CONSENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

SECTION 1 CONSENT.    

1.1 The Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the Proposed Offering of the Proposed Notes on the terms and conditions of the Description of Notes and approve the subordination terms, payment terms, covenants, pricing and other terms of the Proposed Notes as set forth in the Description of Notes, subject to the following: 

(a) the Agent and the Lenders reserve the right to approve the final indenture, notes and guarantees (each as defined in the Description of Notes) relating to the Proposed Notes and the Proposed Offering (with the understanding that the Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that the events of default described in the section of the Description of Notes entitled “Events of Default” are hereby approved and consented to by the Agent and the Lenders and that any terms contained in the final indenture, notes and guarantees that conform in substance to the descriptions of such terms in the Description of Notes are hereby approved and consented to by the Agent and the Lenders);

(b) the Proposed Notes must be issued and sold by the Company no later than August 31, 2017; and

(c) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing at the time of the closing of, or would result from, the Proposed Offering and no default shall exist or be caused by the issuance of the Proposed Notes under the Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2012, and the Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2014, among the Company, various of the Company’s subsidiaries and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (and the Lenders shall have received evidence thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to

them).

1.2 The Agent and the Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Company may repurchase and/or redeem any or all of the outstanding Subordinated Notes with the proceeds of the Proposed Notes so long as the requirements of clause (ii) of the proviso to Section 9.9 of the Credit Agreement are met. 

1.3 This consent in this Section is limited expressly to its terms and shall not constitute a course of dealing with the Lenders or the Agent at variance with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents or be construed to consent to, or waive, any breach or noncompliance with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document not specifically set forth above.

SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS.  Effective on the Amendment Effective Date (defined below), the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

2.1 Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by amending and restating the definition of “Subordinated Notes” in its entirety to read as follows:

2.2 Section 9.7 shall be amended by amending and restating clause (j) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:

2.3 Section 9.7 shall be further amended by amending and restating clause (o) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:

2.4 Schedule 9.7 shall be amended by amending and restating entries 5 and 9 thereof in their entireties to read as follows:

SECTION 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that:  (a) the representations and warranties made in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent relating solely to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct as of such earlier date); (b) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists or

will result from the execution of this Amendment; (c) no event or circumstance has occurred since the Effective Date that has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect; (d) the execution and delivery by the Company of this Amendment and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby (as so amended, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) (i) are within the corporate powers of the Company, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) have received all necessary approval from any governmental authority and (iv) do not and will not contravene or conflict with any provision of any law, rule or regulation or any order, decree, judgment or award which is binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or of any agreement, indenture, instrument or other document which is binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (e) the Amended Credit Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

SECTION 4 CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS.  This Amendment shall become effective as of the date when the following conditions precedent have been satisfied, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

4.1 Amendment.  The Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment duly executed by the Company and the Required Lenders (or, in the case of any party other than the Company from which the Agent has not received a counterpart hereof, facsimile confirmation of the execution of a counterpart hereof by such party).

4.2 No Default.  No Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the transactions contemplated by this Amendment.

4.3 Representations.  The representations and warranties of the Company and each Subsidiary set forth in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as if then made (except to the extent stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

SECTION 5 MISCELLANEOUS.

5.1 Continuing Effectiveness, etc.  As hereby amended, the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.  All references in the Credit Agreement, the Notes, each other Loan Document and any similar document to the “Credit Agreement” or similar terms shall refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

5.2 Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties on separate counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Amendment.

5.3 Expenses.  The Company agrees to pay the reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment.

5.4 Severability of Provisions.  In the event that any provision in or obligation under this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

5.5 Section Headings.  The various headings of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment or the Credit Agreement or any provision hereof or thereof.

5.6 Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be a contract made under and governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be wholly performed within the State of New York.

5.7 Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Company, the Lenders and the Agent and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, the Lenders and the Agent and the successors and assigns of the Lenders and the Agent.

5.8 Loan Document.  This Amendment is a Loan Document.