Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2018, by and among Commonwealth Re Midco Limited, Global Atlantic (FIN) Company, certain other subsidiaries of Commonwealth Re Midco Limited from time to time as guarantors, the lenders from time to time and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and the other agents and arrangers party thereto

(e)         Holdings may pay any dividend within sixty (60) days after the date of declaration thereof; provided that on the date of declaration such payment shall comply with one of the exceptions to this Section 7.08 listed in clauses (b) through (d) hereof.

Section 7.09.        Prepayment of Certain Indebtedness; Modifications of Certain Agreements; Synthetic Purchase Agreements.

(a)          Such Credit Party shall not, nor shall it suffer or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property, and including optional prepayments and open market purchases) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Subordinated Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance or termination of any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than (i) payment of regularly scheduled principal and interest payments as and when due in respect thereof, other than any payment prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof, (ii) to the extent the consideration thereof consists of Capital Stock of Holdings or (iii) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.

(b)        Such Credit Party shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, the subordination provisions within documents or instruments governing or evidencing any Subordinated Indebtedness in any manner adverse in any material respect to the Lenders.

(c)          Such Credit Party shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend or modify its respective Organization Documents, other than any amendments or modifications which are not adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders.

(d)          Such Credit Party shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into or be party to, or make any payment under, any Synthetic Purchase Agreement.

Section 7.10.       Debt to Total Capitalization Ratio.  Holdings shall not permit the Debt to Total Capitalization Ratio of Holdings as at the end of any Fiscal Quarter to be more than 35% for Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 7.11.       Holdings Net Worth.  Holdings shall not permit the GAAP Net Worth of Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, at all times when such calculations are available and, in any event, at the end of any calendar month, to be less than the sum of 70% of the Net Worth of CwA MidCo and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended prior to the Restatement Effective Date, plus 50% of the aggregate Net Income since the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended prior to the Restatement Effective Date for Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent positive).

Section 7.12.        Non-Contravention of OFAC.

(a)          Such Credit Party shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of such Credit Party, any of such Credit Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors or employees to (i) become an Embargoed Person or (ii) except as otherwise authorized by OFAC or any other relevant sanctions authority, otherwise permitted for U.S. persons by a U.S. Governmental Authority or by any rule, regulation or order of a U.S. Governmental Authority, use any proceeds of the Revolving Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for the purpose of financing the activities of or with any Person or in any country or territory that is an Embargoed Person.

(b)        Except as otherwise authorized by OFAC or any other relevant sanctions authority, such Credit Party shall not and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, any of such Credit Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors or employees to (i) conduct any business or engage in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Embargoed Person, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction related to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any applicable Economic Sanctions Laws or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the applicable prohibitions set forth in any Economic Sanctions Laws.

Section 7.13.       Restrictive Agreements.  Such Credit Party shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition on (a) the ability of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create or permit to exist any Lien on any of its property to secure the Obligations or (b) the ability of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions on the Capital Stock of Holdings or the Borrower) or to make, repay or prepay intercompany loans or advances to Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiary or to Dispose of assets to Holdings or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by applicable law (including pursuant to regulatory restrictions), (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof and under any document evidencing the Senior Notes or identified on Schedule 7.13 (but shall apply to any amendment or modification, or any extension or renewal, of any such restriction or condition that has the effect of making such restriction or condition materially more restrictive), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions that are not more restrictive than those contained in this Agreement contained in any documents governing any Indebtedness not prohibited by this Agreement, (iv) clause (a) of this Section 7.13 shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness or other obligations permitted to be secured hereunder (including Capitalized Lease Liabilities and Purchase Money Debt) not prohibited by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the collateral securing such Indebtedness or such other obligations permitted to be secured hereunder, (v) clause (a) of this Section 7.13 shall not apply to customary provisions in leases or licenses or other contracts and agreements restricting the assignment, subletting or sublicensing thereof and (vi) this Section 7.13 shall not apply to (A) any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary with respect to restrictions and conditions imposed by such Restricted Subsidiary’s Organization Documents or any related joint venture or similar agreement so long as any such restriction or condition applies only to such Subsidiary

and to any Capital Stock in such Restricted Subsidiary, (B) restrictions and conditions imposed on any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary became a Subsidiary (but shall apply to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition which makes such restrictions and conditions, taken as a whole, materially more restrictive); provided that such restrictions and conditions (x) apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary and (y) were not imposed in anticipation of the Facility, (C) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property and other agreements, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such provisions apply only to the assets that are the subject of such lease, sub-lease, license, sub-license or other agreement and shall not apply to any other assets of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (D) restrictions on pledging joint venture interests included in customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures.

Section 7.14.       Holding Company Activities.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall not (a) incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness other than the Indebtedness not prohibited to be incurred by them under this Agreement; (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed by it other than the Liens (x) created under the Collateralized L/C Security Documents to which it is a party and (y) permitted pursuant to Section 7.02; (c) engage in any business other than as permitted by this Agreement; (d) merge, consolidate or amalgamate with, or sell all or substantially all of its assets to, any other Person except as permitted by Section 7.07; (e) sell or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries other than as permitted to be disposed by them under this Agreement; or (f) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons.

Section 7.15.       Changes in Accounting Policies; Fiscal Year.  Such Credit Party shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) make any change to its accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required or permitted by GAAP or SAP or applicable securities laws or (b) change the last day of its fiscal year from December 31 of each year.

Section 8.01.        Events of Default.  Each of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

(a)         Non-Payment.  The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise, any amount of principal of any Revolving Loans, or (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest, fee or any other amount payable hereunder (including pursuant to Sections 2.02(h) or 2.02(l)(vi)) or under any other Loan Document; or

(b)        Representation or Warranty.  Any representation or warranty by any Credit Party made or deemed made herein or in any other Loan Document (other than any Collateralized L/C Security Document) or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or contained in any certificate, document or financial or other written statement by a

Credit Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Responsible Officer, furnished at any time in connection with this Agreement or in any other Loan Document (other than any Collateralized L/C Security Document) or any written amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, is incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or

(c)          Specific Defaults.  Any Credit Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03(a), Section 6.04(a) (with respect to corporate existence), or Article 7 on its part to be performed; or

(d)         Other Defaults.  Any Credit Party or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries fails to perform or observe any other term or covenant contained in this Agreement (other than Section 2.02(l)(vi)) or any other Loan Document (other than any Collateralized L/C Security Document) on its part to be performed, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date upon which written notice thereof is given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

(e)         Cross-Default.  (i) Any Credit Party or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (A) fails to make any payment in respect of the Senior Notes or any Material Indebtedness (other than in respect of Swap Contracts), when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) beyond the applicable grace or cure period thereunder or (B) fails to perform or observe any other condition or covenant, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness beyond the applicable grace or cure period thereunder if the effect of such failure, event or condition is to cause, or to permit (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would permit) the holder or holders of the Senior Notes or any Material Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, the Senior Notes or any Material Indebtedness to be declared to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (x) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (y) any Termination Event (as so defined) as to which any Credit Party or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries is an Affected Party (as so defined), and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by a Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $75,000,000 (in the aggregate for all such Swap Contracts) beyond the applicable grace or cure period thereunder (and, in the case of clause (y), a Credit Party or such Restricted Subsidiary fails to pay such Swap Termination Value when due beyond the applicable grace or cure period thereunder); provided, however, that no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to occur under clause (i)(B) of this Section 8.01(e) in respect of the failure to perform or observe any such condition or covenant, or the occurrence of any such event or existence of any such condition, under any agreement or instrument relating to any Material Indebtedness owing to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston that is cured, remedied or otherwise resolved within five (5) Business Days of the occurrence thereof and prior to such Material Indebtedness being declared to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity; or

(f)          Insolvency; Voluntary Proceedings.  Any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings (i) generally fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, subject to applicable grace periods, if any, whether at stated maturity or otherwise; (ii) voluntarily ceases to conduct its business in the ordinary course; (iii) commences any Insolvency Proceeding with respect to itself; (iv) applies for or consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, mortgagee in possession (or agent therefor) or other similar Person for itself or for a substantial part of its assets; or (v) takes any corporate action to effectuate or authorize any of the foregoing; or

(g)        Involuntary Proceedings.  (i) Any involuntary Insolvency Proceeding is commenced or filed against any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings, or any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process, is issued or levied against a substantial part of any Credit Party’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s properties, and any such proceeding or petition shall not be dismissed, or such writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall not be released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) days after commencement, filing or levy; (ii) any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings admits the material allegations of a petition against it in any Insolvency Proceeding, or an order for relief (or similar order under non-U.S. law) is ordered in any Insolvency Proceeding; (iii) any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings acquiesces in the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, mortgagee in possession (or agent therefor) or other similar Person for itself or a substantial portion of its property or business; or (iv) any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings shall become subject to any conservation, rehabilitation or liquidation order, directive or mandate issued by any Governmental Authority; or

(h)         Pension Plans and Welfare Plans.  With respect to any Single Employer Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, any ERISA Event has occurred that could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of liability by Holdings, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or steps are taken to terminate any Multiemployer Plan and such termination could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of Holdings, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, where in any event, individually or in the aggregate, the liability incurred by Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries could have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(i)          Material Judgments.  One or more monetary judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Credit Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage) of $75,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been paid, vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof, or any action shall be taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any asset of any Credit Party or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to enforce any such judgment or decree; or

(j)         Material Regulatory Matters.  (i) Any Insurance Subsidiary shall not make a scheduled payment of interest or principal on any surplus note or similar form of indebtedness (due to actions (as opposed to any inaction) of any Governmental Authority), (ii) any Insurance Subsidiary’s ability to pay fees to its Affiliates under existing agreements (or extensions of existing agreements) shall be restricted (due to actions (as opposed to any inaction) of any

Governmental Authority) or (iii) in any Fiscal Year, an Insurance Subsidiary’s ability to pay dividends to its stockholders is restricted in any manner (due to actions (as opposed to any inaction) of any Governmental Authority), other than by restrictions relating to dividends that apply generally to other insurance companies domiciled in the Insurance Subsidiary’s state of domicile under the insurance law of the state, and (1) in the cases of subclauses (i) through (iii) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (2) in each case, such event or condition was not in effect as of the date hereof; or

(k)          Change of Control.  There occurs any Change of Control; or

(l)          Invalidity of Loan Documents.  Any provision of any Loan Document (other than any Collateralized L/C Security Document), at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Credit Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document (other than any Collateralized L/C Security Document); or any Credit Party denies in writing that it has any further liability or obligation under any provision of any Loan Document (other than any Collateralized L/C Security Document), or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document (other than any Collateralized L/C Security Document).

Section 8.02.       Remedies.  If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders:

(a)          declare the obligation of each Lender to make extensions of the Revolving Loans or issuances, extensions or renewals of Letters of Credit to be terminated;

(b)         declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, whereupon such outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

(c)          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;

(d)          exercise on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties all rights and remedies available to it and the Secured Parties under the Collateralized L/C Security Documents or applicable law;

provided that upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section 8.01(f) or Section 8.01(g) (upon the expiration of the 60-day period mentioned therein, if applicable), the obligation of each Lender to make Revolving Loans or issue, extend or renew Letters of Credit shall automatically terminate and the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable without

presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.

Section 8.03.       Rights Not Exclusive.  The rights provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided by law or in equity, or under any other instrument, document or agreement now existing or hereafter arising.

Section 9.01.     Appointment and Authority.  Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints RBC to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article 9 are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Bookrunners, the Syndication Agents, the Documentation Agents and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions (other than Sections 9.06 and 9.10).

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 individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

Section 9.03.      Exculpatory Provisions.  No Agent-Related Person shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent-Related Person:

(a)          shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b)         shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that it 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 no Agent-Related Person shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent-Related Person to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and

(c)          shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, or shall 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, any Agent-Related Person or any of their respective Affiliates in any capacity.

No Agent-Related Person shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Person shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 8.02 and 10.01) or (ii) in the absence of such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  No Agent-Related Person shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to such Agent-Related Person by the Borrower or a Lender.

No Agent-Related Person shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 4 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent-Related Person.

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, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Revolving Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Revolving Loan.  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.

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 it.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article 9 shall apply to any such sub-agent selected by the Administrative Agent with reasonable care and to the Related

Parties of the Administrative Agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

Section 9.06.      Resignation of Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to 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 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) 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 under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), 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 provided 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.  After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article 9 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.

Section 9.07.       Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.  Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person, any Arranger, any Bookrunner, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person, any Arranger, any Bookrunner, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in

taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Section 9.08.       No Other Duties; Other Agents; Etc.  Each of RBC, US Bank and Wells Fargo are hereby appointed Syndication Agents hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes RBC, US Bank and Wells Fargo to act as Syndication Agents in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents.  Each of Bank of Nova Scotia, BMO and KeyBank are hereby appointed Documentation Agents hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes Bank of Nova Scotia, BMO and KeyBank to act as Documentation Agents in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents.  The Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents and any other Agent may resign from such role at any time, with immediate effect, by giving prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers, Bookrunners, Syndication Agents or Documentation 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 or a Lender hereunder.

Section 9.09.       Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.  In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of the Revolving Loan 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 Revolving Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.02, 2.08, 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;

(c)         and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, 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 2.02, 2.08, 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 any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or

to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

Section 9.10.        Collateral and Guarantee Matters.  The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to:

(a)         release (x) any Guarantor from the Guarantee or (y) any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document, (i) upon payment in full of all Obligations (other than unmatured, surviving contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of all Revolving Commitments and the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit (or Cash Collateralization of outstanding Letters of Credit at the Minimum Cash Collateral Amount), (ii) as expressly permitted under the Loan Documents, (iii) in connection with a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor with or to the Borrower in accordance with Section 7.07(b) or (iv) in the case of clause (y), subject to Section 10.01, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by Lenders having or holding Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 66-2/3% of the aggregate Revolving Exposure and unused Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders (provided that the aggregate amount of Revolving Exposure shall be determined with respect to any Defaulting Lender by disregarding the Revolving Exposure of such Defaulting Lender); and

(b)          subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.02(j).

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the authority of the Administrative Agent to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, pursuant to this Section 9.10.

Section 9.11.       Indemnification of Agent-Related Persons.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the total Revolving Loans and unused Revolving Commitments held on the date on which indemnification is sought, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct; and provided, further, that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 9.11.  Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse each Agent-Related Person upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by such Agent-Related Person in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any document

contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that such Agent-Related Person is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower.  The undertaking in this Section 9.11 shall survive the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent or any Agent-Related Person.

Section 9.12.       Withholding Tax.  To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent shall withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equal to any applicable withholding Tax.  If the IRS or any Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from any amount paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective), such Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by the Borrower 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 Tax or otherwise, including any penalties, additions to Tax or interest thereon, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses and any out-of-pocket expenses, whether or not such Tax was correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability 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 to the Administrative Agent under this Article 9.  The agreements in this Article 9 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Revolving Loans and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under this Agreement.  Unless required by applicable laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender.

Section 9.13.        Certain ERISA Matters.

(a)         Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(i)          such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Revolving Commitments,

(ii)         the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions

involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement,

(iii)       (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of  Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement, or

(iv)         such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

(b)         In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that:

(i)          none of the Administrative Agent, or the Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto),

(ii)         the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),

(iii)        the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies, (including in respect of the Obligations),

(iv)        the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder, and

(v)         no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments or this Agreement.

(c)        The Administrative Agent and each of the Arrangers hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Revolving Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Revolving Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Revolving Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

Section 10.01.    Amendments and Waivers.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Credit Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Credit Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent), so long as such

amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment, modification or supplement; provided, further, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a)        extend or increase the Revolving Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Revolving Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender; provided that no amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or Event of Default prior to the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 8.02 shall constitute an increase in any Revolving Commitment of any Lender;

(b)          postpone or delay the maturity of the Revolving Loans or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit or any date for the payment of any interest, premium or fees due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or reduce the amount of, or rate, as applicable, waive or excuse any such payment, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (other than as a result of waiving (i) an Event of Default in accordance with the terms hereof, (ii) default interest hereunder to the extent a waiver of the underlying default giving rise to such default interest does not require a vote of all Lenders or (iii) a mandatory prepayment to be made hereunder); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 3.05(b) shall not be deemed to be a reduction of the amount of, or rate of, interest payable on any Revolving Loan;

(c)         amend the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” without the consent of each Lender; provided that with the consent of Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” on substantially the same basis as the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Restatement Effective Date without the written consent of each Lender;

(d)          amend the definition of “Interest Period” to permit Interest Periods with a duration of longer than six months without the written consent of each Lender;

(e)         release all or substantially all of the Collateralized L/C Collateral from the Collateralized L/C Liens or any Guarantor from the Guarantee except as expressly permitted under the Loan Documents (including Section 9.10(a)) and except in connection with a “credit bid” undertaken by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code or other sale or disposition of assets in connection with an enforcement action with respect to the Collateralized L/C Collateral, as applicable, permitted pursuant to the applicable Loan Documents (in which case only the consent of the Required Lenders will be needed for such release), without the written consent of each Lender;

(f)          extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Commitment Termination Date without the written consent of each Lender and the Administrative Agent,

unless all such Letters of Credit are Cash Collateralized at the Minimum Cash Collateral Amount in accordance with Section 2.02(a)(vi);

(g)         amend this Section 10.01, or any other provision of this Agreement that by its express terms requires the consent of all or all affected Lenders, without the written consent of each Lender or each affected Lender, as applicable;

(h)          subject to Section 2.12, change Section 2.11 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;

(i)           consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender;

(j)           amend, modify or waive this Agreement or the Guarantee Agreement so as to alter the ratable treatment of Obligations arising under the Loan Documents and Guaranteed Obligations arising under the Guaranteed Swap Contracts or the definition of “Guaranteed Swap Contract”, “Obligations” or “Guaranteed Obligations” in each case in a manner adverse to any contractual counterparty to any such Guaranteed Swap Contract with Guaranteed Obligations then outstanding without the written consent of any such contractual counterparty;

(k)         modify (i) the Collateralized L/C Aggregate Collateral Amount or any component thereof with the effect of increasing the Collateralized L/C Aggregate Collateral Amount or (ii) the Minimum Collateralized L/C Aggregate Collateral Amount or any component thereof with the effect of decreasing the Minimum Collateralized L/C Aggregate Collateral Amount, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender; or

(l)         amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of the Loan Documents as the same applies to the Administrative Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent, in each case without the consent of the Administrative Agent;

provided, further, that (i) no such agreement shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, in addition to the Required Lenders or all the Lenders, as the case may be, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except with respect to the removal of the Administrative Agent) and (ii) any fee agreement referred to in Section 2.08 may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed by the parties thereto.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except for any amendment, waiver or consent pursuant to Section 10.01(a), (b) or (c).

Section 10.02.      Notices.

(a)         Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile or electronic transmission).  All such written notices shall be mailed, emailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number (provided that any matter transmitted by the Borrower by facsimile (1) shall be immediately confirmed by a telephone call to the recipient at the number specified on

Schedule 10.02, and (2) shall be followed promptly by delivery of a hard copy original thereof) or (subject to clause (c) below) electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i)          if to the Borrower, any other Credit Party or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

(ii)         if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its administrative questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, four (4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile or electronic mail, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of clause (c) below), when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article 2 shall not be effective until actually received by such Person.  In no event shall a voicemail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.

(b)          Electronic Communications:

(1)       Notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites, including the Platform) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to Article 2 if such Person has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.  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 acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgment); 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 subclause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

(2)          Holdings and each of its Subsidiaries understands that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution and agrees and assumes the risks associated with such electronic distribution, except to the extent that such losses, costs, expenses or liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent.

(3)          The Platform and any Approved Electronic Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”.  None of the Agent-Related Persons warrant the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications or the Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Platform and the Approved Electronic Communications, except for such losses, costs, expenses or liabilities as are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects is made by the Agent-Related Persons in connection with the Platform or the Approved Electronic Communications.

(4)          Holdings, each of its Subsidiaries and each Lender agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Approved Electronic Communications on the Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s customary document retention procedures and policies.

(c)          The Agent-Related Persons and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any 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 confirmation thereof.  The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, out-of-pocket expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any such Person, be available to the extent that such losses, costs, expenses or liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person.  All telephonic notices to and other 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 to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

Section 10.04.     Costs and Expenses.  The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse (a)  the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, each Bookrunner and each Syndication Agent, in each case together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates, for all reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all Attorney Costs, which Attorney Costs shall be limited to the reasonable fees and reasonable disbursements of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and, if reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and a single insurance regulatory counsel, collectively, for each of the foregoing Persons, (b) each Agent-Related Person for all reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all Attorney Costs, which Attorney Costs shall be limited to the reasonable fees and reasonable disbursements of a single primary counsel and, if reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and a single insurance regulatory counsel, collectively, for each Agent-Related Person, and (c) each Agent-Related Person and each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement, attempted enforcement or preservation of any rights or remedies under this Agreement (including this Section 10.04) or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any “workout” or restructuring in respect of the Obligations and during any legal proceeding, including in any Insolvency Proceeding or appellate proceeding), including all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.  The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all search, filing, recording, title insurance and appraisal charges and fees and taxes related thereto and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each Agent-Related Person and the cost of independent public accountants and other outside experts (subject to the limitations above) retained by such Agent-Related Person or any Lender, as applicable.  All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable within ten (10) Business Days after written demand therefor.  The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the repayment of the Revolving Loans and the other Obligations.

Section 10.05.     Borrower Indemnification; Damage Waiver.

(a)         Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, each Bookrunner, each Syndication Agent, each Documentation Agent, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees, agents and partners (to the extent such Person is a partnership) of such Persons and Affiliates involved with the Transactions (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, charges and costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature

whatsoever (including those arising from or relating to any environmental matters) that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnified Person by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Credit Party (x) that directly or indirectly owns the equity interests of the Borrower or (y) whose equity interests are owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower, in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (i) 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 consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Revolving Commitment, Revolving Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any Environmental Liability related to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) and regardless of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the negligence of the Indemnified Person; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnified Person, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (including Attorney Costs) (A) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person in connection with or as a result of the transactions hereunder or (B) arise out of or are in connection with any claim, litigation, loss or proceeding not involving an act or omission of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Indemnified Person) and that is brought by an Indemnified Person against another Indemnified Person (other than against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Bookrunner, any Syndication Agent or any Documentation Agent in their capacities as such or any other Indemnified Person in performing the services that are the subject of the Loan Documents).  No Indemnified Person 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 other than for any direct damages (and specifically excluding indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages) determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person.  Neither any Credit Party nor any Indemnified Person will have any liability for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages in connection with or as a result of such Credit Party’s or such Indemnified Person’s activities related to the transactions hereunder; provided that, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the Credit Parties’ indemnification obligations hereunder to the extent such indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages are included in any third-party claim whereby any Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification hereunder.  All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be payable within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor together with, if requested by the Borrower, backup documentation supporting such indemnification request.  The agreements in this Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

(b)          No Indemnified Person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through

telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for any direct damages (and specifically excluding indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages) determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person.

Section 10.06.    Marshaling; Payments Set Aside.  Neither of the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations.  To the extent that the Borrower makes a payment to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (or to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders), or the Administrative Agent or any Lender enforces any security interests or exercises any right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such enforcement or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its pro rata share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent.

Section 10.07.      Assignments, Successors, Participations, Etc.

(a)          Successors and Assigns Generally.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder (except as expressly permitted in Section 7.07) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(b) or (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(d) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  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 (as defined below) to the extent provided in Section 10.07(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b)         Assignments by Lenders.  Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans at the time owing to it (provided, however, that each assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any applicable Revolving Loan and any related Revolving Commitments)); provided that:

(i)          except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitment at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Revolving 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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g), the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within fifteen (15) Business Days after having received notice thereof;

(ii)        each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Revolving Loans or the Revolving Commitments assigned under the Facility;

(iii)        the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption; such Assignment and Assumption to be (A) electronically executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent via an electronic settlement system then acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually) and (B) delivered together with a processing and recordation fee of $[**], unless waived or reduced by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; provided that, no processing and recordation fee shall be payable in connection with an assignments by or to any Arranger or its Affiliates; and

(iv)        if the Eligible Assignee shall not be a Lender, (A) the relevant assignor, at the time that it notifies the Administrative Agent of such proposed assignment, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly executed Form W-9 of the proposed Eligible Assignee and (B) such Eligible Assignee shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire, in the form prescribed by the Administrative Agent.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.07(c), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, 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 obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, (provided that, with respect to circumstances in effect on the effective date of such Assignment and Assumption, an Eligible Assignee shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive had the assignment not taken place) and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations 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, 3.03,

3.04, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment).  Upon request, the Borrower (at their expense) shall execute and deliver a Revolving Loan Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.07(d).

(c)          Register.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Revolving Commitments of, and principal and interest amounts of the Revolving Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and each Lender (with respect to its own interests in the Facility only) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(d)         Participations.  Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a Natural Person or the Borrower, Holdings or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower or Holdings (other than Goldman Sachs & Co. and any lending affiliates thereof, but excluding Holdings and its Subsidiaries) or any Disqualified Lender) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment and/or the owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; 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 the first proviso to Section 10.01 that directly affects such Participant.  Except to the extent limited by Section 10.07(e), the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.03 and 3.04 (subject to the limitations and requirements of such Sections (including Section 3.01(e) and Section 3.01(f)) and Section 3.07, as if such Participant were a Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(b).  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.11 as though it were a Lender.

Each Lender that sells a participation pursuant to this Section 10.07(d) shall, acting solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it records the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts of each participant’s participation interest with respect to the Revolving Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (each, a “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Revolving Commitments, Revolving Loans or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that the relevant parties, acting reasonably and in good faith, determine that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Revolving Commitment, Revolving Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Section 1.163-5(b)(1) of the proposed United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

(e)          Limitations upon Participant Rights.  A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.03 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant; provided that this Section 10.07(e) shall not apply if the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.

(f)          Certain Pledges.  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Revolving Loan Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank of similar function 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.

(g)          Electronic Execution of Assignments.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures 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 10.08.    Confidentiality.  The Administrative Agent, each Arranger, each Bookrunner, each Syndication Agent, each Documentation Agent and each Lender shall maintain the confidentiality of all information provided to it by or on behalf of Holdings or any Subsidiary, or by the Administrative Agent on Holdings’ or such Subsidiary’s behalf, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, it being understood and agreed by the Credit Parties that, in any event, the Administrative Agent may disclose such information to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, each Bookrunner, each Syndication Agent, each

Documentation Agent and each Lender may make disclosures thereof to the extent such information (i) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by such Person on breach of the provisions of this Section 10.08, or (ii) was or becomes available on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Holdings or its Subsidiaries; provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries known to such Person; provided, further, that the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Bookrunner, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any Lender may disclose such information (a) at the request or pursuant to any requirement of any Governmental Authority or representative thereof to which such Person is subject (including the NAIC) or in connection with an examination of such Person by any such authority; (b) pursuant to subpoena or other court process; (c) when required to do so in accordance with the provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law; (d) to the extent reasonably required in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document; (e) to such Person’s independent auditors and other professional advisors on a confidential basis; (f) to any Participant, Lender or Eligible Assignee, actual or potential; provided that such Person agrees to be bound by the terms of this Section 10.08 (or language substantially similar to this Section 10.08) which agreement may be pursuant to customary syndication practice; (g) as to any Lender or its Affiliate, as expressly permitted under the terms of any other document or agreement regarding confidentiality to which Holdings or any Subsidiary is party with such Lender or such Affiliate; (h) to its Affiliates and to their respective officers, directors, partners, members, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors and other advisors, experts or agents who need to know such information and who have been informed of the confidential nature thereof (and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or the Administrative Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 10.08); (i) to any other party to this Agreement; (j) to any pledgee referred to in Section 10.07(f) or any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Revolving Loans who have been informed of the confidential nature of the information; (k) to Moody’s and S&P and other rating agencies in connection with the ratings contemplated by the Loan Documents; (l) on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Revolving Loans and (m) with the consent of the Borrower.  In addition, the Administrative Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, and on a need to know and confidential basis, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  In the case of confidential information received from Holdings or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information shall be clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.  In the case of clauses (b) and (c), the disclosing party shall give notice of such disclosure to the Borrower (other than any disclosure in connection with routine bank examinations), to the extent not otherwise prohibited by any Requirement of Law.

Section 10.09.     Set-off.  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being waived by the Borrower, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off

and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured; provided that neither any Lender nor any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to exercise any such set off with respect to any trust, tax reserve, employee benefit or payroll account.  Each Lender agrees to promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative 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 set-off and application.

Section 10.10.     Notification of Addresses, Lending Offices, Etc.  Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any changes in the address to which notices to the Lender should be directed, of addresses of any Lending Office, of payment instructions in respect of all payments to be made to it hereunder and of such other administrative information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

Section 10.11.     Effectiveness; Counterparts.  This Agreement (and the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement effected hereby) shall become effective upon (i) the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto (including each Continuing Existing Credit Agreement Lender), (ii) the receipt by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of written notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof and (iii) the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.01.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute but one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission (e.g., “.pdf’ or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

Section 10.12.     Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the Revolving Loans or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

Section 10.13.     Severability.  If any provision of any Loan Document is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent (but only to the extent) of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, (ii) the other provisions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of the Lenders in order to carry out the intentions of the parties thereto as nearly as may be possible and (iii) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any such provision in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 10.14.     Replacement of Defaulting Lenders and Non-Consenting Lenders.  If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.07), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:

(a)          the Administrative Agent shall have received the assignment fee specified in Section 10.07(b) from the Borrower; and

(b)          such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Revolving Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Sections 2.06(c), 3.01, 3.03 and 3.04) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts).

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

No action by or consent of a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price.  In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Defaulting Lender or such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with this Section 10.14; provided that if such Defaulting Lender or such Non-Consenting Lender does not comply with this Section 10.14 within one (1) Business Day after the Borrower’s request, compliance with this Section 10.14 shall not be required to effect such assignment.

Section 10.15.      Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a)          This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b)         Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any relevant appellate court, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.  Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Each Credit Party that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States hereby appoints the Borrower, and the Borrower

hereby accepts such appointment, as agent for service of process of each such Credit Party in any matter related to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.  Nothing in any Loan Document shall affect any right that any Lender or the Administrative Agent may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document against any Credit Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c)          Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document in any court referred to in clause (b) of this Section 10.15.  Each party hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

(d)          To the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.02.  Nothing in any Loan Document will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

Section 10.16.    Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION 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 RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 10.16 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.  THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO OR OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

Section 10.17.    PATRIOT Act Notice.  Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “PATRIOT Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.

Section 10.18.     Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents and any separate agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Bookrunners, embodies the entire agreement and understanding

among the Credit Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than the provisions of the Fee Letters and those provisions of the Engagement Letter which by the terms of the Engagement Letter remain in full force and effect after execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, on the Restatement Effective Date, all of the obligations of the Arrangers, Bookrunners and engagement parties under the Engagement Letter shall terminate and be superseded by the Loan Documents and the Arrangers, Bookrunners and engagement parties under the Engagement Letter shall be released from all liability in connection therewith, including any claim for injury or damages, whether consequential, special, direct, indirect, punitive or otherwise.

Section 10.19.     Independence of Covenants.  All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

Section 10.20.     Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders Right.  The obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Revolving Commitment of any other Lender hereunder.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity.  The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

Section 10.21.     No Fiduciary Duty.  The Administrative Agent, each Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their stockholders and/or their affiliates.  Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit Party, its stockholders or its affiliates, on the other.  The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (b) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its stockholders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person.  Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and

financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto.  Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

Section 10.22.      Judgment Currency.

(a)          This is an international loan transaction in which the specification of a particular currency (the “Specified Currency”) and place of payment (the “Specified Place”) is of the essence, and the obligation of each Credit Party under this Agreement to make payment to or for account of a Guaranteed Party in the Specified Currency shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed or converted into any other currency or in another place except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by such Guaranteed Party in the Specified Place of the full amount of the Specified Currency payable to such Guaranteed Party under this Agreement.

(b)          If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in the Specified Currency into another currency (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange that shall be applied shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase such Specified Currency at the principal office of the Administrative Agent in the Specified Place with the Judgment Currency on the Business Day next preceding the day on which such judgment is rendered.  The obligation of each Credit Party in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Guaranteed Party (the “Entitled Person”) shall, notwithstanding the rate of exchange actually applied in rendering such judgment, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Entitled Person of any sum adjudged to be due hereunder in the Judgment Currency such Entitled Person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase and transfer of the Specified Currency to the Specified Place with the amount of the Judgment Currency so adjudged to be due; and each Credit Party hereby, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, agrees to indemnify such Entitled Person against, and to pay such Entitled Person on demand, in the Specified Currency, the amount (if any) by which the sum originally due to such Entitled Person in the Specified Currency hereunder exceeds the amount of the Specified Currency so purchased and transferred.

Section 10.23.      Existing Credit Agreement Amended and Restated; Consents to Amendments to Existing Loan Documents; Restatement Effective Date Assignments.

(a)          Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date, (i) this Agreement shall amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety, (ii) the rights and obligations of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be subsumed within and be governed by this Agreement; provided, however, that (A) each of the “Revolving Loans” (as such term is defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date shall remain outstanding hereunder (with the existing Interest Periods therefor) and shall constitute Revolving Loans hereunder; (B) each “Letter of Credit” (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) issued under the Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding on the

Restatement Effective Date shall constitute a Letter of Credit hereunder, and (C) all Obligations (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) of the Credit Parties (as defined in this Agreement) shall constitute continuing Obligations hereunder, and neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document shall be deemed to evidence or result in a novation or repayment and reborrowing of such Obligations, and (iii) all references to the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document or other document or instrument delivered in connection therewith shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement.

(b)         Each Credit Party, the Administrative Agent, each Lender (including each Continuing Existing Credit Agreement Lender) hereby consents to (i) the amendment and restatement of the Existing Guarantee Agreement (as defined in the Guarantee Agreement) effected by the Guarantee Agreement and (ii) the amendment and restatement of the Existing Security and Control Agreement (as defined in the Collateralized L/C Security and Control Agreement) effected by the Collateralized L/C Security and Control Agreement.

(c)        Certain of the Revolving Lenders party hereto on the Restatement Effective Date are New Revolving Lenders.  Certain Continuing Existing Credit Agreement Lenders are Increasing Lenders, and certain Continuing Existing Credit Agreement Lenders are Reducing Lenders.  On the Restatement Effective Date, (i) each of the Reducing Lenders shall assign to each of the Increasing Lenders, and each of the Increasing Lenders shall purchase from each of the Reducing Lenders, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Loans outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date and (ii) each outstanding Letter of Credit shall be amended in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.02(d), in each case as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Revolving Exposure will be held by the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Commitments.

Section 10.24.     Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding 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 an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA 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 EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b)          the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(ii)         a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(iii)        a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA 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

(iv)         the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

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