Form 8-K
8-K — ILLUMINA, INC.
Accession: 0000950157-26-000888
Filed: 2026-08-13
Period: 2026-08-13
CIK: 0001110803
SIC: 3826 (LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Termination of 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):
August 13, 2026
Illumina, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
001-35406
(Commission File Number)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
33-0804655
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip
code)
(858) 202-4500
(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 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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, $0.01 par value
ILMN
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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).
Emerging growth company ☐
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 13a of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Entry into Credit Agreement
On August 13, 2026, Illumina, Inc. (“Illumina” or the “Company”)
entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, as the borrower, the lenders from time to time
party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, an issuing bank and the swingline lender, and the other issuing banks from
time to time party thereto.
The Credit Agreement provides for a $1,000 million senior unsecured
five-year revolving credit facility (with a $50 million sublimit for swingline borrowings and a $75 million sublimit for letters of credit)
(the “Credit Facility”). Any loans under the Credit Facility will have a variable interest rate based on either the term secured
overnight financing rate or the alternate base rate, plus an applicable rate that varies with the Company’s debt rating. The Credit
Agreement includes an option for the Company to elect to increase the commitments under the Credit Facility or to enter into one or more
tranches of term loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to $500 million, subject to the consent of the lenders providing the additional
commitments or term loans, as applicable, and certain other conditions.
The proceeds of the loans under the Credit Facility may be used to
finance the working capital needs, and for general corporate or other lawful purposes, of Illumina and its subsidiaries.
The Credit Agreement contains financial and operating covenants. The
financial covenant provides for a maximum total leverage ratio. Operating covenants include, among other things, limitations on (i) the
incurrence of indebtedness by the Company’s subsidiaries, (ii) liens on assets of the Company and its subsidiaries and (iii) certain
fundamental changes and the disposition of assets by the Company and its subsidiaries. The Credit Agreement contains other customary covenants,
representations and warranties, and events of default.
The Credit Facility matures, and all amounts outstanding thereunder
will become due and payable in full, on August 13, 2031, subject to three one-year extensions at the option of the Company, the consent
of the extending lenders and certain other conditions. Amounts borrowed under the Credit Facility may be prepaid, and the commitments
under the Credit Facility may be terminated by the Company, at any time without premium or penalty. As of the date of this report, no
borrowings were outstanding under the Credit Facility.
The commitments under the Credit Agreement replace, in their entirety,
the commitments under the Credit Agreement dated as of January 4, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among the Company, as the borrower, the lenders party thereto,
Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, an issuing bank and the swingline lender, and the other issuing banks party thereto. The
Existing Credit Agreement and the commitments thereunder were terminated as of August 13, 2026.
The foregoing summary of the Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety
by the full text of the Credit Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02.
Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 with respect to the Credit Agreement
and the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02 insofar as it relates to the termination of
a material definitive agreement of the Company.
Item 2.03.
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth under “Item 1.01. Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement” is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.
Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
10.1
Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2026, among the Company, as the borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, an issuing bank and the swingline lender, and the other issuing banks from time to time party 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 hereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 13, 2026
ILLUMINA, INC.,
By
/s/ Ankur Dhingra
Name:
Ankur Dhingra
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
EX-10.1 — CREDIT AGREEMENT
EX-10.1
Filename: ex10-1.htm · Sequence: 2
Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
August 13, 2026
among
ILLUMINA, INC.,
as the Borrower,
The Lenders Party Hereto,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank, and
the Swingline Lender,
The Other Issuing Banks Party Hereto,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as the Syndication Agent,
and
CITIBANK, N.A.,
and
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
as Co-Documentation Agents
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
and
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers
Table Of Contents
Page
Article I Definitions
1
SECTION 1.01
Defined Terms
1
SECTION 1.02
Classification of Loans and Borrowings
25
SECTION 1.03
Terms Generally
25
SECTION 1.04
Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations
26
SECTION 1.05
Interest Rates
27
Article II The
Credits
27
SECTION 2.01
Commitments
27
SECTION 2.02
Loans and Borrowings
28
SECTION 2.03
Requests for Revolving Borrowings
28
SECTION 2.04
[Reserved]
29
SECTION 2.05
Swingline Loans
29
SECTION 2.06
Letters of Credit
31
SECTION 2.07
Funding of Borrowings
37
SECTION 2.08
Interest Elections
38
SECTION 2.09
Termination and Reduction of Commitments
39
SECTION 2.10
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
40
SECTION 2.11
Prepayment of Loans
41
SECTION 2.12
Fees
41
SECTION 2.13
Interest
42
SECTION 2.14
Alternate Rate of Interest
43
SECTION 2.15
Increased Costs
45
SECTION 2.16
Break Funding Payments
46
SECTION 2.17
Taxes
47
SECTION 2.18
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
50
SECTION 2.19
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
52
SECTION 2.20
Expansion Option
53
SECTION 2.21
Extension of Maturity Date
54
SECTION 2.22
Illegality
56
SECTION 2.23
[Reserved]
57
SECTION 2.24
Defaulting Lenders
57
Article III Representations
and Warranties
59
SECTION 3.01
Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries
59
SECTION 3.02
Authorization; Enforceability
60
SECTION 3.03
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
60
SECTION 3.04
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
60
SECTION 3.05
Properties
61
SECTION 3.06
Litigation and Environmental Matters
61
SECTION 3.07
Compliance with Laws
61
SECTION 3.08
Investment Company Status
61
SECTION 3.09
Taxes
62
SECTION 3.10
ERISA
62
SECTION 3.11
Disclosure
62
SECTION 3.12
Federal Reserve Regulations
62
SECTION 3.13
No Default
62
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SECTION 3.14
Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
62
SECTION 3.15
Affected Financial Institution
63
Article IV Conditions
63
SECTION 4.01
Effective Date
63
SECTION 4.02
Each Credit Event
64
Article V Affirmative
Covenants
64
SECTION 5.01
Financial Statements and Other Information
65
SECTION 5.02
Notices of Material Events
66
SECTION 5.03
Existence; Conduct of Business
67
SECTION 5.04
Payment of Taxes
67
SECTION 5.05
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
67
SECTION 5.06
Books and Records; Inspection Rights
67
SECTION 5.07
Compliance with Laws
68
SECTION 5.08
Use of Proceeds
68
Article VI Negative
Covenants
68
SECTION 6.01
Subsidiary Indebtedness
69
SECTION 6.02
Liens
71
SECTION 6.03
Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales
74
SECTION 6.04
Financial Covenant
75
Article VII Events
of Default
76
Article VIII The
Administrative Agent
78
SECTION 8.01
General
78
SECTION 8.02
Posting of Communications
83
SECTION 8.03
Certain ERISA Matters
85
SECTION 8.04
Recovery of Erroneous Payments
86
Article IX Miscellaneous
86
SECTION 9.01
Notices
86
SECTION 9.02
Waivers; Amendments
89
SECTION 9.03
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
91
SECTION 9.04
Successors and Assigns
93
SECTION 9.05
Survival
97
SECTION 9.06
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution
97
SECTION 9.07
Severability
99
SECTION 9.08
Right of Setoff
99
SECTION 9.09
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
99
SECTION 9.10
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
100
SECTION 9.11
Headings
100
SECTION 9.12
Confidentiality
100
SECTION 9.13
Patriot Act
102
SECTION 9.14
[Reserved]
102
SECTION 9.15
Interest Rate Limitation
102
SECTION 9.16
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
102
SECTION 9.17
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial
Institutions
103
SECTION 9.18
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs
103
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 2.01
Commitments
Schedule 3.01
Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.01
Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02
Existing Liens
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A
Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B
Form of Increasing Lender Supplement
Exhibit C
Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement
Exhibit D
Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit E-1
Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships)
Exhibit E-2
Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships)
Exhibit E-3
Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships)
Exhibit E-4
Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships)
Exhibit F-1
Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit F-2
Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit G
Form of Note
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
dated as of August 13, 2026 among ILLUMINA, INC., a Delaware corporation, as the Borrower, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, and the other ISSUING BANKS from time to
time party hereto.
The parties hereto agree as
follows:
Article
I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABR”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Acquisition”
means any acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) or series of related acquisitions by the Company or any
Subsidiary of (a) all or substantially all the assets of (or all or substantially all the assets constituting a business unit, division,
product line (including rights in respect of any drug or other pharmaceutical product) or line of business of) any Person, or (b) all
or substantially all the Equity Interests in a Person or division or line of business of a Person.
“Additional Commitment
Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(d).
“Administrative Agent”
means Bank of America, N.A. (including its branches and affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“Administrative Agent’s
Office” means, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth in Section 9.01(a)(ii), or
such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Company and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire”
means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affected Financial
Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or
is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Aggregate Commitment”
means the aggregate of the Commitments of all of the Lenders, as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions
hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $1,000,000,000.
“Agreement”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Alternate Base Rate”
means for any day a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%,
(b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,”
and (c) Term SOFR plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank
of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing
some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall
take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Alternate Base Rate is being
used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.14 hereof, then the Alternate Base Rate 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 Alternate Base Rate shall
be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries from time to
time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the U.K. Bribery Act
of 2010.
“Applicable LC Sublimit”
means (a) with respect to Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as an Issuing Bank under this Agreement, $75,000,000 and (b) with respect
to any other Person that becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such amount as agreed to in writing by the Company,
the Administrative Agent and such Person at the time such Person becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as each
of the foregoing amounts may be decreased or increased from time to time with the written consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent
and the Issuing Banks (provided that any increase in the Applicable LC Sublimit with respect to any Issuing Bank shall only require
the consent of the Company and such Issuing Bank).
“Applicable Parties”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.02(c).
“Applicable Percentage”
means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided
that, in the case of Section 2.24 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage
of the Aggregate Commitment (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If
the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in
effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
“Applicable Rate”
means, for any day, with respect to any Term SOFR Loan or any ABR Loan or with respect to the facility fees payable hereunder, as the
case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Term SOFR Spread”, “ABR Spread”
or “Facility Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the corresponding Debt Rating as set forth below on such date:
Pricing Level
Debt Ratings
Moody’s/S&P /Fitch
Term SOFR
Spread
ABR Spread
Facility Fee Rate
Level I
A3/A-/A- or higher
0.805%
0.000%
0.070%
Level II
Baa1/BBB+/BBB+
0.920%
0.000%
0.080%
Level III
Baa2/BBB/BBB
1.025%
0.025%
0.100%
Level IV
Baa3/BBB-/BBB-
1.100%
0.100%
0.150%
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Level V
Ba1/BB+/BB+ or lower
1.300%
0.300%
0.200%
For the purposes of the foregoing,
“Debt Ratings” means, as of any date of determination, the available ratings as determined by S&P, Moody’s
and/or Fitch of the Index Debt (and “Debt Rating” means any one of them); provided that if: (a) none of Moody’s,
S&P or Fitch shall have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence
of this definition), then Level V shall be in effect; (b) only one of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch provides a rating for the Index
Debt, the Level corresponding to such rating shall be in effect; (c) only two of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch provides a rating for
the Index Debt, the Level based on the higher of the two ratings shall apply unless one of the two ratings is two or more Levels lower
than the other, in which case the Level then in effect shall be determined by reference to the Level next below that of the higher of
the two ratings; (d) the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch for the Index Debt
shall fall within different Levels, the Level then in effect shall be (i) the Level in which two of the ratings fall, or (ii) if there
is no such Level, the Level in which the intermediate rating shall fall; and (e) the ratings established or deemed to have been established
by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch for the Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Moody’s,
S&P or Fitch), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the applicable rating agency, irrespective
of when notice of such change shall have been furnished by the Company to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section
5.01(e) or otherwise.
Initially, the Applicable
Rate as of the Effective Date shall be based on the Pricing Level III above. Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate shall apply
during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the
next such change. If the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall change, or if any of such rating agencies shall cease
to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend the definition
of “Applicable Rate” to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending
the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior
to such change or cessation.
“Approved Fund”
means any Person (other than 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.
“Assignment and Assumption”
means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic
records generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Augmenting Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.
“Availability Period”
means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of
the Commitments.
“Bail-In Action”
means 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”
means (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 Union, the
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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).
“Bank of America”
means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“Banking Services”
means each and any of the following bank services provided to the Company or any Subsidiary by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a)
credit cards for commercial customers (including commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards, (c) merchant processing
services and (d) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items,
any direct debit scheme or arrangement, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).
“Banking Services
Agreement” means any agreement entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with Banking Services.
“Bankruptcy Event”
means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding,
or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, examiner, 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
or has had any order for relief in such proceeding entered in respect thereof; 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 permits such Person (or such Governmental
Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
“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”.
“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.
“Board”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“BofA Securities”
means BofA Securities, Inc.
“Borrower”
means the Company.
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“Borrower Materials”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.
“Borrowing”
means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type and Class, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans,
as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.
“Borrowing Request”
means (a) with respect to any request for a Borrowing, a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and (b)
with respect to any request for a Swingline Loan, a request by the Borrower for a Swingline Loan in accordance with Section 2.05, in any
such case, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1 or any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission
system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Business Day”
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in
fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located.
“Capital Lease Obligations”
of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any 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 or finance lease obligations on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized
amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. The foregoing is subject to Section 1.04(a).
“Change in Control”
means the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or “group” (within the
meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder, each as in effect on the Effective Date) of Equity
Interests representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests
of the Company, other than any holding company as to which the Company is or becomes a wholly-owned Subsidiary so long as the beneficial
ownership (as determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act of 1934) of such holding company and, indirectly, the Company, is, immediately
after the Company shall become such a wholly-owned Subsidiary of such Person, substantially identical to that of the Company immediately
prior to the Company becoming such a wholly-owned Subsidiary of such Person.
“Change in Law”
means the occurrence, after the Effective Date (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender),
of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation
or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making
or issuance of any request, rules, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority;
provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, 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 Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted,
issued or implemented.
“Charges”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.
“Class”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans,
Swingline Loans or Incremental Term Loans.
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“CME” means
CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
“Code”
means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Co-Documentation
Agent” means each of Citibank, N.A. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, in its capacity as a co-documentation agent for the revolving
credit facility established under this Agreement on the Effective Date.
“Commitment”
means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of
Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be reduced, terminated or increased from time to time in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption
or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) as provided in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C)
or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.
“Communications”
means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower
pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 8.02(c), including through a Platform.
“Company”
means Illumina, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Compliance Certificate”
means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Conforming Changes”
means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate or Term SOFR,
as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of “Alternate Base Rate”, “SOFR”, “Term SOFR”
and “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative
or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of “Business Day” and “U.S. Government
Securities Business Day”, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback
periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, to reflect the adoption
and implementation of such applicable rate(s) and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially
consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not
administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration
as the Administrative Agent determines, in consultation with the Borrower, is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration
of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).
“Connection Income
Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise
Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated EBITDA”
means, with reference to any period and without duplication, an amount equal to (a) Consolidated Net Income, plus (b) to the extent deducted
in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) federal, state, local and foreign income, profits, revenue,
business activities and capital (other than capital gain or loss) tax expenses, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization, (v) non-cash charges,
expenses or losses (including any non-cash charges attributable to
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impairment of goodwill or other intangible assets
or impairment of long-lived assets and non-cash expenses related to equity-based compensation, benefits or incentives and purchase price
accounting adjustments), (vi) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual charges, expenses or losses (including with respect to restructuring
activities, consolidations, integration, headcount reductions, cash purchase price payments to holders of accelerated options, restricted
stock and other equity awards in connection with acquisitions or other similar actions, including severance charges in respect of employee
terminations), (vii) unrealized losses under Swap Agreements, (viii) net after-tax losses (including all fees and expenses or charges
relating thereto) on any sale or disposition of any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outside of the ordinary course of
business and net after-tax losses from discontinued operations, (ix) net after-tax losses (including all fees and expenses or charges
relating thereto) on the retirement or extinguishment of debt, (x) out-of-pocket fees, expenses and other transaction costs paid to unaffiliated
third parties in connection with any actual or proposed Acquisitions, merger, joint venture, other investments, sales or dispositions
of assets, incurrence of Indebtedness (or otherwise in connection with any Permitted Receivables Facility) and issuance of Equity Interests
or other securities by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, whether or not consummated and (xi) charges or losses that
are, or could reasonably be expected to be, reimbursed or covered by insurance policies or contractual indemnities and not disputed by
the insurer or contractual indemnitor thereunder, in each case so long as such amounts are actually reimbursed to the Company or applicable
Subsidiary in cash within two (2) fiscal quarters after the related amount is first added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause
(xi) (and if not so reimbursed within two (2) fiscal quarters, such amount shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA during the next
applicable period) minus (c) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (i) interest income, (ii) income tax credits and refunds
(to the extent not netted from income tax expense), (iii) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clauses
(b)(v) and (b)(xi) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were incurred, (iv) non-cash
or extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains, (v) unrealized gains under Swap Agreements, (vi) net after-tax gains (less
all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) on any sale or disposition of any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outside
of the ordinary course of business and net after-tax gains from discontinued operations (without reduction on account of any amounts added
back in clause (b)(ii) of this definition), (vii) any net after-tax gains (less and fees and expenses or charges related thereto) on the
retirement or extinguishment of debt and (viii) unrealized non-cash gains arising from the revaluation of equity securities, all calculated
for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA
for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each such period, a “Reference Period”), (A) if at any time during
such Reference Period the Company 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 (B) if during such Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition
and the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Acquisition is positive for such Reference
Period, 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 any acquisition
of property or series of related acquisitions of property by the Company or any Subsidiary that (a) constitutes (i) assets comprising
all or substantially all or any significant portion of a business or operating unit of a business, or (ii) all or substantially all of
the common stock or other Equity Interests of a Person, and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Company and its Subsidiaries
in excess of $100,000,000 (calculated to include the aggregate amount of Indebtedness assumed in connection with such acquisition); and
“Material Disposition” means any sale, transfer or disposition of property of the Company or any Subsidiary or series
of related sales, transfers, or dispositions of property of the Company or such Subsidiary (other than any transactions between or among
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any combination thereof)) that yields gross cash proceeds to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in excess of $100,000,000 in the
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aggregate on or prior to the consummation thereof
(and which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any royalty, earnout, contingent payment or any other deferred payment that
may be payable thereafter).
“Consolidated Interest
Expense” means, with reference to any period, the excess of (a) the interest expense (including interest expense under Capital
Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP) of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated
basis for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries allocable to such period in accordance
with GAAP (including (i) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’
acceptance financing and net costs under interest rate Swap Agreements to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance
with GAAP, and (ii) any interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in connection with any Permitted
Receivables Facility) minus (b) to the extent included in clause (a) above, (i) non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of financing
costs paid in a previous period, (ii) non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of debt discounts or accrued interest payable in kind
for such period, (iii) any break funding payment made pursuant to Section 2.16, and (iv) any interest expense in respect of any Operating
Lease. In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary shall have completed a Material Acquisition or a Material Disposition since the
beginning of the relevant period, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be determined for such period on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition
or disposition, and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, had occurred at the beginning of such period.
“Consolidated Net
Income” means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance
with GAAP on a consolidated basis (without duplication) for such period; provided that there shall be excluded any income (or loss)
of any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, but any such income so excluded may be included in such period or any later period
to the extent of any dividends, distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) in the relevant
period to the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.
“Consolidated Net
Worth” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Company and its
Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total
Indebtedness” means at any date the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and its Subsidiaries) that is of a type that would be reflected on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company
and its Subsidiaries constituting drawn and unreimbursed amounts under all letters of credit, bankers acceptances, bank guarantees and
letters of guaranty issued by banks or other financial institutions for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary and (c) Indebtedness
of the type referred to in clauses (a) or (b) hereof of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) guaranteed by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that Consolidated Total Indebtedness (i) shall not include obligations in respect of letters
of credit, bankers acceptances, bank guarantees, letters of guaranty issued by banks or other financial institutions and similar obligations
except to the extent of amounts actually drawn thereunder and not yet cash collateralized or reimbursed by the Company or any Subsidiary
and (ii) shall be subject, in all respects, to the limitations and exclusions set forth in the definition of “Indebtedness”,
including as to the calculation of the amount of any limited recourse guarantee under clause (c) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall include all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries under any Permitted Receivables Facility
(but excluding the intercompany obligations owed by a Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary in connection
therewith).
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“Control”
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“Controlled Related
Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
“Covered Entity”
means any of the following: (a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R.
§ 252.82(b); (b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b);
or (c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Covered Party”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.18.
“Credit Event”
means a Borrowing, the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit, or an LC Disbursement.
“Credit Party”
means the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.
“Daily Simple SOFR”
with respect to any applicable determination date means the SOFR published on such date on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s
website (or any successor source).
“Debt Rating”
and “Debt Ratings” each has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”
“Debtor Relief Laws”
means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or
other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default”
means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.
“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.
“Defaulting Lender”
means, subject to the last paragraph of Section 2.24, any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within
two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to
funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has
not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount
required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two Business
Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank in writing
that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing
or public statement relates to such Lender’s 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) has failed, within three Business Days after
written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to
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the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that
it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender
pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has
a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for
it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization
or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory
authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting
Lender solely by virtue of (A) the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company
thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender 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
Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender or
(B) an Undisclosed Administration. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or
more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error,
and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to the last paragraph of Section 2.24) as of the date established therefor
by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower,
each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender promptly following such determination.
“Disclosed Matters”
means any event, circumstance, condition or other matter disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q, in each case most recently furnished to or filed with the SEC by the Company or any Current Report on Form 8-K furnished to or filed
with the SEC by the Company thereafter, in each case, that are publicly available on or prior to the Effective Date.
“Dollars”
or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States.
“EEA Financial Institution”
means (a) any credit institution or investment firm 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 financial 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”
means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority”
means 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.
“Effective Date”
means August 13, 2026.
“Electronic Copy”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.06(b).
“Electronic Record”
has the meaning assigned to that term in 15 U.S.C. § 7006.
“Electronic Signature”
has the meaning assigned to that term in 15 U.S.C. § 7006.
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“Environmental Laws”
means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, or binding orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, written notices or agreements
issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, preservation
or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material, or to the protection of
human health and safety in respect of Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Liability”
means any liability (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), directly
or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment
or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or
imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests”
means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust
or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other similar rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase
or acquire any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Indebtedness that is convertible into Equity Interests and/or cash
by reference to the value (howsoever defined or determined) of Equity Interests shall not constitute Equity Interests.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section
414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event”
means: (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to
a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated
funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant
to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to
any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any written notice
relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Company
or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any written notice, or the
receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any written notice, concerning the imposition upon the Company
or any of its ERISA Affiliates of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in
effect from time to time.
“Event of Default”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excluded Taxes”
means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a
Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by
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net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes,
and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal
office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision
thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender (including a Participant treated as a Lender pursuant to
Section 9.04(c)), U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable
interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest
in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b) or Section
9.02(d)) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with
respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest
in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to
such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Credit
Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of January 4, 2023, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto,
Bank of America, in its capacities as the administrative agent, an issuing bank, and the swingline lender, and the other issuing banks
party thereto.
“Existing Maturity
Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“Extending Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b).
“Extension Date”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a).
“FATCA”
means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable
and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement
entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant
to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Effective
Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal
funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on
its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 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.
“Fitch”
means Fitch Ratings Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Financial Officer”
means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, senior vice president-finance or controller
of the Company.
“Foreign Lender”
means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender
that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Fronting Exposure”
means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to an Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the LC Exposure other than LC Exposure as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to
other Lenders or cash
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collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof,
and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swingline Loans other than Swingline
Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the
terms hereof.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
“Governmental Authority”
means the government of the United States, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European
Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee”
of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor 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 or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any
security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or 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 by a bank or other financial institution to support such Indebtedness; provided that the
term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of
any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect
of which such Guarantee is made and (b) the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the
instrument embodying such Guarantee, unless such Indebtedness and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing Person may be liable
are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of the Guarantee shall be such guaranteeing Person’s maximum reasonably
possible liability in respect thereof as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith. The term “Guarantee” used as
a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Hazardous Materials”
means 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.
“IFRS”
means International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable accounting requirements (as issued by the International Accounting Standards
Board and the International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretations Committee and/or adopted by the European Union) or other generally
accepted accounting principles applicable to a Person in a particular country.
“Increasing Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.
“Incremental Facility
Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (solely for purposes
of giving effect to Section 2.20) and the Borrower executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Increasing Lender and each
Augmenting Lender, if any.
“Incremental Term
Loan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20.
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“Indebtedness”
of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) the principal amount of all obligations
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale
or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable and accrued expenses incurred
in the ordinary course of business and other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered
in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services
(excluding accounts payable and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured
by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing unconditional right to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired
by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed (provided that, if such Person has not assumed
or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness, such obligations shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the lesser of
(i) the amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) fair market value of such property at the time of determination (in the Company’s good
faith estimate)), (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty issued
by banks or other financial institutions, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances,
(j) all obligations of such Person under Sale and Leaseback Transactions and (k) all obligations of such Person under any Permitted Receivables
Facility (but excluding intercompany obligations owed by a Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary in
connection therewith). 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 by operation of law as a result of such Person’s
ownership interest in such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
The amount of Indebtedness (including any Guarantees constituting Indebtedness) for which recourse is limited either to a specified amount
or to an identified asset of such Person shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (x) such specified amount and (y) the fair market
value of such identified asset as determined by such Person in good faith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition,
the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) deferred or prepaid revenue, (ii) purchase price holdbacks to satisfy warranty
or other unperformed obligations of a seller, (iii) obligations arising under any Swap Agreement, (iv) contingent or deferred payment
obligations (including any purchase price adjustments, indemnification obligations, reimbursement obligations, funding or investment commitments,
or earn-out, non-compete, consulting, royalty, milestone, option, development or other incentive payment obligations) with respect to
any Acquisition, disposition, other acquisition of assets or other business combination and (v) all obligations of such Person under or
relating to any Operating Lease.
“Indemnified Taxes”
means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower
under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) hereof, Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
“Index Debt”
means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company that is not guaranteed by any other person or entity
or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“Ineligible Institution”
means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates,
or (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, one or more natural persons or relatives
thereof.
“Information”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.12.
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“Interest Election
Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08, which
shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Interest Payment
Date” means: (a) as to any Loan other than a ABR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the
Maturity Date; provided that if any Interest Period for a Term SOFR Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every
three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any ABR Loan (including a
Swingline Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period”
means, as to each Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Term SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a
Term SOFR Loan and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Borrowing Request; provided
that:
(a) any
Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless
such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) 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 the calendar month at the end of such
Interest Period; and
(c) no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“IRS” means the United
States Internal Revenue Service.
“Issuing Bank”
means Bank of America (through itself or through one of its designated Affiliates or branch offices) and each other Lender designated
by the Company as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder that has agreed to such designation (and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent), each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i).
Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in
which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“Investment Grade
Rating” means, as applicable, (a) a Debt Rating of Baa3 or better from Moody’s, (b) a Debt Rating of BBB- or better from
S&P, and (c) a Debt Rating of BBB- or better from Fitch.
“Joint Bookrunner”
means each of BofA Securities, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank, N.A., and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, in its capacities as a joint bookrunner
and joint lead arranger for the revolving credit facility established under this Agreement on the Effective Date.
“LC Collateral Account”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(j).
“LC Disbursement”
means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“LC Exposure”
means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate
amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender
at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
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“Lender Notice Date”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b).
“Lender Parent”
means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
“Lenders”
means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.19,
2.20 or 2.21 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby, other than any such Person that ceases
to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the term “Lenders” includes Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks.
“Lending Office”
means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or
such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Company and the Administrative Agent, which office may include
any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or such Affiliate. Unless the context otherwise requires
each reference to a Lender shall include its applicable Lending Office.
“Letter of Credit”
means any standby letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
“Letter of Credit
Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(b).
“Lien”
means, 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, ground lease,
master lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
relating to such asset.
“Loan Documents”
means this Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to Section 2.10(e) and any Letter of Credit Agreements. Any reference in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments,
restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto (including any Incremental Facility Amendment), and shall refer to this Agreement
or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.
“Loans”
means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
“Local Time”
means New York City time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and
the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company to perform its payment obligations under this Agreement or (c) the material
rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents (taken as a whole).
“Material Indebtedness”
means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit and other than any intercompany indebtedness), or obligations in respect
of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $250,000,000.
For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the
Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
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“Material Subsidiary”
means, at any time of determination, each Subsidiary which, as of the most recent fiscal year of the Company, for the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters then ended, for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) (or, prior to the first delivery
of such financial statements after the Effective Date, the last fiscal year of the Company included in the financial statements referred
to in Section 3.04(a)(i)), contributed greater than ten percent (10%) of Consolidated EBITDA for such period.
“Maturity Date”
means August 13, 2031 subject to extension (in the case of each Lender consenting thereto) as provided in Section 2.21; provided
that that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Maximum Rate”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan”
means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Non-Consenting Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(d).
“Non-Extending Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b).
“Notice”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(e).
“Obligations”
means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses,
reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, examinership, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations
and liabilities of any of the Company and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any indemnified
party, individually or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute
or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise,
arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or
other obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.
“OFAC”
means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“Operating Lease”
means any arrangement that is accounted for as an operating lease for purposes of the Loan Documents pursuant to Section 1.04.
“Other Connection
Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient
and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party
to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction
pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan, Letter of Credit or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes”
means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made
under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest
under, or otherwise with
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respect to, any Loan Document, except any such
Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.19).
“Overnight Bank Funding
Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative
Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
“Participant”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
“Participant Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
“Patriot Act”
means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Encumbrances”
means:
(a) Liens
imposed by law for Taxes that have not yet been paid (to the extent such non-payment does not violate Section 5.04) or are being contested
in compliance with Section 5.04, and Liens for unpaid utility charges;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, supplier’s and other like Liens imposed by law,
arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than ninety (90) days (or if more than
90 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens) or are being contested in compliance with Section
5.04;
(c) pledges
and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security or retirement benefits laws or regulations or employment laws, to secure liability to insurance carriers under insurance
or self-insurance arrangements or to secure other public, statutory or regulatory obligations;
(d) pledges
and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, government contracts, leases, statutory obligations, customer deposits
and advances, surety, customs and appeal bonds, performance and completion bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case
in the ordinary course of business, and Liens to secure letters of credit or bank guarantees supporting any of the foregoing;
(e) any
Lien granted or arising in connection with any legal proceeding (including judgment Liens) to the extent such proceeding has not resulted
in an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII or Liens securing appeal or surety bonds related to such legal proceedings or judgments;
(f) easements,
zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar charges or encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course
of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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(g) any
interest or title of, and other statutory and common law liens of, a landlord, lessor or sublessor under any lease or sublease or any
Lien affecting solely the interest of the landlord, lessor or sublessor;
(h) leases,
licenses, subleases or sublicenses (i) that are granted to others and do not adversely interfere in any material respect with the business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries as conducted at the time granted, taken as a whole, (ii) solely between or among the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries (or any combination thereof) or (iii) granted to other Persons and not prohibited under Section 6.03;
(i) purported
Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings relating to operating leases of personal property
entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(j) any
interest or title of a licensor under any license or sublicense entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary as a licensee or sublicensee
(i) existing on the Effective Date, (ii) in the ordinary course of its business or (iii) not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement;
(k) with
respect to any real property, immaterial title defects or irregularities that do not materially impair the use of such real property;
and
(l) any
security interest created in connection with the sale, discount or guarantee of notes, chattel mortgages, leases, accounts receivable,
trade acceptances or other paper, or contingent repurchase obligations, arising in the ordinary course of business.
“Permitted Receivables
Facility” means any one or more receivables financings of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof in which the Company or such
Subsidiary sells, conveys or otherwise contributes Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets to a Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary,
which Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary then (a) sells (as determined in accordance with GAAP) any such Permitted Securitization Transferred
Assets (or an interest therein) to one or more Receivables Financiers, (b) borrows from such Receivables Financiers and secures such borrowings
by a pledge of such Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets or (c) otherwise finances its acquisition of such Permitted Securitization
Transferred Assets and, in connection therewith, conveys an interest in such Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets (and possibly
all of the Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary’s property and assets) to such Receivables Financiers; provided that (i) such
receivables financing shall not involve any recourse to the Company or any of its other Subsidiaries (other than the Special Purpose Finance
Subsidiary) for any reason other than (A) repurchases of non-eligible receivables and related assets, (B) customary indemnifications (which
shall in no event include indemnification for credit losses on Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets sold to the Special Purpose
Finance Subsidiary) and (C) a customary limited recourse guaranty by the Company of the obligations of any Subsidiary thereof becoming
an originator under such Permitted Receivables Facility delivered in favor of the Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary, (ii) the Administrative
Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the structure of, and documentation for, any such transaction and that the terms of such transaction,
including the discount at which receivables are sold, the term of the commitment of the Receivables Financier thereunder and any termination
events, shall be (in the good faith understanding of the Administrative Agent) consistent with those prevailing in the market for similar
transactions involving a receivables originator/servicer of similar credit quality and a receivables pool of similar characteristics,
and (iii) the documentation for such transaction shall not be amended or modified in any material respect without the prior written approval
of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), subject, in the case of any such facility under
which a Subsidiary that is organized in a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia is
the seller, conveyor or contributor of Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets, to variances to the foregoing that are
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customary under the laws and procedures of the
foreign jurisdiction to which such facility is subject and that are acceptable to the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably).
“Permitted Restructurings”
means a transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which direct and indirect Subsidiaries of the Company are converted, restructured
or reorganized for tax planning or due to changes or potential changes in any relevant legal or regulatory framework, whether by (a) transfer,
(b) acquisition, (c) contribution, (d) merger, (e) consolidation, (f) voluntary dissolution, (g) liquidation, (h) recapitalization, (i)
change in identity, form, place of organization, incorporation, domicile or, to the extent relevant and subject to Section 5.03(b) or
(j) otherwise, in each case the result of which may cause a direct or indirect sale, assignment or transfer of Equity Interests and/or
other assets between and among the Company and/or various Subsidiaries of the Company, and in each case to the extent the Administrative
Agent (acting in its reasonable credit judgment) approves such Permitted Restructuring.
“Permitted Securitization
Transferred Assets” means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary),
the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s accounts receivable, notes receivable or residuals, together with certain assets relating
thereto (including any deposit accounts receiving collection on such receivables, but only to the extent of such receivables) and the
right to collections thereon.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“Plan”
means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated,
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.
“Platform”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01.
“Priority Indebtedness”
means (a) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary secured by any Lien on any asset(s) of the Company or any Subsidiary and (b) unsecured
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary, in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary.
“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.
“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).
“QFC Credit Support”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.18.
“Qualified Acquisition”
mean any Acquisition involving the payment of total consideration in excess of $500,000,000 by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
provided that no less than $250,000,000 of such total consideration is in the form of cash.
“Qualified Acquisition
Debt” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that has been issued or incurred for the purpose of financing,
in whole or in part, a Qualified Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related transactions (including for the purpose
of refinancing or
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replacing all or a portion of any pre-existing
Indebtedness of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Person(s) or assets to be acquired).
“Receivables Financier”
means one or more Persons who are not Subsidiaries or Affiliates of the Company and who are regularly engaged in the business of receivables
securitization, which may include one or more asset-backed commercial paper conduits or commercial banks.
“Recipient”
means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.
“Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
“Related Communication”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.06(b).
“Related Parties”
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective partners, directors, officers, managers,
employees, trustees, administrators, consultants, service providers, representatives, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s
Affiliates.
“Removal Effective
Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01(g).
“Required Lenders”
means, subject to Section 2.24, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and Unfunded Commitments representing more
than 50% of the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure and Unfunded Commitments at such time, except the Total Revolving Credit Exposure
and Unfunded Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time; provided that
the amount of any participation in any Unreimbursed Amounts that such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated
to and funded by another Lender shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in making
such determination; provided, further, that for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Article
VII, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire or terminate, then,
as to each Lender, the Unfunded Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be zero.
“Rescindable Amount”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(d).
“Resignation Effective
Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01(f).
“Resolution Authority”
means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer”
means (a) the chief executive officer, president, a Financial Officer or chief legal officer of the Company or any other Person designated
by any such Person in writing to the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (b) solely for purposes
of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the Borrower so designated by any of the foregoing officers
in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the Borrower designated in or pursuant to an agreement between
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall
be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Borrower
and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Borrower.
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“Revolving Credit
Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Loans, its LC Exposure and its Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Revolving Loan”
means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of any property or asset by any Person with the intent to lease such property
or asset as lessee.
“Same Day Funds”
means immediately available funds.
“Sanctioned Country”
means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive Sanctions (solely consisting
of, as of the Effective Date, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea
Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, and North Korea).
“Sanctioned Person”
means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department
of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or His Majesty’s Treasury of
the United Kingdom, (b) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country (unless such Person has an appropriate license
to transact business in such country or territory or otherwise is permitted to reside or be organized in such country or territory without
violating any Sanctions), (c) any Person owned 50% or more or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses
(a) or (b) or (d) any Person with whom dealings are prohibited by any Sanctions.
“Sanctions”
means 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 OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any
European Union member state or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
“Scheduled Unavailability
Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(c).
“SEC” means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Securities Act”
means the United States Securities Act of 1933.
“SOFR”
means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator).
“Special Purpose
Finance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary created solely for the purposes of, and whose sole activities shall consist of, acquiring
and financing Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Facility and any other activity incidental
thereto.
“subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial
statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited
liability
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company, partnership, association or other entity
of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power
or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held.
“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Company.
“Successor Rate”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(c).
“Supported QFC”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.18.
“Swap Agreement”
means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative 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.
“Swingline Exposure”
means, 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 its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
“Swingline Lender”
means Bank of America, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
“Swingline Loan”
means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.
“Syndication Agent”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as syndication agent for the revolving credit facility established under this Agreement
on the Effective Date.
“Taxes”
means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees
or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term SOFR”
means: (a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government
Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided
that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR
Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto; and (b) for any interest calculation with
respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days
prior to such date with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on such determination date, then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities
Business Day immediately prior thereto; provided that if Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing clause
(a) or clause (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than zero, Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Loan”
means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Term SOFR.”
“Term SOFR Replacement
Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(c).
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“Term SOFR Screen
Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may
be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time).
“Total Net Leverage
Ratio” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(a).
“Total Revolving
Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures.
“Transactions”
means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and
other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Type”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to clause (a) in the definition of “Term SOFR” or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UK Financial Institution”
means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from 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”
means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Undisclosed Administration”
means, in relation to a Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator,
conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian, or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law
in the country where such Lender or such parent company is subject to home jurisdiction, if applicable law requires that such appointment
not be disclosed.
“United States”
or “U.S.” means the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(d).
“U.S. Government
Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) 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.
“U.S. Person”
means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Special Resolution
Regimes” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.18.
“U.S. Tax Compliance
Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).
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“UCC” means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction or any other laws of any jurisdiction which
are required to be applied in connection with the issue of creation, perfection or priority of security interests.
“Unfunded Commitment”
means, with respect to each Lender, the Commitment of such Lender less its Revolving Credit Exposure.
“wholly-owned Subsidiary”
means a Subsidiary with respect to which 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests are owned directly or indirectly by the Company
(other than (x) directors’ qualifying shares; (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable law; and
(z) shares held by a Person on trust for, or otherwise where the beneficial interest is held by, the Company (directly or indirectly)).
“Withdrawal Liability”
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are
defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Write-Down and Conversion
Powers” means, (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.
SECTION 1.02 Classification
of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving
Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Revolving
Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by
Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing”).
SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally.
The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require,
any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes”
and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word “law” shall be construed
as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having
the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.
Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition
of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of
any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words
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of similar import, shall be construed to refer
to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits
and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (f) 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, securities, accounts and contract rights and (g) any reference herein to a merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability
company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as
if it were a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or
with a separate Person, and any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division
of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
SECTION 1.04 Accounting
Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations.
(a) Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as
in effect from time to time; provided that if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment
to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof
on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company 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 such 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
any other provision contained herein, (i) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations
of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (A) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification
825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value
any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein, and (B) without
giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20
(or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such
Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated
principal amount thereof and (ii) notwithstanding the treatment of leases under Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting
Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect), any obligations relating to any of the following
shall be deemed to be obligations relating to an operating lease and shall not constitute Capital Lease Obligations under the Loan Documents:
(A) a lease that was or would have been accounted for by such Person as an operating lease prior to any modification or interpretive change
to GAAP as a result of Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard
having a similar result or effect) or (B) any lease or arrangement similar to any of the foregoing entered into after the Effective Date
by such Person or an Affiliate thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that a lease or other arrangement that
would be accounted for by such Person as an operating lease under Accounting Standards Codification 842 (or any other Accounting Standards
Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) shall also be treated as an operating lease. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, with respect to determining the permissibility of the incurrence of any Indebtedness
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
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the proceeds thereof shall not constitute
“unrestricted and unencumbered cash and cash equivalents” for purposes of calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio in connection
therewith.
(b) All
pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any Acquisition or disposition, or issuance, incurrence or assumption
of Indebtedness, or other transaction shall in each case be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (and, in the case of any
pro forma computation made hereunder, to determine whether such Acquisition, disposition or issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness
or other transaction is not prohibited to be consummated hereunder) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, disposition or
issuance, incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness (and to any other such transaction consummated since the first day of the period for
which such pro forma computation is being made and on or prior to the date of such computation) as if such transaction had occurred on
the first day of the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements
shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section
5.01(b) for the fiscal quarter ending September 27, 2026, ending with the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2026), and, to the extent applicable,
to the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of, any related incurrence or reduction of Indebtedness
and any related cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies, all in accordance with (and, in the case of cost savings, operating
expense reductions and synergies, to the extent permitted by) Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. If any Indebtedness
bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the
rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Swap Agreement
applicable to such Indebtedness).
SECTION 1.05 Interest
Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability
with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to any reference rate referred to herein or with respect to
any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative
or replacement for or successor to any such rate (including any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or the effect
of any of the foregoing, or of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage
in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate
(including any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other 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 reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Successor Rate) (or
any component of any of the foregoing), in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower,
any Lender or any other Person 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 other action or omission
related to or affecting the selection, determination, or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information
source or service.
Article
II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01 Commitments.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans in Dollars
to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result (after giving effect
to
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any application of proceeds of such Borrowing
to any Swingline Loans outstanding pursuant to Section 2.10(a)) in (a) subject to Section 2.11(b), the amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) subject to Section 2.11(b), the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure
exceeding the Aggregate Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02 Loans and
Borrowings.
(a) Each
Revolving Loan (other than Swingline Loans) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably
in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve
any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be
responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures
set forth in Section 2.05.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance
herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch
or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall
apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation
of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At
the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is
an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing
shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000; provided that an ABR
Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitment or that is required
to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that
is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the
same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of six (6) Term SOFR Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing
if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03 Requests
for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request (a)
by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower promptly followed by telephonic confirmation of
such request) in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, two (2) Business Days before the date of the
proposed Borrowing or (b) by telephone in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of
the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing
Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the
aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;
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(ii) the
date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term SOFR Borrowing;
(iv) in
the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition
of “Interest Period”; and
(v) the
location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
2.07.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing
is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any
requested Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of
the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04 [Reserved].
SECTION 2.05 Swingline
Loans.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request Swingline Loans in Dollars from time to time during the Availability
Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Swingline Loans exceeding $50,000,000, (ii) the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Commitment or (iii) the
Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Commitment; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to
make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. The Swingline Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swingline
Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such Credit
Event may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower
may borrow and reborrow Swingline Loans and prepay any Swingline Loan made to it. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Immediately
upon the making of a Swingline Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from
the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
times the amount of such Swingline Loan.
(b) Each
Swingline Loan shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent, which
may be given by telephone or by a Borrowing Request; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery
to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request. Each such Borrowing Request must be received by the Swingline
Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i)
the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $1,000,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.
Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any Borrowing Request, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent
(by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Borrowing Request and, if not, the Swingline Lender
will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing)
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of the contents thereof. Unless the
Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender)
prior to 2:00 p.m. New York City time on the date of the proposed Swingline Borrowing (A) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such
Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in Section 2.05, or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified
in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender will, not later than 3:00
p.m. New York City time on the borrowing date specified in such Borrowing Request, make the amount of its Swingline Loan available to
the Borrower.
(c) Refinancing
of Swingline Loans.
(i) The
Swingline Lender at any time in its sole discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline
Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make an ABR Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of the amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be
a Borrowing Request for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples
specified therein for the principal amount of ABR Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Commitment and the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02. The Swingline Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Borrowing Request promptly after
delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount
specified in such Borrowing Request available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply cash
collateral available with respect to the applicable Swingline Loan) for the account of the Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agent’s
Office not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the day specified in such Borrowing Request, whereupon, subject to Section 2.05(c)(ii),
each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a ABR Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent
shall remit the funds so received to the Swingline Lender.
(ii) If
for any reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05(c)(i), the request for ABR
Loans submitted by the Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swingline Lender that each of the Lenders
fund its risk participation in the relevant Swingline Loan and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If
any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid
by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in Section 2.05(c)(i), the Swingline
Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon
for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swingline Lender
at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the applicable Overnight Bank Funding Rate from time to time in effect and a rate determined
by the Swingline Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar
fees customarily charged by the Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and
fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such
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Lender’s Loan included in the relevant
Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swingline Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted
to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(iv) Each
Lender’s obligation to make an ABR Loan or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section
2.05(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever,
(B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing; provided that each Lender’s obligation to make ABR Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to
repay Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment
of Participations.
(i) At
any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment
on account of such Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds
as those received by the Swingline Lender.
(ii) If
any payment received by the Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the
Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swingline Lender in its discretion),
each Lender shall pay to the Swingline Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon
from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Bank Funding Rate
from time to time in effect. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swingline Lender. The obligations
of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest
for Account of Swingline Lender. The Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swingline
Loans. Until each Lender funds its ABR Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.05 to refinance such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of any Swingline Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.
(f) Payments
Directly to Swingline Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swingline Loans directly
to the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section
2.06(e), by remittance to the relevant Issuing Bank).
SECTION 2.06 Letters
of Credit.
(a) General.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may request the issuance of standby Letters of Credit denominated in
Dollars as the applicant thereof for the support of its or its Subsidiaries’ obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
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Administrative Agent and the relevant
Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Letter of Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement
shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Issuing Bank shall have any obligation hereunder to issue, and shall
not issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (i) to fund or finance any activity, business
or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is a Sanctioned Country,
to the extent such activity, business or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions by a Person organized or formed under the laws of
the United States, (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement or (iii) in any
manner that would result in a violation (as reasonably determined by such Issuing Bank in good faith) of one or more Sanctions-related
policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally (it being agreed that, upon request by the Company, such Issuing
Bank shall deliver a certificate setting forth, in reasonable detail, the basis for any non-issuance pursuant to this clause (iii)).
(b) Notice
of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal
or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Company shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication,
if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the relevant Issuing Bank) to the relevant Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent
(reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, but in any event no less than three (3) Business
Days unless otherwise agreed by the relevant Issuing Bank) a notice signed by the Company requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit,
or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
(which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section),
the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary
to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. In addition, as a condition to any such Letter of Credit issuance, the Company
shall have entered into a continuing agreement (or other letter of credit agreement) for the issuance of letters of credit and/or shall
submit a letter of credit application, in each case, as required by the relevant Issuing Bank and using such Issuing Bank’s standard
form (each, a “Letter of Credit Agreement”). A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only
if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that),
after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) subject to Section 2.11(b), the amount of the LC Exposure shall
not exceed $75,000,000, (ii) subject to Section 2.11(b), the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate
Commitment, (iii) subject to Section 2.11(b), the amount of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed such Lender’s
Commitment and (iv) the aggregate face amount of all Letters of Credit issued and then outstanding by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed
such Issuing Bank’s Applicable LC Sublimit, unless such excess is consented to, or otherwise waived, by such Issuing Bank in its
sole discretion.
(c) Expiration
Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the relevant Issuing Bank to the beneficiary
thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year (or such longer period as may be consented to by
the relevant Issuing Bank) after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof,
one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided
that any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may contain customary automatic renewal provisions agreed upon by the Company and the
relevant Issuing Bank that provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in
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no event extend beyond the date referenced
in clause (ii) above), subject to a right on the part of such Issuing Bank to prevent any such renewal from occurring by giving notice
to the beneficiary in advance of any such renewal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Letter of Credit may expire no later than one year
after the Maturity Date so long as the Company cash collateralizes an amount equal to 103% of the face amount of such Letter of Credit,
concurrently with the issuance of such Letter of Credit, in the manner described in Section 2.06(j) and otherwise on terms and conditions
reasonably acceptable to the relevant Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent or provides a backup letter of credit in such amount and
otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the relevant Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, in each case no later
than five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
(d) Participations.
By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action
on the part of the relevant Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the relevant Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby
acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely
and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Company on the date due as provided in paragraph
(e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason (any such amount the “Unreimbursed
Amount”). Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect
of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments,
and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement.
If the relevant Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement
by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement, calculated as of the date such Issuing Bank made such LC
Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the Business Day that the Company shall
have received notice of such LC Disbursement; provided that the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein,
request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing, Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing
or Swingline Loan in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement, to the extent so financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment
shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing, Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan, as applicable.
If the Company fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement,
the payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt
of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Company,
in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis,
to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the relevant Issuing Bank the amounts so
received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this
paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the relevant Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made
payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may
appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the
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relevant Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement
(other than the funding of Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve
the Company of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f) Obligations
Absolute. The Company’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances
whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, any Letter of Credit Agreement or this
Agreement, or any term or provision therein or herein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to
be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) any payment
by the relevant Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the
terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that
might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the
Company’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Banks, nor any of their Related Parties,
shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any
payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or
any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating
to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms
or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the relevant Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be
construed to excuse the relevant Issuing Bank from liability to the Company to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Company to the extent permitted by applicable
law) suffered by the Company that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and
other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence
of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of any Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction),
such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting
the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance
with the terms of a Letter of Credit, each Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make
payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement
Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, within the time allowed by applicable laws or the specific terms of the Letter of Credit following
its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall
promptly after such examination notify the Administrative Agent and the Company by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for
payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or
delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect
to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim
Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full
within one Business Day of the date on which such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each
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day from and including the date such
LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the reimbursement is due and payable, at the rate per annum then applicable to
ABR Loans and such interest shall be due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is payable; provided that, if the Company
fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest
accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the
date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such
Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement
of Issuing Bank.
(A) Any
Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and
the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of any Issuing Bank. At the time
any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all
the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii)
references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or
to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the
replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this
Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to
issue additional Letters of Credit.
(B) Subject
to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Issuing Bank, any Issuing Bank may resign as an Issuing Bank at any time upon thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Lenders, in which case, such Issuing Bank shall
be replaced in accordance with Section 2.06(i)(A) above.
(j) Cash
Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Company receives notice from
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing
greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deposit
in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders (the “LC
Collateral Account”), an amount in cash equal to 103% of the amount of the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such
deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
with respect to the Company described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within
one Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent),
the Borrower shall cash collateralize the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in an amount not
less than 103% of the amount of the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The Company also shall deposit
cash collateral pursuant to
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this paragraph as and to the extent
required by Section 2.11(b). Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the
Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such
account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option of the Company
with the consent of the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and at the Company’s risk and expense, such deposits shall
not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be
applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the relevant Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and,
to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Company for the LC Exposure at
such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater
than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Obligations. If the Company is required to provide an amount of cash collateral
hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned
to the Company within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. If the Company is required to provide
an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned
to the Company as and to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures would not exceed
the Aggregate Commitment and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(k) Issuing
Bank Agreements. Each Issuing Bank agrees that, unless otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank shall report
in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on the first Business Day of each week, the daily activity (set forth by day) in respect of
Letters of Credit during the immediately preceding week, including all issuances, extensions, amendments and renewals, all expirations
and cancellations and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii) on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank expects to
issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the aggregate face
amount of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension occurred (and whether the amount thereof changed), (iii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank
pays any amount in respect of one or more drawings under Letters of Credit, the date of such payment(s) and the amount of such payment(s),
(iv) on any Business Day on which the Company fails to reimburse any amount required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day,
the date of such failure and the amount of such payment in respect of Letters of Credit, (v) at any time any Letter of Credit issued by
such Issuing Bank is outstanding, on the last Business Day of each calendar month, information regarding the amount, expiry date, beneficiary
and such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect to each such Letter of Credit and (vi) on
any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(l) 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 any Issuing Bank (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter
of Credit, the Company (i) shall reimburse, indemnify and compensate the relevant Issuing Bank hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including
to reimburse any and all drawings thereunder) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as if such Letter of Credit had been issued
solely for the account of the Company and (ii) irrevocably waives any and all defenses to the extent permitted by applicable law that
might otherwise be available to it as a
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guarantor or surety of any or all of
the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that the issuance of such Letters
of Credit for its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial benefits
from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(m) Limitations
on Issuance and Amendment.
(i) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, no Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank
from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force
of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain
from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect
to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder)
not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable
on the Effective Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it;
(B) the
issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C) except
as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $500,000;
(D) any
Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of cash collateral,
satisfactory to such Issuing Bank (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s actual
or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.24(d)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the
Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit as to which such Issuing Bank has actual or potential LC Exposure,
as it may elect in its sole discretion; or
(E) the
Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.
(ii) No
Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time
to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept
the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
SECTION 2.07 Funding
of Borrowings.
(a) Each
Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof solely by wire transfer of Same Day Funds, by 12:00
noon, New York City time, to
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the account of the Administrative Agent
most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided
in Section 2.05. Except in respect of the provisions of this Agreement covering the reimbursement of Letters of Credit, the Administrative
Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the funds so received in the aforesaid account of the Administrative
Agent to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Revolving Loans
made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to
the relevant Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing (or in the case of an ABR
Borrowing, prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative
Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available
on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower
a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Overnight Bank Funding Rate and
a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case
of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount
shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower
with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.08 Interest
Elections.
(a) Each
Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, shall
have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to
a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as
provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which
case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising
each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted
or continued.
(b) To
make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by telephone or irrevocable
written notice from the Borrower) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting
a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic
Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent
of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be
construed to permit the Borrower to (i) elect an Interest Period for Term SOFR Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (ii)
convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a Type not available under such Borrowing.
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(c) Each
telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the
name of the Borrower and the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with
respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information
to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term SOFR Borrowing; and
(iv) if
the resulting Borrowing is a Term SOFR Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which
Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request
requests a Term SOFR Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest
Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly
following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If
the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term SOFR Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing
shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then, so long as an Event of Default is
continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Term SOFR
Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, but without duplication for interest
payments made by the Borrower on such amount.
SECTION 2.09 Termination
and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless
previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The
Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments
shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not terminate
or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the amount
of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.
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(c) The
Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section
by no later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction,
specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise
the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided
that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness
of other credit facilities or one or more other events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by
notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or
reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.10 Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each Revolving Loan made to the Borrower on the Maturity Date and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount
of each Swingline Loan made to the Borrower on the earlier to occur of (x) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is
made and (y) the Maturity Date; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline
Loans made to the Borrower then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Borrowing shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay
any Swingline Loans outstanding. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Swingline
Lender, the Borrower shall repay the outstanding Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender in an amount sufficient to eliminate any
Fronting Exposure in respect of such Swingline Loans.
(b) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from
time to time hereunder.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof
and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable
from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account
of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence
and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain
such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the Obligations.
(e) Any
Lender may request that Loans made by it to the Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare,
execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein and
its registered assigns.
SECTION 2.11 Prepayment
of Loans.
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(a) The
Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty
(but subject to break funding payments required by Section 2.16) subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this Section
2.11(a). The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender)
of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Term SOFR Revolving Borrowing, by telephonic notice (promptly followed
by written confirmation from the Borrower of such request) not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, two (2) Business Days before the date
of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, by telephonic notice (promptly followed by written confirmation
from the Borrower of such request) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment
of a Swingline Loan, by telephonic notice (promptly followed by written confirmation from the Borrower of such request) not later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice from the Borrower shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid by the Borrower; provided that any
such notice of prepayment delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities
or one or more other events specified therein, in which case 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. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating
to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving
Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided
in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments
shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and (ii) break funding payments to the extent required
by Section 2.16.
(b) If
at any time, the aggregate principal amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Aggregate Commitment, the Company shall,
within two (2) Business Days after receiving notice from the Administrative Agent in respect thereof, repay Borrowings or cash collateralize
LC Exposure in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.06(j), as applicable, in an aggregate principal amount sufficient
to cause the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposure (so calculated) to be less than or equal to the Aggregate Commitment.
SECTION 2.12 Fees.
(a) The
Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a facility
fee, which shall accrue at the applicable Facility Fee Rate (as specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate”) on the actual
daily amount of the Aggregate Commitment (or, if the Commitments have been terminated, on the Total Revolving Credit Exposure) during
the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which the Commitments terminate (and thereafter so long
as any Revolving Credit Exposure remains outstanding), whether or not in use. Facility fees accrued through and including the last day
of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable in arrears on the tenth (10th) day following such last
day and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided
that any facility fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All facility fees shall
be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day).
(b) The
Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations
in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue
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at the same Applicable Rate used to
determine the interest rate applicable to Term SOFR Revolving Loans on the actual daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding
any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding
the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure
and (ii) to the relevant Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the actual
daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to Letters
of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of
termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard
fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last
day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on or prior to the tenth (10th) Business Day following
such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable
on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable
on demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand. All
participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c) The
Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed
upon between the Company and the Administrative Agent from time to time.
(d) All
fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars and Same Day Funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to each Issuing
Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid
shall not be refundable under any circumstances. To the extent any calculation of any fee required to be paid under this Agreement shall
be based on (or result in) a calculation that is less than zero, such calculation shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.13 Interest.
(a) The
Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable
Rate.
(b) The
Loans comprising each Term SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest at Term SOFR for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the
Applicable Rate.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when
due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment,
at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided
in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided
in paragraph (a) of this Section.
(d) Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and upon termination of the Commitments;
provided that (i) interest accrued
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pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section
shall be payable by the Borrower on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an
ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on
the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term SOFR Loan prior to the end of the current
Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). 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 and the Lenders in the absence of manifest
error. To the extent any calculation of interest shall be based on (or result in) a calculation that is less than zero, such calculation
shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.14 Alternate
Rate of Interest.
(a) If
in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, (i) the Administrative Agent determines
(which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A) no Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with Section
2.14(c), and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 2.14(c) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred, or (B) adequate
and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Term
SOFR Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed ABR Loan, or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that
for any reason that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter,
(1) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans, or to convert ABR Loans to Term SOFR Loans, shall be suspended
(to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods), and (2) in the event of a determination described in the preceding
sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining
the Alternate Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required
Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 2.14(a), until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes
such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation
of Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted
such request into a request for a Borrowing of ABR Loans in the amount specified therein and (y) any outstanding Term SOFR Loans shall
be deemed to have been converted to ABR Loans immediately at the end of their respective applicable Interest Period.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall
be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required
Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that: (i) adequate and reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR, including because the Term SOFR
Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such
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circumstances are unlikely to be temporary;
or (ii) CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative
Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement
identifying a specific date after which one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate
shall or will no longer be representative or made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of Dollar-denominated
syndicated loans, or shall or will otherwise cease; provided that at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator
that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide such representative interest periods of Term SOFR after
such specific date (the latest date on which one month, three month and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen
Rate are no longer representative or available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); then,
on a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent (any such date, the “Term SOFR Replacement Date”), which
date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely
with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, Term SOFR will be replaced hereunder and under any
other Loan Document with Daily Simple SOFR for any payment period for interest calculated that can be determined by the Administrative
Agent, in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(the “Successor Rate”). If the Successor Rate is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly
basis.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, (a) if the Administrative Agent determines that Daily Simple SOFR is not available on or prior to the
Term SOFR Replacement Date, or (b) if the events or circumstances of the type described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of the immediately
preceding paragraph have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR or any then current Successor Rate in accordance with
this Section 2.14(c) at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable,
with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar Dollar-denominated
credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such alternative benchmark and, in each case, including any mathematical
or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar Dollar-denominated
credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such benchmark. For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed rate and
adjustments shall constitute a “Successor Rate”. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless,
prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required
Lenders object to such amendment.
The Administrative
Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate. Any Successor
Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively
feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent. Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, the
Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
In connection with
the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and,
notwithstanding anything to
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the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any
other party to this Agreement; provided that with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each
such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
For purposes of
this Section 2.14(c), those Lenders that either have not made, or do not have an obligation under this Agreement to make, the relevant
Loans in Dollars shall be excluded from any determination of Required Lenders.
SECTION 2.15 Increased
Costs.
(a) If
any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance
charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any Issuing Bank;
(ii) impose
on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the applicable interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting
this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii) subject
any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded
Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its
deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
and the result of any of the foregoing
shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan or
of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient
of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender,
such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, then the Borrower will pay to such Lender,
such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such
Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered as reasonably determined
by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary
or capricious basis) and generally consistent with similarly situated customers of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing
Bank, as applicable, under agreements having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).
(b) If
any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect
of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or
such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made
by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank,
to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could
have achieved
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but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s
holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s
or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, such
Lender or such Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and generally
consistent with similarly situated customers of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, under agreements
having provisions similar to this Section 2.15, after consideration of such factors as the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing
Bank, as applicable, then reasonably determines to be relevant).
(c) A
certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth, in reasonable detail (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any confidential
or price sensitive information), the basis and calculation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing
Bank or its respective holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to
the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
the amount shown as due on any such certificate within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of
such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required
to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 120 days prior
to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided,
further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 120-day period referred
to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.16 Break Funding
Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Term SOFR Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (b) the conversion
of any Term SOFR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue
or prepay any Term SOFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked
under Section 2.11(a) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Term SOFR Loan other than on the last day of
the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or Section 9.02(d), then, in
any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event (other than loss of
anticipated profits). Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall include any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or redeployment
of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. A certificate
of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, and setting forth
in reasonable detail the calculations used by such Lender to determine such amount or amounts, shall be delivered to the Borrower and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within thirty
(30) days after receipt thereof; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section
for any amounts under this Section 2.16 incurred more than 120 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such amount
and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor.
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SECTION 2.17 Taxes.
(a) Payments
Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without
deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion
of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then
the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted
or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the
sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such
deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17(a)) the applicable Recipient receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Payment
of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) Evidence
of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority
pursuant to this Section 2.17, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the
Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment,
a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the
Borrower, as the case may be.
(d) Indemnification
by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified
Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17) payable or paid
by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of the amount of such
payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on
its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification
by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any
Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative
Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s
failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded
Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document,
and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or
asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by
the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off
and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the
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Administrative Agent to the Lender from
any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f) Status
of Lenders.
(i) Any
Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit
such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested
by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender
is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two
sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(A),
(ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission
would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense (it being understood that the Borrower shall be given a reasonable
opportunity to reimburse such Lender with respect to such cost or expense) or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position
of such Lender.
(ii) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:
(A) any
Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes
a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of any the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent), duly executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any
Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to each the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such
number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this
Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of each the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of
the following is applicable:
(1) in
the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments
of interest under any Loan Document, duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction
of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable
payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding
Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
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(2) in
the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, duly executed copies
of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3) in
the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning
of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B)
of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance
Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
(4) to
the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form
W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 or Exhibit E-3,
IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender
is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such
Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-4 on behalf of each such direct
and indirect partner;
(C) any
Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to each the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such
number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this
Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of any the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies
of any other form prescribed by applicable law 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 law to permit each the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if
a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were
to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the
Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to each the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law
and at such time or times reasonably requested by any the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable
law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by any the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for each the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations
under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount
to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D),
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“FATCA” shall include any
amendments made to FATCA after the Effective Date.
Each Lender agrees
that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such
form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment
of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any
Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made
under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of
such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such
refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over
pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event
that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. 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 imposed
and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed
to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential)
to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Survival.
Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any
assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge
of all obligations under any Loan Document.
(i) Defined
Terms. For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes each Issuing Bank and the term “applicable
law” includes FATCA.
SECTION 2.18 Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements,
or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time on the date when due, in
Same Day Funds, without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of
the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.
All such payments shall be made in Dollars to the Administrative Agent’s Office, except payments to be made directly to any Issuing
Bank or the Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall
be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account
of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that
is not a Business Day, the date for
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payment shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.
(b) If
at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed
LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then
due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties,
and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled
thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) Subject
to Section 2.24(b), if any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of
any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such
Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements
and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline
Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance
with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements
and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise
thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest,
and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance
with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation
in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Company
or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing
and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation relating to any Obligations
owed by the Borrower pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with
respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent
may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute
to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, the amount due. With respect to any payment that the Administrative Agent makes
for the account of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank hereunder as to which the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall
be conclusive absent manifest error) that any of the following applies (such payment referred to as the “Rescindable Amount”):
(i) the Borrower has not in fact made such payment; (ii) the Administrative Agent has made a payment in excess of the amount so paid by
the Borrower (whether or not then owed); or (iii) the Administrative Agent has for any reason otherwise erroneously made such payment;
then each of the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith
on demand the Rescindable Amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, in immediately available funds with interest thereon,
for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to
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the Administrative Agent, at the greater
of the Overnight Bank Funding Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (d) shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error.
(e) If
any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c),
then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender
or the Issuing Banks to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully
paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash
collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses
(i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.19 Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If
any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts
to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender gives notice pursuant
to Section 2.22, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans
hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the good faith judgment
of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the
case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 2.22 and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If
(i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts
to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting
Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender
to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests,
rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under the Loan Documents to an assignee
that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (A)
to the extent such consent would be required pursuant to Section 9.04(b), the Company shall have received the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent (and if a Commitment is being assigned, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks), which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld, delayed or conditioned, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal
of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts
payable to it hereunder (including amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.16), from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal
and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts) and (C) in the case of any such assignment resulting
from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result
in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior
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thereto, as a result of a waiver by
such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party
hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed
by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and
Assumption by reference pursuant to an Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and the Lender
required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have
consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties
to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable
Lender; provided, further, that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 2.19(b) or Section 9.02(d) to the contrary, (x) any Lender that acts as an Issuing Bank may not be replaced hereunder
at any time it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements satisfactory to such Lender (including the furnishing
of a backstop standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer, reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank or
the depositing of cash collateral in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank) have been made
with respect to such outstanding Letter of Credit and (y) the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder, in its capacity as such,
except in accordance with the terms of Section 8.01.
SECTION 2.20 Expansion
Option. The Company may from time to time elect to increase the Commitments or enter into one or more tranches of term loans (each,
an “Incremental Term Loan”) pursuant to an Incremental Facility Amendment and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents,
in each case in minimum increments of $50,000,000 so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all such increases
and all such Incremental Term Loans does not exceed $500,000,000. The Company may arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided
by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Commitment, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, an
“Increasing Lender”), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial
institution or other entity, an “Augmenting Lender”; provided that no Ineligible Institution may be an Augmenting
Lender), which agree to increase their existing Commitments, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, or provide new Commitments,
as the case may be; provided that (i) each Augmenting Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Company, the Administrative
Agent and, if the Augmenting Lender is providing a new or increased Commitment with respect to Revolving Loans, the Swingline Lender and
the Issuing Banks (such approvals not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (ii) (x) in the case of an Increasing Lender,
the Company and such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, and (y) in the case
of an Augmenting Lender, the Company and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
No consent of any Lender (other than the Lenders participating in the increase or any Incremental Term Loan) shall be required for any
increase in Commitments or Incremental Term Loan pursuant to this Section 2.20. Increases and new Commitments and Incremental Term Loans
created pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall become effective on the date agreed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the relevant
Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders (as the case may be), and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no increase in the Commitments (or in the Commitment of any Lender) or tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall become effective
under this paragraph unless, (A) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase or Incremental Term Loans, (1) the conditions
set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent
shall have received a certificate on behalf of the Company to that effect dated such date and executed by a Responsible Officer of the
Company and (2) the Company shall be in compliance (on a pro forma basis, giving effect to the proviso in Section 6.04(a) if the proceeds
from the applicable increase in the Commitments or Incremental Term
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Loan, as the case may be, are to be applied to
fund the consideration for a Qualified Acquisition for which the Total Net Leverage Ratio is being increased pursuant to such proviso)
with the covenant contained in Section 6.04 and (B) to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative
Agent shall have received documents and opinions of the same type, to the extent applicable, as those delivered on the Effective Date
as to the organizational power and authority of the Borrower to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase (or to the extent
the resolutions delivered on the Effective Date approve such matters, a certification from the Borrower that the resolutions delivered
on the Effective Date remain in full force and effect and have not been amended or otherwise modified since the adoption thereof).
On the effective date of any
increase in the Commitments or any Incremental Term Loans being made, (a) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall
make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in Same Day Funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit
of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments
to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage
of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and (b) the Borrower shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans
owed by the Borrower as of the date of any increase in the Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans,
with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Borrower, together with the Company, in accordance
with the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be
accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Term SOFR Loan, shall be subject to indemnification
by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest
Periods. The Incremental Term Loans (i) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the Revolving Loans, (ii) shall not mature earlier
than the Maturity Date (but may have amortization and/or customary prepayments prior to such date) and (iii) subject to the foregoing
clause (ii), shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Revolving Loans; provided
that (A) the terms and conditions applicable to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans maturing after the Maturity Date may provide for
material additional or different financial or other covenants or prepayment requirements applicable only during periods after the Maturity
Date and (B) the Incremental Term Loans may be priced differently (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original
issue discount, call protection or otherwise) than the Revolving Loans. The Incremental Facility Amendment 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 reasonable
opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.20. Nothing contained in this Section 2.20 shall constitute,
or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder, or provide Incremental Term
Loans, at any time.
SECTION 2.21 Extension
of Maturity Date.
(a) Requests
for Extension. The Company may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders) at any time, request
that each Lender extend such Lender’s Maturity Date to the date that is one year after the Maturity Date then in effect for such
Lender (the “Existing Maturity Date”); provided that (i) not more than a single extension of the Maturity Date
may be effected in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, (ii) no more than three (3) extensions of the Maturity Date shall be
permitted hereunder and (iii) after giving effect to any extension, each extending Lender’s Maturity Date may not be more than five
(5) years after the applicable Extension Date (as defined below). The date of effectiveness of any extension of any Lender’s Maturity
Date pursuant to this Section 2.21 is referred to as an “Extension Date”.
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(b) Lender
Elections to Extend. Each Lender, acting in its sole and individual discretion, shall, by notice to the Administrative Agent given
not later than the date that is 15 days after the date on which the Administrative Agent received the Company’s extension request
(the “Lender Notice Date”), advise the Administrative Agent whether or not such Lender agrees to such extension (each
Lender that determines to so extend its Maturity Date, an “Extending Lender”). Each Lender that determines not to so
extend its Maturity Date (a “Non-Extending Lender”) shall notify the Administrative Agent of such fact promptly after
such determination (but in any event no later than the Lender Notice Date), and any Lender that does not so advise the Administrative
Agent on or before the Lender Notice Date shall be deemed to be a Non-Extending Lender. The election of any Lender to agree to such extension
shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree, and it is understood and agreed that no Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to
agree to any request made by the Company for extension of the Maturity Date.
(c) Notification
by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of each Lender’s determination under this Section
no later than the date that is 15 days prior to the applicable Extension Date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next preceding
Business Day).
(d) Additional
Commitment Lenders. The Company shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, on or before the applicable Maturity Date for any
Non-Extending Lender to replace such Non-Extending Lender with, and add as “Lenders” under this Agreement in place thereof,
one or more financial institutions that are not Ineligible Institutions (each, an “Additional Commitment Lender”) approved
by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the procedures provided in Section 2.19(b), each of which Additional Commitment Lenders
shall have entered into an Assignment and Assumption (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04, with
the Company or replacement Lender obligated to pay any applicable processing or recordation fee) with such Non-Extending Lender, pursuant
to which such Additional Commitment Lenders shall, effective on or before the applicable Maturity Date for such Non-Extending Lender,
assume a Commitment (and, if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Lender, its Commitment shall be in addition to such Lender’s
Commitment hereunder on such date). Prior to any Non-Extending Lender being replaced by one or more Additional Commitment Lenders pursuant
hereto, such Non-Extending Lender may elect, in its sole discretion, by giving irrevocable notice thereof to the Administrative Agent
and the Company (which notice shall set forth such Lender’s new Maturity Date), to become an Extending Lender. The Administrative
Agent may effect such amendments to this Agreement as are reasonably necessary to provide for any such extensions with the consent of
the Company but without the consent of any other Lenders.
(e) Effective
Date of Extension. Effective as of the applicable Extension Date, the Maturity Date of each Extending Lender and of each Additional
Commitment Lender shall be extended to the date that is one year after the Existing Maturity Date (except that, if such date is not a
Business Day, such Maturity Date as so extended shall be the next preceding Business Day) and each Additional Commitment Lender shall
thereupon become a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement and shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement as a
Lender hereunder and shall have the obligations of a Lender hereunder.
(f) Conditions
to Effectiveness of Extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any extension of any Maturity Date pursuant to this Section 2.21 shall
not be effective with respect to any Extending Lender unless:
(i) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the applicable Extension Date and immediately after giving effect
thereto; and
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(ii) the
representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement (excluding the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 3.04(b) and 3.06(a)) are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified
by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on and as of the applicable Extension Date and after giving effect thereto,
as though made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific
date, as of such specific date); and
(iii) the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Company signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, delivered on behalf
of the Company, (A) certifying the accuracy of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) and (B) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted
by the Borrower approving or consenting to such extension (or to the extent the resolutions delivered on the Effective Date approve such
matters, a certification from the Borrower that the resolutions delivered on the Effective Date remain in full force and effect and have
not been amended or otherwise modified since the adoption thereof).
(g) Maturity
Date for Non-Extending Lenders. On the Maturity Date of each Non-Extending Lender, (i) the Commitment of each Non-Extending Lender
shall automatically terminate and (ii) the Company shall repay such Non-Extending Lender in accordance with Section 2.10 (and shall pay
to such Non-Extending Lender all of the other Obligations owing to it under this Agreement) and after giving effect thereto shall prepay
any Revolving Loans outstanding on such date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.16) to the extent necessary
to keep outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages of the respective Lenders effective as of such date,
and the Administrative Agent shall administer any necessary reallocation of the Revolving Credit Exposures (without regard to any minimum
borrowing, pro rata borrowing and/or pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement).
(h) Conflicting
Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.18 or Section 9.02 to the contrary.
SECTION 2.22 Illegality.
If any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any
Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR or Term SOFR,
or to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR or Term SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through
the Administrative Agent), (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans or to convert ABR Loans to Term SOFR
Loans shall be suspended, and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining ABR Loans the interest rate
on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate, the interest rate on ABR Loans of such Lender
shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of
the Alternate Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving
rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans (the interest rate
on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference
to the Term SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully
continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR
Loan, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon SOFR, the Administrative
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shall during the period of such suspension compute
the Alternate Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR component thereof until the Administrative Agent
is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR.
Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with
any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.16.
SECTION 2.23 [Reserved].
SECTION 2.24 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 unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a) (it being understood
and agreed that, with respect to any fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (a), the Borrower shall
pay to each non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting
Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure that has been reallocated to such non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) below);
(b) any
payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether
voluntary or mandatory, at maturity or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section
9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any
amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts
owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to cash collateralize the relevant Issuing
Bank’s LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with this Section; fourth, as the Company may request (so
long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund
its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative
Agent and the Company, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential
future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) cash collateralize the relevant Issuing Bank’s future
LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance
with this Section; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender as a result of
any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender against such Defaulting
Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document;
seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Company as a result of any judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Company against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s
breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise
directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans
or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made
or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment
shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being
applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and
unfunded participations in the Borrower’s obligations
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corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s
LC Exposure and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to clause (d)
below. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed
by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender,
and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto;
(c) the
Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure 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 9.02);
provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders directly affected
thereby shall not, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the
terms hereof;
(d) if
any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all
or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders
in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent that (A) no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing
at the time of such reallocation and (B) the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting
Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments;
(ii) if
the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day
following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit
of each relevant Issuing Bank only 103% of the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure
(after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(iii) if
the Company cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower
shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s
LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
(iv) if
the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and
(v) if
all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i)
or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the relevant Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all letter
of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to such Issuing
Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and
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(e) so
long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank
shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting
Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral
will be provided by the Company in accordance with Section 2.24(d), and Swingline Exposure related to any such newly made Swingline Loan
or LC Exposure related to any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent
with Section 2.24(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event
with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the Effective Date and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline
Lender or any Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other
agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no
Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless Swingline Lender or the relevant Issuing Bank,
as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such Lender, reasonably satisfactory to the Swingline Lender
or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative
Agent, the Company, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank 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 LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect
the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the 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 Loans
in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments
will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting
Lender; provided, further, that subject to Section 9.17 and except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected
parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder
arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
Article
III
Representations and Warranties
The Company, on behalf of
itself and its Subsidiaries, represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01 Organization;
Powers; Subsidiaries. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized or incorporated, as the case may be, validly
existing and in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization or incorporation (as applicable), (b) has all requisite organizational power and authority to carry on its business as now
conducted and (c) is qualified to do business in, and (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) is in good standing
in, every jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
in any such case of clauses (a) (solely with respect to the good standing status of any Subsidiary), (b) (solely with respect to the power
and authority of any Subsidiary) and (c), except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Schedule 3.01 hereto identifies each Subsidiary as of the Effective Date, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity interests owned
by the Company and the other Subsidiaries and, if such percentage is not 100% (excluding (i) directors’ qualifying shares and (ii)
shares issued to
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foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable
law), a description of each class issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of
each Material Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable and all such shares and other equity interests
indicated on Schedule 3.01 as owned by the Company or another Subsidiary are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Company
or any Subsidiary as of the Effective Date free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02.
SECTION 3.02 Authorization;
Enforceability. The Transactions are within the Borrower’s organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary
organizational actions and, if required, actions by equity holders of the Borrower. The Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered
by the Borrower and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with
its terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’
rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and (iii) requirements
of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3.03 Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other
action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been, or will be by the time required, obtained or made and are, or will be
by the time required, in full force and effect, except, in the case of this clause (a), for any such consents, approvals, registrations,
filings or actions the failure to obtain or make of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b)
will not violate the charter, by-laws, constitution or other organizational documents of the Borrower, (c) will not violate any applicable
law or regulation or any order of any Governmental Authority binding upon the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries or its assets,
except, in the case of this clause (c), for any such violations that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (d) will not violate in any material respect or result in a default under any indenture, material agreement or other material
instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any
payment to be made by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, except, in the case of this clause (d), for any such violations,
defaults or rights that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) will not result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries, other than Liens (if any) permitted by Section
6.02(a).
SECTION 3.04 Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) (i) The Company has heretofore
furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows as of and for
the fiscal year ended December 28, 2025 reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants. Such financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such
fiscal year and their results of operations for such fiscal year on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
(ii) The
Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash
flows as of and for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2026. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and their results of operations for such
fiscal quarter on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
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(b) As
of the Effective Date and excluding any Disclosed Matters, since December 28, 2025, there has been no material adverse change in the business,
results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.05 Properties.
(a) Except
for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or (to the knowledge of the
Company) valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property (other than intellectual property, which is subject to Section
3.05(b)) material to its business, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except
for Disclosed Matters or as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
owns or is licensed to use (subject to the knowledge-qualified infringement representation in this Section 3.05(b)) all trademarks, trade
names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and (ii) the use thereof by the Company and its Subsidiaries,
to the Company’s knowledge, does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person.
SECTION 3.06 Litigation
and Environmental Matters.
(a) As
of the Effective Date and except for Disclosed Matters, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations by or before any arbitrator
or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against or affecting the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (i) that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement
or the Transactions.
(b) Except
with respect to (x) Disclosed Matters and (y) other matters that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws (which compliance includes possession of
and compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required under applicable Environmental Laws), (ii) are not subject to any
Environmental Liability or (iii) have not received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 3.07 Compliance
with Laws. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority
applicable to it or its property, except (i) for Disclosed Matters or (ii) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.08 Investment
Company Status. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to be registered as an “investment company”
as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 or subject to regulation as an “investment company” thereunder.
SECTION 3.09 Taxes.
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all federal income Tax returns and all other material
Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it and has paid, caused to be paid or made a provision for the payment of, all
federal income Taxes and all other material Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves
in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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SECTION 3.10 ERISA.
No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability
is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11 Disclosure.
All written information and all information that is formally presented at a general meeting (which may be a telephonic meeting) of the
Lenders (in any such case, other than any projections, estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information and information of a
general economic or industry-specific nature) furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when taken as a whole with the Disclosed Matters
and after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto, does not (when furnished) contain any untrue statement of material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading (when taken as
a whole) in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made; provided that, with respect to forecasts or projections
of financial information with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary so furnished to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant
to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in
good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable at the time prepared (it being understood by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders that any such projections are not to be viewed as facts and are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies,
many of which are beyond the control of the Company or its Subsidiaries, that no assurances can be given that such projections will be
realized and that actual results may differ materially from such projections). As of the Effective Date, the information included in any
Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered by the Borrower hereunder on or prior to the Effective Date is true and correct in all respects.
SECTION 3.12 Federal
Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose
that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION 3.13 No Default.
No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.14 Anti-Corruption
Laws and Sanctions. The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and is implementing procedures reasonably designed
to achieve compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption
Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company, its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Company,
any Subsidiary or to the knowledge of the Company or such Subsidiary any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b)
to the knowledge of the Company, any agent of the Company or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit
from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other Transactions
has violated any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 3.15 Affected
Financial Institution. The Borrower is not an Affected Financial Institution.
Article
IV
Conditions
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SECTION 4.01 Effective
Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become
effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed
on behalf of such party or (B) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic
transmission of a signed signature page to this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii) duly executed
copies of other Loan Documents to be executed and delivered on the Effective Date, in each case properly executed by a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower and, in the case of this Agreement, by each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective
Date) of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, special New York counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and covering such customary matters relating to the Company, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably request. The Company hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates relating to the incorporation, existence and good standing of
the Borrower in its jurisdiction of incorporation, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower,
the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, certifying
on behalf of the Company that after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Effective
Date, (i) that the representations and warranties contained in Article III are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case
of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such date except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all
material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects)
as of such earlier date and (ii) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of such date.
(e) All
Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been (or concurrently with the Effective Date, will be) repaid in full and
all commitments with respect thereto shall have been (or concurrently with the Effective Date, will be) terminated.
(f) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the
extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Effective Date (or such shorter period of time as is agreed by the Company),
reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company hereunder.
(g) (i)
The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least three (3) days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information
regarding the Company requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,
including the Patriot Act, to the extent requested in writing of the Company at least ten
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(10) days prior to the Effective Date
and (ii) to the extent the Company qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least
three (3) days prior to the Effective Date, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to the Company at least ten (10) days prior
to the Effective Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Company 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 (g) shall be deemed to be satisfied).
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company
and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 4.02 Each Credit
Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than a conversion or continuation of any
Loans), and of any Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver of in
accordance with Section 9.02) of the following conditions:
(a) The
representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement (excluding the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 3.04(b) and 3.06(a)) shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified
by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation
or warranty qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date.
(b) At
the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit,
as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) The
Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the applicable Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall have received a Borrowing Request in
accordance with the requirements hereof.
Each Borrowing (other than a conversion or continuation
of any Loans) and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation
and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
Article
V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have
expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees due and payable hereunder shall have been paid
in full (other than Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination) and all Letters of Credit shall have expired
or terminated, in each case, without any pending draw (or shall have been cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Company covenants and agrees
with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01 Financial
Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
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(a) within
90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
for the previous fiscal year, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby (except as otherwise
expressly noted therein), with such audited balance sheet and related consolidated financial statements reported on by Ernst & Young
LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification
or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than with respect to, or resulting from,
(i) an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness under this Agreement occurring within one year from the time such opinion is delivered
or (ii) any actual failure to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant under this Agreement or any potential inability to satisfy a financial
maintenance covenant under this Agreement on a future date or in a future period)) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements
present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such
fiscal year and their results of operations for such fiscal year on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
(b) within
50 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, its consolidated balance sheet and
related statements of operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the period commencing at the beginning
of such fiscal year and ending with such fiscal quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified on behalf of the
Company by a Financial Officer of the Company as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and their results of operations for the fiscal period covered thereby
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby (except as otherwise expressly
noted therein), subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a Compliance Certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company,
delivered on behalf of the Company, (i) certifying as to whether, to the knowledge of such Financial Officer, a Default has occurred and
is continuing and, if a Default has occurred that is continuing, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be
taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.04, (iii) in connection
with the delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a list of each Material Subsidiary as of the end of the fiscal year
such financial statements relate to, (iv) [reserved] and (v) to the extent that any change in GAAP or application thereof has a material
impact on the financial statements accompanying such certificate and such change and impact has not been noted in such financial statements,
stating whether any such change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements
referred to in Section 3.04(a)(i) and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on such financial statements
accompanying such certificate;
(d) promptly
after the same become publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports, proxy statements and registration
statements (i) filed by the Company with the SEC (or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC)
or with any national securities exchange, or (ii) distributed by the Company to its shareholders generally, as the case may be;
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(e) promptly
after Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall have announced a change in the rating established or deemed to have been established for the
Index Debt, written notice of such rating change; and
(f) promptly
following any request therefor, (i) such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company
or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (acting through the Administrative
Agent) may reasonably request and (ii) information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for
purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the
Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to
clauses (a), (b) and (d) of this Section 5.01 (A) may be delivered electronically and (B) shall be deemed to have been delivered on the
date on which such documents are (1) filed for public availability on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System or
(2) delivered to the Administrative Agent for posting on, or otherwise posted on the Company’s behalf on, an Internet or intranet
website, if any, to which the Administrative Agent has access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative
Agent).
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the
Administrative Agent and/or BofA Securities, in its capacity as a Joint Bookrunner, may, but shall not be obligated to, make available
to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower
Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar, or a substantially similar electronic transmission
system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel
who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or their respective Affiliates, or the respective
securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’
securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that: (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly
and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently
on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the
Administrative Agent, the Joint Bookrunners, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any
material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and
state securities laws (provided that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set
forth in Section 9.12); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of
the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and BofA Securities, in its capacity as
a Joint Bookrunner, shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only
for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower
shall not be under any obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC.”
SECTION 5.02 Notices
of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender) written notice of the following,
promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Company having actual knowledge thereof:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default;
(b) the
filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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(c) the
occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) any
other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall
be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth in reasonable detail the event or development requiring
such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto. Information required to be delivered pursuant to clause
(b) and (c) of this Section shall be deemed to have been delivered if such information, or one or more annual, quarterly, current or other
reports containing such information, is (i) filed for public availability on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System
or (ii) delivered to the Administrative Agent for posting on, or otherwise posted on the Company’s behalf on, an Internet or intranet
website, if any, to which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored
by the Administrative Agent). Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may also be delivered by electronic communications
pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 5.03 Existence;
Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done (a) all things necessary
to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and (b) take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions to
maintain the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, governmental authorizations and intellectual property
rights material to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except, in the case of this clause
(b), to the extent failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that this
Section 5.03 shall not prohibit any Permitted Restructurings, merger, consolidation, disposition, liquidation, dissolution or other transaction
permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION 5.04 Payment
of Taxes. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all of its Tax liabilities before they become delinquent
or in default, except liabilities which (a) are for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (b) if not paid,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05 Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all tangible property
material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty excepted and except (i)
pursuant to transactions permitted by Section 6.03 or (ii) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, and (b) maintain, in all material respects, with carriers reasonably believed by the Company to be financially
sound and reputable or through reasonable and adequate self-insurance insurance in such amounts and against such risks and such other
hazards, as is customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses under similar circumstances.
SECTION 5.06 Books and
Records; Inspection Rights. The Company will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and
account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity in all material respects with applicable law are made of all material financial
dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and, subject to Section 5.01(b), in form permitting financial statements
conforming with GAAP or IFRS (as applicable) to be derived therefrom. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit
any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its
books and records and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its Financial Officers and, provided that the Company or
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such Subsidiary is afforded the opportunity to
participate in such discussion, its independent accountants, in any such case, at reasonable times during normal business hours and as
often as reasonably requested upon reasonable prior written notice to the Company, and subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality,
including requirements imposed by law or by contract; provided that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
such visits and inspections can occur no more frequently than once per year. The Company acknowledges that, subject to Section 9.12, the
Administrative Agent, after exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain reports pertaining
to the Company and its Subsidiaries’ assets for internal use by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.06 or any other provision of any Loan Document,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making of extracts,
or discussion of, any documents, information or other matter that (i) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary
information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any designated representative) is then
prohibited by law, rule or regulation or any agreement binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) is subject to attorney-client
or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work-product.
SECTION 5.07 Compliance
with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including Environmental Laws), except (a) for Disclosed Matters or (b) where
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company will maintain in effect and
enforce policies and is implementing and will maintain in effect procedures reasonably designed to achieve compliance by the Company,
its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 5.08 Use of
Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only to finance the working capital needs, and for general corporate or other lawful
purposes, of the Company and its Subsidiaries. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any
purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X. The Borrower will not request
any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and the Company shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (a) for payments
to any Person in material violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) for the purpose of funding or financing any activities, business or transaction
of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is a Sanctioned Country, to the extent
such activity, business or transaction would be prohibited by Sanctions by a Person organized or formed under the laws of the United States
or (c) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
Article
VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have
expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees due and payable hereunder have been paid in full
(other than Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination) and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated,
in each case, without any pending draw (or shall have been cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent), and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Company covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01 Subsidiary
Indebtedness. The Company will not permit any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
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(a) the
Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness
existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and amendments, modifications, extensions, refinancings, renewals
and replacements of any such Indebtedness that does not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than with respect to
unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions, premiums
and expenses associated with such Indebtedness);
(c) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary;
(d) Guarantees
by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any other Subsidiary; provided that the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is not prohibited by this
Section 6.01;
(e) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement, lease or improvement of any fixed or capital
assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured
by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and amendments, modifications, extensions, refinancings, renewals and replacements
of any such Indebtedness; provided that the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such modification,
extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement thereof except by an amount equal to any premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses
incurred, in connection with such modification, extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement; provided, further, that
(i) such Indebtedness is initially incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction,
repair, replacement, lease or improvement and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the
cost of acquiring, constructing, repairing, replacing, leasing or improving such fixed or capital assets;
(f) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, letters of guaranty or similar instruments;
(g) unfunded
pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the extent they are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable
law;
(h) Indebtedness
representing deferred compensation to employees incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Guarantees,
surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of any Subsidiary, in each case incurred or assumed in connection with an Acquisition
or disposition or other acquisition of assets not prohibited hereunder;
(j) Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case provided
in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees or obligations with respect to letters of credit supporting such performance
bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations;
(k) Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient
funds in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in respect of any netting services, overdrafts and related liabilities arising from
treasury, depository and cash management services or in connection with any automated clearing-house transfers of funds;
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(l) Indebtedness
in respect to judgments or awards under circumstances not giving rise to an Event of Default;
(m) Indebtedness
in respect of obligations that are being contested in accordance with Section 5.04;
(n) Indebtedness
consisting of (i) deferred payments or financing of insurance premiums incurred in the ordinary course of business of any Subsidiary and
(ii) take or pay obligations contained in any supply agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Indebtedness
representing deferred compensation, severance, pension, and health and welfare retirement benefits or the equivalent to current and former
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business or existing on the Effective Date;
(p) customer
advances or deposits or other endorsements for collection, deposit or negotiation and warranties of products or services, in each case
received or incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Priority
Indebtedness of any Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Priority Indebtedness
in reliance on this clause (q), the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate principal amount of all such Priority Indebtedness
outstanding in reliance on this clause (q), plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Priority Indebtedness of the Company secured by
Liens in reliance on Section 6.02(s)(ii), plus (iii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness and other obligations of the Company
secured by Liens in reliance on Section 6.02(s)(iii), shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth
(determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) (or, prior to the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) for the fiscal quarter
ending September 27, 2026, ending with the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2026));
(r) other
Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000;
(s) Indebtedness
assumed by any Subsidiary in connection with any Acquisition or other acquisition of any property or assets or Indebtedness of any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary after the Effective Date in a transaction not prohibited hereby, and amendments, modifications, extensions,
refinancings, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness; provided, that the principal amount of such Indebtedness is not
increased at the time of such modification, extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement thereof except by an amount equal to any premium
or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection with such modification, extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement;
provided, further, that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition; and
(t) Indebtedness
to any Receivables Financiers arising under or incidental to any Permitted Receivables Facility, and to the extent that any purported
sale, transfer or contribution of Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets from the Company or any Subsidiary to a Special Purpose
Finance Subsidiary shall ever be deemed not to constitute a true sale, any Indebtedness of the applicable Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary
to the Company and its Subsidiaries arising therefrom; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding
in reliance on this clause (t) shall not exceed $375,000,000 at any time.
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SECTION 6.02 Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset
now owned or hereafter acquired by it except:
(a) Liens
(if any) created pursuant to any Loan Document including with respect to any obligation to provide cash collateral;
(b) Permitted
Encumbrances;
(c) any
Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02 and
any amendments, modifications, extensions, renewals, refinancings and replacements thereof; provided that (i) such Lien shall not
apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary other than improvements thereon, replacements and products thereof,
additions and accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness
and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are not prohibited hereunder that require,
pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property and (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased
(other than as not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement) and amendments, modifications, extensions, refinancings, renewals and replacements
thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than with respect to unpaid accrued interest and premium
thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions, premiums and expenses and other than as not otherwise
prohibited by this Agreement);
(d) any
Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or
asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or existing
on any asset of any Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Subsidiary and any amendments,
modifications, extensions, renewals and replacements thereof; provided that (i) 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, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other
property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than improvements thereon, replacements and products thereof, additions and
accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations
incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are not prohibited hereunder that require, pursuant to their
terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the
date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary or the date of such merger or consolidation, as the case may be,
and amendments, modifications, extensions, refinancings, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof (other than with respect to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts and underwriting
discounts, fees, commissions, premiums and expenses and other than as not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement);
(e) Liens
on assets (including capital leases) acquired (including as a replacement), constructed, repaired, leased or improved by the Company or
any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary
permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01 (or, in the case of the Company, that would have been permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01
had such Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations instead been incurred by a Subsidiary), (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured
thereby are initially incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or lease or the completion of such
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construction, replacement, repair or
improvement and (iii) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary other than improvements
thereon, replacements and products thereof, additions and accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and customary security deposits (provided
that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender (or a syndicate of lenders) may be cross-collateralized to other financings
of equipment provided by such lender (or syndicate));
(f) Liens
granted by a Subsidiary in favor of the Company or another Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations owed by such Subsidiary
to the Company or such other Subsidiary;
(g) Liens
arising out of any conditional sale, title retention, consignment or other similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries the ordinary course of business;
(h) Liens
securing the financing of insurance premiums solely to the extent of such premiums;
(i) statutory
and common law rights of setoff and other Liens, similar rights and remedies arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits of cash,
securities, commodities and other funds in favor of banks, financial institutions, other depository institutions, securities or commodities
intermediaries or brokerage, and Liens of a collecting bank arising under Section 4-208 or 4-210 of the UCC in effect in the relevant
jurisdiction or any similar law of any foreign jurisdiction on items in the course of collection;
(j) Liens
in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation
of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(k) Liens
on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Acquisition or other investment
not prohibited hereunder, including in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement relating thereto;
(l) Liens
in connection with the sale or transfer of any assets in a transaction permitted under Section 6.03 (other than by reference to this Section
6.02 (or any sub-clause hereof)), customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer pending
the completion thereof;
(m) Liens
in the nature of the right of setoff in favor of counterparties to contractual agreements with the Company or any Subsidiary (i) in the
ordinary course of business or (ii) not otherwise prohibited hereunder other than in connection with Indebtedness;
(n) dispositions
and other sales of assets permitted under Section 6.03 (other than by reference to this Section 6.02 (or any sub-clause hereof));
(o) to
the extent constituting a Lien, Liens with respect to repurchase obligations in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
cash management activities of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(p) Liens
that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depositary relations with banks or other financial institutions
not given in connection with the
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issuance of Indebtedness, or (ii) relating
to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred
in the ordinary course of business of the any the Borrower or Subsidiary;
(q) Liens
on Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets arising in connection with a Permitted Receivables Facility;
(r) Liens
of sellers of goods to the Borrower and any of their respective Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of the UCC or similar provisions
of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such
goods and related expenses;
(s) Liens
securing (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary described in clause (a) of the definition of “Priority Indebtedness” outstanding
in reliance on Section 6.01(q), (ii) Priority Indebtedness of the Company and (iii) other obligations and Indebtedness of the Company
or any Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness or obligations secured by
Liens in reliance on this clause (s), the sum of (without duplication) (x) the aggregate principal amount of all Priority Indebtedness
of any Subsidiary outstanding in reliance on Section 6.01(q), plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Priority Indebtedness of the
Company secured by Liens in reliance on subclause (ii) above, plus (z) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness and other obligations
of the Company secured by Liens in reliance on subclause (iii) above, shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Company’s Consolidated
Net Worth (determined as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements shall have been delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) (or, prior to the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) for the fiscal quarter
ending September 27, 2026, ending with the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2026));
(t) Liens
in favor of a credit card or debit card processor arising in the ordinary course of business under any processor agreement and relating
solely to the amounts paid or payable thereunder, or customary deposits on reserve held by such credit card or debit card processor;
(u) pledges
or deposits to secure Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees,
letters of guaranty or similar instruments;
(v) pledges
or transfers of collateral to support bilateral mark-to-market security arrangements in respect of uncleared swap or derivative transactions;
(w) Liens
on assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section 6.02 so long as the aggregate principal amount
of the Indebtedness and other obligations subject to such Liens does not at any time exceed $75,000,000; and
(x) in
the case of any joint venture, any put and call arrangements related to its Equity Interests set forth in its organizational documents
or any related joint venture or similar agreement.
SECTION 6.03 Fundamental
Changes and Asset Sales.
(a) The
Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to
merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions,
including pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) all or substantially all of the assets of the
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Company and its Subsidiaries (taken
as a whole) (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that:
(i) any
Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) may merge or consolidate with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided
that any such merger or consolidation involving the Company must result in the Company as the surviving entity; provided, further,
that, any such merger or consolidation may result in such other Person being the surviving entity so long as (A) such Person that is the
surviving entity shall (1) affirmatively agree, in a writing satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall assume the obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents of the Borrower (and
shall thereafter be deemed to be the Borrower for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), (2) be organized and exist
under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (3) provide to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender (x) all documentation and other information regarding such Person required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know
your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and (y) to the extent such surviving Person
qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in
relation to such Person and (B) immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, (1) the Borrower shall be in compliance
(on a pro forma basis, giving effect to the proviso in Section 6.04(a) if such merger or consolidation constitutes a Qualified Acquisition
for which the Total Net Leverage Ratio is being increased pursuant to such proviso) with the covenant contained in Section 6.04, (2) no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (3) the Debt Ratings from at least two of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch shall be
an Investment Grade Rating;
(ii) any
Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with the Company in a transaction in which the surviving entity is the Company;
(iii) any
Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets to, another Subsidiary
(in connection with a liquidation, winding up or dissolution or otherwise);
(iv) any
Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets to any Subsidiary or the Company (in connection
with a liquidation, winding up or dissolution or otherwise);
(v) any
Subsidiary may liquidate, wind up or dissolve (A) if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation, winding up or dissolution
is in the best interests of the Company or (B) to the extent undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the overall tax efficiency
of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(vi) the
Company and its Subsidiaries may consummate Permitted Restructurings;
(vii) the
Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into, terminate or modify leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses of technology and other property
(A) in the ordinary course of business or (B) between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries (or any combination thereof);
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(viii) the
Company and its Subsidiaries may incur Liens permitted under Section 6.02 (other than by reference to this Section 6.03 (or any sub-clause
hereof)); and
(ix) the
Company and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of Permitted Securitization Transferred Assets in connection with
any Permitted Receivables Facility.
(b) The
Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business substantially different
from businesses of the type conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) on the Effective Date and businesses reasonably
related, ancillary, similar, complementary or synergistic thereto or reasonable extensions, development or expansion thereof.
SECTION 6.04 Financial
Covenant.
(a) The
Company will not permit the ratio (the “Total Net Leverage Ratio”), determined as of the end of each of its fiscal
quarters ending on and after the Effective Date, of (i) the difference between (A) Consolidated Total Indebtedness, minus (B) all unrestricted
and unencumbered cash and cash equivalents of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet
of the Company), not to exceed $1,000,000,000 to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending
with the end of such fiscal quarter, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be greater than 3.50
to 1.00; provided that upon notice by the Company to the Administrative Agent upon the consummation of any Qualified Acquisition
(but in any case not more than three times), the Company shall be permitted to increase the maximum Total Net Leverage Ratio to 4.00 to
1.00, which such increase shall be applicable for the fiscal quarter of the Company in which such acquisition is consummated and the three
consecutive fiscal quarters thereafter.
(b) At
any time after the definitive agreement for any Qualified Acquisition shall have been executed (or, in the case of a Qualified Acquisition
in the form of a tender offer or similar transaction, after the offer shall have been launched) and prior to the consummation of such
Qualified Acquisition (or termination of the definitive documentation in respect thereof), any Qualified Acquisition Debt (and the proceeds
of such Qualified Acquisition Debt) shall be excluded from the definition of the “Total Net Leverage Ratio”; provided
that (x) the definitive documentation relating to such Qualified Acquisition Debt shall contain “special mandatory redemption”
or escrow provisions (or other similar provisions) or otherwise require such indebtedness to be redeemed or prepaid if such Qualified
Acquisition is not consummated by a date specified in such definitive documentation and (y) if the definitive agreement (or, in the case
of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for such Qualified Acquisition is terminated in accordance with
its terms prior to the consummation of such Qualified Acquisition or such Qualified Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the date
specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Qualified Acquisition Debt, such Qualified Acquisition Debt is so redeemed
or prepaid by the date that it is required to be redeemed or prepaid in such circumstances pursuant to the terms of such Qualified Acquisition
Debt.
Article
VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events
(each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
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(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement owed by the Borrower
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of
this Article) payable by the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable,
and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days;
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower in any Loan Document or in any Borrowing Request or certificate
furnished, pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder)
shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; provided that the Company shall have thirty
days after the Company has knowledge of such fact to remedy the underlying facts resulting in such Borrowing Request, certificate or document
being erroneous as above described;
(d) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement applicable to it (or its Subsidiaries, to the extent applicable) contained
in Section 5.02(a), 5.03 (solely with respect to the Borrower’s existence), 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement applicable to it contained in this Agreement (other than those specified
in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty
(30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Company;
(f) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any
Material Indebtedness of the Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable, when and as the same shall become due and payable, which is not cured
within any applicable grace period therefor;
(g) the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any other term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in any agreement
or instrument evidencing or governing any Material Indebtedness if the effect of such failure is to cause or that enables or permits,
after the expiration of any applicable grace period, and delivery of any applicable required notice, provided in the applicable agreement
or instrument under which such Indebtedness was created, the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on
its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance
thereof, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) secured Material Indebtedness that
becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer or other disposition (including as a result of a casualty or condemnation event) of the
property or assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement),
(ii) any Material Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a refinancing or replacement thereof not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement,
(iii) any reimbursement obligation in respect of a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar obligation as a result of a
drawing thereunder by a beneficiary thereunder in accordance with its terms, (iv) any such Material Indebtedness that is mandatorily prepayable
prior to the scheduled maturity thereof with the proceeds of the issuance of capital stock, the incurrence of other Indebtedness or the
sale or other disposition of any assets, so long as such Material Indebtedness that has become due is so prepaid in full with such net
proceeds required to be used to prepay such Material
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Indebtedness when due (or within any
applicable grace period) and (v) any “change of control” put in respect of any Material Indebtedness of a Person or business
acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of such acquisition (provided that the maturity date of such Material
Indebtedness has not been accelerated to, and has not become payable in full as of, the date of consummation of such acquisition (and
after giving effect thereto), unless such Material Indebtedness is paid in full as of such date), so long as such Material Indebtedness
that is put or accelerated in accordance with the terms of such Material Indebtedness is paid as required by the terms of such Material
Indebtedness;
(h) an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, examinership, reorganization
or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any
federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian, examiner, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary
or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed, undischarged or
unstayed for ninety (90) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) the
Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization
or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, receivership or similar law now or hereafter
in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described
in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, examiner, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors;
(j) the
Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due;
(k) one
or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000,000 (to the extent not paid, fully bonded or covered
by an unaffiliated insurer that has not denied coverage) shall be rendered against the Company, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof
and the same shall remain unpaid, undischarged, unvacated or undismissed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days during which execution
shall not be effectively stayed (by reason of pending appeal or otherwise), or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor
to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment and such action shall not have been effectively
stayed;
(l) an
ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) a
Change in Control shall occur; or
(n) (i)
this Agreement, after execution thereof and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or under any Loan Document or in
satisfaction in full of the Obligations, ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms
in all material respects or (ii) the Company shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan
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Document or shall assert in writing
that any material provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance
with its terms in any material respect, other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or in satisfaction in full in cash of
the Obligations then due and payable;
then, and in every such event (other than an event
with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such
event, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the Required Lenders, and shall at the request of the Required Lenders, by notice
to the Company, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon
the Commitments shall terminate immediately; (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which
case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal
of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrower
accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or
other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and (iii) require cash collateral for the LC Exposure in accordance
with Section 2.06(j); and in case of any event with respect to the Company described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments
shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding and cash collateral for the LC Exposure, together with accrued
interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders
shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity.
Article
VIII
The Administrative Agent
SECTION 8.01 General.
(a) Each
of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers
as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The provisions of this Article VIII are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks,
and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use
of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative
Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable
law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship
between contracting parties.
(b) The
Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender
and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall,
unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as
the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind banking, trust, financial, advisory,
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underwriting or other of business with
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any
duty to account therefor to the Lenders or to provide notice or consent of the Lenders with respect thereto.
(c) None
of the Administrative Agent or any Joint Bookrunner, as applicable, shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, none of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Bookrunner, or any of their respective Related Parties:
(i) shall
be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall
have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly
contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the
Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents);
provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel,
may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance
of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification
or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law;
(iii) shall
have any duty or responsibility to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, to any Lender or any Issuing Bank, any
credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness
of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, that is communicated to, obtained or in the possession of, the Administrative Agent, any Joint
Bookrunner, or any of their respective Related Parties in any capacity, except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required
to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein;
(iv) shall
be liable for any action taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number
or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under
the circumstances as provided in Article VII and Section 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct
as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment, and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed not
to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given in writing to the Administrative Agent by the
Company, a Lender or an Issuing Bank; and
(v) shall
be responsible for or have any duty or obligation to any Lender or participant or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into (i) any
statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance
or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default,
(iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness
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of this Agreement, any other Loan Document
or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other
than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate,
consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative
Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and
shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or
the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender
or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such
Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company),
independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance
with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
(e) The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document
by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform
any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions
of this Article VIII shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent,
and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well
as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents
except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent
acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
(f) The
Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon receipt of
any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; provided that no consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing),
to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in
the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the
Required Lenders and the Company) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but
shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications
set forth above; provided that in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender. Whether or not
a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(g) If
the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders
may, to the extent permitted by applicable
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law, by notice in writing to the Company
and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, with the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed; provided that no consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), appoint
a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within
30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Company) (the “Removal Effective Date”),
then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(h) With
effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (i) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) except for any indemnity payments
or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to
be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each Issuing Bank directly, until such
time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges
and duties of the retiring (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than as provided in Section 2.17(e) and other than any rights to indemnity
payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective
Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder
or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in clauses (f) and (g)). The fees payable by
the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between
the Company and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring
or removed Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them (A) while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and (B) after such resignation
or removal for as long as any of them continues to act in any capacity hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including in respect
of any actions taken in connection with transferring the agency to any successor Administrative Agent.
(i) Any
resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing
Bank and the Swingline Lender. If Bank of America resigns as an Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuing
Bank and all LC Exposure with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Loans or fund risk participations
in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.06(d). If Bank of America resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of
the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such
resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant
to Section 2.05(c). Upon the appointment by the Company of a successor Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall
in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, (ii) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline
Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii)
the successor Issuing
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Bank shall issue letters of credit in
substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to
Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(j) Each
Lender and each Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent or any Joint Bookrunner has made any representation
or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent or any Joint Bookrunner hereafter taken, including any consent to, and
acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of the Borrower or of any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation
or warranty by the Administrative Agent or any Joint Bookrunner to any Lender or any Issuing Bank as to any matter, including whether
the Administrative Agent or any Joint Bookrunner has disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties’) possession.
Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents to the Administrative Agent and each Joint Bookrunner that it has, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Joint Bookrunner, any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of, appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank
or other regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and
to extend credit to the Borrower hereunder. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Joint Bookrunner, any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents
and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in
taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished
hereunder or thereunder, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations,
property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants
that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding
commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender or Issuing Bank for the purpose of making, acquiring
or holding commercial loans and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or Issuing Bank, and not
for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument, and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees
not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that it is sophisticated
with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable
to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or
hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or
providing such other facilities.
(k) None
of the Lenders or their Affiliates, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Joint Bookrunner, Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation
Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than, in the case of Lenders,
those applicable to all Lenders as such (or applicable to Lenders of the same Class of Loans). Without limiting the foregoing, none of
the Joint Bookrunners or such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes
the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders and their Affiliates in their respective capacities as Joint Bookrunners,
Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph.
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(l) The
Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth
herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive
right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest
has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(m) In
case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or LC Exposure shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration
or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Exposure and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent
and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent under Sections
2.12 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and (ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable
on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative
Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing
Banks, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.12 and 9.03. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Lender or any Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights
of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or any Issuing Bank
in any such proceeding.
SECTION 8.02 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 Banks by posting the Communications on the Platform.
(b) Although
the 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 Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Platform
is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the
Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower acknowledges and agree 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 Platform, and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders,
the Issuing Banks and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Platform and understands and assumes
the risks of such distribution.
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(c) THE
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 PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR
ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE 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 PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY
JOINT BOOKRUNNER, THE SYNDICATION AGENT, ANY CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE
PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE BORROWER, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK 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 OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE PLATFORM
EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO ACTUAL OR DIRECT DAMAGES TO THE EXTENT DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE
JUDGMENT TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF ANY APPLICABLE PARTY; PROVIDED THAT ANY COMMUNICATION
OR ANY OTHER DISSEMINATION OR DISCLOSURE OF ANY INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12) TO ANY LENDERS, PROSPECTIVE LENDERS, PARTICIPANTS
OR PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS OR, TO THE EXTENT SUCH DISCLOSURE IS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY SECTION 9.12, TO ANY OTHER PERSON THROUGH THE
PLATFORM SHALL BE MADE SUBJECT TO THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE BY SUCH PERSON THAT SUCH COMMUNICATION IS BEING DISSEMINATED OR DISCLOSED
ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS (ON TERMS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9.12 OR OTHERWISE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND THE COMPANY), WHICH SHALL IN ANY EVENT REQUIRE “CLICK THROUGH” OR OTHER AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS ON THE PART OF THE RECIPIENT
TO ACCESS SUCH COMMUNICATION.
(d) Each
Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted
to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender
and each Issuing Bank agrees (i) 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 such Issuing Bank’s (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing notice may
be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.
(e) Each
of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable
law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the 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 Bank to give any notice or other communication
pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
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SECTION 8.03 Certain
ERISA Matters.
(a) Each
Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such
Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative
Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such
Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect
to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments
or this Agreement,
(ii) the
transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent
qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts),
PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption
for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined
by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and
performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii) (A)
such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE
84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate
in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) 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 (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a)
of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance
of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such
other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and
such Lender.
(b) In
addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has
not provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a),
such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from
the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the
Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that the Administrative Agent is not
a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration
of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation
or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any documents related hereto or
thereto).
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SECTION 8.04 Recovery
of Erroneous Payments. Without limitation of any other provision in this Agreement, if at any time the Administrative Agent makes
a payment hereunder in error to any Credit Party, whether or not in respect of an Obligation due and owing by the Borrower at such time,
where such payment is a Rescindable Amount, then in any such event, each Credit Party receiving a Rescindable Amount severally agrees
to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount received by such Credit Party in immediately available
funds in the currency so received, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such Rescindable Amount is received
by it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Overnight Bank Funding Rate and a rate determined
by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. Each Credit Party irrevocably waives
any and all defenses, including any “discharge for value” (under which a creditor might otherwise claim a right to retain
funds mistakenly paid by a third party in respect of a debt owed by another) or similar defense to its obligation to return any Rescindable
Amount. The Administrative Agent shall inform each Credit Party promptly upon determining that any payment made to such Credit Party comprised,
in whole or in part, a Rescindable Amount.
Article
IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01 Notices.
(a) Except
in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all
notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service,
mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy or e-mail, as follows:
(i) if
to the Borrower, to it:
Illumina, Inc.
5200 Illumina Way
San Diego, California 92122
Attention: Treasury Department
Email: TreasuryCorporate@illumina.com
with a copy (in the case of a notice of
an actual or potential Default, Event of Default, non-compliance with this Agreement or any other similar matter) to:
Illumina, Inc.
5200 Illumina Way
San Diego, California 92122
Attention: Legal Department
Email: legal@illumina.com
and
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Two Manhattan West
375 Ninth Avenue
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New York, NY 10001
Attention: George E. Zobitz
Telefacsimile No.: (212) 474-3700
Email: gzobitz@cravath.com
(ii) if
to the Administrative Agent, to:
Bank of America, N.A.
Agency Management
Loan, Lease and Trade Operations
Mail Code: CA5-705-04-09
555 California Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Attention: Jesus Lopez Jr.
Agency Management Officer
Telephone: (214) 209-5476
Email: jesus.lopez_jr@bofa.com
(iii) if
to Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as an Issuing Bank, to it at:
Bank of America, N.A.
Trade Operations
Mail Code: PA6-580-02-30
1 Fleet Way
Scranton, PA 18507
Attention: Trade Client Service Team - US
Phone: (570) 496-9619
Fax: (800) 755-8740
Email: tradeclientserviceteamus@bofa.com
(iv) if
to Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as the Swingline Lender, to it at:
Bank of America, N.A.
Mail Code: NC1-026-06-04
Gateway Village – 900 Building
900 W Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28255-0001
Attention: Daphne Sheppard
Loan Servicing Administrator
Telephone: (980) 338-2129
Email: daphne.sheppard@bofa.com
(v) if
to any other Lender or Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier
service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall
be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall
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be deemed to have been given at the
opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Platforms, to the extent provided in paragraph
(b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
(b) Notices
and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Platforms pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Company 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.
(c) Unless
the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received
upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested”
function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet
website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing
clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided
that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of
the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for
the recipient.
(d) Any
party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto
(or, in the case of a Lender, by notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent).
(e) Each
Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) (a “Notice”) specifying that any Communications
have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of such information, documents or other materials to such Lender
for purposes of this Agreement. Each Lender agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such Lender’s e-mail address
to which a Notice may be sent by electronic transmission (including by electronic communication) on or before the date such Lender becomes
a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record an effective e-mail
address for such Lender) and (ii) that any Notice may be sent to such e-mail address.
(f) The
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic or electronic
notices, Borrowing Request, Letter of Credit applications and notice of loan prepayment) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower
even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form
of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower
shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs,
expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower.
All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent,
and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
SECTION 9.02 Waivers;
Amendments.
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(a) No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other
Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment
or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of
this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted
by paragraph (b) of this Section, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or
issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Except
as provided in Section 2.20 with respect to an Incremental Facility Amendment, in Section 2.21 with respect to an extension of the Maturity
Date or as provided in Section 2.14(c), neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant
to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the amount of or extend the
Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or
reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby (provided that (x) any amendment or modification of the financial covenants in this Agreement (or defined terms used in
the financial covenants in this Agreement) or pursuant to the terms of Section 2.14(c) shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of
interest or fees for purposes of this clause (ii) even if the effect of such amendment or modification would be to reduce the rate of
interest on any Loan or any LC Disbursement or to reduce any fee payable hereunder and (y) only the consent of the Required Lenders shall
be necessary to amend the provisions of Section 2.13(c) or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or any other amount
at the interest rate prescribed in such Section), (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or
LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or
postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (other
than (x) any reduction of the amount of, or any extension of the payment date for, the mandatory prepayments required under Section 2.11,
in each case which shall only require the approval of the Required Lenders and (y) with respect to the matters set forth in clauses (ii)(x)
and (ii)(y) above), (iv) change Section 2.09(c) or Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the ratable reduction of Commitments
or the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change the payment waterfall provisions
of Section 2.24(b) without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of
“Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or
modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (it being
understood that, solely with the consent of the parties prescribed by Section 2.20 to be parties to an Incremental Facility Amendment,
Incremental Term Loans may be included in the determination of Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Commitments and
the Revolving Loans are included on the Effective Date) or (vii) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations to
any other Indebtedness or other obligations without the written consent of each Lender; provided, further, that no such
agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the
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Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank
or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender,
as the case may be (it being understood that any change to Section 2.24 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Banks and the Swingline Lender). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification
of this Agreement shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred
to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly
affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (x) to add one or more credit facilities (in addition to the Incremental Term Loans
pursuant to an Incremental Facility Amendment) to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder
and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with
the Revolving Loans, Incremental Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the
Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders (it being understood and agreed that any
such amendment (i) in connection with new or increases to the Commitments and/or Incremental Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.20
or (ii) in connection with any extension in accordance with Section 2.21 shall, in any such case, require solely only the consent of the
parties prescribed by such Section and shall not require the consent of the Required Lenders).
(d) If,
in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender
directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained
(any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “Non-Consenting Lender”),
then the Company may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement; provided that, concurrently
with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent shall
agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment
and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender
to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, and (ii) the Borrower shall pay to
such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (A) the outstanding principal amount of its Loans and participations
in LC Disbursements and all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrower hereunder
to and including the date of termination, including payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (B) an
amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16 had the
Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender. Each party hereto agrees that
an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Company, the
Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference
pursuant to an Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and the Lender required to make such
assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound
by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree
to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the
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applicable Lender; provided,
further, that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Company only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency or correct any typographical error
or other manifest error in any Loan Document.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, with respect to SOFR or Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes
from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such
Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document; provided that with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing
such Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
SECTION 9.03 Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The
Company shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (which
shall be limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of a
single firm as primary counsel, along with such specialist counsel as may reasonably be required by the Administrative Agent, and, to
the extent reasonably necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, for the Administrative Agent) in connection
with the syndication and distribution (including via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided
for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers
of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable
and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Banks in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (which shall be limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the reasonable
and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of a single firm as primary counsel, along with such specialist counsel as may reasonably
be required by the Administrative Agent, and a single firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction as may reasonably be required
by the Administrative Agent, for the Administrative Agent, and not more than a single firm of outside counsel, and a single firm of local
counsel in each applicable jurisdiction as may reasonably be required, for all of the other Lenders and, in the event of an actual or
reasonably perceived conflict of interest (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or applicable Lender and such person informs
the Company of such conflict), one additional firm of counsel for each group of similarly affected parties) in connection with the enforcement
or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or
in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses (subject to the foregoing
limitations with respect to legal fees and expenses) incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans
or Letters of Credit.
(b) The
Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Joint Bookrunner, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of
any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless
from, any
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and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and related reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (which shall be limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses,
to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of (x) a single firm as primary counsel, along with such
specialist counsel as may reasonably be required by the Administrative Agent, and, to the extent reasonably necessary, a single firm of
local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties, and (y) not more than a single firm
of outside counsel, and a single firm of local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction as may reasonably be required, for all of the other
Indemnitees and, in the event of an actual or reasonably perceived conflict of interest (as reasonably determined by the applicable Indemnitee
and such Indemnitee informs the Company of such conflict), one additional firm of counsel to each group of similarly affected Indemnitees),
incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of
any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby (including any Indemnitee’s reliance on any Related Communication
executed using an Electronic Signature, or in the form of an Electronic Record, that such Indemnitee reasonably believes is made by an
authorized Person), the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal
by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do
not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on
or from any property owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by the Company or its
or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory
and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available
to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by
final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (A) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or any of its
Controlled Related Parties, (B) a breach in bad faith by such Indemnitee of any of its material obligations under the applicable Loan
Documents pursuant to a claim or counterclaim initiated by the Borrower or (C) any dispute solely among Indemnitees (not arising as a
result of any act or omission by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) other than claims against any Credit Party in its
capacity as, or in fulfilling its role as, the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender, a Joint Bookrunner, agent
or any similar role under or in connection with this Agreement. As used in this Section 9.03, a “Controlled Related Party”
of an Indemnitee means (1) any Controlling Person or Controlled Affiliate of such Indemnitee, (2) the respective directors, officers,
or employees of such Indemnitee or any of its Controlling Persons or Controlled Affiliates and (3) the respective agents or representatives
of such Indemnitee or any of its Controlling Persons or Controlled Affiliates, in the case of this clause (3), acting on behalf of or
at the instructions of such Indemnitee, Controlling Person or such Controlled Affiliate; provided that each reference to a Controlling
Person, Controlled Affiliate, director, officer or employee in this sentence pertains to a Controlling Person, Controlled Affiliate, director,
officer or employee involved in the structuring, arrangement, negotiation or syndication of the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.
This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from
any non-Tax claim.
(c) To
the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank
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or the Swingline Lender, as the case
may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment
is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood that the Company’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Company
of any default in the payment thereof); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline
Lender in its capacity as such.
(d) To
the extent permitted by applicable law, and subject to the proviso set forth in Section 8.02(c), the Borrower shall not assert, and the
Borrower hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials
obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet) other than damages
that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Controlled Related Parties. To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Indemnitee
shall assert against the Borrower or its Related Parties and the Borrower shall not assert against any Indemnitee, and each Indemnitee
and the Borrower hereby waives, any claim 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, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided
that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the Company’s indemnity obligations to the extent set forth in Section 9.03(b).
(e) All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen (15) days after written demand therefor.
SECTION 9.04 Successors
and Assigns.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank 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 the Administrative
Agent and 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. Nothing in this
Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors
and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent
provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i)
Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible
Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the
Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of:
(A) the
Company (provided that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written
notice
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to the Administrative Agent within ten
(10) Business Days after having received written notice thereof); provided, further, that no consent of the Company shall
be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b),
(h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;
(B) the
Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(C) each
Issuing Bank; and
(D) the
Swingline Lender.
(ii) 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 Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject
to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative
Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof unless each of the Company and the Administrative
Agent otherwise consent; provided that no such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a),
(b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing;
(B) each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) 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 Platform as to which the Administrative
Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such
fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders; and
(D) the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee
designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about
the Company and its Related Parties and their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance
with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.
(iii) Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective
date specified in
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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 (including the obligation to timely deliver the documentation described in Section 2.17(f)) 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 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03); provided that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no
assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s
having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply
with this Section 9.04 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.
(iv) 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 Commitment
of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements 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 Banks 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 Company, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
prior notice.
(v) 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 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 by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee
shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), Section 2.06(d), Section 2.06(e), Section
2.07(b), Section 2.18(d) or Section 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption
and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued
interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided
in this paragraph.
(c) Any
Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender, sell
participations to any Person other than an Ineligible Institution (a “Participant”), in all or a portion of such Lender’s
rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided
that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain
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unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide
that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.
The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements
and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section
2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections
2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section, and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Sections 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive,
except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired
the applicable participation. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08
as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.
Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register
on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s
interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that
no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant
or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under
any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter
of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) or Proposed Section 1.163-5(b) of the United States Treasury
Regulations (or any amended or successor version). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error,
and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all
purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity
as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(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 other central banking authority
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 such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute
any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender assigns all of its Commitment and Loans
pursuant to clause (b) above, such Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, the
Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an Issuing Bank and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as the Swingline Lender.
In the event of any such resignation as an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among
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the Lenders a successor Issuing Bank
or Swingline Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation
of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be. If the applicable
Issuing Bank resigns as an Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder with
respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it and outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuing Bank and all Obligations
with respect to such LC Exposure (including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed
Amounts pursuant to Section 2.06(d)). If the Swingline Lender resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline
Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation,
including the right to require the Lenders to make ABR Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section
2.05(c). Upon the appointment of a successor Issuing Bank and/or Swingline Lender, (x) such successor shall succeed to and become vested
with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and (y) the
successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such
succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the applicable retiring Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of the
applicable retiring Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 9.05 Survival.
All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other
instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied
upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance
of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative
Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time
any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any
Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of
Credit is outstanding (unless such Letter of Credit has been cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17,
2.22, 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
SECTION 9.06 Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.
(a) This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute
an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any
separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject
matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative
Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each
of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, e-mailed .pdf or any other
electronic means that reproduces an image of
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the actual executed signature page shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) This
Agreement, any other Loan Document and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement,
disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement (each, a “Related Communication”), including Related Communications
required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. The Company and
each Credit Party agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any Related Communication shall be valid and binding on such
Person to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Related Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with the terms thereof
to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered. Any Related Communication may be executed in as many counterparts
as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Related Communication.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of any Related Communication by facsimile or other electronic messaging means
(e.g. “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of such Related Communication.
For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this Section 9.06(b) may include use or acceptance of a manually signed paper Related
Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into .pdf), or an electronically signed Related Communication
converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. Each Credit Party may, at its option, create one or more copies
of any Related Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (each, an “Electronic Copy”), which shall be
deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document. All Related Communications
in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the
same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Credit
Party is under any obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Person
pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent such Credit Party has agreed
to accept such Electronic Signature, each of the Credit Parties shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly
given by or on behalf of the Company and/or any Credit Party without further verification and regardless of the appearance or form of
such Electronic Signature, and (ii) upon the request of any Credit Party, any Related Communication executed using an Electronic Signature
shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart.
No Credit Party
shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness
of any Loan Document or any other Related Communication (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with such Credit Party’s
reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means). Each Credit Party shall be
entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any
Related Communication or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise
authenticated (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).
Each of Company
and each Credit Party hereby waives (A) any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement or such other Loan Document,
and (b) any claim against any Credit Party for any liabilities arising solely from any Credit Party’s
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reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures,
including any liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Company to use any available security measures in connection with
the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.
SECTION 9.07 Severability.
Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08 Right of
Setoff. Subject to Section 2.24(b) and any limitations expressly agreed to by any Lender or its Affiliate, as applicable, pursuant
to any Banking Services Agreement or Swap Agreement to which such Lender or Affiliate is a party, if an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing and the Loans have been accelerated pursuant to Article VII, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized
at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all of the Obligations then due and owing by the Borrower held by such Lender,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents. The rights of each Lender under this Section
are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have. Each Lender and each Issuing
Bank agrees to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 9.09 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) Each
of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law provisions
of any applicable Loan Document, any claims brought against the Administrative Agent by any Lender relating to this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or the consummation or administration of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(c) Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter
jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof,
in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto
or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees
that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against
the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such federal (to the extent permitted by law)
or New York State court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive
and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or
in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have
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to bring any action or proceeding relating
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(d) Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection
which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (c) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
court.
(e) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law.
SECTION 9.10 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE,
AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,
SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT
BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11 Headings.
Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement
and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined
below), except that Information may be disclosed: (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including
accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of
the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); provided that the disclosing
Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or Lender, as applicable, shall be responsible for compliance by such Persons with the provisions of
this Section 9.12; (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates (including
any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (c) to the extent required by applicable
laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (provided that the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such
Lender, as applicable, agrees that it will, to the extent practicable and other than with respect to any audit or examination conducted
by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, notify the Company promptly
thereof, unless such notification is prohibited by law, rule or regulation); (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) in connection
with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially
the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of
its rights or obligations under this Agreement or
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(ii) any credit insurance
provider or broker in connection with the Borrower and its obligations under this Agreement and any actual or prospective party (or its
managers, administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives) to any swap
or derivative or similar transaction to which the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender is a party and under which payments
are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; (g) on a confidential basis to
(i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Company or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein, (ii) the
provider of any Platform or other electronic delivery service used to deliver Borrower Materials or notices to the Lenders, or (iii) the
CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the application, issuance, publishing and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with
respect to the credit facilities provided for herein; (h) with the prior written consent of the Company; or (i) to the extent such Information
(i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, (ii) is independently discovered or developed by a
party hereto without utilizing any Information received from the Borrower or violating the terms of this Section, or (iii) becomes available
to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or any of
its Related Parties. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from or on behalf
of the Borrower or any of its Related Parties relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its business or securities, other than any
such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure
by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its respective Related Parties and other than customary information regarding the closing date,
size, type, purpose of and parties to the facilities under this Agreement of the type that is routinely provided by arrangers to data
service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality
of Information as provided in this Section 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 herein prohibits any individual from communicating or disclosing information regarding suspected violations
of laws, rules, or regulations to a governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory authority without notification to any Person.
EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, EACH ISSUING BANK AND EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH FURNISHED TO
IT PURSUANT TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING
THE USE OF MATERIAL NONPUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH 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 OR ON BEHALF OF THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, IN CONNECTION
WITH OR OTHERWISE IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH
MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS 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.
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SECTION 9.13 Patriot
Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies the Company, which information includes the name and address of the Company and other information that will allow such Lender
or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Company in accordance with the Act. The Company shall, promptly following
a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or
such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.
SECTION 9.14 [Reserved].
SECTION 9.15 Interest
Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together
with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”),
shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or
reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder,
together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and
Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be
cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the
Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Overnight Bank Funding Rate to the date of repayment,
shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.16 No Advisory
or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with
any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Company acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges
its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative
Agent, the Joint Bookrunners and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Company and its Affiliates, on
the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Joint Bookrunners and the Lenders, on the other hand, (ii) each of the Company has consulted
its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) the Company is capable of evaluating,
and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents;
(b)(i) the Administrative Agent, the Joint Bookrunners and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly
agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Company
or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (ii) none of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Bookrunner or any Lender has any obligation
to the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent, the Joint Bookrunners and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates
may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and its Affiliates, and none
of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Bookrunners, or any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Company
or any of its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against
the Administrative Agent, any Joint Bookrunner or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty
in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 9.17 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, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be
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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 EEA 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 any the applicable
Resolution Authority.
SECTION 9.18 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 hereto acknowledge and agree, 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), that 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) 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.
[Signature Pages Follow]
103
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers or other authorized signatories
as of the day and year first above written.
ILLUMINA, INC.,
a Delaware corporation,
as the Borrower
By:
/s/ Ankur Dhingra
Name:
Ankur Dhingra
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as the Administrative Agent
By:
/s/ DeWayne D. Rosse
Name:
DeWayne D. Rosse
Title:
Vice President
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender, an Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender
By:
/s/ Tyler Morgan
Name:
Tyler Morgan
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ James Kyle O’Donnell
Name:
James Kyle O’Donnell
Title:
Vice President
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Richard Rivera
Name:
Richard Rivera
Title:
Vice President
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Nicholas Merino
Name:
Nicholas Merino
Title:
Authorized Signatory
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
ING BANK N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Ciaran Dunne
Name:
Ciaran Dunne
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Louise Gough
Name:
Louise Gough
Title:
Director
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Edward Sacks
Name:
Edward Sacks
Title:
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Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Kathleen Alpgüner
Name:
Kathleen Alpgüner
Title:
Executive Director
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Thomas Whitman
Name:
Thomas Whitman
Title:
Assistant Vice President
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
BANK OF CHINA, LOS ANGELES BRANCH,
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Peng Li
Name:
Peng Li
Title:
SVP & Branch Manager
Signature Page to Illumina, Inc. Credit Agreement
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