提供资金,及(C)收购协议中“公司重大不利影响”的定义的任何改变将对贷款人或贷款人造成重大不利影响)。(E)自收购协议日期起,本公司将不会发生或持续产生重大不利影响(定义见收购协议)。(F)指定陈述应于截止日期在所有重要方面均属真实及正确(除非该等陈述及保证明确与较早日期有关,在此情况下,该等陈述及保证应于该较早日期在所有重要方面均属真实及正确),而不影响“重大”、重大不利影响或类似措辞,而指定收购协议陈述应属真实及正确。(G)股权出资应已完成,或基本上与贷款项下的初始借款同时完成。(H)行政代理人和首席安排人应已收到年度财务报表、季度财务报表和形式财务报表。(I)行政代理和初始贷款人应在截止日期前至少三个工作日收到关于借款人和担保人及其主体的所有文件和其他信息,这些文件和信息是行政代理或初始贷款人至少在截止日期前十天以书面形式合理要求的,并且行政代理和初始贷款人合理地确定是监管机构根据适用的“了解您的客户”和反洗钱规则和法规(包括美国爱国者法案)所要求的。(J)借款人应已发行优先票据,或基本上与首次借款同时发行优先票据。在不限制第9.03(B)节规定的一般性的情况下,为了确定是否符合第4.01节规定的条件,已签署本协议的每个贷款人应被视为已同意、批准或接受或满意根据本协议需要贷款人同意或批准、可接受或满意的每一文件或其他事项,除非行政代理应在建议的截止日期之前收到该贷款人的通知,说明其反对意见。第4.02节。截止日期后所有信用延期的条件。每个贷款人有义务履行截止日期后的任何信贷延期请求(承诺的贷款通知除外,只要求将贷款转换为其他类型的贷款,或继续提供定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款,但与增量修正案有关的请求除外,增量修正案应受第2.14条或第


-126-再融资修正案(受第2.15节管辖)须满足或放弃下列先例条件:(A)第V条和其他贷款文件中规定的各借款方的陈述和担保在信贷延期之日和截止之日在所有重要方面均属真实和正确,并具有与该日期相同的效力,但该等陈述和保证明确与较早日期有关的情况除外,在这种情况下,该等陈述和保证应在该较早日期在所有重大方面均真实和正确;但任何有关“重要性”、“重大不利影响”或类似措辞的陈述和保证,在信用证延期之日或较早的日期(视属何情况而定),在各方面均应真实无误。(B)不存在任何违约或违约事件,也不会因该拟议的信用额度或由此产生的收益的运用而发生违约或违约事件。(C)行政代理及相关的L/信用证发行人或回旋贷款机构(如适用)应已收到符合本协议要求的授信延期申请。每份信用延期申请(除(I)关于将于截止日期作出的贷款的任何信用延期请求,(Ii)仅要求将贷款转换为其他类型的贷款,或继续定期基准贷款或SONIA利率贷款,或(Iii)与应受第2.14节管辖的递增修正案有关的)外,借款人提交的受第2.15节约束的再融资修正案应被视为在适用信贷延期之日并截至该日已满足第4.02(A)和(B)节规定的条件的声明和担保。第五条根据本合同第4.01节或第4.02节(以适用为准)规定的日期和范围,借款人和每一附属担保人向代理人和出借人陈述并保证:第5.01节。存在、资格和权力;遵守法律。作为重大附属公司的借款人的每一贷款方和每一受限制的附属公司(A)是正式组织或组成的人,在其成立或组织的司法管辖区的法律下有效存在并处于良好地位的人,只要此类概念存在于该司法管辖区内,(B)就贷款当事人而言,具有所有必要的组织权力和权力,以签立、交付和履行其根据其所属贷款文件承担的义务;(C)在其所有权、租赁或财产的运营或其业务的开展需要这种资格的每个司法管辖区的法律下,具有适当的资格和良好的信誉(如有关),(D)遵守所有法律、命令、令状和禁令,以及(E)拥有经营其目前经营业务所需的所有政府许可证、授权、同意和批准;但在(A)(控股及借款人除外)、(C)、(D)或(E)款所指的每种情况下,在不能合理地预期不照办会有重大不利影响的范围内,则属例外。第5.02节。授权;没有违规行为。每一贷款方签署、交付和履行该人为当事人的每份贷款文件,并完成交易,(A)已得到所有必要的公司或其他组织行动的正式授权,以及(B)不(I)违反任何该人的组织文件的条款,(Ii)与任何违反或违反或产生任何留置权(第7.01节允许的除外)相冲突或产生任何留置权,(X)该人为当事人的任何合同义务,或(Y)任何重要命令、禁令、任何政府当局的令状或法令或该人或其财产受其约束的任何仲裁裁决;或(Iii)违反任何法律;除非涉及第(Ii)和(Iii)款所述的任何违反、冲突、违反或违反(但不设定留置权),否则不得合理地预期此类违反、冲突、违反或违反将产生实质性的反效果。


-127-第5.03节。政府授权。对于本协议或任何其他贷款文件的任何借款方的签立、交付或履行或对其强制执行,任何贷款方授予其根据抵押品文件授予的留置权,完善或维持根据抵押品文件设立的留置权(包括其优先权),或行政代理人或任何贷款人行使其在贷款文件下的权利或根据抵押品文件对抵押品的补救措施,不需要或要求任何政府当局采取实质性的批准、同意、豁免、授权或其他行动或通知或向其备案,但(I)批准除外,同意、豁免、授权或其他行动,或通知或备案,以完善根据适用的美国法律对贷款方授予的抵押品的留置权(或解除现有留置权);(Ii)已正式获得、采取、给予或作出并完全有效的批准、异议、豁免、授权、行动、通知和存档(但不要求获得、采取、给予或作出或全面生效的范围除外)和(Iii)批准、同意、豁免、授权、行动、通知和存档,授权或其他行动、通知或备案如未能获得或提交,不能合理地预期会产生实质性的不利影响。第5.04节。约束效应。本协议及其他每份贷款文件均已由作为协议一方的每一借款方正式签署和交付。本协议和其他贷款文件构成该借款方的法律、有效和有约束力的义务,可根据其条款对作为借款方的每一方强制执行,但其可执行性可能受到(I)债务人救济法和衡平法一般原则和(Ii)外国法律、规则和条例的效力的限制,因为它们与外国子公司的公平权益或债务的质押有关(根据适用的外国子公司的成立管辖权法律作出的质押和担保权益除外)(第(I)和(Ii)款),“强制执行资格”)。第5.05节。财务报表;没有实质性的不利影响。(A)年度财务报表及季度财务报表在所有财务报表中均公平地列报,并尊重借款人及其附属公司截至其日期的财务状况及其在所涉期间的经营业绩(根据公认会计原则在所涉期间内一致适用),(A)除其中另有明文规定外,及(B)就季度财务报表而言,须受正常年终调整及无脚注所产生的变动所规限。(B)借款人及其附属公司截至2017年9月30日止12个月期间的未经审计备考综合资产负债表(“备考资产负债表”)及相关备考综合经营表,而该等备考综合业务表是在实施交易后拟备的,犹如该等交易是在上述日期(就该资产负债表而言)或在该期间开始时(就该经营表而言)发生一样,在每种情况下均无须按照《证券法》S-X条例拟备,或包括采购会计调整(包括财务会计准则委员会会计准则汇编第805号,业务合并(前称SFAS 141R)预期的调整类型)(“备考财务报表”),均是基于借款人在相关备考资产负债表如此提供给行政代理和首席安排人时认为合理的假设真诚编制的。(C)自本条例生效之日起,未发生任何事件或情况,不论是个别事件或发生在事件门内的事件或情况,已造成或可合理地预期会产生重大不利影响。第5.06节。打官司。除附表5.06所载外,并无任何诉讼、诉讼、法律程序、索偿或争议待决,或据借款人所知,借款人或其任何受限制附属公司或其任何受限制附属公司或其任何财产或收入(与交易有关的诉讼、诉讼、法律程序及申索除外),在法律上、衡平法上、仲裁中或在任何政府当局席前,均无待决或受到书面威胁,而该等诉讼、诉讼、法律程序及索偿除外,有合理可能性作出不利裁定,而如作出不利裁定,个别或整体将合理地预期会产生重大不利影响。第5.07节。财产所有权;留置权借款人及其每一受限制附属公司对其正常经营业务所需的所有不动产拥有良好的记录所有权或有效的租赁权益-


-128--没有任何留置权,没有任何留置权,但下列情况除外:(A)允许留置权;(B)所有权上的小瑕疵与其开展业务或将此类资产用于其预定目的的能力没有实质性冲突;以及(C)不具备此类所有权或租赁权益的情况下,不能合理地单独或在对抗者中产生实质性的不利影响。第5.08节。环境问题。除非附表5.08特别披露,或除非合理地预期不会单独或总体产生重大不利影响:(A)每一贷款方及其各自的不动产和经营活动符合所有环境法,包括获得和维护该环境法所要求的所有适用的环境许可证,以按照目前的规定开展贷款方的业务;(B)贷款当事人没有收到任何书面通知,声称他们中的任何一方违反了任何环境法或根据任何环境法可能负有责任,且贷款当事人或贷款当事人的任何不动产都不是任何索赔、调查、留置权、要求或司法、行政或仲裁程序的标的,或者据借款人所知,根据任何环境法受到书面威胁,或撤销或不利修改任何贷款方持有的任何环境许可证;(C)任何贷款方或据借款方所知的任何其他人没有在(I)任何贷款方拥有、经营或租赁的任何不动产,(Ii)任何贷款方以前拥有、经营或租赁的任何不动产,或(Iii)因贷款方的行为或当前或以前的经营而产生的任何其他地点释放有害物质,在上述第(I)、(Ii)或(Iii)款所述的任何情况下,合理地预期会要求调查,任何贷款方的补救活动或纠正行动或清理,或合理地预期会导致借款人根据环境法承担责任;及(D)据借款人所知:并无任何事实、情况或条件因贷款方的经营或任何贷款方拥有、营运或租赁的不动产或以前由贷款方拥有、营运或租赁的不动产而产生或有关,而该等事实、情况或条件合理地预期会导致借款人根据环境法承担法律责任。第5.09节。税金。除非个别或整体合理预期不会导致重大不利影响,否则各贷款方及借款人的受限制附属公司已及时提交所有须提交的报税表,并已支付所有征收或征收于彼等或其物业、收入、利润或资产而到期及应付的税款(包括以扣缴代理人的身份),但尽心尽力进行的适当诉讼程序真诚地提出异议且已根据公认会计准则为其拨备充足准备金的除外。据借款人所知,并无任何税务机关以书面向贷款方提出任何欠税或评税建议,而该等欠税或评税如个别或整体作出会有重大不利影响。第5.10节。ERISA合规性。(A)除非合理地预期个别或整体不会导致重大不利影响,否则每个计划均符合ERISA、守则和其他联邦或州法律的适用条款。(B)(I)没有发生或合理地预期会发生ERISA事件;(Ii)贷款方、受限附属公司或ERISA关联公司没有根据ERISA第四章就任何养老金计划招致或合理地预期会招致任何责任(根据ERISA第4007条到期的保费除外);(Iii)贷款方、受限制附属公司或ERISA联营公司不曾或合理地预期会根据ERISA第4219条发出通知后,根据《ERISA》第4201或4243条就多雇主计划承担任何责任(且并未发生任何会导致该等责任的事件);。(Iv)并无任何贷款方、受限制附属公司或ERISA联属公司从事可合理预期受第4069条或第4069条规限的交易。


-129-4212(C)ERISA和(V)所有养恤金计划下所有累积福利债务的现值(基于FASB会计准则汇编715声明中使用的假设)截至最近估值日期不超过此类养老金计划资产的公平市场价值,但就本第5.10(B)节的上述每一条款而言,不合理地单独或总体地预期不会产生重大不利影响。第5.11节。收益的使用。(A)初始美元定期贷款和初始欧元定期贷款的收益将首先在截止日期用于实施再融资,其次用于支付与交易有关的成本和开支,以及第三,在股权出资的收益使用后用于支付收购的对价。最初的B-1欧元定期贷款的预付款,连同手头的现金,应在第1号修正案生效之日使用,以预付紧接第1号修正案生效日期之前的全部最初欧元定期贷款,并支付与此相关的费用和开支。最初的B-1美元定期贷款的收益,连同手头的现金,应在第1号修正案生效日起用来预付紧接第1号修正案生效日之前的全部最初美元定期贷款金额,并支付与此相关的费用和开支。最初的B-2欧元定期贷款的收益,连同手头的现金,应在第2号修正案生效日期用于预付紧接第2号修正案生效日期之前的全部B-1欧元定期贷款,并支付与此相关的费用和开支。最初的B-2美元定期贷款的收益,连同手头的现金,应在第2号修正案生效日期用于预付紧接第2号修正案生效日期之前的全部最初B-1美元定期贷款,并支付与此相关的费用和支出。最初的B-3欧元定期贷款的收益,连同手头的现金,应在第3号修正案生效日期用于预付紧接第3号修正案生效日期之前的全部B-2欧元定期贷款,并支付与此相关的费用和支出。最初的B-3美元定期贷款的预付款,连同手头的现金,应在第3号修正案生效日起用来预付紧接第3号修正案生效日之前的全部B-2美元定期贷款,并支付与此相关的费用和开支。增量B-4美元定期贷款的收益将用于赎回现有的高级担保票据,并支付与上述相关的费用和开支。增量B-4欧元定期贷款和增量B-5欧元定期贷款的收益将用于支付RITTER收购资金(如第6号修正案所定义)。增量B-5美元定期贷款的收益,连同手头的现金,应在第7号修正案生效日期前立即用于预付增量B-4美元定期贷款的全部金额,并支付与此相关的费用和支出。最初B-4美元定期贷款的收益,连同手头的现金,应在第7号修正案生效日期用于预付紧接第7号修正案生效日期之前的全部最初B-3美元定期贷款,并支付与此相关的费用和支出。2021年增量B-5美元定期贷款的收益,连同手头的现金,将用于资助居里夫人的交易。增量B-6美元定期贷款的收益,连同手头的现金,应在第12号修正案生效日期前立即用于预付增量B-5美元定期贷款的全部金额,并支付与此相关的费用和支出。(B)循环信贷贷款的收益将用于(A)截止日期,(I)截至截止日期的本金总额(X),用于实施再融资,支付与交易有关的费用和开支,并在股权出资收益使用后,用于支付收购的对价和(Y)为营运资金需求提供资金,以及(Ii)现金抵押,替换或提供信贷支持(包括将该等现有信用证纳入循环信贷安排),以满足本公司、借款人及其各自子公司在结算日不再能获得的任何现有信用证,但以(B)结算日未出具后备信用证或替换信用证为限,以及(B)在结算日之后,为借款人及其子公司的营运资金需求和其他一般公司目的(包括资本支出、收购、营运资金、赚取付款、延期支付收购价格和/或收购价格调整)提供资金。支付交易费和费用(在每种情况下,包括与交易有关的费用)、其他投资、限制性付款和贷款文件条款不禁止的任何其他目的)。


-130-第5.12节。保证金法规;投资公司法。(A)借款人没有亦不会主要或作为其重要活动之一,从事购买或携带保证金股票的业务,或为购买或携带保证金股票而发放信贷,且任何信用证下的任何借款或提款所得款项均不会用于违反美国联邦储备系统理事会U规则的任何行为。(B)借款人、控股公司或其任何受限制附属公司并无或无须根据1940年《投资公司法》注册为“投资公司”。第5.13节。披露。任何贷款方或其代表向任何代理人或贷款人提供的与本协议的谈判或根据本协议交付的本协议或任何其他贷款文件(经如此提供的其他信息修改或补充的)有关的报告、财务报表、证书或其他书面信息(预计财务信息、形式财务信息、预算、估计、基于第三方报告和一般经济或工业性质的信息的信息除外),在提供该等报表、证书或其他信息之日视为一个整体,任何对事实的重大错误陈述或遗漏陈述任何必要的重大事实(当作为整体时),应根据其作出陈述的情况,而不是具有重大误导性。关于预计财务信息和备考财务信息,借款人表示,此类信息是根据在提供此类信息时认为合理的假设真诚编制的,但有一项谅解,即这种预计财务信息和备考财务信息不应被视为事实,也不能被视为对任何特定结果的业绩或实现的保证,实际结果可能与此类预测不同,这种差异可能是重大的,鉴于预测结果将会实现,因此无法保证。第5.14节。劳工很重要。截至截止日期,除非可以合理地预计总体上不会产生实质性的不利影响:(A)借款人或其任何受限制的子公司未发生罢工或其他劳资纠纷,或据借款人所知,没有受到威胁;(B)借款人或其任何受限制的子公司的工作时间和向其员工支付的款项并未违反《公平劳动标准法》或任何其他处理此类事项的适用法律;以及(C)借款人或其任何受限制附属公司因雇员健康和福利保险而应付的所有款项,已在有关各方的账簿上作为负债支付或累算。第5.15节。知识产权;许可证等据借款人所知,借款人及其受限子公司拥有(不受限制,不受第7.01节允许的留置权以外的所有留置权)、许可或拥有使用所有商标、服务标志、商号、域名、著作权、专利、专利权、技术、软件、专有技术、数据库权利、设计权和其他知识产权的权利,无论是否拥有或许可(统称为“IP权利”),这些商标、服务标志、商号、域名、著作权、专利、专利权、技术、软件、专有技术、数据库权利、设计权和其他知识产权,无论是否拥有或被许可(统称为“知识产权”),用于当前开展的各自业务或以其他方式对其进行的业务运营是合理必要的,许可或拥有此类知识产权,或此类留置权的存在,无论是单独存在还是集中存在,都不能合理地预期会产生实质性的不利影响。据借款人所知,任何贷款方或借款人的任何受限制附属公司在各自业务运作中目前使用的知识产权、广告、产品、流程、方法、物质、部分或其他材料,不会对或违反任何人所拥有的任何权利,但个别或整体的此类侵权或违规行为,不能合理地预期会产生重大不利影响。没有任何关于任何知识产权的索赔或诉讼悬而未决,或据借款人所知,对任何贷款方或借款人的任何受限子公司构成威胁的索赔或诉讼,无论是个别的还是总体的,都可以合理地预期会产生重大的不利影响。第5.16节。偿付能力。于结算日,在交易生效后,借款人及其附属公司整体而言具有偿债能力。第5.17节。《美国爱国者法案》;OFAC;FCPA。(A)在适用的范围内,每一家控股公司、借款人及其附属公司,以及据借款人及其附属公司、其各自的高级人员、董事、雇员和代理人所知,均在


-131-在所有实质性方面遵守:(1)美国政府实施或执行的制裁,包括由美国财政部外国资产管制办公室(“OFAC”)、联合国安全理事会、欧洲联盟、联合王国财政部以及借款人或其子公司开展业务的司法管辖区的任何类似法律实施的制裁(统称为“制裁”);(Ii)经修订的美国1977年《反海外腐败法》(下称《反海外腐败法》)、英国《反贿赂法》以及借款人或其附属公司开展业务的司法管辖区的任何类似法律(《反腐败法》);及(Iii)《美国爱国者法》。(B)任何控股公司、借款人、任何附属公司,或据借款人或其任何附属公司所知,董事的任何高管或雇员、借款人或任何附属公司均不受任何制裁或制裁的目标;借款人不得使用贷款收益或以其他方式将贷款收益提供给任何人:(I)用于资助任何人的活动,或在融资时在任何国家或地区受到任何制裁或成为制裁目标的任何国家或地区,但被要求遵守制裁的人允许的范围内,或(Ii)以任何其他方式导致本协议任何一方违反制裁的情况除外。(C)贷款收益的任何部分不得直接或据借款人所知间接用于向任何政府官员或雇员、政党、政党官员、政党候选人或任何其他以官方身份行事的人支付任何款项,以获取、保留或指导业务或获得任何不当利益,违反《反海外腐败法》或任何其他反腐败法。第5.18节。安全文件。除非在此或在任何其他贷款文件中另有规定,抵押品文件的规定,连同本文件或适用抵押品文件要求采取的此类备案和其他行动(包括根据适用抵押品文件向管理代理交付任何质押债务和任何质押股权),有效地为抵押方的利益为抵押品代理创建一项合法、有效、可强制执行和优先的完善留置权,对各贷款方在其中所述抵押品中的所有权利、所有权和利益,遵守第7.01节允许的强制执行条件和留置权。尽管本合同(包括本第5.18节)或任何其他贷款文件中有任何规定,借款人或任何其他贷款方均未就以下事项作出任何陈述或保证:(A)任何外国子公司股权的任何质押或担保权益的效力、优先权或可执行性,或代理人或任何贷款人根据外国法律对此享有的权利和救济;(B)任何担保权益的质押或设定,或完美或不完善的效果;根据抵押品和担保要求或抵押品文件不需要的质押或担保权益的优先权或可执行性,或(C)在成交日期且直到第6.11、6.13或4.01(A)节要求之前,任何担保权益的质押或设定,或完美或不完美的效果,任何质押或担保权益的优先权或可执行性,至第4.01(A)节未要求的程度。第5.19节。高级负债。根据关于债务偿还权从属于债务的任何债务的文件的定义,这些债务构成“高级债务”(或任何类似术语)。第5.20节。子公司。借款人及其受限制附属公司除附表5.20所列附属公司外,并无任何附属公司。附表5.20说明借款人或受限制附属公司(视何者适用而定)在每一附属公司的直接及间接所有权利益。第六条只要任何贷款人在本契约项下有任何承诺,则根据本契约应计和应支付的任何贷款或其他债务(现金管理债务、与有担保对冲协议有关的债务和未提出索赔的或有债务除外)应继续未付或未偿付,或


任何信用证应保持未付状态(除非该信用证已以适用的L信用证发行人合理接受的方式作了现金担保,或已按适用的L信用证发行人合理接受的另一协议视为已重新签发),则在截止日期后,控股公司(仅适用于美国证券交易委员会6.01、6.02、6.04、6.05、6.08、6.09、6.10、6.11和6.13条款)和借款人应,并且(第6.01节所列的契诺除外)6.02、6.03、6.14和6.15)应导致其各自的受限补贴:第6.01节。财务报表。(A)在每个财政年度结束后90天内(如果是截至2017年12月31日的财政年度,则为120天)内(或就截至2017年12月31日的财政年度而言,则为120天),将借款人及其受限制附属公司在该财政年度结束时的合并资产负债表,以及该财政年度的相关综合收益表或经营表、股东权益和现金流量的变动情况,以比较形式列出上一个财政年度的图表,逐一列出,并以比较形式列出上一个财政年度的图表(连同,在所有情况下,应按照惯例管理讨论和分析)并根据公认会计原则编制,经审计并附有由行政代理人批准的具有国家公认地位的独立注册会计师事务所或其他独立注册会计师事务所的报告和意见(此类同意不得被无理扣留、删除或附加条件),报告和意见应按照普遍接受的审计准则编写,不得采用任何“持续经营”解释语言(但仅由于(I)任何债务即将到期,(Ii)活动、运营、任何不受限制的子公司的财务结果或负债,或(Iii)任何实际或潜在的无法在未来日期或未来期间履行任何财务契约的情况),或对此类审计范围的任何限制或例外;(B)在借款人每个财政年度的每个财政季度结束后45天内(或在截至2018年3月31日、2018年6月30日和2018年9月30日的财政季度结束的情况下,60天内)送交行政代理,以便迅速进一步分发给每一贷款人,借款人及其受限制子公司在该财政季度结束时的未经审计的综合资产负债表和相关的未经审计的(1)该财政季度和随后结束的财政年度的合并损益表或经营表和(2)从2017年9月30日终了的财政季度开始的该财政季度和当时的财政年度的合并现金流量表,分别以比较形式列出(X)上一财政年度的相应财政季度的图表和(Y)相应期间的预测(定义如下),和上一财政年度的相应部分,全部合理详细(在所有情况下,连同惯常的管理层讨论和分析),并经Bor-rower的一名负责官员核证,根据公认会计准则在所有重要方面公平地陈述借款人及其受限制子公司的财务状况、收入或业务结果和现金流,仅受正常年终审计调整和没有脚注的限制;(C)在符合条件的首次公开募股之前,在每个财政年度结束后90天内,向行政代理提交下一个财政年度的详细综合预算(包括借款人及其受限制子公司截至下一个财政年度结束时的预计综合资产负债表、预计现金流量和预计收入的相关综合报表以及适用于此的重大基本假设摘要),以便迅速进一步分发给每个贷款人(统称为“预测”),在任何情况下,该预测均须附有负责人员的证明书,述明该等预测是真诚地根据其内所述的假设拟备的,而该负责人员在提供该等预测时认为该等假设是合理的,但有一项理解,即该等预测不得视为事实,亦不得视为表现或取得任何特定结果的保证,而实际结果可能与该等预测有所不同,而该等差异可能是重大的,而鉴于预测的结果将会实现,则不能保证会实现该等预测;以及(D)在任何时候借款人的任何附属公司是不受限制的附属公司,并且如果任何该等不受限制的附属公司或一组不受限制的附属公司合计为一家附属公司,则须连同第6.01(A)节和第6.01(B)节所述的每套合并财务报表,向行政代理人提交一份合理详细的陈述,(I)在财务报表的正文或附注中,(Ii)在“管理层对财务状况的讨论和分析--


-133-经营业绩“或(Iii)在任何其他可比章节中,将借款人和受限制附属公司的财务状况和经营业绩与借款人的非限制性附属公司的财务状况和经营业绩分开。尽管有上述规定,第6.01(A)和(B)节中关于借款人及其受限制子公司的财务信息的义务可以通过提供(I)控股公司(或控股公司的任何直接或间接母公司)或(Ii)借款人的(或其任何直接或间接的)适用的财务状况提交给美国证券交易委员会的表格10-K或10-Q(视情况而定)来履行;但就第(I)及(Ii)款而言,(I)在该等资料与借款人的母公司有关的范围内,该等资料须附有合理详细解释有关控股公司(或该母公司)的资料与有关借款人及其受限制附属公司的独立资料之间的差异的资料,及(Ii)在该等资料取代第6条规定须提供的资料的范围内。尽管有上述规定,但如上述母公司的业务活动、财产或负债在任何重大方面与该母公司在截止日期的业务、活动、财产及负债有所不同,或包括除与控股公司的所有权有关的其他重大活动、财产或负债外,所需贷款人或行政代理可在书面通知借款人后,要求贷款方为借款人(而非母公司)提供第6.01(A)节所述的财务报表和审计意见,最迟不迟于(X)第6.01(A)节规定必须交付财务报表的日期和(Y)收到通知后90天的日期,以及(Y)为避免产生疑问,不迟于根据第6.01(A)节要求交付财务报表的所有连续会计年度。根据第6.01节和第6.02(A)至(D)节要求交付的文件可以电子方式交付,如果这样交付,应被视为在借款人(或借款人的任何直接或间接父母)发布该等文件的日期,或在互联网上按附表10所列网站地址提供指向该等文件的链接的日期。即软拷贝)。每一贷款人应单独负责及时查阅张贴的文件或要求行政代理交付此类文件的纸质副本,并维护其此类文件的副本。借款人特此确认:(A)行政代理将通过在IntraLinks或其他类似电子系统(“平台”)上张贴借款人材料,向贷款人和L/C发行人提供本协议项下由借款人或其代表提供的材料和/或信息(统称为“借款人材料”),(B)某些贷款人(各自为“公共贷款人”)可能有不希望接收非公开材料的人员,他们可能从事与该等人的证券有关的投资和其他与市场相关的活动。借款人特此同意,它将确定Bor-rower材料中可能分发给公共贷款人的部分,并且(W)所有此类借款人材料应清楚而显眼地标记为“公共”,这至少意味着“公共”一词应出现在其第一页的显著位置;(X)通过将借款人材料标记为“公共的”,借款人应被视为已授权行政代理、L/信用证发行人和贷款人将此类借款人材料视为不包含任何重要的非公共信息(尽管它可能是敏感和专有的)(但规定,就此类借款人材料构成信息而言,它们应被视为按照第10.08节的规定处理);(Y)允许通过一部分提供标记为“公共”的所有借款人材料


-134-指定为“公共侧信息”的平台;以及(Z)行政代理应将任何未标记为“公共”的借款人材料视为仅适用于在平台未指定为“公共侧信息”的部分上张贴;但借款人不遵守这一句话不应构成本协议或贷款文件项下的违约或违约事件。尽管有上述规定,借款人没有义务将任何借款人材料标记为“公共”;但是,除非借款人及时通知行政代理任何此类文件包含重要的非公共信息:(1)贷款文件、(2)贷款条款的任何变更通知和(3)根据第6.01(A)、6.01(B)、6.02(A)和6.02(D)(I)条提供的所有信息,否则下列借款人材料应被视为标记为“公共”。第6.02节。证书;其他信息。提交给行政代理,以便迅速进一步分发给每个贷款人:(A)不迟于第6.01(A)和(B)节所述财务报表实际交付后五天,由借款人的负责官员签署的正式填写的合规证书,并列出截至最近结束测试期的综合第一留置权净杠杆率;(B)公开后立即向美国证券交易委员会或任何可能取而代之的政府主管部门提交控股公司、借款人或任何受限制的附属公司提交的所有年度、定期、定期和特别报告及登记声明的副本(对任何注册声明的修订除外),作为任何注册声明的证物,并在适用的情况下作为任何以S-8表格形式提交的注册声明的证物,且在任何情况下均无须根据第6.02节的任何其他条款交付行政代理;(C)


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;(D)连同根据第6.02(A)或(B)节交付的每个合规性证书,(I)对每个事件的描述,合规证书所涵盖的上一财季或上一财年的条件或情况,要求根据第2.05(B)(Ii)或(B)(Iii)和(Ii)条规定强制预付款项;以及(Ii)截至合规证书交付之日,借款人的每一子公司的清单,该清单将每一子公司确定为受限附属公司或非受限附属公司(如果自截止日期或所提供的最新名单以来,任何此类子公司的受限附属公司或非受限附属公司的身份或地位发生了任何变化);(E)根据第7.03(V)节允许发生的债务类型的任何文件的条款,向任何借款方或其任何受限制附属公司的债务证券持有人提供书面通知(在正常业务过程中除外)的任何材料的副本,或向任何债务证券持有人(与任何董事会观察员权利有关的除外)提供的重要报表或重要报告的副本,在每种情况下,本金金额均超过最低限额,且不需要根据第6.01节的任何其他条款向贷款人提供。6.02或6.03;以及(F)及时提供管理代理或任何贷款人通过管理代理不时合理要求的有关贷款方或其任何受限子公司的业务、法律、财务或公司事务的补充信息,或关于贷款文件条款遵守情况的补充信息。在任何情况下,第6.02(E)节规定的要求均不得要求Holdings、借款人或其任何受限子公司提供(I)构成非金融商业秘密或非金融专有信息的任何信息,(Ii)法律禁止向行政代理或任何贷款人(或其各自的代表或承包商)披露的信息,或(Iii)具有律师-客户或类似特权或构成律师工作成果的信息。


-135-第6.03节。通知。借款人的负责人在获悉此事后,立即以书面通知行政代理:(A)任何违约或违约事件的发生;(B)可合理预期会导致重大不利影响的ERISA事件的发生;(C)任何人对借款人或其任何受限制的附属公司提起或开始任何法律上或衡平法上的任何诉讼、诉讼、诉讼或法律程序的任何威胁或通知,而这些诉讼、诉讼、诉讼或法律程序是可以合理预期会导致重大不利影响的;(D)已发生或可合理预期会产生重大不利影响的任何其他事项或发展;及(E)如借款人先前曾就本协议向任何贷款人提供实益拥有权证明,则该实益拥有权证明中所提供资料的任何更改,将会导致该证明中确定的实益拥有人名单有所改变。根据第6.03节的规定,每份通知应附有借款人负责人的书面声明,提交给行政代理,以便迅速进一步分发给每个贷款人(X),说明该通知是根据第6.03(A)、(B)、(C)或(D)(视情况而定)和(Y)节的规定交付的,列出其中所指事件的细节,并说明借款人已经采取和建议采取的行动。第6.04节。缴税。支付、解除或以其他方式清偿在正常经营业务中成为到期及应付的税款及类似申索的所有债务及负债,或就其收入或利润或其财产支付、解除或以其他方式清偿的所有责任及负债,惟在每种情况下,除非(A)任何该等税项正以真诚及适当的法律程序提出抗辩,并已根据公认会计准则就该等税项确立适当的再送达,或(B)未能支付或清偿该等税项将不会合理地预期对个别或整体产生重大不利影响。第6.05节。保留存在、保存、更新和维持完全有效,并根据其组织管辖的法律使其合法存在生效,但(X)在第7.04或7.05节允许的交易中和(Y)任何受限子公司可与任何其他受限子公司合并或合并除外;及(B)采取一切合理行动,以维持其业务正常进行所必需或适宜的一切权利、特权(包括在有关司法管辖区适用时的良好信誉)、许可证、许可证及特许经营权,并大体上维持及经营该业务目前的经营方式,但第6.05(A)条(对借款人除外)或本第6.05(B)条的情况除外,(I)如不按规定行事,则不会合理地个别或整体地:重大不利影响或(Ii)根据第七条或本第6.05节(A)(Y)款允许的任何合并、合并、清算、解散或处置。第6.06节。


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. 第6.07节。保险的维护。 向保险公司保证借款人的生命(根据其管理层的善意判断)在投保或续签相关保险时财务状况良好且信誉良好,为其财产和业务提供保险,以应对从事相同或类似业务的人员习惯上承保的类型的损失或损害,类型和金额(在实施与借款人及其受限制子公司从事相同或类似业务的类似处境的个人习惯的任何自我保险后)与在类似情况下习惯进行的-


-136--这类其他人的立场。借款人应在截止日期(如果是在截止日期之后获得的保险,则为购买任何此类保险的日期)后30天内提供证书和背书,证明每份此类保险单(除业务中断保险、董事保险和高级职员保险和工伤赔偿保险外)均适用:(I)将行政代理人列为本保险项下的附加被保险人,或(Ii)在每份意外伤害保险单中包含应付损失条款或背书,其中代表贷款人将行政代理人指定为本合同项下的损失收款人。如果任何抵押财产的改善在任何时间位于联邦紧急事务管理署(或任何后续机构)确定为特别洪水危险区域的区域内,并且已根据洪水保险法为其提供洪水保险,则在洪水保险法要求的范围内,划船人应或应促使每一贷款方(I)向财务状况良好且信誉良好的保险公司维持或安排维持,(Ii)在行政代理人的合理要求下(违约事件发生后和违约事件持续期间,每个财政年度不得超过一次),向行政代理人提交符合行政代理人合理接受的形式和实质的证据。第6.08节。遵纪守法。在所有实质性方面遵守所有法律(包括ERISA)的要求,以及适用于该公司或其企业或财产的所有命令、令状、禁令和法令,除非不遵守这些要求的情况下,合理地预计不会单独或总体产生实质性的不利影响。第6.09节。书籍和唱片。保存适当的记录和账簿,其中的条目在所有重要方面都是完整、真实和正确的,并且符合GAAP,并且反映了涉及借款人或借款人的受限制子公司(视情况而定)的资产和业务的所有重大财务交易和事项(已理解并同意,某些外国子公司按照其各自组织国的普遍接受的会计原则保存个人账簿和记录,并且这种保存不构成违反本协议项下的陈述、担保或契诺)。第6.10节。检验权。允许行政代理和每个贷款人的代表和独立承包商访问和检查其任何财产,检查其公司、财务和经营记录,复制其副本或摘要,并与其董事、高级职员和独立公共会计师讨论其事务、财务和账目(符合该等会计师的惯例政策和程序),所有这些都由借款人支付合理费用,并在正常营业时间内的合理时间和在合理需要的时间内,在合理的提前通知借款人的情况下进行;但只有行政代理人可以代表贷款人行使行政代理人和贷款人在本第6.10条下的权利,行政代理人在任何日历年度内行使该等权利的次数不得超过一次,且该时间应由借款人承担费用;此外,在违约事件持续期间,行政代理人(或其任何代表或独立承包人)可代表贷款人在正常营业时间内的任何时间和在合理的事先通知下,由借款人承担费用,方可行使上述任何权利。行政代理应让借款人有机会参加与借款人的独立公共会计师进行的任何讨论。即使第6.10节有任何相反规定,借款人或其任何受限附属公司均不会被要求披露、允许查阅、审查、复制、摘录或讨论下列任何文件、信息或其他事项:(A)构成非金融商业秘密或非金融专有信息;(B)法律或任何具有约束力的协议禁止行政代理或任何贷款人(或其代表或承包商)访问或检查或向其披露;或(C)受制于律师-客户或类似特权或构成律师工作产品。第6.11节。额外的抵押品;额外的担保人借款人在符合抵押品和担保要求的条款、条件和规定以及任何抵押品文件中的任何适用限制的情况下,采取行政代理所需或合理要求的一切行动,以确保抵押品和担保要求继续得到满足,包括:


-137-(A)任何贷款方成立或收购任何新的直接或间接全资材料国内子公司(在每种情况下,被排除的子公司除外),或根据第6.14节将任何现有的直接或间接全资材料国内子公司(在每种情况下,除被排除的子公司以外)指定为受限制子公司,或任何子公司成为全资材料国内子公司(在每种情况下,被排除的子公司除外),或任何材料国内子公司不再是被排除的子公司:(I)在上述成立、收购或指定后90天内,或行政代理酌情以书面同意的较长期限:(A)促使根据抵押品和担保要求必须成为担保人的每一家重要国内子公司正式签立并交付给行政代理,但不包括任何排除的资产、作为担保人的本协议的加入、担保协议补充、知识产权担保协议和行政代理合理要求的、形式和实质合理令其满意的其他担保协议和文件(与抵押、担保协议、知识产权担保协议和其他担保协议一致);在每一种情况下,授予抵押品和担保要求所要求的留置权;(B)促使根据抵押品和担保要求必须成为担保人的每一家重要的国内子公司交付根据抵押品和担保要求必须交付的代表抵押品的任何和所有证书和票据,并附上未注明日期的股权书或其他空白签立的适当转让文书;以及(C)采取并促使根据抵押品和担保要求必须成为担保人的重大国内子公司以及该重大国内子公司的每一直接或间接母公司采取行政代理合理认为必要的任何行动(包括记录抵押、提交UCC财务报表以及交付股票和会员权益证书),以便在抵押品和担保要求要求的范围内将有效和完善的留置权授予行政代理(或其指定的行政代理的任何代表),并在其他方面遵守抵押品和担保要求的要求;(Ii)如果行政代理人提出合理要求,则在提出请求后90天内(或行政代理人在其唯一意见书中书面同意的较长期限内),向行政代理人递交一份致行政代理人和贷款人的意见的签字副本,该意见书是行政代理人合理地接受的贷款方的律师,涉及行政代理人可能合理要求的第6.11(A)节所述事项;以及(Iii)如果行政代理人提出合理要求,在提出请求后90天内(或行政代理人在其单独意见书中以书面形式同意的较长期限内),不时向行政代理人交付其他必要的物品,以满足关于在成交日期后取得的任何担保人的财产的担保权益的完美性和存在的抵押品和担保要求,并受合同和担保要求的约束,但不是前述第(I)或(Ii)款或下文第6.11(B)节具体涵盖的。(B)在(I)借款人(以合理和真诚的方式)确定的任何贷款方取得重大不动产或(Ii)上文第6.11(A)节所述的任何重大国内子公司的成立、指定或收购后120天(或行政代理和所需贷款人可能酌情以书面形式商定的较长期限)之前,以及


-138-该重大国内子公司拥有根据抵押品和担保要求必须作为抵押提供的实物不动产,该重大不动产将不会根据先前存在的抵押品文件自动受到另一项留置权的约束,使该重大不动产受制于行政代理人,使其受益于担保当事人,并采取行政代理人为担保当事人的利益而采取的必要或合理要求的行动,或促使相关贷款方采取必要或合理要求的行动,以授予、完善或记录此类留置权,在每一种情况下,均符合下列要求,并受下列限制和例外情况的约束:抵押品和担保的要求以及其他符合抵押品和担保要求的要求。第6.12节。遵守环境法。除非在每一种情况下,不这样做不会合理地预计不会导致个别或总体的重大不利影响,否则(I)遵守并采取一切商业上合理的行动,以使所有承租人和其他经营或占用其不动产的人遵守所有环境法和环境许可证;(Ii)获取和续签其经营和不动产所需的所有环境许可证;及(Iii)在每个个案中,如环境法或政府主管当局要求贷款方采取任何必要的评估、调查、补救或其他纠正行动,以按照环境法处理任何不动产中的有害物质;但是,借款方或任何附属公司均不应被要求采取环境法或政府主管当局所要求的任何评估、调查、补救或其他纠正行动,前提是按照美国公认会计准则的规定,对贷款方或政府主管当局的义务提出善意和适当的诉讼,并就此类情况维持适当的准备金。第6.13节。进一步的保证;成交后的义务。(A)应行政代理人的合理书面要求,迅速(I)纠正在签立、确认、存档或记录任何抵押品文件或与任何抵押品有关的其他文件或文书时可能发现的任何相互识别的重大缺陷或错误,以及(Ii)执行、签立、确认、交付、记录、重新记录、存档、重新存档、登记和重新登记行政代理人可能不时合理要求的任何和所有其他作为、契据、证书、保证和其他文书,以便更有效地实现抵押品文件的目的,在根据抵押品和担保要求所要求的范围内,并在所有方面均受其中的限制。如果行政代理机构合理地确定适用法律要求对任何抵押财产进行评估,行政代理机构应获得符合FIRREA房地产评估改革修正案适用要求的评估。(B)在每种情况下,在附表6.13(B)规定的时限内(或行政代理人合理接受的较长期限内)签立和交付文件,并完成附表6.13(B)所列的任务。对于构成重大不动产的抵押品,借款人应在截止日期后120天内,或行政代理人合理接受的较长时间内,满足抵押品和担保要求。第6.14节。子公司的指定。借款人可在截止日期后的任何时间将借款人的任何受限附属公司指定为非受限附属公司,或将任何非受限附属公司指定为受限附属公司;但在紧接该指定之前和之后,(I)不会发生任何违约或违约事件,且该违约或违约事件不会继续发生;(Ii)如果在指定后,就任何增量债务、增量等值债务、根据第7.03(V)节产生的债务或初级融资而言,该附属公司将被指定为“受限附属公司”,则该附属公司不得被指定为非受限附属公司。任何附属公司在截止日期后被指定为非限制性附属公司,应构成借款人在指定日期对其进行的投资,其金额等于借款人或其子公司(视情况而定)所投资的股东真诚确定的公平市场价值。任何非受限制附属公司被指定为受限制附属公司,应构成(I)指定时该附属公司当时存在的任何投资、债务或留置权的产生,及(Ii)借款人根据前一句话对非受限制附属公司的任何投资的回报,其金额相等于借款人在指定借款人或其附属公司(如申请电报)之日真诚厘定的公平市价。[-139-第6.15节。评级的维持。就借款人而言,采取商业上合理的努力,以(I)使定期贷款持续获得S、穆迪和惠誉的公开评级(但不是任何特定评级),以及(Ii)维持S的公开企业评级(但不是任何特定评级)和穆迪和惠誉的公开企业家族评级(但不是任何特定评级)。第6.16节。收益的使用。按照第5.11节的规定使用贷款收益。第6.17节。与联营公司的交易。借款人将进行,并导致其每个受限制的子公司进行,与其任何关联公司(借款人及其受限补贴除外)的所有交易,涉及的总付款或对价超过最近完成的测试期的合并EBITDA的110,000,000美元和10.0%以上,其中任何个别交易或一系列相关交易的财务报表已交付(根据第1.09节按形式确定),其条款至少与借款人或受限制子公司在与非关联公司的可比公平交易中获得的条款大致相同,借款人或该受限制子公司的董事会善意确定的;但上述限制不适用于:(A)]保留区[保留区](C)作为该等交易的一部分或与该等交易有关的交易及支付费用及开支(包括交易开支);。(D)与合资格证券化安排有关的交易;。(E)(I)只要没有发生失责事件且仍在继续,(A)根据管理协议支付管理费、监察费、咨询费、咨询费及其他费用(包括交易费及终止费),以及(B)根据管理协议支付每宗个案的赔偿及偿还开支;。但在违约事件发生并持续期间,第(A)和(B)款所述金额可在该期间应计,但不能以现金支付,但在该违约事件得到补救或豁免后,以及(Ii)保荐人向其支付可归因于其对控股及其附属公司所有权的赔偿和合理开支;(F)第7.06节允许的限制付款;(G)在第7.02节允许的范围内,控股公司及其受限制子公司向合资企业提供的贷款和其他投资(如果借款人及其受限制子公司在该合资企业中的投资仅为关联企业);(H)借款人及其受限制子公司根据本第七条明文规定(包括任何例外情况)允许的交易;(I)借款人及其受限制附属公司(或控股公司或借款人在正常业务运作中的任何直接或间接母公司)在正常业务过程中与其各自的高级人员及雇员之间的雇佣及遣散安排,以及在正常业务过程中根据股票期权计划及雇员福利计划及安排进行的交易;。(J)向借款人及其受限制附属公司(或控股公司或借款人的任何直接或间接母公司)的董事、高级人员、雇员及顾问支付惯常费用及合理的自付费用,以及代其提供弥偿;。


-140--(K)根据附表6.17或其任何修正案所载、截止日期已存在的协议、文书或安排进行的交易,只要该项修正案在任何实质性方面不对贷款人不利;(L)控股及其任何受限子公司向保荐人支付的任何财务咨询、融资、承销或配售服务或其他投资银行活动(包括与收购或剥离有关的)的惯常付款,总额不超过截至本协议日期的《管理协议》规定的金额,该等付款经借款人董事会多数成员或借款人董事会多数无利害关系成员真诚批准;(M)加快向控股公司或其任何受限制附属公司的管理层成员或雇员支付欠款,条件是该等管理层成员或雇员利用该等付款的净收益以普通股形式投资于控股公司,而该项投资的现金收益以普通股形式提供予借款人;但该等投资不得计入可动用的除外供款金额或累积贷方;(N)将借款人的合资格股权发行或转让予借款人、其任何附属公司或借款人的任何直接或间接母公司的任何核准持有人或任何前、现任或未来的董事、经理、高级管理人员、雇员或顾问(或前述任何一项的任何配偶、继承人、遗嘱执行人、遗产管理人、继承人、受遗赠人、分派或联属公司);(O)与货物或服务的客户、客户、合资伙伴、供应商或买方或卖方进行的交易,在每一种情况下,在正常业务过程中,或在借款人董事会或高级管理层有理由确定的情况下,遵守本协议中对借款人及其受限制子公司公平的条款,或至少按照当时可能从非关联方合理获得的优惠条件(由借款人合理确定);(P)(I)根据股票期权、股票所有权计划(包括限制性股票计划)、股票授予、定向股票计划和其他股权激励计划发行证券或权利,以及(Ii)签署、交付和履行经借款人董事会批准的任何股东或登记权协议;(Q)订立及/或履行Holdings、借款人或其任何受限制附属公司就任何财务咨询、融资、包销或配售服务或就其他投资银行活动所承担的任何责任,该等责任乃于正常业务过程中订立或符合过往惯例;及(R)在第7.02节所准许的范围内,于通常业务过程中向合营企业(就任何有关合营企业而言,任何该等合营企业仅为联属公司)支付款项及与其进行交易(就Holdings及受限制附属公司于该合营企业的投资而言)。第七条只要任何贷款人有本协议项下的任何承诺,本协议项下的任何贷款或其他义务(现金管理义务、与有担保对冲协议和或有组织有关的未提出索赔的债务除外)或任何未履行的信用证(除非该信用证已以适用的L信用证发行人合理接受的方式进行了现金抵押或支持,或被视为根据适用的L信用证发行人合理接受的另一协议重新签发),则从结算日起及之后,借款人(且仅限于第7.14节,控股)不应也不应允许其任何受限子公司直接或间接:


-141-第7.01节。留置权。对其任何财产、资产或收入创建、产生、承担或容受存在任何留置权,无论是现在拥有的还是以后获得的,但下列(统称为允许留置权)除外:(A)留置权(I)根据任何贷款文件设定,(Ii)根据第7.03节(L)产生的担保现金管理债务和其他担保债务的抵押品;(B)在第5号修正案生效日期存在的留置权,以及附表7.01(B)所列的每项保证本金总额超过10,000,000美元的留置权及其任何修改、替换、续期、重组、再融资或延期;但条件是:(1)留置权不适用于任何其他财产,但下列情况除外:(A)附于或并入该留置权所涵盖财产的后置财产,(B)其收益和产品,以及(2)第7.03节允许对该留置权担保或受益的债务进行替换、续期、延期或再融资,以构成债务;(C)税款、评税或政府收费的留置权:(I)未逾期超过与之相关的任何适用宽限期的税款、评税或政府收费,或因真诚和采取适当行动而提出争议的税款、评税或政府收费的留置权,前提是按照公认会计原则,在适用人的账簿上按公认会计原则的要求保持足够的准备金;或(Ii)如不支付或免除税款、评税或政府收费,则合理地预期不会个别地或整体地产生重大的不利影响;(D)业主、分业主、承运人、仓库管理人、机械师、材料工人、修理工、建造承建商或其他类似留置权的法定留置权或普通法留置权,但在每一宗个案中,只要该等留置权确保款额不超过60天逾期,或如逾期超过60天,(I)没有提交存档,且没有采取其他强制执行该等留置权的行动,或该等留置权是真诚地以适当行动提出争议的,如果在适用人的账面上按照公认会计原则(由借款人善意确定)要求的程度保持与之有关的充足准备金,或(2)未能支付或清偿准备金,则合理地预计不会个别地或总体上产生重大不利影响;(E)(I)在正常业务过程中与工人补偿、失业保险和其他社会保障立法有关的抵押或存款,以及(Ii)在正常业务过程中的抵押和存款,以确保向Holdings或其任何受限制的附属公司提供财产、意外或责任保险的保险公司负有偿还或赔偿义务的责任(包括为其利益而提供信用证或银行担保的义务);(F)保证履行在正常业务过程中发生的投标、贸易合同、公用事业、政府合同和租赁(借款债务除外)、法定义务、担保人、暂缓付款、关税和上诉保证金、履约保证金和其他类似性质的义务(包括保证健康、安全和环境义务的义务)的认捐或保证金;(G)地役权、通行权、限制性契诺、地役权、下水道、电线、排水沟、电报、电话线和电缆线、天然气和石油管道、建筑法规、限制(包括分区限制)、侵占、许可证、突出部分和其他类似的产权负担和小产权缺陷和小测量例外,每一种情况都影响不动产,总体上不对借款人及其受限制附属公司的正常业务行为造成重大干扰;(H)留置权(I)保证支付款项的判决或命令不构成第8.01(G)条所指的失责事件,(Ii)因针对借款人或其任何受限制附属公司而作出的判决或裁决所产生的,而当时正就该判决或裁决提出上诉或其他覆核程序,并已按照公认会计原则就该判决或裁决在可申请的人的簿册上就该判决或裁决预留足够的准备金;及。(Iii)与由适当的法律程序真诚地争夺的诉讼有关的待决通知书及相联权利的通知,而该适当的法律程序已按照美国公认会计原则就该等待决通知书及相联权利预留足够的准备金;。


-142--(I)租赁、分租和终止,在每一种情况下,在正常的业务过程中授予他人,(I)在借款人的合理商业判断中,不会对借款人及其受限制的子公司的整体业务造成任何实质性的干扰,(Ii)不担保任何债务,以及(Iii)第7.05节允许的;(J)留置权(I)有利于海关和税务机关,以确保支付与正常业务过程中的货物进口有关的关税,或(Ii)对特定的库存物品或其他货物和收益的留置权,以保证任何人就为该人的账户开立或开立的银行承兑汇票或信用证承担义务,以便利在正常业务过程中购买、装运或储存这种库存或其他货物;(K)根据《统一商业法典》第4至208条产生的托收银行对托收过程中的物品的留置权,(Ii)对商品交易账户或其他在正常业务过程中产生的商品交易账户或其他经纪账户附加的初始存款和保证金存款以及类似的留置权,(Iii)以银行或其他金融机构为受益人的留置权,这些留置权是由于法律问题或根据限制在金融机构维持的存款或其他资金的一般一般条款和条件而产生的(包括抵销权),并且属于银行业惯例的一般参数或根据这些银行机构的一般条款和条件产生的,以及(Iv)与以下事项有关的契约抵销权或质押权:(A)在正常业务过程中与借款人或其任何受限制附属公司的客户订立的定购单及其他协议,或(B)控股公司或其任何受限制附属公司的汇集存款或清偿账户,以清偿借款人或其任何受限制附属公司在正常业务过程中发生的透支或类似债务;(L)以卖方为受益人的现金预付款或现金等价物留置权(I)在根据第7.02(I)和(N)节允许的投资中获得的任何财产,或在与上述任何一项相关的范围内,适用于该投资的买入价,以及(Ii)包括一项协议,在每种情况下,仅在该投资或处置(视属何情况而定)在该留置权设立之日将被允许的范围内,在第7.05节允许的处置中处置任何财产;(M)留置权(I)以控股公司、借款人或任何附属担保人为受益人,及(Ii)以非贷款方的受限附属公司的资产为受益人,而该受限制附属公司的资产并非保证准许的公司间债务的贷款方;(N)任何(I)出租人、再出租人、许可人或再许可人根据借款人或其任何受限制子公司在正常业务过程中订立的租赁、转租、许可或再许可而享有的权益或所有权(包括构成非融资租赁义务但不包括构成融资租赁义务的租赁),和(Ii)在正常业务过程中授予他人的知识产权的非排他性许可或再许可(包括提供软件)及其终止,而在借款人的合理商业判断下,该非独占许可或再许可不会干扰借款人及其受限制子公司的业务,作为一个整体;(O)借款人或其任何受限制附属公司在本协议允许的正常业务过程中订立的有条件销售、保留所有权、寄售或类似的货物销售安排所产生的留置权;(P)根据第7.02条被视为与回购协议中的投资有关的留置权;(Q)拖欠或有争议的应收账款或与之有关的权利的转让、销售或留置权;(Y)用于收回或(Z)与第7.05条允许的处置有关的;


-143--(R)属于合同抵销权或质押权的留置权:(1)与银行建立存款关系有关,而不是与发行债务有关;(2)与借款人或其任何受限制附属公司的集合存款或清偿账户有关,以允许偿还借款人或其任何受限制附属公司在正常业务过程中发生的透支或类似债务;或(3)与在正常业务过程中与借款人或其任何受限制附属公司的客户订立的定购单和其他协议有关;(S)仅对借款人或其任何受限制的附属公司在与本协议允许的任何意向书或购买协议有关的任何现金保证金上的留置权;(T)与业主或其任何受限制的附属公司拥有或租赁的设施所在的房地产有关的土地租赁;(U)第7.03(E)节允许的保证债务的留置权;但条件是:(I)该等留置权是在取得、建造、修理、租赁或改善受该等留置权所规限的财产后365天内设定的,(Ii)该等留置权在任何时间均不会对由该债务提供资金的财产及其收益和产品以及习惯性保证金以外的财产构成负担(该财产的替换、附加物、附加物及收益除外);及(Iii)就融资租赁债务而言,该等留置权在任何时间均不延伸至或涵盖任何资产(替换除外),此类资产的附加物和附加物),但受此类融资租赁义务约束的资产及其收益和产品以及习惯保证金除外;但一个贷款人提供的设备的个人融资可以交叉抵押到该贷款人提供的设备的其他融资上;(V)对不是贷款方的任何受限制子公司的财产的留置权,该留置权对不是贷款方的受限制子公司第7.03节允许的债务进行留置权;(W)在收购时对财产上存在的留置权,或在任何人成为受限制附属公司时该人的财产上存在的留置权(根据第6.14节被指定为受限制子公司除外);但该留置权的设定并非预期该项收购或该人成为受限制附属公司,(Ii)该项留置权并不延伸至或涵盖任何其他资产或财产(但不包括其收益、产品及附加物,亦不包括受留置权保障债务及在该时间之前发生的其他债务的已取得财产除外,而根据当时的条款,该等债务及其他债务是根据本协议所准许的,而该等债务及其他债务是根据其当时的条款需要质押后取得的财产的,但有一项理解,即该项规定不得获准适用于该项规定若非为该项收购即不适用的任何财产),以及(Iii)根据第7.03(G)节的规定,允许在此时发生由此担保的债务;(X)(I)由政府主管当局制定的分区、建筑、权利和其他土地使用条例,以符合业务的正常运作,以及(Ii)为控制或规范任何不动产的使用而保留或归属任何政府主管当局的任何分区或类似法律或权利,而这些不动产不会对借款人及其受限制的附属公司的正常业务活动造成实质性干扰;(Y)预防性统一商业法典融资声明或类似申请所产生的留置权;(Z)保单的留置权及其保证保费融资的收益;(Aa)修改、替换、续期或延长美国证券交易委员会允许的任何留置权--第7.01(B)、(U)及(W)条;但条件是:(I)留置权不延伸至任何其他财产,但下列财产除外:(A)附连于或并入该留置权所涵盖财产的事后取得财产,以及


-144--(B)收益及其产品,以及(2)第7.03节(在构成负债的范围内)允许对通过这种留置权担保或受益的债权进行续展、延期、重组或再融资;(Bb)对借款人或其任何受限附属公司的财产或资产的留置权,以保证在任何时间未偿还的本金总额不超过最近完成的已交付财务报表的测试期的综合EBITDA的550,000,000美元和50.0%(按第1.09节按形式确定)的留置权,每种情况下的确定日期为发生之日;但如抵押品上有留置权,则代表债务持有人行事的高级代表应已成为债权人间协议的一方(或任何债权人间协议应以借款人和抵押品代理人合理接受的方式进行修订或替换,从而使该高级代表有权在同等基础上或初级留置权基础上分享抵押品);(Cc)对应收账款、证券化资产和与合格证券化安排相关联的相关资产的留置权;(Dd)对根据第7.03(V)(I)和(Ii)、(W)(与(V)(I)和(V)(Ii)节有关)和(Z)(在其允许担保的范围内)允许的第一优先再融资债务或允许的次级优先再融资债务和债务的抵押品留置权,以及对上述任何一项的任何允许再融资;但代表这类债务的持有人行事的高级代表应已成为债权人间协议的一方(或任何债权人间协议应以借款人和抵押品代理人合理接受的方式进行修订或替换,从而使该高级代表有权在同等基础上或初级留置权基础上分享抵押品);此外,如果对担保债务进行任何修改、再融资、再融资、重述、交换、延期、续期或替换,则这种新的留置权应为担保债务的初级留置权基础上的留置权;(Ee)Bor-rower或其任何子公司租赁和经营的房产的业主或出租人的现金保证金,以保证履行借款人或该子公司在该房产租赁条款下的义务;(Ff)对任何外国子公司的财产的留置权,以保证第7.03节允许的此类外国子公司的债务;(Gg)受本协议允许的任何售后回租交易约束的财产的留置权,以及与此相关的一般无形资产;(Hh)就任何非全资拥有的受限制附属公司而言,在其组织文件或任何有关的合营企业或类似协议中所载与其股权有关的任何认沽及催缴安排或对处置的限制;。(Ii)保证掉期合约的留置权,只要(X)此等掉期合约不构成可靠的对冲协议,及(Y)取得此等掉期合约的物业的公平市值在任何时候不超过50,000,000元;。(Jj)留置权,包括对受限制的子公司持有的现金和现金等价物的合同限制,只要这种合同限制是第7.09节允许的,则禁止分配;(Kk)合资企业的股权留置权;条件是任何此类留置权有利于该合资企业的债权人,且该债权人不是该合资企业的任何合作伙伴的附属公司,以及第三方对控股公司或合资企业中任何受限制的子公司所持有的股权的购买选择权、催缴和类似权利以及为使其受益而进行的限制;


145--(11)对担保该不受限制附属公司的债务或其他债务的不受限制附属公司的股权的留置权;(Mm)对为持有借款人或其任何受限制附属公司在截止日期后发行的债务证券所得收益而设立的代管账户中所持有的任何基金或证券的留置权,以及为在此类债务证券发行后360天内支付强制性赎回或偿债基金付款所需的任何额外资金;但此类留置权不得延伸至此类收益和额外资金以外的任何资产;(Nn)因《统一商法典》第2条在美国的法律实施而产生的有利于货物的回收卖方或买方的留置权;及。(Oo)就根据第7.03(A)(Ii)及(Y)节准许的高级抵押票据文件而于修订第5号生效日期赎回现有高级抵押票据之前的抵押品担保义务(X)的留置权,以及就第7.03(A)(Iii)节准许的高级抵押票据文件及其任何准许的再融资而享有的留置权;。但代表这类债务持有人行事的高级代表应已成为《结束日债权人间协定》的缔约方。第7.02节。投资。作出或持有任何投资,但下列情况除外:(A)借款人或其任何受限制附属公司以现金或现金等价物或在作出该等投资时属现金等价物的资产进行的投资;(B)向任何贷款方(或其任何直接或间接母公司)或其任何附属公司的高级职员、董事及雇员提供的贷款或垫款;(I)用于合理及惯常的与商务有关的差旅、娱乐、搬迁及类似的一般业务目的;(Ii)与该人购买借款人或其任何直接或间接母公司的股权有关,或准许就此缴纳税款;但只要该等贷款或垫款以现金形式发放,则用于收购该等股权的贷款及垫款金额应以现金作为普通股贡献予股东,及(Iii)用于前述第(I)及(Ii)款所述的任何其他用途;但根据本条第(Iii)款于任何时间未偿还的本金总额不得超过55,000,000美元。(C)借款人或任何受限制附属公司对任何贷款方(控股公司除外)的投资,(Ii)任何并非贷款方的受限制附属公司对任何其他非贷款方受限制附属公司的投资,及(Iii)任何贷款方对并非贷款方的任何受限制附属公司的投资;但根据第(Iii)款以公司间贷款的形式进行的投资不得以本票证明,除非(X)该本票是按照担保协议的条款质押给行政代理的,以及(Y)任何贷款方对不是贷款方的任何附属公司所欠的所有该等债务应是无抵押的,并根据公司间票据的条款从属于本公司;(D)投资,包括在正常业务过程中因给予贸易信贷而产生的应收账款或应收票据性质的信贷展期,以及在正常业务过程中从陷入财务困境的账户债务人和供应商的其他信贷中获得的清偿或部分清偿的投资;(E)由第7.01、7.03条(7.03(C)及(D)及(F)但书除外)、7.04条(7.04(C)(Ii)或(E)条除外)、7.05(7.05(D)(Ii)及(E)条除外)所准许的交易组成的投资(不包括依据下文第7.02(M)条作出并受其限制的代替受限制付款的贷款及垫款),7.06(7.06(D)或(H)(Iv)除外)和7.13;(F)(I)在第5号修正案生效日期存在或预期存在的投资,或依据在截止日期存在的具有法律约束力的书面合同进行的投资,以及


-146-每项此类投资的金额均超过50,000,000美元,具体情况见附表7.02(F)和不增加其价值的任何修改、替换、续订、再投资或延期;(Ii)在成交日存在的控股或控股的任何受限子公司或任何其他受限子公司,以及不增加其价值的任何修改、续订或延期;(G)根据第7.03(F)节允许的掉期合约的投资;(H)第7.05节允许的处置所收到的本票、证券和其他非现金对价;(I)(X)收购(A)任何成为受限制附属公司的人的股权(包括将非受限制附属公司重新指定为受限制附属公司)、(B)任何人或其任何业务单位、部门或业务线的全部或实质所有资产或(C)任何人或其任何业务单位、部门或业务线的全部或实质所有客户名单(为免生疑问,包括“放弃”收购)或(Y)任何人、业务单位、部门或业务部门其后作出的任何投资,在第(X)款或第(Y)款中的每一种情况下,在一笔或一系列相关交易中以前在许可收购中收购的业务或资产,如果紧随其生效:(1)在签署与之有关的最终收购协议时,不存在第8.01条(A)或(F)项下的违约事件;(Ii)任何已收购或新成立的受限制附属公司不对任何债务负责,但美国证券交易委员会第7.03条以其他方式允许的债务除外;及(Iii)在抵押品和担保要求所要求的范围内,(A)在该项购买或其他收购中收购的财产、资产和业务应构成抵押品,(B)任何该等新设立或收购的受限制附属公司(不包括附属公司)应成为担保人,在每种情况下均应符合第6.11节(根据第7.02(I)节进行的任何此类收购,称为“允许收购”);(J)构成交易一部分的投资;(K)在正常业务过程中的投资,包括《合同法》第3条对收款或存款的背书和《合同法》第4条与客户的惯例贸易安排,符合以往惯例;(L)因供应商和客户的破产或重组或为解决在正常业务过程中或因任何担保投资或任何担保投资的其他所有权转让而产生的拖欠债务或与客户和供应商的其他纠纷而收到的投资(包括债务和股权);(M)向借款人的任何直接或间接母公司提供的贷款和垫款,其金额不超过(在实施与此有关的任何其他贷款、垫款或限制性付款后)按照第7.06(F)、(G)、(H)、(I)、(J)、(L)或(M)节允许向其父母支付的限制性付款的金额,此类投资就第7.06节的适用条款而言,包括任何限制,犹如已根据该条款支付了一笔等同于该投资的限制性付款;(N)根据本第7.02(N)节的规定进行的投资(包括允许的收购)(在作出该投资时的价值,且不对其进行任何冲销或冲销),在任何时间不得超过1,100,000,000美元和最近完成的已交付财务报表(根据第1.09节按形式确定)的综合EBITDA的100.0%(在每种情况下,增加(不重复)(A)与之有关的任何回报和(B)在重新指定为受限制附属公司时根据本条(N)对任何非受限制附属公司作出的投资的任何公平市场价值的收益,该收益不会增加累计贷方,在每种情况下均不超过本第7.02(N)节允许的金额;


-147-(O)就合资企业或其他类似协议或合伙企业所作的投资总额(在订立时有价值,且不对其进行任何冲销或冲销)在任何时候不得超过385,000,000美元和最近完成的测试期合并日期EBITDA的35.0%(根据第1.09节按形式确定)(加上与此有关的任何回报金额),不增加累计贷方,在每一种情况下,不得超过第7.02(O)条规定的其他许可金额;(P)在正常业务过程中支付给员工的工资预付款;(Q)(I)在正常业务过程中与获得、维护或续订客户合同有关的投资,以及在正常业务过程中向分销商和供应商提供的贷款或预付款;及(Ii)仅以控股公司或控股公司的任何直接或间接母公司的合格股权或股权支付该等投资的投资;(R)在截止日期后收购的受限制附属公司的投资,或在截止日期后按照美国证券交易委员会第7.04条合并、合并或合并为借款人或受限制附属公司的人的投资,但以该等投资并非在考虑该等收购、合并、合并或合并之时或并非与该等收购、合并、合并或合并有关而作出,并且在该等收购、合并或合并之日已存在者为限;(S)


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(T)对借款人或其任何受限附属公司的存款账户、证券账户和商品账户的投资;(U)构成重组的任何部分的投资以及与税务筹划有关的其他活动;但(I)违约事件不会发生且仍在继续,(Ii)根据抵押品文件为担保当事人的利益授予行政代理的抵押品上的任何担保权益应保持完全有效和完善(至少在总体上与紧接该合并、合并、解散或清算之前有效的程度相同),并且已经或将迅速采取保持上述完美状态所需的所有行动,(Iii)在投资达成时作为贷款方的任何受限制的子公司应在该等投资完成后成为贷款方,(4)此种重组和其他活动不得损害或总体上不利地影响抵押品代理人在任何抵押品上担保权益的完备性和优先权;(V)使用(I)当时的累积信贷及(Ii)借款人选择适用本条第(V)(Ii)款当日的可用除外供款款额的部分(如有的话)的投资;(Ii)在指定该可供豁免供款金额的日期起计12个月内作出的投资;。(W)在证券化附属公司的投资或与证券化附属公司有关的投资,而在借款人的真诚决定下,该等投资对实施任何合资格证券化安排(包括向该附属公司提供任何替代或替代资产)或与其相关的任何回购义务是必需或适宜的;。(X)只要不会发生第8.01(A)或(F)节所指的失责事件,且不会因此而继续发生或会因此而导致其他投资,以致按预计基准计算的综合总净杠杆率将小于或等于5.00:1.00;及。(Y)由借款人或其任何附属公司或其各自的产业、配偶或前配偶为融资而发行给借款人或任何受限制附属公司的本票或任何受限制附属公司的投资。


-148-赎回借款人或其任何直接或间接母实体的股权,在第7.06节允许的适用限制性付款范围内。第7.03节。负债累累。产生、招致、承担或容受存在任何债务,但以下情况除外:(A)任何贷款方在(I)贷款文件项下的债务(包括根据第2.14或2.15节产生的任何债务),(Ii)在第5号修正案生效日期赎回现有优先担保票据之前,现有优先担保票据文件根据第(Ii)条规定的本金金额不超过1,500,000,000美元,而就以美元计值的现有优先担保票据,以及就欧元计价的现有优先担保票据,不超过5亿欧元,(Iii)(Iii)本金总额不超过6.5亿欧元的高级抵押票据文件及该等票据的任何准许再融资;及(Iv)本条(Iv)所指的高级无抵押票据文件的本金总额不超过$1550,000,000,以及欧元面值的高级无抵押票据及其任何准许再融资的本金总额不超过4亿欧元;(B)(X)在第5号修订生效日期仍未清偿的债项,就附表7.03(B)所列本金总额超过$10,000,000的任何该等债项及该等债务的任何准许再融资而言,及(Y)在第5号修订生效日期未清偿的公司间债务及该等债务的任何准许再融资;但任何贷款方欠任何并非贷款方的受限制附属公司的任何该等内部公司债项,均为无抵押债务,并排在依据公司间附注承担的债务之后;(C)借款人及任何受限制附属公司就借款人或任何受限制附属公司的债务提供担保;但(A)任何受限制附属公司不得就构成次级融资的任何债务提供担保,除非该担保方亦已按本协议所述条款为债务提供担保,及(B)如所担保的债务排在债务之后,则该项担保应排在债务担保之后,其条款至少与该等债务的从属条款一样有利(由借款人合理厘定);(D)借款人或任何受限制附属公司欠任何贷款方或任何其他受限制附属公司的债务(或发行或转让给贷款方的任何直接或间接母公司,而该直接或间接母公司基本上同时转移给贷款方或贷款方的任何受限制附属公司),但仅在非贷款方欠贷款方的债务的情况下,构成第7.02(C)(Iii)条允许的投资的范围;但(X)除非该本票是按照担保协议的条款质押给行政代理的,否则该借款方欠借款方的债务不得由本票证明;及(Y)任何贷款方欠任何非贷款方的受限制附属公司的所有该等债务应为无抵押的,并根据与公司间票据的条款实质上一致的从属条款而从属于该等债务;(E)(I)可归属负债及其他负债(包括融资租赁债务),为借款人或任何受限制附属公司在购置、建造、修理、更换、租赁或改善固定资产或资本资产之前或之后365天内招致的固定资产或资本资产的购置、建造、修理、更换、租赁或改善提供资金,总额不得超过(A)385,000,000美元和最近完成的测试期的综合EBITDA的35.0%(财务报表已交付(按照第1.09节按备考形式确定)),在产生时确定的每一种情况下,加上(B)额外的金额,只要综合担保净杠杆率不大于5.00:1.00,在根据第1.09节进行假设时根据第1.09节按形式确定的任何时间未偿还的债务和任何允许的再融资,以及(Ii)第7.05(M)节允许的回售交易产生的可归因性债务和该等可归因性债务的任何允许再融资;


-149-(F)互换合同的债务,该掉期合同旨在对冲借款人或任何受限制子公司在正常业务过程中产生的利率、汇率或商品定价风险,而不是出于投机目的及其担保;规定,贷款方对非贷款方的受限制子公司的这种债务的任何此类担保,只能在构成第7.02(C)(3)节所允许的投资的范围内允许;(G)借款人或任何受限制子公司的债务,与本条例未予禁止的任何允许的收购或其他投资有关;但条件是:(I)该等债务并非因考虑该等准许收购或其他投资或对该等准许的任何再融资而产生,及(Ii)在给予该准许收购的形式效力及该等债务的产生(视何者适用而定)后,该等债务在任何时间的未清偿总额不超过(X)$200,000,000加(Y)额外债务的总和,只要综合总净杠杆率不大于6.90:1.00,在每种情况下,根据第1.09节在作出该等承担时厘定的综合净杠杆率;但在第(II)款的情况下,(A)属于较早到期债务的例外情况,即此类债务未在最后到期日之前到期,或其加权平均到期寿命小于发生或发行此类债务时未偿还的任何定期贷款的加权平均到期寿命;(B)第1.08款的主题是,不存在违约事件或由此导致的违约事件;以及(C)根据第7.03(G)节产生的非贷款方受限制子公司在任何时间未偿还的债务本金总额,连同第7.03节(S)项下非贷款方产生的未偿债务总额,不得超过最近完成的已交付财务报表的测试期综合EBITDA的(X)$550,000,000和(Y)50.0%(以较大者为准)(根据第1.09节按形式确定),每种情况均在发生时确定;(H)对借款人、其任何受限制的附属公司或借款人的任何直接或间接母公司的雇员在正常业务过程中发生的递延补偿的债务;。(I)由借款人或其任何受限制的附属公司向未来、现任或前任高级管理人员、经理、顾问、董事和雇员、其各自的遗产、配偶或前任配偶发行的本票组成的债务,以资助购买或赎回第7.06节允许的借款人或借款人的任何直接或间接母公司的股权;。(J)借款人或其任何受限制附属公司因准许收购、根据本协议准许的任何其他投资、合并或根据本协议准许的任何处置而招致的债务,在每种情况下,该等债务构成赔偿义务或与收购价(包括收益)或其他类似调整有关的债务;。(K)由借款人或其任何受限制附属公司根据递延补偿或其他类似安排所招致的债务组成的债务,而该等债务是由该人就准许收购或根据本协议准许的任何其他投资而招致的;。(L)在正常业务过程中与净额结算服务、自动票据交换所安排、透支保护、员工信用卡计划和其他现金管理及类似安排有关的现金管理义务和其他债务,以及对其提供的任何担保,或银行或其他金融机构在正常业务过程中兑现针对资金不足的支票、汇票或类似票据的债务,只要这些债务在产生后10个工作日内消除;(M)债务本金总额,在债务产生时和生效后,不会超过最近完成的已交付财务报表的测试期综合息税前利润的100.0%和1,100,000,000美元之间的较大值(根据第1.09节按形式确定);


-150-(N)债务,包括:(1)保险费的融资或(2)在正常业务过程中的供应安排中所载的收或付的关系;(O)(1)借款人或其任何受限制附属公司因在正常业务过程中或按照以往惯例签发或开立的信用证、银行担保、银行承兑汇票、仓单或类似票据而产生的债务,包括就工人补偿要求、健康、伤残或其他雇员福利或财产、意外伤害或责任保险或自我保险或其他与工人补偿要求有关的偿还型债务而产生的债务;及(2)借款人或其任何受限制附属公司作为开帐方在信用证方面的债务,以供应商、客户、加盟商、出租人、被许可人、再被许可人、经销人或其他债权人为受益人的银行担保或类似票据或其他担保义务,在正常业务过程中或与以往惯例一致;(P)关于履约、投标、上诉和保证保函以及履约和完成担保的债务,以及借款人或其任何受限制的附属机构提供的类似债务,或与此有关的信用证、银行担保或类似票据的债务,在每一种情况下都是在正常业务过程中或与以往惯例一致的;。(Q)以本合同所规定的货币开立的信用证,在任何时间未偿还的总金额不得超过55,000,000美元;。(R)由信用证支持的债务,本金不超过该信用证的面值;。(S)作为非贷款方的受限子公司发生的债务,与根据第7.03节(S)产生的所有其他债务的本金总额(S),连同非贷款方发生的、根据第7.03(G)节规定未偿的债务总额,不超过最近完成的测试期合并EBITDA的5.5,000,000美元和综合EBITDA的50.0%,该测试期的财务报表已交付(根据第1.09节按形式确定),在发生债务时确定;(T)信贷协议再融资债务;(U)


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(V)借款人或其任何受限制子公司的债务,即符合适用要求的贷款方,以及(如果根据下文第(Ii)或(Iii)款发生的)允许的其他债务条件,但须符合第1.08节的规定,前提是违约事件不会持续,也不会导致此类债务的产生;但条件是:(I)如果该债务是以担保权利作为担保的,则该债务的本金总额不得超过一个数额,只要在该债务发生之日(A)综合第一留置权净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按形式确定)不超过5.00:1.00,或(B)该债务是为了完成根据第7.02节批准的任何投资而产生的,合并第一留置权净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按形式确定)不超过实施此类投资前的合并第一留置权净杠杆率;(Ii)如该等债务是以抵押权为抵押的初级债务,则该等债务的本金总额不得超过以下数额:(A)综合有担保净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按形式厘定)不超过5.00:1.00,或(B)如为完成第7.02节所准许的任何投资而产生的债务,综合有担保净杠杆率(按第7.02节的形式厘定)


-151-根据第1.09节)在实施此类投资之前不超过综合担保净杠杆率;(Iii)如该债务为无抵押债务,则该债务的本金总额不得超过以下数额:(A)综合净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按形式确定)不超过6.90:1.00;(B)在为完成第7.02节允许的任何投资而产生的债务中,综合总净杠杆率(根据第1.09节按备考基准厘定)不超过实施该等投资前的综合总净杠杆率,(C)综合利息覆盖比率不低于2.00至1.00或(D)如为履行第7.02节准许的任何投资而产生的债务,综合利息覆盖比率(根据第1.09节按备考基准厘定)不低于实施该等投资前的综合利息覆盖比率。如果这种债务在偿还权和担保方面与初始定期贷款、增量B-5-6美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款和增量B-5欧元定期贷款是同等的,且这种债务是定期贷款的形式(借款人善意确定的客户过渡性贷款或定期贷款A贷款除外)、初始定期贷款、增量B-5-6美元定期贷款、增量B-4欧元定期贷款和增量B-5欧元定期贷款应遵守第2.14(E)(Iii)节但书中规定的“最惠国”定价调整(如果适用),如同此类债务是根据第2.14节产生的增量定期贷款一样。就本第7.03(V)节中的计算而言,(A)对于任何循环信贷承诺和根据本第7.03(V)节先前或同时设立的任何循环信贷安排下的任何承诺,应假定借入了根据本第7.03(V)节可用的最大金额的贷款,以及(B)在根据本第7.03(V)节发生的任何债务的收益用于偿还债务的范围内,应对此类债务的偿还给予形式上的效果;但第7,03(V)节中的计算应不包括根据第7.03(V)节发生的此类债务借款的现金收益,而该借款没有在收到后立即申请用于与发生有关的指定交易。(W)根据第7.03(V)条所产生的债务的任何准许再融资;。(X)第7.03(A)至7.03(W)条所述债务的所有保费(如有的话)、利息(包括呈请后的利息)、费用、开支、收费及额外或或有利息;。(Y)借款人或任何受限制附属公司的负债及不符合资格的股权,本金总额最高可达借款人自紧接截止日期后因发行或出售借款人的股权或贡献于借款人资本的现金而收到的现金收益净额的100%(在每种情况下,除偿付款额外,任何可动用的不包括供款的款额,或向借款人或其任何子公司出售股权),根据“累计信贷”定义的(C)和(D)条款确定的,但在截止日期之后但在根据第7.03(Bb)节产生债务之前,该现金净收益或现金尚未根据该条款使用的情况下,根据第7.06(L)节进行有限制的付款,根据第7.02(V)节进行投资,或根据第7.13节就初级融资进行付款或分配;(Z)借款人或任何附属担保人为代替递增定期贷款或递增循环贷款承诺而发行的债务(除第2.14(D)条第(I)及(V)款另有规定外,适用的规定,以及如以担保有担保债务或无担保的抵押品上的留置权具有较低优先权的留置权作抵押,则为准许的其他债务条件),由一系列或多于一系列(I)有担保或无担保的债券、票据或债权证(如有担保的债券、票据或债权证,如有担保,则可由与抵押品上的留置权同等的留置权作抵押-


-152担保担保债务,或通过相对于担保债务的留置权具有较低优先权的留置权),或(二)有担保或无担保的贷款(如果有担保,必须通过与担保债务担保的抵押物上的留置权同等的留置权,或通过相对于担保有担保债务的抵押品上的留置权具有较低优先权的留置权来担保)(“增量等值债务”);如果此类增量等值债务(任何此类循环性质的增量等值债务除外)在偿还权和担保方面与初始期限贷款同等,且此类增量等值债务是定期贷款的形式(借款人善意确定的习惯过桥贷款或定期贷款A融资除外),则初始期限贷款应遵守第2.14(E)(Iii)节的但书中规定的“最惠国”定价调整(如果适用),如同此类增量等值债务是根据第2.14节产生的增量定期贷款一样;(Aa)证券化子公司在符合条件的证券化融资方面的负债;。(Bb)当时使用累积信贷的负债;。及(Cc)在截止日期L/C出票人已辞职(且本协议下并无其他或替代L/C出票人)的范围内,本金总额或面值相等于因该辞职而不再向借款人提供的信用证金额的额外债务,且在任何情况下,就信用证、银行担保、担保保证金、履约保证金及为一般目的出具的类似票据减去本协议项下未偿还信用证金额后,任何时候未偿还债务不得超过100,000,000美元。为确定是否遵守任何以美元计价的债务发生限制,以外币计价的债务本金美元等值应根据债务发生之日有效的有关货币汇率计算,如果是定期债务,则应根据首次承诺的汇率计算,如果是循环信用债务;但如该等债务是用以延长、更换、退款、再融资、续期或使其他外币债务失效,而该等债务延期、更换、退款、再融资、续期或失效,如按该延期、更换、退款、再融资、续期或失效之日有效的有关货币汇率计算,则会导致超过适用的以美元计值的限制,只要该再融资债务的本金不超过该债务的本金,则该以美元计值的限制须视为并未超过。加上与该等再融资有关的手续费、承销折扣、保费(包括投标保费)及其他成本及开支(包括OID)的总额。为确定是否符合本条款第7.03条的规定,如果任何债务项目(或其任何部分)符合本条款规定的一种以上债务类别的标准,借款人可自行决定对此类债务(或其任何部分)进行划分和分类(并可在以后重新划分、分类和重新分类)(包括在自由和明确的增量金额和基于现值的增量金额之间),并且只需将此类债务的金额和类型包括在上述类别中的一个或多个类别中;但(I)现有高级担保票据项下在截止日期未清偿的所有债务,在任何时候均应被视为已根据本第7.03节(A)(Ii)款产生(且以后不得重新分类),(Ii)在第5号修正案生效日期,高级担保票据项下的所有未偿还债务在任何时候均应被视为已根据本第7.03节(A)(Iii)款发生(以后不得重新分类);及(Iii)在成交日期,高级无担保票据项下的所有未偿还债务在任何时候均应被视为已根据本第7.03节(A)(Iv)项发生(且以后不得重新分类)。就第7.03节而言,利息的应计、增加值的增加和以额外债务形式支付的利息不应被视为债务的产生。在任何日期构成债务的任何无息债务或其他贴现证券的本金金额,应为借款人按照公认会计原则编制的该日期资产负债表上所显示的本金金额。


-153-第7.04节。根本性的变化。(A)任何受限制附属公司可与(A)借款人合并、合并或合并(包括合并,其目的是将借款人重组至美国的新司法管辖区);但借款人须为继续或尚存的人或(B)一间或多间其他受限制附属公司;但当任何贷款方的人与受限制的子公司合并时,贷款方应是继续或尚存的人;(B)(I)非贷款方的任何子公司可与非贷款方的任何其他子公司合并、合并或合并成非贷款方的任何其他子公司;(Ii)只要第7.05节允许任何相关处置,任何子公司均可清算或解散;以及(Iii)如果借款人善意地确定,就第(Ii)和(Iii)款而言,任何受限制子公司可以改变其法律形式,该行为符合借款人及其受限制子公司的最佳利益,并且对贷款人没有实质性不利(有一项理解是,在法律形式发生任何改变的情况下,作为担保人的子公司将继续作为担保人,除非该担保人以其他方式获准停止担任担保人);(C)任何受限制附属公司可将其全部或实质所有资产(在成交清盘或其他情况下)处置予借款人或另一受限制附属公司;但如此类交易的转让人是担保人,则(I)受让人必须是担保人或借款人,或(Ii)就构成投资而言,该项投资必须是根据第7.02节及第7.03节的规定,对并非贷款方的受限制附属公司的准许投资或其债务;(D)只要没有发生失责事件,且失责事件仍在继续或将会导致失责事件,借款人可与任何其他人合并或合并;但(I)借款人应为继续或尚存的公司,或(Ii)如任何该等合并或合并而组成或幸存的人并非借款人(任何此等人士,“继承公司”),(A)继承公司应是根据美国、该州或哥伦比亚特区的法律组成或存在的实体,(B)继承公司应明确地承担借款人在本协议及借款人根据本协议的补充文件或其他贷款文件所属的其他贷款文件项下的所有义务,其形式应合理地令行政代理人满意,(C)除非是该项合并或合并的另一方,否则每名担保人须已确认其担保适用于继任公司在贷款文件下的义务;。(D)每名担保人除非是该项合并或合并的另一方,否则须已确认其在担保协议及其他适用抵押品文件下的义务适用于继任公司在贷款文件下的义务;。(E)如行政代理人提出合理要求,按揭财产的每名抵押人除非是该项合并或合并的另一方,借款人应通过对适用抵押品(或其他令行政代理人合理满意的文书)的修订或重述,确认其在适用抵押品(或其他文书)项下的义务应适用于继任公司在贷款文件项下的义务,并且(F)借款人应已向行政代理人提交高级职员证书,说明该合并或合并以及本协议的补充或任何合类文件符合本协议;此外,如果满足上述条件,承继公司将继承并取代本协议项下的借款人;此外,只要借款人同意提供任何贷款人通过行政代理以书面形式合理要求的关于继任公司的任何文件和其他信息,而该贷款人应合理地确定该贷款人已合理地确定监管机构根据应用电报“了解您的客户”和反洗钱规则和条例,包括《美国爱国者法案》第三章和《受益所有权条例》所要求的文件和其他信息;(E)任何受限制附属公司可与任何其他人士合并或合并,以实施根据第7.02节准许的投资;但持续或尚存的人应为借款人的受限制附属公司,借款人连同其每一受限制附属公司应已在第6.11节和第6.13节所要求的范围内遵守第6.11节和第6.13节的规定


-154-抵押品和担保要求;此外,如果符合第1.08节的规定,在涉及贷款方的任何此类合并或合并的情况下,没有违约事件发生,并且正在继续发生,或将由此导致违约事件;以及(F)只要没有发生违约事件,并且违约事件正在继续,或将由此导致,则合并、解散、清算、合并或处置,其目的是实现根据第7.05节允许的处置或根据第7.06节允许的受限付款。第7.05节。性情。进行任何处置,但以下情况除外:(A)处置陈旧、破旧、使用或剩余的财产,无论是现在拥有的还是在这里获得的,以及处置在借款人或其任何受限制的子公司的业务中不再使用或有用的财产;(B)处置库存、在正常业务过程中持有的待售货物和无形资产(受本第7.05节(R)款管辖的知识产权失效或放弃除外),以及在正常业务过程中终止租赁和许可证,包括但不限于自愿或强制召回任何产品;(C)在下列情况下的财产处置:(1)以类似重置财产的购买价格交换信贷,或(2)这种处置的收益迅速用于类似重置财产的购买价格;(D)将财产处置给借款人或任何受限制的附属公司;但如果财产的转让人是贷款方,(1)受让人必须是贷款方,或(2)如果交易构成投资,则根据第7.02节(7.02(E)或(H)除外)允许进行这种交易;(E)(I)第7.01节(第7.01(I)、(L)(Ii)或(Q)条除外)、(Ii)第7.02节(第7.02(E)或(M)条除外)、(Iii)第7.04节(第7.04(F)节除外)及(Iv)第7.06节(第7.06(D)节除外)所准许的交易


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(G)处置现金和现金等价物;(H)(1)租赁、再租赁、非排他性许可或再许可(包括在开放源码许可下提供软件或许可其他知识产权)及其终止,在正常业务过程中的每一种情况下,并且在借款人的合理商业判断中,该等租赁、再租赁、非排他性许可或再许可不对借款人及其受限制的子公司(作为整体)的业务造成实质性干扰;以及(2)知识产权的处置以及知识产权的入站和出站许可,在每种情况下,并且在借款人的合理商业判断中,不得在任何实质性方面干涉借款人及其受限制子公司的业务(作为一个整体);(I)在收到意外事故的净收益后转移属于意外事故的财产;。(J)财产的处置(包括售后回租交易);。但(I)在作出上述处置时,或(如较早的话)截至就该项处置达成最终协议之日,根据第8.01(A)或8.01(F)条对借款人作出的任何违约事件均不会发生,亦不会因该处置而继续发生或将会导致该违约事件(但根据在该等违约事件并不存在时订立的具法律约束力的承诺而作出的任何该等处置除外),(Ii)根据本第7.05(J)节的任何产权处置,以超过最近一次合并EBITDA的55,000,000美元和5.0%的总金额的购买价格重新计算


-155-已交付财务报表的完整测试期(根据第1.09节在备考中确定),借款人或其任何受限子公司应单独以现金或现金等价物的形式获得不少于75%的此类对价(在每种情况下,除允许留置权外,在收到时免收和清除所有留置权);但就本条第(Ii)款而言,下列各项须当作为现金:(A)借款人或该受限制附属公司的任何负债(如借款人或该受限制附属公司根据本条款提供的最新资产负债表或其脚注所示),但受让人就适用的产权处置而承担,且借款人及其所有受限制附属公司已由所有适用的贷款人以书面有效免除的负债,但按其条款须服从以现金支付债务的负债除外。(B)借款人或适用的受限制附属公司从受让人收到的任何证券,而该证券在适用处置结束后180天内由借款人或该受限制附属公司转换为现金或现金等价物(以收到的现金或现金等价物为限);及(C)借款人或适用的受限制附属公司收到的非现金代价总额,其公平市场价值(在收取该非现金代价的适用分配结束时厘定)不超过220,000,000美元及综合EBITDA的20.0%在任何时候交付财务状态(根据第1.09节按形式确定)的最近完成的测试期;及(Iii)该等处置是按借款人真诚合理厘定的公平市价进行;(K)处置与准许收购或其他投资有关的非核心资产,而该等资产的公平市价不超过被收购的受限制附属公司前四个财政季度的综合EBITDA的25%;(L)(1)在正常业务过程中因折衷或收回应收账款而无追索权的处置或折扣;及(2)应收账款和相关资产,或根据任何合格证券化安排处置全部或基本上所有资产为应收账款和相关资产的子公司的股权;(M)根据售后回租交易处置财产;但对本公司而言,自截止日期以来所有此类处置的净收益合计超过已交付财务报表的最近完成测试期的综合EBITDA的1.1亿美元和10.0%(两者中取较大者),超出的部分应根据“净收益”的定义进行再投资,或根据第2.05(B)(2)节用于预付贷款;(N)在正常业务过程中以资产交换借款人管理层真诚决定的对借款人及其附属公司整体业务具有相当或更大价值或用处的服务或其他资产;(O)


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(P)在合营企业协议和类似的具有约束力的安排中规定的合营企业各方之间的惯常买卖安排所要求的范围内,或按照合营企业各方之间的惯常买卖安排进行的合营企业投资的处置;(Q)解除或结算任何互换合同;(R)任何知识产权的注册或注册申请在正常业务过程中失效或放弃:(I)在正常业务过程中,且在借款人的合理商业判断下,不会在任何重大方面干扰Bor-rower及其受限制子公司的业务(整体而言),或(Ii)专利或版权根据适用的法定条款到期,且不可能延期或续展;及


--(S)其他处置,总额不超过140,000,000美元和最近完成的测试期内已交付财务状况的综合EBITDA的12.5%(根据第1.09节按形式确定);但根据本第7.05节对任何财产进行的任何处置(除依照第7.05(A)、(D)、(E)、(H)(Ii)、(I)、(L)、(P)、(Q)和(R)节以及借款方对任何其他借款方的处置外)不得低于借款人善意确定的处置时该财产的公平市场价值。在第7.05节允许的范围内,任何抵押品被出售或转让给贷款方以外的任何人,该抵押品应免费出售,不受贷款文件产生的留置权的影响,行政代理应被授权采取任何被认为适当的行动,以实现或证明前述规定。第7.06节。限制支付。直接或间接作出任何限制性付款,但下列情况除外:(A)借款人的每一受限制附属公司可向借款人的股东及其他受限制附属公司作出限制性付款(如由非全资受限制附属公司作出限制性付款,则向借款人及任何其他受限制附属公司以及该受限制附属公司的股权的每一其他拥有者根据其在相关类别股权中的相对所有权权益向借款人及其他受限制附属公司作出限制性付款);(B)借款人和每一受限制附属公司可宣布及支付股息或其他受限制付款,只支付该人的股权(第7.03节未予准许的不合格股权除外)(如由非全资受限制附属公司、借款人及任何受限制附属公司作出此类限制性付款,则根据其相关类别股权的相对所有权权益,向该受限制附属公司的股权的其他拥有人支付股息或其他受限制付款);(C)就(I)根据任何准许收购或其他准许投资而作出的盈利、营运资金调整或追逐价格调整而作出的限制性付款,以及(Ii)为履行任何准许收购的弥偿及其他类似义务而作出的限制付款;(D)在构成限制性付款的范围内,借款人(或其任何直接或间接母公司)及其受限制附属公司可订立和完成第7.02节(7.02(E)和7.02(M)除外)、7.04节(7.04(F)除外)或7.05节(7.05(E)(Iv)和7.05(G)除外)的任何规定所允许的交易,并根据第7.02(E)和7.02(M)、7.04(F)或7.05(G)节的任何规定作出任何分配;(E)回购控股公司、借款人、借款人的任何直接或间接母公司或借款人的任何受限制附属公司的股权,如该等股权代表该等购股权或认股权证的行使价格的一部分,则视为在行使该等购股权或认股权证时发生;(F)借款人及各受限制附属公司可(I)就任何未来、现任或前任雇员、高级职员、董事、经理或顾问(或任何配偶、前配偶、继承人、遗嘱执行人、管理人、继承人)所持有的受限制附属公司(或借款人或其任何其他直接或间接母公司)的股权价值回购、退休或以其他方式获取或退出而支付(或作出有限制付款,以允许借款人或其任何直接或间接母公司支付),上述受限制附属公司(或借款人或其任何其他直接或间接母公司)或其任何附属公司的受遗赠人或分销商)或(Ii)以分派形式作出限制性付款,以允许借款人或控股公司的任何直接或间接母公司支付向任何未来、现任或前任雇员、高级职员、董事、经理或顾问(或任何配偶、前配偶、继承人、遗嘱执行人、管理人、继承人)发行的本票的本金或利息,借款人或上述受限制附属公司(或控股公司或其任何其他直接或间接母公司)的受托人或分销商,以代替现金支付该等人士所持有的该等股权的回购、退休或其他收购或价值的退休,在每种情况下,在任何该等人士去世、残疾、退休或终止受雇时,或依据任何雇员、经理或董事股权计划、雇员、经理或董事股票期权计划或任何其他雇员,


-经理或董事福利计划或与借款人或此类受限子公司(或控股或其任何其他直接或间接母公司)或其任何受限子公司的任何员工、董事、高级管理人员或顾问的任何协议(包括任何股票认购或股东协议);但在任何日历年,根据第7.06(F)节支付的限制性付款的总额,连同根据第7.02(M)节向Holdings提供的贷款和垫款总额,以代替本第7.06(F)节允许的限制性支付,总额不得超过100,000,000美元(任何日历年的未使用金额将结转到一个或多个后续日历年,但任何日历年的最高金额不得超过200,000,000美元);但在任何公历年内,该款额可进一步增加,但增加的款额不得超过借款人或其受限制资助人所收取的关键人人寿保险单的净收益,减去先前用该等关键人人寿保险单的现金收益所作的有限制付款的款额;但该等收益只可用于回购属该等关键人人寿保险标的之雇员(或其任何继承人或受让人,包括任何家庭信托)所持有的权益;此外,如果(I)借款人、(Ii)借款人的任何直接或间接母公司或(Iii)控股公司的任何受限制子公司的管理层成员因回购借款人的任何直接或间接母公司的股权而取消对借款人的债务,则就本公约或本协议的任何其他规定而言,就本公约或本协议的任何其他规定而言,取消这些债务不应被视为限制性付款,因为此类债务是为该等管理层成员购买该等股权而产生的,并且该债务的现金收益已支付给贷款方;(G)借款人可以支付总额不超过550,000,000美元和最近完成测试期间综合EBITDA的50.0%的限制性付款,该测试期的财务报表已交付(根据第1.09节按形式确定);前提是第8.01(A)或8.01(F)节下的违约事件没有发生,并且没有继续发生或将由此导致;(H)借款人可向Holdings或Holdings的任何直接或间接母公司支付限制性款项:(I)支付在正常业务过程中发生的经营成本和开支,以及在正常业务过程中发生的可归因于借款人及其受限制附属公司的所有权或经营的其他公司间接费用和开支(包括行政、法律、会计和类似费用)、交易费用以及该母公司的董事或高级管理人员在每个情况下因借款人及其受限附属公司的所有权或经营而提出的任何赔偿要求;(Ii)该公司的收益须用以支付(或作出有限制的付款以容许其任何直接或间接母公司支付)专营税及维持其(或其任何直接或间接母公司的)法团或有限责任公司的存在所需的其他费用、税项及开支;(Iii)借款人及其任何附属公司(如适用的话)是借款人的直接或间接母公司为共同母公司的综合、合并或类似所得税税组(“税务组”)的成员的任何应课税期间,支付可归因于借款人和/或其附属公司的应纳税所得额的该税组的联邦、外国、州和地方所得税;但就每段应课税期间而言,就该应课税期间作出的上述支付的总额,不得超过借款人及其附属公司作为独立的综合、合并或类似的所得税组别而须缴付的款额;此外,就可归因于非受限制附属公司的收入的任何税项而作出的支付,只可在该非受限制附属公司为此目的而向借款人或其任何受限制附属公司支付现金的范围内予以准许;


-158-(Iv)为根据美国证券交易委员会-第7.02条允许进行的任何投资提供资金,前提是控股公司或此类母公司受贷款方等条款的约束;但(A)该限制性付款应基本上与该投资的结束同时进行,以及(B)该母公司应在投资结束后立即安排(1)将所获得的所有财产(不论是资产还是股权)贡献给借款人或其作为贷款方的受限制的子公司,或(2)将任何人(在美国证券交易委员会第7.04条允许的范围内)组成或收购借款人或其受限制的子公司(借款人或属于尚存或持续实体的适用的受限制的子公司),以完成该允许的收购或投资。在每种情况下,均应符合第6.11节的要求;(V)其收益将用于支付应付给控股公司或控股公司的任何直接或间接母公司的高级管理人员和员工的惯常工资、花红和其他福利,只要该等工资、花红和其他福利可归因于借款人及其受限制的子公司的所有权或运营;及(Vi)其收益将由控股公司用于支付(或进行限制性付款,以允许其任何直接或间接母公司支付)与控股公司(或控股公司的任何直接或间接母公司)不成功的股权或债务发行有关的常规和合理的费用和支出(关联公司除外);(I)控股、借款人或任何受限制的附属公司就任何未来、现任或前任雇员、董事、经理或顾问(或上述任何人士的任何配偶、前配偶、继承人、遗嘱执行人、遗产管理人、继承人、受遗赠人或分销商)所支付或预期将支付的预扣税款或类似税款,以及任何以该等付款为代价而回购股权的款项,包括与行使股票期权有关的当作回购;(J)在有资格的首次公开招股后,只要没有失责事件发生,并且失责事件仍在继续或将会导致失责事件,(I)借款人或借款人的任何其他直接或间接母公司支付上市费用及其他可归因于上市公司的成本及开支的任何受限制付款,该等付款属合理及惯常的;及(Ii)额外的受限制付款不得超过(A)借款人及其受限制附属公司从该合资格首次公开招股所收取(或分担)的净收益的每年最高6.0%及(Iii)限制付款总额每年不得超过市值的7.00%;(K)控股、借款人或任何受限制附属公司可支付现金,以代替与任何股息、分拆或合并或任何准许收购有关的分派股权;(L)在下列情况下使用累积信用支付的受限付款(A):仅就第(B)款规定的累积信用部分而言,第8.01(A)或8.01(F)条规定的违约事件不存在或不会因支付该受限付款或(B)使用该部分(如有)而发生违约事件,在借款人选择适用本条的日期(L)(B)的可用除外供款款额,但以该项受限制的付款是在指定该可供豁免供款款额的日期起计12个月内作出者为限;(M)只要不会发生违约事件,且不会因此而继续或将会导致其他限制性付款,以致按预计基准计算的综合总净杠杆率将小于或等于5.00:1.00;。(N)证券化费用的分配或支付;。(O)借款人可在任何历年支付总额不超过50,000,000美元的限制性付款,以支付赎回、收购、报废或回购。


-159-允许收购或类似投资中收购的企业的前投资者、允许收购或类似投资中收购的企业的现任或前任雇员、高级管理人员、董事、经理或顾问(或上述任何人的任何配偶、前配偶、继承人、遗嘱执行人、管理人、管理人、继承人、受遗赠人或分发者)的股权面值情况,该股权是作为收购此类企业的获利或类似安排的一部分发行的,并且赎回、收购、退休或回购与这种收益未能完全归属有关;及(P)以股息或其他方式分配或以其他方式转让或处置不受限制的附属公司(或直接或间接拥有一个或多个不受限制的附属公司的等值权益而没有其他资产(最低限度的资产除外)的受限制附属公司)的股权股份,或不受限制的附属公司(或直接或间接拥有一个或多个不受限制的附属公司的股权而不拥有其他资产(最低限度的资产除外)的受限附属公司)欠发行人或受限制附属公司的债务,在每种情况下,不受限制的附属公司除外以现金和/或现金等价物为主要资产的非全资子公司支付的所有限制性付款,应按比例或在更有利于借款人及其受限子公司的基础上进行。第7.07节。业务线的变化。从事与借款人及其受限制附属公司于结算日经营的业务大相径庭的任何重大业务,或与该等业务不合理相关、互补、必然、协同或附属的任何业务(包括相关、补充、协同或辅助技术)或其合理延伸)。第7.08节。[已保留]。第7.09节。繁重的协议。订立或允许存在任何合同义务(本协议或任何其他贷款文件除外),限制以下行为的能力:(A)借款人的任何不是担保人的受限制子公司向借款人或任何附属担保人进行限制性付款;或(B)任何贷款方为贷款人的利益而在其财产上设立、产生、承担或忍受存在留置权,以使贷款人在贷款和债务方面受益;但上述第7.09(A)及(B)节不适用于下列合同义务:(I)(X)在截止日期存在,且(在本第7.09节不允许的范围内)列于附表7.09;及(Y)第(X)款所允许的合同义务列于证明负债的协议中,且列于任何证明该等债务的任何准许的修改、替换、续期、延期或再融资的协议中,只要该等修改、替换、续期、延期或再融资,延期或再融资(作为一个整体)并不实质性地扩大这种合同义务的范围(由借款人合理确定);(Ii)在受限制附属公司首次成为借款人的受限制附属公司时对该受限制附属公司具有约束力,只要该等合同义务不是为了使该人成为借款人的受限制附属公司而订立的,且不延伸至该受限制附属公司及其附属公司以外;此外,本款第(Ii)款不适用于根据第6.14节成为受限制附属公司的人具有约束力的合同义务;(Iii)代表借款人的一家非贷款方的受限制子公司的债务,这是第7.03节允许的,不适用于任何贷款方;


-160-(Iv)是与(X)第7.01(A)、(B)、(E)、(F)、(I)、(J)、(K)、(L)、(O)、(P)、(S)、(U)、(V)、(W)、(Z)、(Aa)、(Dd)条所准许的任何留置权有关的习惯性限制(由借款人合理地决定),(Ff)和(Hh)与受该留置权约束的财产有关,或(Y)因第7.04或7.05节允许的任何处置而产生,并仅与受该处置的资产或个人有关;(V)合资企业协议和其他类似协议中的习惯条款适用于第7.02节允许的合资企业,并仅适用于该合资企业及其在正常业务过程中达成的股权;(Vi)是第7.03节允许的有利于任何负债持有人的负质押和对留置权的限制,但仅限于任何负质押涉及(I)由这种债务提供资金的财产及其收益、附加物和产品,或(Ii)由这种债务担保的财产及其收益、附加物和产品,只要管理这种债务的协议允许留置权担保债务;(Vii)是对租赁、转租、许可证或资产出售协议的习惯限制,否则,只要这些限制与财产权益、权利或受其约束的资产有关;(Viii)包括根据第7.03(A)、(B)、(E)、(G)、(N)(I)、(V)及(Z)条所准许的与有担保债务有关的任何协议所施加的限制,以及该等限制只适用于为该等债务提供担保的财产或资产,或就第7.03(G)条而言,适用于招致或担保该等债务的受限制附属公司;。(Ix)为限制分租、移转或转让任何管限借款人或任何受限制附属公司的租赁权益的租契的惯常规定;。(X)是限制转让或转让在正常业务过程中订立的任何协议的惯常规定;(Xi)是对客户根据在正常业务过程中订立的合约所施加的现金或其他存款的限制;。(Xii)与第7.01及7.02节所准许的现金或其他存款有关,但仅限于该等现金或存款;。(Xiii)包括在截止日期或之后签订并根据第7.03节允许的任何债务协议所施加的限制,根据借款人的善意判断,这些限制对借款人或任何受限制的子公司整体而言不比此类债务的惯常市场条款更具限制性(在任何情况下,也不比本协议中包含的限制更具限制性),只要借款人真诚地确定此类限制不会影响其支付本协议项下所要求的任何付款的义务或能力;(Xiv)是对客户根据在正常业务过程中订立的合同对现金或其他存款或净资产施加的限制;(Xv)是关于业务员及其受限制的知识产权子公司在正常业务过程中进行非排他性许可或再许可的限制;(Xvi)是与借款人善意确定的任何合格证券化安排有关的限制,是实现该合格证券化安排所必需或适宜的,并且仅与受其约束的证券化资产有关;[-161-(Xvii)是任何高级票据文件或其任何预先提交的再融资中包含的惯例限制;和(Xviii)是对现金保证金的限制,用于与本协议不禁止的收购相关的卖方。第7.10节。]已保留


。第7.11节。合并第一留置权净杠杆率。自截止日期后的第一个完整财务季度开始,未经所需循环贷款人的书面同意,允许在任何测试期的最后一天(但仅在该测试期的最后一天构成合规日期)的综合第一留置权净杠杆率大于7.35:1.00。第7.12节。财政年度。在此情况下,借款人、行政代理和所需贷款人将对本协议进行任何必要的调整,并在此情况下,经贷款人授权,对本协议进行任何必要的调整,以反映该会计年度的这种变化。第7.13节。提前还款等从属债务。(A)以任何方式在预定到期日之前以任何方式预付、赎回、购买、作废或以其他方式清偿(在符合适用的债权人间协议或附属协议的条款的情况下,定期支付本金、利息、强制性预付款和AHYDO付款,并在与任何次级融资的修订相关的情况下,应允许支付费用)在每种情况下,根据偿付权从属于其条款明示的义务(统称为“初级融资”)的任何债务,超过限额的数额,但下列情况除外:(I)用任何债务的净收益进行再融资(在这种债务构成允许再融资的范围内),并且,如果这种债务最初是根据第7.03(G)、(V)或(Z)节发生的,则根据第7.03(G)、(V)或(Z)节是允许的,只要不需要根据第2.05(B)节预付任何贷款,(Ii)将任何次级融资转换或交换为控股公司或其任何直接或间接母公司的合格股权,(Iii)在公司间票据条款的规限下,借款人或任何受限制附属公司欠借款人或任何受限制附属公司的债务的预付款,以及(Iv)预定到期日之前与初级融资有关的偿还、赎回、购买、亏损和其他付款,总额不得超过(1)(X)$550,000,000和(Y)50.0%中较大者的总和(X)最近完成的测试期的综合EBITDA(根据第1.09节确定),(2)当时的累积贷方;但仅就可归因于第8.01(A)或8.01(F)条的累积信用部分而言,不存在第8.01(A)条或第8.01(F)条下的违约事件,也不会因就初级融资作出该等偿还、赎回、购买、失败或其他付款而导致该违约事件,(3)借款人选择在该日期适用(A)(3)款的可用不包括供款数额(如有),但以该等偿还、赎回、购买、(4)只要不会发生第8.01(A)或(F)节下的违约事件,且不会因此而继续或会因此而导致违约,额外的金额,只要在实施该重新付款后,按备考基准计算的综合净杠杆率将小于或等于5.00:1.00即可。(B)在未经行政代理同意的情况下,以任何对贷款人利益有实质性不利的方式修改、修改或更改(I)任何未偿还本金总额超过阈值的初级融资的任何初级融资文件或(Ii)任何贷款方的任何组织文件中的任何条款或条件(同意不得无理持有、延迟或附加条件)。尽管任何贷款文件中有任何相反规定,借款人可以定期支付任何初级融资的利息和费用,并可以支付此类债务条款所要求的任何款项,以避免守则第163(E)(5)条对此类债务的适用。


-162-第7.14节。允许的活动。关于控股,从事任何实质性的经营或商业活动,包括但不限于成立任何子公司或收购任何人;规定在任何情况下都应允许下列及任何附带活动:(I)其对借款人股权的所有权,以及随之而来的活动,包括支付与该股权相关的股息和其他金额,(Ii)其合法存在的维持(包括产生与该维持相关的费用、成本和开支的能力),(Iii)履行其与贷款文件和任何其他文件有关的债务义务,(Iv)公开发行其普通股或任何其他发行或出售其合格股权,(V)因遵从经修订的《1933年证券法令》及《1934年交易所法令》的条文而附带引起的任何活动、根据该等法令颁布的任何规则及规例,以及适用于持有上市股本或债务证券的公司的其他司法管辖区的相类法律及规例及证券交易所规则,以及附带于投资者关系、股东会议及向股东或债权持有人作出报告的活动;。(Vi)与公开发售有关及在公开发售完成后,对控股公司(或直接或间接母公司)普通股的初始登记和上市以及控股公司(或直接或间接母公司)作为上市公司的持续存在所必需或合理建议或附带的活动,(Vii)遵守适用电缆法所需的活动,(Vii)


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,(Ix)(如适用)以综合控股集团成员及借款人的身份参与税务、会计及其他行政事宜,(X)持有任何现金或现金等价物,(Xi)作出本协议所准许的任何限制性付款或投资,(Xii)与高级管理人员及董事订立雇佣协议及其他安排,包括向高级管理人员及董事提供赔偿,(Xiii)设立及维持银行账户,(Xiv)在本协议所允许的范围内取得及支付管理、顾问、投资银行及顾问服务的任何费用及开支,(Xv)履行其根据与赞助商达成的任何管理协议承担的义务,以及(Xvi)与上述有关的任何附带或合理相关的活动。第八条违约事件和救济第8.01节。违约事件。自截止日期起及之后发生的下列任何情况均构成违约事件(“违约事件”):(A)不付款。任何贷款方未能支付(I)任何贷款的本金金额,或(Ii)任何贷款本金到期后五个工作日内,任何贷款的利息或根据本协议或就任何其他贷款文件应支付的任何费用或其他金额;或(B)特定的契诺。若借款人或任何受限附属公司未能履行或遵守(I)第6.03(A)条、第6.05(A)条(仅与控股公司及借款人有关)、第6.16条、第6.17条或第VII条(第7.11条除外)或(Ii)第7.11条中的任何条款、契诺或协议;但第7.11条中的契诺须根据第8.04节予以补救;此外,第(Ii)款下的违约事件不应构成循环信贷融资以外的任何贷款的违约事件,除非及直至所需循环贷款人(X)宣布循环信贷融资项下的所有未偿还债务立即到期及须予支付或(Y)终止循环信贷承诺,每种情况均符合本条款的规定;或(C)其他违约行为。任何借款方未能履行或遵守第8.01(A)、(B)或(D)节所载的任何贷款文件中应履行或遵守的任何其他约定或协议,且在借款人收到行政代理的书面通知后30天内仍未履行或遵守;或(D)陈述和担保。任何贷款方在本合同中、在任何其他贷款文件中、或在要求与本文件或相关文件一起交付的任何文件中作出或被视为作出的任何陈述、保证、证明或事实陈述,在作出或被视为作出时,应在任何重要方面是不正确的(或,就任何有关“重要性”、“重大不利影响”或类似语言的陈述和保证而言,应在任何方面是不正确的);或[-163-(E)交叉默认。任何贷款方或任何受限制附属公司(A)未能在到期时(无论是按预定到期日、规定的预付款、提速、催缴或其他方式)就任何未偿还本金总额不低于最低限额的债务(本协议项下的债务除外)支付任何款项,且在适用的宽限期(如果有的话)过后仍未偿还,或(B)未能遵守或履行与任何此类债务有关的任何其他协议或条件,或发生任何其他事件(由掉期债务组成的债务除外,根据该等掉期合约的条款而发生的终止事件或同等事件,而非因任何贷款方在该等合约下的任何违约所致),该违约或其他事件的后果会导致或容许该等债务的持有人(或代表该持有人或持有人或受益人的受托人或代理人)导致(如有需要,在交付任何通知后,以及在任何豁免、修订、补救或宽限期生效后),并在有需要时发出通知,使该等债务到期或被回购、预付、作废或赎回(自动或以其他方式),或提出回购,在规定的到期日之前,提前偿还、取消或赎回这类债务;本条款(B)不适用于(I)因自愿出售或转让担保该等债务的财产或资产而到期的有担保债务(如该等债务是根据本条例出售或转让的),(Ii)任何债务,而该债务的持有人在该等债务不获偿付或不支付或不履行与该债务有关的义务时,唯一的补救办法或选择是选择将该等债务转换为合资格股权及现金以代替零碎股份,及(Iii)如属负债,则其持有人可选择将其转换为合资格股权,自上述转换发生之日起及之后发生的债务;此外,只要该欠债的持有人当时未予补救或未获豁免;或。(F)破产法律程序等。除根据本协议以其他方式提出的任何解除债务外,任何贷款方或任何重大附属公司根据任何债务人救济法发起或同意提起任何程序,或为债权人的利益进行一般转让,或无法以书面形式承认其无力偿还到期债务,或普遍未能在到期时偿付债务;或申请或同意为其指定任何接管人、受托人、保管人、财产保管人、清盘人、恢复人、管理人、行政接管人或类似人员,或为其全部或任何重要部分提供支持;或任何接管人、受托人、保管人、财产保管人、清盘人、康复管理人、管理人、行政接管人或类似官员未经上述人士申请或同意而获委任,且该项委任继续未获解除或中止60个历日;或根据任何债务人救济法提起的与任何上述人士或其全部或实质全部财产有关的任何诉讼,未经上述人士同意而提起,并连续60个历日未予解雇或未被搁置,或在任何此类诉讼中登录了济助令;或(G)判决。对任何贷款方或任何受限制附属公司作出最终判决或命令,要求其支付总额超过最低金额的款项(在(I)保险人不拒绝承保的独立第三方保险或(Ii)另一种信誉良好的保险(由所需贷款人和行政代理人合理确定)的范围内);并且该判决或命令不得在连续60天的上诉期间内得到履行、腾空、解除、暂停或担保;或(H)贷款文件无效。贷款文件的任何实质性规定,在其签署和交付后的任何时间,由于本合同项下或本合同项下明确允许的以外的任何原因(包括第7.04或7.05条允许的交易的结果),或由于行政代理或任何贷款人的作为或不作为,或由于对所有债务(现金管理债务、与有担保的对冲协议有关的尚未到期和应付的债务、尚未到期的债务和尚未到期的或有担保的信用证除外)的全部清偿,不再完全有效和有效;或任何贷款方以书面形式质疑任何贷款文件的任何规定的有效性或可执行性,或任何贷款方以书面形式否认其在任何贷款文件项下负有任何或进一步的责任或义务(除非是由于全额偿还债务(不按照其条款)和终止总承诺额),或声称以书面撤销或撤销任何贷款文件(不按照其条款);或]; (b) [-164-(I)控制权的变更。发生控制权变更;或(J)抵押品文件。任何抵押品文件交付后,对于任何理由(根据其条款,包括作为本协议不禁止的交易的结果),应停止创建有效和完善的留置权,抵押品文件要求对据称涵盖的抵押品的任何实质性部分的担保权益优先,但受第7.01节允许的留置权的限制。除非根据任何贷款文件或由于行政代理未能主要持有实际交付给它的代表抵押品文件下质押的证券或本票的证书或本票,或未能提交统一商法典延续声明而需要任何此类完善或优先事项;或(K)保证。Xi条款所载对任何担保人的任何担保,应因任何原因停止在任何实质性方面完全有效,但第11.09节所规定的或任何贷款方或该借款方的任何关联公司所主张的除外;或(L)ERISA。(I)发生ERISA事件,而该事件已导致或可合理预期会导致贷款方或受限制附属公司的责任,而该责任可合理地预期会产生重大不利影响,或(Ii)贷款方、任何受限制附属公司或任何ERISA联属公司在任何适用宽限期届满后未能在任何适用的宽限期届满后,就其根据多雇主计划根据ERISA第4201条承担的提款责任支付任何分期付款,而合理地预期会产生重大不利影响。第8.02节。违约情况下的补救措施。如果任何违约事件发生并仍在继续,行政代理可以,并应所需贷款人的请求,采取下列任何或所有行动:(A)宣布每个贷款人提供贷款的承诺以及L/C贷款人终止L/C信用展期的任何义务,该承诺和义务即告终止;(B)宣布所有未偿还贷款的未偿还本金、所有应计和未支付的利息,以及根据本协议或任何其他贷款文件所欠或应付的所有其他款项立即到期和应付,而无需提示、要求、拒付或其他任何形式的通知,借款人在此明确免除所有这些债务(在适用法律允许的范围内);(C)要求借款人将L/C债务抵押(数额相当于当时未偿还债务的103%);(D)代表自身和贷款人行使其和贷款人根据贷款文件或适用法律可享有的一切权利和补救办法;(E)仅就第8.01(B)(Ii)节(“财务契约违约事件”)下未治愈或未被免除的违约事件而言,只要合规日期继续有效,所需的循环贷款人即可(X)终止循环信贷承诺和/或(Y)就循环信贷承诺、循环信贷贷款和信用证采取第8.02(A)、(B)、(C)和(D)节规定的行动;以及(F)仅就持续发生的财务契约违约事件而言,所需循环贷款人可自所需循环贷款人终止循环信贷承诺并加速循环信贷承诺的所有债务之日起及之后采取第8.02(A)、(B)和(D)节规定的行动;但在下列情况下,所要求的贷款人不得采取此类行动:(I)已全额偿还循环信贷贷款(现金管理债务、与有担保对冲协议有关的尚未到期和应付的债务、尚未到期的或有债务以及现金抵押或担保信用证除外)]165--或(2)所需的循环贷款人或所需的贷款人放弃了《财务公约》违约事件;但一旦发生第8.01(F)节所述的任何事件(但不影响第8.01(F)节规定的任何宽限期(非自愿破产的宽限期除外)),就持有公司或借款人而言,根据美国破产法或任何债务救济法,每个贷款人发放贷款的义务和L/C发行人进行L/C信用展期的任何义务应自动终止。所有未偿还贷款的本金以及上述所有利息和其他款项将自动到期并支付,借款人将上述L/信用证债务变现的义务自动生效,在任何情况下,行政代理或任何贷款人均不再采取进一步行动。尽管本合同有任何相反规定(包括第8.01节)或任何其他贷款文件,行政代理或被要求的贷款人都不能就第8.01(B)、(C)或(D)项下的任何违约或违约事件采取本美国证券交易委员会第8.02条所述的任何行动或违约事件(关于第7.11节的任何违约或违约事件除外)、(C)或(D)因在该日期前两年以上向行政代理人和贷款人公开报告或以其他方式披露的任何行为或事件而导致的任何行为或事件。第8.03节。资金的运用。在行使第8.02节规定的补救措施后(或在贷款已自动到期并应立即支付,并且第8.02节的但书规定已自动要求L/C债务以现金作抵押之后),行政代理人应按下列顺序(在适用法律强制性规定允许的最大范围内)运用因该债务而收到的任何款项:第一,支付构成费用、赔偿、费用和其他金额(本金和利息除外)的债务部分。但包括根据第10.04条支付的律师费和根据第三条应支付的金额)以行政代理人或附属代理人的身份支付的;第二,全额支付无资金参与(如此申请的金额将根据任何此类分配日期欠他们的无资金参与的金额,在LC发行人之间按比例分配);第三,支付构成费用、赔偿和以本条款规定的贷款人身份向贷款人支付的债务的部分,本金和利息除外(包括根据第10.04条应支付的律师费和根据第三条应支付的金额),按比例按比例支付给它们;第四,支付构成贷款和L/C借款的应计利息和未付利息的债务部分,以及根据现金管理义务或有担保对冲协议应支付的任何费用、保费和预定的定期付款,按比例在担保各方之间按比例支付第四款所述的相应金额;第五,支付构成贷款和L信用证借款未付本金的那部分债务(包括对L信用证未提取金额构成的L信用证债务的部分进行现金抵押),以及根据现金管理义务或有担保的对冲协议按比例在担保各方之间按比例支付的任何毁损、终止或其他付款;第六,偿付贷款当事人在该日到期并应支付给行政代理人和其他担保当事人的所有其他债务,按比例根据该日欠行政代理人和其他担保伙伴的所有此类担保债务的相应数额计算;以及


-166--最后,在所有当时赚取的、到期的和应付的债务全部付清、付给借款人或法律另有规定后的余额。根据第2.03(C)款的规定,根据上文第五款规定,用于兑现信用证未提取总金额的金额应用于支付信用证项下发生的提款。如果在所有信用证全部提取或期满后,仍有任何金额作为现金抵押品存放,则剩余金额应按上述顺序用于其他债务(如果有),如果没有未偿还的债务,则按适用情况或任何债权人间协议的其他要求,支付给借款人。尽管有上述规定,从任何贷款方收到的金额不得用于该借款方的任何除外互换义务。第8.04节。借款人的偿还权。尽管美国证券交易委员会第8.01节或第8.02节有任何相反规定:(A)为了确定第7.11节下的违约事件是否已经发生,借款人可以在一次或多次情况下指定出售或发行持有的合格股权所得的现金净收益的任何部分,或在每种情况下,在成交日期后向借款人提供的任何现金贡献(“偿付金额”),作为适用会计季度综合EBITDA的增加;但条件是(A)借款人在该财政季度结束后且在需要就该适用的财政季度(“治愈到期日”)处置财务报表之日后第15个营业日或该日之前实际收到该等金额,以及(Ii)不超过截至该日期根据第7.11节为补救任何违约事件所需的总金额,以及(B)借款人应已向行政代理人发出通知(“补救意向通知”),表明该等金额被指定为“补救金额”(不言而喻,只要该通知是在交付适用期间的合规证书之前提供的,被指定为补救金额的此类现金净收益的金额可能低于通知范围的规定,即根据第7.11节补救任何违约事件所需的金额少于该最初指定金额的全额)。补救金额应添加到适用会计季度的合并EBITDA中,并包括在包括该会计季度的任何测试期中。(B)双方特此确认,除用于确定实际遵守第7.11条的情况外,不得依据本第8.04条计算任何财务比率,并且不得导致对任何金额(包括累计信贷、负债(除第8.04(D)(Ii)条所述除外)、总资产、综合第一留置权债务、综合担保债务或综合总债务、综合第一留置权净杠杆率、综合担保净杠杆率、除上文第8.04(A)节所述的综合EBITDA金额外,综合总净杠杆率或本协议项下净杠杆或债务的任何其他计算,不得计入以阻止定价、强制性预付款以及根据第VII条下的任何公约允许的可获得性或金额的目的。(C)为进一步执行上文第8.04(A)节,(I)借款人实际收到并指定赔偿金额后,第7.11节下的契诺应被视为追溯治愈,其效力与该第7.11节下的契诺没有得到遵守的效力相同,并且第7.11节下的任何违约事件或潜在违约事件应被视为未在贷款文件中发生,以及(Ii)行政代理或任何贷款人在收到补救意向通知后,不得根据第7.11节下的任何实际或声称的违约事件行使第8.02节(或任何其他贷款文件)下的任何权利或补救措施,直至且除非发生了补救到期日而未收到赔偿金额。(D)(I)在连续四个会计季度的每个期间,应至少有两个会计季度不行使第8.04节规定的救济权,以及(Ii)不得以补偿金额形式减少债务(直接或通过现金净额),以确定-


-167-为支付此类赔偿金额的会计季度遵守第7.11条。非--除上述规定外,在借款人收到偿付金额之前,借款人不得进行任何循环信贷借款。(E)在设施使用期间,不能超过五个财政季度行使第8.04节规定的治愈权。第九条行政代理人和其他代理人第9.01条。委任及监督。(A)每一贷款人和L/C发行人在此不可撤销地指定高盛美国银行代表其作为本协议项下和其他贷款文件项下的行政代理,并授权行政代理代表其采取本协议或本协议条款授予行政代理的行动和行使其权力,以及合理附带或相关的行动和权力。第IX条的规定(第9.01、9.06和9.09至9.12节除外)仅用于行政代理、贷款人和L/信用证发行人的利益,任何贷款方都无权作为第三方受益人享有任何此类规定的权利。双方理解并同意,本文或任何其他贷款文件(或任何类似术语)中所使用的“代理人”一词,指的是行政代理人,并不意味着任何适用法律的机关文件项下产生的任何信托或其他默示(或明示)义务。相反,这一术语是作为市场惯例使用的,其目的只是为了创造或反映独立缔约各方之间的行政关系。(B)行政代理也应充当贷款文件中的“抵押品代理”,每一贷款人(包括以潜在对冲银行的身份)和L/C发行人在此不可撤销地指定并授权行政代理作为该贷款人和L/C发行人的代理人,以获取、持有和执行任何贷款方为担保任何担保债务而授予的抵押品的任何和所有留置权,以及合理附带的权力和酌情决定权。在此关系中,作为“抵押品代理人”的行政代理人,以及行政代理人根据第9.05节为持有或执行根据抵押品文件授予的抵押品(或其任何部分)的任何留置权,或在行政代理人的指示下行使抵押品的任何权利和补救而指定的任何协理代理人、分代理人和事实上的代理人,应有权享有本条第九条和第十条(包括第一百零五条第二款)的所有规定的利益,即使这些共同代理人,次级代理人和代理律师是贷款文件中的“抵押品代理人”,就好像在本文件中详细说明了这一点。在不限制上述一般性的情况下,贷款人在此明确授权行政代理(I)按照本协议和抵押品文件的规定并根据本协议和抵押品文件的规定,签署与抵押品(包括与抵押品有关的任何修订、补充、修改或合并)和有担保当事人关于抵押品的任何和所有文件(包括免除和债权人间协议),并确认并同意任何代理人的任何此类行动应对贷款人具有约束力,(Ii)在所需贷款人的指示下,谈判、强制执行或解决影响贷款人的任何索赔、诉讼或程序,强制执行或和解将对每个贷款人具有约束力。为免生疑问,应授权行政代理订立其认为合理的任何债权人间协议。第9.02节。作为贷款人的权利。担任本协议项下行政代理的人应享有与任何其他贷款人相同的权利和权力,并可行使相同的权利和权力,如同它不是行政代理一样;除非另有明确说明或文意另有所指,否则“贷款人”一词应包括以个人身份担任本协议项下的行政代理的人。该等人士及其联营公司可接受来自控股或其任何附属公司或其他联营公司的存款、向其提供贷款、担任财务顾问或担任任何其他顾问职务,以及一般与该等附属公司或其任何附属公司从事任何类型的业务,犹如该等人士并非本协议项下的行政代理,并无责任向贷款人作出任何交代。


-168-第9.03节。免责条款。除本合同及其他贷款文件中明确规定的义务外,行政代理人不承担任何职责或义务。在不限制前述一般性的原则下,行政代理:(A)不应承担任何受托责任或其他默示责任,无论违约是否已经发生并仍在继续;(B)不应承担采取任何酌情行动或行使任何酌情决定权的任何责任,但本协议明确规定的或行政代理按所需贷款人(或本文件或其他贷款文件中明确规定的其他贷款人数量或百分比)要求其行使的裁量权利和权力除外;但不得要求行政代理人采取其认为或其律师认为可能(I)使行政代理人承担责任,或与任何贷款文件或适用法律相抵触,或(Ii)违反任何债务救济法下的自动中止,或可能违反任何债务救济法没收、修改或终止违约贷款人的财产的任何行动;(C)除本文和其他贷款文件中明确规定外,没有任何义务披露任何与控股公司或其任何关联公司有关的信息,也不对未能披露该信息负责,该信息是以任何身份传达给担任行政代理的人或其任何关联公司或由其任何关联公司获得的;(D)对于(I)经所需贷款人的同意或请求(或在第10.01和8.02节规定的情况下必要的其他数目或百分比的贷款人,或行政代理善意相信是必要的其他数目或百分比的贷款人)或(Ii)在有管辖权的法院在最终和不可上诉的判决中裁定其本身没有严重疏忽或故意不当行为的情况下采取或不采取的任何行动,行政代理概不负责。除非控股公司、贷款人或L/信用证发行人向管理代理发出描述该违约的书面通知,否则管理代理应被视为不知道任何违约;及(E)不负责或有责任确定或查究(I)在本协议或任何其他贷款文件内或与本协议或任何其他贷款文件有关的任何陈述、保证或陈述,(Ii)根据本协议或根据本协议或与本协议或与本协议有关而交付的任何证书、报告或其他文件的内容,(Iii)履行或遵守本协议或其中所载的任何契诺、协议或其他条款或条件,或任何违约的发生,(Iv)本协议、任何其他贷款文件或任何其他协议的有效性、可执行性、有效性或真实性,(V)任何抵押品的价值或充分性,或(Vi)满足第四条或本协议其他规定的任何条件,但确认收到明确要求交付给行政代理的物品除外。第9.04节。管理代理的依赖。行政代理应有权信赖其真诚地相信是真实的、并已由适当的人签署、发送或以其他方式认证的任何通知、请求、证书、同意、声明、指示、文件或其他文字(包括任何电子信息、因特网或内联网网站张贴或其他分发),且不会因此而承担任何责任。行政代理也可以依靠口头或通过电话向其作出的任何陈述,并被其真诚地认为是由适当的人所作的陈述,并且不因依赖而招致任何责任。在确定是否符合本协议项下的任何贷款条件,或开立、展期、续展或增加信用证的任何条件时,除非行政代理在发放贷款或签发、展期或增加信用证之前已收到该贷款人或L/信用证发票人的相反通知,否则行政代理可推定该条件符合贷款人或L/信用证出票人满意的条件。行政代理可以咨询法律顾问(可能是借款人的律师)、独立会计师和由其选定的其他专家,并对其按照任何此类律师、会计师或专家的建议采取或不采取的任何行动不负责任。


-169-第9.05节。委派职责。行政代理可以通过或通过行政代理指定的任何一个或多个子代理履行其在本协议或任何其他贷款文件项下的任何和所有职责,并行使其权利和权力。行政代理和任何此类次级代理可以通过或通过其各自的关联方履行其任何和所有职责,并行使其权利和权力。本条第九条的免责条款应适用于任何此类次级代理以及行政代理和任何此类次级代理的关联方,并应适用于他们各自与本条款规定的信贷融资的辛迪加有关的活动以及作为行政代理的活动。行政代理人不对任何次级代理人的疏忽或不当行为负责,除非有管辖权的法院在不可上诉的最终判决中裁定行政代理人在挑选次级代理人时存在严重疏忽或故意不当行为。第9.06节。行政代理的辞职。行政代理可以随时向出借人、L信用证发行人和借款人发出辞职通知。根据第8.01(A)条或第8.01(F)条规定的违约事件的持续期间(借款人的同意不得被无理拒绝、附加条件或延迟),在收到任何此类撤销通知后,经借款人同意,所需贷款人有权指定继任者,该继任者应是在美国设有办事处的银行,或在美国设有办事处的任何此类银行的附属公司。06. 在接受继任者作为本协议项下的行政代理人的任命后,该继任者将继承并被赋予退休者的所有权利、权力、特权和义务(或退休)行政代理人,退休的行政代理人应被解除其在本文件项下或其他贷款文件项下的所有职责和义务(如果尚未按照本第9.06条的规定解除)。 除非借款人与该继任者另有协议,否则借款人应支付给继任者的费用应与支付给其前任的费用相同。在退役行政代理人根据本条例及其他贷款文件辞职后,就退役行政代理人在担任行政代理人期间所采取或遗漏采取的任何行动而言,本条第IX条及第10.04及10.05节的规定应继续有效,以使该退任行政代理人、其子代理人及其各自的关联方受益。高盛美国银行根据第9.06节的规定辞去行政代理一职,也应构成高盛贷款有限责任公司辞去L/C发行人和摆动额度贷款机构的职务,在这种情况下,高盛贷款伙伴有限责任公司(X)不再需要根据本条款签发任何信用证,(Y)应保留其作为L/C发行人和摆动额度贷款机构就其发放的任何信用证或摆动额度贷款的所有权利。在辞职之日之前,只要与该信用证或周转额度贷款有关的任何L/信用证债务仍未清偿,且未按照本合同条款以现金抵押品。


-170-第9.07节。不依赖于管理代理和其他贷款人。每一贷款人和L/信用证发行人均承认,其已在不依赖行政代理的情况下,根据其认为适当的文件和信息,在不依赖行政代理的情况下,由本协议或任何其他贷款人或其任何关联方证明的任何信贷安排人作出了自己的信用分析和决定,以订立本协议。每一贷款人和L/信用证发行人也承认,其将根据其认为适当的文件和信息(可能包含关于贷款方及其关联方的美国证券法所指的重大、非公开信息),在不依赖行政代理的情况下,独立地、不依赖于行政代理、任何其他贷款人或其关联方所证明的信贷安排安排者,继续根据本协议采取或不采取行动作出自己的决定。任何其他贷款文件或任何相关协议,或根据本协议或根据本协议提供的任何文件,并在决定是否或在何种程度上继续作为贷款人或在何种程度上转让或以其他方式转让其在本协议项下的权利、权益和义务。第9.08节。除适用的行政代理、抵押品代理、贷款人、摆动额度贷款人或L/信用证发行人外,本协议或任何其他贷款文件中列出的任何代理均不具有本协议或任何其他贷款文件项下的任何权力、责任或责任。除(I)本协议明确规定的或(Ii)适用于所有贷款人的义务、责任、责任或义务外,在本协议的对页或签名页上标识为“联合牵头安排人”或“联合簿记管理人”的贷款人或其他个人均不承担本协议项下的任何义务、责任、责任或义务,但仅限于以贷款人的身份行事。第9.09节。行政代理人可提交申索证明。在根据任何债务人救济法或任何其他司法程序对任何贷款方提起的诉讼悬而未决的情况下,行政代理(无论任何贷款、周转额度贷款或L/C债务的本金是否如本文所述或以声明或其他方式到期并应支付,也不论行政代理是否应向借款人提出任何要求)有权并有权通过干预或其他方式:(A)就所欠贷款的全部本金和利息提出并证明索赔,L/信用证债务和所有其他尚未偿付的担保债务,并提交必要或适当的其他文件,以便对贷款人、摆动额度贷款人、L/信用证发行人和行政代理提出索赔(包括对贷款人、摆动额度贷款人、L/信用证发行人和行政代理人及其各自的代理人和律师的合理赔偿、支出、支出和垫款的任何索赔,以及美国证券交易委员会第2.03(H)、2.03(I)条项下应付贷款人、摆动额度贷款人、L/信用证发行人和行政代理处的所有其他款项,2.09、10.04和10.05);及(B)收取及收取就任何该等索偿而须支付或可交付的任何款项或其他财产,并将其分发;而任何此类司法诉讼中的托管人、接管人、受让人、受托人、清算人、扣押人或其他类似官员,均获各贷款人、周转贷款机构和L/信用证发行人授权向行政代理支付此类款项,如果行政代理同意直接向贷款人和L/C发行人支付此类款项,则向行政代理支付行政代理及其代理人和律师的合理补偿、费用、支出和垫款的任何到期金额,以及第2.09、10.04和10.05节规定的行政代理应支付的任何其他金额。本协议中包含的任何内容不得被视为授权行政代理代表任何贷款人、摆动贷款机构或L/C发行人授权、同意、接受或采纳任何影响贷款机构、摆动贷款机构或L/C发行人的义务或权利的重组、安排、调整或重组计划,或授权行政代理机构就任何贷款人、摆动贷款机构或L/C发行人的索赔或在任何此类诉讼中投票。第9.10节。抵押品和担保很重要。每一贷款人在此同意,任何票据的持票人在接受任何票据时,将被视为同意,除非本合同另有规定,否则行政代理、抵押品代理或被要求的贷款人根据本


-171-协议或抵押品文件,行政代理、抵押品代理或被要求的贷款人行使本协议或其中规定的权力,以及其他合理附带的权力,应经授权并对所有贷款人具有约束力。现授权行政代理和抵押代理中的每一位代表所有贷款人,不时就任何抵押品或抵押品文件采取任何必要的行动,而无需向任何贷款人发出任何通知或进一步发送该等抵押品或抵押品文件,以建立、完善和维持根据抵押品文件授予的抵押品的完美担保权益和留置权。每一贷款人都不可撤销地授权行政代理人和抵押品代理人各自行使其选择权和全权酌情决定权:(A)为贷款人和其他担保当事人的利益,为贷款人和其他担保当事人的利益,为贷款人并代表贷款人签订和签署抵押品文件;(B)在下列情况下自动解除对根据任何贷款文件授予行政代理人或行政代理人持有的任何财产的留置权:(I)终止所有担保债务(现金管理债务、与有担保对冲协议有关的尚未到期和应支付的债务、尚未到期的或有债务以及现金抵押或支持信用证除外)和所有信用证到期或终止时(已以现金作抵押的信用证除外,或已向行政代理人和适用的L/信用证发行人作出其他合理令其满意的安排的信用证除外);(Ii)在受该留置权管辖的财产被出售或转让时,或作为本协议或任何其他贷款文件所允许的对非贷款方的任何处置的一部分或与该处置有关的一部分而出售或转让时,(Iii)在被要求的贷款人批准、授权或书面批准解除该留置权的情况下,或(Iv)如果受该留置权管辖的财产由担保人所有,则在该担保人根据第9.10(D)节解除其担保义务时,符合第10.01条的规定;(C)将根据任何贷款文件授予或由行政代理持有的任何财产上的任何留置权从属于另一项留置权:(I)允许存在于此类财产上,(Ii)明确允许优先于本协议下担保各方的留置权;以及(D)如果担保人不再是受限制的附属公司或因本协议允许的交易或指定而成为被排除的附属公司,则解除其在担保下的义务;但如该担保人继续担任任何信贷协议再融资债务、任何次级融资或根据第7.03(V)节产生的任何债务的担保人,则不会发生上述解除。如果行政代理人在任何时候提出要求,所需的贷款人应书面确认行政代理人有权放弃或从属于其对特定类型或项目的财产的权益,或根据本第9.10节免除任何担保人在担保下的义务。在本第9.10节规定的每一种情况下,行政代理将(以及每一贷款人不可撤销地授权行政代理)根据贷款文件和本第9.10节的规定,根据贷款文件的条款和本第9.10节的规定,签署并向适用的借款方提交贷款方合理要求的文件,以证明该抵押品项目已从转让和担保权益中解除,或证明该担保人已被解除其在担保项下的义务。双方承认并同意,行政代理机构可就第9.10节和第11.09节中所述的任何事项(包括其在本条款和本条款下的权限)最终依赖任何贷款方向其提供的证书或类似文书,而无需进一步询问或调查,该证书应由贷款方在提出合理请求后交付给行政代理机构。第9.11节。现金管理债务和有担保的对冲协议。除非本协议另有明文规定,或在任何担保或任何抵押品文件中另有明文规定,否则任何对冲银行不得知悉任何行动,或同意、指示或反对根据本协议或任何其他贷款文件或以其他方式就抵押品(包括任何抵押品的解除或减值)采取的任何行动,但以贷款人的身份并在此情况下仅限于在本协议明文规定的范围内。


-172-贷款文件。尽管本条第九条有任何其他相反的规定,除非行政代理人已从适用的对冲银行收到关于该等担保债务的书面通知以及行政代理人可能要求的证明文件,否则行政代理人不应被要求核实现金管理债务和有担保对冲协议项下的担保债务的支付情况,或已就该等债务作出其他令人满意的安排。对冲银行特此授权行政代理签订任何债权人间协议、本协议允许的任何其他债权人间协议以及与此相关的任何修订、修改、补充或合并,任何此类债权人间协议或其他债权人间协议对对冲银行具有约束力。第9.12节。代扣代缴税金。在任何适用法律要求的范围内,行政代理可以扣留相当于任何适用预扣税的金额,不向任何贷款人支付任何款项。如果美国国税局或美国或其他司法管辖区的任何其他税务机关声称,行政代理机构因任何原因(包括但不限于,因为适当的表格没有交付或没有正确执行,或者因为该贷款机构没有通知行政代理机构情况的变化,导致免税或预扣税减少无效,或者如果行政代理机构向任何贷款人支付了任何款项,但没有从该付款中扣除适用的预扣税),没有适当地从任何贷款人的账户中扣缴税款,则该贷款人应在提出书面要求后10天内,赔偿行政代理并使其不受损害(只要借款人尚未根据美国证券交易委员会第3.01和3.04条偿还行政代理,并且不限制或扩大借款人这样做的义务),赔偿行政代理直接或间接支付的所有税款或其他费用,以及产生的所有费用,包括法律费用和任何其他自付费用,无论此类税款是否由相关政府当局正确或合法地提出或主张。由行政代理交付给任何贷款人的关于此类付款金额或责任的证明,在没有明显错误的情况下,应是决定性的。每一贷款人在此授权行政代理在任何时候抵销和使用本协议或任何其他贷款文件项下欠该贷款人的任何和所有金额,抵销行政代理根据本第9.12节应支付的任何金额。在行政代理人辞职和/或替换、贷款人进行任何权利转让或替换以及偿还、清偿或履行所有其他义务后,本第9.12节中的协议应继续有效。第十条杂项第10.01节。修订等除本协议另有规定外,对本协议或任何其他贷款文件的任何条款的任何修改或放弃,以及任何贷款方对其任何偏离的同意,除非由所需的贷款人(或经所需的贷款人同意,由行政代理签署)以书面形式签署,否则无效(以下第10.01(A)至(H)节所述的任何修改或豁免除外,该条款只需征得本协议明确规定的贷款人和适用贷款方的同意)(如果不是贷款人,应立即将签署的副本送交行政代理),而每项该等放弃或同意只在给予的特定情况下及就所给予的特定目的有效;但任何该等修订、豁免或同意不得:(A)未经持有该承诺的每一贷款人的书面同意,延长或增加该贷款人的承诺(应理解,放弃第4.01或4.02节所述的任何先决条件,或放弃任何违约、违约事件、强制性提前还款或强制减少任何承诺,均不构成此类延期或增加);(B)分别推迟第2.07、2.08或2.09条规定的本金(包括最终到期日)、利息或费用的任何付款日期,而未经每一贷款人的书面同意而直接和不利地受其影响(有一项理解,即放弃(或修改)任何强制预付贷款或借款人按违约率支付利息的任何义务、任何违约或违约事件、强制预付款项或强制减少任何承诺


-173-不构成任何预定支付本金或利息日期的推迟,还应理解,对“综合第一留置权净杠杆率”、“综合担保净杠杆率”或“综合总净杠杆率”的定义或其构成部分的任何更改不应构成此类预定付款的推迟);(C)降低或免除任何贷款或L/信用证借款的本金或本文规定的利率,或改变借款的币种,或(除紧接下文第(H)款之后的本条款10.01但书第(Iv)款的规定外)根据本条款或根据任何其他贷款文件应支付的任何预付款罚款或保险费或其他金额(或延长该等预付款罚款或保险费的支付时间,费用或其他金额)未经每一贷款人的书面同意而受到直接和不利影响(有一项理解,即:(I)免除(或修改)借款人以违约率支付利息的任何义务、任何强制性提前偿还贷款或强制减少任何承诺或任何违约或违约事件不应构成此种减少,而且还应理解:(Ii)对“综合第一留置权净杠杆率”定义的任何改变,“”综合担保净杠杆率“或”综合总净杠杆率“或其组成部分的定义不应构成任何利率的降低或免除);(D)未经各贷款人书面同意,更改第2.12(A)、2.13或8.03节的任何规定或“按比例分摊份额”的定义,以任何方式改变按比例分摊付款或按比例分摊所需的其他金额,而不征得各贷款人的书面同意;但对第2.12(A)、2.13或8.03节或“按比例分配股份”(X)的定义的修改,仅为允许控股公司或借款人根据任何递增修正案或任何延期修正案,根据第10.07节(L)或(Y)回购定期贷款,在每种情况下,只需获得所需贷款人的批准(在其他情况下需要任何此类批准);(E)更改(I)本第10.01条的任何规定或(Ii)“规定的贷款人”或“规定的循环贷款人”的定义或任何其他规定,该规定规定贷款人的数目或根据贷款文件采取任何行动以减少其中所列百分比所需的贷款或承诺的部分,而未经各贷款人的书面同意(有一项理解,即在征得所需贷款人(如另有要求)或行政代理人(如非经所需贷款人同意)同意的情况下),在确定所需贷款人时,可按照与定期承诺或循环信贷承诺基本相同的基础(视适用情况而定),包括根据本协议进行的额外信贷延长;(F)除第7.04或7.05节允许的交易外,未经各贷款人书面同意,擅自转让或免除任何交易或一系列相关交易中的全部或几乎所有抵押品;。(G)未经各贷款人书面同意,转让或免除担保人提供的全部或基本上所有担保的价值;。或(H)影响持有某一特定类别的贷款或承诺的贷款人(但不影响持有任何其他类别的贷款或承诺的贷款人)的权利或义务,而未经受影响类别的贷款人书面同意,如该类别的贷款人是唯一类别的贷款人,则须同意该百分比的利息;此外,(I)任何修改、放弃或同意,除非由除上述要求的贷款人之外的各L/信用证出票人以书面形式签署,否则不得对L/信用证出票人在本协议项下的权利或义务产生不利影响,或对与其签发或将出具的任何信用证有关的任何信用证申请产生不利影响;(Ii)除非由除上述要求的贷款人外的回旋贷款机构以书面形式签署,否则任何修改、放弃或同意不得影响该回旋放款机构在本协议项下的权利或义务;但是,只要不影响转借信用贷款人的义务,本协议可以修改,以调整与回旋额度贷款有关的借款机制,但须征得行政代理、回旋额度贷款人和借款人的书面同意;(Iii)除非以书面形式和[已保留]。第11.07条。持续保修。本条所称xi保证是一种持续的偿付保证,在发生时适用于所有保证义务。第11.08节。对保证义务的一般限制。在涉及任何州法人有限合伙企业或有限责任公司法,或任何适用的州、联邦或外国银行破产、破产、重组或其他影响债权人权利的法律的诉讼或程序中,如果第11.01条规定的任何附属担保人的义务因其第11.01条规定的责任金额而被认定为无效、可撤销、无效或不可强制执行,或从属于任何其他债权人的债权,则即使有任何其他相反的规定,在该附属担保人不采取任何进一步行动的情况下,该责任的数额应由任何贷款方或任何其他人承担。自动限制并减少到最高金额(在履行本担保项下的责任和第11.10节确立的分担权利之后,但在生效任何其他担保之前),该金额是有效的、可强制执行的,并且不从属于在该诉讼或程序中确定的其他债权人的债权。第11.09条。释放担保人。如果根据贷款文件的条款和条款,(I)任何附属担保人的全部或基本上所有股权被出售或以其他方式转让给在本协议允许的交易中都不是贷款方的一人或多人,或(Ii)任何替代担保人成为被排除的子公司,则该附属担保人应自动解除其在本协议(包括本协议第10.05条)和其他贷款文件下的义务,包括其根据任何抵押品文件质押和授予任何抵押品的义务,以及,只要借款人已向代理人提供任何代理人合理要求的证明或文件,行政代理人应根据抵押品文件的相关规定采取必要行动,以实施本美国证券交易委员会第11.09条所述的各项豁免。当本合同项下的所有承诺已终止,且本合同项下所有应计和应付的贷款或其他债务均已支付或清偿时(未提出索赔的或有债务、现金管理债务和尚未到期的有担保债务


-194-套期保值协议),且无任何未偿还信用证(但与其相关的有担保债务的未偿还金额已被现金抵押,或已有令适用的L/C发行人合理满意的后备信用证出具的任何信用证除外),本协议和本协议中订立的担保人将终止所有债务,但根据本协议条款在此类偿还后仍未偿还的有担保债务除外。第11.10条。供款权。各担保人在此同意,如果附属担保人支付了超过其在本协议项下支付的任何款项的比例份额,则该附属担保人有权向未按比例支付该款项的任何其他担保人寻求并接受该担保人的出资。各附属担保人的出资权应遵守第11.04节的条款和条件。第11.10节的规定在任何方面都不限制任何附属担保人对行政代理、L/信用证发行人、摆动额度贷款人和贷款人的权利和责任,每个附属担保人仍应对行政代理人、L/信用证发行人、摆动额度贷款人和贷款人承担由该附属担保人担保的全部金额的责任。第11.11条。保持良好状态。每一合格ECP担保人在此共同及个别绝对、无条件及不可撤销地承诺提供其他贷款方可能不时需要的资金或其他支持,以履行其在本担保项下与互换义务有关的所有义务(但规定,每名合资格ECP担保人仅对第11.11条规定的责任承担责任,但不履行第11.11条规定的义务,或在本担保项下,根据有关欺诈转让或欺诈性转让的适用法律可撤销的责任,不得超过任何金额)。每一位合资格的ECP担保人在本第11.11条下的义务应保持完全有效,直至本条款下的所有承诺均已终止,本条款下所有应计和应付的贷款或其他债务均已支付或清偿为止(任何有担保对冲协议项下的现金管理义务和债务除外),且没有未偿还的信用证(与其相关的未偿还金额已现金抵销的信用证,或已为其开具令适用的L/信用证发行人合理满意的支持信用证的信用证除外)。每一位合格的ECP担保人都打算就商品交易法1a(18)(A)(V)(Ii)节的所有规定,为对方贷款方的利益,构成第11.11节,且第11.11节应被视为构成的“保持良好、支持或其他协议”。


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-150- (n) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay ob- ligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; (o) (i) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice , including in respect of work- ers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability in- surance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims and (ii) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as an account party in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments or other guarantee obligations in favor of suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees, distribution part- ners or other creditors issued in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; (p) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiar- ies or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; (q) letters of credit issued in currencies not available hereunder in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $55,000,000; (r) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit; (s) Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is a non-Loan Party which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 7.03(s) does not, together with the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred by non-Loan Parties and outstanding under Section 7.03(g), exceed the greater of $550,000,000 and 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09), in each case determined at the time of incurrence; (t) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness; (u) [reserved]; (v) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party that complies with the Applicable Requirements and, if incurred pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) below, the Permitted Other Debt Conditions, subject to Section 1.08, so long as no Event of Default is continuing or would result from the incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided that: (i) if such Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu in right of security with the Obli- gations, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed an amount so long as on and as of the date of such incurrence either (A) the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09) does not exceed to 5.00:1.00 or (B) in the case of such Indebtedness incurred to consummate any Investment permit- ted under Section 7.02, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09) does not exceed the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio prior to giving effect to such Investment; (ii) if such Indebtedness is secured on a junior basis in right of security with the Ob- ligations, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed an amount so long as on and as of the date of such incurrence either (A) the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ra- tio (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09) does not exceed 5.00:1.00 or (B) in the case of such Indebtedness incurred to consummate any Investment permitted under Section 7.02, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in


-151- accordance with Section 1.09) does not exceed the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio prior to giving effect to such Investment; (iii) if such Indebtedness is unsecured, the aggregate principal amount of such In- debtedness shall not exceed an amount so long as on and as of the date of such incurrence either (A) the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09) does not exceed 6.90:1.00, (B) in the case of such Indebtedness incurred to consummate any Investment permitted under Section 7.02, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09) does not exceed the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio prior to giving effect to such Investment, (C) the Consoli- dated Interest Coverage Ratio is no less than 2.00 to 1.00 or (D) in the case of such Indebtedness incurred to consummate any Investment permitted under Section 7.02, the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09) is not less than the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio prior to giving effect to such Investment. provided that if such Indebtedness is pari passu in right of payment and with respect to security with the Initial Term Loans, the Incremental B-5-6 Dollar Term Loans, the Incremental B-4 Euro Term Loans and the Incremental B-5 Euro Term Loans and such Indebtedness is in the form of term loans (other than cus- tomary bridge loans or term loan A facilities as determined by the Borrower in good faith), the Initial Term Loans, the Incremental B-5-6 Dollar Term Loans, the Incremental B-4 Euro Term Loans and the Incremen- tal B-5 Euro Term Loans shall be subject to the “most favored nation” pricing adjustment (if applicable) set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(e)(iii) as if such Indebtedness were an Incremental Term Loan incurred under Section 2.14. For purposes of the calculations in this Section 7.03(v), (A) with respect to any Revolving Credit Commitments and any commitments under any revolving credit facility previously or simultaneously estab- lished under this Section 7.03(v), a borrowing of the maximum amount of Loans available thereunder shall be assumed and (B) to the extent the proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred under this Section 7.03(v) are used to repay Indebtedness, Pro Forma Effect shall be given to such repayment of Indebtedness; provided that the calculations in this Section 7,03(v) shall exclude cash proceeds of any borrowing of such Indebted- ness incurred under this Section 7.03(v) not applied promptly for the specified transaction in connection with the incurrence upon receipt thereof. (w) Any Permitted Refinancings of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(v); (x) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in Sections 7.03(a) through 7.03(w); (y) Indebtedness and Disqualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidi- ary in an aggregate principal amount up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower since immediately after the Closing Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or cash con- tributed to the capital of the Borrower (in each case, other than the Cure Amount, any Available Excluded Contribution Amount, or sales of Equity Interests to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit” to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses after the closing date and prior to the time of such incurrence to incur Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.03(bb), make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06(l), to make Investments pursuant to Section 7.02(v) or to make payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 7.13; (z) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor issued in lieu of Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments (and subject to clauses (i) and (v) of Section 2.14(d), the Applicable Requirements and, if secured by liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations or is unsecured, the Permitted Other Debt Conditions) consisting of one or more series of (i) secured or unsecured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures, if secured, may be secured either by Liens that are pari passu with the Liens on the Collat-


-152- eral securing the Secured Obligations or by Liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Col- lateral securing the Secured Obligations), or (ii) secured or unsecured loans (which loans, if secured, must be secured either by Liens that are pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obliga- tions or by Liens having a junior priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obli- gations) (the “Incremental Equivalent Debt”); provided that if such Incremental Equivalent Debt (other than any such Incremental Equivalent Debt that is revolving in nature) is pari passu in right of payment and with respect to security with the Initial Term Loans and such Incremental Equivalent Debt is in the form of term loans (other than customary bridge loans or term loan A facilities as determined by the Borrower in good faith), the Initial Term Loans shall be subject to the “most favored nation” pricing adjustment (if ap- plicable) set forth in the proviso to Section 2.14(e)(iii) as if such Incremental Equivalent Debt were an In- cremental Term Loan incurred under Section 2.14; (aa) Indebtedness of Securitization Subsidiaries in respect of Qualified Securitization Facili- ties; (bb) Indebtedness using the Cumulative Credit at such time; and (cc) to the extent the L/C Issuer as of the Closing Date has resigned (and there is no additional or replacement L/C Issuer under this Agreement), additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount or face amount equal to the amount of Letters of Credit no longer available to the Borrower as a result of such resignation, and in any event, at any time outstanding not to exceed $100,000,000 in respect of letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued for general cor- porate purposes minus the amount of outstanding Letters of Credit hereunder. For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of In- debtedness, the Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be cal- culated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is in- curred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable Dollar- denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased, plus the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums) and other costs and expenses (including OID) incurred in connection with such refinancing. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.03, in the event that any item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness specified herein, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, divide and classify (and may later re-divide, classify and reclassify) (including as between the Free and Clear Incremental Amount and the Incurrence-Based Incremental Amount) such Indebted- ness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above categories; provided, that (i) all Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date under the Existing Senior Secured Notes shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of this Section 7.03 (and may not later be reclassified), (ii) all Indebtedness outstanding on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date under the Senior Secured Notes shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (a)(iii) of this Section 7.03 (and may not later be reclassified) and (iii) all Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date under the Senior Unsecured Notes shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (a)(iv) of this Section 7.03 (and may not later be reclassified). The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.03. The princi- pal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Borrower dated such date pre- pared in accordance with GAAP.


-153- Section 7.04. Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Per- son, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of its as- sets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that: (a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with (A) the Borrower (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower into a new jurisdiction in the United States); provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (B) one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that when any Person that is a Loan Party is merging with a Re- stricted Subsidiary, a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person; (b) (i) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (ii) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve so long as any related Disposition is permitted by Section 7.05 and (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary may change its legal form if, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interest of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being understood that in the case of any change in legal form, a Subsidiary that is a Guarantor will remain a Guarantor unless such Guarantor is otherwise permitted to cease being a Guarantor hereun- der); (c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon volun- tary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the trans- feror in such a transaction is a Guarantor, then (i) the transferee must be a Guarantor or the Borrower or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in, or Indebt- edness of, a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Sections 7.02 and 7.03, respectively; (d) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other Person; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consoli- dation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the “Successor Company”), (A) the Successor Company shall be an entity organized or existing under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Successor Company shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Company’s obligations under the Loan Documents, (D) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have confirmed that its obligations under the Security Agree- ment and other applicable Collateral Documents shall apply to the Successor Company’s obligations under the Loan Documents, (E) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, each mortgagor of a Mort- gaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage (or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Company’s obligations under the Loan Documents, and (F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate, stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement or any Collat- eral Document comply with this Agreement; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Suc- cessor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement; provided, fur- ther, that the Borrower agrees to provide any documentation and other information about the Successor Company as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by any Lender through the Administrative Agent that such Lender shall have reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under appli- cable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including Title III of the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; (e) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, which together with each of their Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.11 and Section 6.13 to the extent required pursuant


-154- to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement; provided, further, that, subject to Section 1.08, in the case of any such merger or consolidation involving a Loan Party, no Event of Default has occurred and is continu- ing or would result therefrom; and (f) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposi- tion permitted pursuant to Section 7.05 or a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 7.06. Section 7.05. Dispositions. Make any Disposition, except: (a) Dispositions of obsolete, worn out, used or surplus property, whether now owned or here- after acquired and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b) Dispositions of inventory, goods held for sale in the ordinary course of business and im- material assets (other than the lapse or abandonment of IP Rights, which is governed by clause (r) of this Section 7.05) and termination of leases and licenses in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to a voluntary or mandatory recall of any product; (c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of similar replacement property; (d) Dispositions of property to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party, (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) if such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under Section 7.02 (other than 7.02(e) or (h)); (e) to the extent constituting Dispositions, transactions permitted by (i) Section 7.01 (other than (7.01(i), (l)(ii) or (q)), (ii) Section 7.02 (other than 7.02(e) or (m)), (iii) Section 7.04 (other than 7.04(f)) and (iv) Section 7.06 (other than 7.06(d)); (f) [reserved]; (g) Dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents; (h) (i) leases, subleases, non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license or the licensing of other IP Rights) and terminations thereof, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not, in the reasonable business judgment of the Bor- rower, materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) and (ii) Dispositions of IP Rights, and inbound and outbound licenses to IP Rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business and that, in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower, do not inter- fere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); (i) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Proceeds of such Casualty Event; (j) Dispositions of property (including sale-leaseback transactions); provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition or, if earlier, as of the date of a definitive agreement with respect to such Disposi- tion, no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and been continuing or would result from such Disposition (other than any such Disposition made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered into at a time when no such Event of Default exists), (ii) with re- spect to any Disposition pursuant to this Section 7.05(j) for a purchase price in an aggregate amount in ex- cess of the greater of $55,000,000 and 5.0% of Consolidated EBITDA individually for the most recently


-155- completed Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered (determined on a Pro Forma Ba- sis in accordance with Section 1.09) individually, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens at the time received, other than Permitted Liens); provided, however, that for the pur- poses of this clause (ii), the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Bor- rower’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable credi- tors in writing, (B) any securities received by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equiva- lents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (C) aggregate non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or the applica- ble Restricted Subsidiary having a fair market value (determined as of the closing of the applicable Dispo- sition for which such non-cash consideration is received) not to exceed the greater of $220,000,000 and 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period for which financial state- ments have been delivered (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09) at any time; and (iii) such Disposition is for fair market value as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith; (k) Dispositions of non-core assets in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or other In- vestments, which assets have a fair market value of no greater than 25% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the acquired Restricted Subsidiary for the previous four fiscal quarters; (l) (i) Dispositions or discounts without recourse of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business and (ii) receivables and related as- sets, or any disposition of the Equity Interests in a Subsidiary, all or substantially all of the assets of which are receivables and related assets, pursuant to any Qualified Securitization Facility; (m) Dispositions of property pursuant to sale-leaseback transactions; provided that to the ex- tent the aggregate Net Proceeds from all such Dispositions since the Closing Date exceeds the greater of $110,000,000 and 10.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Sec- tion 1.09), such excess shall be reinvested in accordance with the definition of “Net Proceeds” or otherwise applied to prepay Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii); (n) any swap of assets in exchange for services or other assets in the ordinary course of busi- ness of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower; (o) [reserved]; (p) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrange- ments and similar binding arrangements; (q) the unwinding or settling of any Swap Contract; (r) the lapse or abandonment in the ordinary course of business of any registrations or appli- cations for registration of any IP Rights (i) in the ordinary course of business and that, in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower, do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Bor- rower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or (ii) expiration of patents or copyrights in accord- ance with applicable statutory terms for which extension or renewal is not possible; and


-156- (s) other Dispositions in an aggregate amount of not more than the greater of $140,000,000 and 12.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period for which financial state- ments have been delivered (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09); provided that any Disposition of any property pursuant to this Section 7.05 (except pursuant to Sections 7.05(a), (d), (e), (h)(ii), (i), (l), (p), (q) and (r) and except for Dispositions from a Loan Party to any other Loan Party) shall be for no less than the fair market value of such property at the time of such Disposition as determined by the Borrower in good faith. To the extent any Collateral is sold or transferred as permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than a Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect or evidence the foregoing. Section 7.06. Restricted Payments. Make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except: (a) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Bor- rower and other Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non- wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any other Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests); (b) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other Restricted Payments payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03) of such Person (and, in the case of such a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests); (c) Restricted Payments made (i) in respect of earn-outs, working capital adjustments or pur- chase price adjustments pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investments and (ii) in order to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations in respect of any Permitted Acquisitions; (d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions permitted by, and make any distributions pursuant to, any provision of Section 7.02 (other than 7.02(e) and 7.02(m)), 7.04 (other than 7.04(f)) or 7.05 (other than 7.05(e)(iv) and 7.05(g)); (e) repurchases of Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower, any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants; (f) Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may (i) pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary (or of the Borrower or any other such direct or indirect parent thereof) held by any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of such Restricted Subsidiary (or the Borrower or any other direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) make Restricted Payments in the form of distributions to allow the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings to pay principal or interest on promissory notes that were issued to any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, lega- tees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (or Holdings or any other direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of cash payments for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of such Equity Interests held by such Persons, in each case, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or pursuant to any employee, manager or director equity plan, employee, manager or director stock option plan or any other employee,


-157- manager or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agree- ment) with any employee, director, officer or consultant of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (or Holdings or any other direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this Section 7.06(f) together with the aggre- gate amount of loans and advances to Holdings made pursuant to Section 7.02(m) in lieu of Restricted Pay- ments permitted by this Section 7.06(f) shall not exceed $100,000,000 in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to one or more succeeding calendar years up to a maxi- mum of $200,000,000 in any calendar year) carried forward to any fiscal year from preceding fiscal years); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may further be increased by an amount not to ex- ceed the Net Proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsid- iaries less the amount of Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds of such key man life insurance policies; provided that such proceeds are used solely to repurchase Equity Interests held by the employee (or any of his or her successors or assigns, including any family trusts) that is the subject of such key man life insurance; provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower from members of management of (i) the Borrower, (ii) any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies or (iii) any of Holdings’ Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case in connection with the repurchase of Equity Interests of any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Agreement to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred to finance the purchase of such Equity Interests by such members of man- agement and the cash proceeds of such Indebtedness were paid to a Loan Party; (g) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $550,000,000 and 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09); provided that no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) has occurred and is con- tinuing or would result therefrom; (h) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings: (i) to pay its operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of busi- ness and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties), incurred in the ordinary course of business and attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, Trans- action Expenses and any indemnification claims made by directors or officers of such parent in each case attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiar- ies; (ii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or make Restricted Payments to al- low any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses, in each case, required to maintain its (or any of its direct or indirect parents’) corporate or limited liability company existence; (iii) for any taxable period in which the Borrower and, if applicable, any of its Sub- sidiaries is a member of a consolidated, combined or similar income tax group of which a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower is the common parent (a “Tax Group”), to pay federal, foreign, state and local income taxes of such Tax Group that are attributable to the taxable income of the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries; provided that, for each taxable period, the amount of such pay- ments made in respect of such taxable period in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay as a stand-alone consolidated, combined or similar income tax group; provided, further, that such payments in respect of any Taxes attributable to the income of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be permitted only to the extent that such Unrestricted Subsidiary has made cash payments to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for such purpose;


-158- (iv) to finance any Investment that would be permitted to be made pursuant to Sec- tion 7.02 if Holdings or such parent were subject to such Sections as a Loan Party; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such In- vestment and (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all prop- erty acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or its Re- stricted Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties or (2) the merger (to the extent permitted in Sec- tion 7.04) of any Person formed or acquired into the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (with the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party being the surviving or continuing entity) in order to consummate such Permitted Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11; (v) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent company of Holdings to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (vi) the proceeds of which shall be used by Holdings to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) customary and reasonable fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) related to any unsuccessful equity or debt offering by Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings); (i) payments made or expected to be made by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Re- stricted Subsidiaries in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by or with respect to any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options; (j) after a Qualified IPO and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (i) any Restricted Payment by the Borrower or any other direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay listing fees and other costs and expenses attributable to being a publicly traded com- pany which are reasonable and customary and (ii) additional Restricted Payments not to exceed up to the sum of (A) up to 6.0% per annum of the net proceeds received by (or contributed to) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Qualified IPO and (iii) Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount per annum not to exceed 7.00% of Market Capitalization; (k) Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may pay cash in lieu of frac- tional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Ac- quisition; (l) Restricted Payments (A) made using the Cumulative Credit at such time so long as, solely in the case of the portion of the Cumulative Credit attributable to clause (b) thereof, no Event of De- fault under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) exists or would result from the making of such Restricted Payment or (B) made using the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Borrower elects to apply to this clause (l)(B) to the extent such Restricted Payment is made within 12 months of the date of designation of such Available Excluded Contribution Amount; (m) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would otherwise result therefrom, other Restricted Payments such that the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would be less than or equal to 5.00:1.00; (n) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees; (o) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 in any calendar year, to pay for the redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase, in each


-159- case for nominal value, of Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent Hold- ings or the Borrower) from a former investor of a business acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment or a current or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant of a business acquired in a Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing), which Equity Interest was issued as part of an earn-out or similar arrangement in the acquisition of such business, and which redemption, acqui- sition, retirement or repurchase relates to the failure of such earn-out to fully vest; and (p) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, or other transfer or disposition of shares of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary (or a Restricted Subsidiary that, directly or indirectly, owns the Eq- uity Interests of one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries and no other assets (other than de minimis assets)), or Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by an Unrestricted Subsidiary (or a Restricted Subsidiary that, directly or indirectly, owns the Equity Interests of one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries and no other assets (other than de minimis assets)), in each case, other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents All Restricted Payments made by a non-wholly owned Subsidiary shall be made on a pro rata basis or on a basis even more favorable to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries. Section 7.07. Change in Lines of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially dif- ferent from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business not reasonably related, complementary, corollary, synergistic or ancillary thereto (including related, complementary, synergistic or ancillary technologies) or reasonable extensions thereof). Section 7.08. [Reserved]. Section 7.09. Burdensome Agreements. Enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability of: (a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor to make Restricted Pay- ments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or (b) any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Per- son for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to the Facilities and the Obligations; provided that the fore- going Sections 7.09(a) and (b) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations which: (i) (x) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.09) are listed on Schedule 7.09 and (y) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any permitted modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of such Indebtedness so long as such modification, replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing (taken as a whole) does not materially expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation (as reasonably determined by the Borrower); (ii) are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower and do not extend past such Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries; provided, fur- ther, that this clause (ii) shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that are binding on a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14; (iii) represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Loan Party which is permitted by Section 7.03 and which does not apply to any Loan Party;


-160- (iv) are customary restrictions (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) that arise in connection with (x) any Lien permitted by Sections 7.01(a), (b), (e), (f), (i), (j), (k), (l), (o), (p), (s), (u), (v), (w), (z), (aa), (dd), (ff) and (hh) and relate to the property subject to such Lien or (y) arise in connection with any Disposition permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05 and relate solely to the assets or Person subject to such Disposition; (v) are customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agree- ments applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 7.02 and applicable solely to such joint venture and its equity entered into in the ordinary course of business; (vi) are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebt- edness permitted under Section 7.03 but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to (i) the property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds, accessions and products thereof or (ii) the property secured by such Indebtedness and the proceeds, accessions and products thereof so long as the agreements governing such Indebtedness permit the Liens securing the Obligations; (vii) are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the property interest, rights or the assets subject thereto; (viii) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebted- ness permitted pursuant to Sections 7.03(a), (b), (e), (g), (n)(i), (v) and (z) and to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or, in the case of Section 7.03(g), to the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring or guaranteeing such Indebtedness; (ix) are customary provisions restricting subletting, transfer or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; (x) are customary provisions restricting assignment or transfer of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xi) are restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xii) arise in connection with cash or other deposits permitted under Sections 7.01 and 7.02 and limited to such cash or deposit; (xiii) comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement governing Indebtedness entered into on or after the Closing Date and permitted under Section 7.03 that are, taken as a whole, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to the Borrower or any Re- stricted Subsidiary than customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type (and, in any event, are no more restrictive than the restrictions contained in this Agreement), so long as the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such restrictions will not affect its obligation or ability to make any payments required hereunder; (xiv) are restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers un- der contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xv) are restrictions regarding non-exclusive licensing or sublicensing by the Bor- rower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of IP Rights in the ordinary course of business; (xvi) are restrictions created in connection with any Qualified Securitization Facility that in the good faith determination of the Borrower are necessary or advisable to effect such Qualified Securitization Facility and relate solely to the Securitization Assets subject thereto;


-161- (xvii) are customary restrictions contained in any Senior Notes Documents or any Per- mitted Refinancing thereof; and (xviii) are restrictions on cash earnest money deposits in favor of sellers in connection with acquisitions not prohibited hereunder. Section 7.10. [Reserved]. Section 7.11. Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio. Commencing with the first full fiscal quar- ter after the Closing Date, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, permit the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of any Test Period (but only if the last day of such Test Period constitutes a Compliance Date) to be greater than 7.35:1.00. Section 7.12. Fiscal Year. Make any change in its fiscal year; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year on no more than one occasion to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, in which case, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year. Section 7.13. Prepayments, Etc. of Subordinated Indebtedness. (a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (it being understood that subject to the terms of the applicable intercreditor or subordination agreement, payments of regularly scheduled principal, interest and mandatory prepayments and AHYDO payments and, in con- nection with the amendment of any Junior Financing, the payment of fees shall be permitted) any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations expressly by its terms (collectively, “Junior Financing”), in each case, in an amount in excess of the Threshold Amount except (i) the refinancing thereof with the Net Proceeds of any Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a Permitted Refinancing) and, if such Indebtedness was originally incurred under Section 7.03(g), (v) or (z), is permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(g), (v) or (z), to the extent not required to prepay any Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b), (ii) the conversion or exchange of any Junior Financing to Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or any of its direct or indirect parents, (iii) subject to the terms of the Intercompany Note, the prepayment of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) repayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other pay- ments in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of (x) $550,000,000 and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered (determined on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section 1.09), (2) the Cumulative Credit at such time; provided that solely in the case of the portion of the Cumula- tive Credit attributable to clause (b) thereof, no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) exists or would result from the making of such repayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment in respect of Junior Financings, (3) the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Borrower elects to apply to this clause (a)(3) to the extent such repayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Junior Financings is made within 12 months of the date of designation of such Available Ex- cluded Contribution Amount and (4) so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing or would otherwise result therefrom, additional amounts so long as, after giving effect to such re- payment, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would be less than or equal to 5.00:1.00. (b) Amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders any term or condition of (i) any Junior Financing Documentation in respect of any Junior Financing having an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount or (ii) any Organization Documents of any Loan Party, in each case without the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably with- held, delayed or conditioned). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, the Borrower may make regularly sched- uled payments of interest and fees on any Junior Financing, and may make any payments required by the terms of such Indebtedness in order to avoid the application of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code to such Indebtedness.


-162- Section 7.14. Permitted Activities. With respect to Holdings, engage in any material operating or busi- ness activities including, without limitation, the formation of any Subsidiary or the acquisition of any Person; pro- vided that the following and any activities incidental thereto shall be permitted in any event: (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, and activities incidental thereto, including payment of dividends and other amounts in respect of such Equity Interests, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance), (iii) the performance of its obligations with respect to the Loan Documents and any other documents governing Indebtedness permitted hereby, (iv) any public offering of its com- mon stock or any other issuance or sale of its Qualified Equity Interests, (v) any activities incidental to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, any rules and regula- tions promulgated thereunder, and similar laws and regulations of other jurisdictions and the rules of securities ex- changes, in each case, as applicable to companies with listed equity or debt securities, as well as activities incidental to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, (vi) in connection with, and following the completion of, a public offering, activities necessary or reasonably advisable for or incidental to the initial registration and listing of Holding’s (or a direct or indirect parent’s) common stock and the continued exist- ence of Holdings (or a direct or indirect parent) as a public company, (vii) activities required to comply with appli- cable laws, (viii) [reserved], (ix) if applicable, participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, (x) holding any cash or Cash Equivalents, (xi) making of any Restricted Payments or Investments permitted hereunder, (xii) entering into employment agree- ments and other arrangements with, including providing indemnification to, officers and directors, (xiii) establishing and maintaining bank accounts, (xiv) the obtainment of, and the payment of any fees and expenses for, management, consulting, investment banking and advisory services to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement, (xv) per- formance of its obligations under any management agreement with the Sponsor and (xvi) any activities incidental or reasonably related to the foregoing. ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES Section 8.01. Events of Default. Any of the following from and after the Closing Date shall constitute an event of default (an “Event of Default”): (a) Non-Payment. Any Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or (ii) within five Business Days after the same becomes due, any in- terest on any Loan or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Docu- ment; or (b) Specific Covenants. Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in (i) any of Section 6.03(a), 6.05(a) (solely with respect to Holdings and the Borrower), 6.16, 6.17 or Article VII (other than Section 7.11) or (ii) Section 7.11; provided that the covenant in Section 7.11 is subject to cure pursuant to Section 8.04; provided, fur- ther, that an Event of Default under clause (ii) shall not constitute an Event of Default for purposes of any Facility other than the Revolving Credit Facility unless and until the Required Revolving Lenders have ei- ther (x) declared all outstanding obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility to be immediately due and payable or (y) terminated the Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof; or (c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agree- ment (not specified in Section 8.01(a), (b) or (d)) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be per- formed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent; or (d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect in any material respect (or, in the case of any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Ef- fect” or similar language, shall be incorrect in any respect) when made or deemed made; or


-163- (e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any pay- ment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise), in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate outstanding princi- pal amount of not less than the Threshold Amount, and such failure continues after the applicable grace period, if any, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such In- debtedness, or any other event occurs (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Con- tracts, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Contracts and not as a result of any default thereunder by any Loan Party), the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or hold- ers or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause (after delivery of any notice if required and after giving effect to any waiver, amendment, cure or grace period), with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; pro- vided that this clause (B) shall not apply to (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the vol- untary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is per- mitted hereunder, (ii) any Indebtedness if the sole remedy or option of the holder thereof in the event of the non-payment of such Indebtedness or the non-payment or non-performance of obligations related thereto is to elect to convert such Indebtedness into Qualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares and (iii) in the case of Indebtedness which the holder thereof may elect to convert into Qualified Equity Interests, such Indebtedness from and after the date, if any, on which such conversion has been effected; provided, further, that such failure is unremedied or has not been waived by the holders of such Indebted- ness at such time; or (f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Other than with respect to any dissolutions otherwise per- mitted hereunder, any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or be- comes unable, admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due; or ap- plies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabili- tator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its prop- erty; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appoint- ment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or substantially all of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 consecutive calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or (g) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by either (i) independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not deny coverage or (ii) another creditworthy (as reasonably determined by the Required Lenders and the Adminis- trative Agent) indemnitor); and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (h) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any material provision of the Loan Documents, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations (other than Cash Management Obligations, Obligations not yet due and payable in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations not yet due and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit), ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforcea- bility of any provision of any Loan Document or the validity or priority of a Lien as required by the Collat- eral Documents on a material portion of the Collateral; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations (other than in accordance with its terms) and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Loan Document (other than in accordance with its terms); or


-164- (i) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or (j) Collateral Documents. Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof shall for any rea- son (other than pursuant to the terms thereof including as a result of a transaction not prohibited under this Agreement) cease to create a valid and perfected Lien, with the priority required by the Collateral Docu- ments on and security interest in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.01, except to the extent that any such perfection or priority is not required pursuant to any Loan Document or results from the failure of the Administrative Agent to main- tain possession of certificates or promissory notes actually delivered to it representing securities or promis- sory notes pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation state- ments; or (k) Guarantees. Any Guarantee of any Guarantor contained in Article XI shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect in any material respect, other than as provided for in Section 11.09 or as any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any such Loan Party shall so assert; or (l) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of a Loan Party or a Restricted Subsidiary which would reasonably be expected to re- sult in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with re- spect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan and a Material Adverse Effect would reasonably be expected to result. Section 8.02. Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall take any or all of the following actions: (a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Is- suers to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated; (b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and un- paid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower (to the extent permitted by applicable law); (c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to 103% of the then Outstanding Amount thereof); (d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law; (e) solely in connection with an Event of Default under Section 8.01(b)(ii) (a “Financial Covenant Event of Default”) that is uncured or unwaived, the Required Revolving Lenders may, so long as a Compliance Date continues to be in effect, either (x) terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments and/or (y) take the actions specified in Section 8.02(a), (b), (c) and (d) in respect of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit; and (f) solely in connection with a Financial Covenant Event of Default that is continuing, the Required Revolving Lenders may take the actions specified in Section 8.02(a), (b) and (d) from and after the date that the Required Revolving Lenders terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments and accelerate all Obligations in respect of the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, however, that the Required Lenders may not take such actions if either (i) the Revolving Credit Loans have been repaid in full (other than Cash Management Obligations, Obligations not yet due and payable in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations not yet due and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit)


-165- or (ii) the Financial Covenant Event of Default has been waived by either the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Lenders; provided that upon the occurrence of any event described in Section 8.01(f) (but without giving effect to any grace periods contemplated therein (other than the grace period for any non-consensual insolvency)), with respect to Hold- ings or the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any Debtor Relief Laws the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (including in Section 8.01) or in any other Loan Docu- ment, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Required Lenders may take any of the actions described in this Sec- tion 8.02 with respect to any Default or Event of Default under Section 8.01(b) (other than with respect to any De- fault or Event of Default with respect to Section 7.11), (c) or (d) resulting from any action or the occurrence of any event reported publicly or otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders more than two years prior to such date. Section 8.03. Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automati- cally been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order (to the fullest extent permitted by mandatory provisions of applicable Law): First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent in their capacities as such hereunder; Second, to the payment in full of Unfunded Participations (the amounts so applied to be distrib- uted among the LC Issuers pro rata in accordance with the amounts of Unfunded Participations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders hereunder in their respective capacities as Lenders hereunder (including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Third payable to them; Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings, and any fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments due under Cash Management Obligations or Secured Hedge Agreements, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them; Fifth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings (including to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggre- gate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit), and any breakage, termination or other payments under Cash Management Obligations or Secured Hedge Agreements, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth held by them; Sixth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggre- gate amounts of all such Secured Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Par- ties on such date; and


-166- Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations then earned, due and payable have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law. Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or ex- pired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, to the Borrower as applicable or as otherwise required by any Intercreditor Agree- ment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Loan Party shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Loan Party. Section 8.04. Borrower Right to Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sec- tion 8.01 or Section 8.02: (a) For the purpose of determining whether an Event of Default under Section 7.11 has oc- curred, the Borrower may on one or more occasions designate any portion of the net cash proceeds from a sale or issuance of Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or any cash contribution to the common capital of Holdings, in each case, after the Closing Date and which are contributed to the Borrower (the “Cure Amount”), as an increase to Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable fiscal quarter; provided that (A) such amounts to be designated (i) are actually received by the Borrower after the end of such fiscal quarter and on or prior to the fifteenth Business Day after the date on which financial statements are required to be de- livered with respect to such applicable fiscal quarter (the “Cure Expiration Date”) and (ii) do not exceed the aggregate amount necessary to cure any Event of Default under Section 7.11 as of such date and (B) the Borrower shall have provided notice (the “Notice of Intent to Cure”) to the Administrative Agent that such amounts are designated as a “Cure Amount” (it being understood that to the extent such notice is pro- vided in advance of delivery of a Compliance Certificate for the applicable period, the amount of such net cash proceeds that is designated as the Cure Amount may be lower than specified in such notice to the ex- tent that the amount necessary to cure any Event of Default under Section 7.11 is less than the full amount of such originally designated amount). The Cure Amount shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable fiscal quarter and included in any Test Period that includes such fiscal quarter. (b) The parties hereby acknowledge that this Section 8.04 may not be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios other than for determining actual compliance with Section 7.11 and shall not result in any adjustment to any amounts (including the amount of clause (c) or (d) of the Cumulative Credit, Indebtedness (other than as set forth in Section 8.04(d)(ii)), Total Assets, Consolidated First Lien Debt, Consolidated Secured Debt or Consolidated Total Debt, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio or any other calculation of net leverage or Indebtedness hereunder and shall not be included for purposes of deter- mining pricing, mandatory prepayments and the availability or amount permitted pursuant to any covenant under Article VII) other than the amount of the Consolidated EBITDA referred to in Section 8.04(a) above. (c) In furtherance of Section 8.04(a) above, (i) upon actual receipt and designation of the Cure Amount by the Borrower, the covenant under Section 7.11 shall be deemed retroactively cured with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply with the covenant under such Section 7.11 and any Event of Default or potential Event of Default under Section 7.11 shall be deemed not to have oc- curred for purposes of the Loan Documents, and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender may exercise any rights or remedies under Section 8.02 (or under any other Loan Document) on the basis of any actual or purported Event of Default under Section 7.11 following receipt of a Notice of Intent to Cure until and unless the Cure Expiration Date has occurred without the Cure Amount having been received. (d) (i) In each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which no cure right set forth in this Section 8.04 is exercised and (ii) there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness (either directly or by netting cash) with the Cure Amount for determining com-


-167- pliance with Section 7.11 for the fiscal quarter with respect to which such Cure Amount was made. Not- withstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be able to make any Revolving Credit Borrowing until receipt by the Borrower of the Cure Amount. (e) There can be no more than five fiscal quarters in which the cure rights set forth in this Section 8.04 are exercised during the term of the Facilities. ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER AGENTS Section 9.01. Appointment and Authority. (a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints Goldman Sachs Bank USA 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 Adminis- trative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental or related thereto. The provisions of this Article IX (other than Sections 9.01, 9.06 and 9.09 through and including 9.12) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and no Loan Party has rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doc- trine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or re- flect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. (b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Hedge Bank) and the L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this con- nection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact ap- pointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Arti- cle IX and Article X (including the second paragraph of Section 10.05), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to (i) execute any and all documents (including releases and Intercreditor Agreements) with respect to the Collateral (including any amendment, supplement, modification or joinder with respect thereto) and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders and (ii) negotiate, enforce or settle any claim, action or proceeding affecting the Lenders in their capacity as such, at the direction of the Required Lenders, which negotiation, enforcement or settlement will be binding upon each Lender. For the avoidance of doubt the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement it believes reasonable. Section 9.02. Rights as a Lender. 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” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its in- dividual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advi- sor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings or any Subsidi- ary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.


-168- Section 9.03. Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obliga- tions except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. 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 De- fault 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 Docu- ments 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 (i) expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is con- trary to any Loan Document or applicable law or (ii) 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; (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 Holdings 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; (d) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the re- quest 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 pro- vided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, a Lender or L/C Issuer; and (e) 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 connec- tion 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, enforcea- bility, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any con- dition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. Section 9.04. 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, instru- ment, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other dis- tribution) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it in good faith to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, exten- sion, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension or increase of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.


-169- Section 9.05. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub- agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpa- tory provisions of this Article IX 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 non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negli- gence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Section 9.06. Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resig- nation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower at all times other than upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or 8.01(f) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), 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 shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifica- tions set forth above (including consent of the Borrower); provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such res- ignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers un- der any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security un- til such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determi- nations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuers directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section 9.06. 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 retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring 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 pro- vided above in this Section 9.06). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. Af- ter the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent. Any resignation by Goldman Sachs Bank USA as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.06 shall also constitute Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC’s resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, in which case Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC (x) shall not be required to issue any further Letters of Credit hereunder and (y) shall maintain all of its rights as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender with respect to any Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans issued by it, as applicable, prior to the date of such resignation so long as any L/C Obligations with respect to such Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans remain outstanding and not otherwise Cash Collateral- ized in accordance with the terms herein. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit issued by the retiring L/C Issuer and the successor Swing Line Lender shall issue Swing Line Loans in substi- tution for the Swing Line Loans issued by the retiring Swing Line Lender, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable with respect to such Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, as applicable.


-170- Section 9.07. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any arranger of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement 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. Each Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any arranger of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement or any amendment thereof or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Loan Parties and their Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agree- ment or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. Section 9.08. No Other Duties, Etc.Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, a Lender, Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer hereunder, as the case may be. None of the Lenders or other Per- sons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “joint lead arranger” or “joint bookrun- ner” shall have any obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than (i) as expressly pro- vided herein or (ii) those applicable to all Lenders, but only to the extent acting in such capacity as a Lender. Section 9.09. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceed- ing under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan, Swing Line Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Secured Obligations that are owing and un- paid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent under Sec- tions 2.03(h), 2.03(i), 2.09, 10.04 and 10.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09, 10.04 and 10.05. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender, Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrange- ment, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender, Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender, Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding. Section 9.10. Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each Lender hereby agrees, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance thereof will be deemed to agree, that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this


-171- Agreement or the Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or Re- quired Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collat- eral Agent is hereby authorized on behalf of all of the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further con- sent from any Lender, from time to time to take any action with respect to any Collateral or Collateral Documents which may be necessary to create, perfect and maintain perfected security interests in and liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents. Each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes each of the Administra- tive Agent and the Collateral Agent, at its option, and in its sole discretion: (a) to enter into and sign for and on behalf of the Lenders as Secured Parties the Collateral Documents for the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties; (b) to automatically release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administra- tive Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than Cash Management Obligations, Obligations not yet due and pay- able in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements, contingent obligations not yet due and Cash Collateralized or backstopped Letters of Credit) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Let- ters of Credit which have been Cash Collateralized or as to which other arrangements reasonably satisfac- tory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuers shall have been made), (ii) at the time the property subject to such Lien is sold or transferred or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any Disposition to a non-Loan Party permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) sub- ject to Section 10.01, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Re- quired Lenders or (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to Section 9.10(d); (c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to another Lien (i) permitted to exist on such property and (ii) expressly permit- ted to be senior to the Liens of the Secured Parties under this Agreement; and (d) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor continues to be a guaran- tor in respect of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, any Junior Financing or any Indebted- ness incurred under Section 7.03(v). If the Administrative Agent requests at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Admin- istrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the Administrative Agent will (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Docu- ments and this Section 9.10. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively as to any of the matters described in this Section 9.10 and Section 11.09 (including as to its authority hereunder and thereunder) on a certificate or similar instrument provided to it by any Loan Party without further inquiry or investigation, which certificate shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties upon reasonable request. Section 9.11. Cash Management Obligations and Secured Hedge Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Guaranty or any Collateral Document, no Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 8.03, any Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guaranty or any Collat- eral Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the


-172- Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Obligations arising under Cash Management Obligations and Secured Hedge Agreements unless the Ad- ministrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured Obligations, together with such supporting documen- tation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Hedge Bank. The Hedge Banks hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement, any other intercreditor agreement permitted under this Agreement, and any amendment, modification, supplement or joinder with respect thereto, and any such Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement is binding upon the Hedge Banks. Section 9.12. Withholding Tax Indemnity. To the extent required by any applicable Laws, the Admin- istrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that ren- dered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective or if any payment has been made by the Ad- ministrative Agent to any Lender without applicable withholding tax being deducted from such payment), such Lender shall, within 10 days after written demand therefor, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to Sec- tion 3.01 and 3.04 and without limiting or expanding the obligation of the Borrower to do so) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Taxes or otherwise, together with all expenses incurred, in- cluding legal expenses and any other out-of-pocket expenses, whether or not such Tax was correctly or legally im- posed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liabil- ity delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.12. The agreements in this Section 9.12 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Ad- ministrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS Section 10.01. Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) (other than with respect to any amendment or waiver contemplated in Sections 10.01(a) through (h) below, which shall only require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not Required Lenders) and the applicable Loan Party (with an executed copy thereof promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent if not otherwise a party thereto), as the case may be, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall: (a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender holding such Commitment (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.01 or 4.02, or the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of any Commitments shall not constitute such an extension or increase); (b) postpone any date scheduled for any payment of principal (including final maturity), in- terest or fees under Section 2.07, 2.08 or 2.09, respectively, without the written consent of each Lender di- rectly and adversely affected thereby (it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Loans or any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate, any Default or Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of any Commitments


-173- shall not constitute such a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest and it further being understood that any change to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ra- tio,” “Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio” or “Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio” or the com- ponent definitions thereof shall not constitute a postponement of such scheduled payment); (c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, or change the currency of, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the proviso to this Section 10.01 that appears immediately following clause (h) below) any prepayment penalty or premium or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (or extend the timing of payments of such prepay- ment penalty or premium, fees or other amounts) without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (it being understood that (i) the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate, any mandatory prepayment of the Loans or mandatory reduction of any Commitments or any Default or Event of Default shall not constitute such a reduction and it further being understood that (ii) any change to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio,” “Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio” or “Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio” or the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction or forgiveness in any rate of interest); (d) change any provision of Section 2.12(a), 2.13 or 8.03 or the definition of “Pro Rata Share” in any manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or other amounts required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that modifica- tions to Section 2.12(a), 2.13 or 8.03 or the definition of “Pro Rata Share” (x) solely to permit any buy back of Term Loans by Holdings or the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.07(l) or (y) pursuant to any Incremental Amendment or any Extension Amendment, in each case, shall only require approval (to the extent any such approval is otherwise required) of the Required Lenders; (e) change any provision of (i) this Section 10.01 or (ii) the definition “Required Lenders” or “Required Revolving Lenders” or any other provision specifying the number of Lenders or portion of the Loans or Commitments required to take any action under the Loan Documents to reduce the percentage set forth therein, without the written consent of each Lender (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders (if such consent is otherwise required) or the Administrative Agent (if the consent of the Required Lenders is not otherwise required), additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Term Commitments or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable); (f) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05, subordi- nate or release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; (g) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05, subordi- nate or release all or substantially all of the value of the guarantees provided by the Guarantors, without the written consent of each Lender; or (h) affect the rights or duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class), without the written consent of the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders was the only Class; provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, adversely affect the rights or duties of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by a Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; provided, however, that this Agreement may be amended to adjust the borrowing mechanics related to Swing Line Loans with only the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and the Borrower so long as the obligations of the Re- volving Credit Lenders are not affected thereby; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and


-174- signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, adversely affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Doc- ument; (iv) Section 10.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Grant- ing Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (v)(x) no Lender consent is required to effect an Incremental Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment (except as expressly provided in Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, as applicable) and (y) in connection with an amendment in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of term loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting term loans bear) a lower Effective Yield and other customary amendments related thereto (a “Permitted Repricing Amendment”), only the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans shall be required for such Permitted Repric- ing Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to ap- prove or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applica- ble Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, (y) the date scheduled for any payment of principal (in- cluding final maturity) of the loans of any Defaulting Lender may not be postponed without the consent of such Lender, and (z) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each directly and adversely affected Lender that by its terms materially and adversely affects any Defaulting Lender to a greater extent than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Any amendment, modification, or waiver of any Loan Document that would affect the rights or obligations of one or more members of a Class differently from its effect on the rights or obligations of any other members of that Class (1) will, upon its effectiveness, create one or more new Classes (the “Proposed New Classes”) in addi- tion, if applicable, to the Class consisting of any remaining Lenders of such Class whose rights and obligations do not purport to be modified by such amendment, modification, or waiver (the “Remaining Class”), each of which Classes will consist of Lenders holding loans with identical rights and obligations, and (2) will not be effective un- less such amendment, modification, or waiver receives the written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of each Proposed New Class and a majority in interest of the Remaining Class, in addition to any other consents re- quired pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender consent is not required for the Administrative Agent to enter into or to effect any amendment, modification or supplement to any Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agree- ment or arrangement permitted under this Agreement or in any document pertaining to any Indebtedness permitted hereby that is permitted to be secured by the Collateral, including any Incremental Commitment, any Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt, for the purpose of adding the holders of such Indebtedness (or their Senior Representative) as a party thereto and otherwise causing such Indebtedness to be subject thereto, in each case as contemplated by the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement or arrangement (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect (taken as a whole), to the interests of the Lenders); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document with- out the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all or a portion of the outstanding Term Loans of any Class (“Refinanced Term Loans”)


-175- with one or more tranches of replacement term loans (“Replacement Term Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans (plus accrued interest, fees, expenses and premium), (b) the Weighted Av- erage Life to Maturity of Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans, at the time of such refinancing, (c) such Replacement Term Loans must satisfy the requirements of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended solely with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment is delivered in order (A) to correct or cure ambiguities, errors, omissions or defects, (B) to effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature, (C) to fix incorrect cross references or similar inaccuracies in this Agreement or the applicable Loan Document, (D) to implement the “market flex” provisions set forth in the Fee Letter, (E) solely to add benefit to one or more existing Facilities, including but not limited to, in- crease in margin, interest rate floor, prepayment premium, call protection and reestablishment of or increase in amortization schedule, in order to cause any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loan Commitments to be fungible with any existing Facility and (F) to add any financial covenant or other terms for the benefit of all Lenders or any Class of Lenders pursuant to the conditions imposed on the incurrence of any Indebtedness set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, and in each case of clauses (A), (B) and (C), such amendment shall become effective without any further action or the consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by the Loan Parties or the Subsidiaries in connection with this Agree- ment may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agree- ment, amended and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel or (ii) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a por- tion of its Term Loans in connection with a primary syndication of such Term Loans relating to any refinancing, ex- tension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to cashless set- tlement mechanisms approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the assignor Lender and the assignee of such Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders shall be necessary to (i) amend, waive or modify the terms and provisions of Section 7.11 and Section 8.02(c) (and related definitions as used in such Sections, but not as used in other Sections of this Agreement) and no such amendment, waiver or modi- fication of any such terms or provisions (and related definitions as used in such Sections, but not as used in other Sections of this Agreement) shall be permitted without the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, (ii) amend, modify or waive any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with respect to the making of Revolving Credit Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit or (iii) except for any amendment, waiver or modification that would re- quire the consent of each Revolving Credit Lender adversely affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to Section 10.01, amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement that solely affects the Revolving Credit Lenders in respect of any Revolving Credit Facility, including the final scheduled maturity, interest, fees, prepayment penalties and voting. Section 10.02. Notices and Other Communications. (a) Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications. (i) Notices Generally. Except in the case of communications expressly permitted to be given by tele- phone (and except as provided in Section 10.02(a)(ii)), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail


-176- or sent by facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows: (A) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuers, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and (B) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or tele- phone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire. (ii) Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certi- fied or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 10.02(a)(ii) shall be effective as provided in such Section 10.02(a)(ii). (b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issu- ers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender, Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender, Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to them hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to pro- cedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communi- cations. 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. 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 MERCHANTABIL- ITY, 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 CON- NECTION 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 Loan Parties, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of the Bor- rower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Per- son have any liability to any other Person hereunder for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive dam- ages (as opposed to direct or actual damages); provided, further, that nothing in this sentence shall limit any Loan Party’s indemnification obligations set forth herein. (d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers may change its address, e-mail address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder


-177- by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, e-mail address facsimile or tele- phone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Ad- ministrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and e- mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make ref- erence to the Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain Material Non-Public Information. (e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and Lenders. The Administra- tive Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirma- tion thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reli- ance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in accordance with Sec- tion 10.05 hereof. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording. Section 10.03. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Ad- ministrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exer- cise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuers; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Ad- ministrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any L/C Issuer from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.09 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13) or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; provided, fur- ther, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Docu- ments, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders. Section 10.04. Attorney Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agree (a) if the Closing Date occurs, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers for all reasonable and documented or invoiced out- of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execu- tion, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs of (i) Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP and (ii) if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions)


-178- material to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole and (iii) any counsel otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and (b) from and after the Closing Date, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders for all rea- sonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or protection of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all re- spective Attorney Costs, which shall be limited to Attorney Costs of (i) a single firm of counsel to the Administra- tive Agent and the Lead Arrangers taken as a whole and, (ii) if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in each rele- vant jurisdiction material to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole and, (iii) solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to each group of similarly situated affected parties). The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be paid within 30 Business Days following receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable de- tail including, if requested by the Borrower and to the extent reasonably available, backup documentation supporting such reimbursement request; provided that with respect to the Closing Date, all amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be paid on the Closing Date solely to the extent invoiced to the Borrower within three Business Days of the Closing Date. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it here- under or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent in its discretion following five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.04 shall not apply to Taxes, except any Taxes that represent costs and expenses arising from any non-Tax claim. Section 10.05. Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent, Agent-Related Person, each Lead Arranger, each Lender and L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates and controlling Persons, and their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, agents, advisors and other repre- sentatives of each of the foregoing and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements, joint or several, to which such Indemnitee may become subject (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Environmental Liability) to the extent arising out of, or resulting from or in connec- tion with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the con- summation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) the Transactions or any related transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or (c) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom including any refusal by an L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the doc- uments presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”), regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto or whether or not such Proceeding is brought by the Borrower, its equity holders, Affiliates, creditors, the Sponsor or any other Per- son, and to reimburse such Indemnitee for any reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket legal fees and expenses of (i) one firm of counsel to the Indemnitees taken as a whole and, (ii) if reasonably necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction that is material to the interests of the Lenders (which may in- clude a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, (iii) solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict noti- fies the Borrower of the existence of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of one other firm of coun- sel (and, if reasonably necessary, one other firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction that is material to the interests of the Lenders (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) to each group of similarly situated affected Indemnitees), in each case, incurred in connection with investigating, re- sponding to or defending any of the foregoing, and other reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket ex- penses in each case, incurred in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing; pro- vided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, dam- ages, liabilities or related expenses resulted from (w) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (x) a material breach of any obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by such Indemnitee, as determined by a final non- appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (y) any dispute solely between or among Indemnitees other than any claims against an Indemnitee in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as an administrative agent or ar- ranger or any similar role under any Facility and other than any claims arising out of any act or omission of Hold- ings, the Borrower, the Sponsor or any of their Affiliates (for the avoidance of doubt, only to the extent neither the


-179- exception set forth in clause (w) or (x) above applies to such Person at such time), or (z) any actual or alleged pres- ence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, or from any Mortgaged Property to the extent caused by any Person after any Loan Party and any Subsidiaries of any Loan Party are no longer in possession of such Mortgaged Property). No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, in each case, except to the extent any such damages are found in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or a material breach of any obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by, such Indemnitee or any of its controlled Affiliates or controlling Persons or their respective directors, officers, employees, members, partners, advisors, agents or other representatives, nor shall any Indemnitee, Loan Party or any Subsidiary have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or aris- ing out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); it being agreed that this sentence shall not limit the indemnification obligations of Holdings or any Subsidiary (including, in the case of any Loan Party, in respect of any such damages incurred or paid by an Indemnitee to a third party and for any out-of-pocket expenses). In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 10.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceed- ing is brought by any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, its directors, equity holders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents are consummated. By ac- cepting the benefits hereof, each Indemnitee agrees to refund and return any and all amounts paid by the Borrower to such Indemnitee to the extent items in clauses (w) through (z) above occur. All amounts due under this Sec- tion 10.05 shall be paid promptly upon written demand therefor (together with backup documentation supporting such reimbursement request); provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that there is a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Sec- tion 10.05. The agreements in this Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the re- placement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or dis- charge of all the other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.05 shall not apply to Taxes, except any Taxes that represent liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, prepayments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements arising from any non-Tax claims. The Borrower shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), but if settled with the Borrower’s written con- sent, or if there is a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction against an Indemnitee in any such proceeding, the Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee to the extent and in the manner set forth above. The Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (it being understood that the withholding of consent due to non-satisfaction of any of the conditions described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this sentence shall be deemed rea- sonable), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnitee unless (i) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such In- demnitee from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding, (ii) such settlement does not in- clude any statement as to any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing or failure to act by or on behalf of any In- demnitee and (iii) contains customary confidentiality provisions with respect to the terms of such settlement. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under this Sec- tion 10.05 or Section 10.04 to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuers or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Ad- ministrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any such sub-agent), the L/C Issuers or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or in- demnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administra- tive Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuers in their capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such ca- pacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(e).


-180- Section 10.06. Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subse- quently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settle- ment entered into by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be re- vived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement. Section 10.07. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or oth- erwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (except as permitted by Section 7.04), and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Assignee pursuant to an assignment made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(b) (such an assignee, an “Eligible Assignee”) and (A) in the case of any Assignee that, immediately prior to or upon giving effect to such assignment, is an Affili- ated Lender, Section 10.07(k), (B) in the case of any Assignee that is Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, Sec- tion 10.07(l), or (C) in the case of any Assignee that, immediately prior to or upon giving effect to such assignment, is a Debt Fund Affiliate, Section 10.07(o), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Sec- tion 10.07(e), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Sec- tion 10.07(g) or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(h); provided, however, that not- withstanding the foregoing, no Lender may assign or transfer by participation any of its rights or obligations hereun- der to (w) a Disqualified Lender, (x) any Person that is a Defaulting Lender, (y) a natural Person or (z) to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (except pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(vi) or 10.07(l)). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.07(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, 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 hereof 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 Partici- pant 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 any Disqualified Lender. (b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 10.07(a) above and Section 10.07(b)(ii) below, any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for pur- poses of this Section 10.07(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of: (A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for (i) an as- signment of all or a portion of the Term Loans to a Lender or to an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund thereof, (ii) an assignment after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(f) (with respect to Holdings or the Borrower), (iii) an assignment in connection with the primary syndication of the Facilities previously identified to and consented to (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) by the Borrower or (iv) any assignment between Gold- man Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC; provided, further, that the Borrower


-181- shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless they shall have objected thereto by writ- ten notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof; (B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment (i) of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (ii) of all or a portion of the Loans pursuant to Section 10.07(k) or Section 10.07(l) or (iii) any assignment between Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC; (C) each L/C Issuer at the time of such assignment; provided that no consent of the L/C Issu- ers shall be required for (i) any assignment not related to Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure or (ii) any assignment between Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC; and (D) the Swing Line Lender; provided that no consent of the Swing Line Lender shall be re- quired for (i) any assignment not related to Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Exposure or (ii) any assignment between Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein, to the extent any Lender is required to assign any portion of its Commitments, Loans and other rights, duties and obligations hereunder in order to comply with applicable Laws, such assignment may be made by such Lender without the consent of the Borrower, the Ad- ministrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other party hereto so long as such Lender com- plies with the requirements of Section 10.07(b)(ii). (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (A) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) (in the case of each Revolving Credit Loan) and $1,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) (in the case of a Term Loan) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any; (B) the parties to each assignment shall (1) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (2) if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Administra- tive Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together, in each case, with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent); (C) other than in the case of assignments pursuant to Section 10.07(l), the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and (D) the Assignee shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and Holdings the doc- umentation described in Section 3.01(d) applicable to it. This Section 10.07(b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obliga- tions among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis among such Facilities. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount suffi- cient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of partici- pations or sub-participations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the


-182- Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Share. Not- withstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs. (c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sec- tion 10.07(d), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, (1) other than in con- nection with an assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(l), the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obli- gations of a Lender under this Agreement (subject to Section 10.07(k), (m) and (n)), and (2) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its ob- ligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.07(c) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obliga- tions in accordance with Section 10.07(e). (d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption, each Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption delivered to it, and each notice of cancellation of any Loans delivered by Hold- ings pursuant to Section 10.07(l) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans, L/C Obligations (specifying the Unreimbursed Amounts), L/C Borrowings and the amounts due under Section 2.03, owing to, each Lender pur- suant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). Upon its receipt of, and consent to, a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, an Administrative Questionnaire completed in respect of the assignee (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 10.07(b)(ii)(B) above, if applicable, and the written consent (in each case, if required) of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each L/C Issuer to such assignment and any applicable tax forms, the Administrative Agent shall (i) accept such Assignment and Assumption and (ii) promptly record the in- formation contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective unless it has been recorded in the Reg- ister as provided in this Section 10.07(d). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and, with respect to itself, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. This Section 10.07(d) and Section 2.11 shall be construed so that all Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sec- tion 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations (or any other relevant or suc- cessor provisions of the Code or of such Treasury regulations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender is an Affiliated Lender nor shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to monitor the aggregate amount of Term Loans held by Affiliated Lenders. (e) Any Lender may at any time, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a De- faulting Lender, the Sponsor, Holdings, its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate) (each, a “Partic- ipant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender


-183- in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursu- ant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provi- sion of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (a) through (h) of the first proviso to Section 10.01 that requires the affirmative vote of such Lender. Subject to Section 10.07(f) and a Participant’s compliance with the requirements and the limitations of Sec- tion 3.01(d) (it being understood that any forms, information or other documentation required under such Sections shall be delivered to the participating Lender), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the ben- efits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(c). To the extent permit- ted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation or that is a Granting Lender, as the case may be, shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and SPC and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participant’s and SPC’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to estab- lish 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 Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation or portion of the Loan (if funded by an SPC), as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. (f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Partici- pant, unless such entitlement to a greater payment results from a change in any Law after the sale of the participation takes place. (g) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) noth- ing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such op- tion or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) such SPC and the applicable Loan or any applicable part thereof, shall be appropriately reflected in the Participant Register. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) an SPC shall be entitled to the benefit of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and the limitations of such Section), but neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or oth- erwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement except, in the case of Section 3.01, to the extent that the grant to the SPC was made with the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasona- bly withheld, conditioned or delayed; for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall have reasonable basis for with- holding consent if an exercise by SPC immediately after the grant would result in materially increased indemnifica- tion obligation to the Borrower at such time), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obli- gation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of


-184- the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or pro- vider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, (1) any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it and (2) any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for hold- ers of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Sec- tion 10.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Docu- ments and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclo- sure or otherwise. (j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender may, upon 60 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, respec- tively; provided that on or prior to the expiration of such 60-day period with respect to such resignation, the relevant L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender shall have identified a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender reasonably ac- ceptable to the Borrower willing to accept its appointment as successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applica- ble. In the event of any such resignation of an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders willing to accept such appointment a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, except as expressly provided above. If an L/C Issuer resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If the Swing Line Lender resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans, Term SOFR Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). (k) (1) Any Lender may, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at any time, without any consent, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to Term Loans under this Agreement to a Person who is or will become, after such assignment, an Affiliated Lender through (x) “Dutch Auc- tions” open to all Lenders of the applicable Class on a pro rata basis in accordance with analogous procedures of the type described in Section 2.05(a)(vi) or (y) open-market purchases on a pro rata or non-pro rata basis and (2) any Affiliated Lender may, at any time, purchase all or a portion of the rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender, in each case, subject to the following limitations: (i) the assigning Lender and the Affiliated Lender purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 hereto (an “Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption”); (ii) Affiliated Lenders (A) will not receive access to the Platform or information provided solely to Lenders by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, other than the right to receive notices of pre- payments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans or Commitments required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II, (B) will not be permitted to attend or participate in conference calls or meetings attended solely by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and (C) will not receive advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;


-185- (iii) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (as of the date of consummation of any transaction under this Section 10.07(k)) held by all Affiliated Lenders shall not exceed 25% of the aggre- gate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding at such time; and (iv) in the event that any default under Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is continuing, each Affiliated Lender shall acknowledge that it is an “insider” under Section 101(31) of the Title 11 of the United States Code and, as such, the claims associated with the loan and commitments owned by it shall not be included in determining whether the applicable class of creditors holding such claims has voted to accept a proposed plan for purposes of Section 1129(a)(10) of Title 11 of the United States Code, and their voting rights shall be subject to Section 10.07(m) and (n) below. Each Affiliated Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) if it acquires any Person who is also a Lender, and each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) if it becomes an Affiliated Lender. Such notice shall contain the type of information required and be delivered to the same addressee as set forth in Exhibit J-3. (l) Any Lender may, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at any time, with- out any consent, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to Term Loans under this Agreement to Holdings or the Borrower through (x) Dutch auctions open to all Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with procedures of the type described in Section 2.05(a)(vi) or (y) notwithstanding Sections 2.12 and 2.13 or any other provision in this Agreement, open-market purchase on a pro rata or non-pro rata basis, subject to the following: (i) no assignment of Term Loans to Holdings or the Borrower may be financed with the pro- ceeds of any Revolving Credit Loans; (ii) the assigning Lender and Holdings or the Borrower, as applicable, shall execute and de- liver to the Administrative Agent an Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 hereto; (iii) if Holdings is the assignee, upon such assignment, transfer or contribution, Holdings, as applicable, shall automatically be deemed to have contributed the principal amount of such Term Loans, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the Borrower; and (iv) if the Borrower is the assignee (including through contribution or transfers set forth in clause (iii) above), (a) the principal amount of such Term Loans, along with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, so contributed, assigned or transferred to the Borrower shall be deemed automatically cancelled and extinguished on the date of such contribution, assignment or transfer, (b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of the remaining Lenders shall reflect such cancellation and extinguish- ment of the Term Loans then held by the Borrower and (c) the Borrower shall promptly provide notice to the Administrative Agent of such contribution, assignment or transfer of such Term Loans, and the Admin- istrative Agent, upon receipt of such notice, shall reflect the cancellation of the applicable Term Loans in the Register. (m) Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any depar- ture by any Loan Party therefrom, or subject to Section 10.07(n), any plan of reorganization pursuant to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, no Affiliated Lender shall have any right to consent (or not consent), otherwise act or direct or require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take (or refrain from taking) any such action and: (i) all Term Loans held by any Affiliated Lenders shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders have taken any actions; and


-186- (ii) all Term Loans held by Affiliated Lenders shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether all Lenders have taken any action unless the action in question affects such Affiliated Lender in a disproportionately adverse manner than its effect on other Lenders. (n) Additionally, the Loan Parties and Affiliated Lenders hereby agree that if a case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against any Loan Party, such Loan Party shall seek (and the Affiliated Lend- ers shall consent) to provide that the vote of the Affiliated Lenders with respect to any plan of reorganization of such Loan Party shall be counted in the same proportion as all other Lenders except that Affiliated Lenders’ vote may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat the Obligations held by Affiliated Lenders in a manner that is less favorable in any material respect to the Affiliated Lenders than the proposed treatment of simi- lar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower or would deprive the Affiliated Lenders of their Pro Rata Share of any payments to which all Lenders are entitled. The Affiliated Lenders hereby irrevocably appoint the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as the Affiliated Lenders’ attor- ney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the Affiliated Lenders and in the name of the Affiliated Lenders, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section 10.07(n). (o) Debt Fund Affiliates shall be Eligible Assignees and shall not be subject to the provisions of Sec- tion 10.07(m) or 10.07(n), and any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations with respect to Term Loans (but not Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans) under this Agreement to a Person who is or will become, after such assignment, a Debt Fund Affiliate. Notwithstanding anything in Sec- tion 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, all Term Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliates may not account for more than 49.9% in the aggregate (pro rata among such Debt Fund Affiliates) of the Term Loans of consenting Lenders included in determining whether the Required Lenders have consented to any action pursuant to Section 10.01. (p) Upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall (i) promptly (and in any case, not less than three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior to the proposed effective date of any amendment, consent or waiver pursuant to Section 10.01) provide to the Administra- tive Agent a complete list of all Affiliated Lenders holding Term Loans and such time and (ii) not less than not less than three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior to the pro- posed effective date of any amendment, consent or waiver pursuant to Section 10.01 provide to the Administrative Agent a complete list of all Debt Fund Affiliates holding Term Loans at such time. Section 10.08. Confidentiality. Each of the Agents, the Lead Arrangers and the Lenders agrees to main- tain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ managers, administrators, directors, officers, employees, trustees, partners, investors, funding sources, investment advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors on a “need to know basis” (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and agree to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent required or requested by any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority having or asserting jurisdiction over such Person (including any Governmental Authority regulating any Lender or its Affiliates); provided that the Administrative Agent, such Lead Arranger or such Lender, as applicable, agrees that it will notify Holdings as soon as practicable in the event of any such disclosure by such Person (other than at the request of a regulatory or self-regulatory authority) unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation; (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; provided that the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, agrees that it will notify Holdings as soon as practicable in the event of any such disclosure by such Person (other than at the request of a regulatory or self-regulatory authority) unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions at least as re- strictive as those of this Section 10.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to (i) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty to a Swap Contract, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospec- tive Eligible Assignee of or Participant in any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any actual or


-187- prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder (other than any Per- son whom the Borrower has affirmatively denied to provide consent to assignment by such Lender in accordance with Section 10.07(b)(i)(A)) or (iii) to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over any Agent or Lender; (f) with the prior written consent of the Borrower; (g) to the extent such Information becomes pub- licly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 or other obligation of confidentiality owed to the Borrower, the Sponsor or their respective Affiliates or becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confiden- tial basis from a source other than a Loan Party or any Sponsor or their respective related parties (so long as such source is not known (after due inquiry) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such Lead Arranger, such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates to be bound by confidentiality obligations to any Loan Party, the Sponsor or their respective Affiliates); (h) to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Infor- mation relating to Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries received by it from such Lender) or to the CUSIP Service Bu- reau or any similar organization; (i) to the extent such information is independently developed by the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any Lead Arranger, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates; (i) sub- ject to an agreement containing provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section 10.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to any pledgee referred to in Section 10.07(g); or (k) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of its rights hereunder or thereunder. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and publicly available information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments and the Credit Extensions. For the purposes of this Section 10.08, “Information” means all information received from the Loan Parties relating to any Loan Party, its Affiliates or its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or agents, other than any such information that is publicly available to any Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender prior to disclosure by any Loan Party other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 or any other confidentiality obligation owed to any Loan Party or their Affiliates. Section 10.09. Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates (and the Administra- tive Agent, in respect of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses payable hereunder) is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries) 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) (other than escrow, payroll, petty cash, trust and tax accounts) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates or the Administrative Agent to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Par- ties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates or the Administra- tive Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Ad- ministrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such pay- ment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Holdings and the Ad- ministrative Agent after any such set off and application 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 the Administrative Agent and each Lender under this Section 10.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent and such Lender may have at Law. Section 10.10. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of


-188- non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any Agent or any Lender shall re- ceive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest con- tracted for, charged or received by an Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder. Section 10.11. Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed coun- terpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission. The words “execution,” “execute,” “signed,” “sig- nature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments, waivers or consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Section 10.12. Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. Subject to Section 10.20, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall con- trol; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof. Section 10.13. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warran- ties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding. Section 10.14. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall en- deavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions; pro- vided that the Lenders shall charge no fee in connection with any such amendment. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. With- out limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provi- sions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuers, as applicable, then such provi- sions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.


-189- Section 10.15. GOVERNING LAW. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. (b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RE- LATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY (BOR- OUGH OF MANHATTAN) OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE OR SUPPORT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION. EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLI- CABLE LAW) ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCA- BLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES (OTHER THAN FACSIMILE) IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY L/C ISSUER OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION. NOTHING IN THIS AGREE- MENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. Section 10.16. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IR- REVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSAC- TIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN IN- DUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.16. Section 10.17. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed and delivered by the Loan Parties and each other party hereto and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, the Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer that each such Lender, the Swing Line Lender and L/C Is- suer has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Loan Parties, each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, in each case in accordance with Section 10.07 (if applica- ble) and except that no Loan Party shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders except as permitted by Section 7.04. Section 10.18. USA Patriot Act. Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and the Administra- tive Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of such Loan Party and other information re- garding such Loan Party that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act and is effective as to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.


-190- Section 10.19. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transac- tion contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understand- ing, that: (i) (A) the services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Collateral Agent are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lead Arranger and each Lender each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for each Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead Arrangers or the Lenders has any obliga- tion to the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby ex- cept those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affil- iates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead Arrangers or the Lenders has any obliga- tion to disclose any of such interests to the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Loan Party agrees not to make any claim against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby. Section 10.20. Intercreditor Agreements. Each Lender hereunder (a) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorizes and instructs the Agents to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and on behalf of such Lender. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of such Intercreditor Agreement shall control. Section 10.21. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwith- standing anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution aris- ing under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and con- version powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by: (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an the applicable Resolu- tion Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority. Section 10.22. Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Docu- ments provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Contract or any other agreement or instru- ment that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties


-191- acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protec- tion Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States). (a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) be- comes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolu- tion Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Re- gime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limita- tion of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support; (b) As used in this Section 10.25, the following terms have the following meanings: (i) “BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and inter- preted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party. (ii) “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and inter- preted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). (iii) “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. (iv) “QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be inter- preted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D). ARTICLE XI GUARANTEE Section 11.01. The Guarantee. Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally with the other Guarantors guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety to each Secured Party and their respective permitted suc- cessors and assigns, the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, dec- laration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue but for the provisions of (i) the Title 11 of the United States Code after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under Title 11 of the United States Code and (ii) any other Debtor Relief Laws) on the Loans made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, the Borrower, and all other Secured Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary under any Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations, including any future increases in the amount thereof, being herein collectively called the


-192- “Guaranteed Obligations”); provided, however, that Guaranteed Obligations shall exclude all Excluded Swap Ob- ligations. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that if the Borrower or other Guarantor(s) shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay the same in cash, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal. Section 11.02. Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 11.01 shall constitute a guaranty of payment when due and not of collection and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for payment in full), including any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or im- pair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder which shall remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above: (a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, to the extent permitted by Law, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be amended or waived; (b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted; (c) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, extended or re- newed or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be amended in any respect, or any right under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be amended or waived in any respect or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with; (d) any Lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, an L/C Issuer or any Lender or Agent as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be or remain perfected or the existence of any intervening Lien or security interest; or (e) the release of any other Guarantor pursuant to Section 11.09. The Guarantors hereby expressly waive (to the fullest extent permitted by Law) diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and, to the extent permitted by Law, all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any Secured Party exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors waive, to the extent per- mitted by Law, any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, and the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been cre- ated, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between the Borrower and the Secured Parties shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to any right of offset with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any time or from time to time held by Secured Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contin- gent upon the pursuit by the Secured Parties or any other person at any time of any right or remedy against the Bor- rower or against any other person which may be or become liable in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Ob- ligations or against any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto. This Guaran- tee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the


-193- Guarantors and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of this Agreement there may be no Guaranteed Obligations outstanding. Section 11.03. Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article XI shall be automati- cally reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or other Loan Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise. Section 11.04. Subrogation; Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that until the payment in full in cash and satisfaction in full of all Guaranteed Obligations (other than Cash Management Obligations, obligations pursuant to Secured Hedge Agreements and contingent obligations not yet due and owing, and Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized or backstopped) and the expiration and termination of the Commitments of the Lend- ers under this Agreement it shall subordinate any claim and shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 11.01, whether by subrogation, contribution or otherwise, against the Borrower or a Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations. Section 11.05. Remedies. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes, if any, may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 8.02) for purposes of Section 11.01, notwithstanding any stay, in- junction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 11.01. Section 11.06. [Reserved]. Section 11.07. Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article XI is a continuing guarantee of pay- ment, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising. Section 11.08. General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bank- ruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 11.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 11.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, any Loan Party or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount (after giving effect to the liability under this Guaranty and the right of contribution established in Section 11.10, but before giving effect to any other guarantee) that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding. Section 11.09. Release of Guarantors. If, in compliance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Doc- uments, (i) all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Guarantor are sold or otherwise trans- ferred to a Person or Persons none of which is a Loan Party in a transaction permitted hereunder or (ii) any Subsidi- ary Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under this Agreement (including under Section 10.05 hereof) and the other Loan Documents, including its obligations to pledge and grant any Collateral owned by it pursuant to any Collateral Document and, so long as the Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request, the Administrative Agent shall take such actions as are necessary to effect each release described in this Sec- tion 11.09 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Collateral Documents. When all Commitments hereunder have terminated, and all Loans or other Obligations hereunder which are accrued and payable have been paid or satisfied (other than contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted, Cash Management Obligations and Secured Obligations not yet due and payable pursuant to Secured


-194- Hedge Agreements), and no Letter of Credit remains outstanding (except any Letter of Credit the Outstanding Amount of which the Secured Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collateralized or for which a backstop letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer has been put in place), this Agreement and the Guaran- tees made herein shall terminate with respect to all Obligations, except with respect to Secured Obligations that ex- pressly survive such repayment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Section 11.10. Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Subsidiary Guar- antor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 11.04. The provisions of this Section 11.10 shall in no respect limit the obli- gations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Is- suers, the Swing Line Lender and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereun- der. Section 11.11. Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, un- conditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (pro- vided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 11.11 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 11.11, or otherwise under this Guarantee, voidable under applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 11.11 shall remain in full force and effect until all Commitments hereunder have terminated, and all Loans or other Obli- gations hereunder which are accrued and payable have been paid or satisfied (other than Cash Management Obliga- tions and Obligations arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement), and no Letter of Credit remains outstanding (except any Letter of Credit the Outstanding Amount of which the Obligations related thereto has been Cash Collat- eralized or for which a backstop letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer has been put in place). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 11.11 constitute, and this Section 11.11 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all pur- poses of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act. [Remainder of page intentionally left blank]