Form 8-K
8-K — AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
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Filed: 2026-07-01
Period: 2026-06-29
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SIC: 7510 (SERVICES-AUTO RENTAL & LEASING (NO DRIVERS))
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 29, 2026
Avis Budget Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-10308
06-0918165
(State or Other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
379 Interpace Parkway
Parsippany, NJ
07054
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(973) 496-4700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last
report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Act:
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange on Which
Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01
CAR
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 29, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), Avis Budget Group,
Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries, Avis Budget Holdings, LLC and Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, as the Borrower
(collectively, the “Avis Parties”), entered into the Eleventh Amendment (the “Eleventh Amendment”) to the
Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and the other lenders party
thereto (as amended, restated or otherwise modified prior to the Eleventh Amendment, the “Sixth A&R Credit
Agreement”, and the Sixth A&R Credit Agreement as amended by the Eleventh Amendment, the “Amended Sixth A&R
Credit Agreement”). On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment, the Borrower (i) refinanced the existing
$2 billion revolving loan facility under the Sixth A&R Credit Agreement with a new $2 billion revolving loan facility (the
“2031 Revolving Facility”), which will mature on June 29, 2031 (subject to a springing maturity of 90 days prior to the
maturity date of certain long-term indebtedness of the Borrower and its subsidiaries if, on such date, the aggregate principal
amount of such indebtedness exceeds $300 million) and (ii) established a new $200 million revolving loan facility (the “2028
Revolving Facility”), which will mature on June 29, 2028 (subject to a springing maturity (x) on the date that is 91 days
prior to the maturity date of certain long-term indebtedness of the Borrower and its subsidiaries if, on such date, the aggregate
principal amount of such indebtedness exceeds $300 million and (y) on the date that is 10 business days after any Group Member (as
defined in the Amended Sixth A&R Credit Agreement) receives cash proceeds from any legal settlement in excess of $500 million).
The foregoing summary of the Eleventh Amendment is qualified by reference to the terms of the Eleventh Amendment, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information described above under Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated
into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Eleventh Amendment, dated as of June 29, 2026, to the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2021, among Avis Budget Holdings, LLC, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, as borrower, Avis Budget Group, Inc., the subsidiary borrowers from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Jean M. Sera
Name:
Jean M. Sera
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
Date: July 1, 2026
EX-10.1 — EXHIBIT 10.1
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EXHIBIT 10.1
Execution Version
Eleventh
AMENDMENT
ELEVENTH AMENDMENT, dated as of
June 29, 2026 (this “Amendment”), among AVIS BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC (“Holdings”), AVIS BUDGET CAR
RENTAL, LLC (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto (which constitute the Required Lenders and each Revolving Lender)
and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”). JPMorgan, BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia, BNP Paribas,
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, Societe Generale, Truist Bank, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
and MUFG Bank, Ltd. are acting as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with this Amendment and the Revolving Facilities
(as defined below) (in such capacities, collectively, the “Joint Lead Arrangers”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made
to the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 9, 2021 (as heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and, as amended by this Amendment and as further amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among others, Holdings, the Borrower, Avis Budget
Group, Inc. (“ABG”), the subsidiary borrowers from time to time parties thereto, the several lenders from time to time
parties thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested
that the Revolving Commitments outstanding under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Revolving Commitments”)
and the Revolving Loans outstanding under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Revolving Loans”)
be refinanced with a new revolving facility (the “2031 Revolving Facility”) constituting a Refinancing Revolving Facility
by obtaining 2031 Revolving Commitments (as defined in Section 3(a) of this Amendment) and having the Existing Revolving Commitments
be replaced with the 2031 Revolving Commitments under the 2031 Revolving Facility as provided herein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested
an additional new revolving facility (the “2028 Revolving Facility” and, together with the 2031 Revolving Facility,
the “Revolving Facilities”) by obtaining 2028 Revolving Commitments (as defined in Section 3(b) of this Amendment);
WHEREAS, each financial institution
set forth under the heading “Lender” in Exhibit B hereto (each such financial institution, a “Revolving Lender”
and, collectively, the “Revolving Lenders”) agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Credit
Agreement, to provide 2031 Revolving Commitments and 2028 Revolving Commitments to the Borrower on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Revolving Lenders party hereto have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to give effect
to the Revolving Facilities and consent to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.1
of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Borrower has requested to amend certain other provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, and the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, to amend those
certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the premises contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
SECTION 2.
Amendments.
(a)
The Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended in accordance with Exhibit A hereto: (i) by deleting each term thereof which
is lined out and (ii) by inserting each term thereof which is double underlined, in each case in the place where such term appears therein.
(b)
Schedule 1.1A to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit B hereto.
(c)
The Third Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby amended in accordance with Exhibit C hereto:
(i) by deleting each term thereof which is lined out and (ii) by inserting each term thereof which is double underlined, in each case
in the place where such term appears therein.
(d)
Each amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement set forth in this Section 2 is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 5 of this Amendment.
SECTION 3.
Revolving Facilities.
(a)
Each Revolving Lender, by its execution of a signature page to this Amendment, agrees to (i) provide a commitment in respect of
the 2031 Revolving Facility to the Borrower in an amount equal to the amount set forth under the heading “2031 Revolving Commitment”
opposite such Revolving Lender’s name in Exhibit B hereto (such commitment, its “2031 Revolving Commitment”)
and (ii) to provide a commitment in respect of the 2028 Revolving Facility to the Borrower in an amount equal to the amount set forth
under the heading “2028 Revolving Commitment” opposite such Revolving Lender’s name in Exhibit B hereto (such
commitment, its “2028 Revolving Commitment” and collectively, the “Revolving Commitments”).
(b)
From and after the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, each party hereto agrees that, for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, (i) each Revolving Lender shall be a “Revolving Lender” and a “Lender” under the Credit
Agreement, and each Revolving Lender shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under
the Credit Agreement, (ii) each Revolving Commitment shall be a “Revolving Commitment” and a “Commitment” for
all purposes under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (iii) each reference in the Credit Agreement to “Revolving
Commitments” and “Revolving Lenders” shall be deemed a reference to the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Lenders,
respectively, contemplated hereby, except as the context may otherwise require. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of the Credit
Agreement with respect to indemnification, reimbursement of costs and expenses, increased costs and break funding payments shall continue
in full force and effect with respect to, and for the benefit of, each Revolving Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)
(the “Existing Revolving Lenders”) in respect of such Existing Revolving Lender’s Existing Revolving Commitments
and Existing Revolving Loans to the same extent expressly set forth therein.
SECTION 4.
Representations and Warranties. On and as of the date hereof, the Borrower hereby (i) confirms, reaffirms and restates that
each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement are, after giving effect to this Amendment,
true and correct in all material respects except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to a specific
earlier date
(in which case such representations and warranties
are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), and except for any representation and warranty that is qualified
as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect,” or similar language, in which case the Borrower hereby confirms,
reaffirms and restates that such representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects and (ii) represents and warrants
that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing as of the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date or would immediately
result from this Amendment.
SECTION 5.
Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions (the date on which such conditions are satisfied, the “Eleventh Amendment Effective Date”):
(a)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer
of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Revolving Lender (which shall also constitute the Required Lenders).
(b)
The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a Guarantee and Collateral Acknowledgement substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D, executed and delivered by each Loan Party (other than ABG) and (ii) a Guarantee Acknowledgement substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, executed and delivered by ABG.
(c)
(x) The Borrower shall have delivered all documentation and information as is reasonably requested in writing by any Revolving
Lenders at least three days prior to the anticipated Eleventh Amendment Effective Date required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable
“know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT Act and (y)
to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 (the “Beneficial
Ownership Regulation”), at least five days prior to the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, any Revolving Lender that has requested,
in a written notice to the Borrower at least ten days prior to the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, a certification regarding beneficial
ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (a “Beneficial Ownership Certification”) in
relation to the Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification.
(d)
The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the
Revolving Lenders in connection herewith, accrued reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, to the extent
invoiced in advance, reasonable legal fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one firm of counsel) and other compensation due and payable to
the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Revolving Lenders on or prior to the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date.
(e)
The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Credit Agreement, with appropriate insertions and attachments and (ii) a good standing
certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization.
(f)
The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed legal opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel to the Borrower and
its subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving
Lenders as of the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date.
(g)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it from a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower that shall
document the solvency of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the 2028 Revolving Facility and the 2031 Revolving Facility and
the application of the proceeds thereof.
(h)
No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would immediately result from the 2028 Revolving Facility
and the 2031 Revolving Facility requested to be made or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.
(i)
Each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) shall
be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality)
on and as of the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date as if made on such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
expressly relate solely to a specific earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date and in all respects if any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality).
(j)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating the Borrower’s
compliance with the conditions set forth in clauses (h) and (i) above of this Section 5.
(k)
The Borrower shall have prepaid all Existing Revolving Loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement (and all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon) and all accrued and unpaid commitment fees and letter of credit fees under the Existing Credit Agreement, accrued
to (but not including) the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date.
(l)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard
flood hazard determination with respect to each improved Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status
and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the applicable Loan Party relating thereto) and, with respect to any Mortgaged Property
on which any improvement is located in a special flood hazard area, evidence of flood insurance as and to the extent required under the
Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.
Continuing Effect; No Other Amendments or Consents.
(a) Except
as expressly provided herein, all of the terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and
effect. The amendments provided for herein are limited to the specific subsections of the Existing Credit Agreement specified herein and
shall not constitute a consent, waiver or amendment of, or an indication of the Administrative Agent’s or the Lenders’ willingness
to consent to any action requiring consent under any other provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement or the same subsection for any
other date or time period. Upon the effectiveness of the amendments set forth herein, on and after the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date,
each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “the Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof”
or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “Credit Agreement,”
“thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference
to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
(b) This
Amendment shall not extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document
or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement, the Security Documents or the other
Loan Documents or a novation of the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document. The
obligations outstanding under or of the Credit Agreement and instruments securing the same shall remain in full force and effect, except
to any extent expressly modified hereby. Nothing implied in this Amendment or in any other document contemplated hereby shall be construed
as a release or other discharge of any of the Loan Parties under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities as a borrower,
guarantor, grantor or pledgor under any of the Loan Documents.
(c) The
Borrower and the other parties hereto acknowledge and agree that this Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.
SECTION 7.
Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay and reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and delivery of this Amendment, and any other documents prepared in connection herewith
and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel
to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 8.
Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts by the parties hereto (including by facsimile
and electronic (e.g. “.pdf”, or “.tif”) transmission), each of which counterparts when so executed shall be an
original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,”
“signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment or any document to be signed
in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries
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, physical delivery thereof 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; provided that
nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written
consent. As used herein, “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with,
a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
SECTION 9.
GOVERNING LAW.
(a)
THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b)
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10.17 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AS IF SUCH SECTION WAS SET FORTH IN FULL
HEREIN.
SECTION 10.
POST-CLOSING. Within one hundred and twenty (120) days of the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date (or such later date as may
be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), the Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Party to,
deliver the following with respect to each Mortgaged Property:
(a)
Written or e-mail confirmation from local counsel in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located substantially
to the effect that: (i) the recording of the existing Mortgage (and any related fixture filing) is the only filing or recording necessary
to give constructive notice to third parties of the lien created by such Mortgage as security for the
Obligations, including the obligations
evidenced by this Amendment, and (ii) no other documents, instruments, filings, recordings, re-recordings, re-filings or other actions,
including, without limitation, the payment of any mortgage recording taxes or similar taxes are necessary or appropriate under applicable
law in order to maintain the continued enforceability, validity or priority of the lien created by such Mortgage as security for the Obligations,
including the obligations evidenced by this Amendment, unless any such mortgage recording taxes are payable in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Amendment; or
(b)
(i)
an amendment to each Mortgage (each, a “Mortgage Amendment,” collectively the “Mortgage Amendments”)
duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, and in form for recording in the applicable recording office in each case
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(ii)
executed legal opinions from counsel to the Borrower as to the enforceability of each Mortgage Amendment, and otherwise in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(iii)
with respect to each amended Mortgage a date-down endorsement to each existing title insurance policy insuring the Lien of each
Mortgage (each a “Title Endorsement,” collectively, the “Title Endorsements”) (x) insuring that such Mortgage,
as amended by such Mortgage Amendment, is a valid and enforceable lien on such Mortgaged Property in favor of the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Par-ties free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens and (y) otherwise in form and sub-stance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(iv)
evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent of payment by Borrower of all premiums, search and examination charges,
escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgage
Amendments and issuance of the Title Endorsements; and
(v)
such affidavits, certificates, information (including financial data) and instruments of indemnification (including a so-called
“gap” indemnification) as shall be required to induce the title insurer to issue the Title Endorsements.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
AVIS BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC
By:
/s/ David T. Calabria
Name:
David T. Calabria
Title:
President and Treasurer
AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
By:
/s/ David T. Calabria
Name:
David T. Calabria
Title:
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Robert P. Kellas
Name:
Robert P. Kellas
Title:
Executive Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
Bank of America, N.A., as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Eric Hill
Name:
Eric Hill
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Paul Arens
Name:
Paul Arens
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Gordon Yip
Name:
Gordon Yip
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Frans Braniotis
Name:
Frans Braniotis
Title:
US Head of Corporate Banking, Managing Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
BNP Paribas, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ James Goodall
Name:
James Goodall
Title:
Managing Director
By:
/s/ Louis Moran
Name:
Louis Moran
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as a
Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Breanna Duroche
Name:
Breanna Duroche
Title:
Vice President
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
Royal Bank of Canada, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Scott Umbs
Name:
Scott Umbs
Title:
Authorized Signatory
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
SOCIETE GENERALE, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Kimberly Metzger
Name:
Kimberly Metzger
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
TRUIST BANK, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Steve Curran
Name:
Steve Curran
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Matthew Milbourn
Name:
Matthew Milbourn
Title:
Executive Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Donna DeMagistris
Name:
Donna DeMagistris
Title:
Managing Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
MUFG Bank, Ltd., as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Lorcan McGrath
Name:
Lorcan McGrath
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
Bank of Montreal, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Thomas Hasenauer
Name:
Thomas Hasenauer
Title:
Managing Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Tina Wong
Name:
Tina Wong
Title:
Assistant Vice President
By:
/s/ Catherine Lim
Name:
Catherine Lim
Title:
Assistant Vice President
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
UniCredit Bank GmbH, New York Branch, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Douglas Riahi
Name:
Douglas Riahi
Title:
Managing Director
By:
/s/ Laura Shelmerdine
Name:
Laura Shelmerdine
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment
CITIZENS BANK, N.A., as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Zhen Ma
Name:
Zhen Ma
Title:
Senior Vice President
Signature Page to Eleventh
Amendment
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Nora Golden
Name:
Nora Golden
Title:
Vice President
Signature Page to Eleventh
Amendment
National Westminster Bank Plc, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Tina Khakharia
Name:
Tina Khakharia
Title:
VP
Signature Page to Eleventh
Amendment
Regions Bank, as a Revolving Lender
By:
/s/ Griffin Higginbotham
Name:
Griffin Higginbotham
Title:
Vice President
Signature Page to Eleventh
Amendment
EXHIBIT A
(Attached hereto)
EXHIBIT A
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT1
among
AVIS BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC,
AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC,
as Borrower,
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC.,
The Subsidiary Borrowers from Time to Time Parties
Hereto,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties
Hereto,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of July 9, 2021
JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A.,
BOFA
SECURITIES, INCBofA Securities,
Inc.,
Credit Agricole
Corporate and Investment Bank,
Barclays
Bank PLC,
Societe
Generale,
BNP
Paribas,
Royal
Bank of Canada,
The Bank of
Nova Scotia,
BNP
Paribas,
Morgan Stanley
Senior Funding, Inc.,
Royal
Bank of Canada,
Societe
Generale,
Truist
Bank,
Wells
Fargo Securities, LLC,
TruistMizuho
Bank, Ltd.
and
Wells
FargoMUFG Bank,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONLtd.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners in respect
of the Revolving FacilityFacilities
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE,
1 As amended by the First Amendment, dated
as of March 16, 2022, the Second Amendment, dated as of March 24, 2022, the Third Amendment, dated as of July 28, 2022, the Fourth Amendment,
dated as of February 6, 2023, the Fifth Amendment, dated as of April 21, 2023, the Sixth Amendment, dated as of December 8, 2023, the
Seventh Amendment, dated as of December 27, 2023, the Eighth Amendment, dated as of May 29, 2024, the Ninth Amendment, dated as of February
6, 2025 and, the Tenth Amendment, dated as
of July 16, 2025 and the Eleventh Amendment,
dated as of June 29, 2026.
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.
and
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners in respect
of the Tranche B Term Facility
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner in respect
of the Tranche C Term Facility
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner in respect
of the Tranche A Term Facility
Bank
of America, N.ABofA Securities,
Inc.,
Credit Agricole
Corporate and Investment Bank,
Barclays
Bank PLC,
Societe
Generale,
BNP
Paribas,
Royal
Bank of Canada,
The Bank of
Nova Scotia,
BNP
Paribas,
Morgan Stanley
Senior Funding, Inc.,
Royal
Bank of Canada,
Societe
Generale,
Truist
Bank,
Wells
Fargo Securities, LLC,
TruistMizuho
Bank, Ltd.
and
Wells
FargoMUFG Bank,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONLtd.,
as Co-Syndication Agents in respect of the Revolving
FacilityFacilities,
BANK
OF MONTREAL,
LLOYDS
BANK CORPORATE MARKETS PLC,
UNICREDIT
BANK GMBH, NEW YORK BRANCH,
MUFG
bankCITIZENS BANK, ltdN.A.,
Unicredit
bank GMBH, New york branch,
AND
Bank
of MontrealU.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Mizuho
Bank, Ltd.,
Lloyds
Bank Corporate Markets plc,
as Co-Documentation Agents in respect of the Revolving
FacilityFacilities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
1
1.1
Defined Terms
1
1.2
Other Definitional Provisions
5456
1.3
Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification
5557
1.4
Letter of Credit Amounts
5658
1.5
Limited Condition Acquisitions
5658
1.6
Divisions
5759
1.7
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents
5759
SECTION 2.
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
5760
2.1
Term Commitments
5760
2.2
Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing
5860
2.3
Repayment of Term Loans
5961
2.4
Revolving Commitments
5962
2.5
Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing
6062
2.6
Swingline Commitment
6163
2.7
Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans
6164
2.8
Commitment Fees, etc
6366
2.9
Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments
6366
2.10
Optional Prepayments
6366
2.11
Mandatory Prepayments
6467
2.12
Conversion and Continuation Options
6568
2.13
Limitations on Term Benchmark Borrowings and RFR Borrowings
6669
2.14
Interest Rates and Payment Dates
6670
2.15
Computation of Interest and Fees
6770
2.16
Alternate Rate of Interest
6771
2.17
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
7174
2.18
Requirements of Law
7276
2.19
Taxes
7377
2.20
Indemnity
7680
2.21
Change of Lending Office
7680
2.22
Replacement of Lenders
7780
2.23
Incremental Facilities
7781
2.24
Prepayments Required Due to Currency Fluctuation
8084
2.25
Defaulting Lenders
8084
2.26
Extension of the Facilities
8286
2.27
Restatement Date Transactions
8488
2.28
Ancillary Letter of Credit Facilities.
8488
SECTION 3.
LETTERS OF CREDIT
8689
3.1
L/C Commitment
8689
3.2
Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit
8791
3.3
Fees and Other Charges
8892
3.4
L/C Participations
8892
i
3.5
Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower
8993
3.6
Obligations Absolute
8993
3.7
Letter of Credit Payments
9094
3.8
Applications
9094
3.9
Existing Letters of Credit
9094
3.10
Letters of Credit Issued for Account of Subsidiaries
9095
SECTION 4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
9195
4.1
Financial Condition
9195
4.2
No Change
9195
4.3
Existence; Compliance with Law
9195
4.4
Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
9196
4.5
No Legal Bar
9296
4.6
Litigation
9296
4.7
No Default
9296
4.8
Ownership of Property; Liens
9296
4.9
Intellectual Property
9296
4.10
Taxes
9297
4.11
Federal Regulations
9397
4.12
ERISA
9397
4.13
Investment Company Act; Other Regulations
9397
4.14
Subsidiaries
9398
4.15
Use of Proceeds
9398
4.16
Accuracy of Information, etc
9498
4.17
Security Documents
9498
4.18
Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
9599
4.19
Flood Insurance
9599
4.20
Affected Financial Institutions
9599
SECTION 5.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
9599
5.1
Amendment and Restatement Effective Date
9599
5.2
Conditions to Each Extension of Credit
97101
SECTION 6.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
97102
6.1
Financial Statements
97102
6.2
Certificates; Other Information
98103
6.3
Payment of Obligations
99104
6.4
Maintenance of Existence; Compliance
99104
6.5
Maintenance of Property; Insurance
100104
6.6
Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
100104
6.7
Notices
100105
6.8
Environmental Laws
101105
6.9
Additional Collateral etc
101106
6.10
Post-Closing Obligations
103107
6.11
Use of Proceeds
108
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SECTION 7.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
103108
7.1
Financial Condition Covenant
103108
7.2
Indebtedness
103108
7.3
Liens
107112
7.4
Fundamental Changes
110115
7.5
Disposition of Property
111116
7.6
Restricted Payments
113118
7.7
Investments
114119
7.8
Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Agreements
116122
7.9
Transactions with Affiliates
118123
7.10
Sales and Leasebacks
118123
7.11
Changes in Fiscal Periods
118123
7.12
Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions
118123
7.13
Lines of Business
119124
7.14
Business Activities of Holdings
119124
SECTION 8.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
119124
SECTION 9.
THE AGENTS
122127
9.1
Appointment
122127
9.2
Delegation of Duties
122128
9.3
Exculpatory Provisions
122128
9.4
Reliance by Administrative Agent
123128
9.5
Notice of Default
123128
9.6
Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders
123129
9.7
Indemnification
124129
9.8
Acknowledgement of Lenders and Issuing Lenders.
124130
9.9
Agent in Its Individual Capacity
125131
9.10
Successor Administrative Agent
125131
9.11
Co-Documentation Agents and Co-Syndication Agents
126132
9.12
Certain ERISA Matters
126132
9.13
Intercreditor Agreements
127133
9.14
Posting of Communications
133
9.15
Borrower Communications
135
SECTION 10.
MISCELLANEOUS
127136
10.1
Amendments and Waivers
127136
10.2
Notices
130138
10.3
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
131139
10.4
Survival of Representations and Warranties
131140
10.5
Payment of Expenses and Taxes; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability
131140
10.6
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
132141
10.7
Adjustments; Set-off
136145
10.8
Counterparts
136145
10.9
Severability
137146
10.10
Integration
137146
10.11
Governing Law
137146
10.12
Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
137146
iii
10.13
Judgment
137147
10.14
Acknowledgements
138147
10.15
Releases of Guarantees and Liens
139148
10.16
Confidentiality
139148
10.17
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
140149
10.18
USA Patriot Act
140149
10.19
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions
140150
10.20
Effect of Amendment and Restatement
141150
10.21
Several Obligations
141150
10.22
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs
141151
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SCHEDULES:
1.1A
Commitments
1.1B
Excluded Subsidiaries
1.1C
[Reserved]
1.1D
Separation Agreement
1.1E
Tax Sharing Agreement
1.1F
Mortgaged Properties
1.1G
Consolidated Coverage Ratio
3.9
Existing Letters of Credit
4.4
Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
4.9
Intellectual Property Matters
4.14
Subsidiaries
4.17
UCC Filing Jurisdictions
6.10
Post-Closing Obligations
7.2(f)
Existing Indebtedness
7.3(g)
Existing Liens
7.5(h)
Dispositions
7.7(k)
Investments
7.9
Permitted Transactions
7.12
Certain Agreements
EXHIBITS:
A
[Reserved]
B
Form of Compliance Certificate
C
Form of Closing Certificate
D
Form of Assignment and Assumption
E
Form of Legal Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
F
Form of Exemption Certificate
G
Form of Joinder
H
Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
I
Form of Guarantee Acknowledgement
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SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 9, 2021, among AVIS BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Holdings”), AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”),
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation, the Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined herein) from time to time parties hereto, the several
banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties hereto (the “Lenders”), and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent.
WHEREAS, the Borrower and
Holdings are parties to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2018 (the “Fifth Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement;” as amended and in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”),
with several banks and other financial institutions or entities parties as lenders and agents thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent;
WHEREAS, on
the Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower has requested that a revolving
facility in the aggregate principal amount of $1,950,000,000 be made available to the Borrower to replace the Revolving Facility (as defined
in the Existing Credit Agreement), and the Revolving Lenders (as defined belowin
this Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date), which also constituteconstituted
the Required Lenders, have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, to provide the Revolving Facility (as defined belowin
this Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date), and the Existing Credit Agreement will
bewas amended as set forth herein to effect
the Revolving Facility (as defined belowin
this Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date);
WHEREAS, the signatories
hereto have agreed to further amend the Existing Credit Agreement in certain respects and to restate the Existing Credit Agreement as
so amended as provided in this Agreement (and, in that connection, certain lenders not currently party to the Existing Credit Agreement
shall become a party as lenders hereunder), effective upon the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1.
NOW, THEREFORE, the signatories
hereto agree that on the Restatement Effective Date (as defined below) the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as
follows:
SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section
1.1.
“2028
Available Revolving Commitment”: as to any 2028
Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess,
if any, of (a) such Lender’s 2028 Revolving
Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender’s 2028
Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
“2028
Revolving Commitment”: as to any 2028 Revolving Lender, the obligation of such 2028 Revolving Lender, if any, to make 2028 Revolving
Loans and participate in Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading
“2028 Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 1.1A (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant
to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“2028
Revolving Commitment Period”: the period from and including
the Eleventh Amendment Effective
Date to the 2028 Revolving Termination Date.
“2028
Revolving Extensions of Credit”: as to any 2028
Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of
(a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all 2028
Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding and
(b) the Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s 2028
Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations under
the 2028 Revolving Facility then outstanding.
“2028
Revolving Facility”: the 2028 Revolving Commitments
and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“2028
Revolving Lender”: each Lender that has a 2028
Revolving Commitment or that holds 2028
Revolving Loans.
“2028
Revolving Loans”: as defined in Section 2.4(a).
“2028
Revolving Percentage”: as to any 2028
Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s
2028 Revolving
Commitment then constitutes of the 2028 Total
Revolving Commitments or, at any time after the 2028 Revolving
Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage
which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s 2028
Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the 2028 Revolving
Loans then outstanding, provided, that, in the event that the 2028
Revolving Loans are paid in full prior to the reduction to
zero of the 2028 Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit, the 2028 Revolving
Percentages shall be determined in a manner designed to ensure that the other outstanding 2028
Revolving Extensions of Credit shall be held by the 2028
Revolving Lenders on a comparable basis.
“2028
Revolving Termination Date”: the earliest of (i) June 29, 2028, (ii) if more than $300,000,000 in the aggregate of any Term Loans
or Senior Unsecured Notes remain outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior
to the date of the respective maturity date of the Term Loans
or Senior Unsecured Notes, the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of the Term Loans or Senior Unsecured Notes, and (iii)
the date that is ten (10) Business Days after any Group Member receives cash proceeds from any legal settlement in excess of $500,000,000,
as applicable, or, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
“2028
Total Revolving Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the 2028 Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“2028
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the 2028 Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2028
Revolving Lenders outstanding at such time.
“2031
Available Revolving Commitment”: as to any 2031 Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such
Lender’s 2031 Revolving Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender’s 2031 Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding;
provided, that in calculating any Lender’s 2031 Revolving
Extensions of Credit for the purpose of determining such Lender’s Available
Revolving Commitment pursuant to Section 2.8(b),
the Swingline Exposure shall be deemed to be zero.
“2031
Revolving Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation
of such Lender, if any, to make 2031 Revolving
Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set
forth under the heading “2031 Revolving Commitment”
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) or in the Assignment
and Assumption
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pursuant to which such Lender became a party
hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“2031
Revolving Commitment Period”: the period from and including the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date to the 2031 Revolving Termination
Date.
“2031
Revolving Extensions of Credit”: as to any 2031 Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate principal amount of all 2031 Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, (b) the Dollar Equivalent of such
Lender’s 2031 Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations under the 2031 Revolving Facility then
outstanding and (c) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure.
“2031
Revolving Facility”: the 2031 Revolving Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder.
“2031
Revolving Lender”: each Lender that has a 2031 Revolving Commitment or that holds 2031 Revolving Loans.
“2031
Revolving Loans”: as defined in Section
2.4(b).
“2031
Revolving Percentage”: as to any 2031 Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2031 Revolving Commitment
then constitutes of the 2031 Total Revolving Commitments or, at any time after the 2031 Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated,
the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s 2031 Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the 2031 Revolving Loans then outstanding, provided, that, in the event that the 2031 Revolving Loans are paid in
full prior to the reduction to zero of the 2031 Total Revolving Extensions of Credit, the 2031 Revolving Percentages shall be determined
in a manner designed to ensure that the other outstanding 2031 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall be held by the 2031 Revolving Lenders
on a comparable basis.
“2031
Revolving Termination Date”: the earlier of (i) June
29, 2031 and (ii) if more than $300,000,000 in the aggregate
of any Term Loans or Senior Unsecured Notes remain outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the date of the respective maturity
date of the Term Loans or Senior Unsecured Notes, the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of the Term Loans or Senior Unsecured
Notes, as applicable, or, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
“2031
Total Revolving Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the 2031 Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“2031
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the 2031 Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2031
Revolving Lenders outstanding at such time.
“ABG”:
Avis Budget Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ABR”:
for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect
on such day, (b)(i) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus (ii) ½ of 1% and (c)(i) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a
one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a Business
Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the purpose of this
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definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for
any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication
time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology); provided
further that (x) the ABR applicable to any Tranche B Term Loan shall, in any event, be at all times no less than 1.00%, (y) the ABR
applicable to any Tranche C Term Loan shall, in any event, be at all times no less than 1.50% and (z) the ABR applicable to the Tranche
A Term Loans shall, in any event, be at all times no less than 1.00%. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB
Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime
Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the ABR is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant
to Section 2.16 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.16(b)),
then the ABR shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the
avoidance of doubt, if the ABR shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“ABR Loans”:
Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
“Accounting Changes”:
as defined in Section 1.2(b).
“Adjusted Daily
Simple RFR”: with respect to any (x) RFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily
Simple RFR for Dollars, plus (b)(i) in connection with the Tranche C Term Loans and Tranche A Term Loans, 0.10%,
and (ii) in connection with the Tranche B Term Loans,
0.00% and (iii) in connection with the Revolving Loans, 0.11448% and (y) with respect
to any RFR Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily
Simple RFR for Canadian Dollars, plus (b) 0.29547 and
the Revolving Facilities, 0.00%; provided that if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR as so determined would be less than
the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Adjusted EURIBOR
Rate”: with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum
equal to (a) the EURIBOR Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
“Adjusted Term CORRA
Rate”: for the purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term
CORRA for such calculation plus (b) 0.29547% for a one month interest period or 0.32138% for a three
month interest period; provided that if Adjusted Term CORRA Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor,
such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Adjusted Term SOFR
Rate”: with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum
equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period, plus (b)(i) in connection with the Tranche C Term Loans and Tranche A Term Loans,
0.10%, (ii) in connection with the Tranche B Term Loans, 0.00% and (iii) in connection with the Revolving
Loans, for an Interest Period of (1) one month, 0.11448%, (2) three months, 0.26161% and (3) six months, 0.42826% and
Revolving Facilities, 0.00%; provided that if the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor,
such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
“AESOP Base Indenture”:
the Second Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2004, between the AESOP Issuer and the AESOP Trustee, as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
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“AESOP Financing
Program”: the transactions contemplated by the AESOP Base Indenture, as it may be from time to time further amended, supplemented
or modified, and the instruments and agreements referenced therein and otherwise executed in connection therewith, and any successor program.
“AESOP Indebtedness”:
any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the AESOP Financing Program.
“AESOP Issuer”:
Avis Budget Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC.
“AESOP Trustee”:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as Trustee under the AESOP Base Indenture, together with its successors
and assigns in such capacity.
“Administrative
Agent”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, together with its affiliates, as the arranger of the Commitments and as the administrative agent
for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors.
“Administrative
Questionnaire”: an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower or any Lender, as
the context requires.
“Additional Foreign
Vehicle Indebtedness”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated Total Debt.”
“Affected Financial
Institution”: (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate”:
as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such Person. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by” another if such latter Person
possesses, directly or indirectly, power either to (i) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election
of directors of such controlled Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such controlled Person
whether by contract or otherwise.
“Agent-Related Person”:
as defined in Section 10.5.
“Agents”:
the collective reference to the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent.
“Aggregate Exposure”:
with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s
Tranche B Term Loans, (ii) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Tranche C Term Loans, (iii) the aggregate
then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Tranche A Term Loans and (iv) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment
then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit
then outstanding.
“Aggregate Exposure
Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate
Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“Agreed Currencies”:
Dollars and each Optional Currency.
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“Agreement”:
as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Ancillary Letter
of Credit Facility” means any letter of credit facility made available in accordance with Section 2.28.
“Ancillary Letter
of Credit Facility Commitment” means, with respect to any Ancillary Issuing Lender and Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility,
the maximum amount that such Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender has agreed to make available from time to time prior to the 2031
Revolving Termination Date under such Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility pursuant to Section 2.28 by such Ancillary
Letter of Credit Facility Issuing Lender.
“Ancillary Letter
of Credit Facility Document” means, with respect to any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility, each document or instrument between
any Borrower and the applicable Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender thereunder governing such Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility.
“Ancillary Letter
of Credit Facility Exposure” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender and any
Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility then in effect, the Dollar Equivalent of the face amount of each letter of credit under such Ancillary
Letter of Credit Facility.
“Ancillary Letter
of Credit Issuing Lender” shall mean, with respect to any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility, the 2031
Revolving Lender (or an Affiliate of such 2031 Revolving
Lender) or the lender that was a 2031 Revolving Lender or an
Affiliate of a 2031 Revolving Lender at the time such Ancillary
Letter of Credit Facility was entered into that, in each case, has made such Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility available under Section
2.28.
“Anti-Corruption Laws”:
all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating
to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Margin”:
(a) with respect to the Tranche B Term Loans, (x) 1.50% in the case of ABR Loans and (y) 2.50% in the case of Adjusted Term SOFR Loans,
(b) with respect to Revolving Loans, a rate determined in accordance with the Pricing Grid, (c) with respect to the Tranche C Term Loans,
(x) 2.00% in the case of ABR Loans and (y) 3.00% in the case of Adjusted Term SOFR Loans and (d) with respect to the Tranche A Term Loans,
a rate determined in accordance with the Pricing Grid.
“Applicable
Parties”: as defined in Section 9.14(c).
“Applicable Time”:
with respect to any Borrowings and payments in any Optional Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Optional Currency
as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the
relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Application”:
with respect to an Issuing Lender, an application, in such form as such Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting such
Issuing Lender to open or amend a Letter of Credit.
“Approved
Borrower Portal”: as defined in Section 9.15(a).
“Approved
Electronic Platform”: as defined in Section 9.14(a).
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“Approved Fund”:
as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Asset Sale”:
any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by clause (a), (b),
(c), (d), (e), (j), (k), (l), (m) or (o) of Section 7.5) that yields gross proceeds to any Loan Party (other than ABG) (valued at the
initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market
value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $25,000,000.
“Assignee”:
as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Assignment and
Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“AUD Screen Rate”
means with respect to any Interest Period, the average bid reference rate administered by ASX Benchmarks Pty Limited (ACN 616 075 417)
(or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for Australian dollar bills of exchange with a tenor equal in length
to such Interest Period as displayed on page BBSY of the Reuters screen (or, in the event such rate does not appear on such Reuters page,
on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service
that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) at or about
11:00 a.m. (Sydney, Australia time) on the first day of such Interest Period. If the AUD Screen Rate shall be less than zero, the AUD
Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Australian Dollars”
and “A$”: the lawful money of Australia.
“Australian Securitization
Entity”: any special purpose entity formed for the purpose of engaging in vehicle financing in Australia.
“Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).
“Available Amount”:
on any date of determination:
(a) $750,000,000; plus
(b) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income determined on a cumulative basis since the fiscal quarter commencing
on or about January 1, 2018 for each fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section
6.1; plus
(c) the aggregate amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of any issuance or sale of Capital Stock by, or capital
contribution to, the Borrower after the Restatement Effective Date and prior to the date of determination; plus
(d) the aggregate amount of the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a
return (whether by dividend, interest, distributions, returns of capital, repayments or otherwise) on any Investment to the extent such
Investment was made using the Available Amount after the Restatement Effective Date and prior to the date of determination, minus
(e) the sum of the amount of Available Amounts used to (x) make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.6(h),
(y) fund Investments pursuant to Section
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7.7(t), (z) make voluntary or optional
payments, prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of or optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to certain Indebtedness
pursuant to Section 7.8(a)(v), in each case, after the Restatement Effective Date and prior to the date of determination;
provided, that, for purposes of this
definition, the following shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income: (i) (x) the amount of debt extinguishment
costs and transaction costs in connection with any Specified Transaction, (y) the amount of separation, integration, restructuring and
severance cash items incurred within twelve months of the date of the consummation of any Specified Transaction in connection with such
Specified Transaction in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000 and (z) any non-cash impairment charges associated with, or any
other write-offs of, intangibles (including goodwill) and (ii) the income of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration
or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of the income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms
of its charter, or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary.
“Available Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender’s Revolving
Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided, that in calculating any Lender’s Revolving
Extensions of Credit for the purpose of determining such Lender’sthe
2028 Available Revolving Commitment pursuant to Section 2.8(a),
the Swingline Exposure shall be deemed to be zeroor the
2031 Available Revolving Commitment, as the context may require.
“Available Tenor”:
as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any Agreed Currency, as applicable, any tenor for such
Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as
applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any
frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of
doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (f)
of Section 2.16.
“Avis Budget Finance”:
Avis Budget Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Avis Europe”:
Avis Europe plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
“Avis Europe Acquisition”:
(i) the acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of all of the issued and to be issued shares of Avis Europe pursuant to
a court sanctioned scheme of arrangement between Avis Europe and its shareholders under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 and the related
reduction of capital (if any) under section 649 of the Companies Act 2006 or (ii) the acquisition by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries
of at least 75% of the issued and to be issued shares of Avis Europe by way of a contractual takeover offer within the meaning of section
974 of the Companies Act 2006 made by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries to effect the acquisition and satisfaction of all other
conditions precedent for such takeover offer to be declared unconditional in all respects.
“Bail-In Action”:
the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected
Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation”:
(a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
of the European
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Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule
or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect
to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule
applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions
or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Event”:
with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator,
trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation
of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance
of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy
Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental
Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction
of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or
such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“Benchmark”:
initially, with respect to any (i) RFR Loan in any Agreed Currency, the applicable Relevant Rate for such Agreed Currency or (ii) Term
Benchmark Loan, the Relevant Rate for such Agreed Currency; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event or a Term CORRA Reelection Event,
and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the applicable Relevant Rate or the then-current Benchmark for
such Agreed Currency, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement
has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) or clause (c) of Section 2.16.
“Benchmark Replacement”:
for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the
applicable Benchmark Replacement Date; provided that, in the case of any Loan denominated in an Optional Currency (other than any Loan
denominated in Canadian Dollars), “Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the alternative set forth in (2) below:
(1) in
the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR and/or in the case of any Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars,
the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for Canadian Dollars;
(2) the
sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the
then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement
benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing
market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated
in Dollars (or, with respect to the Revolving FacilityFacilities,
denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency) at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
provided that notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Agreement or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Term CORRA Reelection Event, and the
delivery of a Term CORRA Notice, on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date, the “Benchmark Replacement” shall revert to
and shall be deemed to be the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate.
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If the Benchmark Replacement
as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor
for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement
Adjustment”: with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any
applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method
for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation
of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the
applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii)
any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities
denominated in Dollars (or, with respect to the Revolving FacilityFacilities,
denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency) at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes”: with respect to any Benchmark Replacement or any Term Benchmark Loans, any technical, administrative or
operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day”
(and, with respect to any Term Benchmark Loans, the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” and the definition
of “RFR Business Day”), the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making
payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the
applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides
(with the consent of the Borrower) may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to
permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative
Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines
that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement (or, with respect to the Tranche C Term Facility, such Benchmark)
exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower decide is reasonably necessary in connection
with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents); provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
no “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” shall result in any material effect on the timing or amount of payments or borrowings.
“Benchmark Replacement
Date”: with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
(1) in
the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement
or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component
used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component
thereof);
(2) in
the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published
component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such
Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by
reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even
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if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or
such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date; or
(3) in
the case of a Term CORRA Reelection Event, the date that is thirty (30) days after the date a Term CORRA Notice (if any) is provided to
the Lenders and the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16(d).
For the avoidance of doubt,
(i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect
of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination
and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to
any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors
of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition
Event”: with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current
Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or
publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation
thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component
thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator
that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or
publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, the central bank for the Agreed Currency
applicable to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component),
a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar
insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the
administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator
that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or
publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified
future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt,
a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication
of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component
used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability
Period”: with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant
to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark
for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.16
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and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark
Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section
2.16.
“Beneficial Ownership
Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership
Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan”
means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b)
a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets
include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets
of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Benefitted Lender”:
as defined in Section 10.7(a).
“BKBM Screen Rate”
means, with respect to any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent which is equal to the average bank
bill reference rate as administered by the New Zealand Financial Markets Association (or any other person that takes over the administration
of such rate) for bills of exchange with a tenor equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on page BKBM of the Reuters screen
(or, in the event such rate does not appear on such page, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate,
or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information
service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) at or
about 11:00 a.m. (Wellington, New Zealand time) on the first day of such Interest Period. If the BKBM Screen Rate shall be less than zero,
the BKBM Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Board”:
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
“Borrower”:
as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Borrower
Communications”: as defined in Section 9.15(c).
“Borrowing”:
Loans of the same Type and Agreed Currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as
to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Date”:
any Business Day specified by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower as a date on which the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower requests
the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
“Budget”:
as defined in Section 6.2(c).
“Budget Truck Division”:
the truck rental business of Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. and its Subsidiaries.
“Business Day”:
any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City or Chicago; provided, however,
(a) in relation to Loans denominated in Euros and in relation to the calculation or computation of EURIBOR, any day which is a TARGET
Day,
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(b) in relation to RFR Loans and any interest
rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such RFR Loan, or any other dealings in the applicable Agreed Currency
of such RFR Loan, any such day that is only an RFR Business Day, (c) in relation to Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars and in relation
to the calculation or computation of CORRA or the Canadian Prime Rate, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are
open for business in Toronto, Ontario, (d) in relation to Loans denominated in Australian Dollars, any day (other than a Saturday or a
Sunday) on which banks are open for business in Sydney, Australia and (e) in relation to Loans denominated in New Zealand Dollars, any
day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in Wellington, New Zealand.
“Canadian Dollars”
and “C$”: the lawful money of Canada.
“Canadian Prime
Rate”: on any day, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate equal to the PRIMCAN Index rate that appears
on the Bloomberg screen at 10:15 a.m. Toronto time on such day (or, in the event that the PRIMCAN Index is not published by Bloomberg,
any other information services that publishes such index from time to time, as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion); provided, that if any the above rates shall be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% for purposes of this
Agreement. Any change in the Canadian Prime Rate due to a change in the PRIMCAN Index shall be effective from and including the effective
date of such change in the PRIMCAN Index.
“Canadian Securitization
Entity”: WTH Funding Limited Partnership, WTH Car Rental Limited Partnership, each an Ontario limited partnership, and any other
special purpose entity formed for the purpose of engaging in vehicle financing in Canada including, without limitation, any other partnerships
formed from time to time and each of the special purpose entities that may be partners in WTH Funding Limited Partnership, WTH Car Rental
Limited Partnership or in any other such partnerships.
“Capital Lease Obligations”:
as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease (including any finance lease) of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified
and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of
such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock”:
any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the
foregoing.
“Cash Equivalents”:
any of the following, to the extent acquired for investment and not with a view to achieving trading profits: (a) obligations fully backed
by the full faith and credit of the federal government of the United States or any Member State or any agency or instrumentality thereof
maturing not in excess of twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) commercial paper maturing not in excess of twelve months from
the date of acquisition and rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s or “A-1” by S&P on the date of such acquisition,
(c) the following obligations of any Lender or any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, which
has, or the holding company of which has, a commercial paper rating meeting the requirements specified in clause (b) above: (i) time deposits,
certificates of deposit and acceptances maturing not in excess of twelve months from the date of acquisition, or (ii) repurchase obligations
with a term of not more than thirty days for underlying securities of the type referred to in clause (a) above, (d) money market funds
that invest exclusively in
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interest bearing, short-term money market instruments
and adhere to the minimum credit standards established by Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (e) municipal securities:
(i) for which the pricing period in effect is not more than twelve months long and (ii) rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s
or “A-1” by S&P and (f) foreign investments substantially comparable to the investments described in clauses (b), (c),
(d) and (e) above in connection with managing cash of any Subsidiary having operations in a foreign country.
“Cash Items Cap”:
as defined in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.
“CBR Loan”:
a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Central Bank Rate or the Canadian Prime Rate.
“CBR
Spread” means the Applicable Rate, applicable to such Loan that is replaced by a CBR Loan.
“Central Bank Rate”:
(A) the greater of for any Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, the Bank of England (or any successor thereto)’s “Bank
Rate” as published by the Bank of England (or any successor thereto) from time to time, (b) Euro, one of the following three rates
as may be selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion: (1) the fixed rate for the main refinancing operations of
the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), or, if that rate is not published, the minimum bid rate for the main refinancing
operations of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), each as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto)
from time to time, (2) the rate for the marginal lending facility of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), as published
by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time or (3) the rate for the deposit facility of the central banking
system of the Participating Member States, as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time and
(c) any other Optional Currency determined after the Effective Date, a central bank rate as determined by the Administrative Agent in
its reasonable discretion; plus (B)(i) the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment and (ii) 0%.
“Central Bank Rate
Adjustment”: for any day, for any Loan denominated in (a) Euro, a rate equal to the difference (which may be a positive or negative
value or zero) of (i) the average of the EURIBOR Rate for the five most recent Business Days preceding such day for which the EURIBOR
Screen Rate was available (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the lowest EURIBOR Rate applicable during such period of five
Business Days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Euro in effect on the last Business Day in such period, (b) Pounds Sterling,
a rate equal to the difference (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) of (i) the average of SONIA for the five most recent
RFR Business Days preceding such day for which SONIA was available (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the lowest SONIA applicable
during such period of five RFR Business Days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Pounds Sterling in effect on the last RFR
Business Day in such period and (c) any other Optional Currency determined after the Effective Date, a Central Bank Rate Adjustment as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. For purposes of this definition, (x) the term Central Bank Rate shall
be determined disregarding clause (B) of the definition of such term and (y) each of the EURIBOR Rate on any day shall be based on the
EURIBOR Screen Rate, on such day at approximately the time referred to in the definition of such term for deposits in the applicable Agreed
Currency for a maturity of one month (or, in the event the EURIBOR Screen Rate for deposits in the applicable Agreed Currency is not available
for such maturity of one month, shall be based on the EURIBOR Interpolated Rate as of such time); provided that if such rate shall be
less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
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“Centre Point Base
Indenture”: the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of March 9, 2010, between the Centre Point Issuer and the Centre
Point Trustee, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Centre Point Financing
Program”: the transactions contemplated by the Centre Point Base Indenture, as it may be from time to time further amended,
supplemented or modified, and the instruments and agreements referenced therein and otherwise executed in connection therewith, and any
successor program.
“Centre Point Indebtedness”:
any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Centre Point Financing Program.
“Centre Point Issuer”:
Centre Point Funding, LLC.
“Centre Point Trustee”:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as Trustee under the Centre Point Base Indenture, together with its successors
and assigns in such capacity.
“Change in Control”:
(a) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules of the
SEC thereunder as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date), directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of ownership or control
of in excess of 50% of the voting common stock of ABG on a fully diluted basis at any time; provided, that any voting common stock held
by SRS (as defined in the Cooperation Agreement) that is subject to the “Excess Voting Rights” limitations on voting set forth
in the Cooperation Agreement (as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date) shall be excluded from the amount of voting common
stock of ABG deemed held by SRS (as defined in the Cooperation Agreement) for purposes of such determination or (b) if at any time, individuals
who at the Restatement Effective Date constituted the board of directors of ABG (together with any new directors whose election by such
board of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of ABG, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of the majority
of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the Restatement Effective Date or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of ABG, (c) ABG shall cease
to own, directly or through one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, all of the capital stock of Holdings, free and clear of any direct
or indirect Liens (other than statutory Liens) or (d) Holdings shall cease to directly own all of the capital stock of the Borrower, free
and clear of any direct or indirect Liens (other than statutory Liens or Liens created by the Loan Documents).
“Closing Date”:
April 19, 2006.
“CME Term SOFR Administrator”
means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
(or a successor administrator).
“Code”:
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Co-Documentation
Agents”: with respect to the Revolving Facility, MUFG
Bank, Ltd., UniCredit Facilities,
Bank of Montreal, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc, Unicredit
Bank GmbH, New York Branch, Bank of Montreal, MizuhoCitizens
Bank, LtdN.,A.
and LloydsU.S.
Bank Corporate Markets plcNational
Association.
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“Co-Syndication
Agents”: with respect to the Revolving Facility, Bank of America, N.AFacilities,
Bofa Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, BarclaysThe
Bank PLC, Societe GeneraleOf
Nova Scotia, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank of
Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal
Bank Of Canada, Societe Generale, Truist Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank,
National AssociationSecurities, LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
And MUFG Bank, Ltd.
“Collateral”:
all property of the Loan Parties (other than ABG), now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any
Security Document, provided, however, that Collateral shall not include the assets of any Foreign Subsidiary or more than
65% of the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.
“Commitment”:
as to any Lender, the sum of the Tranche B Term Commitment, the Tranche C Term Commitment, the Tranche A Term Commitment,
the 2028 Revolving Commitment and the 2031 Revolving
Commitment of such Lender.
“Commitment Fee
Rate”: a rate determined in accordance with the Pricing Grid.
“Commonly Controlled
Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section
4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Communications”:
as defined in Section 9.14(c).
“Compliance Certificate”:
a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Collateralized”:
secured by cash collateral arrangements and/or backstop letters of credit entered into on terms and in amounts reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Lender.
“Conduit Lender”:
any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made
by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit
Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its
Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility
to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided,
further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 10.5
than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or
(b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
“Consolidated Coverage
Ratio”: as defined in Schedule 1.1G.
“Consolidated EBITDA”:
without duplication, for any period, Consolidated Net Income plus
(a) provision for taxes based on income;
(b) depreciation expense (excluding any such expense attributable to depreciation of Eligible Assets);
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(c) Consolidated Total Interest Expense;
(d) amortization expense (excluding any such expense attributable to amortization of Eligible Assets);
(e) non-cash stock option and restricted stock grant expense;
(f) [reserved];
(g) other unusual or non-recurring non-cash expenses or losses, including fees, expenses and charges associated
with the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement;
(h) unrealized losses (or minus unrealized gains) from interest rate, foreign exchange and gasoline
Swap Agreements;
(i) any other non-cash charges and expenses (including amortization of deferred financing fees), in the case
of each of (a)-(h) above, to the extent such items are reflected as a charge in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period;
(j) fees, expenses and transaction costs paid or incurred in connection with any Specified Transaction and
the financing thereof, whether or not successful;
(k) Realized or unrealized losses (or minus realized or unrealized gains) in respect of intercompany
loans or intercompany hedging transactions not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income;
(l) [reserved];
(m) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements
and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized in connection with any Specified Transaction, restructuring initiative,
business optimization activity, cost savings initiative or other similar action, in each case, as a result of specified actions taken
or initiated or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or initiated or are expected by the Borrower in good faith to
be taken or initiated and projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized not later than the end of the sixth full fiscal quarter
immediately following the closing of such Specified Transaction or the initiation of such restructuring initiative, business optimization
activity, cost savings initiative or such other similar action (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating
expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions
and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from
such actions; provided that (A) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent together
with the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b), certifying that such cost savings, operating expense
reductions and synergies are reasonably expected and supportable in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, (B) the aggregate amount
of cost savings, operating expense reductions and projected synergies
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added pursuant to this clause (m) shall
not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA in the aggregate in any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, (C) no cost savings, operating
expense reductions and synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (m) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise
added to Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period, and (D) projected amounts (and amounts
not yet realized) may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (m) to the extent occurring more than
six full fiscal quarters after the specified action taken in order to realize such projected cost savings, operating expense reductions
and synergies; and
(n) fees and expenses paid or incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, Material
Disposition, issuance or amendment of Indebtedness or Capital Stock, whether or not successful.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in calculating
Consolidated EBITDA for any period, pro forma effect shall be given to (i)(A) any non-recurring gains (losses) on business unit dispositions
outside the ordinary course of business and (B) any unusual or non-recurring non-cash income, in the case of each of (A) and (B) above,
to the extent such items are reflected as income (losses) in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period and (ii) any cash
payments made during such period in respect of items described in clause (g) and (h) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the
relevant non-cash expenses or non-cash or unrealized losses were reflected as a charge in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income,
all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period
of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Reference Period”) pursuant to any determination of the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio, (i) if at any time during or following
such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference
Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of
such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable
thereto for such Reference Period and (ii) if during or following such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made
a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if
such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. As used in this definition, “Material Acquisition”
means the Avis Europe Acquisition and any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a) constitutes assets
comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of
a Person and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000; and “Material
Disposition” means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property under Section 7.5(f), (g) or (h)
that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000.
“Consolidated Financial
Statements”: as defined in Section 4.1(b).
“Consolidated First
Lien Debt”: at any date, without duplication, the sum of the Consolidated Secured Debt under the Facilities plus the aggregate
principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a Lien on any asset of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries on a basis
that is pari passu with the Liens securing the Facilities; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Consolidated
Secured Debt and Consolidated Total Debt shall be calculated without giving effect to the last sentence of the definition of Consolidated
Total Debt.
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“Consolidated First
Lien Leverage Ratio”: as at the last day of any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA for such period.
“Consolidated Leverage
Ratio”: as at the last day of any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for
such period.
“Consolidated Net
Income”: for any period for which such amount is being determined, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
during such period determined on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period in accordance with GAAP; provided
that there shall be excluded (i) income (loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries has any equity investment or comparable interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions
actually paid to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries by such Person during such period, (ii) any extraordinary, unusual, exceptional or non-recurring
cash items and any separation, integration, restructuring and severance cash items in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate together
with all items under this clause (ii), 10% of Consolidated EBITDA in any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (the “Cash
Items Cap”); provided that, upon consummation of the Avis Europe Acquisition, to the extent paid or incurred in connection
with the Avis Europe Acquisition, the Cash Items Cap shall be increased by an additional $75,000,000 for any period ended after the date
of the consummation of the Avis Europe Acquisition through the eighth full fiscal quarter immediately following the date of the consummation
of the Avis Europe Acquisition, (iii) any unusual pretax non-cash losses and expenses, (iv) any income (loss) for such period from discontinued
operations in accordance with GAAP and (v) any adjustments of contingent consideration related to an acquisition, including earnouts and
contingent purchase price adjustments.
“Consolidated Quarterly
Tangible Assets” at any date, the total assets less the sum of the “goodwill, net,” and “other intangibles,
net,” in each case reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of any fiscal
quarter of the Borrower for which such a balance sheet is available, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and,
in the case of any determination relating to the incurrence of any Indebtedness or the making of any Investment or Restricted Payment,
on a pro forma basis including any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith).
“Consolidated Secured
Debt”: at any date, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt that is secured by a Lien
on any asset of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Secured
Leverage Ratio”: as at the last day of any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA for such period.
“Consolidated Tangible
Assets”: at any date, the amount equal to (x) the sum of Consolidated Quarterly Tangible Assets as at the end of each of the
most recently ended four fiscal quarters of the Borrower for which a calculation thereof is available, divided by (y) four.
“Consolidated Total
Debt”: at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, for purposes of this definition, Indebtedness shall not include
(i)(x) Securitization Indebtedness, (y) AESOP Indebtedness and Centre Point Indebtedness or (z) Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness up to the
Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness Threshold Amount, (ii) the aggregate undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit or any other letters
of credit, (iii) obligations under Swap Agreements or (iv) without duplication of Indebtedness referred in clauses (i)(x) and (i)(z) above,
any other obligations under long-term finance leases in respect of Eligible Assets entered into by Foreign Subsidiaries, including any
Capital Lease Obligations of any such Foreign Subsidiary and any
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Guarantee Obligations in respect of such Capital
Lease Obligations (collectively, “Additional Foreign Vehicle Indebtedness”). In addition, for purposes of this definition,
the amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at any date shall be reduced (but not to less than zero) by the amount
of Excess Cash.
“Consolidated Total
Interest Expense”: for any period, without duplications (a) total interest expense paid or payable in cash (including that properly
attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) plus, (b)(x) all capitalized interest and amortization of debt discount and debt issuance
costs and (y) debt extinguishment costs, in each case, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’
acceptance financing and net cash costs (or minus net profits) under interest rate Swap Agreements minus, (c) without duplication,
any interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP during such period (other than
interest income earned on any Related Eligible Assets). Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest expense in respect of any (i) Securitization
Indebtedness, (ii) AESOP Indebtedness and Centre Point Indebtedness, (iii) Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness, in an amount, for this clause
(iii), up to the Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness Threshold Amount, or (iv) Additional Foreign Vehicle Indebtedness, shall not be included
in Consolidated Total Interest Expense. For purposes of calculating Consolidated Total Interest Expense related to Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness
for any period, such amount shall be equal to the product of the following formula on the date of determination to the extent that the
amount of Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness exceeds the Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness Threshold Amount at any time during such period:
Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness – the Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness Threshold Amount
x
total interest expense on Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness
Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness
“Contractual Obligation”:
as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Cooperation Agreement”:
the Fourth Amended and Restated Cooperation Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2022, by and among Avis Budget Group, Inc. and SRS (as
defined therein), as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“CORRA”:
the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average administered and published by the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator).
“CORRA Administrator”:
the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator).
“CORRA Determination
Date” as defined in the definition of “Daily Simple CORRA”.
“CORRA Rate Day”
as defined in the definition of “Daily Simple CORRA”.
“Corresponding Tenor”:
with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately
the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Credit Party”:
the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lenders or any other Lender.
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“Customary Bridge
Facility”: a customary bridge financing which, subject to customary conditions, provides for automatic conversion or exchange
into Indebtedness that does not mature prior to the Final Term Loan Maturity Date or Final Revolving Termination Date, as applicable.
“Daily Simple CORRA”:
for any day (a “CORRA Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to CORRA for the day (such day “CORRA Determination
Date”) that is five (5) RFR Business Days prior to (i) if such CORRA Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such CORRA Rate Day or
(ii) if such CORRA Rate Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such CORRA Rate Day, in each case,
as such CORRA is published by the CORRA Administrator on the CORRA Administrator’s website. Any change in Daily Simple CORRA due
to a change in CORRA shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in CORRA without notice to the Borrower.
If by 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on any given CORRA Determination Date, CORRA in respect of such CORRA Determination Date has not been published
on the CORRA Administrator’s website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple CORRA has not occurred, then
CORRA for such CORRA Determination Date will be CORRA as published in respect of the first preceding RFR Business Day for which such CORRA
was published on the CORRA Administrator’s website, so long as such first preceding RFR Business Day is not more than five Business
Days prior to such CORRA Determination DayDate.
“Daily Simple RFR”:
for any day (an “RFR Interest Day”), an interest rate per annum equal to, for any RFR Loan denominated in (i) Pounds
Sterling, the greater of (a) SONIA for the day that is five Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Interest Day is a Business Day, such
RFR Interest Day or (B) if such RFR Interest Day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Interest Day and
(b) zero, (ii) Dollars, Daily Simple SOFR and (iii) Canadian Dollars, Daily Simple CORRA. Any change in Daily Simple RFR due to a change
in the applicable RFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the RFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Daily Simple SOFR”:
for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day “SOFR Determination
Date”) that is five (5) RFR Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii)
if such SOFR Rate Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such
SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change
in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
“Declined Amounts”:
as defined in Section 2.11(d).
“Declining Lender”:
as defined in Section 2.11(d).
“Default”:
any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has
been satisfied.
“Defaulting Lender”:
any Lender, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans or participations
in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such requirement
to fund such Loan or participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans is based on such Lender's good faith determination that the
conditions precedent to funding such Loan or participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans under this Agreement have not been
satisfied and such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent in writing to that effect, (b) notified the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Lender, any Swingline Lender or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations
generally under this Agreement or has made a public
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statement to the effect that it does not intend
to comply with its funding obligations generally under this Agreement or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend
credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders’ obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such
position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with
any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) failed, within
three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement
relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, provided
that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender under this clause (c) upon receipt of such confirmation by the Administrative Agent,
(d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder
within three Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) has, or has a direct or indirect parent
company that has, become the subject of (A) a Bankruptcy Event or (B) a Bail-In Action.
“Disposition”:
with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment (other than a collateral assignment), conveyance, transfer
or other disposition thereof (whether effected pursuant to a division or otherwise). The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed
of” shall have correlative meanings.
“Disqualified Stock”:
with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which
it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event (other than following the occurrence of a Change in Control or other
similar event described under such terms as a “change in control,” or an Asset Sale) (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii)
is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than following the occurrence of a Change in Control or other similar event described
under such terms as a “change in control,” or an Asset Sale), in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the Final Revolving
Termination Date.
“Dollar Equivalent”:
for any amount, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in dollars, such amount, (b) if such amount is expressed
in an Optional Currency, the equivalent of such amount in dollars determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase of dollars
with the Optional Currency last provided (either by publication or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent) by Reuters on the Business
Day (New York City time) immediately preceding the date of determination or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide
a rate of exchange for the purchase of dollars with the Optional Currency, as provided by such other publicly available information service
which provides that rate of exchange at such time in place of Reuters chosen by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (or if
such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such amount in dollars as determined
by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion) and (c) if such amount is denominated
in any other currency, the equivalent of such amount in dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination
it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
“Dollars”
and “$”: the lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary”:
any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States, but excluding any Subsidiary substantially
all the assets of which consists of stock of a Foreign Subsidiary.
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“Domestic Subsidiary
Borrower”: any Subsidiary Borrower which is a Domestic Subsidiary.
“EEA Financial Institution”:
(a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any
entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any
institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition
and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;
“EEA Member Country”:
any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution
Authority”: any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member
Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Early Maturity
Trigger Indebtedness”: any Indebtedness incurred under Sections 7.2(w) (to the extent subject to the limitations on scheduled
principal payments or prepayments set forth in the proviso therein) and 7.2(y) having, at the time of the initial incurrence thereof,
a stated maturity date prior to (a) with respect to the Tranche B Term Facility, the date specified in clause (i) of “Tranche B
Term Loan Maturity Date” at such time and (b) with respect to the Tranche C Term Facility, the date specified in clause (i) of “Tranche
C Term Loan Maturity Date” at such time.
“Eighth Amendment”:
the Eighth Amendment, dated as of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, to this Agreement.
“Eighth Amendment
Effective Date”: the “Eighth Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the Eighth Amendment, which date is May 29,
2024.
“Electronic Signature”:
an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent
to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Eleventh
Amendment”: the Eleventh Amendment, dated as of the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, to this Agreement.
“Eleventh
Amendment Effective Date”: the “Eleventh Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the Eleventh Amendment, which date
is June 29, 2026.
“Eligible Assets”:
any of the following and any proceeds thereof: (a) assets (and interests in assets) that are of the type described as “assets under
vehicle programs” in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, dated December 31, 2012, which
shall include, without limitation, vehicles, vehicle leases, fleet maintenance contracts, fleet management contracts, other service contracts,
receivables generated by any of the foregoing and other asset servicing rights, related deposit accounts, and (b) equity interests or
other securities issued by any Subsidiary or other Person issuing securities or incurring Indebtedness secured by, payable from or representing
beneficial interests in, or holding title or ownership interests in, assets of the type described in clause (a) above or interests in
such assets.
“Environmental Laws”:
all laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or requirements issued, promulgated
or entered into by any
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Governmental Authority, relating in any way
to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Materials of
Environmental Concern or to health and safety matters, including without limitation, the Clean Water Act also known as the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (“FWPCA”) 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act (“CAA”),
42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”),
7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq., the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (“SMCRA”), 30 U.S.C.
§§ 1201 et seq., the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”),
42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“SARA”), Public
Law 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (“ECPCRKA”), 42 U.S.C.
§ 11001 et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6901
et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act as amended (“OSHA”), 29 U.S.C. § 655
and § 657, together, in each case, with any amendment thereto, and the regulations adopted and binding publications promulgated
thereunder and all substitutions thereof.
“ERISA”:
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“Escrow”:
an escrow, trust, collateral or similar account or arrangement with a third party that is not Holdings or its Subsidiaries.
“Escrowed Debt”:
as defined in the definition of “Escrowed Debt Issuer”.
“Escrowed Debt Issuer”:
any Subsidiary that is an issuer of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 7.2 the proceeds of which are maintained under escrow
or similar contingent release arrangements (such Indebtedness “Escrowed Debt”).
“EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule”: the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect
from time to time.
“EURIBOR Interpolated
Rate”: at any time, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros and for any Interest Period, the rate
per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the EURIBOR Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination
shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a) the EURIBOR Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the EURIBOR Screen Rate is available for Euros) that is shorter than the
Impacted EURIBOR Rate Interest Period; and (b) the EURIBOR Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the EURIBOR Screen Rate is available
for Euros) that exceeds the Impacted EURIBOR Rate Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that, if any EURIBOR Interpolated
Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“EURIBOR Rate”:
with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros and for any Interest Period, the EURIBOR Screen Rate at approximately
11:00 a.m., Brussels time, two TARGET Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that, if the EURIBOR Screen Rate
shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted EURIBOR Rate Interest Period”) with respect
to Euros then the EURIBOR Rate shall be the EURIBOR Interpolated Rate.
“EURIBOR Screen
Rate”: the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which takes
over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the
administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate) or on
the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate
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from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters
as of 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two TARGET Days prior
to the commencement of such Interest Periodon
the applicable date of determination. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Administrative Agent may specify
another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with the Borrower. If the EURIBOR Screen Rate shall be less than
zero, the EURIBOR Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Euro”
and “€”: the official currency of the European Union.
“Eurocurrency Base
Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, (i) to the extent denominated
in Australian Dollars, the AUD Screen Rate and (ii) to the extent denominated in New Zealand Dollars, the BKBM Screen Rate; provided
further that if the Relevant Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest
Period”) with respect to the applicable currency then the Eurocurrency Base Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided
that if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Eurocurrency Loans”:
Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.
“Eurocurrency Rate”:
with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance
with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurocurrency Base Rate
1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
“Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements”: a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is
the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves)
expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender is subject,
for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentages shall include those imposed under Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and
as such shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exceptions or offsets which
may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D or any comparable regulation. Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall
be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“European Securitization
Entity”: any special purpose entity formed for the purpose of engaging in vehicle financing in the European Union or any of
the member states of the European Union.
“Event of Default”:
any of the events specified in Section 8, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has
been satisfied.
“Excess Cash”:
all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP in excess of $25,000,000.
“Exchange Rate”:
for any day with respect to any Optional Currency, the rate at which such Optional Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth
at 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day on the applicable Reuters currency page with respect to such Optional Currency. In the event that
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such rate does not appear on the applicable
Reuters currency page, the Exchange Rate with respect to such Optional Currency shall be determined by reference to such other publicly
available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or, in the absence
of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the spot rate of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the London Interbank market
or other market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such Optional Currency are then being conducted, at or about
11:00 A.M., London time, on such day for the purchase of Dollars with such Optional Currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided,
however, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent
may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
“Excluded Parcels”:
collectively, (a) that certain real property located at 2005 Belvedere Road, W. Palm Beach, FL 33406 and (b) that certain real property
located at 230 Harbor Way, S. San Francisco, CA 94080.
“Excluded Person”:
as defined in the definition of “Subsidiary”.
“Excluded Subsidiary”:
each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.1B, the Regulated Subsidiary, any Immaterial Subsidiary, any Insurance Subsidiary, any Escrowed Debt
Issuer, and any other Subsidiary so long as the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower does not have the controlling authority under
the organizational documents of such Excluded Subsidiary to incur Indebtedness on its behalf or grant Liens on its assets (other than
purchase money security interests).
“Excluded Taxes”:
as defined in Section 2.19(a).
“Existing Credit
Agreement”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Existing Letters
of Credit”: as defined in Section 3.9.
“Existing Mortgaged
Property”: each Mortgaged Property (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) existing immediately prior to the Restatement
Effective Date.
“Existing Tranche
B Term Loans”: as defined in the Tenth Amendment.
“Existing Tranche
C Term Loans”: as defined in the Sixth Amendment.
“Extended Commitment”:
as defined in Section 2.26(a).
“Extended Credit”:
as defined in Section 2.26(a).
“Extended Loan”:
as defined in Section 2.26(a).
“Extension”:
as defined in Section 2.26(a).
“Extension Offer”:
as defined in Section 2.26(a).
“Facility”:
each of (a) the Tranche B Term Commitments and the Tranche B Term Loans (the “Tranche B Term Facility”), (b) the Revolving
Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “2028
Revolving Facility”), (c) the 2031
Revolving Facility, (d) the Tranche C Term Commitments and the Tranche C Term Loans (the “Tranche C Term Facility”)
and (de) the
Tranche A Term Commitments and the Tranche A Term Loans (the “Tranche A Term Facility”).
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“FATCA”:
Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable),
any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the
Code.
“Federal Funds Effective
Rate”: for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions
(as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding
Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined
would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Fee Payment Date”:
(a) the third Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) the last day of the Revolving Commitment
Period.
“Final Revolving
Termination Date”: at any date of determination, the latest termination or expiration date applicable to any Revolving Loan
or Revolving Commitment hereunder at such time, including the final termination or expiration date of any Incremental Revolving Commitments
and any Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments, in each case, extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.
“Final Term Loan
Maturity Date”: at any date of determination, the latest maturity date applicable to any Term Loan hereunder at such time, including
the final maturity date of any Incremental Term Loans and any Replacement Term Loans, in each case, extended in accordance with this Agreement
from time to time.
“First Amendment”:
the First Amendment, dated as of the First Amendment Effective Date, to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
“First Amendment
Effective Date”: the “First Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the First Amendment, which date is February
6, 2020.
“First Lien Intercreditor
Agreement”: any first lien intercreditor agreement entered into after the date hereof, in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Flood Insurance
Laws”: collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood
Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance
Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Floor”:
the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment
or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to Eurocurrency Base Rate, EURIBOR Rate, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted
Daily Simple RFR, each Daily Simple RFR or Adjusted Term CORRA Rate, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the initial Floor
with respect to the Tranche C Term Facility for the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be 0.50%, (ii) the initial Floor with respect to the
Tranche B Term Facility for the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate and the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR shall be 0.00%, (iii) the initial Floor with
respect to the Revolving FacilityFacilities
for the Eurocurrency Base Rate, EURIBOR Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted Term CORRA Rate, Adjusted Daily Simple RFR and Daily Simple
RFR shall be 0.00%
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and (iv) the initial Floor with respect to
the Tranche A Term Facility for the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate and the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR shall be 0.00%.
“Foreign Issuer”:
Avis Budget Finance, plc and any other Foreign Subsidiary of ABG that is an issuer of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2; provided
that (i) such Indebtedness issued or incurred by a Foreign Issuer is not guaranteed by any Person that is not the Borrower or a Guarantor
and (ii) no Foreign Issuer shall (x) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in,
any business or operations other than (A) maintaining its corporate existence and (B) the issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness permitted
to be issued or incurred by such Foreign Issuer under Section 7.2 or (y) own, lease, manage or otherwise operate any properties or assets.
“Foreign Subsidiary”:
any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fourth Amendment”:
the Fourth Amendment, dated as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, to this Agreement.
“Fourth Amendment
Effective Date”: the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the Fourth Amendment, which date is February
6, 2023.
“Funding Office”:
the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative
Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“GAAP”:
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time; provided that (a) at any time after
the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP
and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise provided herein)
and (b) any calculation or determination in this Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters
ended prior to the Borrower’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Governmental Authority”:
any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any federal,
state or municipal court, in each case whether of the United States or foreign.
“Group Members”:
the collective reference to ABG, Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries; provided that the terms “Group
Member” and “Group Members” as used in Sections 6, 7 and 8 shall not include ABG except as otherwise provided therein.
“Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement”: the Third Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Restatement Effective Date, among
Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto and the Administrative Agent, as further amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
“Guarantee Obligation”:
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of
any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation
of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness
(including reasonable fees and expenses related thereto) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or
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lease property, securities or services for
the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or
(d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided,
however, that the amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be limited to the extent necessary so that such amount does not exceed
the value of the assets of such Person (as reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP)
to which any creditor or beneficiary of such Guarantee Obligation would have recourse.
Notwithstanding the foregoing
definition, the term “Guarantee Obligation” shall not include any direct or indirect obligation of a Person as a general partner
of a general partnership or a joint venturer of a joint venture in respect of Indebtedness of such general partnership or joint venture,
to the extent such Indebtedness is contractually non-recourse to the assets of such Person as a general partner or joint venturer
(other than assets comprising the capital of such general partnership or joint venture). The term “Guarantee Obligation” shall
not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
“Guarantors”:
the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Holdings”:
as defined in the preamble hereto.
“IFRS”:
the International Financial Reporting Standards promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”)
(which includes standards and interpretations approved by the IASB and International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) issued under
previous constitutions), together with its pronouncements thereon from time to time, and applied on a consistent basis.
“Immaterial Subsidiary”:
any Subsidiary or a group of Subsidiaries of the Borrower which, as of any date of determination, when taken together, does not have assets
with a value in excess of 3.0% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Impacted EURIBOR
Rate Interest Period”: as defined in the definition of “EURIBOR Rate.”
“Impacted Interest
Period”: as defined in the definition of “Eurocurrency Base Rate.”
“Increased Amount
Date”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Commitment
Agreement”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Equivalent
Debt”: one or more series of senior secured first lien notes, senior secured junior lien notes or loans, senior unsecured notes
or loans, subordinated notes or loans, or secured or unsecured mezzanine Indebtedness, in the case of securities, whether issued in a
public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement in lieu of the foregoing or otherwise, secured by the Collateral (if at all) on
a pari passu (but without regard to control of remedies) or junior basis with the Obligations, which Indebtedness is issued or
incurred by a Loan Party or a Foreign Issuer in lieu of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an indenture, loan agreement, credit agreement,
note purchase agreement or otherwise; provided that (i) with respect to any Incremental Equivalent Debt secured by the Collateral
on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, the aggregate principal amount of all such Incremental Equivalent Debt secured by the
Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations shall not, together with the aggregate amount of the Facilities (which term,
for the avoidance of doubt, shall be deemed to include any additional Incremental Revolving Commitments and any additional Incremental
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Term Loans, in each case, outstanding under
this Agreement at such time), exceed an amount equal to 350% of Consolidated EBITDA determined to give pro forma effect to any related
transactions consummated concurrently therewith, for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1, (ii) with respect to any Incremental Equivalent Debt secured by the Collateral
on a junior basis with the Obligations, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt and the use
of proceeds thereof the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 4.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of the most recently ended
fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered, (iii) with respect to any Incremental Equivalent Debt that is unsecured,
after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt and the use of proceeds thereof, the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 5.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements
have been delivered, (iv) such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any Guarantee Obligation by any Person other than a
Loan Party or a Foreign Issuer, (v) in the case of Incremental Equivalent Debt that is secured, (A) the obligations in respect thereof
shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than any asset constituting Collateral (provided
that, in the case of any such Indebtedness that is funded into Escrow, such Indebtedness may be secured by the applicable proceeds of
such Indebtedness held in Escrow until such proceeds are released from Escrow), (B) the security agreements relating to such Incremental
Equivalent Debt (other than any collateral or similar arrangement in respect of the proceeds of any such Indebtedness that is funded into
Escrow) shall be substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are appropriate to reflect the nature of such
Incremental Equivalent Debt and are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (C) such Incremental Equivalent
Debt shall be subject to a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as appropriate, or other intercreditor
agreements customary for similar issuances of Indebtedness in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower with the holders of such Indebtedness or an agent thereof and the Borrower, and any such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement,
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement shall remain in full force and effect at any time such Indebtedness
remains outstanding, (vi) both immediately before and immediately after the incurrence of such Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date such Indebtedness is incurred, (vii) the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section
7.1 on a pro forma basis as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section
6.1 after giving effect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt and the use of proceeds thereof and assuming any related Specified Transaction
has occurred, (viii) the weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Equivalent Debt (excluding any Customary Bridge Facility)
shall be greater than or equal to the then-remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans, (ix) the maturity date of any
Incremental Equivalent Debt (excluding any Customary Bridge Facility) shall be no earlier than the Final Term Loan Maturity Date, and
(x) the covenants and events of default applicable to such Incremental Equivalent Debt (taken as a whole) shall be either substantially
similar to, and not more favorable to the lenders thereunder than the covenants and events of default applicable to the Term Loans (taken
as a whole) or, if more favorable, may be materially different from those applicable to the Term Loans to the extent such differences
are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that (x) terms applicable only after the Final Term Loan Maturity
Date are acceptable in any event) unless such covenants and events of default for such Incremental Equivalent Debt (taken as a whole)
are reflective of market terms and conditions for the type of Indebtedness incurred or issued at the time of issuance or incurrence thereof
(in each case, as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that a certificate of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative
Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the
material covenants of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has reasonably determined
in good faith that such covenants and defaults satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such covenants and
defaults satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the
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Borrower within such five Business Day period
that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonably detailed description of the basis upon which it disagrees). Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the case of any Incremental Equivalent Debt implemented to finance a Permitted Acquisition, satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in clauses (vi) and (vii) may, at the option of the Borrower, be determined solely as of the date on which the definitive agreement
governing such Permitted Acquisition is executed, calculated to give pro forma effect to such acquisition as if it had occurred on such
date of determination.
“Incremental Lender”:
is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Loan
Commitments”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Revolving
Commitments”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Revolving
Lender”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Revolving
Loan”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Term
Loan”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Term
Loan Commitments”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Term
Loan Increase”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Term
Loan Lender”: is defined in Section 2.23.
“Incremental Tranche
A Term Loan”: any Incremental Term Loan having amortization, tenor and other terms customary for the term loan A market, as
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Indebtedness”:
of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person
for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale
of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an
account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (g) the liquidation
value of all preferred Capital Stock of such Person (i) that is required to be redeemed prior to the date which is 91 days after the Final
Term Loan Maturity Date (or which allows the holders of such preferred Capital Stock to require such preferred Capital Stock to be redeemed
prior to the date which is 91 days after the Final Term Loan Maturity Date) (other than following the occurrence of a Change in Control
or other similar event described under such terms as a “change in control” or an Asset Sale) or (ii) which is subject to other
payment obligations (including any sinking fund obligations) or obligations to pay dividends or cash interest in respect of such preferred
Capital Stock prior to the date which is 91 days after the Final Term Loan Maturity Date (other than following the occurrence of a Change
in Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change in control” or an Asset Sale), (h) all Guarantee
Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of
the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent
or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract
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rights) owned by such Person, whether or not
such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, and (j) for the purposes of Section 8(e) only, all obligations
of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements; provided, that Indebtedness shall not include any earn-out obligations or contingent
obligations consisting of purchase price adjustments. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such
Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly
provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Insolvency”:
with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Insolvent”:
pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
“Insurance Subsidiary”:
a Subsidiary established for the purpose of (a) insuring the businesses, facilities, employees or joint ventures of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries, or (b) providing insurance products.
“Intellectual Property”:
the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges with respect to intellectual property, whether arising under United
States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark
licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof,
including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“Intercreditor Agreements”:
the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement customary for similar
issuances of Indebtedness in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with the holders
of such Indebtedness or an agent thereof and the Borrower, collectively, in each case to the extent then in effect.
“Interest Payment
Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan (other than any Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur
while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) with respect to any RFR Loan, (1) each date that is on the
numerically corresponding day in each calendar month that is one month after the Borrowing of such Loan (or, if there is no such numerically
corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month) and (2) the Maturity Date, (c) with respect to any Term Benchmark
Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Term Benchmark
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that
occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and the Maturity Date and (d) as to any
Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
“Interest Period”:
(i) as to any Term Benchmark Loan (other than any Adjusted Term CORRA Loan), (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Loan and ending one, three or six (or (other than with respect to any Adjusted
Term SOFR Loan), if agreed to by all Lenders under the relevant Facility, twelve) months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter,
each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan and ending one, three
or six (or (other than with respect to any Adjusted Term SOFR Loan), if agreed to by all
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Lenders under the relevant Facility, twelve)
months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later
than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period
with respect thereto and (ii) as to any Adjusted Term CORRA Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion
date, as the case may be, with respect to such Loan and ending one or three months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter,
each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan and ending one or
three months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent
not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if
any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving
Termination Date with respect to such Revolving Facility or
beyond the date final payment is due on the relevant Term Loans, as the case may be;
(iii) any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;
(iv) the
Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any Term Benchmark
Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan; and
(v) no
tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.16(f) shall be available for specification in such notice of borrowing
or notice of conversion.
“Interpolated Rate”:
at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the Relevant Screen Rate) determined
by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results
from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the Relevant Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the Relevant Screen Rate
is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the Relevant Screen Rate for the
shortest period (for which that Relevant Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period,
in each case, at such time. When determining the rate for a period which is less than the shortest period for which the Relevant Screen
Rate is available, the Relevant Screen Rate for purposes of clause (a) above shall be deemed to be the overnight rate for Dollars or,
if applicable, the relevant Optional Currency determined by the Administrative Agent from such service as the Administrative Agent may
select. If any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
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“Investments”:
as defined in Section 7.7.
“ISDA Definitions”:
the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended
or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by
the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
“ISP”:
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International
Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuing Lender”:
with respect to a Letter of Credit, the Revolving Lender that is requested to issue, or that issues, such Letter of Credit pursuant to
an L/C Commitment, in the capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit; provided, that no Revolving Lender shall be an Issuing Lender
without its consent.
“Joinder Agreement”:
is defined in Section 10.1.
“Joint Lead Arrangers”:
(i) with respect to the Revolving FacilityFacilities,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Barclays Bank
PLC, Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia, BNP
Paribas, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of
Canada, Societe Generale, Truist Bank, Wells Fargo
Bank, National AssociationSecurities,
LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and
MUFG Bank, Ltd., (ii) with respect to the Tranche
B Term Facility, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate
and Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, Société Générale, The Bank
of Nova Scotia, Truist Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, (iii) with respect to the Tranche C Term Facility, JPMorgan Chase
Bank and (iv) with respect to the Tranche A Term Facility, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“JPMorgan Chase
Bank”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“judgment currency”:
as defined in Section 10.13.
“L/C Commitment”:
as to any Revolving Lender, the obligation of such Revolving Lender to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3 in an aggregate undrawn,
unexpired face amount plus the aggregate unreimbursed drawn amount thereof at any time not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading
“L/C Commitment” opposite such Revolving Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant
to which such Revolving Lender becomes a party thereto, in each case, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof; provided, that the amount of any Revolving Lender’s L/C Commitment may be increased or decreased subject only to
the consent of such Revolving Lender and the Borrower and (ii) notwithstanding the aggregate amount of L/C Commitments of all Revolving
Lenders, at no time shall the L/C Obligations exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“L/C Obligations”:
as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate
amount of all Unreimbursed Amounts. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount
of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.3. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination
a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the
ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
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“L/C Participants”:
with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by an Issuing Lender, the collective reference to all the Revolving Lenders under
the Revolving Facility under which such Letter of Credit was issued other than the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter
of Credit.
“LCA Action”:
as defined in Section 1.4.
“LCA Election”:
as defined in Section 1.4.
“LCA Test Date”:
as defined in Section 1.4.
“Lender Presentation”:
the Lender Presentation dated June 165,
20212026 with
respect to the syndication of the Revolving FacilityFacilities
provided herein.
“Lenders”:
as defined in the preamble hereto, including any Incremental Lender; provided, that unless the context otherwise requires, each
reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender, the Swingline Lenders and the Issuing Lenders.
“Letter of Credit
Expiration Date”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).
“Letters of Credit”:
as defined in Section 3.1(a).
“Lien”:
with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in,
on or of such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention
agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
“Limited Condition
Acquisition”: any acquisition by the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries permitted pursuant to this Agreement whose
consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and which is designated as a Limited Condition
Acquisition by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in writing to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly provide
such written designation to the Lenders).
“Loan”:
any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
“Loan Documents”:
this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Parent Guarantee, the Notes and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to
any of the foregoing (including any Incremental Commitment Agreement).
“Loan Parties”:
each Group Member that is a party to a Loan Document; provided that the terms “Loan Party” and “Loan Parties”
as used in Sections 6, 7 and 8 shall not include ABG except as otherwise provided therein.
“Majority Facility
Lenders”: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the relevant
Term Loans or the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may be, outstanding under such Facility (or, in the case of theany
Revolving Facility, prior to any termination of the Revolving Commitments under
such Revolving Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the Total Revolving Commitments in
respect of such Revolving Facility).
“Material Acquisition”:
as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
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“Material Adverse
Effect”: any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on (i) the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole
(it being understood that a bankruptcy filing by, or change in the actual or perceived credit quality of, or work stoppage affecting any
“big three” auto manufacturer shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect so long as such “big three” auto
manufacturer has not failed to perform its material performance obligations owed to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
“Material Disposition”:
as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Materials of Environmental
Concern”: all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious
or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Material
Intellectual Property” shall mean, as of any date of determination, Intellectual Property that is owned by and used in the business
of any Loan Party on such date, which is material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (as determined
by the Borrower in good faith).
“Maximum Facilities
Amount”: as defined in Section 2.23.
“Member State”:
a country which is a current member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
“MLPFS”:
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation
to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial
lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement).
“Minimum Extension
Condition”: as defined in Section 2.26(b).
“Moody’s”:
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgaged Properties”:
the real properties listed on Part I of Schedule 1.1F, as to which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall be granted
a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages (it being understood that in no event shall the Mortgaged Properties be deemed to include the Excluded
Parcels.
“Mortgages”:
each of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by any Loan Party (other than ABG) in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (and with respect to mortgages and deeds of trust
made in accordance with Section 6.9(d), in form and substance substantially the same as the mortgages and deeds of trust that covered
the Existing Mortgaged Property under the Existing Credit Agreement (with such changes thereto as the Administrative Agent may approve
or as shall be advisable under the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is to be recorded)) under which a Lien
is granted on such real property and fixtures described therein, in each case as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time.
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“Multiemployer Plan”:
a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Cash Proceeds”:
(a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including
any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment
receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees,
amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the
subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and expenses
actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking
into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, to the extent such tax credits or deductions or
tax sharing arrangements are utilized), minus, in the case of an Asset Sale, any reserve established, in accordance with GAAP,
in respect of (x) any potential adjustment in the sale price of such asset or assets and (y) any liabilities associated with such
assets or asset and retained by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension
and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or with respect to any indemnification
obligations associated with such Asset Sale (provided that, upon the reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities
in cash in a corresponding amount) of any such reserve, the amount of such reserve shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds), and (b) in connection
with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence,
net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary
fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.
“New Zealand Dollars”
and “NZ$”: the lawful money of New Zealand.
“Ninth Amendment”:
the Ninth Amendment, dated as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, to this Agreement.
“Ninth Amendment
Effective Date”: the “Ninth Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the Ninth Amendment, which date is February
6, 2025.
“Non-Excluded Taxes”:
as defined in Section 2.19(a).
“Non-Extension Notice
Date”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).
“Non-U.S. Lender”:
as defined in Section 2.19(e).
“Notes”:
the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
“NYFRB”:
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB’s
Website”: the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
“NYFRB Rate”:
for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect
on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such
rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction
quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds
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broker of recognized standing selected by it;
provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for
purposes of this Agreement.
“NYFRB’s
Website”: the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
“Obligations”:
the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and
interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding,
relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding) the Loans, any reimbursement obligations or letter of credit fees under any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Documents
and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower to any Agent or Lender (or, in the case of Specified
Swap Agreements and Specified Cash Management Agreements and,
Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Documents and Supply Chain Finance
Documents, any affiliate of any Agent or Lender, in each case, at the time such agreement was entered into), whether direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in
connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Cash Management
Agreement, any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Documents, any Supply
Chain Finance Documents or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account
of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, swap coupon or termination payments, fees or indemnities, or reasonable out-of-pocket
costs or expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any
Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise.
“OID”:
is defined in Section 2.23.
“Optional Currency”:
at any time, Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Euro, New Zealand Dollars, Pounds Sterling and such other currencies which are convertible
into Dollars and are freely traded and readily available and are approved by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing BankLender
requested to issue a Letter of Credit denominated in such currency and each Lender requested to make a Loan denominated in such currency
(in each case, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld).
“original currency”:
as defined in Section 10.13.
“Other Taxes”:
any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from
any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Excluded Taxes.
“Overnight Bank
Funding Rate”: for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Term Benchmark borrowings denominated
in Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set
forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank
funding rate.
“Overnight Rate”:
for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the NYFRB Rate and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an
Optional Currency, an overnight
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rate determined by the Administrative Agent
or the Issuing Lenders, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Parent”:
each of ABG, Cendant Finance Holding Company LLC and any other direct or indirect parent of Holdings and the Borrower.
“Parent Expenses”:
(i) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) incurred by any Parent in connection with its reporting obligations under, or
in connection with compliance with, applicable laws or applicable rules of any applicable laws or applicable rules of any governmental,
regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture, or any other agreement or instrument relating
to Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, including in respect of any reports filed with respect to the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
(ii) an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year to permit any Parent to pay its corporate overhead expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business, and to pay salaries or other compensation of employees who perform services for any Parent
or for such Parent and the Borrower, provided that ABG allocates such overhead among its Subsidiaries in conformity with clause
(vi) of this paragraph, (iii) expenses incurred by any Parent in connection with the acquisition, development, maintenance, ownership,
prosecution, protection and defense of its Intellectual Property and associated rights to the extent such Intellectual Property and associated
rights relate to the business or businesses of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) indemnification obligations of any Parent owing to
directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with any such Person, (v)
other operational and tax expenses of any Parent attributable to or incurred on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business, including reimbursement obligations under the Letter of Credit Facilities and including obligations
in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor); provided, that all operational and tax expenses of
any Parent are deemed to be attributable to or incurred on behalf of the Borrower if the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’
activities represent substantially all of the operating activities of such Parent and all of its Subsidiaries and (vi) fees and expenses
incurred by any Parent in connection with any offering of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (x) where the net proceeds of such offering are
intended to be received by or contributed or loaned to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or (y) in a prorated amount of such expenses
in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned, or (z) otherwise on an interim basis
prior to completion of such offering so long as any Parent shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Borrower or the
relevant Subsidiary Guarantor out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed.
“Parent Guarantee”:
the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2013, between ABG and the Administrative Agent, as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time.
“Participant”:
as defined in Section 10.6(c).
“Participant Register”:
as defined in Section 10.6(c)(i).
“Participating Member
State”: any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the
European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Payment”:
as defined in Section 9.8.
“Payment Notice”:
as defined in Section 9.8.
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“PBGC”:
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
“Periodic Term CORRA
Determination Day”: as defined in the definition of “Term CORRA”.
“Permitted Acquisition”:
an acquisition or any series of related acquisitions of (a) all or substantially all of the assets or a majority of the outstanding Capital
Stock of any Person or (b) any division, line of business or other business unit of any Person (such Person or such division, line of
business or other business unit of such Person shall be referred to herein as the “Target”), in each case that is a
type of business (or assets used in a type of business) permitted to be engaged in by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section
7.13, so long as (i) after giving effect to such acquisition (including any financing therefor), no Default or Event of Default shall
then exist or would exist after giving effect thereto, (ii) if the purchase price is greater than $50,000,000, the Borrower shall demonstrate
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent (which calculations and information provided to the Administrative Agent shall
be made available to the Lenders) that, after giving effect to the acquisition on a pro forma basis, the Borrower is in compliance with
the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.1 as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been
delivered hereunder, (iii) the Borrower shall have taken such actions as are required of it under the terms of Section 6.9 with respect
to such acquisition and the Target, if it has not merged with any Loan Party (other than ABG), shall have taken such actions as are required
of it under the terms of Section 6.9 and (iv) to the extent that such acquisition is, in whole or in part, funded by the proceeds of any
Revolving Loans, such acquisition shall not be a “hostile” acquisition and shall have been approved by the board of directors
and/or shareholders of the applicable Loan Party (other than ABG) and the Target; provided that satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above may, at the option of the Borrower, be determined solely as of the date on which the definitive
agreement governing such acquisition is executed, calculated to give pro forma effect to such acquisition as if it had occurred on such
date of determination.
“Permitted Lien”:
any Lien permitted by Section 7.3.
“Permitted Refinancing”:
any Indebtedness or Capital Stock issued in exchange for, or for the purpose of applying the net proceeds thereof to extend, refinance,
renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness; provided that:
(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus
all accrued interest thereon and the amount of all fees, expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(b) such Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a weighted
average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and
(c) such Indebtedness is incurred by the obligor (or obligors, including any guarantor thereof that is a Guarantor)
on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded, the Borrower or any Foreign Issuer.
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“Person”:
an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan”:
at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled
Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer”
as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Plan Asset Regulations”
means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.
“Pounds Sterling”
and “£”: the lawful money of the United Kingdom.
“Prepayment Amount”:
as defined in Section 2.11(d).
“Prepayment Date”:
as defined in Section 2.11(d).
“Pricing Grid”:
with respect to (i) Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments, the table set forth in clause (a) or clause (b) below that, at such time,
would result in the lower Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee and (ii) the Tranche A Term Loans, the table set forth in clause (c) or
clause (d) below that, at such time, would result in the lower Applicable Margin:
(a)
Level
Specified
Rating
Applicable Margin
Term Benchmark Loans
Applicable Margin
ABR Loans
Applicable Margin RFR Loans
Applicable Margin CBRRFR Loans in Agreed Currencies other than Pounds Sterling
Applicable Margin CBR Loans in Pounds Sterling
Commitment Fee
Level I
≥ Ba2 from Moody’s and
≥ BB from S&P
1.75%
0.75%
1.7826%
1.75%
1.7826%
0.30%
Level II
≥ Ba3 and < Ba2 from Moody’s and
≥ BB- and < BB from S&P
2.00%
1.00%
2.0326%
2.00%
2.0326%
0.35%
Level III
< Ba3 from Moody’s or
< BB- from S&P
2.25%
1.25%
2.2826%
2.25%
2.2826%
0.40%
(b)
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Level
Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio
Applicable Margin
Term Benchmark Loans
Applicable Margin
ABR Loans
Applicable Margin RFR Loans
Applicable Margin CBRRFR Loans in Agreed Currencies other than Pounds Sterling
Applicable Margin CBR Loans in Pounds Sterling
Commitment Fee
Level I
≤ 1.00 to 1.00
1.75%
0.75%
1.7826%
1.75%
1.7826%
0.30%
Level II
> 1.00 to 1.00 and ≤ 2.00 to 1.00
2.00%
1.00%
2.0326%
2.00%
2.0326%
0.35%
Level III
> 2.00 to 1.00
2.25%
1.25%
2.2826%
2.25%
2.2826%
0.40%
(c)
Level
Specified
Rating
Applicable Margin
Adjusted Term SOFR Loans
Applicable Margin
ABR Loans
Level I
≥ Ba2 from Moody’s and
≥ BB from S&P
1.75%
0.75%
Level II
≥ Ba3 and < Ba2 from Moody’s and
≥ BB- and < BB from S&P
2.00%
1.00%
Level III
< Ba3 from Moody’s or
< BB- from S&P
2.25%
1.25%
(d)
Level
Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio
Applicable Margin
Adjusted Term SOFR Loans
Applicable Margin
ABR Loans
Level I
≤ 1.00 to 1.00
1.75%
0.75%
Level II
> 1.00 to 1.00 and ≤ 2.00 to 1.00
2.00%
1.00%
Level III
> 2.00 to 1.00
2.25%
1.25%
In the event the Specified
Rating assigned by Moody’s is not equivalent to the Specified Rating assigned by S&P, the lower of the two Specified Ratings
shall determine the Applicable Margin and the Commitment Fee, as applicable, unless the Specified Ratings are two or more levels apart,
in which case the Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee, as applicable, shall be based on the Level applicable to the rating immediately
above the lower of the two Specified Ratings. In the event either Moody’s or S&P shall cease to assign a Specified Rating, then
the Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee with respect to Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments shall be based on Level III. Any
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change in the Applicable Margin and Commitment
Fee determined in accordance with any foregoing table that is based on Specified Ratings shall become effective on the second
Business Day following the date of announcement or publication by the Borrower or either rating agency of any change in the
Specified Ratings or, in the absence of such announcement or publication, on the effective date of such
change in the Specified Ratings.
Changes in the Applicable
Margin and Commitment Fee Rate determined in accordance with the foregoing table that is based on the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio
resulting from changes in the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the date
(the “Adjustment Date”) on which financial statements aresecond
Business Day following the date on which the Compliance Certificate is delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.1(a)
or 6.2(b) (but
in any event not later than the 55th day after the end of each of the first
three quarterly periods of each fiscal year or the 100th day after the end of each
fiscal year, as the case may be) and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this paragraph.
If any financial statements referred to above arethe
Compliance Certificate is not delivered within the time periods specified abovein
Section 6.2(b), then, until such financial statements areCompliance
Certificate is delivered, the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio as at the end of the fiscal period that would have been covered
thereby shall for the purposes of this definition be deemed to be greater than 2.00 to 1.00. Each determination of the Consolidated Secured
Leverage Ratio pursuant to this pricing grid shall be made with respect to (or, in the case of clause (a) of the definition thereof, as
at the end of) the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending at the end of the period covered by the relevant financial
statementsCompliance Certificate.
“Prime Rate”:
the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal
ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar
rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by
the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced
or quoted as being effective.
“Properties”:
the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any Group Member.
“PTE”
means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time
to time.
“Public-Sider”:
a Lender whose representatives may trade in securities of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries while in possession
of the financial statements provided by the Borrower under the terms of this Agreement.
“Recourse Vehicle
Indebtedness”: Indebtedness (i) secured by, payable from or representing beneficial interests in Eligible Assets (including,
for the avoidance of doubt, buses) or (ii) that is unsecured, the proceeds of which are used, directly or indirectly, to purchase
Eligible Assets (including, for the avoidance of doubt, buses), which, in each case, provides for recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
(other than a Securitization Entity); provided that Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness shall not include any Indebtedness of the Borrower
and Avis Budget Finance in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof.
“Recourse Vehicle
Indebtedness Threshold Amount”: $1,800,000,000.
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“Recovery Event”:
any settlement of or payment in a principal amount greater than $25,000,000 in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or
any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Loan Party (other than ABG).
“Reference Period”:
as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Reference Time”:
with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, (2) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the
day that is two Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (3) if such Benchmark is EURIBOR Rate, 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two
TARGET Days preceding the date of such setting, (4) if the RFR for such Benchmark is SONIA, then four Business Days prior to such setting,
(5) if following a Benchmark Transition Event and Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Term CORRA, the RFR for such Benchmark is
Daily Simple CORRA, then four RFR Business Days prior to such setting, (6) if such Benchmark is the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate, 1:00 p.m.
Toronto local time on the day that is two Business Days preceding the date of such setting, or (7) if such Benchmark is none of the Term
SOFR Rate, the EURIBOR Rate, SONIA, Daily Simple CORRA or the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate, the time determined by the Administrative Agent
in its reasonable discretion.
“Refinancing Amendment”:
has the meaning given such term in Section 10.1(d).
“Refinancing Debt”:
Indebtedness (or commitments in respect thereof) incurred to refinance all of the outstanding Term Loans or Revolving Commitments having
a like maturity date, in each case on a dollar-for-dollar basis from time to time, in whole or part, in the form of one or more new term
facilities (each, a “Refinancing Term Facility”) or new revolving credit facilities (each, a “Refinancing
Revolving Facility”; the Refinancing Term Facilities and the Refinancing Revolving Facilities, collectively, “Refinancing
Facilities”) made available under this Agreement with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld) and the lenders providing such financing (and no other lenders); provided that (A) in the case
of any refinancing of the Term Loans, any Refinancing Debt shall not mature prior to the maturity date of, or have a shorter weighted
average life than, the Term Loans being refinanced, (B) in the case of any refinancing of the commitments under theany
Revolving Facility, any Refinancing Debt shall not mature, and there shall be no scheduled commitment reductions or scheduled amortization
payments under any such Refinancing Debt, prior to the maturity date of the revolving commitments being refinanced, (C) the other terms
and conditions of such Refinancing Debt (excluding pricing, premium, maturity, scheduled amortization and optional prepayment or redemption
provisions) either (i) consistent with the terms of this Agreement or (ii) otherwise shall be customary market terms for indebtedness
of such type (provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative
Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the
material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined
in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions
satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees
with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees)), (D) after giving effect to the incurrence
of Refinancing Debt (in the case of any Refinancing Debt in the form of a revolving credit facility, to the extent of any drawings to
be made thereunder on the date of effectiveness of the related commitments) and the application of the net proceeds therefrom, (x) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with Section 7.1,
(E) there shall be no additional direct or contingent obligors with respect to such Refinancing Debt that are not, or will not become,
Guarantors and (F) no Lender shall be obligated to provide any such Refinancing Debt.
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“Refinancing Facilities”:
as defined in the definition of “Refinancing Debt”.
“Refinancing Revolving
Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Refinancing Debt”.
“Refinancing Term
Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Refinancing Debt”.
“Refunded Swingline
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.7.
“Register”:
as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Regulated Subsidiary”:
any insurance subsidiary (if it becomes a Subsidiary through any Specified Transaction).
“Regulation S-X”:
Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
“Regulation U”:
Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
“Reimbursement Obligation”:
the obligation of the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn
under Letters of Credit.
“Reinvestment Deferred
Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party (other than ABG)
in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Tranche B Term Loans, the Tranche C Term Loans and the Tranche A Term Loans,
or reduce the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
“Reinvestment Event”:
any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
“Reinvestment Notice”:
a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower
(directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset
Sale or Recovery Event to (a) acquire or repair assets useful in its business or (b) make acquisitions permitted under Section 7.7.
“Reinvestment Prepayment
Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended
prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire or repair assets useful in the Borrower’s business or to make acquisitions
permitted under Section 7.7.
“Reinvestment Prepayment
Date”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring twelve months after such Reinvestment Event
and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire or repair assets useful
in the Borrower’s business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
“Related Eligible
Assets”: Eligible Assets that secure or are the direct or indirect source of payment for AESOP Indebtedness, Centre Point Indebtedness,
Securitization Indebtedness, Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness or Additional Foreign Vehicle Indebtedness.
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“Related
Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Related Taxes”:
any and all Taxes required to be paid by the Borrower or any Parent other than Taxes directly attributable to (i) the income of any entity
other than any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) owning the Capital Stock of any corporation or other entity
other than any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) withholding taxes on payments actually made by any Parent
other than to any other Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Relevant Governmental
Body”: (i) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Dollars, the Federal Reserve Board and/or
the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, as applicable, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board
and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto, (ii) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated
in Pounds Sterling, the Bank of England, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Bank of England or, in each case, any successor
thereto, (iii) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Euros, the European Central Bank, or a committee
officially endorsed or convened by the European Central Bank or, in each case, any successor thereto, and (iv) with respect to a Benchmark
Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in any other currency, (a) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement
is denominated or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (1) such Benchmark Replacement or (2)
the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement or (b) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (1) the central
bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated, (2) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible
for supervising either (A) such Benchmark Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (3) a group of those central
banks or other supervisors or (4) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.
“Relevant Rate”:
(i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing under theany
Revolving Facility (w) denominated in Dollars, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, (x) denominated in Australian Dollars or New Zealand Dollars,
the Eurocurrency Base Rate, (y) denominated in Euros, the EURIBOR Rate or (z) denominated in Canadian Dollars, the Adjusted Term CORRA
Rate, (ii) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing under the Tranche B Term Facility, the Tranche C Term Facility or the Tranche
A Term Facility denominated in Dollars, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, (iii) with respect to any RFR Borrowing (x) denominated in Pounds
Sterling, the Daily Simple RFR or (y) denominated in Canadian Dollars, the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR.
“Relevant Screen
Rate”: (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing under theany
Revolving Facility, the Tranche B Term Facility, the Tranche C Term Facility or the Tranche A Term Facility in each case denominated in
Dollars, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, (ii) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros, the EURIBOR Screen Rate,
(iii) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Australian Dollars, the AUD Screen Rate, (iv) with respect to any Term
Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, Term CORRA and (v) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in New
Zealand Dollars, the BKBM Screen Rate.
“Replaced Term Loan”:
as defined in Section 10.1(b).
“Replacement Term
Loan”: as defined in Section 10.1(b).
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“Reportable Event”:
any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under
subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. § 4043.
“Required Lenders”:
at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans then outstanding,
(ii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Tranche C Term Loans then outstanding, (iii) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Tranche A Term Loans then outstanding and (iv) the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have
been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
“Requirements of
Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to and binding upon such Person and any of its property, and to which such Person and any of its property
is subject.
“Resolution Authority”:
an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer”:
the chief executive officer, president, chief accounting officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Borrower.
“Restatement Effective
Date”: the date on which the conditions specified in Section 5.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.1).
“Restricted Payments”:
as defined in Section 7.6.
“Revaluation Date”
shall mean (a) with respect to any Loan denominated in any Optional Currency, each of the following: (i) the date of the Borrowing of
such Loan and (ii) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, each date of a conversion into or continuation of such Loan pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement; (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, each of the following: (i) the
date on which such Letter of Credit is issued, (ii) the first Business Day of each calendar month and (iii) the date of any amendment
of such Letter of Credit that has the effect of increasing the face amount thereof; and (c) any additional date as the Administrative
Agent may determine at any time when an Event of Default exists.
“Revolving Commitment”:
as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in
Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading
“Totalthe
2028 Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became
a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. and
the 2031 Revolving Commitment, as the context may require, and “Revolving Commitments” means, collectively, the 2028 Revolving
Commitments and the 2031 Revolving Commitments.
“Revolving Commitment
Period”: the period from and including the Restatement
Effective Date to the2028
Revolving Termination DateCommitment
Period and the 2031 Revolving Commitment Period, as the context may require.
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“Revolving Extensions
of Credit”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding,
(b) the Dollar Equivalent of such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding
and (c) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure.the 2028
Revolving Extensions of Credit and the 2031 Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the context may require.
“Revolving
Facilities”: collectively, the 2028 Revolving Facility and the 2031 Revolving Facility, and each, a “Revolving
Facility”: as defined in the definition
of “Facility”.
“Revolving Lender”:
each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds Revolving
Loans.the 2028 Revolving Lenders and the 2031 Revolving
Lenders, as the context may require, and “Revolving Lenders” means, collectively, the 2028 Revolving Lenders and the 2031
Revolving Lenders.
“Revolving Loans”:
as defined in Section 2.4(a)the
2028 Revolving Loans and the 2031 Revolving Loans, as the context may require.
“Revolving Percentage”:
as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment
then constitutes of the Total Revolving Commitments or, at any time after the Revolving
Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding,
provided, that, in the event that the Revolving
Loans are paid in full prior to the reduction to zero of the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit, the
Revolving Percentages shall be determined in a manner designed to ensure that the other outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit shall
be held by the Revolving Lenders on a comparable basis.the
2028 Revolving Percentage and the 2031 Revolving Percentage, as the context may require.
“Revolving Termination
Date”: the earlier of (i) December 27, 2028
and (ii) if more than $300,000,000 in the aggregate of any Term Loans or Senior Unsecured Notes remain
outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the date of the respective maturity date of the Term Loans or Senior Unsecured Notes,
the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of the Term Loans or Senior Unsecured Notes, as applicable, or, in each case, if such
date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.(a)
with respect to the 2028 Revolving Facility, the 2028 Revolving
Termination Date and (b) with respect to the 2031 Revolving Facility, the 2031 Revolving Termination Date.
“RFR”:
for any RFR Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, SONIA, (b) Dollars, Daily Simple SOFR and (c) Canadian Dollars, Daily Simple CORRA.
“RFR Borrowing”:
as to any Borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
“RFR Business Day”:
for any Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which banks are
closed for general business in London, (b) Dollars, a U.S. Government Securities Business Day and (c) Canadian Dollars, any day except
for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which commercial banks in Toronto are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
“RFR Interest Day”
has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple RFR”.
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“RFR Loan”:
a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple RFR or Adjusted Daily Simple RFR, as applicable.
“S&P”:
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC.
“Sanctions”:
all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government,
including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of
State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of
the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.
“Sanctioned Country”:
at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of the SeventhEleventh
Amendment, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine,
Cuba, Iran, and
North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person”:
at any time, any Person subject or target of any Sanctions, including
(a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control
of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any
European Union member state, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person
operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described
in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) (including without limitation for
purposes defining a Sanctioned Person, as ownership and control may be defined and/or established in and/or by any applicable laws, rules,
regulations, or orders).
“Sanctions”:
all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes or similar
restrictions imposed, administered or enforced from time to
time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, His
Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.
“SEC”:
the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.
“Second Amendment”:
the Second Amendment, dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
“Second Amendment
Effective Date”: the “Second Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the Second Amendment, which date is April
27, 2020.
“Second Lien Intercreditor
Agreement”: a second lien intercreditor agreement entered into after the date hereof, in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Securitization
Entity”: any Subsidiary or other Person (a) engaged solely in the business of effecting asset securitization transactions and
related activities or (b) whose primary purpose is to hold title or ownership interests in Eligible Assets, it being understood that each
Canadian Securitization Entity, each European Securitization Entity and each Australian Securitization Entity shall be deemed to be a
Securitization Entity.
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“Securitization
Indebtedness”: Indebtedness incurred by or attributable to a Securitization Entity that does not permit or provide for recourse
(other than Standard Securitization Undertakings) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Securitization Entity
or a Foreign Subsidiary organized under the laws of Canada) or any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower
(other than the property or assets of, or any equity interests or other securities issued by, a Securitization Entity or a Foreign Subsidiary
organized under the laws of Canada).
“Security Documents”:
the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if any), the
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and any other intercreditor agreement entered into in connection herewith and all other security
documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and
liabilities of any Loan Party (other than ABG) under any Loan Document.
“Senior Unsecured
Note Indenture”: each of the Indentures entered into by the Borrower and Avis Budget Finance in connection with the issuance
of the Senior Unsecured Notes, together with all instruments and other agreements entered into by the Borrower, Avis Budget Finance, any
Foreign Issuer and any other Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection therewith.
“Senior Unsecured
Notes”: (i) the 4.125% senior notes of the Borrower and Avis Budget Finance due 2024, (ii) the 5.25% senior notes of the Borrower
and Avis Budget Finance due 2025, (iii) the 4.50% senior notes of the Borrower and Avis Budget Finance due 2025, (iv) the 4.750% senior
notes of the Borrower and Avis Budget Finance due 2026, (v) the 5.75% senior notes of the Borrower and Avis Budget Finance due 2027, (vi)
the 5.375% senior notes of the Borrower and Avis Budget Finance due 2029 and (vii) the 4.75% senior notes of the Borrower and Avis Budget
Finance due 2028.
“Separation Agreement”:
as described on Schedule 1.1D.
“Significant Subsidiary”:
any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
“Single Employer
Plan”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“Sixth Amendment”:
the Sixth Amendment, dated as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, to this Agreement.
“Sixth Amendment
Effective Date”: the “Sixth Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the Sixth Amendment, which date is December
8, 2023.
“Seventh Amendment”:
the Seventh Amendment, dated as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, to this Agreement.
“Seventh Amendment
Effective Date”: the “Seventh Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the Seventh Amendment, which date is December
27, 2023.
“SOFR”:
a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator”:
the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
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“SOFR Administrator’s
Website”: the NYFRB’s website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight
financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Determination
Date”: as specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“SOFR Rate Day”:
as specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“SONIA”:
with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average for such Business Day published by the
SONIA Administrator on the SONIA Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SONIA Administrator”:
the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).
“SONIA Administrator’s
Website”: the Bank of England’s website, currently at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk, or any successor source for the
Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time.
“Specified Cash
Management Agreement”: any agreement providing for treasury, depositary or cash management services, including in connection
with any automated clearing house transfers of funds or any similar transactions between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any
Lender or affiliate thereof or any Agent or affiliate thereof, which has been designated by such Lender and the Borrower, by notice to
the Administrative Agent, as a “Specified Cash Management Agreement”.
“Specified Ratings”:
the corporate credit rating assigned by Moody’s and the corporate issuer rating assigned by S&P, in each case, with respect
to the Borrower. In the event that either Moody’s or S&P places the Borrower’s corporate credit rating on “Watchlist”
for a possible downgrade in the case of Moody’s or the Borrowers’ corporate issuer rating on “CreditWatch” with
negative implications in the case of S&P (or, in each case, any successor, replacement or analogous list) the Specified Rating from
such rating agency shall be the next lower rating below the then corporate credit rating or the corporate issuer rating, as the case may
be, of the Borrower assigned by such rating agency.
“Specified Swap
Agreement”: any Swap Agreement entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any counterparty that at the time
such Swap Agreement was entered into was an Agent, Lender or affiliate thereof, to hedge or mitigate its risk with respect to interest
rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices, including, without limitation, Swap Agreements entered into by such parties with respect
to AESOP Indebtedness, Centre Point Indebtedness, Recourse Vehicle Indebtedness, Securitization Indebtedness or Additional Foreign Vehicle
Indebtedness.
“Specified Transaction”:
the Avis Europe Acquisition and any Permitted Acquisition.
“Standard Securitization
Undertakings”: representations, warranties (and any related repurchase obligations), servicer obligations, guarantees, covenants
and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower of a type that are reasonably customary in securitizations.
“Statutory Reserve
Rate”: a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed
as a decimal established by the Federal Reserve Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate
or Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, as applicable, for eurocurrency funding
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(currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
liabilities” in Regulation D) or any other reserve ratio or analogous requirement of any central banking or financial regulatory
authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Loans. Such reserve percentage shall include
those imposed pursuant to Regulation D. Term Benchmark Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such
reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any
Lender under Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective
date of any change in any reserve percentage.
“Subsidiary”:
(a) with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other business
entity (whether now existing or hereafter organized) of which at least a majority of the voting stock or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or the equivalent) is, at the time as of which any determination is being made, owned
or controlled by such Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person
or (b) any partnership where more than 50% of the general partners of such partnership are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by (i) such Person and/or (ii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary”
or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided, that,
at Borrower’s election, any Person in which an investment is made pursuant to Section 7.7(p) shall, so long as such investment is
maintained in reliance on such Section, not be a “Subsidiary” of the Borrower for any purpose of this Agreement (other than
Section 6.1) (each such Person referred to in this proviso being an “Excluded Person”); provided, further, that
Borrower may elect to designate any Excluded Person as a “Subsidiary” at any time, upon which such Excluded Person shall be
a “Subsidiary” for all purposes of this Agreement and be required to comply with all requirements applicable to such Subsidiary
herein.
“Subsidiary Borrower”:
any Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.1(c)(i) until such time as such Subsidiary Borrower
is removed as a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.1(c)(ii).
“Subsidiary Guarantor”:
each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower other than any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity.
“Successor Company”:
as defined in Section 7.4(e).
“Supply
Chain Finance Program” means the receivables financing, payables financing, supplier finance, reverse factoring and/or similar program(s)
established or sponsored by Borrower and documented under one or more Supply Chain Finance Documents with one or more Supply
Chain Finance Providers, pursuant to which (a) suppliers of Borrower may elect to sell, assign or otherwise transfer receivables
owing by Borrower to a Supply Chain Finance Provider or (b) a Supply Chain Finance Provider may make advances,
purchases, or other payments in respect of invoices, receivables, or payables, in each case on terms approved by Borrower.
“Supply
Chain Finance Documents” means each agreement, instrument, or undertaking entered into by Borrower and/or any Subsidiary in
connection with any Supply Chain Finance Program, including any master purchase agreement, receivables purchase agreement, participation
agreement, payment undertaking, approval platform terms, servicing agreement, fee letter, account bank agreement, control agreement, side
letter, and any amendment, restatement, supplement, joinder, or replacement thereof.
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“Supply
Chain Finance Provider” means any bank, financial institution, fund, special purpose vehicle, platform provider, or other Person
(and any of its successors or assigns) that (a) purchases, takes an assignment of, participates in, or funds receivables or payables under
a Supply Chain Finance Program or (b) provides any advance, reimbursement, or other funding under a Supply Chain Finance
Program.
“Supply
Chain Finance Agent” means Administrative Agent, or such other agent designated in writing by Administrative Agent and Borrower to
act as agent for the Supply Chain Finance Providers for purposes of receiving the benefit of the Liens under the Security Documents
and related enforcement, in each case on terms reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Supply
Chain Finance Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness (if any) of Borrower and each other Loan
Party arising under or in connection with any Supply Chain Finance Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including
(a) all payment obligations in respect of invoices, payables, or receivables approved or otherwise designated under a Supply Chain
Finance Program, (b) all reimbursement obligations, fees, yield, discount, interest (including post-petition interest), penalties, breakage
amounts, indemnities, increased cost amounts, and expense reimbursements, (c) all obligations in respect of any purchase price adjustment,
repurchase, dilution, dispute, warranty or representation breach, and (d) all obligations to pay amounts due upon termination of any Supply
Chain Finance Program.
“Supply
Chain Finance Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate outstanding amount of obligations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
then owing or accrued under the Supply Chain Finance Obligations, as determined in accordance with the applicable Supply Chain
Finance Documents; provided that, if such amount is not readily determinable, Supply Chain Finance Exposure shall be determined
on a basis reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Swap Agreement”:
any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative or
insurance transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies,
commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or
pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar
plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”.
“Swingline Commitment”:
as to any Lender (i) the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A hereof under the heading “Swingline
Commitment” or (ii) if such lender has entered into an Assignment and Assumption, the amount set forth for such lender as its Swingline
Commitment in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.6(b)(iv).
“Swingline Exposure”:
at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any
time shall be the sum of (a) its 2031 Revolving Percentage
of the total Swingline Exposure at such time related to Swingline Loans other than any Swingline Loans made by such Lender in its capacity
as a Swingline Lender and (b) if such Lender shall be a Swingline Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by
such Lender outstanding at such time (to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline
Loans).
“Swingline Lender”:
JPMorgan Chase Bank in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans.
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“Swingline Loans”:
as defined in Section 2.6.
“Swingline Participation
Amount”: as defined in Section 2.7.
“Target”:
as defined in the definition of “Permitted Acquisition”.
“TARGET2”:
the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which
was launched on November 19, 2007.
“TARGET Day”:
any day on which TARGET2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by the
Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Tax Sharing Agreement”:
as described on Schedule 1.1E.
“Taxes”:
any taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to income, sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp,
property consumption, franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar tax, charges or
assessments, and including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Tenth Amendment”:
the Tenth Amendment, dated as of the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, to this Agreement.
“Tenth Amendment
Effective Date”: the “Tenth Amendment Effective Date”, as defined in the Tenth Amendment, which date is July 16,
2025.
“Term Benchmark”:
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Eurocurrency Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate or the Adjusted Term
CORRA Rate.
“Term CORRA”:
for any calculation with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, the Term CORRA Reference Rate for a
tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day”)
that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term CORRA Administrator; provided,
however, that if as of 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on any Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day the Term CORRA Reference Rate for the applicable
tenor has not been published by the Term CORRA Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term CORRA Reference
Rate has not occurred, then Term CORRA will be the Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term CORRA Administrator
on the first preceding Business Day for which such Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term CORRA Administrator
so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five Business Days prior to such Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day.
“Term CORRA Administrator”:
Candeal Benchmark Administration Services Inc., TSX Inc., or any successor administrator.
“Term CORRA Notice”:
a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower of the occurrence of a Term CORRA Reelection Event.
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“Term CORRA Reelection
Event”: the determination by the Administrative Agent that (a) Term CORRA has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental
Body, (b) the administration of Term CORRA is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and (c) a Benchmark Transition Event,
has previously occurred resulting in a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 2.16(a) that is not Term CORRA.
“Term CORRA Reference
Rate”: the forward-looking term rate based on CORRA.
“Term Lenders”:
the Tranche B Term Lenders, the Tranche C Term Lenders and the Tranche A Term Lenders.
“Term Loans”:
the Tranche B Term Loans, the Tranche C Term Loans and the Tranche A Term Loans.
“Term
SOFR”: with respect to the Revolving Facility,
for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been
selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“Term SOFR Determination
Day”: as specified under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
“Term SOFR Rate”:
with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the
Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement
of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.
“Term SOFR Reference
Rate”: for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term Benchmark
Borrowing denominated in Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination
Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and
a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR
Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business
Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business
Day is not more than five Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Third Restatement
Effective Date”: October 3, 2014.
“Total Revolving
Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Lenders outstanding
at such time.
“Tranche A Term
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the “Tranche A Term Commitment” of such Lender, as such term is defined in the Ninth
Amendment. The aggregate amount of the Tranche A Term Commitments as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date is $500,000,000.
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“Tranche A Term
Facility” as defined in the definition of “Facility”.
“Tranche A Term
Lenders”: each Lender that has a Tranche A Term Commitment or holds a Tranche A Term Loan.
“Tranche A Term
Loan”: a Loan made pursuant to a Tranche A Term Commitment.
“Tranche A Term
Loan Maturity Date”: December 15, 2025.
“Tranche B Term
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the “New Tranche B Term Commitment” of such Lender, as such term is defined in the
Tenth Amendment. The aggregate amount of the Tranche B Term Commitments as of the Tenth Amendment Effective Date is $1,148,864,850.
“Tranche B Term
Facility” as defined in the definition of “Facility”.
“Tranche B Term
Lenders”: each Lender that has a Tranche B Term Commitment or holds a Tranche B Term Loan.
“Tranche B Term
Loan”: a Loan made pursuant to a Tranche B Term Commitment.
“Tranche B Term
Loan Maturity Date”: the earlier of (i) seven years from the Tenth Amendment Effective Date and (ii) to the extent more than
$100,000,000 of Early Maturity Trigger Indebtedness is then outstanding, the date that is 90 days prior to the earliest maturity date
applicable to such Early Maturity Trigger Indebtedness.
“Tranche C Term
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the “Tranche C Term Commitment” of such Lender, as such term is defined in the Sixth
Amendment. The aggregate amount of the Tranche C Term Commitments as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date is $538,750,000.
“Tranche C Term
Facility” as defined in the definition of “Facility”.
“Tranche C Term
Lenders”: each Lender that has a Tranche C Term Commitment or holds a Tranche C Term Loan.
“Tranche C Term
Loan”: a Loan made pursuant to a Tranche C Term Commitment.
“Tranche C Term
Loan Maturity Date”: the earlier of (i) March 16, 2029 and (ii) to the extent more than $100,000,000 of Early Maturity Trigger
Indebtedness is then outstanding, the date that is 90 days prior to the earliest maturity date applicable to such Early Maturity Trigger
Indebtedness.
“Transferee”:
any Assignee or Participant.
“Type”:
as to any Loan, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference
to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Eurocurrency Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, the Alternate Base Rate, the Daily Simple RFR, the Adjusted
Daily Simple RFR or the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate.
“UCP”:
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce
(“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
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“UK Financial Institution”:
any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom
Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated
by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates
of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority”:
the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Unadjusted Benchmark
Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“United States”:
the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amounts”:
as defined in Section 3.4(a).
“U.S. Government
Securities Business Day”: any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and
Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of
trading in United States government securities.
“Virginia Beach
Parcel”: that certain real property located at 300 Centre Pointe Drive, Virginia Beach, VA, 23462-4415.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary”:
as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) is
owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
“Withholding Agent”:
any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and
Conversion Powers”: (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution
Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers
are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution
Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or
any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations
of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised
under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related
to or ancillary to any of those powers.
“WTH Funding LP”:
WTH Funding Limited Partnership, an Ontario limited partnership, and any successor special purpose entity formed for the purpose of engaging
in vehicle financings in Canada.
1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions.
.
(a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall
have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto.
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(b) As
used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, all terms
of an accounting or financial nature relating to any Group Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section
1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided
that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all accounting or financial terms used herein shall be construed, and all financial
computations pursuant hereto shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159
(or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Group Member
at “fair value”, as defined therein; provided, further, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that
the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP
or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required
Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after
the change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied
immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance
herewith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any obligations of a Person under a lease (whether existing now or entered
into in the future) that is not (or would not be) required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of
such Person under GAAP as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date shall not be treated as capital lease solely as a result of (x)
the adoption of changes in or (y) changes in the application of GAAP after the Restatement Effective Date. In the event that the Borrower
elects to prepare its financial statements in accordance with IFRS and such election results in a change in the method of calculation
of financial covenants, standards or terms (collectively, the “Accounting Changes”) in this Agreement, the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement (including
the levels applicable herein to any computation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio or the
Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio) so as to reflect equitably the Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating
the Borrower’s financial condition shall be substantially the same after such change as if such change had not been made. Until
such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders,
all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed in accordance with GAAP (as
determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) (it being agreed that the reconciliation between GAAP and IFRS used
in such determination shall be made available to Lenders) as if such change had not occurred.
(c) As
used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) the
words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”, (ii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect
of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iii) the words
“asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible
and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract
rights, and (iv) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such
agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
(d) The
words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement,
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references
are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
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(e) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
1.3 Interest
Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan denominated in dollars or an Optional Currency may be derived from an interest
rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a
Benchmark Transition Event or a Term CORRA Reelection Event, Section 2.16(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate
of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect
to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect
to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics
of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence
of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance
or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the
calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement)
and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information
sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates
referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower,
any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential
damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation
of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
1.4 Letter
of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated
amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that,
by its terms or the terms of any Application related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof,
the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all
such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such times.
1.5 Limited
Condition Acquisitions. In connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness or Liens or the making of any Investments, Restricted
Payments, restricted prepayments of Indebtedness, Dispositions or fundamental changes, in each case, in connection with a Limited Condition
Acquisition (any of the foregoing, an “LCA Action” and collectively, the “LCA Actions”), for purposes
of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement (other than Section 5.2(b)) which requires that no Default or Event of
Default has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such LCA Action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the
Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “LCA
Election”), be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists on the date the definitive agreements for
such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower
has exercised the LCA Election, and any Default or Event of Default occurs following the LCA Test Date and prior to the consummation of
such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes
of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder.
(a) In
connection with the incurrence of any LCA Action, for purposes of:
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(i) determining
compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured
Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Coverage Ratio; or
(ii) testing
availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including any baskets based on a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA);
in each case, upon the LCA Election, the date
of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be the LCA Test Date, and if, after giving effect to the Limited
Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness
and the use of proceeds thereof) on a pro forma basis as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent four consecutive fiscal
quarter period being used to calculate such financial ratio or basket ending prior to the LCA Test Date for which consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower are available, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such
ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made
an LCA Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are exceeded as
a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person
subject to such Limited Condition Acquisition, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or
ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited
Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence
of any Indebtedness or Liens or the making of any Investments, Restricted Payments, restricted prepayments of Indebtedness, Dispositions
or fundamental changes, in each case, on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited
Condition Acquisition is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without
consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited
Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds
thereof) have been consummated. Consolidated Net Income (and any other financial defined term derived therefrom) shall not include any
Consolidated Net Income of or attributable to the target Person or assets associated with any such Limited Condition Acquisition for usages
other than in connection with the applicable transaction pertaining to such Limited Condition Acquisition unless and until the closing
of such Limited Condition Acquisition shall have actually occurred.
1.6 Divisions.
For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event
under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right,
obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent
Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first
date of its existence by the holders of its Capital Stock at such time.
1.7 Exchange
Rates; Currency Equivalents.
.
(a) The Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, shall determine
the Dollar Equivalent amounts of Term Benchmark Borrowings or Letter of Credit extensions denominated in Optional Currencies. Such Dollar
Equivalent shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such amounts until the next Revaluation
Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by the Borrower hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder
or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any
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Agreed Currency (other than Dollars) for purposes
of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing BankLender,
as applicable.
(b) Wherever
in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Term Benchmark Loan or an RFR Loan or the
issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars,
but such Borrowing, Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Optional Currency, such amount shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such
amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Optional Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative
Agent or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be.
SECTION
2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 Term
Commitments.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each Tranche B Term Lender severally agrees to, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Tenth Amendment, make a Tranche B Term Loan in Dollars to the Borrower on the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, in an amount not to exceed
the amount of the Tranche B Term Commitment of such Lender. The Tranche B Term Loans may from time to time be Adjusted Term SOFR Loans
or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.12.
(b)
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Initial Tranche C Term Lender severally agrees to, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in the Sixth Amendment, make a Tranche C Term Loan in Dollars to the Borrower on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, in an amount
not to exceed the amount of the Tranche C Term Commitment of such Lender. The Tranche C Term Loans may from time to time be Adjusted Term
SOFR Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.12.
(c) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each Tranche A Term Lender severally agrees to, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Ninth Amendment, make a Tranche A Term Loan in Dollars to the Borrower on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, in an amount not to exceed
the amount of the Tranche A Term Commitment of such Lender. The Tranche A Term Loans may from time to time be Adjusted Term SOFR Loans
or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.12.
2.2 Procedure
for Term Loan Borrowing.
(a) The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (i)
12:00 Noon, New York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Tenth Amendment Effective Date, in the case of Adjusted Term
SOFR Loans, or (ii) 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the day of the anticipated Tenth Amendment Effective Date in the case of ABR Loans)
requesting that the Tranche B Term Lenders make the Tranche B Term Loans pursuant to the Tranche B Term Commitments on the Tenth Amendment
Effective Date and specifying the amount to be borrowed. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
applicable Tranche B Term Lender thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Tenth Amendment, not later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, each applicable Tranche B Term Lender shall make available to the Administrative
Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Tranche B Term Loan or Tranche B Term Loans to be made
by such Lender pursuant to its Tranche B Term Commitment. The
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Administrative Agent shall credit the account
of the Borrower on the books of such office of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative
Agent by the Tranche B Term Lenders in immediately available funds.
(b) The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (i)
12:00 Noon, New York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Sixth Amendment Effective Date, in the case of Adjusted Term
SOFR Loans, or (ii) 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the day of the anticipated Sixth Amendment Effective Date in the case of ABR Loans)
requesting that the Tranche C Term Lenders make the Tranche C Term Loans pursuant to the Tranche C Term Commitments on the Sixth Amendment
Effective Date and specifying the amount to be borrowed. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
applicable Tranche C Term Lender thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Sixth Amendment, not later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, each applicable Tranche C Term Lender shall make available to the Administrative
Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Tranche C Term Loan or Tranche C Term Loans to be made
by such Lender pursuant to its Tranche C Term Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account of the Borrower on the books
of such office of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Tranche
C Term Lenders in immediately available funds.
(c) The
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (i)
12:00 Noon, New York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Ninth Amendment Effective Date, in the case of Adjusted Term
SOFR Loans, or (ii) 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the day of the anticipated Ninth Amendment Effective Date in the case of ABR Loans)
requesting that the Tranche A Term Lenders make the Tranche A Term Loans pursuant to the Tranche A Term Commitments on the Ninth Amendment
Effective Date and specifying the amount to be borrowed. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
applicable Tranche A Term Lender thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Ninth Amendment, not later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, each applicable Tranche A Term Lender shall make available to the Administrative
Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche A Term Loans to be made
by such Lender pursuant to its Tranche A Term Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account of the Borrower on the books
of such office of the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Tranche
A Term Lenders in immediately available funds.
2.3 Repayment
of Term Loans.
(a) The
Tranche B Term Loans shall be repayable in installments on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing
with September 30, 2025, and ending with the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount equal to (i) in
the case of each such installment due prior to the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Tranche B Term Loans made on the Tenth Amendment Effective Date and (ii) in the case of the installment due on the Tranche B
Term Loan Maturity Date, the entire remaining balance of the Tranche B Term Loans, subject to reduction pursuant to Section 2.17(b).
(b) The
Tranche C Term Loans shall be repayable in installments on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing
with March 31, 2023, and ending with the Tranche C Term Loan Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount equal to (i) in
the case of each such installment due prior to the Tranche C Term Loan Maturity Date, 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Tranche C Term Loans made on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date and (ii) in
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the case of the installment due on the Tranche C
Term Loan Maturity Date, the entire remaining balance of the Tranche C Term Loans, subject to reduction pursuant to Section 2.17(b).
(c) The
Tranche A Term Loans shall be repayable in installments on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing
with March 31, 2025, and ending with the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount equal to (i) in
the case of the installments paid on March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, 2.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans
made on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, (ii) in the case of the installment paid on September 30, 2025, 5.00% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Tranche A Term Loans made on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and (iii) in the case of the installment due on
the Tranche A Term Loan Maturity Date, the entire remaining balance of the Tranche A Term Loans, subject to reduction pursuant
to Section 2.17(b).
2.4 Revolving
Commitments.
.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each 2028
Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (“2028
Revolving Loans”) in Dollars and in any Optional Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower from time
to time during the 2028 Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding which will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing
pursuant to Section 2.6(b)) in (i) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s 2028
Revolving Extensions of Credit exceeding the amount of such Lender’s 2028
Revolving Commitment or (ii) the 2028 Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit exceeding the aggregate 2028 Revolving
Commitments. During the 2028 Revolving Commitment Period the
Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower may use the 2028 Revolving
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the 2028 Revolving Loans
in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The 2028
Revolving Loans may from time to time be Term Benchmark Loans (it being understood that Term Benchmark 2028
Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars shall be Adjusted Term SOFR Loans), RFR Loans (for 2028
Revolving Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling) or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower and
notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.5 and 2.12. ABR Loans shall be denominated only in Dollars, and, for
the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling be Eurocurrency Loans.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each 2031 Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (“2031 Revolving
Loans”) in Dollars and in any Optional Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower from time to time during the 2031 Revolving
Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which will not result (after giving effect to any application
of proceeds of such Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.6(b)) in (i) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s 2031 Revolving
Extensions of Credit exceeding the amount of such Lender’s 2031 Revolving Commitment or (ii) the 2031 Total Revolving Extensions
of Credit exceeding the aggregate 2031 Revolving Commitments. During the 2031 Revolving Commitment Period the Borrower and any Subsidiary
Borrower may use the 2031 Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the 2031 Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing,
all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The 2031 Revolving Loans may from time to time be Term Benchmark Loans (it being
understood that Term Benchmark 2031 Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars shall be Adjusted Term SOFR Loans), RFR Loans (for 2031 Revolving
Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling) or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower and notified to the Administrative
Agent in accordance with Sections 2.5 and 2.12. ABR Loans shall be denominated only in Dollars, and, for the avoidance of doubt, in no
event shall Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling be Eurocurrency Loans.
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(bc) The
Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all outstanding 2028
Revolving Loans on the 2028 Revolving Termination
Date. The Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all
outstanding 2031 Revolving Loans on the 2031 Revolving Termination Date.
2.5 Procedure
for Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the Revolving
Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall give the Administrative
Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three
Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, (b) 11:00 a.m., New York City time, five Business
Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of RFR Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling or (c) 12:00 Noon, New York City Time,
on the date of the proposed borrowing, in the case of ABR Loans) (provided that any such notice of a borrowing of ABR Loans under
the Revolving Facility to finance payments required by Section 3.5 may be given not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on
the date of the proposed borrowing), specifying (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing
Date and (iii) in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan, the Agreed Currency with respect
thereto and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. If no election as to the Type of a Revolving Loan is specified
in any such notice, then the requested borrowing shall be an ABR Loan. If no Agreed Currency with respect to any Term Benchmark Loans
is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a borrowing in
Dollars. If no Interest Period with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower or the relevant
Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Each borrowing under the Revolving
Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then aggregate
Available Revolving Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount), (y) in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, $5,000,000 or
a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (z) in the case of RFR Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof; provided, that a Swingline Lender may request, on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, borrowings under
the Revolving Commitments that are ABR Loans in other amounts pursuant to Section 2.7. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof. Each Revolving Lender will make
the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower or the
relevant Subsidiary Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower
in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower or the relevant
Subsidiary Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower on the books
of such office or such other account as the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may specify to the Administrative Agent in writing
with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by
the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Lender at its option may make any Revolving Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch of
such Revolving Lender or Affiliate of such Revolving Lender to make such Revolving Loan; provided that any exercise of such option
shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower to repay such Revolving Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall any Borrower be permitted to request pursuant to this Section 2.5, a CBR
Loan or, prior to a Benchmark Transition Event and Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to (x) the Term SOFR Rate, an RFR Loan bearing
interest based on Daily Simple SOFR or (y) Term CORRA, an RFR Loan bearing interest based on Daily Simple CORRA (it being understood and
agreed that a
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Central Bank Rate, the Canadian Prime Rate,
Daily Simple SOFR and Daily Simple CORRA shall only apply to the extent provided in Sections 2.12(b) (solely
with respect to the Central Bank Rate and the Canadian Prime Rate), 2.16(a) and 2.16(g)), as applicable.
2.6 Swingline
Commitment.
.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Swingline Lender severally
agrees to make a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower under the 2031
Revolving Commitments from time to time during the 2031 Revolving
Commitment Period by making swing line loans (“Swingline Loans”) in Dollars to the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower;
provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender outstanding at any time shall
not exceed such Swingline Lender’s Swingline Commitment then in effect, (ii) the outstanding principal amount of such Swingline
Lender’s 2031 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not
exceed the amount of such Swingline Lender’s 2031 Revolving
Commitment and (iii) the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not request, and a Swingline Lender shall not make, any Swingline
Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan, the aggregate amount of the 2031
Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero. During the 2031
Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower may use the Swingline Commitment by borrowing, repaying
and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Swingline Loans shall be ABR Loans only.
(b) The
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lenders the then unpaid
principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the 2031 Revolving
Termination Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least
two Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a 2031
Revolving Loan is borrowed, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and
the proceeds of any such borrowing of 2031 Revolving Loans
shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding.
2.7 Procedure
for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans.
.
(a) Whenever the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower desires that a Swingline
Lender make Swingline Loans it shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable telephonic notice confirmed
promptly in writing (which telephonicwritten notice by
telecopy or electronic mail (or transmit by electronic communication including an Approved Borrower Portal, if arrangements for such transmission
have been approved by the Administrative Agent) (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00
P.M., New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and (ii) the requested Borrowing Date
(which shall be a Business Day during the 2031 Revolving Commitment
Period). The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lenders of any such notice received from the Borrower. Each borrowing
under the Swingline Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline Loans, each Swingline Lender shall
make its ratable portion of the requested Swingline Loan (such ratable portion to be calculated based upon such Swingline Lender’s
Swingline Commitment to the total Swingline Commitments of all of the Swingline Lenders) available to the Administrative Agent at the
Funding Office in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower on such Borrowing Date by depositing such proceeds in the account of the Borrower or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower with the Administrative Agent or such other account as the Borrower or relevant
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Subsidiary Borrower may specify to the Administrative
Agent in writing on such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds.
(b) Any
Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower (each of which hereby irrevocably directs each Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), by written notice given to the Administrative
Agent require each 2031 Revolving Lender to make, and each
2031 Revolving Lender hereby agrees to make, a 2031
Revolving Loan, in an amount equal to such 2031 Revolving
Lender’s 2031 Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount
of the Swingline Loans (the “Refunded Swingline Loans”) outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the Swingline
Lenders. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each 2031
Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such 2031 Revolving
Lender’s 2031 Revolving Percentage of such Swingline
Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and
in any event, if such notice is received by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time
on such Business Day and if received after 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time
on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately available funds,
for the account of such Swingline Lenders, such 2031 Revolving
Lender’s 2031 Revolving Percentage of such Swingline
Loans. The proceeds of such 2031 Revolving Loans shall be promptly
made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lenders for application by the Swingline Lenders to the repayment of the Refunded
Swingline Loans. The Borrower and relevant Subsidiary Borrower irrevocably authorize each Swingline Lender to charge the Borrower’s
and relevant Subsidiary Borrower’s accounts with the Administrative Agent (up to the amount available in each such account) in order
to immediately pay the amount of such Refunded Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the 2031
Revolving Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full such Refunded Swingline Loans.
(c) If
prior to the time a 2031 Revolving Loan would have otherwise
been made pursuant to Section 2.7(b), one of the events described in Section 8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower or if for any other reason, as determined by any Swingline Lender in its sole discretion,
2031 Revolving Loans may not be made as contemplated by Section
2.7(b), each 2031 Revolving Lender shall, on the date such
2031 Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice
referred to in Section 2.7(b), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans by paying
to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately available funds for the account of the Swingline Lenders an amount (the
“Swingline Participation Amount”) equal to (i) such 2031
Revolving Lender’s 2031 Revolving Percentage
times (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding that were to have been repaid with such
2031 Revolving Loans.
(d) Whenever,
at any time after any Swingline Lender has received from any 2031 Revolving
Lender such Lender’s Swingline Participation Amount, such Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of the Swingline Loans,
such Swingline Lender will distribute such amount to the Administrative Agent and any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent
shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the 2031 Revolving
Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to paragraph (c) above and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating
interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lender’s pro rata
portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans then due); provided,
however, that in the event that such payment received by such Swingline Lender is required to be returned, such 2031
Revolving Lender will
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return to such Swingline Lender any portion
thereof previously distributed to it by the Administrative Agent.
(e) Each
2031 Revolving Lender’s obligation to make the Loans
referred to in Section 2.7(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.7(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such 2031
Revolving Lender or the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower may have against any Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the
failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any Subsidiary
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other 2031 Revolving
Lender or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
(f) The
failure of any Swingline Lender to make its ratable portion of a Swingline Loan shall not relieve any other Swingline Lender of its obligation
hereunder to make its ratable portion of such Swingline Loan on the date of such Swingline Loan, but no Swingline Lender shall be responsible
for the failure of any other Swingline Lender to make the ratable portion of a Swingline Loan to be made by such other Swingline Lender
on the date of any Swingline Loan.
2.8 Commitment
Fees, etc.
.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Revolving Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the date hereof to the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period,
computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period
for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
date hereof.
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the
Administrative Agent and to perform any other obligations contained therein.
2.9 Termination
or Reduction of Revolving Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to
the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments;
provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and
to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit
would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof,
and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section
2.9 shall be irrevocable; provided, that a notice to terminate the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that
such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or a Change in Control, in either case, which such notice
may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is
not satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the revocation of a termination notice shall not affect the Borrower’s obligation
to indemnify any Lender in accordance with Section 2.20 for any loss or expense sustained or incurred as a consequence thereof.
2.10 Optional
Prepayments.
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.
(a) The Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower may at any time and from
time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except in the case of Tranche C Term Loans as otherwise
provided in paragraph (b) below) upon irrevocable notice (except as otherwise provided below) delivered to the Administrative Agent no
later than (i) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, (ii) 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, five Business Days before the date of prepayment in the case of prepayment of an RFR Revolving Borrowing denominated
in Sterling and (iii) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the day of such prepayment, in the case of ABR Loans, which notice shall specify
the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Term Benchmark Loans or ABR Loans; provided, that if a Term
Benchmark Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.20; provided, further, that such notice to prepay the Loans
delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or a Change in Control,
in either case, which such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by further notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified
effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the revocation of a termination notice shall not affect
the Borrower’s obligation to indemnify any Lender in accordance with Section 2.20 for any loss or expense sustained or incurred
as a consequence thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with
(except in the case of Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans and Swingline Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial
prepayments of Term Loans and Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof. Partial
prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
(b) Any
(i) optional prepayment of the Tranche C Term Loans using proceeds of any credit facility term loans incurred by the Borrower for which,
the interest rate payable thereon on the date of such prepayment is lower than the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate on the date of such prepayment
plus the Applicable Margin with respect to the Tranche C Term Loans on the date of such prepayment with the primary purpose of refinancing
Tranche C Term Loans at a lower interest rate or (ii) repricing of the Tranche C Term Loans pursuant to an amendment to this Agreement
resulting in the interest rate payable thereon on the date of such amendment being lower than the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate on the date
immediately prior to such amendment plus the Applicable Margin with respect to the Tranche C Term Loans on the date immediately prior
to such amendment, shall be accompanied by a prepayment fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of such prepayment (or, in
the case of clause (ii) above, of the aggregate amount of Tranche C Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment) if made
on or prior to the date that is six months after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date. Such fee shall be paid by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Tranche C Term Lenders on the date of such prepayment or amendment (as the case may be).
(c) Any
(i) optional prepayment of the Tranche B Term Loans using proceeds of any credit facility term loans incurred by the Borrower for which,
the interest rate payable thereon on the date of such prepayment is lower than the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate on the date of such prepayment
plus the Applicable Margin with respect to the Tranche B Term Loans on the date of such prepayment with the primary purpose of refinancing
Tranche B Term Loans at a lower interest rate or (ii) repricing of the Tranche B Term Loans pursuant to an amendment to this Agreement
resulting in the interest rate payable thereon on the date of such amendment being lower than the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate on the date
immediately prior to such amendment plus the Applicable Margin with respect to the Tranche B Term Loans on the date immediately prior
to such amendment, shall be accompanied by a prepayment fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of such prepayment (or, in
the case of clause (ii) above, of the aggregate amount of Tranche B Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment) if made
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on or prior to the date that is six months
after the Tenth Amendment Effective Date. Such fee shall be paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Tranche
B Term Lenders on the date of such prepayment or amendment (as the case may be).
2.11 Mandatory
Prepayments.
.
(a) If any Indebtedness shall be issued or incurred by any Group Member (other
than ABG) (excluding any Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 7.2), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof
shall be applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence, or in the event such Net Cash Proceeds are received after 12:00 Noon, New
York City time, on the next Business Day, toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(c); provided that,
if any Indebtedness shall be issued or incurred by any Group Member (other than such Indebtedness incurred to refinance (i) any Loans
incurred pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) the Senior Unsecured Notes), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall
be applied on the date of such issuance or incurrence, or in the event such Net Cash Proceeds are received after 12:00 Noon, New York
City time, on the next Business Day, toward the prepayment of the Tranche A Term Loans.
(b) If
on any date any Loan Party (other than ABG) shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment
Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds or, in the case of any Disposition permitted by Section 7.5(f),
100% of such Net Cash Proceeds, shall be applied within three Business Days toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section
2.11(c); provided that on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect
to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.11(c).
(c) Amounts
to be applied in connection with prepayments of the outstanding Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be applied, first,
to ABR Loans and, second, to Term Benchmark Loans and, in each case, in accordance with Section 2.17(b). Each prepayment of the
Term Loans under this Section 2.11 shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid. If no
Term Loans are outstanding, such remaining amounts shall be retained by the relevant Group Member.
(d) With
respect to any prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b), any Term Lender, at its option (but solely to the extent the Borrower
elects for this clause (d) to be applicable to a given prepayment), may elect not to accept such prepayment as provided below. The Borrower
may notify the Administrative Agent of any event giving rise to a prepayment under Section 2.11(b) at least five Business Days prior to
the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation
of the amount of such prepayment that is required to be made under Section 2.11(b) (the “Prepayment Amount”). The Administrative
Agent will promptly notify each Term Lender of the contents of any such prepayment notice so received from the Borrower, including the
date on which such prepayment is to be made (the “Prepayment Date”). Any Term Lender may (but solely to the extent
the Borrower elects for this clause (d) to be applicable to a given prepayment) decline to accept all (but not less than all) of its share
of any such prepayment (any such Lender, a “Declining Lender”) by providing written notice to the Administrative Agent
no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day after the date of such Term Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative
Agent regarding such prepayment. If any Term Lender does not give a notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified
above informing the Administrative Agent that it declines to accept the applicable prepayment, then such Lender will be deemed to have
accepted such prepayment. On any Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Prepayment Amount minus the portion of thereof allocable to Declining
Lenders, in each case for such Prepayment Date, shall be paid to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower and applied by the Administrative
Agent ratably to prepay Term
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Loans owing to Term Lenders (other than Declining
Lenders) in the manner described in this Section 2.11 for such prepayment. Any amounts that would otherwise have been applied to prepay
Term Loans owing to Declining Lenders shall be retained by the Borrower (such amounts, “Declined Amounts”).
2.12 Conversion
and Continuation Options.
.
(a) The Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower may elect from time to time to convert
Term Benchmark Loans to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 11:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Term Benchmark
Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower may elect from
time to time to convert ABR Loans to Term Benchmark Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election
no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify
the length of the initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no ABR Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into
a Term Benchmark Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility Lenders
in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any
Term Benchmark Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower
or relevant Subsidiary Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of
the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans,
provided that no Term Benchmark Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its
or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations (and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower within a reasonable
amount of time of any such determination), and provided, further, that if the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower shall
fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph such Loans (i)
if denominated in Dollars shall be automatically continued as Term Benchmark Loans having an Interest Period of one month in
duration, or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant
to the preceding proviso such Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period
and (ii) if denominated in an Optional Currency, shall be automatically
continued as Term Benchmark Loans in its original Optional Currency having an Interest Period of one month in duration, or if such continuation
is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate (or in the case of Canadian Dollars,
the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Optional Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines
(which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate (or in the case of Canadian Dollars,
the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Optional Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated
in any Optional Currency shall either be (A) converted to ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent
of such Optional Currency) at the end of the
Interest Period, as applicable, therefor or (B) prepaid at the
end of the applicable Interest Period, as applicable, in full;
provided that if no election is made by the Borrower by the earlier of (x) the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Borrower
of such notice and (y) the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Term Benchmark Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed
to have elected clause (A) above. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant
Lender thereof.
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(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall any Borrower be permitted to request pursuant to this Section 2.12 a CBR Loan or, prior to a Benchmark
Transition Event and Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to (x) the Term SOFR Rate, an RFR Loan bearing interest based on Daily Simple
SOFR or (y) Term CORRA, an RFR Loan bearing interest based on Daily Simple CORRA (it being understood and agreed that a Central Bank Rate,
the Canadian Prime Rate, Daily Simple SOFR and Daily Simple CORRA shall only apply to the extent provided in Sections 2.12(b) (solely
with respect to the Central Bank Rate and the Canadian Prime Rate), 2.16(a) and 2.16(g), as applicable.
2.13 Limitations
on Term Benchmark Borrowings and RFR Borrowings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions
and continuations of Term Benchmark Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such
elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Term Benchmark Loans comprising each Borrowing
shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than ten Term Benchmark Borrowings shall
be outstanding at any one time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations
of RFR Loans shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal
amount of the RFR Loans comprising each RFR Borrowing shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
and (b) no more than ten RFR Borrowings shall be outstanding at any one time.
2.14 Interest
Rates and Payment Dates.
.
(a) Each Term Benchmark Loan shall bear interest at the Eurocurrency Rate, the
Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate or the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate, as applicable, for the Interest Period in effect for
such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Each
RFR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) with respect to RFR Loans denominated in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, the
applicable Adjusted Daily Simple RFR plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) with respect to RFR Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, the
applicable Daily Simple RFR plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Each
ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
(d) (i)
If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans,
the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or (y) in the
case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving FacilityFacilities
plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or
other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue
amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility plus
2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under
the Revolving FacilityFacilities
plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is
paid in full (as well after as before judgment).
(e) Interest
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section
shall be payable from time to time on demand.
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2.15 Computation
of Interest and Fees.
.
(a) Interest computed by reference to the Term SOFR Rate, the EURIBOR Rate or
Daily Simple RFR with respect to Dollars hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days. Interest computed by reference
to the Eurocurrency Base Rate with respect to Australian Dollars and New Zealand Dollars, the Daily Simple RFR with respect to Pounds
Sterling, the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate, Term CORRA or the Canadian Prime Rate
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year). In each case interest shall be payable for the actual
number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed on a
daily basis based upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of determination. The applicable Alternate
Base Rate, Eurocurrency Rate, Eurocurrency Base Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, EURIBOR Rate, Adjusted
Daily Simple RFR, Daily Simple RFR, Adjusted Term CORRA Rate or the Term CORRA shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(b) Each
determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding
on the Borrower, any Subsidiary Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, deliver to the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower a statement showing the quotations used
by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.14(a).
2.16 Alternate
Rate of Interest.
(a) Subject
to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this Section 2.16 if:
(i) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest
Period for a Term Benchmark Loan, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate, the Eurocurrency
Base Rate, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, the EURIBOR Rate, the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate
or Term CORRA (including because the Relevant Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for the applicable Agreed
Currency and such Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable
Daily Simple RFR, RFR or Adjusted Daily Simple RFR for the applicable Agreed Currency; or
(ii) the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark
Borrowing, the Eurocurrency Rate, the Eurocurrency Base Rate, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, the Term SOFR Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate,
the EURIBOR Rate, the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate or Term CORRA for the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period will not adequately
and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Loan for the
applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period or (B) at any time, the applicable Daily Simple RFR, RFR or Adjusted Daily Simple
RFR for the applicable Agreed Currency will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining
their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for the applicable Agreed Currency;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice
thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the
Administrative Agent
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notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that
the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any
Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing or any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark
Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) an RFR Borrowing denominated
in Dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR is not also the subject of Section 2.16(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Borrowing
if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR also is the subject of Section 2.16(a)(i) or (ii) above and (C) if any Borrowing Request requests a Term
Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing for the relevant rate above in an Optional Currency, then such request shall be ineffective; provided
that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then all other Types of Borrowings shall
be permitted. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan in any Agreed Currency is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s
receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.16(a) with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable
to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances
giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) if such Term Benchmark Loan is denominated in Dollars, then on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Loan shall be converted by
the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan denominated in Dollars on such day, (ii) if such Term Benchmark Loan is
denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, then such Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such
Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day) bear interest at the Central Bank Rate (or in the case of
Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Agreed Currency plus the Applicable
MarginCBR Spread; provided that, if the Administrative
Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate (or in the case
of Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark
Loans denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars shall, at the Borrower’s election prior to such day: (A) be prepaid
by the Borrower on such day or (B) solely for the purpose of calculating the interest rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such
Term Benchmark Loan denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars shall be deemed to be a Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Dollars
and shall accrue interest at the same interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans denominated in Dollars at such time or (iii) if
such RFR Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, then such Loan shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate (or
in the case of Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Agreed Currency plus the Applicable
MarginCBR Spread; provided that, if the Administrative
Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate (or in the case
of Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected RFR Loans
denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (A) be converted into ABR Loans
denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Optional Currency) immediately or (B) be prepaid in full immediately.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document (and any Swap Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “Loan Document”
for purposes of this Section 2.16), if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark
Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark
Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to Dollars
and/or Canadian Dollars for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder
and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further
action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in
accordance with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to any Agreed Currency for such Benchmark
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Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement
will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without
any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative
Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) In
connection with the implementation of a Benchmark, the Administrative Agent will have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to
make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan
Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or
consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document and subject to the proviso below in this paragraph, with respect to a Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, if a Term CORRA
Reelection Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the
then-current Benchmark, then the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder or
under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action
or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that, this clause (d) shall not be effective unless
the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders and the Borrower a Term CORRA Notice. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative
Agent shall not be required to deliver a Term CORRA Notice after the occurrence of a Term CORRA Reelection Event and may do so in its
sole discretion.
(e) The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the
implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal
or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability
Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, the Borrower or any Lender
(or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.16, including any determination with respect
to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain
from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion
and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant
to this Section 2.16.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark
Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR, the Term SOFR Rate, Eurocurrency Base Rate, EURIBOR
Rate or Term CORRA) and either (a) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes
such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (b) the regulatory supervisor for
the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark
is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any
Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant
to clause (i) above either (a) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a
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Benchmark Replacement) or (b) is not, or is
no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement),
then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time
to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(g) Upon
the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for
a Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued
during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, either (x) the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for
a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (A) an RFR Borrowing denominated
in Dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if the
Adjusted Daily Simple RFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) any Term Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing denominated
in an Optional Currency shall be ineffective. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current
Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable,
will not be used in any determination of ABR. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan in any Agreed Currency is outstanding
on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant
Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement for such Agreed Currency is implemented
pursuant to this Section 2.16, (i) if such Term Benchmark Loan is denominated in Dollars,
then on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business
Day), such Loan shall be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute (x) an RFR Borrowing denominated in Dollars so
long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple
RFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day, (ii) if such Term Benchmark Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency
other than Dollars, then such Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business
Day if such day is not a Business Day) bear interest at the Central Bank Rate (or in the case of Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Prime
Rate) for the applicable Agreed Currency plus the Applicable MarginCBR
Spread; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest
error) that the Central Bank Rate (or in the case of Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot
be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars shall, at the Borrower’s
election prior to such day: (a) be prepaid by the Borrower on such day or (b) solely for the purpose of calculating the interest rate
applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such Term Benchmark Loan denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars shall be deemed
to be a Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Dollars and shall accrue interest at the same interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans
denominated in Dollars at such time or (iii) if such RFR Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, then such Loan
shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate (or in the case of Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Agreed Currency
plus the Applicable MarginCBR
Spread; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest
error) that the Central Bank Rate (or in the case of Canadian Dollars, the Canadian Prime Rate) for the applicable Agreed Currency cannot
be determined, any outstanding affected RFR Loans denominated in any Agreed Currency, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (a)
be converted into ABR Loans denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Optional Currency) immediately
or (b) be prepaid in full immediately.
2.17 Pro
Rata Treatment and Payments.
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.
(a) Each borrowing of Revolving Loans by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower
from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any reduction of the Commitments of the
Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective Revolving Percentages of the relevant Lenders.
(b) Each
payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Term Loans shall be made pro rata
according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans then held by the Term Lenders; provided that at the
option of the Borrower, all or a portion of any optional prepayments of the Term Loans made in accordance with Section 2.10 may be applied
to repay the Term Loans as directed by the Borrower. The amount of each such optional principal prepayment of the Term Loans shall be
applied to reduce the then remaining installments of the Tranche B Term Loans, Tranche C Term Loans and/or Tranche A Term Loans, as applicable,
as directed by the Borrower. Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
(c) Each
payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Revolving
Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the
Revolving Lenders.
(d) All
payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest,
fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date
thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Funding Officeoffice
or offices as described in the Administrative Questionnaire provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower from time to time,
in Dollars or in any other applicable currency and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments
to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Term Benchmark Loans)
becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any
payment on a Term Benchmark Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which
event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant
to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. Any obligation under
this Agreement denominated in currency other than Dollars should be payable in such currency unless the obligor, the obligee and the Administrative
Agent shall otherwise agree.
(e) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount
that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption,
make available to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative
Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon, at a rate up to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately
available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing
under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made
available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender
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within three Business Days after such Borrowing
Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to
ABR Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower.
(f) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower prior to the date of any
payment due to be made by the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower hereunder that the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower will not make
such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower is making
such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by
the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with
interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit
the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower.
2.18
Requirements of Law.
.
(a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation
or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central
bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall
subject any Lender to any additional tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application
or any Term Benchmark Loan made by it (except for taxes addressed by Section 2.19 (including any Excluded Taxes) and changes in the rate
of tax on the overall net or gross income of such Lender);
(ii) shall
impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits
or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by,
any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or Adjusted
Term CORRA Rate, as applicable; or
(iii) shall
impose on such Lender any other condition not described in (or excepted from) the foregoing (i) and (ii);
and the result of any of the foregoing is to
increase the cost to such Lender by an amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining
Term Benchmark Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof,
then, in any such case, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any
additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
(b) If
any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity
requirements or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with
any
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request or directive regarding capital adequacy
or liquidity requirements (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof
shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its
obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could
have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies
with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission
by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such
Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.
(c) A
certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section
for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower of
such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have
a retroactive effect, then such six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of
the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment
of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines,
requirements or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines,
requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any
successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, in
each case, be deemed to be a change in a Requirement of Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
2.19 Taxes.
.
(a) All payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account
of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter
imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding (a) net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed
in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein) under the laws of which the Administrative Agent or such Lender is organized or incorporated or in which
its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, and any taxes imposed
on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender
and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein
(other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its
obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document) and (b) any branch profit taxes imposed
by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other Governmental Authority; provided that, if any such non-excluded taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) or Other Taxes are required to be
withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, as determined in good
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faith by the applicable Withholding Agent,
(x) such amounts shall be paid to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and (y) the amounts so payable
by the Borrower or applicable Subsidiary Borrower to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary
to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other
amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement as if such withholding or deduction had not been
made, provided further, however, that neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary Borrower shall be required to increase any such amounts
payable to any Lender with respect to any Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements
of paragraph (e) or (f) of this Section, (ii) that are United States withholding taxes resulting from any Requirement of Law (including
FATCA) in effect on (and, in the case of FATCA, including any regulations or official interpretations thereof issued after) the date such
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office or offices) except, in the case of an assignment or designation
of a new lending office, to the extent that the Lender making such assignment or designation was entitled, at the time of such assignment
or designation, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower with respect to Non-Excluded Taxes
pursuant to this section or (iii) that are imposed as a result of a Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (amounts described
in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (i), (ii) and (iii), “Excluded Taxes”).
(b) In
addition, the Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance
with applicable law.
(c) Whenever
any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower
or such Subsidiary Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the
case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower showing payment thereof.
If (i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority,
(ii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary
evidence or (iii) any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are imposed directly upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower
and each Subsidiary Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for such amounts and any incremental taxes, interest
or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure, in the case of (i) and
(ii), or any such direct imposition, in the case of (iii).
(d) Each
Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent for the full amount of any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions,
withholdings or similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority that are attributable to such Lender and that are payable or paid
by the Administrative Agent, together with all interest, penalties, reasonable costs and expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith. 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.
(e) Each
Lender (or Transferee) (i) that is not a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S.
Lender”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which
the related participation shall have been purchased) (x) two copies of either U.S. IRS Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E, Form W-8ECI or Form
W-8IMY (together with any applicable underlying IRS forms) (y) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding
tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a statement substantially
in the form of Exhibit F and the applicable Form W-8, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and
duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced
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rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on payments
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or (z) any other form prescribed by applicable requirements of U.S. federal income
tax law (including FATCA) as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax duly completed together
with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable requirements of law to permit the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made and (ii) that is a “United States Person” as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of a Participant, to the Lender
from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor
form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal withholding tax. Such forms shall be delivered by each Lender on or before
the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the
related participation) and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent. In addition, each
Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Lender at any other
time prescribed by applicable law or as reasonably requested by the Borrower. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate
to the Borrower (and any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section, a Non -U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section that such Non -U.S. Lender
is not legally able to deliver.
(f) A
Lender or Transferee that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction
in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments
under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed
by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such Lender is legally
entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation.
(g) If
the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender determines, in its sole good faith discretion, that it has received a refund of
any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to Section 2.18 or this Section 2.19, it shall pay over such refund to
the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower
or such Subsidiary Borrower under Section 2.18 or this Section 2.19 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund),
net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest
paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower,
upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower or
such Subsidiary Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative
Agent, such Transferee or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such Lender is required to repay such
refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any
Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower,
any Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified
party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified
party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and
giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise
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imposed and the indemnification payments or
additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.
(h) Each
Assignee shall be bound by this Section 2.19.
(i) The
agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
(j) For
purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower, each Subsidiary
Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Loans as not
qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, and hold
it harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for any of the foregoing, incurred by or asserted against it arising out of, in connection with,
or as a result of this treatment; provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to the Administrative Agent to
the extent such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent; provided further,
that that the Borrower shall not be liable for the fees and disbursements of more than one separate firm for the Administrative Agent
in connection with any one action or any separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction, nor shall the
Borrower be liable for any settlement or extra-judicial resolution of the Administrative Agent’s claims without the Borrower’s
written consent.
(k) For
purposes of this Section 2.19, the term “Lender” includes the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender and the term “applicable
law” includes FATCA.
2.20 Indemnity.
(a) With
respect to Loans that are not RFR Loans, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold
each Lender harmless from, any actual loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans after the Borrower
or such Subsidiary Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by
the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Term Benchmark Loans after the Borrower or
such Subsidiary Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment
of Term Benchmark Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. A certificate as to any amounts
payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence
of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
2.21 Change
of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.18 or 2.19(a)
with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of
such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of
such event; provided, that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its
lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section
shall affect or postpone any of
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the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19(a).
2.22 Replacement
of Lenders. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section
2.18 or 2.19(a), (b) becomes a Defaulting Lender or (c) fails to give its consent for any issue requiring the consent of 100% of the Lenders
or all affected Lenders (and such Lender is an affected Lender) and for which Lenders holding 51% of the Loans and/or Commitments required
for such vote have consented, with a replacement financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with
any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior to
any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken no action under Section 2.21 so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts
owing pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19(a), (iv) the replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts
owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Section
2.20 if any Term Benchmark Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating
thereto, (vi) the replacement financial institution shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced Lender
shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the Borrower shall
be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (viii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated,
the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19(a), as the case may be, and (ix) any
such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall
have against the replaced Lender.
2.23 Incremental
Facilities.
(a) After
the Restatement Effective Date and before the Final Term Loan Maturity Date (with respect to Term Loans), the Final
Revolving Termination Date (with respect to Revolving Loans), as applicable, the Borrower, by written notice to the Administrative
Agent, may request the establishment of (x) one or more (A) additional tranches of term loans or (B) increases (an “Incremental
Term Loan Increase”) to an existing tranche of term loans (the commitments thereto, the “Incremental Term Loan Commitments”)
and/or (y) one or more increases in the 2031 Revolving Commitments
(the “Incremental Revolving Commitments”; together with the Incremental Term Loan Commitments, the “Incremental
Loan Commitments”); provided that (x) each such request shall be for not less than $25,000,000 (or such lesser amount
up to the Maximum Facilities Amount) and (y) after giving effect to each such request and the proposed use of proceeds thereof, the aggregate
amount (the “Maximum Facilities Amount”) of the Facilities (which term, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be amended
pursuant to the Incremental Commitment Agreement to include any additional tranches of term loans so requested, if applicable), together
with any Incremental Equivalent Debt secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations, shall not exceed the
greater of (A) $3,000,000,000 and (B) an amount equal to 350% of Consolidated EBITDA determined to give pro forma effect to any related
transactions consummated concurrently therewith, for the most recently ended period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, an “Increased Amount Date”)
on which the Borrower proposes that the Incremental Loan Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business
Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any Person
to provide or arrange all or a portion of the Incremental Loan Commitments; provided that (i) no Lender will be required to provide
such Incremental Loan Commitment, (ii) any entity providing all or a portion of the Incremental Loan Commitments other than a Lender,
an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (with such acceptance by the
Administrative Agent to not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (iii) any entity
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providing all or a portion of the Incremental
Revolving Commitments other than a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, shall be reasonably acceptable to each Issuing
Lender (with such acceptance by the Issuing Lenders to not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(b) In
each case, such Incremental Loan Commitments shall become effective as of the applicable Increased Amount Date, provided that
(i) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such
Incremental Loan Commitments,
(ii) the
Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 7.1 as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 after giving effect to such Incremental Loan Commitments and the use of proceeds thereof and assuming
any related Specified Transaction has occurred,
(iii) the
weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term Loan (other than any Incremental Tranche A Term Loan) shall be greater than
or equal to the then-remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans,
(iv) [reserved],
(v) the
interest rate margin in respect of any Incremental Revolving Loans that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date (after giving effect
to original issue discount (“OID”) or upfront fees, (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID, with
OID being equated to interest rates in a manner determined by the Administrative Agent based on a four-year life to maturity) paid to
all of the Incremental Revolving Lenders in connection therewith but excluding any customary arrangement, commitment or other similar
fees payable to one or more arrangers (or their affiliates) in connection therewith) shall not exceed the sum of (x) the Applicable Margin
for the Revolving Loans made pursuant to the Revolving Commitments that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date, and (y) the OID or
the upfront fees paid to all of the Lenders in respect of such Revolving Commitments, which shall be equated to interest rate based on
a four-year life to maturity, or if it does so exceed the sum of such Applicable Margin and such fees, such Applicable Margin for the
Revolving Loans made pursuant to the Revolving Commitments, shall be increased so that the interest rate margin in respect of such Incremental
Revolving Loans that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date (giving effect to any OID issued or such upfront fees paid to all of the
Incremental Lenders in connection therewith as set forth above) is no greater than the sum of (x) the Applicable Margin for the Revolving
Loans made pursuant to the Revolving Commitments that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date, and (y) the OID or the upfront fees paid
to all of the Lenders in respect of such Revolving Commitments,
(vi) with
respect to the Term Loans (other than any Incremental Tranche A Term Loans), if the final maturity date of any Incremental Term Loans
denominated in any currency (except for any Incremental Tranche A Term Loans) is not at least one year later than the Final Term Loan
Maturity Date of any Term Loans denominated in such currency, the interest rate margin in respect of such Incremental Term Loans denominated
in such currency (after giving effect to OID or upfront fees paid to all of the Incremental Term Loan Lenders in connection therewith
but excluding any customary arrangement, commitment, underwriting, ticking or other similar fees payable to one or more arrangers (or
their affiliates) in connection therewith, any amendment or consent fees or any other fees not paid to all relevant Lenders generally)
(with fees and OID being equated to interest rate in the manner set forth above)) shall not exceed by more than 50 basis points the sum
of (1) the Applicable Margin for the Term Loans
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denominated in such currency that is
in effect on the Increased Amount Date (other than any Incremental Tranche A Term Loans), and (2) the upfront fees paid to all of the
Lenders in respect of such Term Loans denominated in such currency, which shall be equated to interest rate based on a four-year life
to maturity, or if it does so exceed by more than 50 basis points the sum of such Applicable Margin and such fees, the Applicable Margin
for such Term Loans denominated in such currency shall be increased so that the interest rate margin in respect of such Incremental Term
Loans denominated in such currency (after giving effect to any OID issued or such upfront fees paid to all of the Incremental Term Loan
Lenders in connection therewith as set forth above (but excluding any customary arrangement, commitment, underwriting, ticking or other
similar fees payable to one or more arrangers (or their affiliates) in connection therewith, any amendment or consent fees or any other
fees not paid to all relevant Lenders generally)) is no greater than the sum of (1) the Applicable Margin for such Term Loans denominated
in such currency that is in effect on the Increased Amount Date, (2) the OID or upfront fees paid to all of the Lenders in respect of
such Term Loans denominated in such currency and (3) 50 basis points,
(vii) [reserved],
and
(viii) the
Incremental Revolving Commitments, the Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall be effected, in each case, pursuant to one or more incremental
commitment agreements in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (each, a “Incremental Commitment Agreement”)
executed and delivered by the Borrower, the applicable Incremental Revolving Lender or the Incremental Term Loan Lender and the Administrative
Agent pursuant to which the applicable Incremental Revolving Lender or Incremental Term Loan Lender agrees to be bound to the terms of
this Agreement as a Lender. Except for Incremental Term Loans made in connection with an Incremental Term Loan Increase, any Incremental
Term Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated a separate tranche of Incremental Term Loans for all purposes of this
Agreement, and the provisions of clauses (vi) and (vii) above shall be determined separately for each tranche of Term Loans.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case
of any Incremental Loan Commitments implemented to finance a Permitted Acquisition, satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses
(i) and (ii) may, at the option of the Borrower, be determined solely as of the date on which the definitive agreement governing such
Permitted Acquisition is executed, calculated to give pro forma effect to such acquisition as if it had occurred on such date of determination.
(c) On
any Increased Amount Date on which Incremental Revolving Commitments are effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms
and conditions, (x) each of the Lenders with 2031 Revolving
Commitments being increased shall assign to each Person with an Incremental Revolving Commitment (each, an “Incremental Revolving
Lender”) and each of the Incremental Revolving Lenders shall purchase from each of the Lenders with 2031
Revolving Commitments, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the 2031
Revolving Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such
assignments and purchases, the 2031 Revolving Loans will be
held by existing 2031 Revolving Lenders and Incremental Revolving
Lenders ratably in accordance with their 2031 Revolving Commitments
after giving effect to the addition of such Incremental Revolving Commitments to the 2031
Revolving Commitments, (y) each Incremental Revolving Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a 2031
Revolving Commitment and each Loan made thereunder (an “Incremental Revolving Loan”) shall be deemed, for
all purposes, a 2031 Revolving Loan and (z) each Incremental
Revolving Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the Incremental Revolving Commitment and all matters relating thereto. The terms
and provisions of the Incremental Revolving Loans and Incremental Revolving Commitments shall be substantially identical to the 2031
Revolving Loans and the 2031 Revolving Commitments
of the 2031 Revolving Facility.
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(d) On
any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Term Loan Commitments are effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms
and conditions and unless otherwise provided in the applicable Incremental Commitment Agreement, (i) each Person with an Incremental Term
Loan Commitment (each, an “Incremental Term Loan Lender”) shall make a Loan to the Borrower (an “Incremental
Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its Incremental Term Loan Commitment, and (ii) each Incremental Term Loan Lender shall become
a Lender hereunder with respect to the Incremental Term Loan Commitment and the Incremental Term Loans made pursuant thereto.
(e) [reserved].
(f) Each
Incremental Commitment Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section
2.23.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Tranche
B Term Loans and the Tranche C Term Loans constitute Incremental Term Loans, (ii) the Tranche A Term Loans constitute Incremental Tranche
A Term Loans, and (iii) the Tranche A Term Lenders shall be Incremental Term Loan Lenders, in each case, for all purposes of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.
2.24 Prepayments
Required Due to Currency Fluctuation. On the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter, or at such other time as is reasonably determined
by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, shall
determine the Dollar Equivalent of aggregate outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit. If, at the time of such determination the aggregate
outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect by 5% or more, then within five Business Days
of notice to the Borrower, the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall prepay Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans or cash collateralize
the outstanding Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal amount at least equal to such excess; provided that the failure of
the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, to determine the Dollar Equivalent Amount of the aggregate outstanding
Revolving Extensions of Credit as provided in this Section 2.24 shall not subject the Administrative Agent to any liability hereunder.
2.25 Defaulting
Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following
provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) fees
shall cease to accrue on the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.8;
(b) the
Commitment and Revolving Extensions of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken
or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 10.1); provided,
that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring
the consent of such Lender or each Lender affected thereby;
(c) if
any L/C Obligations exist at the time a Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) subject
to the satisfaction of the condition precedent in Section 5.2(b) of the Credit Agreement and following notice by the Administrative Agent,
all or any part of the Defaulting Lender’s ratable participating interest in the L/C Obligations shall be reallocated
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among the Revolving Lenders under
the applicable Revolving Facility that are not Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Percentages
but, in any case, only to the extent the sum of the outstanding Revolving Extensions of Credit of all Revolving Lenders under
the applicable Revolving Facility that are not Defaulting Lenders before giving effect to such reallocation plus such Defaulting
Lender’s ratable participating interest in the L/C Obligations does not exceed the total of the Revolving Commitments of all Revolving
Lenders under the applicable Revolving Facility that are not
Defaulting Lenders; provided that if such condition precedent is not satisfied on the date of such notice by the Administrative
Agent, the Borrower shall within five Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent, either (x) cash collateralize such Defaulting
Lender’s ratable participating interest in the L/C Obligations or (y) backstop such Defaulting Lender’s participating interest
in the L/C Obligations with a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender;
(ii) if
the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected as a result of the limitations set forth therein,
the Borrower shall within five Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent, either (x) cash collateralize such Defaulting
Lender’s participating interest in the L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above)
or (y) backstop such Defaulting Lender’s participating interest in the L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation
pursuant to clause (i) above) with a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender, in each case, for so long
as such L/C Obligations are outstanding;
(iii) if
the Borrower cash collateralizes or backstops any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations pursuant to this paragraph
(a), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 3.3 with respect to such Defaulting
Lender’s L/C Obligations during the period such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Obligations are cash collateralized or backstopped;
(iv) if
the L/C Obligations attributable to the Defaulting Lenders that are Revolving Lenders is reallocated pursuant to this paragraph (a), then
the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.8 and 3.3 shall be adjusted in accordance with the non-Defaulting Lenders’
respective Revolving Percentages;
(v) if
any Defaulting Lender’s participating interest in L/C Obligations is neither cash collateralized, backstopped nor reallocated pursuant
to this paragraph (a), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lenders or any Lender hereunder, all letter of
credit fees payable under Section 3.3 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participating interest in all L/C Obligations shall
be payable to the applicable Issuing Lenders until such participating interest in all L/C Obligations is backstopped, cash collateralized
and/or reallocated;
(vi) any
subsequent request for issuance, amendment or increase of any Letter of Credit shall be subject to reallocating or cash collateralizing
the relating L/C Obligations attributable to any Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Lender in the manner described above; and
(vii) in
the event a Revolving Lender ceases to be a Defaulting Lender, all outstanding L/C Obligations shall be immediately reallocated ratably
to the Revolving Lenders under the applicable Revolving Facility who
are not Defaulting Lenders and any cash collateral posted in respect of such Lender’s participating interest shall be returned to
the Borrower and any letter of credit issued to backstop such Lender’s participating interest shall be terminated, cancelled or
returned to the Borrower for cancellation, in each case, within three Business Days.
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Subject to Section 10.19, no reallocation
hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender
having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased
exposure following such reallocation.
(d) if
any Swingline Loans are outstanding at the time a Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower shall within five Business Days following
notice by the Administrative Agent prepay such Swingline Loans or, if agreed by the Swingline Lenders, cash collateralize the participating
interests in the Swingline Loans of the Defaulting Lender on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Swingline Lenders; and
(e) following
the notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower pursuant to clauses (c) or (d) above, no Swingline Lender shall be required to
fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Lender shall be required to issue or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is reasonably satisfied
that the reallocation and cash collateral requirements described in clauses (c) and (d) above shall be provided for.
In the event that the Administrative
Agent, the Borrower, each Swingline Lender and each Issuing Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters
that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and L/C Obligations of the Lenders shall be readjusted
to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving
Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such
Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Revolving Percentage.
2.26 Extension
of the Facilities.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “Extension Offer”) made from time
to time by the Borrower to all Lenders under any Facility holding Term Loans or Revolving Commitments with a like maturity date, on a
pro rata basis (based on the aggregate Term Loans or Revolving Commitments with a like maturity date) and on the same terms to each such
Lender, the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained
in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lender’s Term Loan or Revolving Commitment and otherwise modify
the terms of such Term Loans or Revolving Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including, without limitation,
by increasing or decreasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Term Loans or Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings))
(each, an “Extension”, and each group of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments, as so extended, as well as the original
Term Loans or Revolving Commitments not so extended, being a “tranche”; any Extended Credits shall constitute a separate tranche
of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments from the tranche of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments from which they were converted), so long
as the following terms are satisfied: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the offering
document in respect of an Extension Offer is delivered to the Lenders, (ii) except as to interest rates, fees and final maturity and related
provisions including call protection (which shall be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Term Loan or Revolving Commitment
of any Lender that agrees to an Extension with respect to such Term Loan or Revolving Commitment extended pursuant to an Extension (an
“Extended Credit”), and the related outstandings, shall be a Term Loan or Revolving Commitment (or related outstandings,
as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Term Loan or Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings) from which they
were converted; provided that (1) in the event that the interest rate margins for the Loans made pursuant to any Extended Credit
(each, an “Extended Loan”) having a maturity within twelve months of the maturity date of the Term Loan or Revolving
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Commitment being extended is higher than the
interest rate margins for the Loans that are being extended, then the interest rate margining for the Loans that are not being extended
shall be increased to the extent necessary so that such interest rate margins are equal to the interest rate margins of such Extended
Loans incurred pursuant to such Extension (provided that, in determining the interest rate margins applicable to the Extended Loans
or the Loans, (x) OID or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID, with OID being equated to interest rates
in a manner determined by the Administrative Agent based on a four-year maturity) paid to all Lenders in respect of the Extended Loans
or the Loans, as applicable, shall be included, and (y) customary arrangement or commitment fees payable to one or more arrangers (or
their affiliates) in connection with such Extension shall be excluded), (2) in the case of Extensions of Revolving Commitments (“Extended
Commitments”, the borrowing and repayment (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Commitments
(and related outstandings), (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the non-extending Commitments and (C) repayment made in
connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of Loans with respect to Extended Commitments after the applicable
Extension date shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Commitments, (3) in the case of Extended Commitments, the repayment
of Loans with respect to, and termination of, Extended Commitments after the applicable Extension date shall be made on a pro rata basis
with all other Revolving Commitments, except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any
such tranche on a greater than a pro rata basis as compared to any other tranche with a later maturity date than such tranche and (4)
assignments and participations of Extended Credits and the related outstandings shall be governed by the same assignment and participation
provisions applicable to Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans and (5) at no time shall there be Revolving Commitments hereunder (including
Extended Commitments and any original Revolving Commitments) which have more than three different maturity dates, (iii) if the aggregate
principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments in respect of which Lenders shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall
exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, offered to be extended by the
Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Term Loans or Revolving Commitments (and the related outstandings) of such Lenders
shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record)
with respect to which such Lenders have accepted such Extension Offer, (iv) if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving
Commitments in respect of which Lenders shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall be less than the maximum aggregate principal
amount of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, offered to be extended by the Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer,
then the Borrower may require each Lender that does not accept such Extension Offer to assign pursuant to Section 10.6 its pro rata share
of the outstanding Loans, Revolving Commitments and/or participations in Letters of Credit (as applicable) offered to be extended pursuant
to such Extension Offer to one or more assignees which have agreed to such assignment and to extend the applicable maturity date; provided
that (1) each Lender that does not respond affirmatively within thirty (30) days of the date the offering document in respect of an Extension
Offer is delivered to the Lenders shall be deemed not to have accepted such Extension Offer, (2) each assigning Lender shall have received
payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and funded participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon,
accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, 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), (3) the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 10.6(b)
shall be paid by the Borrower or such assignee and (4) the assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the rights under Section
10.5 for any period prior to the effectiveness of such assignment, (v) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent
with the foregoing and (vi) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrower.
(b) With
respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrower pursuant to this Section, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or
mandatory payments or prepayments for
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purposes of Section 2.10 or Section 2.11 and
(ii) each Extension Offer shall specify the minimum amount of Term Loans or Revolving Commitments to be tendered, which shall be a minimum
amount approved by the Administrative Agent (a “Minimum Extension Condition”); provided that the Borrower may
waive the Minimum Extension Condition. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this
Section (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Commitments on such
terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including,
without limitation, Sections 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.17 and 10.7) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension
or any other transaction contemplated by this Section.
(c) The
consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. No consent
of any Lender shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with
respect to one or more of its Revolving Commitments or Term Loans (or a portion thereof) (or, in the case of an Extension pursuant to
clause (iv) of Section 2.26(a), the consent of the assignee agreeing to the assignment of one or more Revolving Commitments or Term Loans,
the Revolving Loans or Term Loans and/or participations in Letters of Credit) and (B) in the case of Extended Commitments, the consent
of each Issuing Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All Extended Commitments and all obligations in respect
thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu
basis with all other applicable Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize
the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary
in order to establish new tranches or sub-tranches in respect of Revolving Commitments and Term Loans so extended and such technical amendments
as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the establishment
of such new tranches or sub-tranches, in each case on terms consistent with this Section. In addition, if so provided in such amendment
and with the consent of the Issuing Lenders, participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the Revolving Termination Date with
respect to Revolving Commitments not so extended shall be re-allocated from Lenders holding Revolving Commitments to Lenders holding Revolving
Commitments extended pursuant to such amendment in accordance with the terms of such amendment; provided, however, that
such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding Revolving Commitments, be deemed to be participation
interests in respect of such Revolving Commitments and the terms of such participation interests (including, without limitation, the commission
applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.
(d) In
connection with any Extension, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period
as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including, without limitation,
regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder
after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to
accomplish the purposes of this Section.
2.27 Restatement
Date Transactions. It is understood and agreed that the Revolving Facility (as defined in this Agreement)
is on the Restatement Effective Date) was a
Refinancing Revolving Facility in respect of the Revolving Facility (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement).
2.28 Ancillary
Letter of Credit Facilities. .
(a) The Borrower
or a Subsidiary Borrower may enter into one or more Ancillary Letter of Credit Facilities with an Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender
at any time subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.28.
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(b) The Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent:
(i) not
later than five Business Days (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent) prior to the first date on which such Ancillary
Letter of Credit Facility is proposed to be made available, a notice in writing specifying:
(A) the Borrower
to which extensions of credit will be made available thereunder;
(B) the first
Business Day on which such Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility shall be made and the expiration date of such Ancillary Letter of Credit
Facility (which shall be no later than the date that is twelve months prior to the Revolving Termination Date);
(C) the identity
of the Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender(s); and
(D) the amount
and currency of the Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Commitment with respect to such Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility;
(ii) promptly
following any request by the Administrative Agent, a copy of the Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Documents with respect to such Ancillary
Letter of Credit Facility; and
(iii) promptly
following any request by the Administrative Agent, such other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection
with such Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility.
(c) (i)
To the extent that this Agreement or any other Loan Document imposes any obligation on any Ancillary Letter of Credit
Issuing Lender and such Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender is an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender and not a party thereto, the relevant
Revolving Lender shall ensure that such obligation is performed by such Affiliate in compliance with the terms hereof or such other Loan
Document.
(iii)
Each Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender, in its capacity as such, hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent for
purposes of the Loan Documents and for the avoidance of doubt agrees the Administrative Agent may rely on the applicable protections and
indemnities set forth herein (including those set forth in Section 9) with respect to its role as agent under the Loan Documents
for such Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender.
(d) The
terms and conditions of any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility shall be as agreed by the applicable Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing
Lenders and the Borrower thereunder; provided that such terms shall at all times: (i) permit extensions of credit thereunder to
be made only to the Borrowers and (ii) provide that any letter of credit issued under such Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility shall have
an expiration date that is not later than the date that is twelve months prior to the 2031
Revolving Termination Date.
(e) If
an Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility expires in accordance with its terms, the Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Commitment of the
Ancillary Letter of Credit Issuing Lender shall be reduced to zero.
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(f) Notwithstanding
any other provision hereunder to the contrary, no Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Document is or shall be a Loan Document.
SECTION
3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 L/C
Commitment.
.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance
on the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue standby letters of credit and, in the sole
discretion of the applicable Issuing Lender, bank guarantees or other local equivalent instruments similar to standby letters of credit
(collectively, “Letters of Credit”) providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder,
for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower for the support of its or its Subsidiaries’ obligations on any Business
Day during the Revolving Commitment Period in such form as may be approved from time to time by such Issuing Lender; provided that
such Issuing Lender shall not issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the then
outstanding L/C Obligations of such Issuing Lender would exceed such Issuing Lender’s L/C Commitment then in effect, (ii) the outstanding
principal amount of any Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit shall exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment
or (iii) the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated
in Dollars or an Optional Currency and (ii) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and
(y) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date (the “Letter of Credit Expiration Date”),
provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the automatic extension or extension thereof for additional
one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (y) above). Each request by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower for the issuance of or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower that the Letter of Credit or amendment so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding
sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s or Subsidiary Borrower’s
ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly, the Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower may, during the foregoing
period, obtain Letter of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. If the Borrower
so requests in any applicable Application, the Issuing Lender may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has
automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension
Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Lender to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with
the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension
Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise
directed by the Issuing Lender, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Issuing Lender for any such extension.
Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Issuing
Lender to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date;
provided, however, that the Issuing Lender shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Issuing Lender has determined
that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended)
under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (y) of Section 3.1(a) or Section 3.1(b)), or (B) it has received notice
(which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from
the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.2 is not then satisfied, and in each such
case directing the Issuing Lender not to permit such extension. Each Issuing Lender at its option may issue any Letter of Credit by causing
any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate
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of such Issuing Lender to issue such Letter
of Credit; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Borrower
or any L/C Participant in respect of such Letter of Credit under the terms of this Agreement. For
the avoidance of doubt, a Letter of Credit may be issued under the 2028 Revolving Facility or the 2031 Revolving Facility, at the applicable
Borrower’s or Subsidiary Borrower’s election, and each applicable defined term used herein in relation to a Letter of Credit
shall be as defined with respect to the Revolving Facility
under which such Letter of Credit was issued as the context
requires (including, without limitation, “Available Revolving Commitments”, “Revolving Commitment”, “Revolving
Commitment Period”, “Revolving Extensions of Credit”, “Revolving Percentage” and “Revolving Termination
Date”).
(b) No
Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if (i) such issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing
Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law, (ii) any order, judgment or decree of
any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Lender from issuing the Letter of
Credit, or any Requirement of Law applicable to the Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Lender refrain from,
the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender with respect
to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated hereunder)
not in effect on the Restatement Effective Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which
was not applicable on the Restatement Effective Date and which the Issuing Lender in good faith deems material to it, (iii) the issuance
of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Issuing Lender applicable to letters of credit generally or (iv) such
Issuing Lender does not as of the issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency.
(c) Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower, as applicable, when a Letter of Credit is issued,
the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible
to the Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower for, and the Issuing Lender’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired
by, any action or inaction of the Issuing Lender required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted
to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Requirement of Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Issuing
Lender or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements,
or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services
Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such
law or practice.
3.2 Procedure
for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower may from time to time request that any Issuing Lender issue
or amend a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein (or
transmit by electronic communication, including an Approved Borrower Portal, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the respective
Issuing Lender) an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates,
documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may request;
provided that each Application shall specify whether the Letter of Credit is being issued under the 2028 Revolving Facility or the 2031
Revolving Facility. Upon receipt of any Application, the relevant Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates,
documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall
promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall any Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit
earlier than three Business Days after its
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receipt of the Application therefor and all
such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit
to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the relevant Issuing Lender and the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower.
The relevant Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower promptly following
the issuance thereof. The relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish
to the Lenders, notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof and
whether the Letter of Credit is being issued under the 2028 Revolving Facility or the 2031 Revolving Facility).
3.3 Fees
and Other Charges.
.
(a) The Borrower will pay a fee on the Dollar Equivalent (as determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition thereof) of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower
and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Term Benchmark
Loans under the applicable Revolving Facility, which fee shall
be payable to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Lenders under
the applicable Revolving Facility, shared ratably among the Revolving Lenders under
the applicable Revolving Facility, and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date. In addition,
the Borrower shall pay a fronting fee in an amount to be agreed with the relevant Issuing Lender (but, in any event, not greater than
of 0.125% per annum) on the undrawn and unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender for the account of the
Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower, payable quarterly in arrears to the relevant Issuing Lender on each Fee Payment Date after
the issuance date.
(b)
In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses
as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering
any Letter of Credit.
3.4 L/C
Participations.
.
(a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each
L/C Participant, and, to induce such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and
purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from such Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s
own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage in such Issuing Lender’s obligations
and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C
Participant agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed
in full by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (“Unreimbursed Amounts”),
such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender upon demand at such Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified herein
an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so
reimbursed. Each L/C Participant’s obligation to pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Participant may have against
any Issuing Lender, the Borrower, any Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance
of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change
in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document by the Borrower, any Subsidiary Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other L/C Participant or (v) any other circumstance, happening
or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
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(b) If
any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to any Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed
portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to such Issuing Lender within three Business Days
after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of
(i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment
is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the relevant Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator
of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid
by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.4(a) is not made available to the relevant Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within
three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the applicable
Revolving Facility. A certificate of the relevant Issuing Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts
owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Whenever,
at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro
rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit
(whether directly from the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by
such Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro
rata share thereof; provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing Lender shall
be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously
distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.
3.5 Reimbursement
Obligation of the Borrower. If any draft is paid under any Letter of Credit, the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall reimburse
the relevant Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) the draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred
by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment, not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the
Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower receives notice of such draft, if such notice is received on such day prior to 10:00 A.M., New
York City time, or (ii) if clause (i) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower receives such notice. Each such payment shall be made to the relevant Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred
to herein in Dollars or in any other applicable currency and in immediately available funds. The relevant Issuing Lender (at its option)
may require reimbursement in Dollars even if the draft so paid was in any other applicable currency. Interest shall be payable on any
such amounts from the date on which the relevant draft is paid until payment in full at the rate set forth in (x) until the Business Day
next succeeding the date of the relevant notice, Section 2.14(c) and (y) thereafter, Section 2.14(d).
3.6 Obligations
Absolute. The obligations of the Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional
under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower or such Subsidiary
Borrower, as the case may be, may have or have had against any Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person.
The Borrower and each relevant Subsidiary Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender that such Issuing Lender shall not be responsible
for, and the Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 of the Borrower and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not be affected by,
among other things, (i) the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact
prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, (ii) any dispute between or among the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may
be, and
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any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or
any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the
case may be, against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee, (iii) any lack of validity or enforceability of
such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan document, (iv) waiver by the Issuing Lender of any requirement that exists for
the Issuing Lender’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower or any waiver by the Issuing Lender
which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower, (v) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically
even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft, (vi) any payment made by the Issuing Lender in respect of
an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received
under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP, or the UCP as applicable, (vii) any payment
by the Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the
terms of such Letter of Credit, or any payment made by the Issuing Lender under such Letter of Credit to any person purporting to be a
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative or successor
to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any debtor
relief law, (viii) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant alternative currency to the
Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower or in the relevant currency markets generally or (ix) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to,
or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower. The Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each
Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s
instructions or other irregularity, the Borrowers will immediately notify the Issuing Lender. The Borrower and Subsidiary Borrowers shall
be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the Issuing Lender and its correspondents unless such notice is given as
aforesaid. No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any
message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable
decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender.
The Borrower and each relevant Subsidiary Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any Issuing Lender under or in connection
with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, shall
be binding on the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender to the Borrower or
such Subsidiary Borrower.
3.7 Letter
of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall, within
the period stipulated by terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, examine the draft to determine if it complies with the terms and
conditions of such Letter of Credit. After such examination the Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower of the date and amount of such draft. The responsibility of the relevant Issuing Lender to the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly
provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter
of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit.
3.8 Applications.
To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section
3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.
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3.9 Existing
Letters of Credit. On and as of the SeventhEleventh
Amendment Effective Date, the letters
of credit set forth on Schedule 3.9Letters of Credit issued
under this Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date (the “Existing Letters
of Credit”) will constitute Letters of Credit under this Agreementthe
2031 Revolving Facility and for the purposes hereof will be deemed to have been issued for the account of the Borrower under
the 2031 Revolving Facility on the SeventhEleventh
Amendment Effective Date.
3.10 Letters
of Credit Issued for Account of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder supports any
obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, or states that a Subsidiary is the “account party,” “applicant,”
“customer,” “instructing party,” or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without derogating from any
rights of the applicable Issuing Lender (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect
of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower or Subsidiary Borrower, as applicable, (i) shall reimburse, indemnify and compensate the applicable
Issuing Lender hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including to reimburse any and all drawings thereunder) as if such Letter of Credit
had been issued solely for the account of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower, as applicable, and (ii) irrevocably waives any and
all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect
of such Letter of Credit. The Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower hereby acknowledge that the issuance of such Letters of Credit for
its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower, as applicable, and that the Borrower’s or such
Subsidiary Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
SECTION
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, ABG, Holdings
and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1 Financial
Condition.
.
(a) [Reserved.]
(b) The
audited consolidated balance sheets of ABG as at December 31, 2020 and the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower as at December
31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such
dates (the “Consolidated Financial Statements”), reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from Deloitte
& Touche LLP, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of ABG and the Borrower, respectively, as at such date, and the
consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. All such financial
statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout
the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). No Group Member (other than
ABG) has any material Guarantee Obligations, or any unusual forward or long-term commitments, including any interest rate or foreign
currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial
statements referred to in this paragraph, as of the date of such financial statements.
4.2 No
Change. Since December 31, 2020, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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4.3 Existence;
Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly existing and to the extent relevant in such jurisdiction, in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except where (other than the Borrower) the failure to be so organized,
existing or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has the power and authority, and
the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it
is currently engaged, except where failure to have such power, authority and legal right could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing or has applied for authority
to operate as a foreign corporation under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct
of its business requires such qualification and where a failure to be in good standing as a foreign corporation would have a Material
Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not,
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4 Power;
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party
has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is
a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent
or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required
in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule 4.4, which consents,
authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) the filings referred to in Section
4.17. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. This Agreement constitutes,
and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable
against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
4.5 No
Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit,
the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any material Requirement of Law or any material Contractual
Obligation of any Group Member and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties
or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents).
No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 Litigation.
Except as disclosed by the Borrower to the Lenders in writing at least three Business Days prior to the Restatement Effective Date, there
shall not exist any action, investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in any court
or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that would have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 No
Default. No Group Member is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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4.8 Ownership
of Property; Liens. Each Group Member has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its real property (except
as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) and none of such property is subject to any Lien except a Permitted
Lien.
4.9 Intellectual
Property. Each Group Member owns, or is licensed to use, to its knowledge, all material Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct
of its business as currently conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9, to each Group Member’s knowledge, no claim has been
asserted and is pending against such Group Member by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the
validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does ABG, Holdings or the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim
that if adversely determined could have a material adverse effect on the value of any material Intellectual Property owned by such Group
Member. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the use of Intellectual Property by each Group Member does not infringe, to its knowledge,
on the rights of any Person in any material respect.
4.10 Taxes.
Each Group Member has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state and local income and other material tax returns that are required
to be filed by it and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its
property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than any
amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves
in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member or to the extent that failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect) or with respect to which the failure to have filed such tax returns or
have paid such taxes would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.11 Federal
Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used (a) for “buying”
or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U
as now and from time to time hereafter in effect for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board or (b) for
any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements
of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U.
4.12 ERISA.
Neither a Reportable Event nor a failure to satisfy the “minimum funding standards” (within the meaning of Section 412
of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to each Plan (whether or not waived) has occurred during the five-year period prior
to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (b) no termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, no Lien in favor of the
PBGC or a Plan has arisen and no determination has been made that a Plan is, or is expected to be, “at risk” (within the meaning
of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA), during such five-year period; (c) the present value of all accrued benefits under
each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to
the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits
by a material amount; (d) neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer
Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a liability under ERISA, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly
Controlled Entity would become subject to any material liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were
to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation
is made or deemed made; and (e) no such Multiemployer Plan is in
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“endangered” or “critical”
status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA) or Insolvent, except where, in each of clauses (a) through
(e), such event or condition, together with all other events or conditions, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.13 Investment
Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.14 Subsidiaries.
(a) As of the Third Restatement Effective Date, Schedule 4.14 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary
and, (i) as to each such Subsidiary (other than WTH Funding LP), the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party
and (ii) in the case of WTH Funding LP, the names of the partners of such partnership and to the extent that the partners of such partnership
are Subsidiaries, the percentage of Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries owned by any Loan Party and (b) as of the Restatement Effective
Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options
granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary (other than WTH Funding LP), except as created by the Loan Documents.
4.15 Use
of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit, shall be used to finance the working
capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including Investments, Restricted Payments and capital
expenditures permitted under this Agreement; provided the proceeds of the Revolving Loans may not be used (w)
to repay any Indebtedness outstanding under any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Document,
(x) to purchase or repurchase the common stock or equity of any Parent, (y) to repay any Indebtedness outstanding under any Supply Chain
Finance Document or (z) to purchase or repurchase bond Indebtedness of any Group Member available in the open market. The proceeds
of the Tranche B Term Loans made on the Tenth Amendment Effective Date shall be used only (i) to repay in full the outstanding principal
amount of the Existing Tranche B Term Loans, together with any accrued interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof and (ii) to
pay related costs and expenses. The proceeds of the Tranche C Term Loans made on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date shall be used only
(i) to repay in full, together with the Tranche C Term Loan Prepayment (as defined in the Sixth Amendment), the outstanding principal
amount of the Existing Tranche C Term Loans, together with any accrued interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof and (ii) to
pay related costs and expenses. The proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loans made on the Ninth Amendment Effective Date shall be used only
(i) to finance the upcoming fleet rotation and for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) to pay related
costs and expenses.
4.16 Accuracy
of Information, etc. No statement or information (other than the projections and pro forma financial information) contained in this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Lender Presentation or any other document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf
of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents taken as a whole, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate
was so furnished (or, in the case of the Lender Presentation, as of the date of this Agreement), any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The projections and pro
forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed
by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as
it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial
information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. As of
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the Restatement Effective Date there is no
fact known to any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed
herein, in the other Loan Documents, in the Lender Presentation or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents.
4.17 Security
Documents. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral
described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock as defined and described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,
when stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral
described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified as of the Restatement Effective Date),
when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 4.17 in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.17
to the extent such filings are effective to perfect a security interest in such Collateral, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall
constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties (other than ABG) in
such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) under
the laws of the United States, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except (i) in the case of Collateral other
than Pledged Stock, Permitted Liens and (ii) in the case of Pledged Stock, statutory Liens or nonconsensual Liens). As of the Restatement
Effective Date, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries holds any parcel of owned real property, other than the properties listed
in Part II of Schedule 1.1F, located in the United States having a value, in the reasonable opinion of the Borrower, in excess of $10,000,000.
4.18 Anti-Corruption
Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by
the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable
Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors and to the knowledge of the Borrower its employees
and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects and are not knowingly engaged
in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in the Borrower being designated as a Sanctioned Person. None of the Borrower,
any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, employees is a Sanctioned Person. No borrowing or Letter of Credit or use of proceeds will directly
or, knowingly, indirectly violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions applicable
to any party hereto.
4.19 Flood
Insurance. The Borrower represents and warrants that prior to the date hereof, Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent
a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination (together with notices
about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance relating thereto, duly executed by the Borrower) with respect to
each portion of the Mortgaged Properties.
4.20 Affected
Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
SECTION
5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 Amendment
and Restatement Effective Date. The amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement provided for hereby and the agreement
of each Revolving Lender to make the initial extension of credit (if any) requested to be made by it on the Restatement Effective Date
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is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or
concurrently with the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement and the making of such extension of credit (if any) on
the Restatement Effective Date, of each of the following conditions precedent (unless such condition precedent shall have been waived
in accordance with Section 10.1):
(a) Credit
Agreement; Guarantee and Collateral Agreement Acknowledgement; Parent Guarantee. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this
Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, ABG, Holdings, the Borrower, the Required Lenders and each Revolving Lender,
(ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H, executed and delivered by each Loan
Party (other than ABG) and (iii) a Guarantee Acknowledgement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, executed and delivered
by ABG.
(b) Financial
Statements. The Lenders shall have received (i) the Consolidated Financial Statements and (ii) unaudited interim consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower for each fiscal quarter ended more than 55 days before the Restatement Effective Date and after the date of
the latest applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are
available, and such financial statements shall not, in the reasonable judgment of the Lenders, reflect any material inconsistency with
the financial statements or projections previously delivered to the Lenders in connection with the syndication of the Revolving Facility
(as defined in this Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date),
except as a result of changes thereto required by GAAP.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Approvals.
All material governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection with the continuing operations of the Group Members and the
financing contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have
expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse
conditions the financing contemplated hereby.
(e) Lien
Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent lien search in each jurisdiction where the Loan Parties
(other than ABG) have their chief executive office or are organized, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the
Loan Parties (other than ABG) except for Liens permitted by Section 7.3, Liens discharged on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date
or Liens for which termination arrangements have been made pursuant to documentation and on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f) Payments
as of the Restatement Effective Date.
(i) The
Borrower shall have prepaid all Revolving Loans outstanding under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement (and all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon) and all accrued and unpaid commitment fees and letter of credit fees under the Existing Credit Agreement, accrued
to (but not including) the Restatement Effective Date.
(ii) The
Lenders, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for
which invoices have been presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the Restatement Effective
Date.
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(g) Closing
Certificate; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Restatement Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions
and attachments, including the certificate of incorporation of each Loan Party that is a corporation certified by the relevant authority
of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party or confirmation that the most recently delivered certified certificate of incorporation
has not been amended or modified, and (ii) a long form good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization.
(h) Legal
Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel to the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
(i) Solvency
Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a satisfactory solvency certificate from a Responsible Officer that shall
document the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the financing contemplated hereby.
(j) Officer’s
Certificate. The Lenders shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer documenting the Borrower’s compliance
with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 5.2 after giving effect to the financing contemplated hereby.
(k) PATRIOT
Act. (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least five days prior to the Restatement Effective Date, to the extent reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent (or by any Lender through the Administrative Agent) from the Borrower at least ten days prior to
the Restatement Effective Date, all documentation and other information about the Loan Parties required by regulatory authorities under
applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act and (ii) to the
extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least five days prior
to the Restatement Effective Date, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to the Borrower at least 10 days prior to the Restatement
Effective Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification
(provided that, upon the execution and delivery by such Lender of its signature page to this Agreement, the condition set forth in this
clause (ii) shall be deemed to be satisfied).
5.2 Conditions
to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date (including
its initial extension of credit, but excluding any extension of credit under any Incremental Loan Commitments implemented to finance a
Permitted Acquisition) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations
and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true
and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality) on and
as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier
date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date).
(b) No
Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions
of credit requested to be made on such date.
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(c) Extensions
of Credit to a Subsidiary Borrower. The representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 as to any Subsidiary
Borrower to which an extension of credit is to be made shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any
such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality) on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date, except to the
extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date).
Each borrowing by and each issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder shall constitute a representation
and warranty by the Borrower, or such Subsidiary Borrower, as applicable, as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions
contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.
SECTION
6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Holdings and the Borrower
hereby jointly and severally agree that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any
Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to:
6.1 Financial
Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall furnish to each Lender):
(a) as
soon as available, but in any event within 100 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated statements
of income and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported
on without a “going concern” qualification or exception (other than any such exception or explanatory paragraph (x) with respect
to, or resulting from, an upcoming maturity date under the Facilities that is scheduled to occur within one year from the time such report
is delivered and/or (y) any potential inability to satisfy the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.1 of this Agreement on a future
date or in a future period), or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent
certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing; and
(b) as
soon as available, but in any event not later than 55 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year
of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter
and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through
the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible
Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).
All such financial statements shall be complete
and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except as approved
by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods reflected
therein and with prior periods and shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such information has been posted on the
Borrower’s website at www.avisbudgetgroup.com, at www.sec.gov or at such other website identified in writing by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent and accessible by the Lenders without charge; provided that the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of
such financial statements to the Administrative Agent or any Lender who requests the Borrower to deliver
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such paper copies until written notice to cease
delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. The Borrower will be deemed to have satisfied the requirements
of this Section 6.1 if (i) any parent files with the SEC and provides reports, documents and information of the types otherwise so required,
in each case within the applicable time periods specified by the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and the Borrower is not
required to file such reports, documents and information separately under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (after giving
effect to any exemptive relief) because of the filings by such parent or (ii) following an election by the Borrower pursuant to the definition
of “GAAP”, the applicable financial statements determined in accordance with IFRS.
Each of Holdings and the Borrower represents
and warrants that it and any of its Subsidiaries files its financial statements with the SEC and/or makes its financial statements available
to potential holders of its 144A securities, and, accordingly, each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby (x) authorizes the Administrative
Agent to make the financial statements to be provided under Section 6.1(a) and (b) above, along with the Loan Documents, available to
Public-Siders and (y) agrees that at the time such financial statements are provided hereunder, they shall already have been made available
to holders of its securities. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will request that any other material be posted to Public-Siders without
expressly representing and warranting to the Administrative Agent in writing that such materials do not constitute material non-public
information within the meaning of the federal securities laws (“MNPI”).
6.2 Certificates;
Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall furnish to each Lender) (or, in the case
of clause (d), to the relevant Lender):
(a) concurrently
with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a letter, written and signed by the independent certified
public accountants reporting on such financial statements describing the scope of such financial statements and certifying that such financial
statements are presented in an accurate manner and in accordance with GAAP;
(b) concurrently
with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to
the best of each such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants
and other agreements, and satisfied every condition contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to
be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
except as specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly or annual financial statements, (x) a Compliance Certificate
containing all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Group Member with the provisions of this Agreement
referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be, and (y) to the extent
not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, (1) a description of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan
Party and the name and jurisdiction of organization of any new Subsidiary and the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any
Loan Party and (2) a list of any Intellectual Property registrations and applications applied for, acquired by or exclusively licensed
to any Loan Party since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this clause (y) (or, in the case of the first such report
so delivered, since the Closing Date);
(c) as
soon as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated budget for
the following fiscal year and, as soon as available, significant revisions, if any, of such budget with respect to such fiscal year (the
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“Budget”), which Budget
shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that such Budget is based on reasonable estimates,
information and assumptions and that such Responsible Officer has no reason to believe that such Budget is incorrect or misleading in
any material respect, it being understood that such Budget is based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of
the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, and it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to
future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may
differ from Budget by a material amount; and
(d) promptly,
such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
6.3 Payment
of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, its
obligations and liabilities in respect of taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or
profits or in respect of its property, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member or
except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.4 Maintenance
of Existence; Compliance. (a) (i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence (provided
that Holdings and any of its Subsidiaries may change its organizational form so long as such change shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Lenders) and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal
conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except to the extent that failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure
to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain
in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
6.5 Maintenance
of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property material to its business in good working order and condition consistent with industry
practices, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its material property in amounts and
against such risks (but including in any event, to the extent available on commercially reasonable terms, public liability, product liability
and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business
and (c) if any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the Flood
Insurance Laws, then the Borrower shall, or shall cause each Loan Party to (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially
sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws, (ii) cooperate with the Administrative Agent and provide information reasonably required
by the Administrative Agent to comply with the Flood Insurance Laws including, without limitation, cooperating with due diligence and
providing evidence of compliance with Flood Insurance Laws in connection with any increase, extension or renewal of any Facility and (iii)
deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent,
including, without limitation, evidence of annual renewals of such insurance.
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6.6 Inspection
of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries
in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities
and (b) permit the Administrative Agent, and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, representatives of
any Lender (in coordination with the Administrative Agent), to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts
from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and upon reasonable advance notice, and to discuss the business, operations,
properties and financial and other condition of the Group Members (including ABG) with officers and employees of the Group Members (including
ABG) and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that a representative of the Loan Parties (including ABG)
shall be permitted to be present for any discussion with independent certified accountants referred to above. Notwithstanding Section
10.5, unless any such visit or inspection is conducted after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default,
the Borrower shall not be required to pay any costs or expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Lender’s representative
in connection with such visit or inspection.
6.7 Notices.
Promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof, give notice to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall give notice
to each Lender) of:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any
(i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding that
may exist at any time between any Group Member and any Governmental Authority, that in either case, if not cured or if adversely determined,
as the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)
any litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member (i) in which the amount involved is $50,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance,
(ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought or (iii) which relates to any Loan Document;
(d) the
following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the
occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to make any required contribution to, or satisfy the “minimum
funding standard” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) with respect to, a Plan, a determination that
any Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, “at risk” (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA),
the creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan
(or any Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code
or Section 305 of ERISA)) or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or the Borrower or any
Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Insolvency of, any Plan;
(e) any
development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(f) any
drawing of letter of credit commitments in excess of $5,000,000 under any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Document and any notice
of default under any Ancillary Letter of Credit Agreement.
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Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall
be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action
the relevant Group Member proposes to take with respect thereto.
6.8 Environmental
Laws.
.
(a) Comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance
by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and use commercially
reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, binding
notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Conduct
and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental
Laws and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, except where
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.9 Additional
Collateral etc.
.
(a) With respect to any property constituting Collateral described in the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement acquired after the Restatement Effective Date by any Loan Party as to which the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments
to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in such property under the laws of the United States and
(ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority
security interest in such property, including filing documents in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright
Office and filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent subject to the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;
provided that the Loan Parties shall not be required to take any such action with respect to any Intellectual Property acquired
after the Restatement Effective Date until the list describing such Intellectual Property is required to be furnished to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender pursuant to Section 6.2(b); provided further that Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not be
required to take any actions to perfect a security interest in Intellectual Property under foreign local laws.
(b) With
respect to any new Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary, an Excluded Subsidiary, an Excluded Person, a Securitization Entity or
any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity) created or acquired after the Restatement Effective
Date by any Loan Party, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected
first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by any Loan Party, (ii) deliver to the Administrative
Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly
authorized officer of the relevant Loan Party, (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a perfected
first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement under the laws of the United States
with respect to such new Subsidiary, including
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the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the
Administrative Agent and (C) to deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Subsidiary, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C, with appropriate insertions and attachments, and (iv) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative
Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(c) With
respect to any new Foreign Subsidiary created or acquired after the Restatement Effective Date by any Loan Party (other than by any Foreign
Subsidiary, an Excluded Subsidiary, an Excluded Person or a Securitization Entity), promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in a portion of the Capital Stock of
such new Subsidiary that is owned by any such Loan Party (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding
Capital Stock of any such new Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing
such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant
Group Member, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the
Administrative Agent’s security interest therein, and (iii) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel,
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) With
respect to any fee interest in any real property having a value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $10,000,000 acquired
after the Restatement Effective Date by any Loan Party (other than any such real property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section
7.3(h) or 7.3(o)), promptly (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Lenders, covering such real property and (ii) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (x) provide the Lenders with title
and extended coverage insurance from a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of the Mortgage in favor of the
Administrative Agent on such real property as a first priority Lien, subject only to Permitted Liens, in an amount at least equal to the
purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent), together with
such endorsements or co-insurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (y) deliver to the Administrative Agent surveys
of such Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (z) deliver to the Administrative
Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Mortgage shall be executed
and delivered to the Administrative Agent until the date that is (i) if such real property is not located in a “specified flood
hazard area,” five Business Days after the Revolving Lenders have received a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency
Management Agency standard flood hazard determination and (ii) if such real property is located in a “specified flood hazard area,”
twenty Business Days after the Revolving Lenders have received a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency
standard flood hazard determination (together with notices about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance relating
thereto, duly executed by the Borrower) and evidence of flood insurance as required by Section 6.5 or, in each case, any earlier date
specified by the Administrative Agent for such Mortgage and notified to the Revolving Lenders unless the Administrative Agent receives
an objection from a Revolving Lender in writing within five Business Days of such notice.
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6.10 Post-Closing
Obligations. Within the applicable time periods set forth in Schedule 6.10 (or such later dates from time to time as consented to
by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), furnish to the Administrative Agent each document required pursuant to Schedule 6.10.
6.11 Use
of Proceeds. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its
Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, employees and agents shall not use,
the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment
or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding,
financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, except
to the extent permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions
applicable to any party hereto or (d) (i) to finance any activity in violation of Export Controls or where such violation is about to
occur, or (ii) otherwise in violation of Export Controls.
SECTION
7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Holdings and the Borrower
hereby jointly and severally agree that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any
Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall not, and shall
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
7.1 Financial
Condition Covenant. Permit the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters of the Borrower to exceed 3.00 to 1.00.
7.2 Indebtedness.
Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness
of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Indebtedness
of the Borrower to any Subsidiary, Holdings or Parent and of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(c) Guarantee
Obligations of the Borrower, Holdings and any Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any
other Security Documents;
(d) guarantees
by the Borrower, Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrower or any Foreign Issuer (subject
to the requirements of the definition thereof);
(e) obligations
in respect of surety bonds, bank guarantees, letters of credit and similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Indebtedness
outstanding on the date hereof or required to be incurred pursuant to a Contractual Obligation in existence on the date hereof (other
than AESOP Indebtedness, Centre Point Indebtedness and Securitization Indebtedness) and listed on Schedule 7.2(f) and any Permitted Refinancing
thereof;
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(g) Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.3(h) in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $100,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(h) Indebtedness
of the Borrower, Avis Budget Finance and any Foreign Issuer in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(i) unsecured
Guarantee Obligations of Holdings and any Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes; provided that each
guarantor under the Senior Unsecured Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof shall be a guarantor of the Obligations pursuant to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other agreement as the Administrative Agent may approve in its reasonable discretion;
(j) AESOP
Indebtedness, Centre Point Indebtedness and Additional Foreign Vehicle Indebtedness;
(k) Securitization
Indebtedness;
(l) Recourse
Vehicle Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof);
(m) Indebtedness
incurred in connection with any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of vehicles directly from a manufacturer pursuant
to such manufacturer’s repurchase program; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is not greater than the net book value of
such vehicles and (ii) such vehicles could not be financed under the AESOP Financing Program or the Centre Point Financing Program;
(n) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to terminal rental adjustment clause lease financings of trucks and secured loans to finance trucks in each case to
be used in the truck rental operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided that any such secured loans shall not be
guaranteed by Parent.
(o) Indebtedness
under any Swap Agreement;
(p) Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(q) Guarantee
Obligations by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization
Entity in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(r) Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity to any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization
Entity;
(s) Guarantee
Obligations incurred by any Foreign Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity in respect of Indebtedness of any Foreign
Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or Securitization Entity;
(t) Indebtedness
of any Foreign Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $350,000,000 at any one time outstanding and any Permitted Refinancing
thereof;
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(u) Indebtedness
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary pursuant to a Specified Transaction or that is otherwise assumed by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with a Specified Transaction which is not incurred in contemplation of such Specified Transaction and any Permitted
Refinancing thereof;
(v) unsecured
or subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower, Holdings, any Subsidiary Guarantor of the Borrower, a Foreign Issuer or an Escrowed Debt
Issuer (including any Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect thereof) having no scheduled
principal payments or prepayments (other than (i) as a result of change of control, asset sale, or issuance of Capital Stock or Indebtedness,
(ii) payments required to prevent any such Indebtedness from being treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation”
within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, (iii) maturity payments for a Customary Bridge Facility, or (iv) pursuant to other
mandatory prepayment requirements customary for similar Indebtedness after taking into account then prevailing market conditions) prior
to the Final Term Loan Maturity Date incurred in connection with Specified Transactions and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(w)
additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 3.25% of Consolidated
Tangible Assets outstanding at the time such Indebtedness is incurred and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that not
more than $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (w) may have scheduled principal payments
or prepayments (other than (i) as a result of change of control, asset sale, or issuance of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (ii) payments
required to prevent any such Indebtedness from being treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the
meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, (iii) maturity payments for a Customary Bridge Facility or (iv) pursuant to other mandatory
prepayment requirements customary for similar Indebtedness after taking into account then prevailing market conditions, in each case,
not otherwise in conflict with the mandatory prepayment requirements contained in Section 2.11) prior to the date that is 90 days after
the Final Revolving Termination Date;
(x) Indebtedness
incurred in connection with the financing of any insurance premiums;
(y) additional
Indebtedness of the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor or Foreign Subsidiary or Escrowed Debt Issuer (including any Guarantee
Obligations of the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect thereof) having no scheduled principal payments or prepayments
(other than (i) as a result of change of control, asset sale, or issuance of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (ii) payments required to
prevent any such Indebtedness from being treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the meaning of Section
163(i)(1) of the Code, (iii) maturity payments for a Customary Bridge Facility) or (iv) pursuant to other mandatory prepayment requirements
customary for similar Indebtedness after taking into account then prevailing market conditions, in each case, not otherwise in conflict
with the mandatory prepayment requirements contained in Section 2.11) prior to the date that is 90 days after the Final Revolving Termination
Date and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that (A) after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness
and the use of proceeds thereof, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be less than or equal to 5.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of the
most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered, (B) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness
pursuant to this Section 7.2(y) of all Foreign Subsidiaries (excluding any Foreign Issuer) shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 at any one
time outstanding; and (C) with respect to any secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 7.2(y):
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(1) the
Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be junior in right and priority to those securing the Obligations and the Administrative Agent
shall have entered into a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement customary for similar issuances of Indebtedness,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, with the holders of such Indebtedness or an
agent or trustee or other representative thereof and the Borrower, and such Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor
agreement (as may be amended, modified or replaced with the consent of the Administrative Agent) shall remain in full force and effect
at any time such Indebtedness remains outstanding; and
(2) after
giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, (x) the Borrower shall be in compliance
with Section 7.1 as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered and (y)
the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 4.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for
which financial statements have been delivered;
(z) (i)
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including any Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof) incurred (x) to finance a portion
of the Avis Europe Acquisition or (y) to refinance any Term Loans (including any Incremental Term Loans), and in each case, any Permitted
Refinancing thereof, and (ii) Indebtedness of Avis Europe and its Subsidiaries incurred under revolving credit facilities on or after
the date of the consummation of the Avis Europe Acquisition to finance the working capital needs and general corporate purposes of Avis
Europe and its Subsidiaries and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(aa) Indebtedness
and guarantees permitted under Section 7.6;
(bb) Incremental
Equivalent Debt;
(cc) Indebtedness
of the Borrower under any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount for all such Ancillary Letter of Credit
Facilities not to exceed $500,000,000; and
(dd) Indebtedness
of the Borrower under any Supply Chain Finance Program in an aggregate principal amount for all such Supply Chain Finance Programs not
to exceed $25,000,000; and
(ddee) all
premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), accretion or amortization of original issue discount, fees, expenses,
charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (ccdd)
above.
provided, that if the Group Member’s
action or event meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the clauses above, the Borrower in its sole
discretion may classify (and reclassify) such action or event in one or more clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part
under another such clause). For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.2 and Section 7.3(s), the amount of any Indebtedness
denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be the Dollar Equivalent thereof on the date such Indebtedness is incurred or committed
(in the case of Indebtedness pursuant to a revolving or delayed draw credit facility); provided that, if any Indebtedness is incurred
to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being incurred),
and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated cap in Section 7.2 and Section 7.3(s) to be exceeded if the amount
of such refinancing
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Indebtedness (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof)
is calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar denominated cap shall be deemed
not to have been exceeded so long as the aggregate principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof
on the date of such refinancing) does not exceed (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding or committed principal amount,
as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced on the date of such refinancing, as applicable, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of
fees, underwriting discounts, premiums, accrued interest and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
7.3 Liens.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens
for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or other similar obligations not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlord’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary
course of business that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) Liens
incidental to the conduct of the Borrower’s business or the ownership of its assets which were not incurred in connection with the
borrowing of money, and which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its assets or materially impair the use thereof
in the operation of its business;
(d) pledges
or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(e) pledges
or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, letters
of credit, bank guarantees, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(f) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business or of record that, in
the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto
or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(g) Liens
in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(g), securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(f), provided that no
such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Restatement Effective Date and that the amount of Indebtedness secured
thereby is not increased;
(h) Liens
securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(g) to finance the acquisition, repair or
construction of fixed or capital assets, provided that (i) such Liens shall be created within 90 days of the acquisition, repair
or construction of such fixed or capital assets and (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed
by such Indebtedness;
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(i) Liens
created pursuant to the Security Documents;
(j) Liens
on any Related Eligible Assets or arising out of the transfer of Related Eligible Assets to Securitization Entities; provided that
such transfer is otherwise permitted by the Agreement, and Liens securing Additional Foreign Vehicle Indebtedness;
(k) (i)
Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(j), (k), (l), (m) and (n) and (ii) Liens, including Liens on the Collateral, securing
Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(y), to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted to be secured pursuant to the terms of Section
7.2(y);
(l) Liens
securing judgments which do not constitute an Event of Default;
(m) statutory
rights of tenants under leases with respect to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is the lessor;
(n) (i)
any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business
and covering only the assets so leased and (ii) any interest or title of a licensor under any Intellectual Property licenses or sublicenses
entered into in the ordinary course of business (including any intercompany licenses and sublicenses of Intellectual Property);
(o) Liens
existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by any Group Member or existing on any property or asset of any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary (or that merges with or into the Borrower or a Subsidiary or transfers such property or asset to the Borrower
or a Subsidiary) after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (or merges into the Borrower or a Subsidiary
or transfers such property or asset); provided that such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition
or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date
of such acquisition or the date on which such Person becomes a Subsidiary or merges into the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may
be, and any Permitted Refinancing of such obligations; provided, further, that no such Liens shall be permitted to exist on the
Capital Stock of any Person that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder from and after the time by which such Person is required
to become a Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(p) Liens
attaching solely to cash earnest money deposits in connection with any permitted Investment or Permitted Acquisition;
(q) Liens
on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the insurance premiums with respect thereto;
(r) Encumbrances
permitted under Section 7.12 or otherwise imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with a Disposition
of assets;
(s) Liens
not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby does
not exceed (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) $50,000,000 at any one time;
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(t) Liens
on the proceeds of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 7.2 in favor of escrow agents, account custodians or similar third
party intermediaries during the period which any such proceeds are held under escrow or similar contingent release arrangements;
(u) Liens
on the assets and the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary that secures Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary outstanding pursuant
to Section 7.2(t) or Section 7.2(z)(ii)(including guarantees by any Foreign Subsidiary of such Indebtedness);
(v) Liens
on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.2(z) in connection with the Avis Europe Acquisition on a second priority
basis with the Obligations; provided that (x) such Indebtedness shall not be secured by any property or assets of any Loan Party
other than the Collateral, (y) the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall be governed by security documentation substantially the same
as the Security Documents (with such modifications as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided, that any
modifications that make such security documentation less restrictive to the Loan Parties shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent)
and (z) the Administrative Agent shall have entered into a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement customary
for similar issuances of Indebtedness in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with
the holders of such Indebtedness or an agent thereof and the Borrower, and any such Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor
agreement shall remain in full force and effect at any time such Indebtedness remains outstanding;
(w) Liens
securing obligations described in Section 7.2(bb); provided that (x) any such Liens securing such obligations that are secured
by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies) with the Obligations shall be subject to a
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement customary for similar issuances of Indebtedness in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with the holders of such Indebtedness or an agent thereof and the
Borrower, and any such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement shall remain in full force and effect at any
time such obligations remain outstanding and (y) any such Liens securing such obligations that are secured by the Collateral on a junior
basis to the Liens securing the Obligations shall be subject to a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement
customary for similar issuances of Indebtedness in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
with the holders of such Indebtedness or an agent thereof and the Borrower, and any such Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other
intercreditor agreement shall remain in full force and effect at any time such obligations remain outstanding;
(x) Liens
securing obligations described in Section 7.2(ddee),
solely to the extent the Indebtedness to which such obligations relate is permitted to be secured pursuant to another clause of this Section
7.3; provided that, to the extent the Liens securing such Indebtedness to which such obligations relate are required to be subject
to an intercreditor agreement, (x) any such Liens securing such obligations that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but
without regard to control of remedies) with the Obligations shall be subject to a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor
agreement customary for similar issuances of Indebtedness in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower with the holders of such Indebtedness or an agent thereof and the Borrower, and any such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
or other intercreditor agreement shall remain in full force and effect at any time such obligations remain outstanding and (y) any such
Liens securing such obligations that are secured by the Collateral on a junior basis to the Liens securing the Obligations shall be subject
to a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor
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agreement customary for similar issuances
of Indebtedness in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with the holders of such Indebtedness
or an agent thereof and the Borrower, and any such Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement shall remain in
full force and effect at any time such obligations remain outstanding; and
(y) Liens
created under any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility Documents in an aggregate amount for all such Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility
Documents not to exceed $500,000,000; and
(z) Liens
created under any Supply Chain Finance Documents in an aggregate amount for all such Supply Chain Finance Documents not to exceed $25,000,000;
provided, that if the Group Member’s
action or event meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Liens described in the clauses above, the Borrower in its sole discretion
may classify (and reclassify) such action or event in one or more clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part under another
such clause).
7.4 Fundamental
Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation
or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business, except that:
(a) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing
or surviving corporation) or with or into any Wholly Owned Subsidiary (provided that the Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing
or surviving corporation); provided that any such merger or consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor shall only be with or into
the Borrower or another Subsidiary Guarantor;
(b) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets (i) to the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary (upon voluntary
liquidation or otherwise); provided that any such Disposition by a Subsidiary Guarantor shall only be to the Borrower or another
Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) pursuant to a Disposition permitted by Section 7.5;
(c) any
Investment expressly permitted by Section 7.7 may be structured as a merger, consolidation or amalgamation;
(d) any
Subsidiary may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time if at the time of such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the
value of the assets of such Subsidiary is less than $100,000 or such Subsidiary is dormant; and
(e) the
Borrower may consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, if:
(i) the
resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) will be a Person organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Borrower) will
expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party
by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a joinder hereto and thereto or one or more other documents or instruments, in
each case, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
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(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary
as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction),
no Default will have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(iii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary
as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction),
the Successor Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.1 as of the end of the most recent four
fiscal quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1;
(iv) each
Guarantor (other than (x) any Subsidiary Guarantor that will be released from its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
in connection with such transaction and (y) any party to any such consolidation or merger) shall have delivered a joinder or one or more
other documents or instruments confirming its obligation under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and its obligations under the other
Loan Documents;
(v) Parent
shall have delivered a joinder or one or more other documents or instruments confirming its obligation under the Parent Guarantee; and
(vi) the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (A) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer each to the effect that such
consolidation or merger and such joinders or other documents or instruments relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document complies
with the provisions described in this Section 7.4(e), (B) a legal opinion of counsel to the Successor Company and its Subsidiaries covering
substantially the same matters set forth in Exhibit E hereto and (C) all documentation and information as is reasonably requested in writing
by the Lenders at least three days prior to the anticipated effective date of such consolidation or merger required by U.S. regulatory
authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation
the PATRIOT Act.
; provided that if the foregoing
provisions of this clause (e) are satisfied, the Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement.
7.5 Disposition
of Property. Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or
sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the
Disposition of (i) obsolete or worn out property or (ii) any property that is no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business
of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(b)
the Disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions
permitted by clause (i) of Section 7.4(b), Investments permitted under Section 7.7 (other than Section 7.7 (m)) and Restricted Payments
permitted under Section 7.6;
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(d) the
sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary; provided that any sale
or issuance of any Subsidiary Guarantor’s Capital Stock shall only be to the Borrower or another Subsidiary Guarantor;
(e) Dispositions
of any Related Eligible Assets (i) in connection with the AESOP Financing Program or the Centre Point Financing Program, (ii) to any Securitization
Entity or (iii) in connection with the incurrence of any Securitization Indebtedness;
(f) the
sale of the Budget Truck Division for fair market value as determined by the board of directors of the Borrower;
(g) the
Disposition of other property having a fair market value not to exceed $1,000,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower;
(h) the
Dispositions listed on Schedule 7.5(h);
(i) Dispositions
of properties subject to condemnation, eminent domain or taking;
(j) leases,
subleases, licenses and sublicenses of real or personal property, and Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business, and any
intercompany licenses and sublicenses of Intellectual Property;
(k) dispositions
or use of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(l) the
abandonment, termination or other disposition of Intellectual Property or leasehold properties in the ordinary course of business; and
(m)
dispositions, discounts or forgiveness of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(n) Dispositions
of non-core assets acquired in connection with an Investment permitted under Section 7.7, including a Specified Transaction;
(o) Dispositions
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Foreign Subsidiary to any other Foreign Subsidiary so long as at least 65% of the Capital
Stock of such other Foreign Subsidiary (or any parent company of such other Foreign Subsidiary) is pledged to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 6.9;
(p) Dispositions
of minority interests in joint ventures; and
(q) any
Disposition of any Foreign Subsidiary and any holding company formed in connection with the Avis Europe Acquisition to the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries.
provided that all Dispositions permitted
under paragraphs (f) and (g)(i) and (g)(ii) of this Section 7.5 shall be made for fair value and in the case of any such Disposition (or
series of related Dispositions) that yields gross proceeds to any Loan Party in excess of $25,000,000, for at least 75% cash consideration
(excluding, in the case of an Asset Sale (or series of related Asset Sales), any consideration by way of relief from, or by any other
Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that are not Indebtedness) (it being understood that for
the purposes of the foregoing proviso, the following shall be deemed to be cash consideration: (1) Cash Equivalents, (2) the assumption
of
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Indebtedness of the Borrower (other than Disqualified
Stock of the Borrower) or any Subsidiary and the release of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries from all liability with respect to payment
of such Indebtedness, (3) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is no longer a Subsidiary as a result of such Disposition, to the extent
that the Borrower and each other Subsidiary are released from any Guarantee Obligations or any other obligations to provide credit support
in respect of such Indebtedness and (4) securities received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by
the Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash within 180 days); provided, further, that if the Group Member’s action or event
meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Dispositions described in the clauses above, the Borrower in its sole discretion may
classify (and reclassify) such action or event in one or more clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part under another
such clause).; provided,
further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.5, no Loan Party shall be permitted to transfer ownership of
or Dispose (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by granting an exclusive license thereto) of any Material Intellectual Property to
any Parent or any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor.
7.6 Restricted
Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the Person making such dividend) on,
or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance,
retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of any Group Member (including ABG), whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make
any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of any Group Member
(collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that:
(a) any
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, that any non-Subsidiary Guarantor
may make Restricted Payments to any Group Member;
(b)
so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings and Holdings
may pay dividends to ABG to purchase ABG common stock or common stock options from present or former officers or employees of any Group
Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such officer or employee;
(c) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to (i) pay corporate overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course
of business and (ii) pay any taxes that are due and payable by Holdings or the Borrower;
(d) (i)
the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to pay dividends to any higher tier entity to provide for the
payment of (A) Parent Expenses, (B) Related Taxes and (C) any Taxes that are due and payable by any Group Member as part of a consolidated
group or which have been paid for the account of any Group Member pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement and (ii) so long as no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to
make Restricted Payments to any Parent in an aggregate amount not to exceed $40,000,000, less the amount of Investments made pursuant
to Section 7.7(u) and payments made under Section 7.8(a)(vi);
(e) Investments
permitted by Section 7.7;
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(f) any
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments (including in respect of management fees) to the holders of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary
ratably based on the respective ownership interests of such holders;
(g) [reserved];
(h) Restricted
Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount on the date such Restricted Payments are made, so long as (i) no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted
Payment, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than 2.00 to 1.00;
(i) Restricted
Payments in an aggregate amount outstanding at the time such Restricted Payments are made not exceeding an amount equal to 1% of Consolidated
Tangible Assets, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(j) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Parent to pay dividends on or purchase or repurchase the common stock or equity of such Parent
in an amount not to exceed in any fiscal year $25,000,000, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would result therefrom;
(k) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Parent to make payments to holders of the Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Parent in
lieu of issuance of fractional shares of such Capital Stock, not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate, so long as no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(l) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments to repurchase Capital Stock of the Borrower made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
substantially concurrent issuance or sale of, Capital Stock of the Borrower or a substantially concurrent capital contribution to the
Borrower, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; provided,
that the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance, sale or capital contribution shall be excluded in subsequent calculations under clause
(c) of the Available Amount;
(m) the
Borrower may pay dividends within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such dividend would have
been permitted under this Section 7.6, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom; and
(n) any
other Restricted Payments if, after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is not greater
than 3.50 to 1.00, and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.
provided, that if the Group Member’s
action or event meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Restricted Payments described in the clauses above, the Borrower in
its sole discretion may classify (and reclassify) such action or event in one or more clauses (including in part under one such clause
and in part under another such clause).
7.7 Investments.
Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guarantee or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock,
bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in,
any other
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Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”;
it being understood that the amount, as of any date of determination, any Investment in the form of a guarantee shall be equal to the
stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if
not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by a Responsible
Officer) except:
(a) Investments
consisting of extensions of trade credit and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled
account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Investments
in Cash Equivalents;
(c) guarantees
permitted by Section 7.2;
(d) loans
and advances to employees of any Group Member in the ordinary course of business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses)
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000 in any fiscal year;
(e) Investments
in assets useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with the proceeds
of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount;
(f) intercompany
Investments by any Group Member in the Borrower or any Person that, prior to such investment, is a Subsidiary;
(g) [reserved];
(h) [reserved];
(i) [reserved];
(j) Restricted
Payments to ABG permitted by Section 7.6 in the form of loans and advances;
(k) Investments
listed on Schedule 7.7(k);
(l) Permitted
Acquisitions, provided that the aggregate amount (or, in the case of consideration consisting of assets, fair market value) of
the consideration paid by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors (net of acquired cash and Cash Equivalents and excluding consideration
in respect of acquired vehicles as long as (i) the purchase price for such vehicles does not exceed their fair market value and (ii) such
vehicles will be financed in the Borrower’s normal operation of its business through the AESOP Financing Program, the Centre Point
Financing Program or any other similar financing program, or will be replaced with vehicles financed through the AESOP Financing Program,
the Centre Point Financing Program or any other similar financing program) for Permitted Acquisitions of Persons that shall not become
Loan Parties (including any merger where such Loan Party (or a Subsidiary that becomes a Loan Party) is the surviving entity) or of assets
that shall not be acquired by Loan Parties, in each case pursuant to Section 6.9, after the Restatement Effective Date, shall not exceed
15.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at any one time;
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(m) Investments
consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions, Restricted Payments permitted under Sections 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
or 7.6 respectively;
(n) any
seller-financing or other non-cash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 7.5;
(o) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may make Investments to purchase Capital Stock in any joint venture entity in which any Group Member owns an
equity interest; provided that the aggregate amount of all purchases of Capital Stock in any joint venture entity in which such
Group Member does not own a majority equity interest shall not exceed $100,000,000;
(p) in
addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
amount (valued at cost) not to exceed $400,000,000 after the Restatement Effective Date during the term of this Agreement, plus
the aggregate amount of the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any returns (whether by dividend, interest,
distributions, returns of capital, repayments or otherwise) on Investments made under this clause (p); provided that any Investments
made by a Loan Party in a Foreign Subsidiary to fund all or a portion of an Investment to be made by a Foreign Subsidiary in reliance
on this Section 7.7(p) shall be permitted and shall not reduce the Investment capacity available under any other Section;
(q) [reserved];
(r) Investments
of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or consolidates or merges with the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including
in connection with a Specified Transaction) so long as such Investments were not made in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary
or of such consolidated or merger, and any modification, replacement renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof;
(s) Investments
consisting of intercompany notes and receivables issued in respect of transfers of Foreign Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 7.5(o);
(t) Investments
in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount on the date such Investments are made;
(u) Investments
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $40,000,000, less the amount of Restricted Payments made under Section 7.6(d)(ii) and payments made
under Section 7.8(a)(vii);
(v) the
Avis Europe Acquisition;
(w) any
acquisition made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Foreign Subsidiary or any holding company formed in connection with
the Avis Europe Acquisition and any contribution by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any such entity to any Subsidiary;
(x) Investments
in any Escrowed Debt Issuer in an amount necessary to fund required payments with respect to Escrowed Debt issued by such Escrowed Debt
Issuer; and
(y) any
other Investments if, after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is not greater than 4.00 to 1.00,
and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.
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provided, that (i) if the Group Member’s
action or event meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Investments described in the clauses above, the Borrower in its sole
discretion may classify (and reclassify) such action or event in one or more clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part
under another such clause) and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may not make any Investment in an Excluded Person except to the
extent permitted by Section 7.7(p).
7.8 Optional
Payments and Modifications of Certain Agreements.
.
(a) Make or offer to make any optional or voluntary prepayment, repurchase or
redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds with respect to the Indebtedness permitted by Section
7.2(h), (v) or (y) (other than any prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of scheduled payments of such Indebtedness within one year
of the scheduled date when due so long as (i) after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, repurchase or redemption, the aggregate
amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP exceeds $100,000,000 and (ii) no Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans are outstanding on the date of such prepayment, repurchase
or redemption); provided that:
(i) any
such Indebtedness may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed in connection with a Permitted Refinancing;
(ii) any
Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed with the proceeds of any Incremental
Term Loans so long as (x) as of the date of such notice to repay, prepay, repurchase or redeem, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom after giving pro forma effect thereto, (y) after giving pro forma effect to such
prepayment, repayment, repurchase or redemption, the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio is less than 2.00 to 1.00 and (z) no Revolving
Loans or Swingline Loans are outstanding on the date of such prepayment, repayment, repurchase or redemption;
(iii) any
Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed so long as (w) no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom as of the date of such notice to repay, prepay, repurchase or
redeem, (x) after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, repayment, repurchase or redemption, (1) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
is less than 4.00 to 1.00 and (2) the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio is less than 2.00 to 1.00, (y) no Revolving Loans or Swingline
Loans are outstanding on the date of such prepayment, repayment, repurchase or redemption and (z) such prepayment, repayment, repurchase
or redemption shall not be made with the proceeds of any borrowings under the Revolving FacilityFacilities;
provided that, (A) so long as the requirements of (w), (y) and (z) above are satisfied and (B) after giving pro forma effect to
such prepayment, repayment, repurchase or redemption, the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio is less than 2.00 to 1.00, any Indebtedness
of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed for consideration (including any premium paid in connection
therewith) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000,000;
(iv) any
such Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed;
(v) any
such Indebtedness may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount on the date
such payments are made;
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(vi) any
such Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $40,000,000, less the amount of Restricted Payments made under Section 7.6(d)(ii)
and Investments made under Section 7.7(u) may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed; and
(vii) any
such Indebtedness may be repaid, prepaid, repurchased or redeemed if, after giving pro forma effect to such repayment, prepayment, repurchase
or redemption and any related transactions, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is not greater than 3.50 to 1.00, and so long as no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.
provided, that if the Group Member’s
action or event meets the criteria of more than one of the types of payments described in the clauses above, the Borrower in its sole
discretion may classify (and reclassify) such action or event in one or more clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part
under another such clause), and
(b) amend,
modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of
the Senior Unsecured Notes in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders or (c) amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or
agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Sharing Agreement
in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders, it being understood that an increase of the obligations or potential liability of ABG resulting
from any such amendment, modification or other change to the Separation Agreement or Tax Sharing Agreement shall not, in and of itself,
be regarded as materially adverse to the Lenders.
7.9 Transactions
with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction (other than (i) transactions listed on Schedule 7.9, (ii) transactions permitted by Section
7.6, (iii) Investments permitted by Section 7.7 and (v) issuances of Capital Stock, including any servicing agreement, purchase, sale,
lease or exchange of property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate
(other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary) unless such transaction is upon terms taken as a whole no less favorable to the
relevant Group Member than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.
7.10 Sales
and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Group Member of real or personal property
that has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Group Member to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are
to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of such Group Member except so long as such sale
of the asset would be permitted under this Agreement.
7.11 Changes
in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31 or change the Borrower’s method
of determining fiscal quarters.
7.12 Clauses
Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction
on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Securitization Entity) to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) make
loans or advances to, or other Investments in, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower or (c) transfer any of its assets
to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i)
any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary or assets imposed pursuant to an
agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of
such Subsidiary or such assets other than the Senior Unsecured Note Indenture and such other agreements listed on Schedule 7.12, (iii)
restrictions which are
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not more restrictive than those contained in
this Agreement contained in any documents governing any Indebtedness incurred in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (iv)
any documents relating to joint ventures to the extent that such joint ventures are not prohibited hereunder, (v) any agreement in effect
at the time a Person became a Subsidiary or assets are first acquired pursuant to an Investment permitted under Section 7.7, so long as
(x) such agreement was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Investment and (y) such encumbrance or restriction applies only
to such Person and assets, (vi) any agreement, including with respect to Indebtedness, of a Foreign Subsidiary permitted pursuant
to this Agreement so long as such prohibitions or limitations are only with respect to such Foreign Subsidiary and its assets or any Subsidiary
of such Foreign Subsidiary; (vii) with respect to the restrictions in clause (c), (x) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement
relating to secured debt permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing
such debt, and (y) customary provisions in leases, licenses or contracts restricting assignability or subleasing prohibit the granting
of Liens on the rights contained therein and (viii) restrictions imposed by any agreement governing Indebtedness incurred after the Restatement
Effective Date and permitted under Section 7.2 that are, taken as a whole, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive
with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary than customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type, so long as the Borrower shall
have determined in good faith that such restrictions will not adversely affect in any material respect its or any Subsidiary’s obligations
or ability to make any payments required hereunder; provided that loans made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any other Subsidiary
that is a Securitization Entity or a partner or direct equity owner of a Securitization Entity may be subject to customary repayment restrictions
required by the lenders to such Securitization Entity.
7.13 Lines
of Business. Enter into, either directly or through any Subsidiary, any material business that is not related, complementary, synergistic,
incidental or ancillary to those businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement, or extensions,
developments or expansions thereof.
7.14 Business
Activities of Holdings. In the case of Holdings, (i) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise
engage in, any business or operations other than those incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) incur, create,
assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities or financial obligations, except (w) Guarantee Obligations permitted pursuant
to Section 7.2(c) and 7.2(i), (x) nonconsensual obligations imposed by operation of law, (y) obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents
to which it is a party and (z) obligations with respect to its Capital Stock, or (iii) own, lease, manage or otherwise operate any properties
or assets (including cash (other than cash received in connection with dividends made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 7.6 pending
application in the manner contemplated by said Section) and cash equivalents (other than cash received from capital contributions to,
or the issuance of Capital Stock by Holdings) other than the ownership of shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower.
SECTION
8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events
shall occur and be continuing:
(a) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with
the terms hereof; or the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or
any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes
due in accordance with the terms hereof; or
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(b) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate,
document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan
Document shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect on or as of the date made or delivered; or
(c) any
Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a) (with respect
to Holdings and the Borrower only), Section 6.7(a) or Section 7 of this Agreement or Sections 6.4 or 6.6(b) of the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement; or
(d) any
Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30
days after notice to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
(e) any
Group Member shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation and any
Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility, Supply Chain Finance Program but
excluding the Loans) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest
on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was
created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained
in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect
of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or
agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior
to its stated maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable; provided that
such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such Indebtedness; provided, further, that a default, event or condition
described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time,
one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred
and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness (x) the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $50,000,000, (y)
in the case of such Indebtedness which is Securitization Indebtedness (including AESOP Indebtedness and Centre Point Indebtedness), (1)
an amortization or termination event pursuant to a securitization program prior to the end of the scheduled term or revolving period thereunder
shall have occurred, (2) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall become unable to finance the purchase of vehicles and (3) the Borrower
shall have failed, by the 45th day after the occurrence of an event referred to in clause (y)(1) and the expiration of all grace periods
applicable thereto, to either (A) replace such securitization program with an alternative source of financing having terms not materially
adverse to the Lenders from the program being replaced or having terms acceptable to the Required Lenders, or (B) obtain a waiver with
respect to the occurrence of such event from the applicable required noteholders or lenders under such securitization program. Upon the
entering into of any replacement facility referred to in clause (y)(1)(A), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a written
officer’s certificate providing that the Borrower has sufficient vehicle financing arrangements available to it to carry-on its
business activities consistent, in all material respects, with its past practices; provided, further, that any such event of default
under any Ancillary Letter of Credit Facility, regardless of whether the outstanding principal amount thereof exceeds $50,000,000, that
remains unremedied or not waived by the
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holders of such Indebtedness for longer
than 30 days, shall constitute an Event of Default, provided that such default remains unremedied and not waived; or
(f) (i)
any Group Member (other than any Subsidiary which is not a Significant Subsidiary) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action
(A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief
of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its
debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial
part of its assets, or any Group Member (other than any Subsidiary which is not a Significant Subsidiary) shall make a general assignment
for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action of a
nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or
(B) remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case,
proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial
part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or
bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating
its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member
shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
(g)
(i) any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code)
involving any Plan, (ii) any failure to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on
the assets of any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings
shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan,
which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders,
likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for
purposes of Title IV of ERISA or be determined to be, or expected to be, “at risk” (within the meaning of Section 430 of the
Code or Section 303 of ERISA), (v) any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required
Lenders is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency of, a Multiemployer Plan (or any Multiemployer
Plan is in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of
ERISA)) or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi)
above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions in this clause (g), if any, could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(h) one
or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Group Member involving in the aggregate a liability (to the extent not paid
or fully covered by insurance provided by a carrier not disputing coverage) of $50,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees
shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or
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(i) any
material provision of any Security Documents shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate
of any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same
effect and priority purported to be created thereby with respect to any Collateral, other than Collateral having a de minimus value (unless
due to action or inaction byas
a result of (i) the Administrative Agent); or no
longer having possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Security Documents
or (ii) a Uniform Commercial Code filing having lapsed because a Uniform Commercial Code continuation statement was not filed in a timely
manner); or
(j) the
guarantees contained in Section 2 and Section 3 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force
and effect or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert; or
(k) the
occurrence of a Change in Control;
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event
is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower,
automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding
Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event
is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare
the Revolving Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the
consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall,
by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit
shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due
and payable. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of
an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral
account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit.
Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters
of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall
be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After
all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all
other obligations of the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full,
the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower (or such other Person
as may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices
of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower.
SECTION
9. THE AGENTS
9.1 Appointment.
Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents,
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and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes
the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly
set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations
or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
9.2 Delegation
of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through
agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative
Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with reasonable
care.
9.3 Exculpatory
Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates
shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court
of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible
in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer
thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to
or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value,
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of
any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any
Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.
9.4 Reliance
by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument,
writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, e-mail, statement, order or
other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or
Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to ABG, Holdings or the Borrower), independent accountants
and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner
thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all
Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and
expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases
be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request
of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
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9.5 Notice
of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower referring
to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the
event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative
Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders
(or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received
such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with
respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
9.6 Non-Reliance
on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent
hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance
upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of
and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and
their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that
it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall
deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices,
reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative
Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations,
property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may
come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates.
9.7 Indemnification.
The Lenders severally agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by ABG, Holdings, the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Borrower and without limiting the obligation of ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower to do so), ratably
according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section
(or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in
full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at
any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating
to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to
herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection
with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision
of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful
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misconduct. The agreements in this Section
shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
9.8 Acknowledgement
of Lenders and Issuing Lenders..
(a) Each
Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in
its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment,
prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were
erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof),
such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any
such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each
day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the
Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not
assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect
to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation
any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender
under this Section 9.8 shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b) Each
Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in
a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of
its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a
Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender
agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but
in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof)
as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date
such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater
of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation
from time to time in effect.
(c) The
Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agrees that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are not recovered from
any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the
rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy
any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except, in each case with respect to this clause (y), to the extent such
erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative
Agent from the Borrower or any other Loan Party for the purpose of making such erroneous Payment.
(d) Each
party’s obligations under this Section 9.8 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer
of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge
of all Obligations under any Loan Document.
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(e) The
Lenders acknowledge that there may be a constant flow of information (including information which may be subject to confidentiality obligations
in favor of the Loan Parties) between the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its respective
Affiliates, on the other hand. Without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties or their Affiliates may provide information, including
updates to previously provided information to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its Affiliates acting in different capacities, including
as Lender, lead bank, arranger or potential securities investor, independent of such entity’s role as administrative agent hereunder.
The Lenders acknowledge that neither JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. nor its Affiliates shall be under any obligation to provide any of the
foregoing information to them. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, except for notices,
reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide, and shall not be liable for the failure to provide, any Lender with any credit or
other information concerning the Loans, the Lenders, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness
of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to, obtained by, or in the possession of, the Administrative
Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity, including any information obtained by the Administrative Agent in the course of communications
among the Administrative Agent and any Loan Party, any Affiliate thereof or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such
information may (but shall not be required to) be shared by the Administrative Agent with one or more Lenders, or any formal or informal
committee or ad hoc group of such Lenders, including at the direction of a Loan Party.
9.9 Agent
in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind
of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect
to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders”
shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
9.10 Successor
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the
Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the
Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event
of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval
by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights,
powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective
upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall
be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this
Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days
following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders
and with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall
be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor
Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges
and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
under this Agreement. After any retiring
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Administrative Agent’s resignation as
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9.11 Co-Documentation
Agents and Co-Syndication Agents. None of the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Co-Syndication Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities
hereunder in its capacity as such.
9.12 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, each Joint Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, that at
least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such
Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection
with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,
(ii) the
transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent
qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts),
PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class 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 and the conditions of such exemption have been satisfied with respect to such Lender’s
entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (i)
such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE
84-14), (ii) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate
in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and (iii) the entrance into, participation
in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements
of sub-sections (a) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14, or
(iv) such
other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and
such Lender.
(b) In
addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender, or such Lender has provided
another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further
(x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person
became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent,
each Joint Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or
any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent, or any Joint Lead Arranger, any Co-Syndication Agent, any Co-Documentation
Agent or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the Collateral or the assets of such Lender (including in connection
with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the
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Administrative Agent under this Agreement,
any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto).
(c) The
Administrative Agent, and each Joint Lead Arranger, Co-Syndication Agent and Co-Documentation Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each
such Person is not undertaking to provide 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 Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments, this Agreement and
any other Loan Documents, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less
than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the 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.
9.13 Intercreditor
Agreements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into any First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement, any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other intercreditor arrangements entered into in connection
herewith (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, such
agreements in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured
by a valid and enforceable lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary, to the extent such priority
is permitted by the Loan Documents)), and the parties hereto acknowledge that any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if entered into),
any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if entered into) and/or any other intercreditor arrangements entered into in connection herewith,
will be binding upon them. Each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions
of any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if entered into), any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if entered into) and/or any other
intercreditor arrangements entered into in connection herewith and (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to enter
into, if applicable, any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other intercreditor arrangements
entered into in connection herewith (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or
other modifications to, such agreements in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness in order to permit such
Indebtedness to be secured by a valid and enforceable lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary,
to the extent such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents)), and to subject the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations
to the provisions thereof.
9.14 Posting
of Communications.
(a) The
Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and
the Issuing Lenders by posting the Communications on IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform
chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).
(b) Although
the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented
or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, a
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user ID/password
authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access
the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower acknowledges
and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is
not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform,
and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders
and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes
the risks of such distribution.
(c) THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES
(AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM
AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. 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 APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS
OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY JOINT LEAD ARRANGER, ANY CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENT,
ANY CO-SYNDICATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY
TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S
OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.
“Communications”
means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party
pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
any Issuing Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Approved Electronic Platform.
(d) Each
Lender and each Issuing Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted
to the Approved Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan
Documents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender agrees (1) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic
communication) from time to time of such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing
notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (2) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.
(e) Each
of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required
by applicable law) shall not be
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obligated to, store the Communications on the
Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and
policies.
(f) Nothing
herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender to give any notice or other communication
pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
(g) As
used in this Section 9.14, the term “Borrower” shall be deemed to include the Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower, if any.
9.15 Borrower
Communications.
(a) The
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders agree that the Borrower may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Borrower
Communications to the Administrative Agent through an electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission
system (the “Approved Borrower Portal”).
(b) Although
the Approved Borrower Portal and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented
or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, a user ID/password
authorization system), each of the Lenders,
each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is
not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of the
Borrower that are added to the Approved Borrower Portal, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution.
Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of Borrower Communications through the
Approved Borrower Portal and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(c) THE
APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF
DOUBT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.14(C)) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE
APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL AND THE BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS.
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 APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER
COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY APPLICABLE PARTY (FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
9.14(C)) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING
DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
OUT OF THE BORROWER’S TRANSMISSION OF BORROWER COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED BORROWER PORTAL.
“Borrower
Communications” means, collectively, any borrowing request, interest election request, notice of prepayment, notice requesting the
issuance, amendment or extension of a
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Letter of Credit or other notice, demand, communication,
information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated
therein which is distributed by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent through an Approved Borrower Portal.
(d) Each
of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required
by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Borrower Communications on the Approved Borrower Portal in accordance with the
Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.
(e) Nothing
herein shall prejudice the right of the Borrower to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other
manner specified in such Loan Document.
(f) As
used in this Section 9.15, the term “Borrower” shall be deemed to include the Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower, if any.
SECTION
10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments
and Waivers.
.
(a) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, or any terms hereof or
thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1. The Required Lenders and
each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent
and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (i) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications
hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing
in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as
the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no
such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (A) forgive any principal amount or extend the final scheduled
date of maturity of any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation or extend the scheduled date of any amortization payment in respect of any
Term Loan (for the purpose of clarity each of the foregoing not to include any waiver of a prepayment), reduce the stated rate of any
interest or fee payable hereunder (except (1) in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest
rates (which waiver shall be effective with the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders of each adversely affected Facility), (2) in
connection with the waiver of applicability of any “most favored nations” provision (which waiver shall be effective with
the consent of the Required Lenders) and (3) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial covenant in this
Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (A)) or extend the scheduled date
of any payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, in each case
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; (B) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this
Section 10.1 without the written consent of such Lender; (C) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent
to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors
from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents,
in each case without the written consent of all Lenders; (D) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.11 without the written
consent of the
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Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each
Facility adversely affected thereby or amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.17 without the written consent of each Lender
affected thereby; (E) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Facility Lenders with respect to any Facility
without the written consent of all Lenders under such Facility; (F) after the Restatement Effective Date, amend, modify or waive any provision
of Section 5.2 without the written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders with respect ofto
the Revolving FacilityFacilities;
(G) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent; (H) amend, modify or waive
any provision of Section 2.6 or 2.7 without the written consent of each Swingline Lender; (I) amend, modify or waive any provision of
Section 3 without the written consent of each Issuing Lender or,
(J) release ABG from its obligations under the Parent Guarantee except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents without the written
consent of the Majority Facility Lenders with respect to each Facility,
(K) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 7.5 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement without the written consent of each
Lender directly affected thereby or (L) without the prior written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, subordinate
(x) the Liens securing any of the Obligations on all or substantially all of the Collateral (“Existing Liens”) to the Liens
on the Collateral securing any other Indebtedness for borrowed money or (y) any Obligations in contractual right of payment to any other
Indebtedness for borrowed money (any such other Indebtedness for borrowed money, to which such Liens securing any of the Obligations or
such Obligations, as applicable, are subordinated, “Senior Indebtedness”), other than (I) any Indebtedness that is expressly
permitted by this Agreement as in effect on the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date to either be senior in right of payment to the Obligations
or be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is senior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations, (II) any “debtor-in-possession”
facility or (III) to the extent each directly and adversely affected Lender has been offered a bona fide opportunity to fund or otherwise
provide its pro rata share (based on the amount of Obligations that are adversely affected thereby held by each Lender) of such Senior
Indebtedness on the same terms (other than bona fide backstop fees and reimbursement of counsel fees and other expenses in connection
with the negotiation of the terms of such transaction; such fees and expenses, “Ancillary Fees”) as offered to all other providers
(or their Affiliates) of the Senior Indebtedness and, to the extent such adversely affected Lender decides to participate in such Senior
Indebtedness, receives its pro rata share of the fees and any other similar benefit (other than Ancillary Fees) of such Senior Indebtedness
afforded to the providers of such Senior Indebtedness (or any of their Affiliates) in connection with providing such Senior Indebtedness.
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon
the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties,
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents,
and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may be amended with
the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each of the Lenders (or Persons that, following the effectiveness of
such amendment, will become Lenders) providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing, replacement
or modification of all outstanding Term Loans (“Replaced Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan tranche hereunder
(“Replacement Term Loans”), provided that (1) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans
shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Replaced Term Loans, (2) if the final maturity date of such Replacement Term Loans
is not at least one year later than the final maturity date of the Replaced Term Loans, the interest rate margin for such Replacement
Term Loans shall not be higher than the interest rate margin for such Replaced Term Loans by more than 50 basis points, or if the interest
rate margin of such Replacement
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Term Loans does so exceed by more than 50 basis
points, the interest rate margin for the Replaced Term Loans shall be increased so that the interest rate margin for such Replacement
Term Loans is no greater than the interest rate margin for the Replaced Term Loans plus 50 basis points; provided that,
the interest rate margins applicable to the Replacement Term Loans or the Replaced Term Loans shall be determined in the manner set forth
in Section 2.23(b) in respect of the Incremental Term Loans) and (3) the weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans
shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Replaced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing.
(c) In
addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended without consent of the Lenders, so long as no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, as follows:
(i) to
designate any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower as a Domestic Subsidiary Borrower under the Revolving FacilityFacilities
upon (A) ten Business Days prior notice to the Lenders (such notice to contain the name, primary business address and taxpayer identification
number of such Subsidiary), (B) the execution and delivery by the Borrower, such Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent of a Joinder
Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G (a “Joinder Agreement”), providing for such Subsidiary to become
a Subsidiary Borrower, (C) the agreement and acknowledgment by the Borrower and each other Subsidiary Borrower that the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement covers the Obligations of such Subsidiary, (D) delivery by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of all documentation and
information as is reasonably requested in writing by the Lenders at least three days prior to the anticipated effective date of such designation
required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,
including without limitation the PATRIOT Act, and (E) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of (1) corporate or other applicable resolutions,
other corporate or other applicable documents, certificates and legal opinions in respect of such Subsidiary reasonably equivalent to
comparable documents delivered on the Closing Date and (2) such other documents with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent
shall reasonably request; and
(ii) to
remove any Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower upon execution and delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of a written notification
to such effect and repayment in full of all Loans made to such Subsidiary Borrower, cash collateralization of all L/C Obligations in respect
of any Letters of Credit issued for the account of such Subsidiary Borrower and repayment in full of all other amounts owing by such Subsidiary
Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (it being agreed that any such repayment shall be in accordance with the other
terms of this Agreement).
(d) In
addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, with the written consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld), the Borrower
and the lenders providing the relevant Refinancing Facility, this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, may be amended
as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to permit the creation hereunder
of any such Refinancing Facility and the incurrence of the related Refinancing Debt (any such amendment, a “Refinancing Amendment”).
(e) In
addition, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, with the
consent of Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect
or inconsistency, so long as such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender and the Lenders
shall have received, at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received,
within five Business Days of the date
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of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice
from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.
10.2 Notices.
All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy
or electronic transmission), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered,
or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice or electronic transmission,
when received, addressed as follows in the case of Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an administrative
questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified
by the respective parties hereto:
Holdings:
Avis Budget Holdings, LLC
379 Interpace Parkway
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Attention:
Telephone:
Borrower:
Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC
379 Interpace Parkway
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
Attention:
Telephone:
Administrative Agent:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
500 Stanton Christiana Road, Ops 2,
Floor 3
Newark, DE 19713
Attention:
Telecopy:
Telephone:
with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
383 Madison Avenue
Floor 24
New York, NY 10179
Attention:
Telecopy:
Telephone:
(A) If to the Administrative Agent from the
Borrower, to the address or addresses separately provided to the Borrower;
(B) If to the Administrative Agent from the
Lenders, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Attention: , 270 Park Ave., New York, NY 10017; Telephone: ; and
(C) if to an Issuing Lender, to it at the
address separately provided to the Borrower;
(D) if to the Swingline Lender, to it at the
address separately provided to the Borrower;
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(E) if to any other Lender, to it at its address
(or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
provided that any notice, request or demand
to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall not be effective until received. Notices
delivered through Approved Electronic Platforms or Approved Borrower Portals, to the extent provided in the following paragraph, shall
be effective as provided in the following paragraph.
Notices and other communications to the Borrower,
any Subsidiary Borrower, any other Loan Party, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders hereunder may
be delivered or furnished by electronic communicationsusing
Approved Electronic Platforms or Approved Borrower Portals (as applicable), in each case, pursuant to procedures approved by
the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed
by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. 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.
10.3 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 or under the other Loan Documents 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. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
10.4 Survival
of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document,
certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.
10.5 Payment
of Expenses and Taxes; Indemnity; Limitation of Liability.
(a) The
Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred
in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
LLP and filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to
the Restatement Effective Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the Restatement Effective Date) and from time to time thereafter
on a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender
and the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation
of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of counsel
to the Lenders and of counsel to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Borrower shall not be liable for the fees and disbursements
of more than one separate firm for the Lenders (unless there shall exist an actual conflict of interest among the Lenders) in connection
with any one action or any separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction, nor shall the Borrower be liable
for any settlement or extra-judicial resolution of claims without the Borrower’s written consent, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold
each Lender and the
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Administrative Agent harmless from, any and
all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and similar
taxes, if any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration
of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect
of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Joint Lead Arranger,
Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each,
an “Indemnitee”) harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than with respect to taxes, which shall be
governed exclusively by Section 2.19) with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or
the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any
of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee
against any Loan Party under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”),
provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the
extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee; provided further, that that the Borrower shall not be liable
for the fees and disbursements of more than one separate firm for any Indemnitees (unless there shall exist an actual conflict of interest
among such Indemnitees) in connection with any one action or any separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction,
nor shall the Borrower be liable for any settlement or extra-judicial resolution of such Indemnitees’ claims without the Borrower’s
written consent.
(b) Without
limiting the foregoing paragraph, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries
not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery
with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature,
under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or otherwise against any Joint Lead Arranger, Lender or
the Administrative Agent or their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Agent-Related
Person”). To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any claim
against any other party hereto, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of
the proceeds thereof; provided that, nothing in this sentence shall relieve the Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify
an Agent-Related Person against special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Agent-Related Person by a third
party. No Agent-Related 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 (including
the Internet, any Approved Electronic Platform and any Approved Borrower Portal) in connection with this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
All amounts due under this
Section 10.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section 10.5 shall be submitted to the Chief Financial Officer (Telephone No. ) (Telecopy
No. ), at the address of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address
as may be hereafter
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designated by the Borrower in a written notice
to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
10.6 Successors
and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of any Issuing Lender that
issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall
be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
Section.
(b) (i)
Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (other
than (A) any natural person (or holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned or operated for the primary benefit of, a natural
person), (B) the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or (C) a Defaulting Lender) (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it)
with the prior written consent of:
(A) the
Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required
for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of Default under Section
8(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, any other Person; and provided, further, that the Borrower shall be deemed to
have consented to any such assignment unless the Borrower shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten
Business Days after having received written notice thereof; and
(B) the
Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Administrative
Agent shall be required for (x) an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund or (y) an assignment of all or any portion of a Revolving Commitment and Revolving Extensions of Credit by a Lender to an affiliate
of such Lender.
(C) each
Issuing Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Issuing Lenders shall
be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan or Term Commitment.
(iii)
Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount
of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender
subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered
to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than, in the case of the Revolving FacilityFacilities
and the Tranche A Term Facility, $5,000,000 or, in the case of the Term Facility, $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section
8(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved
Funds, if any;
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(B) the
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x)
an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable,
an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative
Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants (provided that, in lieu of an Assignment and
Assumption, any assignment in connection with Section 2.22 or Section 2.26(a)(iv) may be effected pursuant to such other procedures as
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may agree), together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
(C) the
Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire.
For the purposes of this
Section 10.6, “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person (or holding company, investment vehicle
or trust for, or owned or operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person)) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing
in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender,
(b) an affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iiiii)
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, 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 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 and 10.5).
Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.6 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
paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iviii)
The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices 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 Commitments of, and principal amount of and interest on the Loans and L/C Obligations 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, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Issuing Lender and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(viv)
Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and
Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee or (y) to the
extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as
to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the Assignee’s completed
administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to
in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required
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by paragraph (b) of this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment
shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i)
Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders or the Swingline
Lenders, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than any natural person (or holding company, investment vehicle
or trust for, or owned or operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person)) (a “Participant”) in all or a portion
of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing
to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender
shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lenders 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 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 may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent
of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby
pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 10.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii)
of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of, and shall be subject to the limitations
of, Sections 2.18, 2.19 and 2.20 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph
(b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, and subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 10.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 10.7(a)
as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower,
shall maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest)
of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”);
provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including
the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit
or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment,
Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender, each Loan Party and the Administrative
Agent shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the owner of such participation
for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.
(iii)
A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.18 or 2.19 than the applicable Lender would have
been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant unless such entitlement to receive a greater payment
results from a change in a Requirement of Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. A Participant shall
not be entitled to receive any funds directly from the Borrower in respect of Sections 2.18, 2.19, 2.20 or 10.7 unless such Participant
shall have provided to Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, such information as is
required to be recorded in the Register pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) above as if such Participant were a Lender. No Participant shall
be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.19 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.19(e) and (f) as though it were a Lender.
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(d) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations
of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any other central bank having jurisdiction
over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such
pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee
or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) The
Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions
of the type described in paragraph (d) above.
(f) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the
consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 10.6(b). Each of ABG, Holdings,
the Borrower, each Subsidiary Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a
Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency
or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest
maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender
hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability
to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.
10.7 Adjustments;
Set-off.
.
(a) Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments
to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a “Benefitted Lender”)
shall, at any time after the Loans and other amounts payable hereunder shall immediately become due and payable pursuant to Section 8,
receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or
involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater
proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other
Lender, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the Obligations
owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to
cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided,
however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such
purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender and each of its Affiliates shall have the right, without
prior notice to ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by ABG, Holdings, the Borrower
and each Subsidiary Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by ABG, Holdings, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and remaining unpaid past
any applicable grace period provided in this Agreement, to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency,
in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or its
Affiliates or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or such
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Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be. Each
Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender or
its Affiliates, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
10.8 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this
Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set
of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries
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, physical delivery thereof 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; provided
that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written
consent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation,
in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and the Loan Parties, electronic images of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents (in each case, including with
respect to any signature pages thereto) shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, and (ii)
waives any argument, defense or right to contest the validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents based solely on the lack of paper
original copies of any Loan Documents, including with respect to any signature pages thereto.
10.9 Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
10.10 Integration.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of ABG, Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the
other Loan Documents.
10.11 Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12 Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Agents, Lenders, ABG, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally:
(a) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the
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courts of the State of New York located
in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York located in the Borough of Manhattan,
and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue
of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not
to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or
any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower, as the case
may be, at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto;
(d) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right
to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in
this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 10.12(e) shall
limit or otherwise impair the obligations of the Borrower under Section 10.5.
10.13 Judgment.
The obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents due to any party
hereto shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than the currency in which
the sum originally due to such party is denominated (the “original currency”), be discharged only to the extent that
on the Business Day following receipt by such party of any sum adjudged to be so due in the judgment currency such party may in accordance
with normal banking procedures purchase the original currency with the judgment currency; if the amount of the original currency so purchased
is less than the sum originally due under such judgment to such party in the original currency, the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower,
as the case may be, agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such party against such loss,
and if the amount of the original currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to any party to this Agreement, such party agrees
to remit to the Borrower such excess. The provisions of this Section 10.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and payment
of the obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
10.14 Acknowledgements.
Each of ABG, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it
has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither
the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent or Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between
Administrative Agent, the other Agents and Lenders, on one hand, and ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower, on the other
hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
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(c)
no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby
among the Lenders or among ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower and the Lenders.
Each of ABG, Holdings, the
Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its subsidiaries’ understanding, that each
Credit Party, together with its affiliates, is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities
as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide
investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers,
equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, ABG, Holdings, the Borrower,
the Subsidiary Borrowers and other companies with which ABG, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers may have commercial or
other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Credit Party or any of its customers,
all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the
rights, in its sole discretion.
In addition, each of ABG,
Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its subsidiaries’ understanding, that
each Credit Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services)
to other companies in respect of which ABG, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers may have conflicting interests regarding
the transactions described herein and otherwise. No Credit Party will use confidential information obtained from ABG, Holdings, the Borrower
or the Subsidiary Borrowers by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with ABG, Holdings,
the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers in connection with the performance by such Credit Party of services for other companies, and
no Credit Party will furnish any such information to other companies. Each of ABG, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers
also acknowledges that no Credit Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents,
or to furnish to ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiary Borrowers, confidential information obtained from other companies.
10.15 Releases
of Guarantees and Liens.
.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other
Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of
any Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.1) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any
Collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document
or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 10.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below;
provided that, no Guarantor shall be automatically released from its guarantee obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
by virtue of such person becoming an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder if the sole reason such Guarantor
has become an Excluded Subsidiary is as a result of a transfer of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such transfer
was to an unaffiliated third party, was for a bona fide business purpose and was not for the primary purpose of evading the collateral
and guarantee requirements set forth in the Loan Documents. The security interests granted under any Loan Documents on any
Collateral that is transferred pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 7.5 shall be released automatically upon consummation of
such Disposition.
(b) At
such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than any unasserted contingent
indemnification obligations
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and obligations under or in respect of Specified
Swap Agreements and Specified Cash Management Agreements) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters
of Credit shall be outstanding (or such Letters of Credit are Collateralized), the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created
by the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination)
of the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or
performance of any act by any Person.
10.16 Confidentiality.
Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all Information (as defined below); provided that
nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such Information (a) to the Administrative Agent,
any other Lender or any affiliate thereof who agrees to comply with the provisions of this Section, (b) subject to an agreement to comply
with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any direct or indirect counterparty to any Swap Agreement
(or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional
advisors or those of any of its affiliates for performing the purposes of a Loan Document, (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental
Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement
of Law, after notice to the Borrower if reasonably feasible, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or
similar proceeding, after notice to the Borrower if reasonably feasible and not otherwise prohibited, (g) that has been publicly disclosed
(other than in violation of this Section or any other confidentiality obligations owed to ABG, Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
known to the Administrative Agent or such Lender), (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization
or any other self-regulatory body or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s
investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or to any credit insurance provider relating to the
Borrower and its obligations, (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (j) if
agreed by the Borrower in its sole discretion, to any other Person. “Information” means all information received from
the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender on a non-confidential basis (other than in violation of this Section or any other confidentiality obligations owed to ABG,
Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries known to the Administrative Agent or such Lender) prior to disclosure by the Borrower
and other than information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table
providers, that serve the lending industry; provided that in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date
hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality
of Information as provided in this Section 10.16 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.
For
the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 10.16 shall prohibit any Person from voluntarily disclosing or providing any Information
within the scope of this confidentiality provision to any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory organization (any such entity, a
“Regulatory Authority”) to the extent that any such prohibition on disclosure set forth in this Section 10.16 shall be prohibited
by the laws or regulations applicable to such Regulatory Authority.
Each Lender acknowledges
that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may include material non-public information concerning
the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance
procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it will handle such
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material non-public information in accordance
with those procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
All information, including
requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering,
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public information about
the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that
may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state
securities laws.
10.17 WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO, INCLUDING ABG, HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
10.18 USA
Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies ABG, Holdings and the Borrower that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA
Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies ABG, Holdings and the Borrower, which
information includes the name and address of Holdings and the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify ABG,
Holdings and the Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
10.19 Acknowledgement
and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party
hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the write-down
and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the
application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which
may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the
effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a
reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a
conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution,
its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments
of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
or
(iii) the
variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution
Authority.
10.20 Effect
of Amendment and Restatement. Upon the Restatement Effective Date, this Agreement shall amend, and restate as amended, the Existing
Credit Agreement (including any
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contingent amendments thereto), but shall not
constitute a novation thereof or in any way impair or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the parties thereunder (including
with respect to Loans and representations and warranties made thereunder) except as such rights or obligations are amended or modified
hereby. The Existing Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby shall be deemed to be a continuing agreement among the parties, and
all documents, instruments and agreements delivered pursuant to or in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement not amended and restated
in connection with the entry of the parties into this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, each in accordance with its terms,
as of the date of delivery or such other date as contemplated by such document, instrument or agreement to the same extent as if the modifications
to the Existing Credit Agreement contained herein were set forth in an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement in a customary form,
unless such document, instrument or agreement has otherwise been terminated or has expired in accordance with or pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement or such document, instrument or agreement or as otherwise agreed by the required parties
hereto or thereto. Upon the Restatement Effective Date, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Required Lenders
(without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.1) to (a) release the Mortgages
in respect of each Excluded Parcel and (b) amend and restate the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated
as of May 12, 2020, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto and the Administrative Agent, by executing
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H.
10.21 Several
Obligations. The respective obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement are several and not joint and no Lender shall be responsible
for the failure of any other Lender to satisfy its obligations hereunder.
10.22 Acknowledgement
Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements
or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported
QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the
regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC
Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated
to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
In the event a Covered
Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special
Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or
under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support)
from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime
if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws
of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject
to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported
QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than
such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed
by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that
rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect
to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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As used in this Section
10, the following terms have the following meanings:
“BHC Act Affiliate”
of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of
such party.
“Covered Entity”:
any of the following:
(i) a “covered
entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered
bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered
FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right”
has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as
applicable.
“QFC”
has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C.
5390(c)(8)(D).
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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
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