Amendment No. 15 and Limited Waiver dated March 19, 2019 to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2015, among Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., as the borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other lenders party thereto

This AMENDMENT NO. 15 AND LIMITED WAIVER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 19, 2019, is among BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement described below) (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and each of the Lenders party hereto, and, for purposes of Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 hereof, acknowledged and agreed by certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower, as Guarantors.

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2015 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2016, Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2017, Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2017, Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2018, Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2018, Consent and Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2018, Amendment No. 8 to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2018, Amendment No. 9 and Consent to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2018, Amendment No. 10 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2018, Amendment No. 11 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2018, Amendment No. 12 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2018, Amendment No. 13 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2018, Amendment No. 14 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2019, and from time to time further amended, supplemented, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used in this Amendment not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby), pursuant to which the Revolving Credit Lenders have provided the Revolving Credit Facility to the Borrower and the Term Loan Lenders have provided the Term Loan Facility to the Borrower; and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree to add an additional term loan tranche under the existing Term Loan Facility and the extension of credit and related obligations and liabilities arising from time to time thereunder shall be on a subordinated basis to the Revolving Credit Facility, and the Lenders signatory hereto are willing to consent to effect such amendments on the terms and conditions contained in this Amendment;

WHEREAS, each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and confirms that the non-compliance events on Exhibit A hereto (referred to as the “Non-Compliance Events”) have occurred or are anticipated to occur;

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders waive the Non-Compliance Events on a limited basis from the date upon which this Amendment becomes effective until the occurrence of a Waiver Termination Event, as such term is defined in Section 2 herein and subject to the last paragraph thereof (the “Waiver Period”);

WHEREAS,  solely with respect to the Non-Compliance Events, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto have agreed to waive the Non-Compliance Events in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the actions of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto in entering into this Amendment are without prejudice to the rights of any of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured

Parties to pursue any and all remedies under the Loan Documents, pursuant to applicable law or in equity available to any of them in their sole discretion upon the termination (whether upon expiration thereof or otherwise) of the Waiver Period; and

WHEREAS, identification of the Non-Compliance Events in this Amendment does not constitute an agreement by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and/or any of the other Secured Parties that there are no other Defaults or Events of Default currently existing or anticipated under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties have reserved all rights and remedies with respect to any such Defaults or Events of Default.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and further valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 15 Effective Date (as defined below), hereby amended as follows:

“Amendment No. 15” means that certain Amendment No. 15 and Limited Waiver, dated as of the date of the Amendment No. 15 Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed by the Guarantors.

“Amendment No. 15 Effective Date” means March 19, 2019, the date on which the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 15 were satisfied.

“Tranche A-1 Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01A.

“Tranche A-1 Term Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01A.

“Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender, its obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01A in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. Each Tranche A-1 Lender’s Term Loan Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of Tranche A-1 Term Loans made to the Borrower by such Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender.

“Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender” means each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 2.01A or holds Tranche A-1 Term Loans.

“Tranche A-2 Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01B.

“Tranche A-2 Term Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01B.

“Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender, its obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01B in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or opposite such caption in the Assignment and

Assumption pursuant to which such Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. Each Tranche A-2 Lender’s Term Loan Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of Tranche A-2 Term Loans made to the Borrower by such Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender.

“Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender” means each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 2.01B or holds Tranche A-2 Term Loans.

(d) the date of the reduction of the Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment to zero as a result of Term Loan Borrowings made under Section 2.01A.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, (x) after the date of this Agreement, with respect to the Revolving Credit Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and (y) after the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, with respect to the Term Loan LendersTranche A-1 Term Loan Lenders, and (z) after the Amendment No. 15 Effective Date, with respect to the Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lenders, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

“Funding Ratio” means that for each Dollar of Revolving Credit Loans made to the Borrower after the occurrence of the Initial Tranche A Term Loan Funding, a Dollar amount of Tranche A-1 Term Loans equal to (x) the amount of such Revolving Loans, plus (y) the amount of OID to be paid by the Borrower in connection with such Term Loans on the date of the applicable Term Loan Borrowing.

“Initial Tranche A Term Loan Funding” means the Borrower’s receipt of Tranche A-1 Term Loan proceeds of $10,000,000 following payment of any Amendment No. 9 Closing Fee, Initial Funding Term Loan Lender Expenses and OID in connection with such funding.

“Incremental Tranche A Term Loan Funding” means, after the occurrence of the Initial Tranche A Term Loan Funding, the Borrower’s receipt of Tranche A-1 Term Loan proceeds of $20,000,000 (which may be made in a single Borrowing or multiple Borrowings) following payment of any OID in connection with such funding on the date of the relevant Borrowing.

“Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time. As of the Amendment No. 915 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments shall equal $440,374,442.99346,983,706.46.

“Term Loan” means a Tranche A-1 Term Loan or a Tranche A-2 Term Loan, as the context may require.

“Term Loan Borrowing” means any Tranche A-1 Term Loan Borrowing or any Tranche A-2 Term Loan Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Term Loan Commitment” means, any Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment or any Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitment, as the context may require.

“Term Loan Facility” means, at any time, (a) at any time during the Availability Period in respect of such Facility, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments at such time and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all the Term Loans outstanding at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of all the Term Loans outstanding at such time. As of the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term Loan Lenders’ Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lenders’ Term Loan Commitments shall equal $35,000,000, plus an amount equal to the reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Term Loan Lender Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender with respect to the preparation and negotiation of the Tranche A Last Out Facility Commitment Letter and Amendment No. 9, which amounts are reimbursable under the Tranche A Last Out Facility Commitment Letter for which related invoices have been delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent within two (2) Business Days after the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date (the “Initial Funding Term Loan Lender Expenses”). As of the Amendment No. 15 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lenders’ Term Loan Commitments shall equal $10,000,000.

2.01A    Tranche A-1 Term Loans

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make loans to the Borrower in Dollars (each such loan, a “Tranche A-1 Term Loan”) from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period with respect to the Term Loan Facility, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Term Loan Lender’s Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment. Tranche A-1 Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein. Subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may prepay the Tranche A-1 Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05, subject to any subordination terms set forth herein. Amounts so prepaid or repaid may not be reborrowed.

2.01B     Tranche A-2 Term Loans

.     Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make loans to the Borrower in Dollars (each such loan, a “Tranche A-2 Term Loan”) on the Amendment No. 15 Effective Date, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Term Loan Lender’s Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitment. Tranche A-2 Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein. Subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may prepay the Tranche A-2 Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05, subject to any subordination terms set forth herein. Amounts so prepaid or repaid may not be reborrowed.

(y) (A) if such Borrowing includes a Tranche A-1 Term Loan Borrowing, any Amendment No. 9 Closing Fee, Initial Funding Term Loan Lender Expenses or OID shall be netted from the amounts to be made available to the Borrower as provided above and (B) to the extent such Borrowing results in a Trigger Event or if a Repayment Deadline exists, proceeds of the applicable Term Loan Borrowing may be applied to the prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans in amounts equal to the excess of the thresholds set forth in the definition of “Trigger Event”.

(v)    The Borrower agrees to pay original issue discount to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender on the date of each Tranche A-1 Term Loan Borrowing in an aggregate amount equal to 10.0% of the gross cash proceeds of the Tranche A-1 Term Loan received by the Borrower on the date of such Term Loan Borrowing (“OID”).

4.06    Conditions to Tranche A-2 Term Loan Borrowing

. The obligation of each Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender to honor the Tranche A-2 Term Loan Borrowing is subject to the following condition precedent:

(a)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

(d)     the proceeds of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans are being used by the Borrower only for working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

(v)    No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural person, or (D) to any competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is primarily engaged in an Eligible Line of Business and that has been previously identified as such, by legal entity name, by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and provided by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders on the Platform, it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining or otherwise managing any such list of competitors. No assignment of any unfunded Term Loan Commitment shall be made, except to B. Riley FBR, Inc. to the extent necessary for B. Riley FBR, Inc. to satisfy any of its obligations under the Tranche A Last Out Facility Commitment Letter. No assignment of any Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan shall be made to any Term Loan Lender or any of the Term Loan Lender’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

(a)Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth and in reliance upon the Loan Parties’ representations, acknowledgments, agreements and warranties herein contained, including, without limitation, the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described in Section 5 herein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that during the Waiver Period, (i) the Non-Compliance Events are waived, (ii) no interest at the Default Rate will be charged, accrued or paid in respect of any Non-Compliance Event, and any such amount accrued or charged prior to the Waiver Period is waived and (iii) the condition set forth in Section 4.03(e)(iii)(y)(b) of the Credit Agreement is waived, provided that the Borrower shall not permit Liquidity, as of the Business Day immediately prior to each of (A) the date of the Committed Loan Notice with respect to any Request for Credit Extension with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and (B) the proposed date of such Credit Extension, to be less than $35,000,000, after giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds of the good faith intended use of such Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ agreement to waive the Non-Compliance Events is temporary and limited in nature and shall not be deemed: (i) to preclude or prevent the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and/or any other Secured Party from exercising any rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, applicable law or otherwise arising on account of (A) any Default or Event of Default (other than in respect of the Non-Compliance Events) or (B) the Non-Compliance Events to the extent still existing after the Waiver Period; (ii) to effect any amendment of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, all of which shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms; (iii) to constitute a waiver of any other Default or Event of Default (whether now existing or hereafter occurring) or any term or provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents other than the waivers contained in the first sentence of this clause (a); or (iv) to establish a custom or course of dealing among the Borrower, any other Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and/or any other Secured Party.

(b)The Recitals to this Amendment are hereby incorporated by reference as fully set forth herein and the Loan Parties represent, warrant, and acknowledge that such Recitals are true and correct.

(c)The limited waiver of the Non-Compliance Events shall terminate upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events (each, a “Waiver Termination Event”): 

(i)Any Loan Party repudiates or asserts a defense to any obligation or liability under this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or makes or pursues a claim against the Administrative Agent or any Lender; and/or

(ii)Any Loan Party fails to observe or perform any of its agreements, conditions or undertakings set forth in this Amendment; and/or

(iii)The occurrence or existence of any Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (except with respect to the Non-Compliance Events), or any breach or default by any Loan Party of any term, covenant, condition, representation or warranty set forth in this Amendment, in each case, whether now existing or hereafter occurring; and/or

(iv)Any representation, warranty or statement of any Loan Party contained herein or in any financial statements (other than with respect to any projections or forward looking financial information, to the extent such information was prepared in good faith) of any Loan Party provided to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders in connection herewith shall have been false or incorrect in any material respect (or, with respect to those representations and warranties expressly limited by their terms by materiality or material adverse effect qualifications, in any respect); and/or

(v)The release of the Secured Parties set forth below is alleged to be invalid or unenforceable by any claim or proceeding initiated or commenced in favor of, through, or by any Loan Party or any other Person; and/or

(vi)The Borrower pays a fee to [***] with respect to the Vølund Project located at [***] (the “[***] Break-Up Fee”) with funds other than the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of the Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or the issuance of Subordinated Debt (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Indebtedness with respect to the Term Loan Facility) by the Borrower; and/or

(vii)The Borrower pays a fee to [***] with respect to the Vølund Projects located at [***] (the “[***]Fee”) with funds other than the Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance of the Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or the issuance of Subordinated Debt (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Indebtedness with respect to the Term Loan Facility) by the Borrower; and/or

(viii)The Borrower permits Liquidity, as of the Business Day immediately prior to each of (A) the date of the Committed Loan Notice with respect to any Request for Credit Extension with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and (B) the proposed date of such Credit Extension, to be less than $35,000,000, after giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds of the good faith intended use of such Credit Extension; and/or

(ix)The Borrower fails to deliver any Budget update or report required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.29 of the Credit Agreement within two (2) Business Days of any such update or report having been due; and/or

(x)The Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender fails to fund the full aggregate Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitment on the date hereof; and/or

(xi)5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on March 29, 2019.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Amendment or any other Loan Document to the contrary, upon the occurrence of a Waiver Termination Event, the Administrative Agent and/or the Required Lenders may, at their option, terminate the Waiver Period (provided that upon the occurrence of any of the Waiver Termination Events set forth in clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) or (xi), the Waiver Period shall automatically terminate) and, at their option and without notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party except as otherwise required by the Loan Documents, exercise any and all rights and remedies pursuant to the Loan Documents or applicable law as a result of the existence of the Non-Compliance Events or any other Default in such manner as the Administrative Agent and/or the Required Lenders in their sole and exclusive discretion determine.

From and after the Amendment No. 15 Effective Date (as defined below), pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement, each Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender executing this Amendment shall become a party to the Credit Agreement and have the rights and obligations of a Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender thereunder and under the other Loan Documents and shall be bound by the provisions thereof.

agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in their respective sole discretion.

modifying the Security Instruments delivered with respect to any security interest granted by Babcock & Wilcox de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V., in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

The amendments contained herein shall only be effective upon the satisfaction or waiver of each of the following conditions precedent (the date of satisfaction or waiver, the “Amendment No. 15 Effective Date”):

The Administrative Agent agrees that it will, upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions contained in this Section 5, promptly provide written notice to the Borrower, and the Revolving Credit Lenders of the effectiveness of this Amendment.

In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, for itself and for each other Loan Party, as follows:

By its execution hereof, each Loan Party, in its capacity under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party (including the capacities of debtor, guarantor, grantor and pledgor, as applicable, and each other similar capacity, if any, in which such party has granted Liens on all or any part of its properties or assets, or otherwise acts as an accommodation party, guarantor, indemnitor or surety with respect to all or any part of the Obligations), hereby:

shareholders, trustees, agents, employees, consultants, experts, advisors, attorneys and other professionals and all other persons and entities to whom any of the foregoing would be liable if such persons or entities were found to be liable to any Releasing Party, or any of them (collectively hereinafter, the “Lender Parties”), from any and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, claims, charges, demands, counterclaims, suits, covenants, controversies, damages, judgments, expenses, liens, claims of liens, claims of costs, penalties, attorneys’ fees, or any other compensation, recovery or relief on account of any liability, obligation, demand or cause of action of whatever nature, whether in law, equity or otherwise (including, without limitation, any so called “lender liability” claims, claims for subordination (whether equitable or otherwise), interest or other carrying costs, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses and incidental, consequential and punitive damages payable to third parties, or any claims arising under 11 U.S.C. §§ 541-550 or any claims for avoidance or recovery under any other federal, state or foreign law equivalent), whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, joint and/or several, secured or unsecured, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, contractual or tortious, direct, indirect, or derivative, asserted or unasserted, foreseen or unforeseen, suspected or unsuspected, now existing, heretofore existing or which may heretofore have accrued against any of the Lender Parties under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, whether held in a personal or representative capacity, and which are based on any act, fact, event or omission or other matter, cause or thing occurring at or from any time prior to and including the date hereof, in all cases of the foregoing in any way, directly or indirectly arising out of, connected with or relating to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and the transactions contemplated thereby, and all other agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents and statements (whether written or oral) related to any of the foregoing (each, a “Claim” and collectively, the “Claims”), in each case, other than Claims arising from Lender Parties’ gross negligence, fraud, or willful misconduct. Each Releasing Party further stipulates and agrees with respect to all Claims, that it hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all provisions, rights, and benefits conferred by any applicable U.S. federal or state law, or any principle of common law, that would otherwise limit a release or discharge of any unknown Claims pursuant to this Section 8.

This Amendment, the Credit Agreement (including giving effect to the amendments set forth in Section 1 above), and the other Loan Documents (collectively, the “Relevant Documents”), set forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto in relation to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior negotiations and agreements among the parties relating to such subject matter. No promise, condition, representation or warranty, express or implied, not set forth in the Relevant Documents shall bind any party hereto, and no such party has relied on any such promise, condition, representation or warranty. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, except as otherwise expressly stated in the Relevant Documents, no representations, warranties or commitments, express or implied, have been made by any party to any other party in relation to the subject matter hereof or thereof.

None of the terms or conditions of this Amendment may be changed, modified, waived or cancelled orally or otherwise, except in writing and in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement.

This Amendment is a Loan Document (and the Borrower and the other Loan Parties agree that the “Obligations” secured by the Collateral shall include any and all obligations of the Loan Parties under this Amendment). Except as expressly modified hereby, all terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment shall in any way impair the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents, or alter, waive, annul, vary, affect, or impair any provisions, conditions, or covenants contained therein or any rights, powers, or remedies granted therein. This Amendment shall not constitute a modification of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or a course of dealing with Administrative Agent or the Lenders at variance with the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents such as to require further notice by Administrative Agent or any Lender to require strict compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the future, except in each case as expressly set forth herein. The Borrower acknowledges and expressly agrees that Administrative Agent and the Lenders reserve the right to, and do in fact, require strict compliance with all terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (subject to any qualifications set forth therein), as amended herein.

This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Except as provided in Section 5 above, this Amendment shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile, electronic email or other electronic imaging means (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Sections 10.04, 10.14 and 10.15 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by herein by this reference.

If any provision of this Amendment is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavour in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

All references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement and each reference to the “Credit Agreement”, (or the defined term “Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” of words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement) in the other Loan Documents shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and giving effect to the amendments contained in this Amendment.

This Amendment shall be binding upon the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and the respective successors and assigns of the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

Each Lender that has signed this Amendment shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Amendment No. 15 Effective Date specifying its objection thereto.

This Amendment may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified only by a written agreement signed by the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and none of the provisions hereof may be waived without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be made, executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.